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Hurricanes Were Extra Disruptive to US Energy Infrastructure in 2024 — I’m Shocked

December 20, 2024 admin 0 Comments climate change, climate crisis, energy information administration (eia), Extreme weather, Fossil Fuels, global weirding, hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Oil

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 04:57:20 +0000

After warnings for years from climate scientists that hurricanes were going to get bigger and more destructive, I’m absolutely shocked to learn that hurricanes this year were bigger and more destructive than normal in the US. Sarcasm aside, I lived through a couple of serious hurricanes, including going through the … [continued]

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EV Charging Before, During, & After Hurricane Milton Struck Florida

October 30, 2024 admin clean transport, Disaster response, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev home charging, Florida, home ev charging, hurricane milton, hurricanes, Natural Disasters, public charging, usa

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:21:31 +0000

EV charging data and anecdotal evidence both indicate that charging up an EV was easier than filling up a gas tank in Florida before and after Hurricane Milton made landfall.

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$474 Million for More Grid Resilience in USA

October 29, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, Democrats, grid, hurricanes, jennifer granholm, Natural Disasters, policy & politics, subsidies, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:55:53 +0000

After Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton knocked out power for millions of Americans recently, grid resilience is top of mind. We need better grid resilience. In some places, electricity came back within a few hours. In others, it took a day or two. In places with poor grid resilience, it … [continued]

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Readout of US Energy Secretary Granholm & Deputy Secretary Turk’s Conversation with Electricity Sector Leaders About Hurricane Helene Response

October 10, 2024 admin climate change, Extreme weather, global weirding, hurricanes, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, kamala harris, Natural Disasters, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 03:50:19 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On October 4, 2024, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm and Deputy Secretary David M. Turk joined electricity sector leaders to discuss the ongoing response and recovery effort to Hurricane Helene, which caused devastating impacts to communities across the Southeast and Appalachia. The leadership of the Electricity … [continued]

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Climate Change Is Here, Whether We Like It Or Not

September 19, 2024 admin climate change, Extreme weather, Flooding, global weirding, Natural Disasters, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 14:43:57 +0000

Climate Change is happening and everyone is surprised. And yet we have known it was coming for over 50 years.

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Commbank Follows Super Funds in Curbing Investment in Fossil Fuels

August 20, 2024 admin Australia, banks, climate change, Extreme weather, Fossil Fuels, Natural Disasters, stranded assets

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 11:31:12 +0000

I was incredibly pleased and excited to read this headline in my newsfeed this morning from the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC): “Commonwealth Bank stops lending to fossil fuel companies without genuine emissions plan.” It’s about time. Add that to the withdrawal of support from some of Australia’s very well-funded superannuation … [continued]

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$95 Million for Water Resources & Ecosystem Health

April 21, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, climate change, deb haaland, department of the interior (doi), drought, Extreme weather, global weirding, investing in america, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, Natural Disasters, press releases

Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:43:33 +0000

Albuquerque, New Mexico — During remarks at the National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration in Albuquerque today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the availability of up to $95 million through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for projects to bolster water resources, advance ecosystem health and support resilience in … [continued]

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Sesame Solar’s Portable Solar Nanogrids Provide Renewable Electricity On The Go

March 9, 2023 admin clean power, INTERVIEWS, Natural Disasters, sesame solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:30:55 +0000

Solar power has many applications, from residential to commercial and portable micro solar for personal devices. It has also been used in remote areas to support mining operations and in the field for small devices such as electronic speed signage along roads. Another application is in trailers or shipping containers when combined with battery storage […]

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The POWER Interview: Physical Attacks on the Grid Soared in 2022. What Can Be Done?

February 15, 2023 admin best practices, Business, Cybersecurity, energy transition, full coverage, iiot power, Interview, Natural Disasters, news, onsolve, Physical security

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 23:43:47 +0000

Physical security at power plants has received renewed concern of late, owing to a spate of gunfire vandalism events in the U.S. However, power plants have long-fielded several other physical security risks, including from terrorism, sabotage, natural disasters, insider threats, and physical breaches. Power plants have typically employed a set of physical security tools, such […]

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Deep Learning Underlies Geographic Dataset Used in Hurricane Response

November 11, 2022 admin climate change, Deep learning, Extreme weather, fema, hurricanes, machine learning, Natural Disasters, oak ridge national laboratory (ornl), research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 04:43:27 +0000

As Hurricane Fiona made landfall as a Category 1 storm in Puerto Rico on Sept. 18, 2022, some areas of the island were inundated with nearly 30 inches of rain, and power to hundreds of thousands of homes was knocked out. Only 10 days later, Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm and one of the […]

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