Solar Scientists Explore How To Make PV Even Greener

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2022 13:43:08 +0000

“Green technologies are awesome, but as we are working to scale them up to an incredible magnitude, it makes sense to take a close look to see what can be done to minimize the impact,” said Samantha Reese, a senior engineer and analyst in NREL’s Strategic Energy Analysis Center.

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Hydrogen Reality Check: We Need Hydrogen — But Not for Everything

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2022 11:00:28 +0000

The Myth: Hydrogen Is a No-Regrets Solution for Every Sector Hydrogen’s versatility as a decarbonization solution has created a lack of consensus and clarity as to where it is truly needed. Hydrogen is sometimes described as the “Swiss Army knife” of decarbonization, with a role to play in nearly every sector, as it can be burned to […]

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The Profound Climate Implications of Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2022 01:18:14 +0000

This term, alongside a number of cases with the potential for seismic implications, the Supreme Court also took up West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. Though the case caught fewer headlines, it, too, threatened Earth-shifting implications all its own by thrusting into question a critical EPA lever for addressing climate change. Now we have that decision in […]

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NASA to Aviation Industry: We Can Develop Flight Tech to Cut Carbon Emissions

Credit to Author: NASA| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 14:00:48 +0000

NASA announced Wednesday the agency is seeking partners to develop technologies needed to shape a new generation of lower-emission, single-aisle airliners that passengers could see in airports in the 2030s. Through its new Announcement for Partnership Proposals, NASA intends to fund one or more awards to design, build, test, and fly a large-scale demonstrator with an […]

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Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field Demonstrates Hydrogen Integration

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:12:00 +0000

The Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field is revitalizing an earthquake-stricken region and providing a remarkable boost to Japan’s ambitions to launch a hydrogen society. While global interest in

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California’s Proposed Strategy to Cut Carbon Pollution Requires More Ambitious Action

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:13:04 +0000

Statement by Mark Specht, Western States Energy Manager at the Union of Concerned Scientists. SACRAMENTO — California’s draft plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 overly relies on carbon dioxide removal and should instead incorporate more ambitious emissions reductions, particularly in the electricity sector, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists. The Scoping Plan, updated every […]

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MIT Engineers Devise a Recipe for Improving Any Autonomous Robotic System

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 15:01:25 +0000

A new general-purpose optimizer can speed up the design of walking robots, self-driving vehicles, and other autonomous systems. Courtesy of Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Autonomous robots have come a long way since the fastidious Roomba. In recent years, artificially intelligent systems have been deployed in self-driving cars, last-mile food delivery, restaurant service, patient screening, hospital […]

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Climate Damage Caused by Growing Space Tourism Needs Urgent Mitigation

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 14:40:50 +0000

A formidable space tourism industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL Earth’s Future. Courtesy of UCL. Published today in the journal Earth’s Future, researchers from UCL, the University of Cambridge and Massachusetts Institute […]

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