East Coast Battles West Coast For Offshore Floating Wind Title

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:08:12 +0000

From California to Maine, the race to build vast arrays of offshore floating wind turbines is finally taking shape after years of R&D.

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Only One Country Is Making Progress On Electrifying Everything

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 14:45:06 +0000

For close to twenty years, it’s been clear that electrifying everything is a key climate change wedge. Mark Z. Jacobson’s work in the USA and then internationally with his 100% Renewables by 2050 modeling laid much of the groundwork for this. Luminaries from around the world, such as Saul Griffith, … [continued]

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Texas EV Battery Startup Aims To Break Texas Oil Industry

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 11:25:30 +0000

The Texas startup Group1 is banking that the EV battery of the future will deploy potassium to cut costs and improve performance.

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Solar Energy Revolution Brewing In Arkansas, With An Assist From GM

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:20:38 +0000

Arkansas is becoming a solar energy hotspot, with General Motors lending a hand through a new 180-megawatt power purchase agreement to supply clean electricity to three of its assembly plants.

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New Silicon EV Battery From CalTech Spinoff Is The Best Thing Ever

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 14:02:22 +0000

A new EV battery deploys 3-D nanostructures that resemble plastic badminton birdies but deliver on cost, performance, and safety.

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Exploding Homes & Forever Fires: What Rural Solar Power Critics Want You To Forget

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:45:06 +0000

Rural solar power projects are under fire from nonprofit organizations with an interest in protecting the fossil energy industry.

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US Election 2024: Harris/Walz Ticket A Big Upgrade For US Climate Action

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2024 10:31:57 +0000

Recently, I published a seven-part series on the Trump/Biden matchup, focusing on climate-relevant actions in Trump and Biden Administrations, and the campaign rhetoric and promises in 2024. Of course, Biden dropped out as the series was closing out and Harris became the candidate. Further muddying the waters, Tim Walz was … [continued]

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Texas Blows A Sugary Sweet Renewable Energy Kiss To The USA

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 13:50:24 +0000

This new solar module factory in Houston is yet another demonstration that renewable energy stakeholders in Texas are determined to bring more clean power to the rest of the US, one way or another.

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The “Spin” Around Perovskite Solar Cells Has Only Just Begun

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 23:17:04 +0000

Spin control and chiral structures are front and center in the next generation of lower-costing, higher-performing perovskite solar cells.

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Wasted Money & Sunken Assets: Subsidies and Financing for Fossil Fuels

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2024 18:23:47 +0000

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work. With the … [continued]

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