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Washington State Ferries, Second-Largest Ferry Switching From Diesel To Batteries

December 24, 2019 admin batteries, boats, british columbia ferry services, clean transport, climate change, coastal marine policy, electric ferries, Electric vehicles, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, ferries, jay inslee, lithium-ion batteries, policy & politics, puget sound, puget sound energy, Washington, washington state ferries, Water

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 21:54:11 +0000

Washington State Ferries will be following Ellen’s example near the Danish island of Ærø. Washington often leads and succeeds where other states hover, discuss, and are quite too slow to transition. Washington also runs the second-largest ferry system in the world, so switching from diesel to batteries in the early part of a trend toward electrification in shipping is vital to set better standards in marine shipping

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A Modest Pumped Storage Proposal For Democratic Candidates

December 13, 2019 admin Australia, clean power, climate change, Coal, Democratic Party, election 2020, Energy Storage, green economy, green jobs, grid, policy & politics, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy standards, scotland, United States, Water

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 18:25:58 +0000

Democratic candidates for President should elevate pumped storage hydro into a coal-country vote winner as well as a climate change winner

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This Is the Best Spot for Humans to Land on Mars Yet, NASA Says

December 12, 2019 admin astronauts, humans to mars, ICE, jet propulsion laboratory, jpl, Mars, mars landing, martian, nasa, tech-science, Water

Credit to Author: Becky Ferreira| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:14:51 +0000

If humans want to not die on Mars, they’ll need a reliable source of water. NASA scientists think they’ve found it in a place where ice is so close to the surface that astronauts could get to it with a shovel.

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Hydropower Industry Launches Major International Project to Demonstrate Flexibility

December 11, 2019 admin alpiq, andritz, Business, EDF, Energy Storage, ge renewable energy, Hydro, hydropower, hydropower flexibility, hydropower reservoirs, iha, International, Modernization, news, pelton turbines, pumped-storage hydro, Renewables, Research and Development, Solar, Technology, Water, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 14:15:32 +0000

The post Hydropower Industry Launches Major International Project to Demonstrate Flexibility appeared first on POWER Magazine.

In a new attempt to secure a concrete role for the international hydropower industry within the decarbonization movement, several utilities, equipment manufacturers, universities, research centers, and consultancies have scaffolded to demonstrate how modern hydropower plants can provide flexibility to markets that are increasingly inundated by variable generation like wind and solar. On Dec. 10, the […]

The post Hydropower Industry Launches Major International Project to Demonstrate Flexibility appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Tesla Reps Give Out Water To Those In Long Supercharger Lines During Thanksgiving Weekend

December 9, 2019 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, long lines, tesla, tesla superchargers, tesla supercharging, Water

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 04:57:09 +0000

Long Tesla Supercharger lines are just like long lines anywhere: frustrating. Especially if you have to wait in line longer than it takes to charge. This problem came around the Thanksgiving holiday season and may pop up again around Christmas and New Year’s. After all, many people travel for the holidays

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BMW Group Joins “Getting to Zero Coalition” — 1st Carmaker To Do So

December 6, 2019 admin BMW, bmw i3, cars, clean transport, co2 emissions, consumer technology, cop25, electric cars, electric maritime, Electric vehicles, EU, Fossil Fuels, getting to zero coalition, green economy, investment, lithium-ion batteries, Manufacturing, maritime emissions, maritime shipping, policy & politics, Shipping, Water

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 21:16:51 +0000

Being superbly happy with the performance, and yes, the style of the BMW i3 that I drive, it’s nice to hear BMW is continuing to focus on manufacturing electric cars in a green way. The company actually operates a sustainability strategy that exists along the entire value chain, supporting sustainability more deeply than in the cars or car factories themselves

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Hydropanels Provide Rural West Virginia Community With Fresh Drinking Water

December 4, 2019 admin clean power, cleantechnica exclusive, digdeep, green jobs, investment, one2one usa foundation, Solar energy, solar-thermal assembly, Water, zero mass water

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:34:21 +0000

A new hydropanel project will help an area of Appalachia whose water has been affected by years of mining and poor infrastructure

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The Different Faces Of Climate Change: The Zambia Drought

November 26, 2019 admin climate change, drought, Water, zambia

Credit to Author: The Beam| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:00:44 +0000

The little rainfall has led to low harvest and difficulties for cattle to graze, in particular in the Southern parts of Zambia where Philip lives. This has resulted in an increase in malnutrition. 2.3 million people in Zambia are now living in need of food assistance, UNICEF is reporting 40% of children under 5 years being stunted, and malnutrition is only expected to increase

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Tesla Grid-Scale Battery In South Australia To Get 50% Larger

November 19, 2019 admin australian clean energy finance corporation, Energy Storage, hornsdale battery, lithium-ion batteries, neoen, scott morrison, south australia, Water

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 02:40:28 +0000

Neoen, the owner/operator of the Hornsdale battery in South Australia will expand its size by 50% by the middle of next year, further stabilizing the grid and saving utility customers money.

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Greta Sails Home, + Common “Net-Zero Emissions” Questions & Answers

November 16, 2019 admin carbon budget, carbon removal, clean transport, climate change, climate policy, co2 emissions, consumer technology, decarbonization, ghg, ghg emissions, greenhouse gases, greta thunberg, jane fonda, lighter footprints, net-zero emissions, Paris Agreement, policy & politics, SCIENCE, us emissions, Water, zero emissions

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 01:40:36 +0000

This week, Greta Thunberg, the well known empowered climate activist from Northern Europe, continued her net-zero-emissions journey by returning home. Greta is working to educate the world. She spreads hope and addresses concerns. Avoiding the use of fossil fuels, she once again took to the seas rather than flying in order to reach Europe with her father