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Data Centers & AI Are Sucking Up Huge Amounts Of Renewable Energy

June 6, 2024 admin AI, Amazon, clean power, data center, data centers, google, green economy, grid, microsoft, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 15:08:51 +0000

Mention electric cars, and some people will go off on a tirade about how there is not enough electricity to charge them all, and if they happened to be charging at the same time, the electrical grid will implode as transmission wires melt and transformers self-destruct in a shower of … [continued]

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Flower Turbines & The Potential Of Small-Scale Wind

June 6, 2024 admin clean power, small wind power, vertical axis wind turbines, wind energy

Credit to Author: Otto Gunderson| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 16:15:03 +0000

When thinking of small-scale renewable energy solutions, particularly for off-grid projects, solar is the first thing that comes to mind. Whether a ground-mount or roof-mounted system, the availability, falling costs, and simplicity of the solution has thus far been attractive for customers. Wind, on the other hand, is often still … [continued]

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New Energy Storage Systems From Thin (Compressed) Air Can Compete With Li-Ion Batteries

June 5, 2024 admin bnef, bnef (bloomberg new energy finance), caes, clean power, compressed air energy storage, compressed air energy storage (caes), Energy Storage, hydrostor, long-duration energy storage, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2024 14:53:56 +0000

A new analysis indicates that compressed air energy storage systems can beat lithium-ion batteries on capex for long duration applications.

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Driving On Electricity Is Now Much Cleaner Than Using A Gasoline Car

June 5, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, electric car benefits, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev benefits, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev emissions, Solar energy, ucs, union of concerned scientists, wind energy

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 04:46:18 +0000

[Editor’s note: After reading Dave Reichmuth’s most recent piece, I started thinking about a comparable study on Wisconsin land use. Land use and solar power, which generates clean electricity that many increasingly use to power EVs and homes, are topics of complaints we hear from time to time. However, a … [continued]

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Director of NREL’s Alaska Campus Ice Breaker: Q&A With Director of NREL’s Alaska Campus

June 5, 2024 admin alaska, buildings, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, grid, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 03:57:54 +0000

Originally a mechanical engineer, Bruno Grunau now spends his days testifying before Congress, meeting regularly with the Alaska governor’s office, and learning from Alaska’s utilities, communities, and Indigenous people whose ancestors have lived here for thousands of years. Grunau is the regional director of Applied Research for Communities in Extreme … [continued]

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Science Never Sleeps, Green Hydrogen & Biochar Edition

June 3, 2024 admin Agriculture, biochar, clean power, distributed wind, energy efficiency, green hydrogen, hydrogen, Solar energy, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 15:07:00 +0000

Researchers are deploying biochar to boost energy efficiency and cut the cost of green hydrogen from water electrolysis.

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New Study: U.S. Wind & Solar Generation Provided $249 Billion In Climate & Air Quality Health Benefits From 2019–2022

June 2, 2024 admin clean power, climate change, energy efficiency, green economy, HEALTH, research, SCIENCE, Solar energy, solar energy benefits, wind energy, wind energy benefits

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 17:33:39 +0000

We are pleased to announce a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Cell Reports Sustainability that focuses on the air quality and climate benefits of wind and solar energy. Though past studies have demonstrated that wind and solar generation provide substantial health and climate benefits, this research provides an … [continued]

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Startup Gets $10 Million To Pump More Energy Storage Into Texas Grid

June 2, 2024 admin arpa-e, clean power, compressed air energy storage, Energy Storage, ercot, gravity energy storage, pumped hydro storage, renewable energy, Solar energy, texas, us department of energy (doe), usa, water battery, water resources, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 16:05:26 +0000

The US startup Quidnet Energy is leveraging oilfield know-how to bring a new underground pumped hydro energy storage system to Texas.

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US Floating Offshore Wind Industry To Tackle Maine

May 31, 2024 admin bureau of ocean energy management (boem), clean power, floating, floating offshore wind energy, green economy, green jobs, investment, maine, Manufacturing, offshore wind energy, university of maine, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 15:16:24 +0000

The rough-and-tumble coast of Maine is about to get a renewable energy makeover with an assist from new floating offshore wind technology.

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5 Million US Solar Installations, Low Tesla Model Y Interest Rates, New Electric Cars — Top Cleantech News

May 30, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean power, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica top 10, cleantechnica top 20, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, market research, research, Solar energy, tesla, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 21:57:03 +0000

What were the biggest cleantech news stories and analyses in the past couple of weeks? Below, put into a handful of core groupings, are the ones that stood out to me. Solar Power in the USA: California, the largest US solar market by far, has thrown the solar industry into … [continued]

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