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Hurricane Francine Knocks Energy Infrastructure Offline — Not Clean Energy Infrastructure

September 16, 2024 admin clean power, energy resilience, energy security, Extreme weather, Fossil Fuels, hurricanes, natural gas, Oil, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 03:56:09 +0000

Hurricanes can massively disrupt energy infrastructure, and can leave people without power for hours or days. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced today a vast array of energy infrastructure that has been knocked offline by Hurricane Francine. But one thing stood out to me: none of this was clean … [continued]

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Climate Action Plans for States Made Easier with Free Tool

September 14, 2024 admin bloomberg philanthropies, clean power, clean transport, co2 emissions, Electric vehicles, ghg emissions, rmi, Solar energy, us co2 emissions, wind energy

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 21:12:22 +0000

The updated Energy Policy Simulators are already helping states access federal funding from the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program For tutorial videos on how to use the EPS, scroll to the end of the article. RMI and Energy Innovation’s free Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) can help states craft the most effective energy … [continued]

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Germany Responds to Donald Trump’s Lies About German Electricity Grid

September 14, 2024 admin clean power, Coal, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, policy & politics, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 16:54:11 +0000

Germany may not have liked being pulled into Donald Trump’s closing arguments at the debate last night, or maybe it did, but in either case, the country has responded. In particular, the German Foreign Office took to X to correct the record. As I wrote earlier today, in his closing … [continued]

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Starmer Government Is Leading UK Away From Its Oil Addiction

September 14, 2024 admin clean power, equinor, Fossil Fuels, greenpeace, kier sharmer, labour party, natural gas, North Sea, Oil, oil and gas exploration, policy & politics, shell, Solar energy, uk, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:44:26 +0000

The new UK government has announced it will not oppose legal appeals that seek to halt oil and gas exploration in the North Sea.

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When You Think The Neighbors Are Eating Cats & Dogs …

September 13, 2024 admin clean power, Donald Trump, policy & politics, Republicans, Solar energy, us election 2024, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:03:51 +0000

More likely than not, you are aware there was a debate last night for the two candidates who could be elected the next president of the United States. I’m going to bring this short article around to cleantech and climate matters in a moment, but I think one has to … [continued]

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How Do People Get Tricked Into Believing Anti-EV, Anti-Solar, Anti-Wind Myths?

September 13, 2024 admin clean energy myths, clean power, clean transport, electric car myths, Electric vehicles, ev myths, renewable energy myths, Solar energy, solar energy myths, wind energy, wind energy myths

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 03:50:59 +0000

Reading through Scott’s long exchange with an Extinction Rebellion activist, and especially seeing the activist repeat clear misinformation regarding wind turbines, solar panels, and electric vehicles, I got to thinking about how people end up consuming and believing such misinformation. I’ve known people of all sorts who have fallen for … [continued]

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Clean Energy Has A Secret Weapon: Rural Electric Cooperatives

September 12, 2024 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaic, agrivoltaics, clean power, NORTH DAKOTA, rural electric co-ops, rural electric cooperative, rural solar, Solar energy, us department of agriculture (usda), usa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2024 15:20:47 +0000

The USDA has just launched a new, $7.3 billion round of funding for clean energy projects, to be spearheaded by rural electric cooperatives.

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NREL Advances Method for Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades

August 28, 2024 admin clean power, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, recycling, research, SCIENCE, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 22:10:22 +0000

Resin Made From Biomass Enables Chemical Recycling at End of Useful Lifespan Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) see a realistic path forward to the manufacture of bio-derivable wind blades that can be chemically recycled and the components reused, ending the practice of old … [continued]

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17 US States & Territories to Receive $66 Million to Establish Energy Efficiency Revolving Loan Funds

August 28, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, green jobs, grid, investing in america, investment, jennifer granholm, Joe Biden, justice40 initiative, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 22:06:54 +0000

The Investing in America Agenda Will Fund Loans for Energy Efficiency Projects in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 15 States to Lower Costs and Boost Resilience for Homeowners, Small Businesses and Public Buildings WASHINGTON, DC — As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department … [continued]

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South Africa Celebrates 150 Days Without Loadshedding. New Utility-Scale Solar PV Auction Oversubscribed

August 28, 2024 admin africa, clean power, eskom, grid, Solar energy, South Africa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 15:06:23 +0000

South Africans had been facing increasing electricity rationing (loadshedding) over the past couple of years. The effects of loadshedding on homes and businesses have been brutal, and the South African Reserve Bank says that during the higher stages of load shedding, where consumers can experience 12 hours of load shedding … [continued]

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