Red states leading the US in solar and wind production, new report shows
Country’s capacity to generate renewable energy shot up last year, producing enough electricity to power 64m households
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Renewable Energy: Solar, Wind, Nuclear Fusion Or Whatever Alternatives That Work
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Introducing the world’s first commercial-scale seaweed farm located between offshore wind turbines
The project North Sea Farm 1 will be located in a wind farm off the coast of the Netherlands, designed to test and improve methods of seaweed farming, while researching the potential of seaweed to sequester carbon.
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The tiny diamond sphere that could unlock clean power
A diamond sphere made in Germany was key to December's breakthrough fusion experiment in California.
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Britain breaks 'green grid' record with latest 100 per cent clean power milestone
Update from Imperial College London reveals the UK grid ran on 100 per cent clean electricity for 25 hours during December, setting yet another record
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Newly discovered enzyme that turns air into electricity, providing a new clean source of energy
Australian scientists have discovered an enzyme that converts air into energy. The finding, published today in the journal Nature, reveals that this enzyme uses the low amounts of the hydrogen in the atmosphere to create an electrical current. This finding opens the way to create devices that...
And I guess Sunrun tells your contact information to some of the lowest lowlife email spammers if you don’t go with their service? Right after I said no, within a few days, I got slammed with spam. I haven’t had a spam issue in years.Had Sunrun do a quote for me. They came back with no money down lease at $350 a month with a battery backup. It costs more than electricity for the year, $4200 compared to $2900.
WMATA breaks ground on Bladensburg Garage; awards electric bus contracts
The garage is the authority’s second facility that will support its zero-emission fleet and will have the capacity to host 300 buses.
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Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Administration (WMATA) held a groundbreaking ceremony on March 8 to mark the start of construction Bladensburg Garage, its second facility to house its planned zero-emission fleet. The facility sits on more than 17 acres of land and will have the capacity for 300 buses, half of which will be zero emission.
The new garage is LEED® Platinum designed and will see improvements that will support additional buses, continue to provide maintenance, parts storage and employee amenities, improve parking to include 200 40-foot bus spaces, 100 articulated bus spaces and 560 employee spaces and allocate space for electric bus infrastructure.
"Our investment in new, modern electric-ready bus garages is the future of public transportation," said WMATA General Manager and CEO Randy Clarke. "Zero-emission buses are a game changer for Metro and for the surrounding communities by providing clean transportation that will help improve the region's air quality and make the environment healthier for everyone."
The WMATA Board approved a plan in 2021 that set the authority on a course to have a 100 percent zero-emission bus fleet by 2045, with a full transition to electric or other zero-emission bus purchases by 2030. To support this zero-emission fleet, WMATA began construction on the Northern Bus Garage in January 2023. The Northern Bus Garage will transform a 117-year-old former streetcar storage building into a modern facility that will host an all zero-emission bus fleet.
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Data center uses its waste heat to warm public pool, saving $24,000 per year
As reported by Datacenter Dynamics, UK startup Deep Green's 28kW system runs a high-performance computing (HPC) cluster for cloud customers looking to use its computing resources.
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Gravity batteries in abandoned mines could power the whole planet, scientists say
A study from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) proposes that decommissioned mines could be repurposed to operate gravity batteries. Converting old mines could provide...
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Physicists Use Quantum Mechanics to Pull Energy out of Nothing | Quanta Magazine
The quantum energy teleportation protocol was proposed in 2008 and largely ignored. Now two independent experiments have shown that it works.
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Solar panels handle heat better when combined with crops
New study finds that an optimal arrangement of solar panels on farms can cool the panels down by 10 degrees—crucial for their efficiency.
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For the first time, renewable energy generation beat out coal in the US
Despite the encouraging news, some energy experts say the uptick in renewable energy generation still isn’t fast enough.
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Musk puts $14 trillion price tag on sticking by fossil fuels - Autoblog
Musk says it would cost the world $4 trillion more to stick with fossil fuels than it would to convert to clean energy.
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Japan will try to beam solar power from space by 2025 | Engadget
A Japanese public-private partnership will attempt to put orbital solar arrays in space later this decade..
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How shading crops with solar panels can improve farming, lower food costs and reduce emissions
Canada can meet its carbon emission reduction targets, make food cheap again and open up a gigantic trade surplus with the U.S. by shading farm crops with solar panels.
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MIT Unveils Megawatt Motor For Larger Electric Aircraft
The design could overcome one of the key challenges facing electrifying larger planes
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California Senate approves wave and tidal renewable energy bill
The California State Senate has unanimously passed the California Senate Bill 605 – Wave and Tidal Energy.
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Wind farms produce one third of Ireland's energy in first half of the year | BreakingNews.ie
Wholesale electricity prices fell by 35% in June compared to the same month last year
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E&E News: Biden admin advances large offshore wind project
The project is planned roughly 15 miles from the New Jersey shore, where it would produce enough electricity to power 380,000 homes.
European power prices fall below zero with green power boom - Autoblog
Electricity prices across Europe are set to fall below zero this weekend thanks to a surge of summer winds combined with the peak season for solar power.
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Its funny how the world is coming around to clean energy. Mostly cause its very profitable right now. I used to work as a quality control scientist for Enviva, one of the world largest wood pellet producers. With their government contracts they paid very well.
Scientists invent double-sided solar panel that generates vastly more electricity
Back side of perovskite panel achieves more than 90 per cent of the efficiency of the front side
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US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility achieved the feat using lasers to fuse two atoms
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That’s awesome. Baby steps.US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility achieved the feat using lasers to fuse two atoms
A record 270 GW of solar is predicted worldwide for 2023
A record 270 GW of newly installed solar capacity is expected to be achieved worldwide in 2023, according to Wood Mackenzie.
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Liquid Metal Battery Will Be on the Grid Next Year
The molten calcium-antimony design promises low cost and long life
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'A wake up call for opponents of net zero': Government predicts gas power will be three times more expensive than renewables by 2025
Government projections suggest wind and solar are on track to become orders of magnitude cheaper than gas power over the coming decade
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US can cut building emissions by up to 91%, saving $100 billion a year in energy-related costs, modeling study shows
The US has committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. To accomplish this goal, large cuts in emissions are necessary, especially in high-emission sectors like the building industry.
Pioneering wind-powered cargo ship sets sail
Inventors hope maiden voyage will help usher in new era of greener shipping.
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