How many ways are there to say that mechanical direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide is a deeply stupid idea? Whatever the number is, I’ve probably used the majority of turns […]
World’s biggest micro-grid needs gigawatts of new battery capacity – and very soon
AEMO’s WA head Kate Ryan said the rapid energy transition is now fuelling very strong forecast growth in electricity demand, just as the state is transitioning to new, lower-emissions sources of supply […]
The Growing Importance of Carbon Capture
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies have long been seen as a tool to tackle climate chaos, but the potential was largely theoretical. Two projects at Sleipner and Snohvit off the […] The […]
Cost-Effective Catalyst To Supercharge Green Hydrogen Production
An Argonne National Laboratory team has developed a new catalyst composed of elements abundant in the Earth. It could make possible the low-cost and energy-efficient production of hydrogen for use in transportation […]
Heat pumps can decarbonize food and beverage processing, but report warns of bottlenecks
Heat pumps and other emissions-free technologies could almost entirely decarbonize food and beverage processing in the United States by 2035, according to a report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund and the […]
Mayor Michelle Wu issues order to ban fossil fuels in Boston buildings
Dive Brief: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has signed an executive order eliminating fossil fuel use in new building constructions and renovations across the city. The order bans new municipal buildings from using […]
New pumped-storage capacity in China is helping to integrate growing wind and solar power
China is building pumped-storage hydropower facilities to increase the flexibility of the power grid and accommodate growing wind and solar power. As of May 2023, China had 50 gigawatts (GW) of operational […]
Affordable energy in West Virginia starts with economic dispatch
Ashtin Massie, Maria Castillo and Joe Daniel are electric sector experts at RMI, a non-profit focused on the energy transition. With electricity bills consistently higher than the national average, and only expected […]
APS interconnection reforms should be rejected, RWE Clean Energy, trade groups tell FERC
An Arizona Public Service proposal to revise its interconnection process should be rejected, partly because it fails to follow the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s just-issued rule on grid interconnection, according to RWE […]
EDP to invest €2.5 billion to add 4GW of distributed solar capacity by 2026
“Solar distributed generation represents a tremendous opportunity to accelerate the energy transition alongside our clients,” said EDP CEO Miguel Stilwell d’Andrade. “This business segment can efficiently provide significant energy cost savings for […]
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