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 […]
No, White Hydrogen Isn’t A Limitless Source Of Clean Fuel
Recently people have been asking me to provide an opinion on a new color of hydrogen, white. My color blindness makes the entire hydrogen color spectrum even sillier than it already is, […]
Methane pollution “pouring out” of Australian gas infrastructure, study finds
Methane is leaking, or being deliberately released, from gas pipelines and facilities across Queensland and NSW, specialised camera footage from the Clean Air Task Force reveals. Infrared thermographer Théophile Humann-Guilleminot found 101 […]
Global Energy Trends: Insights From The 2023 Statistical Review Of World Energy
MUMBAI, INDIA MAY 19: Huge traffic jam on the Western Express Highway in the evening at Santacruz , … [+] on May 19, 2023 in Mumbai, India. (Photo by Satish Bate/Hindustan Times […]
Our Oil Predicament Explained: Heavy Oil and the Diesel Fuel it Provides Are Key
It has recently become clear to me that heavy oil, which is needed to produce diesel and jet fuel, plays a far more significant role in the world economy than most people […]
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