Credit to Author: NRDC| Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:28:09 +0000
In a set of briefs released today, modeling gives a new, in-depth look into pathways for New Mexico to cut climate-warming pollution while improving health and quality of life for its communities, particularly rural and tribal communities historically overburdened by fossil fuel development. Achieving the state’s near and long-term climate goals will depend on New […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 09:00:49 +0000
As the world marked another flopped climate conference last year — with precious chances for action racing past — many eyes drifted toward the People’s Republic of China (PRC). News sites decried Xi’s absence. Commentators suggest that if emerging East Asian economies don’t do their part, climate efforts cannot succeed. As he did in 2009 […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 21:15:23 +0000
Researchers Are Collecting the Most Comprehensive Data on How Winds Move Through Wind Power Plants To Help Design More Efficient Plants and Reduce Wind Energy Costs “Windmills,” Bob Kerr said, “don’t eat.” Through years of drought, Kerr, an Oklahoma cattle rancher and wheat farmer, watched the ponds on his farmland disappear into caked earth. Without […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:14:16 +0000
Fortescue has bought Williams Advanced Engineering. Why? Williams and FFI have been cooperating for some time in the electrification of Fortescue’s 400 ton haulage trucks. Now they will be working more closely together. WAE is a leading provider of high-performance race-bred battery and electrification technologies and will bring speed, precision, and cutting-edge technology from the […]
Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:00:31 +0000
An abandoned gold mine in far north Queensland is set to become the world’s first co-located solar and pumped storage hydropower plant. The 250 MW Kidston Pumped Storage Hydro Project, 270 km northwest of Townsville, is the first pumped hydro power station to be built in Australia in almost 40 years. Genex has commenced its […]
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 06:00:59 +0000
Extreme winter weather has revealed the flaws of energy strategies that overly rely on gas. A year ago, I wrote about how Mid-Atlantic fossil fuel power plant owners’ bad practices cost consumers money by reducing power plant capabilities that should be available in cold weather. Soon after I posted that blog, the February Winter Storm Uri wreaked […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 18:55:50 +0000
Solar panels that are 35% efficient may be just a few years away.
Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 18:19:18 +0000
To the families of Fife considering SGN’s offer of ‘free’ hydrogen appliances, be aware that you would be putting your loved ones at risk to perpetuate a disappearing business model for gas utilities.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:00:15 +0000
Emissions reductions depend on constant and determined action. To succeed, policymakers across all levels of society need to continue to push forward with climate action, even if that means compromise and intermittent disappointments.
Credit to Author: World Resources Institute| Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2022 22:39:07 +0000
Originally published on WRI’s Resource Institute. By Sadof Alexander During these unprecedented times, there’s a great deal of uncertainty about the future. The COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the effects of climate change are already being felt worldwide, and people across the planet continue to face inequity. And that’s just what’s happening on the global stage, not to […]