U.S. Department of Energy & FEMA Study Finds Puerto Rico Can Achieve 100% Renewable Energy Future By 2050

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:40:40 +0000

The PR100 Study Outlines Viable Pathways to Securing a Renewable, Resilient and Reliable Grid; To Maximize Impact DOE Sets Launch … [continued]

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FEMA & EV Charging Providers Need To Talk About Post-Evacuation Bottlenecks

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 17:20:08 +0000

One of the big “gotchas” the anti-EV crowd tries to throw at EVs is that they’d fail you in a hurricane evacuation. I’ve covered this before, repeatedly, but no matter how many times we bust the myths and garbage surrounding it, the lie just doesn’t go away. Like other right-wing memes in Florida, it’s even […]

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DOE & FEMA Release One-Year Progress Report on Joint Effort to Modernize Puerto Rico’s Grid With 100% Clean Energy

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:52:48 +0000

PR100 Update Provides Early Scenarios to Help Increase Renewable Energy Capabilities That Meet Electricity Demand, Improve Grid Reliability and Resilience, and Lower Energy Costs

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Deep Learning Underlies Geographic Dataset Used in Hurricane Response

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2022 04:43:27 +0000

As Hurricane Fiona made landfall as a Category 1 storm in Puerto Rico on Sept. 18, 2022, some areas of the island were inundated with nearly 30 inches of rain, and power to hundreds of thousands of homes was knocked out. Only 10 days later, Hurricane Ian, a Category 4 storm and one of the […]

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Vermont University & FEMA Provide Drone Training For Public Safety

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 12:50:37 +0000

In a recent post here at CleanTechnica, I covered an online panel the FAA held about best practices for public safety personnel (whom they incorrectly called “first responders”). It was a very informative event, and anybody looking to create a drone program for police, fire, or emergency management should seriously check it out. Today, we […]

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Climate Change Is Teaching Us How To Cope With Climate Change

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2019 22:40:38 +0000

The small lessons climate change is teaching us along the way might be what saves our species. As important as clean technology is, how we use that technology — what tactics we employ — can make all the difference

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