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Fully Charged Tours The Net Zero Energy Moonstone House

August 1, 2020 admin 0 Comments buildings, clean power, energy efficiency, fully charged, geothermal energy, led, lighting, moonstone house, moonstone project, robert llewellyn, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar thermal, vacupor

Credit to Author: Kyle Field| Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 20:05:35 +0000

The Moonstone House was meticulously designed and built between 2002 and 2009 to put the best renewable and energy efficiency technologies of its day to the test. Better than that, the owner continues to search out the latest and greatest technologies to showcase them throughout the property. Robert Llewelyn and Fully Charged visited Moonstone House and dug into why it exists and why it continues to evolve so many yeas later

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US Department Of Energy Picks 5 Projects To Receive Up To $28 Million For Geothermal Energy Research

July 31, 2020 admin 0 Comments clean power, cornell university, Department of Energy, DOE, engineered geothermal systems, geothermal energy, geothermal systems, geovision, hydroelectric, hydrothermal, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE, university of nevada at reno

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 02:10:56 +0000

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that five projects will receive up to $28 million to promote the advancement of the next generation of geothermal energy technologies

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FERC Data Shows Fossil Fuels Are Failing

July 15, 2020 admin biomass, clean power, climate change, Coal, Donald Trump, ferc, Fossil Fuels, geothermal energy, HEALTH, hydroelectric, inflection point, natural gas, Oil, Solar energy, waste heat, Water, waterpower, wind energy

Credit to Author: George Harvey| Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 17:15:25 +0000

For the first time, FERC is projecting a net decline of US fossil fuel capacity over the next three years

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PG&E Keeps Adding Electrons To Energy Storage Plans

May 28, 2020 admin batteries, California, clean power, coso battery storage, diablo energy storage, Dynegy, dynegy marketing and trade, Energy Storage, gateway energy storage, geothermal energy, grid, grid storage, lithium-ion batteries, nextera energy, nextera energy resources, nextera energy resources development, pacific gas and electric company, pacific gas and electric company (pg&e), PG&E, Solar energy, utilities

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 29 May 2020 01:59:17 +0000

California utilities are ahead of much of the world in the transition to clean technology. They have a lot more rooftop solar power on the grid than many places, and they’re led by progressive voters and politicians

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California Pumps $9.5 Million Into Lithium Extraction & Geothermal Energy

May 28, 2020 admin California, california energy commission, calipatria, clean power, clean transport, electric program investment charge (epic), Electric vehicles, geothermal energy, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lithium, lithium extraction, lithium mining, lithium valley, palo alto, policy & politics, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 20:02:23 +0000

Earlier this month, the California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded $9.5 million for 3 geothermal and lithium projects. The projects have a dual purpose — they help to provide more clean, renewable energy and they help a budding lithium recovery industry in the state

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IKEA Put 1 Million Solar Panels On 370 Stores In 2019

May 5, 2020 admin biomass, buildings, clean power, consumer technology, corporate renewable energy, Fossil Fuels, geothermal energy, google, green economy, ikea, ikea renewable energy, ikea solar energy, ikea wind energy, luminaid, policy & politics, rooftop solar, Solar energy, solar power plants, wind energy

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Tue, 05 May 2020 02:50:09 +0000

In 2019, IKEA invested $2.8 billion in renewable energy infrastructure. IKEA put 1 million solar panels on 370 0f its stores and warehouses, and also built 535 wind turbines and 2 solar parks. The goal is to be climate positive by 2030. IKEA shows that we have the solutions. So, what’s stopping us from implementing them

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Green Building Would Add 30,000 Plants & Trees To Cityscape

April 6, 2020 admin air quality, architecture, buildings, clean power, geothermal energy, green building, green building elements, luxury condos, passive air conditioning, passive cooling, Philippines, projects, rainbow tree, sustainable architecture, trees, Urban Planning

Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:08:06 +0000

The stunning piece of green building architecture you’re looking at here is called the Rainbow Tree Residential Tower, and its architect claims that, once (if?) built, the 377-foot timber tower would bring more than 30,000 new plants, shrubs, and trees to the skyline of Cebu, Philippines

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Costa Rica Is At Nearly 100% Renewable Energy For Electricity

February 3, 2020 admin 100% renewables, carbon neutral, clean power, Costa Rica, costa rica renewable energy, geothermal energy, grid, hydroelectric, policy & politics, wind energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 14:38:39 +0000

Costa Rica got more than 99% of its electricity from renewables last year. It wants to do better.

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US Electricity: Solar Up 15%, Wind Up 9%

January 9, 2020 admin biomass, clean power, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, co2 emissions, Coal, consumer technology, Fossil Fuels, geothermal energy, hydroelectric, market research, natural gas, nuclear energy, Oil, research, Solar energy, us coal, us electricity capacity reports, us electricity generation reports, us natural gas, us new renewable energy capacity, us nuclear, us renewable energy, us renewable energy capacity, us solar energy, us wind energy, waste reduction, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 03:00:23 +0000

“Small-scale solar photovoltaics (e.g., rooftop solar systems) alone grew by 19.22% YTD. Compared to all other energy sources, solar-generated electricity has enjoyed the fastest growth rate thus far in 2019.” Natural gas generation grew by 6.71%, nuclear energy generation grew by 0.8%, and coal-generated electricity generation declined by 14.46%

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A Guide To Disaster Preparedness — Part Two

December 31, 2019 admin biomass, buildings, clean power, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, Disaster preparedness, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, geothermal energy, HEALTH, hydroelectric, Solar energy, tesla, wind energy

Credit to Author: Barry A.F.| Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2020 04:19:56 +0000

Due to climate change, 100-year, 500-year, and even 1000-year weather events are happening with alarming regularity. Unfortunately, we are still not at a mitigation level to avoid 1.5ºC or even 2ºC (2.7° F to 3.6° F) temperature rise

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