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Community Solar Benefits Renters & Low Income Communities

July 11, 2024 admin California, clean power, community solar, Illinois, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), national renewable energy lab (nrel), New York, Oregon, rooftop solar, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 16:35:17 +0000

A June study by researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory that analyzed data from 11 states found people who adopt community solar are 6.1 times more likely to live in multifamily buildings, are 4.4 times more likely to rent, and earn 23% less annual income than rooftop solar adopters, who tend to be more wealthy. In … [continued]

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New Report Breaks Down State-Level Renewable Energy Siting Policies & Permitting Authorities Across the USA

June 21, 2024 admin clean power, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), offshore wind energy, offshore wind farms, onshore wind farms, us department of energy (doe), wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:45:26 +0000

State and/or local government involvement in renewable energy development varies widely across the United States. A new report funded by DOE, in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Regulatory Assistance Project, Clean Air Task Force, and others, inventories and simplifies the complex state-level policies of all 50 states, plus … [continued]

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U.S. DOE Releases 1st-Ever Roadmap to Accelerate Connecting More Clean Energy Projects to the Nation’s Electric Grid

April 20, 2024 admin bipartisan infrastructure law, clean power, grid, grid storage, jennifer granholm, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), press releases, Smart Grid, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe), wind energy

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:27:55 +0000

Report Details Recommendations to Streamline Interconnection with Near- to Long-Term Solutions to Add Clean Energy Resources to the Transmission Grid and Boost Our Clean Energy Economy WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released a new roadmap outlining solutions to speed up the interconnection of clean energy onto the nation’s transmission grid and … [continued]

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NAWI Awarded Funding To Continue To Accelerate Research & Development For A Secure Water Future

April 16, 2024 admin berkeley lab, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), us department of energy (doe), Water

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 00:06:33 +0000

A research consortium led by Berkeley Lab, along with three other national labs, will continue to lead a DOE desalination hub to drive innovation for sustainable water security The National Alliance for Water Innovation (NAWI), which is led by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), has … [continued]

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300 Million Home Sales Prove It: Wind Turbines Don’t Kill Property Values After All

March 22, 2024 admin clean power, green economy, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), onshore wind farms, policy & politics, property values, university of california berkeley, us department of energy (doe), usa, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 15:15:16 +0000

Yet another study pulls the rug out from under the “property values” argument against wind turbines and utility-scale wind farms.

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Solar On Businesses, Schools, & Other Non-Residential Buildings Affect Residential Adoption Trends

January 19, 2024 admin berkeley lab, buildings, clean power, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), Solar energy, solar energy technologies office (seto), us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 03:01:29 +0000

Previous research has shown that social influence can drive rooftop solar adoption. Research to date has primarily focused on influence … [continued]

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How Fiber-Optic Sensing & New Materials Could Reduce Cost Of Floating Offshore Wind

June 6, 2023 admin clean power, floating offshore wind energy, floating offshore wind turbines, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), offshore wind energy, wind energy, wind turbines

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2023 19:58:07 +0000

A key concern in the conversation over floating offshore wind’s potential to disrupt the clean energy space is how the technologies would impact marine life. Researchers developed fiber-optic sensing capable of monitoring surrounding acoustic signals, such as whale calls. This allows scientists to monitor how FOSW operations might impact large marine mammals. (Credit: Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab)

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Argonne National Lab Creates Lithium-Ion Batteries That Work In The Cold

May 21, 2023 admin argonne national laboratory (anl), batteries, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), lithium-ion batteries, research

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 18 May 2023 20:57:03 +0000

Researchers at Argonne National Lab believe they may have a solution for lithium ion batteries that perform poorly in the cold.

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Berkeley Lab & FSU Team Designs Next-Gen Batteries at Atomic Level

February 27, 2023 admin batteries, Energy Storage, florida state university (fsu), lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), lithium-ion batteries, research, SCIENCE, solid-state batteries

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 13:47:20 +0000

Batteries that are less dependent on specific chemical elements, particularly critical metals that are challenging to source

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Breaking Barriers to Home Electrification Through the EAS-E Prize

February 21, 2023 admin buildings, clean power, consumer technology, energy efficiency, Energy Storage, home energy management, lawrence berkeley national laboratory (lbnl), led, lighting, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), smartphone apps, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 14:59:08 +0000

Apply for EAS-E Prize Phase 1 by March 8 To Compete for $2.4 Million in Prizes and Technical Assistance To Accelerate Fast, Easy, and Scalable Home Electrification Solutions

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