Climate Action & Science
How to Become Clean Energy Evangelist
A few weeks ago, CleanTechnica published my Clean Energy Evangelist Report Card. However, 1) I left some things out which I will add here and in a future article.
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- Meet the solar industry’s new Republican evangelist
Tim Pawlenty was a two-term Republican governor of Minnesota and made a run in the 2012 presidential primary, which ultimately went to Mitt Romney. Now, Pawlenty has reemerged on the national political scene as…
- Advanced grid tech gets a $1.9B DOE boost
For years now, grid experts have been trying to get utilities to deploy advanced transmission technologies that can squeeze more capacity out of overstressed U.S. power grids. Source: Canary Media.
- Choosing inductors for energy-efficient power applications
Sponsored by Coilcraft. For battery-powered applications, improving the efficiency of the entire power supply circuit extends battery life, and inductor efficiency is often a major design consideration. Source: Charged EVs.
- How can utilities best approach wildfire risk in the Northeast?
Approaches to Wildfire Risk in the Northeast: Situational Awareness and Emergency Management session will detail how Avangrid successfully adapted western wildfire risk models for northeastern environments. Source: Renewable Energy World.
- Energy Department will spend $2 billion to squeeze more electricity from the aging power grid
The Energy Department will invest nearly $2 billion in 31 projects across 26 states to enhance the power grid, increasing capacity by over 23 gigawatts. Source: Renewable Energy World.
- Cape backdraft damper vs butterfly damper
After reading some positive reviews on GBA, we recently purchased a 4" Tamarack cape backdraft damper ( to replace a bathroom exhaust fan damper that flapped on windy days. We… Source: Green Building Advisor.
- Netherlands Cuts 2040 Hydrogen Forecast By Almost 60%
Three years is a long time in hydrogen strategy. The Netherlands’ 2023 National Energy System Plan projected roughly 460 petajoules of gaseous hydrogen demand in 2040. Source: CleanTechnica.
- UN passes first declaration on sea level rise, protecting island nations’ sovereignty
President Donald Trump’s second term has been a nightmare for global cooperation on climate change. Trump has yanked the United States from the Paris climate agreement, attacked a global agreement on a carbon tax…
- Even in disaster zones, many prisons and jails lack evacuation procedures
Incarcerated people have experienced flooded cells, a loss of running water, and power outages. Source: Yale Climate Connections.
- Scaling DERs for reliability and resilience | Factor This Policycast
This episode of the Factor This Policycast explores how customer-sited technologies, including batteries, smart thermostats, backup generators, microgrids, rooftop solar, and flexible load, can be aggregated and operated as dependable grid assets.
- Analysis: EVs are now nine times cheaper than petrol or diesel to drive in the UK
Print article Share The latest surge in fossil-fuel prices means it is now up to nine times cheaper in the UK to drive an electric vehicle (EV) than a petrol or diesel car, shows…
- Interactive: What China’s dozens of ‘five-year plans’ say about climate and energy
Almost three-quarters of the 72 five-year plans published by China this year include policies or targets related to climate change and energy, according to Carbon Brief analysis. Five-year plans are an important part of…
- ZF Aftermarket introduces repair kits for hybrid and EV motors, inverters and reducers
ZF Aftermarket has introduced four new kits in its E-Mobility Repair Kit family, covering electric motors, inverters, transmission mechatronics and electric drive unit reducers in hybrid and battery-electric drivetrains. Each kit bundles the parts…
- The Global Mining Industry Is Beginning To Turn A Page
A new documentary series on the 2010 Chilean mine disaster continues to resonate today as the global mining industry adopts new technologies in support of the global energy transition (lightly cropped; credit Cristián Leighton…
- Data centre buildout uplifting US BESS market outlook, Wood Mackenzie says
Market research firm Wood Mackenzie stated that data centre buildout is uplifting the US battery energy storage system (BESS) outlook across all segments. Source: Energy Storage News.
- ‘FCAs convinced regulators to compromise on grid fees in Germany’: Eco Stor’s Georg Gallmetzer on cementing the industry’s future
We recently caught up with Georg Gallmetzer, managing director of German BESS platform Eco Stor, about the firm’s role in formulating flexible connection agreements (FCAs) and how this was intimately tied to the debate…
