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Storing Energy in the Freezer: Long-Duration Thermal Storage Comes of Age

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Jason Dreisbach fields at least half a dozen calls every week from people trying to sell him a technology to lower his energy costs. Cold storage — from frozen food warehouses to grocery and restaurant refrigeration — has one of the highest energy costs of any industry; energy expenditures are usually second only to payroll.

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Can EDF Make Big Money in Small-Scale Renewables?

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The world’s leading nuclear power generator is betting big on a future of small-scale, distributed energy. How it fares in the distributed space will be of great interest to other 20th-century energy giants feeling their way toward a transformed, low-carbon future. nuclear plants that it's now moving to sell.

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Will Your EV Keep the Lights on When the Grid Goes Down?

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Last month’s preventative power shutoffs in California highlighted the vulnerability of the electricity grid to threats exacerbated by a changing climate. But what about the mobile battery packs carried in the hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles now on the road in California?

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This Napa Valley winery has been farmed organically since 1985

AGreenLiving

The property became one of the first vineyards in the Napa Valley to farm 100% organically in 1985, eventually evolving into a leader in sustainable farming for the famous wine-growing region. In 1992, Spottswoode made history again by becoming one of the first wineries to earn CCOF organic certification.

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Over a Half-million Americans Live Near Oil Refineries With High Levels of a Cancer-causing Air Pollutant, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

Seven of the 13 refineries also reported similarly high levels in 2019, the report notes. 2019 was the first full year that the data was reported under 2015 EPA regulations requiring refineries to install benzene monitors at the outer edges of their plants. The data is supposed to drive action. Credit: Julie Dermansky.

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Shoppers buy more EVs if they understand charging—and now there’s proof (exclusive first look)

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That makes electric cars a problem: they take time to explain to shoppers. Now, we have proof that educating both salespeople and shoppers about electric-car charging actually boosts sales of EVs. Electric utilities came to appreciate the idea at varying paces, as utilities don’t historically have to do much marketing to consumers.

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Supervising Environmental Services Specialist

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

To see some of the first-rate work ESDers have accomplished in the past fiscal year, review the 2019 Annual Report. Stormwater Management coordinates a wide array of activities, such as education, outreach, trash reduction and collaboration with County wide stakeholders to protect and to prevent pollution into the waterways.