R-Squared Energy

MAY 23, 2021

I may dissect this challenge in a future article, but today I want to just highlight the seven pillars that the IEA identified for achieving the goal. Many efficiency measures in industry, buildings, appliances and transport can be put into effect and scaled up very quickly. These pillar are: Energy efficiency. Behavioral changes.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. Still, costs are falling quickly and experts anticipate wide-scale adoption of electric appliances for industrial applications in the coming decade. Additional technologies include solar thermal, geothermal, nuclear, cogeneration and carbon capture and storage.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Making solar panel recycling more commonplace will require a mix of technological advances, economic incentives and smart policies at the state and federal levels. Over the past five years, it's become more likely to see solar panels blanketing a field or shimmering on a rooftop near you. Simple economics.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Posted by Guest Contributor Anyone who’s tried to get a ticket to the consistently sold out Women in Solar Breakfast panels during Solar Power International knows the female contingent of this industry is passionate about carving out and defending their seats at the proverbial table.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

This article provides a primer on the three major policy building blocks available for reducing carbon pollution: pricing mechanisms, subsidies , and regulations. The article discusses the various policies and how they can be combined together to create hybrid policies with some examples drawing on Washington state provided.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 1, 2021

President Joe Biden’s proposal to produce 45% of the nation’s electricity from solar energy by 2050 seeks to transform the power sector from problem child into child prodigy. First, Biden has repeatedly called for extending tax credits for solar power and other renewables, at a projected cost of US$200 billion over the next decade.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 13, 2021

For example, utilities that want to build or expand a power plant often have to invite and consider public comments in order to obtain their permits. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. policy since the 1970s. Why do people oppose energy projects?

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Low Carbon Prosperity

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The amount of carbon abatement that a given method can accomplish also has limits in scale. In this article we present a useful way to visualize this range of possibilities, which we have applied to Washington state. For more, refer to the WaBA article Understanding Carbon Reduction: Marginal Abatement Cost Curves.

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Residential solar is a compelling, multi-purpose solution that continues to experience rapid adoption among Americans. Six GW of home solar was installed in 2022 , and about 4 million U.S. homes now have rooftop solar, up from 300,000 a decade ago. reach its climate goals.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 1, 2021

Industrial decarbonization picks up steam Sarah Golden Mon, 03/01/2021 – 01:00 This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. Still, costs are falling quickly and experts anticipate wide-scale adoption of electric appliances for industrial applications in the coming decade. Green hydrogen.

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AutoGrid

JULY 7, 2022

One clear market need that responds to this paradigm shift in global energy markets is a single go-to digital platform to manage this increasing diversity of DER assets integrated into utility distribution and transmission systems. This article defines three primary DER digital platform use cases (see box below.)

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