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Duke Plans Largest Floating PV Project in the Southeast

GreenTechMedia

The technology is most widely used in Asia, where land constraints make it an enticing option. doesn’t necessarily face the same demand drivers as other FPV markets in Asia, [but] there is growing interest for FPV within the country,” said Cox in an email. “The U.S. Assessing FPV’s potential.

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The COP28 pledge to triple up by 2030 and implications for geothermal

ThinkGeoEnergy

China has long led the way in geothermal heating and cooling and will likely continue to do so, but there are hundreds of geothermal heating and cooling projects being developed in parallel and at different levels of scale all over Europe , North America , and South America.

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The Race Is On for Commercial Deployment of Solar in Open Seas

GreenTechMedia

Ocean surface cooling boosts solar yield. An added advantage is that by reducing the air gap between the modules and water level, a cooling effect increases yield by around 5 percent compared to systems where modules sit higher above the water. The company is one of the largest hydropower operators in Europe.

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Magnetic induction cooking can cut your kitchen's carbon footprint

Business Green

The goal is to electrify processes like heating homes and powering cars, and then generate the increased electrical power needs using low or zero carbon sources like wind, solar and hydropower. Traditional electric stoves are notoriously slow to heat up and cool down. What is a serious cook to do?

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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia

Grist

Electric heat pumps can replace furnaces and, despite their name, they can actually heat and cool. interior across the West Coast to Asia, as one Getting To Zero story explored. Meanwhile, research and development continues to examine additional ways to produce green energy. One of the most promising is “ green hydrogen.”.

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Behind the scenes at Britishvolt: Chairman Peter Rolton on building the UK's first gigafactory

Business Green

Designed to protect the UK and EU's nascent battery markets from being undercut by cheaper products from Asia, they mean UK carmakers currently have to prove that at least 40 per cent of the value of parts in a finished car are produced in the UK or EU to avoid extra charges when exporting to the EU.