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Alberta Premier’s Statements on Batteries ‘Ideologically Motivated,’ Inaccurate, Experts Say

DeSmogBlog

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recent comments about the use of batteries for renewable energy infrastructure surprised experts, one of whom described the premier’s comments as possibly ideologically motivated misinformation. Power responded, “Batteries.” Much of what she says about batteries is misinformation,” Jacobson told DeSmog.

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Reasons for cautious hope in a sea of gloom

GreenBiz

These include genetic research to develop pandemic fighting pharmaceuticals; commercial-scale applications of solar and wind technologies; and rapidly advancing progress in battery efficiencies. In Mazzucato’s words, this amounts to correcting "the way in which risks in the innovation economy are socialized while the rewards are privatized."

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Horizon Europe’s future energy R&I to focus on European Green Deal

Smart Energy International

This entails the transition to low, zero and negative emissions technologies and systems in the energy and mobility sectors by 2050 at the latest while boosting their competitiveness and benefit for users and civil society and reducing their environmental footprint.

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Reducing The Risk Of Investing In Electric Vehicles For Low-Income Consumers

Energy Innovation

policy interventions and subsidies are poised to address upfront vehicle costs. If an EV battery is damaged in a collision, it could cost between $5,000 and $15,000 to replace – which is especially problematic for low-income consumers. In addition, 52 percent of those surveyed reported a negative effect on their quality of life.

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I Converted a Home Fully to Electricity. Here’s How It Worked — and What It Cost

GreenTechMedia

Fortunately, with current solar, battery and heat pump technology every building with a sunny roof under two stories can be a net generator of energy — essentially carbon negative. Moreover, with grid-connected batteries, buildings can easily provide the resiliency that our grid needs during power shortages and blackouts.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Growing up outside of Boston, Zack Angelini spent summers swimming, but one polluted river was off limits. "I Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. And that’s his hope for the apparel and footwear industry as a whole. Myisha Majumder.

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Biofuels are a controversial climate solution. Could they still help save the planet?

Grist

The reason it’s considered a solution is that plants suck up carbon from the air while they grow. When we turn them into fuels and burn them, no new carbon is added to the atmosphere —the whole cycle is considered “carbon neutral.” But critics say biofuels’ carbon-neutrality is a mirage. The case for negative emissions.