GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

Buildings are similarly opening their doors to being powered entirely by electricity, supplanting natural gas and other fuels for heating and cooling. Local jurisdictions are banning the use of natural gas in newly constructed (and, in some places, renovated) homes and commercial buildings.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

But in the Midwest, with the harshest winters in the lower 48, it has been cheaper to stick with natural gas as a heating source. The 33,000-square-foot building now sports solar panels that drive mechanical heat pumps, which work in tandem with a closed-loop ground heat exchange system to provide all-electric heating and cooling.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 1, 2020

WoodMac’s case study highlights heat pumps as a key technology for SMUD’s and other utilities’ decarbonization efforts, since home heating is a major source of emissions from natural gas. Heat pumps also bring the added benefit of increasing the efficiency of cooling, in addition to decarbonizing heating.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The latest company to investigate its use is Uniper, which is partnering with Terra Quantum to explore a range of real world use cases including liquefied natural gas (LNG) scheduling and forecasting and the optimisation of biomass plant processes through improved CO2 emission predictions. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 16, 2023

The first-of-its-kind network geothermal system in the City of Framingham will run through two full heating and cooling seasons and will help Eversource evaluate the viability of the technology as a means for clean energy transition in Massachusetts. We had first reported on the proposed Framingham geothermal heating project back in 2022.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

For one, it uses mechanical water-cooling systems that don’t require additional water, pumps and valves or backup generators or batteries to run those systems in event of emergency. NuScale’s design doesn’t require some of the key safety features for large-scale reactors. The advantages of nuclear modularity.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Climate activists say the state’s progress on reducing building emissions has been far too slow given the pace of the climate crisis, and that it needs to end incentives for energy-efficient natural gas heating. rise in emissions from natural gas. for natural gas and 6.6% for fuel oil. It’s complicated’.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Future Biogas will build a renewable energy plant that will enable AstraZeneca to replace natural gas with biomethane, for heating and cooling at its sites. Project construction will begin in 2023. The biomethane plant will be built in East Anglia to power AstraZeneca’s sites in Macclesfield, Cambridge, Speke, and Luton.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 25, 2020

Global revenue for home electric heating, cooling, and cooking equipment could increase more than five times by the end of the decade. The surge in spending on all-electric homes is expected even though many consumers are unfamiliar with the natural gas-displacing electric appliances on the market today.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 24, 2023

Now, Ivor van Heerden , the former deputy director of Louisiana State University’s Hurricane Center, is concerned about the disastrous and potentially lethal consequences of a hurricane hitting a liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal under construction south of New Orleans. The company recently secured $7.8

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 2, 2024

Challenges in hydrogen storage Indeed, H2 or Hydrogen is a gaseous substance, necessitating larger storage areas compared to natural gas. Liquefied H2 – In this method, H2 is cooled to at least -253ºC and contained in insulated tanks to reduce the risk of evaporation and keep the temperature low.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 13, 2020

Heat makes up 35 percent of global energy consumption, and when it comes to space heating, direct combustion of fossil fuels in buildings plays a dominant role across the globe and is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. Natural gas and fuel oil satisfy 60 percent of heating needs of households in Europe. In the U.S.,

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 21, 2019

But Highview has a location locked down at a retiring thermal plant site, and is working on procurement for the construction phase. That's not a problem, CEO Javier Cavada told GTM, because the plant will use off-the-shelf components from the natural gas and power plant industries which are already built for this kind of scale.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Electricity.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 14, 2020

In this reaction, natural gas is reacted with steam at an elevated temperature to produce carbon monoxide and hydrogen. A subsequent reaction — the water gas shift reaction — then reacts additional steam with the carbon monoxide to produce additional hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Hydrogen Production. metric tons. metric tons.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 2, 2023

Harbert reiterated earlier AGA statements questioning the conclusions of recent studies related to the health impacts of gas stoves. Gas Companies Go to Washington On January 6, 1972, a copy of the American Gas Association’s draft report, provisionally titled “ Energy and the Environment: A Crisis.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Electricity, natural gas and clean energy delivery company National Grid will aid VEIR in product development with the joint aim of demonstrating the new technology on a protected area of the grid. This has hampered their broad scale grid deployment. The simpler, lighter components allow for overhead deployment over long distance.

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CleanTech San Diego

APRIL 19, 2021

Hydrogen Innovations: SDG&E will begin construction this year on two hydrogen demonstration projects that will test half a dozen use cases and anticipates putting them into service in 2022. Fallbrook Energy Storage in unincorporated North San Diego County ( 40MW/160MWh facility): Construction is expected to begin late 2021/early 2022.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 24, 2021

To achieve this level of emission reductions, New Jersey has found that “policies requiring net-zero emissions for new construction must be paired with aggressive requirements for electrification of older residential and commercial buildings as soon as practicable.” Electrification of the building sector is not without its challenges.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Boston Metal, an outfit spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, uses electric currents to heat iron ore into a bright orange-white liquid, which converts into metal and cools as gray steel blocks. Tadeu Carneiro, the company’s CEO, said Boston Metal is “ushering in a new era of metallurgy.” It’s exciting.”.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The second most important target for green power is replacing fossil fuel use in buildings, especially growing use of natural gas for heating; in Vancouver, British Columbia, that causes nearly 60% of the city’s carbon pollution. Electric heat pumps can replace furnaces and, despite their name, they can actually heat and cool.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2020

The heat pump technology deployed at the facility routes water through insulated steel pipes to the roof of the data centre, where it is directed into copper coils located inside cooling units. There, hot air from the data centre's servers heats up the water that flows through the coils.

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Grist

MARCH 9, 2020

These cavernous buildings need significant amounts of electricity to operate and cool their humming servers, the central data repositories for individual devices on a network. Meanwhile, buildings in colder climates like Finland and Sweden use naturally chilled air and water to keep servers from overheating.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Both systems can be used in reverse to cool the home in warm weather. They’re moving, I think, wisely and also aggressively away from natural gas, and that’s helped to create an environment where geothermal makes a lot of sense,” said Michael Sachse, CEO of Dandelion Energy, a ground-source heat pump developer.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

In fact, new construction is carbon intensive - concrete, steel and aluminum alone account for 23 per cent of total global emissions. The building's gas line was removed due to new equipment specifications. A commercial induction stove was also added to its new kitchen space.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2021

More than 650 households and businesses in a village in Tyne and Wear could soon be among the first in the UK to heat their homes and cook their meals using natural gas blended with green hydrogen, with the neighbourhood set to take part in a pioneering clean gas energy pilot later this year.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

AUGUST 11, 2022

The legislation covers a wide range of policy changes focused on electrifying vehicles and transit, reducing fossil fuel connections in new construction, and revamping policy related to solar, offshore wind, and other carbon-free energy sources. The act combines and modifies provisions from the House’s proposed offshore wind bill (H.4524)

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 5, 2020

And they consume fossil fuels such as natural gas or propane to power furnaces, boilers, and water heaters. In the United States, buildings account for roughly 40 percent of the country’s energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, and nearly half of homes rely on natural gas as their primary heating fuel.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 16, 2019

Decarbonize the electric grid (shift from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas to carbon-free sources like wind, solar, hydro, and nuclear, paired with storage and demand-side solutions), B. The process utilizes natural gas as a feedstock, but the process design reduces certain types of emissions.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 6, 2020

In June, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey asked the state's Department of Public Utilities to open an investigation into the future of natural gas companies in the state. ” Schulman asks. The GeoMicroDistrict concept.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 6, 2021

These weights refer to the amount of gas in the bottles, the 47kg ones actually weigh 95kg when full! The really big gas kilns are often plumbed into natural gas pipes – the same type used for gas cookers. It turns out the major suppliers of propane gas in my area of the UK are Calor and Flogas.

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Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

Construction of the depot-charging infrastructure is underway, and Ferguson anticipates taking delivery of the initial 15 all-electric trucks before the end of the year, with the next 15 to be delivered in 2024. The conversion of gas/diesel vehicles that transitioned to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fuel was a major achievement at DUSD.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

   🏭 Brickeye , a Toronto, Canada-based digital IoT platform for construction sensors, raised $10M from BDC Capital GreenSky Ventures, Brightspark, EDC, and MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund. 

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Charged

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Among its advantages were smooth power delivery, lack of continuous gear shifting, less vibration (“I could write on my notepad,” marveled Alvarado), and the ability to retain cabin cooling or heating when parked in no-idle zones. When it comes to diesel fuel, the only significant variables are how far away it is and what it costs per gallon.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

.” Heerden was hired by three Louisiana-based environmental groups — The Deep South Center for Environmental Justice (DSCEJ), Sierra Club, and Healthy Gulf — that are suing the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources for exempting Venture Global LNG from needing a coastal use permit to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 19, 2020

All components from its demolition were recycled and reclaimed as construction materials on the site. The building also generates solar from over 700 panels on-site, and its windows calibrate to let in natural light, reflect heat while keeping the indoors cool. Everyone contributes to financing efficiency.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

By taking ownership of their geothermal systems and covering all upfront capital costs, the company has been able to package geothermal heating and cooling as an offer that is very difficult to refuse. This process has allowed us to get in and get out without having a major impact on their critical path or their construction schedule.

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