GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

That means that these two battery plants offered a compelling enough price to edge out some fossil fuel plants for delivering power on demand. You’re allowing for more clean electrons while replacing the need for gas to help balance that," Keefe said. Gas plants are the go-to source of on-demand power for the U.S.

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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.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some of those pathways move more dramatically toward closing coal plants or halting new natural gas power plants. This difference is mainly due to the Southeast’s reliance on electricity rather than natural gas for heating air and water in buildings, Snider explained. While most U.S.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

To be clear, even though natural gas continued to flow to homes and businesses during the power outages, Texans with natural gas heating weren’t at much of an advantage, since most gas-powered space heating systems require electricity to operate. Someone, please (sincerely, I’m all ears!), In the U.S.,

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Last month, it pulled in another $12 million, bringing total investment to $35 million, and hired a new CEO to handle the growth stage while co-founder Kathy Hannun takes the president role to focus on technology development. Both actions help utilities stressed by peak seasonal heating and cooling needs.

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

Investment is starting to flow towards efforts to tackle one of the biggest clean energy challenges going - industrial heat. To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. Making natural gas renewable.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 2, 2021

Providing reliable, affordable, and low-carbon electricity in a warming world requires careful consideration of evolving electric energy supplies and demands. For instance, energy demands are likely to shift, reducing the need to heat in the winter and increasing the need to cool in the summer. Southeast in 2050. Figure 1. (a)

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Smart Energy International

JULY 27, 2022

It also aims to encourage the use of interties from provinces and territories with an abundance of hydroelectric power; incentivise increased use of hydrogen, battery storage and carbon capture and storage; and help to set the stage for the increased use of demand-side management and distributed energy in Canada.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Now, the city is at the forefront of the country’s dash to break its dependence on Russian gas. On Saturday, a newly built jetty is due to welcome the Norwegian-flagged Höegh Esperanza, a 280-metre vessel capable of offloading cargoes of natural gas supercooled into liquid form, then shipped across the ocean in specialised tankers.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 18, 2020

The new company, 5D Energy, which has received lead investment from Inclusive Capital Partners' Spring Fund, promises to offer no-money-down solar, battery and on-site generation systems of up to 5 megawatts. Whether there are that many projects that can offer the return on investment being sought is an open question.

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Business Green

JUNE 23, 2021

Manufacturer confirms it will begin producing air-to-water heat pumps at flagship UK plant after seeing 'record demand' for the zero emission heating solution. Klaus Jesse, managing director at Valliant Group UK and Ireland, argued that a combination of heating solutions would be necessary to meet the government's climate targets.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 24, 2021

As states achieve their climate goals, natural gas infrastructure once deemed useful may no longer be necessary, and that transition will accelerate over the next decade depending on how fast end uses of the gas system, such as heating and cooking, are electrified. Recent research shows that estimated U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Early bets are already being placed by the investment community on alternatives to the dominant battery chemistry, but this project would give Highview bragging rights as one of the first to move beyond the smaller pilot phase," said Daniel Finn-Foley, energy storage director at research firm Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the past year, electric mobility and the demand for lithium-ion batteries has surged beyond expectations and this trend is set to continue. When outside air is used to make up for battery tool exhaust, mechanical cooling should be used to pre-cool the mixed air and condense out excess moisture before the dehumidifier.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The government said the facility had "strategic importance" given its role producing fuel for the current UK advanced gas cooled reactor fleet. Our £25m government funding to develop this technology will help unlock private investment and generate new green jobs - all while cutting carbon emissions.".

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Maintain efficient heat exchangers According to the Energy Efficiency Movement, heat exchangers, used widely in building heating and air conditioning, refrigeration, and data centre and fuel cell cooling, are rarely maintained adequately. This lack of maintenance, according to the report, could account for up to 2.5%

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 25, 2021

These instances each reflect the urgency of investing in renewable energy technologies. Investing in renewable energy technologies. Promote access, technology, and investments in clean energy. Carbon Emissions and Energy Demand. of the world’s electricity demand which is currently mostly sourced from harmful fossil fuels.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 25, 2021

These instances each reflect the urgency of investing in renewable energy technologies. Investing in renewable energy technologies. Promote access, technology, and investments in clean energy. Carbon Emissions and Energy Demand. of the world’s electricity demand which is currently mostly sourced from harmful fossil fuels.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

With most of the world's energy demand being supplied by fossil fuels, we are facing the harsh reality of climate change. However, most of the hydrogen produced today - so-called ‘grey hydrogen' - is sourced from the coal or natural gas industry, from steam reforming natural gas.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2021

“All of this will require substantial investment in a modern, flexible electricity system.” The cost-competitiveness of renewable energy alternatives, air pollution regulations and water scarcity have also been putting pressure on the coal sector — and that was before the COVID-19 pandemic cratered energy demand.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2022

IEA endorses emergency plan which includes demands for more ambitious energy efficiency programmes and windfall taxes on oil and gas giants. Meanwhile, recent studies have shown there are three times more jobs in European energy efficiency and retrofit markets than would be created by expanding fossil gas infrastructure.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Thus making the shift to solar at your home is actually an investment that will pay off once you’re ready to sell. In other words, you can keep your home as cool during the summer and warm during the winter as you wish. Because of this, home buyers are looking for houses that are a good fit for their eco-friendly lifestyles.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Coal’s grip on the global electricity sector is loosening as more utilities and companies invest in renewable energy. 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.

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R-Squared Energy

MAY 23, 2021

The part of the report that has gotten the most attention so far is the idea that development of new oil and gas fields must stop, and that no more coal plants can be built if NZE is to be achieved. Minimizing energy demand growth through improvements in energy efficiency makes a critical contribution in the NZE. Hydrogen and hydrogen?based

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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. Deal with the remaining stuff (with more specific, use-case specific solutions? I am personally not moved by these concerns.

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CleanTech San Diego

APRIL 19, 2021

SDG&E has worked hard to align our investments with the climate objectives of local cities, the region and state and while there is a lot more work to be done, we are seeing many clean energy innovations emerge, and progress being made toward our mutual goal of a 100% clean energy future.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 9, 2024

Amidst the rising interest in AI data centers, both companies present themselves not only as parts of the sustainable energy movement but also as potential key suppliers of the massive electrical demand these data centers will entail. How much investment is flowing into AI data center infrastructure?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Cryogenic storage entails cooling hydrogen gas to temperatures below -253 degrees Celsius to convert it into a liquid state. In cryo-compressed hydrogen storage, the hydrogen is first cooled to a cryogenic temperature and then compressed at high pressure within specially designed tanks.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Both systems can be used in reverse to cool the home in warm weather. The new incentives for ground-source are higher than they are for other heat pump technologies in part because higher demand for those other systems has decreased the need for rebates. Air-source heat pumps move heat from outside air into the home.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 31, 2021

Lower-temperature applications are the best fit for electrification, as two-thirds of industrial heat demand is below 300 degrees Celsius. For example, continuous cooling of plastics during injection molding can be precisely controlled using heat pumps. Hydrogen also can be used as a fuel or a feedstock.

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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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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. For fleet operators, concepts like demand charges and charging management software are entirely new.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Attendees will learn how asset managers are creating decision support methodologies that assist in repair, replacement and other maintenance decisions by obtaining additional insights into asset performance management, asset strategy and asset investment planning.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

From a home owner's perspective, this can reduce energy use during peak demand and shift time of use charges. This is because heat pumps are more efficient than natural gas or oil, supplying more than three times as much heating or cooling per unit of energy as conventional approaches.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

“And those that need electricity for heating, cooling, and to keep food fresh.” Indeed, absent storage, too much solar can become a challenge, when supply exceeds demand. In California, “We started to see so much solar going onto the grid that our ability to use it was diminishing,” Weisz said.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Winter electricity demand hit record highs of more than 69 gigawatts on Sunday evening, spiking pressure on the grid. However, the root cause of the grid emergency is not excess demand but rather lack of supply. “So effectively we are seeing 30 GW-plus of load curtailment at times,” he wrote.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 1, 2021

Freezing temperatures caused cascading problems in the state’s natural-gas production and delivery network that restricted fuel supply to the power plants relied upon for about two-thirds of wintertime electricity supply. Financial hit could slow utility clean-energy investments.

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