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How Duke’s Unique Energy Landscape Dictates Its Path to Net Zero

GreenTechMedia

Duke Energy’s options for reaching net-zero carbon by midcentury will look a lot different than those being pursued by utilities in the sun-soaked Western U.S., Some of those pathways move more dramatically toward closing coal plants or halting new natural gas power plants. Solar energy's winter doldrums.

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Storing Energy in the Freezer: Long-Duration Thermal Storage Comes of Age

GreenTechMedia

Jason Dreisbach fields at least half a dozen calls every week from people trying to sell him a technology to lower his energy costs. Cold storage — from frozen food warehouses to grocery and restaurant refrigeration — has one of the highest energy costs of any industry; energy expenditures are usually second only to payroll.

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SDG&E unveils innovative microgrids in grid resilience bid

Smart Energy International

Californian utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has unveiled four new microgrids with advanced remote operation capabilities and safety technologies to help enhance grid reliability.

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Burns & McDonnell completes 60 MWh energy storage project in West Texas

Renewable Energy World

Engineering consulting firm Burns & McDonnell completed construction of three 10 MW/20 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage systems in West Texas. The storage projects are designed as stand-alone energy resources to help reduce rolling blackouts and support Texas’ power grid as supply and demand fluctuates.

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Ice Energy, Thermal Storage Evangelist, Files for Bankruptcy

GreenTechMedia

Ice Energy filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in December, in a setback for small-scale thermal energy storage. Ice Energy wanted to extend it to small businesses and homes. Ice Energy filed for bankruptcy with the Central District of California on December 17; the filing scheduled a meeting of creditors for January 27.

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Interview – Celsius Energy and decarbonizing buildings using shallow geothermal systems

ThinkGeoEnergy

Heating and cooling buildings accounts for about a third of the final energy consumption globally and 30% of energy-related CO 2 emissions. With global temperatures rising, the need for cooling is expected to increase dramatically in the next few years. Heating and cooling buildings is 80% of that energy used.

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Technology Trending: superfast EV charging, propane for aircons, Robobug, zero-emission yachting

Smart Energy International

Machine learning based battery charging protocols, propane as an energy efficient and environmentally friendly coolant for space cooling, the remotely controlled Robobug and a new light on nano-level electrical circuitry, satellite observations for energy development in Africa and a zero emission luxury catamaran are on the technology radar.