Utilities are the new cool
GreenBiz
APRIL 9, 2020
Thriving in the age of climate change pivots around electricity, and that means electric utilities are at the center.
Introduction to Intelligent Power Management
The Environmental Blog
APRIL 22, 2024
In many cases, this includes heating and cooling buildings, preparing hot water, lighting, and operating electronic devices and machines. Many measures, such as optimizing heating and cooling systems or switching to energy- efficient lighting , can be implemented with little effort and still lead to significant savings.
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Utilities are the new cool
AGreenLiving
APRIL 9, 2020
The rest is here: Utilities are the new cool. Thriving in the age of climate change pivots around electricity, and that means electric utilities are at the center.
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Tory members back stronger green energy policies, as Sunak cools on heat pumps
Business Green
JULY 28, 2022
Jess Ralston, senior analyst at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) - which commissioned today's YouGov poll - said boosting energy efficiency and wind power were popular with both the public at large and the Conservative Party membership.
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World’s largest battery storage facility will power The Red Sea Project with clean energy 24/7
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Battery storage is needed to support site-wide energy resilience, providing the power required at night when solar generation is not possible. The blend of solar and wind power generation will also guarantee a reliable supply of energy to the destination.
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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined
GreenBiz
AUGUST 13, 2020
To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. The world’s kilns, reactors, chillers and furnaces are powered mostly by fossil fuels. . Industrial heat is essential but largely invisible. The urgency is growing.
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A Home Buyer’s Guide to Green Homes
The Environmental Blog
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Three popular options include solar panels, wind turbines, and geothermal heating and cooling. Wind Turbines . The benefits of wind power are nearly the same as those from solar panels—mainly reduced energy costs and energy independence.
Lake Street Dive on music, activism, and bravery
EDF + Business
OCTOBER 12, 2021
They have also partnered with Cool Effect, a carbon offsetting non-profit, to support environmental efforts that help underserved communities around the world. One beneficiary is the Los Santos Wind Power Project , which intends to provide clean energy to 50,000 people in the Los Santos region of Costa Rica.
How Duke’s Unique Energy Landscape Dictates Its Path to Net Zero
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
utilities have to plan for an electricity peak driven by summer air conditioning and cooling demand, Duke and other Southeastern utilities face an equally daunting winter peak driven by a reliance on electric heating and unpredictable cold snaps, as this U.S. While most U.S. Energy Information Administration data illustrates.
Smart Energy Finances: Funding for Capalo AI’s market optimisation platform
Smart Energy International
OCTOBER 13, 2023
For example, in windy weather, the prices of renewable energy are low, and therefore, its financial benefit remains low, i.e., wind power becomes a less lucrative investment option. building on each other’s strengths, to collectively grow our portfolio to offer more clients affordable and reliable sustainable heating and cooling.”
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Cleaner air and sunny skies drive all-time UK solar power record
Business Green
APRIL 22, 2020
Significant decline in air pollution and cool, sunny weather sees UK solar generate all-time high of 9.69GW on Monday. The latest record follows news earlier this month that renewable power contributed a record 44.6 At a time when most of us are working remotely, we can say that solar is truly keeping the WiFi on.".
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DOE announces $100 million for clean energy technologies
Renewable Energy World
DECEMBER 22, 2021
Saving Energy in Commercial and Industrial Refrigeration Systems Using Radiative Sky Cooling. Transitioning to 100% carbon-free energy will require new technologies that reshape the way we approach everything from heating and cooling our homes to how we power our vehicles,” said U.S. Mountain View, CA. Vestal, NY.
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How Modern Poultry Farming Practices Contribute to a Sustainable Environment
The Environmental Blog
AUGUST 24, 2023
High-tech, energy-efficient equipment such as LED lights and automated heating and cooling systems have been integrated into poultry houses. The most common renewable energy sources used in poultry farming are solar and wind power. Poultry farms are also using renewable energy.
Burns & McDonnell completes 60 MWh energy storage project in West Texas
Renewable Energy World
JANUARY 19, 2022
The heating, ventilation and air conditioning design consists of direct expansion cooling units to provide cooled and conditioned air to the building, as well as to the face of the battery racks to maintain consistent temperatures.
Green hydrogen storage techniques we’re hearing more about in 2024
Hydrogen Fuel News
MARCH 2, 2024
At the same time that H2 is a great way to store renewable energy such as solar and wind power, hydrogen storage isn’t necessarily simple. 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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How Climate-Induced Risks Affect Power System Planning In The U.S. Southeast
Energy Innovation
JULY 2, 2021
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. The outer layer presents the cooling technologies used in the respective thermoelectric generators. once-through, recirculating, or dry cooling). Source: Fonseca et al.
The Climate Revolution Runs on Software
Better Ventures
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Its software provides the visibility layer for building heating and cooling. Specifx provides the software visibility layer for building heating and cooling Management : once we know what we have and how it works, we can now manage it.
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Jordan Peterson’s Climate Expert is Science Denier Funded by Oil-Backed Think Tank
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 28, 2022
The real threat to humanity comes not from any (trivial) greenhouse warming but from cooling periods creating food shortages and famines.”. link] — Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) January 27, 2022.
What Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Gets Wrong About Heat Pumps
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 16, 2024
” Brendan Haley, director of policy research with Efficiency Canada To begin with, heat pumps are indeed an energy efficient and low-cost way to both heat and cool homes. Alberta, Canada’s sunniest and windiest province, issued a moratorium on new solar and wind power projects last year.
Solar and wind generation in West Texas to be backed with more large-scale storage
Renewable Energy World
MAY 25, 2021
The heating, ventilation and air conditioning design will consist of direct expansion cooling units to provide cooled and conditioned air to the building, as well as to the face of the battery racks to maintain consistent temperatures.
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10 most common causes of lost energy in wind systems
Renewable Energy World
OCTOBER 5, 2021
With years of engineering skill, and a monitoring portfolio of over 7,000 wind turbines, Onyx Insight believes that 80% of lost energy is caused by just 10 common issues. The resulting recommendation was that the cooling fins be inspected and cleaned. These issues are encountered by operators encounter every day – and they’re costly.
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Plus Power Breaks Open New England Market for Massive Batteries
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Once that happens, the battery is poised to charge up on the cheap influx of clean power, in order to discharge during valuable peak hours. The Maine project will be built between a supply of wind power across the Canadian border and the demand center of the greater Boston area.
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EDPR NA’s 209-MW Reloj del Sol Wind Farm in Texas begins commercial operation
Renewable Energy World
MAY 25, 2021
The commissioning of this project supported 101 full-time-equivalent jobs during construction and created 10 permanent jobs, dedicated to operating and maintaining the wind farm. Reloj del Sol will also save more than 372 million gallons of water each year that would otherwise be used to for cooling traditional power plants, EDPR said.
Facebook unveils 'hyperscale' district heat system at Danish data centre
Business Green
JULY 7, 2020
Facebook has unveiled a new heat recovery system at a wind-powered data centre in Denmark that shuttles surplus heat from its servers to homes in the nearby community. Heat recovery system will capture air from servers to produce 25MW per hour of usable heat.
The world came tantalizingly close to a deal to phase out fossil fuels
The Verge: Energy
DECEMBER 12, 2023
Solar and wind power are already cheaper alternatives to coal, oil, and gas in most of the world when it comes to meeting new electricity demand. Andreas Sieber, associate director of policy and campaigns for environmental group 350.org The longer the world runs on fossil fuels, the bigger those risks grow. degrees Celsius.
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The carbon challenge that is bigger than cars, aviation, and shipping combined
Business Green
AUGUST 14, 2020
To transform basic inputs into stuff we need, manufacturers constantly heat (and cool) minerals, ores and other raw materials to extreme temperatures. The world's kilns, reactors, chillers, and furnaces are powered mostly by fossil fuels. Industrial heat is essential but largely invisible. The urgency is growing.
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Carbon accounting for the coronavirus era: EcoAct publishes framework for remote working emissions calculation
Business Green
OCTOBER 8, 2020
Emissions incurred by heating and cooling homes and the power consumption of laptops, screens, lighting, and other home office equipment are the three main areas that need to be included in company carbon reporting, according to the document, which sets out how companies can accurately calculate these emissions in their 2020 reporting.
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Benefits of mesoscale modeling for offshore wind projects
Renewable Energy World
DECEMBER 3, 2021
Over land, the diurnal cycle of solar heating and nocturnal radiative cooling of the land surface produces large daily oscillations in atmospheric stability, especially in the warm season. This can often occur, in part due to the seasonal lag of sea-surface warming and cooling compared to land. The stability of the marine environment.
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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything
Renewable Energy World
APRIL 22, 2021
The plans, available at The Solutions Project’s “ Clean Energy ” link, reveal the unique mix of wind, water and sun technologies capable of powering states, countries and even select U.S. Wind, Water and Sun (aka WWS) include wind power; waterpower from tides, rivers, and subsurface water (geothermal water); and solar power.
Solar Panel Landfill Deemed Safe as Recycling Options Grow
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 2, 2020
Solving wind power's blade problem. The same cannot be said for fiberglass-based wind turbine blades, though. wind turbine blades, which are made of similar materials. “It’s pretty cool.” He believes the same process could be used to recycle U.S.
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Coronavirus, the stay-at-home workstyle, and cloud energy consumption
Business Green
APRIL 9, 2020
Google, for example, can deliver seven times as much computing power today as it did five years ago, using the same amount of electrical power, according to a blog published by Urs Holze, senior vice president of technical infrastructure, in late February.
The Future of the Energy landscape – A Day in the Life
AutoGrid
APRIL 22, 2021
Power plants with low marginal costs begin to ramp up in step with the ascension of prices. At the utility and aggregator level, signals are sent to retail customers to pre-cool their houses in anticipation of raising thermostats later in the day. Greg’s control systems signal prices to increase across the grid to maintain balance.
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GAF and Google ramp up solar shingle ambitions
Business Green
JANUARY 7, 2022
"Unlike a flat roof, which generates peak power at the same time of the day, our dragonscale solar skin will generate power during an extended amount of daylight hours.". Google is using its wind power purchases, along with North America's largest geothermal installation , to work toward its carbon-free energy commitment.
The Sierra Club's Top 20 Cool Schools
Green Market Oracle
OCTOBER 25, 2020
Despite the additional complications posed by the coronavirus pandemic a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra's annual Cool Schools rankings in 2020. Here is a countdown of Sierra's top 20 Cool Schools as described by Katie: 20. It all adds up to a two-spot leap for this very cool community of 34,000+ students.
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9 Smart Habits That Save Thousands of Dollars Each Year
Earth Gratitude
MARCH 24, 2016
Don’t heat or cool empty homes or rooms. Reduce your heating/cooling bill. When you can heat or cool a smaller space (your office, say) rather than the entire house, you are saving a massive amount of energy (and money). The power efficiency of the panel counts, and purchasing offers greater savings than leasing.
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Comment: The Energy sector will continue to thrive through HPC, even as Moore’s Law comes to an end
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Weather forecasting models powered by HPC accurately predict renewable energy generation potential, helping utilities optimise the integration of solar and wind power into the grid. HPC also is having a huge impact on the renewables sector in the modelling of weather patterns, energy demand fluctuations, and grid operations.
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Can Facebook, Google and Microsoft inspire data center innovation at Climate Week?
EDF + Business
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
Dan Fuenffinger, one of Google’s data center operators, said, “It was amazing to see the AI learn to take advantage of winter conditions and produce colder than normal water, which reduces the energy required for cooling within the data center.”. Wind power has become almost 70% cheaper.
Europe’s Latest Supergrid Plan Could Slash Offshore Wind Transmission Costs
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 20, 2020
Existing voltage source converter technology can handle up to 900 megawatts of offshore wind power on a single 800-million-euro ($949 million) platform. High-voltage DC (HVDC) converters can be configured to handle more power but are constrained by the capacity of today’s export cables. billion ($52.7
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What should homeowners consider when switching to renewable energy?
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 14, 2022
Large solar farms are becoming more common, and homeowners who live near one may be able to purchase power from the grid. Another way to power homes with renewable energy is through the wind. Solar may be the first renewable that comes to mind, but wind power is the biggest source of green energy in the US.
RenewableUK's CEO Dan McGrail: 'The industry has gained trust by over-delivering - we need to keep doing that'
Business Green
OCTOBER 25, 2021
Johnson's government is targeting 40GW of offshore wind and 1GW of floating wind capacity by 2030, and recently set an ambition for the UK's power grid to be net zero emission by 2035.
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Southern California Edison’s Vision for How the State Achieves Carbon Neutrality
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
“We think it’s going to be very difficult to have a significant amount of traditional natural gas powering building heating and cooling, and water heating and cooling,” Murphy said on the sidelines of Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s summit in San Francisco this month. Getting ready for the EV explosion.
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Lessons from a year of reporting on climate solutions in Cascadia
Grist
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Renewable solar and wind power now typically costs less than fossil-fuel alternatives. 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.
Eco Friendly Building Basics For Small Business
Green Business Bureau
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019
However, there have been a lot of companies recently who have designed wind turbines for urban use and have changed their designs to reduce the noise and be more visually attractive. Wind Power Engineering provides an excellent overview on their website about using wind turbines on buildings for commercial use.
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Here’s how pumped hydro works as an energy storage resource
Renewable Energy World
JANUARY 20, 2022
is going to need a lot more solar and wind power generation, and lots of cheap energy storage. Wind and solar power vary over the course of a day, so energy storage is essential to provide a continuous flow of electricity. This is one-tenth of the water evaporated per person per day in the cooling systems of U.S.
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