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Funding the Next Generation of Efficient, Electric, Grid-Interactive Communities

GreenTechMedia

homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs. Shifting heating from fossil fuels to electricity can cut direct emissions.

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Rising battery storage costs: A long-term trend or short term blip?

Business Green

BloombergNEF also expects costs across the sector to remain high throughout 2023, due to high raw material and labour costs, soaring demand for battery packs from automakers, and cost increases across other parts of their supply chain, such as for power conversion systems and balancing services. link] pic.twitter.com/C55UHprYIv.

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How the UK's net zero transition is progressing: In 10 charts

Business Green

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the array of fascinating charts, graphs, and illustrative graphics contained within the Climate Change Committee's (CCC) latest assessment of the UK's progress on its net zero journey will certainly save you a great deal of reading time. Green technologies should dampen oil and gas demand by 2035.