Thu.Mar 28, 2019

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The 40th Anniversary Of Three Mile Island -- Did Anything Bad Ever Happen?

Jim Conca

Four o’clock this morning, marked the 40th Anniversary of the partial meltdown of Unit #2 at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station. The accident achieved mythological status, even though no one was hurt and deaths occur every year at all other types of power plants except nuclear.

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How Much Solar Power Can My Roof Generate?

Sunrun

Your Rooftop Can Help You Gain Energy Freedom With solar panels, your rooftop can generate your own power and give you energy freedom. Your rooftop also offers peace of mind with today’s climate extremes and antiquated electrical grid. So find out how much power your roof can possibly generate when you go solar. A General Solar Equation There are various equations for calculating how many solar panels and the amount of power needed for a household.

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Second 83C Offshore Wind RFP Submitted to Massachusetts DPU for Approval

Energy and Cleantech Council

The Massachusetts electric distribution companies (“Distribution Companies”), together with the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, have asked the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities to approve a second request for proposal (“RFP”) for long-term offshore wind contracts in accordance with Section 83C of the Green Communities Act (“83C”).

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Founder Stories: Fatemeh Shirazi of Microvi

Elemental Excelerator

Biology is the most ancient and powerful technology that we know of, yet the way that biology has been applied to industrial processes has changed little in the past 100 years. Fatemeh Shirazi, founder of Microvi, observed that microorganisms in the natural world behave and function very differently than those in the concrete basins and steel tanks that run our industrial bioprocesses.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.