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A Boom Is Coming for All-Electric Homes Despite Lagging Consumer Awareness

GreenTechMedia

The surge in spending on all-electric homes is expected even though many consumers are unfamiliar with the natural gas-displacing electric appliances on the market today. Around 70 million American homes burn natural gas, oil, or propane for home space and water heating, according to Navigant Research.

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? Heat pumps go steampunk

Climate Tech VC

Most industrial facilities use fossil-fuel burning boilers to generate that heat, and while there are options to electrify or fuel-switch in order to decarbonize the process, most market-ready solutions are still more expensive than current GHG-emitting equipment. “To Decarbonize Industry, We Must Decarbonize Heat.”

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Energy Awareness Month: Electrification of the Home

Mosaic

Rewiring America reported this percentage of greenhouse gas emissions in households includes personal vehicles, residential energy consumption and industrial energy consumption associated with delivering fuels to households, based on data analysis of the EPA GHG Emissions Inventory. These fuel sources also cost homeowners a lot.

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Bringing Climate Change Solutions Home

Mosaic

97 percent of climate scientists agree that global warming trends are clear and “extremely likely” due to human activities, most prominently the rising emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the burning of fossil fuels. The Earth’s climate is changing. Getting to Net Zero With Renewables and Efficiency. Renewables.

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Is There Enough Biomass to Fuel the World? Part II

Mr. Sustainability

Summary - The world needs 384 TWh of energy per day, of which 87% comes from fossil fuels. The entire world needs a total of 384 TWh * of energy per day, of which the majority (87%) comes from fossil fuels. These are crude oil (35%), coal (28%) and natural gas (24%).

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The retrofitting strategy behind Sonoma Clean Power's all-electric headquarters

Business Green

"As a public power provider, it is our responsibility to show our customers and community what the ultimate commitment to 100 per cent renewable energy looks like in a world where no fossil fuels are needed," said Geof Syphers, chief executive of Sonoma Clean Power.

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Canada’s power grid is pretty clean. Here’s why it needs to be cleaner

Clean Energy Canada

It includes the people who make our homes waste less energy: insulators and HVAC operators. This electrification of industry, buildings and transportation will help displace fossil fuels and cut pollution. Making renewables preferable to natural gas. And the cleaner the electricity, the greater the benefit.