Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 24, 2020

If you have any other show topic ideas, tag The Energy Gang and The Interchange on Twitter. NEXTracker has more than 30 gigawatts of resilient and intelligent solar tracking systems across six continents. Optimize your solar power plant. Listeners submitted over 120 questions. We’ll be considering them on future shows.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Jacobson questions the climate and health benefits of carbon capture technology against simply switching to renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Tags: carbon capture ccs clean coal renewable energy Mark Jacobson Read time: 7 mins New research from Stanford University professor Mark Z.

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Charged

JANUARY 4, 2023

BIG’s first product, the R30, is a 30-foot electric power boat with dual motors that deliver a combined 800 hp (600 kW), a liquid-cooled 221 kWh battery pack, and extendable solar panels that can deliver up to 2.7 kW of solar power for recharging. Maximum speed is expected to be around 39 knots.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2020

Lowest winning bid for solar energy output in latest auction round easily beat the previous record, which was also set in Portugal a year earlier. per Mwh, set in Portugal's first mega-auction for solar energy capacity in June last year, which secured 1,150MW of new capacity. per megawatt hour (Mwh).

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 16, 2019

The days of oil as a fuel for cars, whether petrol or diesel, are numbered — because the economies offered by wind and solar energy and other cheap renewables, combined with electric vehicles, are irresistible, a French bank says. Tags: electric vehicles BNP Paribas renewables investment cars

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Sunrun

JULY 25, 2017

Did you know a new solar installation was completed every 84 seconds in 2016?1 1 It’s no wonder, considering solar prices dropped 29% – in every area of the market – from 2015 to 2016. Those are cool stats, but you might be wondering how all that translates to the cost of installing rooftop solar panels for your home.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

I'm talking about geoengineering, and specifically solar geoengineering , which seeks to lessen global warming's greenhouse effect by reflecting sunlight, and heat, back out to space.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Tags: geoengineering Solar Radiation Management UNFCCC Paris Agreement International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Instead of focusing on limiting global temperature rise, these guidelines argue for using radiative forcing, or the total excess heat warming Earth's atmosphere, as the metric.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 28, 2020

That 2-gigawatt development was rejected by Texas regulators in August 2018 on the grounds that its $3 billion price tag and the need for a new $1.6 AEP’s integrated resource plan calls for the building of more than 8,000 megawatts of wind and solar and 1,600 megawatts of natural gas between 2020 and 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2019

From offshore wind, to solar, to the ballooning corporate renewables market, utilities, oil majors and developers are heading across the Atlantic for a piece of that gigantic American power pie. In November it decided to press ahead with a 460-megawatt solar-plus-storage project in Texas. The Europeans are coming. gigawatt pipeline.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The project will, however, face regulatory scrutiny in Virginia, where the $300 million price tag for Dominion’s 12-megawatt pilot project has raised eyebrows. As part of that executive order, Northam specifically called for the “full development” of Dominion’s offshore wind zone by 2026.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 31, 2020

Long duration energy storage holds great potential for a world in which wind and solar power dominate new power plant additions and gradually overtake other sources of electricity. Wind and solar only produce at certain times, so they need a complementary technology to help fill the gaps. and other developed countries.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

All of the scenarios go well beyond Duke’s previous IRPs in leaning more heavily on solar, onshore wind and energy storage. Big growth for solar and storage, possible role for offshore wind. Solar growth by 2035 stalls at 8,650 megawatts under Duke’s base case, but rises to 12.3 ” Looking at the price tags.

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Christopher Kemper

MARCH 22, 2020

Oil & Solar Correlation In the News: Oil markets looking grim on a 5-day trail, but pacing towards $23/barrel (NYMEX), well below the psychological barrier of $30/barrel. The common misconception is that solar power is directly linked to oil pricing. Oil Market Crash?—?Oil Have a look here?—? link] Thanks Ryan?—?Appreciate

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Christopher Kemper

MARCH 22, 2020

Oil & Solar Correlation In the News: Oil markets looking grim on a 5-day trail, but pacing towards $23/barrel (NYMEX), well below the psychological barrier of $30/barrel. The common misconception is that solar power is directly linked to oil pricing. Oil Market Crash?—?Oil Have a look here?—? link] Thanks Ryan?—?Appreciate

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Christopher Kemper

MARCH 22, 2020

Oil & Solar Correlation In the News: Oil markets looking grim on a 5-day trail, but pacing towards $23/barrel (NYMEX), well below the psychological barrier of $30/barrel. The common misconception is that solar power is directly linked to oil pricing. Oil Market Crash?—?Oil Have a look here?—? link] Thanks Ryan?—?Appreciate

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 7, 2020

But it adds 11 gigawatts of utility-scale solar by 2030, nearly 3 gigawatts of wind and a groundbreaking amount of energy storage. What's more, the state needs to wean itself off of the natural-gas plants that come to the rescue every evening when solar generation disappears and grid demand spikes.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Clean transport advocates point out £30bn price tag for railway electrification is in the same ball park as budget for road building. Solar rail social enterprise Riding Sunbeams also branded the move "absolutely disastrous". "A Not a surprise," he wrote on Twitter.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Confirmed speakers include climate scientist Michael E Mann, former Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd, Schroders' CEO Peter Harrison, Bank of America President (International) Bernard Mensah, Nomad Foods CEO Stefan Descheemaeker, NatWest CEO Alison Rose, Bertrand Piccard of the Solar Impulse Foundation, and many others.

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Mosaic

MAY 18, 2021

Often, “better” or “best” options for doors, windows, roofs, solar panels and HVAC systems correlate with more energy efficient solutions. Those upgrades can be critical to improving a home’s energy efficiency—and often come with a higher price tag. Solar costs are falling and other utility costs are rising.

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2021

The CEO of Solar Energy UK sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the critical role the solar sector must play in the next chapter of the UK's net zero transition. We are going to be a solar express over the next decade," he says. There is lots to celebrate for the UK's solar sector as the early 2020s proceed.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

Ending fossil fuel subsidies offers G7 members the chance to help the planet and benefit their economic future, writes explorer Bertrand Piccard of the Solar Impulse Foundation. However, not only are solar and wind power now cheaper than coal, gas and oil on half the planet, but renewable energy prices include the full cost.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 24, 2020

“This means that renewable and distributed assets like wind turbines, batteries, heat pumps and solar panels can be integrated with energy grids safely and efficiently,” said the companies in a press release. That’s where companies such as Vodafone come in, since mobile SIM cards can act as device-specific identity tags.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

That would for the first time put the price tag for a Tesla electric car at a similar level to conventional fossil fuel cars in the US, said Musk, opening up the mass market for electrified cars, while the new batteries could also offer a 16 per cent increase in driving range compared current models.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

New 'Eco-Towers' boast built-in wind turbines, solar panels, and batteries, allowing Vodafone to extend coverage to remote, off-grid locations. Vodafone is hoping to deploy mobile communications masts across the UK which power themselves using built-in wind, solar, and battery technologies, the telecoms giant revealed today.

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Michael Grossman

MAY 4, 2023

You'd think a guy who founded an electric vehicle company and a company that builds solar panels would be all in on helping promote companies pursuing clean technology solutions on one of the world's largest social media networks, right? Does Elon Musk's Twitter Care About Climate Tech Companies? But as the saying goes, "Business is business."

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Clean Energy Canada

AUGUST 8, 2023

Costs of clean power A recent Clean Energy Canada report, A Renewables Powerhouse , looked at the costs of producing power from wind and solar in Alberta and Ontario compared to gas power. Solar power is already cheaper than natural gas power in Alberta and is on track to be 16% less expensive by the end of the decade.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

While nature doesn’t come with a clearly labeled price tag, sustainability innovation understands that there is great economic value in preserving ecosystems, natural resources, biodiversity, and cultures and communities around the world. Solar options are also available to clients as another means to reduce emissions.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The report also outlines the more than 170 types of carbon credits available on markets today and their level of popularity among buyers - such as projects involving rural solar farms, geothermal installations, recycling initiatives or efforts to reduce livestock methane.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 19, 2022

And this is a bit of the fallacy that tags along when we talk about the ubiquitous smart grid. And it was not designed for an extensive feed of rooftop solar or generation at the edge. From a utility standpoint, that’s what they’re looking to do. The grid is only smart in places. Secondly, the grid has been sectionalised.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2021

At the same time, however, the intermittency of solar and wind power means poses challenges for ensuring the lights are kept on at all times in the UK, and that peak times of demand can be met regardless of when the wind blows and sun shines.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

In this Greentech Media series, we’re asking people with jobs in cleantech — from installing solar panels, to permitting wind projects, to promoting building energy efficiency software — to tell us what they really do all day. Typical programs have a price tag of several hundred thousand dollars. Drop us a note below.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 17, 2021

The 4 gigawatt plant will be completely powered by wind and solar energy. But while Neom’s $500 billion price tag prompts questions about whether it will go ahead exactly as planned, the hydrogen effort doesn’t depend on the megacity’s overall success. million tons per year of green ammonia. The hydrogen plant is part of that vision.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

It could have granted emergency planning approval to onshore wind and solar farms, some of which would have been able to come online this winter. It was decided that Liz Truss' distaste for solar farms and Grant Shapps' hatred of wind turbines was more important than your energy bills.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 3, 2021

“Many employees want to live out their personal values at work and are asking for these programs,” said Richard Keiser, CEO and founder of community solar company Common Energy, during the GreenBiz webcast last week about engaging employees in sustainability. One of Common Energy community solar projects.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

We put in solar tubes in all of our schools. If you just put up solar panels and you then don’t bring that back into the classroom, you’re totally wasting an educational opportunity. When we first put up the solar panels and we started going about our business, kids started saying, “What are those, why are they up there?

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