"Duren runs Carbon Mapper, a nonprofit that partners with NASA and other organizations to track methane and carbon emissions. They are part of a wave of researchers stepping up to provide more accurate and transparent accounting of methane—something that will be key for reaching climate goals agreed on in Glasgow last month."
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Limiting U.S. Crude Exports Would Be a Holiday Gift to Foreign Nations
"Simply put, open and competitive markets foster domestic production and benefit American consumers. Policymakers should reject any attempt to reinstate a significantly flawed export-ban policy."
Finally, a Fusion Reaction Has Generated More Energy Than Absorbed by The Fuel
"Although there's still some way to go, the result represents a significant improvement on previous yields: eight times greater than experiments conducted just a few months prior, and 25 times greater than experiments conducted in 2018. It's a huge achievement."
New England at high risk of blackouts this winter, regional utility says
"Regulators and independent bodies such as the Energy Information Administration have told customers to expect higher energy bills this winter as natural gas prices remain at multiyear highs around the world."
EV maker Arrival to build high-voltage battery module assembly plant in North Carolina
Rebecca Bellan writes for Tech Crunch on EV maker Arrival, which is investing $11.5 million to build an assembly plant in North Carolina. >>>Read about one American startup that is addressing EV woes<<< “Arrival, the electric vehicle manufacturer that aims to break up the assembly line in favor of multiple microfactories, is investing $11.5 million...
Research Finds U.S. Shouldn’t Imitate Japan’s Industrial Policy
Stuart Anderson writes in Forbes on new research about Japan’s industrial policy. “Beason found that Japanese industrial policy did not favor ‘rapidly growing sectors’ and gave a great deal of support to business sectors that did not grow much at all. To conduct the research, Beason examined four measures of industrial policy used by the...
Darlington Nuclear Plant Will Get a BWRX-300 SMR as GE Hitachi Bags Lucrative OPG Selection
"Ontario Power Generation (OPG) will build a GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at its Darlington Nuclear Station in Clarington, Ontario, marking a major triumph for the nuclear vendor in a stiff competition for the much-watched utility-scale project."
Duke net metering agreement with renewables advocates expected to increase North Carolina solar adoption
"The proposed rate design requires approval from the North Carolina Utilities Commission. If regulators approve it, the rates would go into effect for new net metering customers applying in 2023. The parties to the agreement requested expeditious action from North Carolina regulators based on the directives of legislation like HB 951."
Nuclear-Fusion Startup Lands $1.8 Billion as Investors Chase Star Power
Jennifer Hiller of The Wall Street Journal reports on a nuclear fusion startup. “Nuclear fusion has long been the holy grail of the energy world. Fusion is the process of generating energy by melding atoms. Current nuclear power plants create energy through nuclear fission, or splitting atoms. Fusion has the potential to create nearly limitless energy...
Exxon sets new emissions goals for 2030
"Intensity doesn't measure total greenhouse gas emissions, but Exxon expects the combined targets to reduce absolute emissions by roughly 20%."
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