Some regional and local installers are making a play for larger markets, consolidating their efforts in a bid to compete with national peers.
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Congress Debates Infrastructure but Ignores the Interstates
"Infrastructure investors, who have financed $27 billion in new U.S. highway, bridge and tunnel projects in recent years, would jump at the chance to invest in projects like rebuilding existing interstate highways. These investors include public pension funds, insurance companies and funds that specialize in infrastructure."
Hydrogen Should Be Focused On Cement And Steel, Not Cars
"In an ideal world replete with surplus renewable energy, maybe hydrogen has a future because then its inefficiency is negated by its convenience. But we aren’t in that situation right now, won’t be for decades, and might never be...But if our end goal is combating climate change and global warming, the best place for hydrogen is not cars."
“Nuclear Batteries” Offer a New Approach to Carbon-Free Energy
"We may be on the brink of a new paradigm for nuclear power, a group of nuclear specialists suggested recently in The Bridge, the journal of the National Academy of Engineering."
Biden wants to pay farmers to grow carbon-capturing crops. It’s complicated.
Farmers are a key piece of Biden’s overall strategy to slash greenhouse gases across the U.S. economy: American agriculture contributes about 9 percent of U.S. emissions, but in theory has the potential to more than offset its own footprint.
Google First Ever Retail Store Built With Sustainability In Mind
"Earlier this month, Google opened its first-ever retail store in New York City. With sustainability as a cornerstone of Google’s business strategy, the new store was designed and constructed with the highest sustainability standards."
U.S. Steel, Norway’s Equinor eye clean hydrogen production
"The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to assess the technological and commercial possibilities for hydrogen and carbon capture and storage (CCS) and screen potential customers and suppliers."
Biden insists on clean power mandate in Democrat-only bill, climate adviser says
"The Biden administration is outlining renewable energy tax credits and a mandate that utilities shift to carbon-free power as its priorities for the second Democrats-only measure to follow the bipartisan infrastructure deal."
Oklo has a plan to make tiny nuclear reactors that run off nuclear waste
"The face of nuclear energy is changing, and one of the companies working to redefine what nuclear energy looks like is Oklo. The 22-person Silicon Valley start-up has a plan to build mini-nuclear reactors, powered by the waste of conventional nuclear reactors and housed in aesthetically pleasing A-frame structures."
This Startup Is Using The World’s Biggest Agwaste Product To Filter Water – Its Long Game Is To Transform Global Water Management
"Today, most rice hulls are burnt worldwide–218 billion pounds a year–but cleantech startup Glanris has developed a process to turn rice hulls into water filtration media–a cleantech solution that has the potential to transform both the rice and the water management industry."