"Despite its potential benefits, the TransWest project, under development for about 18 years, also shows how hard it is to build interstate power lines in the West."
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Jeff Bezos climate fund gives millions to energy efficiency start-up BlocPower
"In November, BlocPower began working with the city of Ithaca, New York, as it became the first U.S. municipality to begin operation on a 100% decarbonization plan, and with the first phase focused on the electricity usage of 1,000 residential buildings and 600 commercial buildings."
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Why Hydrogen Will Likely Be The Gateway To Net-Zero
"The market for hydrogen technology is global. Plug Power is expected to join with Fortescue Future Industries to build a giga-factory in Queensland, Australia, to produce electrolyzers. Meantime, Plug Power is likely to work with Egypt’s OCI NV and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company to make green hydrogen with its electrolyzer."
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Leveraging the power and pace of climate innovation
"Innovation doesn’t have to be about new technology. Breakthroughs are essential, but there’s also huge potential in deploying and scaling up existing technologies through business model innovation and digitization."
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Amazon announces 18 new solar projects worldwide, with eight in U.S.
Eight of the 18 new projects are in the United States, totaling more than 1 GW of utility-scale solar energy. These include Amazon’s first solar projects in Arizona and Georgia and additional projects in Ohio, Texas, and Virginia. The 300-megawatt (MW) Arizona solar project is paired with 150-MW battery energy storage, enabling the company to align solar generation with periods of the greatest demand, even when the sun is not shining."
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Utilities tap water ‘microgrid’ tech for new supply
"Perhaps the most ambitious endeavor comes from the Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Ecomerit Technologies. Its plan calls for deploying 'SeaWell Buoys' that will desalinate water at sea, then pipe it to water stations built along the coast. The stations are about the size of lighthouses, and from there, the water would be added to a local utility’s water supply."
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Power industry teams up on highway EV charging
The National Electric Highway Coalition, which is headed by the Edison Electric Institute, brings together more than 50 power companies to make charging stations more available along our nation's highways.
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Toyota to Build $1.29 Billion Battery Plant in North Carolina
"Initially the North Carolina plant will produce batteries for hybrid electric vehicles, but Toyota says eventually it will make materials for battery electric vehicles at the location. Currently electric vehicles make up about a quarter of Toyota’s sales, but the company says that will increase to 70% by 2030."
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Can these high-tech methane detectors help the U.S. reach its climate goals?
"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."