“Dominance is decarbonization” isn’t a perfect consensus but it’s a powerful consensus that could shape the world for the better for decades to come.
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Private firms are driving a revolution in solar power in Africa
"Namibia, one of the sunniest countries, last year made it easier for private producers to sell electricity into the regional power pool. It sees its future role as more of a platform for the buying and selling of electricity than as a generator and distributor. But others are resisting change. Senegal, Mozambique and Tanzania, for instance, still tangle up dre firms in red tape. Other countries are hoping that the 'geopolitics of solar' will mean that foreign powers seeking influence in Africa will pay to build the solar plants that their bankrupt utilities cannot otherwise afford, argues one industry veteran."
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How Innovation Makes Mom Life Better
Innovation brings equality and more women into the workforce.
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Last Energy has a Mission to Install 10,000 Nuclear Reactors
Last Energy exemplifies the sort of entrepreneurial dreaming and determination in the clean energy industry writ large.
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New direct air capture plant poised for record removals
"Occidental and a separate coalition that includes Climeworks have also been selected by the Department of Energy to develop two direct air capture hubs capable of eventually removing 1 million metric tons of carbon per year. Those projects are planned for southern Texas and southeastern Louisiana and backed by roughly $1 billion in federal grants."
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Scientists say they can use AI to solve a key problem in the quest for near-limitless clean energy
"Fusion energy is the process that powers the sun and other stars, and experts have been trying for decades to master it on Earth. It is achieved when two atoms that usually repel are forced to fuse together. It’s the opposite of nuclear fission — the type widely used today — which relies on splitting atoms."
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Why Californians Have Some of the Highest Power Bills in the U.S.
"In Borrego Springs, a desert town of 3,000, temperatures often top 110 degrees Fahrenheit in summer and air conditioners run nonstop. The town’s primary utility, San Diego Gas & Electric, has raised electric rates 82% in the past 10 years as it poured money into wildfire prevention and expanding and greening the grid."
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Harris Has a Policy Problem, not a Values Problem
She failed to reassure voters who are concerned that, at her core, she’s just another left-wing central planner who will make bad policy decisions.
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The Mining Industry May Hold the Future for Carbon Removal
Aquarry is turning pit mine lakes into massive carbon removal storage facilities.
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Progressive NIMBYism is One of the Biggest Obstacles to Clean Energy
Unless public opinion can be changed to match the environmental values progressives claim to hold, NIMBYism will continue to be an obstacle in the fight against climate change.
