To reach industry projections, solar needs both industry know-how and an innovative spirit willing to make it happen.
Domestic Energy Helps with Conservation and Energy Security
Capitalizing on America’s resource abundance and human ingenuity advances our economic, energy security, and environmental goals.
How One Young Rancher Started (and Grew) His Regenerative Operation
"As I focus on a very low-input system, I don’t use commercial fertility with what I plant, and I don’t worry about the broadleaf weeds that come up when my pastures are resting. Much of my livestock use the broadleaves as a source for minerals and, as a result, eliminated the need for chemical inputs entirely. Some of my favorite broadleaves, like sunflowers and giant ragweed, provide a much-needed energy source for my livestock in the fall while grasses are going dormant."
How the U.S. Turned the Tables on OPEC
Paul Dabbar writes in The Wall Street Journal about the importance of domestic energy production. “That moment of peak energy dominance was the culmination of many factors: American innovation, an all-the-above, pro-supply set of policies, markets willing to invest and strong, knowledgeable energy diplomacy. As we confront the challenges in energy markets today, we’d do...
The Climate Importance of Carbon Capture
By placing a renewed emphasis on retroactive climate solutions and market innovation, a carbon capture-forward climate movement is one that can deliver true solutions.
A newly discovered plastic-eating bacteria could save the water sources
"The researchers from Cambridge claim that these bacteria have the power to eliminate plastic pollution from water bodies naturally. All we need to do is introduce them to plastic-filled aquatic environments."
Researchers in Colorado have figured out what makes air conditioners consume so much energy. It’s not the heat.
Mark Jaffe of The Colorado Sun reports on the impact that heat and humidity have on air conditioning. Blue Frontier, a Boca Raton, Florida, startup backed by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures, is also using NREL patented liquid desiccant technology matched with evaporative cooling, which, when it gets to market, the company says will deliver...
What the Inflation Reduction Act Teaches the Environmental Movement
"Environmentalist organizations who want to make a lasting difference for our climate will have to recognize the truth: Climate change is a long-term problem, and partisan legislation can only offer a short-term fix. Sustainable, meaningful change requires a dedicated effort to build a bipartisan coalition, coalesced around a common goal but open to debating different visions of how we get there."
To Bolster Fuel Supplies in the Northeast, End Talk of Banning Exports and Look to the Jones Act
"Waiving the Jones Act will make the Northeast an economically attractive destination for gasoline, diesel, and heating oil shipments that currently go to overseas buyers in Europe and Latin America. The end result will be higher inventories, lower prices, and more efficient markets."
Energy System Planning Is Best Done Without a Partisan Thumb on the Scale
"Planning a next generation energy system that balances a cleaner grid with sufficient dispatchable resources like natural gas with non-dispatchable resources to ensure reliability is vital. And there may be a productive role for the federal government to play. But putting a thumb on the scale in favor of one or two chosen resources that are more than capable of competing on their own is not the way to do it."
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