"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."
Why The Green Transition Can’t Happen Without Natural Gas
Just as natural gas has competed with coal as the prime fuel for electricity in the last decades, renewables are putting pressure on the blue, clean-burning source of energy. The competition is fierce and will likely get worse. Yet, it is still too early to discount gas.
Startup Claims Breakthrough in Long-Duration Batteries
"Form is preparing to soon be in production of the 'kind of battery you need to fully retire thermal assets like coal and natural gas' power plants, said the company’s chief executive, Mateo Jaramillo, who developed Tesla Inc.’s Powerwall battery and worked on some of its earliest automotive powertrains."
Plastic, Perfected
One of the biggest obstacles to recycling current plastics is that they are usually mixed with dyes, adhesives, and metals that make isolating the plastics energy-intensive and expensive.
Avoid Taliban-controlled critical mineral supply chains with American innovation
"Sure, we need lithium-ion batteries in our everyday lives. But we cannot solely rely on them to support the grid. The solution here is a deeply American one: innovate our way to affordable new technology that can be exported around the world, helping both our economy and the environment."
Gates Raises Over $1 Billion For Green Technologies As Part Of Climate Change Pledge
"In 2016, Gates launched the $1 billion Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund that now has the backing of more than 25 investors to develop affordable clean energy. The fund has supported a range of startups, including those that work to replace fossil fuels and make meat alternatives."
Hydrogen Fuel 101
C3 Solutions in Hydrogen Fuel 101 outlines the innovation and importance of hydrogen fuel. “Hydrogen is the world’s most abundant element, and could be a solution to lowering our CO2 emissions, specifically as hydrogen fuel. There are four different methods of hydrogen fuel production, but the two that are the most commonly used are thermal processes and...
Canadian city becomes first to heat buildings through Bitcoin mining
"North Vancouver announced Thursday it would become the world's first city to be heated almost entirely by bitcoin mining, an innovative way to tackle climate change by creating valuable cryptocurrency coins and usable thermal energy at the same time."
NextEra doubles down on green hydrogen, other renewables
"The hydrogen fuel cell company that will be buying power from NextEra's planned 500 MW wind project plans to build a nearby hydrogen electrolyzer facility, said Rebecca Kujawa, executive vice president and CFO of NextEra Energy."
UN Showdown Needn’t Be America’s Last Stand on Climate
"Hopefully, President Biden will not simply rubber-stamp the U.N.’s initiatives. Instead of high-cost regulatory schemes, he needs to remind the world that America is the single greatest creative force in history—and its ingenuity will be the sole determinative factor in winning the climate battle."
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