“Nuclear energy has an image problem, despite advocates pushing its development as a crucial piece of decarbonizing the U.S. energy sector and combating climate change.”
Nuclear fusion reactor could be here as soon as 2025
“If a fusion reactor reaches that milestone, it could pave the way for massive generation of clean energy.”
No better time to modernize America’s energy infrastructure
“Renewable energy has made remarkable gains over the past decade. Targeted federal investment in physical infrastructure can maintain that momentum while creating jobs, sparking economic activity, and improving environmental performance.”
The Investment Firm That Keeps Raising Giant Climate Funds
"Total global investment in the energy transition hit about $1.8 trillion last year, a 17% increase from 2022, according to BloombergNEF. That was still far short of the $4.8 trillion the data provider estimates is needed annually from 2024 to 2030 to meet the world’s climate targets."
Editorial: Why the future of Appalachian coal may depend on India
“Brouillette, though, says ‘there’s a very bright future for coal.’ Why? Because coal exports remain strong and some of our biggest foreign customers are doing something we’re not — building more coal plants.”
5 Sustainable Living Ideas
“Living sustainably isn’t about going without the things that you just love and enjoy doing – in fact. a little thought and a couple of simple tweaks to your lifestyle will have an enormous impact on your environmental ‘footprint’, without requiring a lot of your time and effort.”
How rerouting planes to produce fewer contrails could help cool the planet
"In those simulations, the researchers found that reducing the warming effect of contrails by 73% increased fuel costs by just 0.11% and overall costs by 0.08%, when averaged across those tens of thousands of flights. (Only about 14% of the flights needed to be adjusted to avoid forming warming contrails in the simulations.)"
Airbus Hopes to Be Flying Hydrogen-Powered Jetliners With Zero Carbon Emissions by 2035
"Over the next five years, Airbus will do intensive research and development for its hydrogen concepts Simpson said."
The Future Of Carbon Capture Is In The Air
"The technology has been designed to be modular to achieve short construction times, which could be a key enabler for scaling the technology in the future. The company is also powering the plant with clean energy from ON Power’s Hellisheidi Geothermal Power Plan, minimising the plant’s impact. This is the company’s largest plant so far, intended to capture around 4,000 tons of CO2 per year.”
China Vows Green Energy Boom, Triggering Race For Battery Tech
"To that end, President Xi said that the total amount of wind and solar power that China generates will rise exponentially — from 500 million kilowatts to 1.2 billion kilowatts in a decade. To do that, local governments in China need as much as 20% storage capacity. Now that the starting gun has been fired, which technologies have the inside track?”
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