"After six days of catalysis in the laboratory, a piece of a wind turbine blade was dissolved into intact glass fibers and bisphenol A, which can be used in the production of new blades – in addition to a fraction of various oligomers, which cannot be recycled. The metal piece was cast into the wing as part of the wind turbine’s lightning protection."
Matthew L. Wald writes in The Breakthrough Institute about emerging advanced nuclear reactors. “At the moment, the new reactors with the shortest path to commercial deployment look to be light-water reactors: they use fuel that is already commercially produced and most of their various components are already in production. Of the new light-water reactors, the...
"The technology builds on years of research led by Matt Eisaman, the company’s CTO and co-founder, who recently joined Yale University’s Center for Natural Carbon Capture as a faculty member. Eisaman first met Tarbell, a former SolarCity executive, several years ago when both were working with Alphabet’s innovation arm, X."
"While the academic debate continues, time is of the essence in decarbonizing the grid to avert the worst effects of climate change. Customer-driven clean energy procurement is driving and will continue to lead to progress, by creating demand for new renewable generation to be added to the grid."
The Heritage Foundation shows that the Green New Deal isn't just bad policy, it is also hypocritical.
"Eidelson emphasizes that while Stepchange is driven by what he sees as a moral imperative — working as fast and aggressively as possible to slash carbon from every sector of the economy — he also expects it to succeed financially."
"Contrary to what Hollywood might have you believe, nuclear power is one of the safest and most reliable sources of energy in the world, producing approximately 20% of our nation’s electrical power, and more than half of our nation’s carbon-free energy."
"The DOE is estimating the standards will decrease carbon emissions by approximately 4 million metric tons cumulatively over the same time span — roughly equivalent to the emissions associated with the energy use of 500,000 households."
"Hydropower may be renewable, he says, but from an environmental perspective it isn’t sustainable. 'Unless a river’s value is zero,' he says. 'If a river has any value as an ecosystem, as a host for life, then hydropower isn’t even a consideration.'"
"The long-term solution to slow global warming is therefore to electrify everything, as long as that electricity comes from renewable sources. Aye, there’s the rub. We simply can’t run everything on electricity.
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