"To speed the permitting process, the proposal seeks a two-year limit on licensing for certain projects at qualifying non-powered dams and a three-year licensing process for some closed-loop and off-stream pumped storage facilities. The proposal also aims to support new technologies, including by requiring FERC to investigate 'opportunities and challenges for expanding micro hydropower resources,' a summary of the proposal said."
Private money flowing freely to energy transition companies, technologies
"Breidert recommended that investors stay away from pure technology startups because of the low cost of entry and the possibility that a technical change will wipe them out. Instead, Breidert likes electricity infrastructure plays such as gas and power giant NextEra Energy Inc. and rooftop solar developer Sunrun Inc."
The “bug” that turns waste gases into useful chemicals
"The company is also looking beyond the gases coming from smokestacks and exploring how it can convert other types of waste. LanzaTech is able to gasify solid waste, like plastics, non-recyclable trash, and discarded agricultural materials, turning them into syngas which can then be digested by the bacteria, Dower said."
A Novel Way To Prevent Food Waste And Up-cycle Fruit
"RIND contracts with fruit packing companies and processors to turn the fruit into thinly sliced, dried, ready to eat snacks with a long shelf life. Their product line includes various mixes of oranges, mandarins, apples, pears, kiwis, strawberries, bananas, coconut, watermelon, honeydew melon, peaches, persimmons and pineapple."
Meet the Company Taking on Concrete’s Carbon Footprint
"During manufacturing, a batch of Solidia concrete absorbs CO2 so voraciously that if you listen to the gas entering the curing chamber, you'll hear a hissing noise. 'The mix literally inhales carbon dioxide, like a human would inhale air,' says Riman."
Why Big Tech is pouring money into carbon removal
"Carbon removal does generally enjoy bipartisan support in Washington, and the Department of Energy recently launched a $3.5 billion program to develop four direct air capture hubs across the U.S., with each one intended to permanently remove over 1 million tons of carbon dioxide per year."
Innovative Technology is Saving the Bees
Innovative technology is coming to the rescue of declining bee populations. Vital to food supplies, bee populations worldwide are rapidly declining due to disease, habitat loss, and the use of pesticides. According to UN estimates, bees pollinate 71 of the 100 crop species that provide 90% of the world’s food. It is not just agricultural...
Net Zero, Millenarianism, and the War against Growth
"'[R]aising the price of energy is not something we can do in isolation. When power becomes more expensive, so does everything else. Fuel is not simply one among many commodities; it is the enabler of exchange, the motor of efficiency, the vector of economic growth…'"
Recycling Breakthroughs are Addressing the Plastic Pollution Problem
Human ingenuity and invention are developing new ways of dealing with the colossal problem of plastic pollution.
Farmers can now grow fruits, vegetables, and carbon credits
"One reason ProducePay has faith a carbon crediting system for produce growers will succeed is a feasibility study that identified that many growers were already implementing many sustainable agricultural practices."
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