TerraCycle is an innovative waste management company with a mission to eliminate the idea of waste.
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California needs to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open to meet its climate goals
Steven Chu and Ernest Moiz, two former Secretaries of Energy under the Obama administration, write in The Los Angeles Times on the importance of Diablo Canyon and nuclear energy. “The challenges here in California and globally are bigger than ever and the window of opportunity to mitigate climate change is closing fast. Extending the license...
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Wind developer joins $3B transmission project poised to be ‘backbone’ for Western power markets
"Despite its potential benefits, the TransWest project, under development for about 18 years, also shows how hard it is to build interstate power lines in the West."
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Texas’ Competitive Energy Market 101
"Texas can improve grid reliability without overhauling it. Regulators, utility commissioners, and politicians should uphold its competitive market which will benefit consumers and the environment alike."
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Startup Wants to Store Spare Renewable Electricity to Power Heavy Industry
"Rondo has picked up high-profile backers. It said Tuesday it raised $22 million from Breakthrough Energy Ventures, a climate-focused investment firm founded by Bill Gates, and Energy Impact Partners, another venture firm. Breakthrough Energy Ventures isn’t related to the Breakthrough Institute."
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Sweden’s Government Approves Construction of Spent Nuclear Fuel Repository
"The milestone, which wraps up a planning process that has taken more than 40 years, makes Sweden only the second country, after Finland, to take active steps on building a permanent SNF repository."
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The world could be on the brink of an energy crisis rivaling the 1970s, says IHS Markit’s Yergin
"Moscow is one of the world’s largest oil exporters. Sanctions by the U.S. and allies on Russia’s financial system have already set in motion a backlash against Russian crude from banks, buyers and shippers."
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This Norwegian start-up makes carbon-negative roads
"The process starts with recycling. Instead of trucking in new materials when a damaged stretch of asphalt needs repair, the company uses a machine that grinds up the top layer of the existing road. The equipment can also be used with concrete, another high-carbon material, as long as the concrete isn’t reinforced with steel. Then, the company uses lignin—a material in plants that’s a major byproduct of the paper industry—to glue the crushed material together."
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Blue Origin vets unveil startup seeking small solution to massive challenge of fusion energy
Lisa Stiffler of GeekWire reports on an innovative nuclear fusion company. “The system that Avalanche Energy is developing would measure about the size of a large shoe box (one-foot diameter, two-feet long). It could be deployed as multiple units to power cargo ships, airplanes and other sectors of the economy that are going to be...
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President Biden’s Defense Production Act power grab
"But with the president authorized to act unilaterally, Congress has no incentive to work on the harder issues it will eventually have to confront if it is serious about the increased production the United States will need to lead on technological innovations."
