“SOLIS 109 is a first-of-its-kind marketplace connecting a broad range of individual, residential, and commercial consumers with renewable and sustainable products and services,” Burrington explained. “We have just launched our pilot website and mobile app and are now building a robust vendor base before launching to the public in the coming months.”
EU exploring weaker 2040 climate goal
EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra is considering options to soften the bloc’s 2040 climate goal as he tries to contain a backlash against Europe’s climate ambitions. The European Commission, the EU’s executive, is expected to propose legislation in the coming weeks to adopt a previously announced target to cut 90 percent of greenhouse gas pollution...
Dow and X-energy submit for construction permit for nuclear project in Texas
Chemical firm Dow and X-energy Reactor Company have submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a proposed nuclear project in Seadrift, Texas, the companies said on Monday. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT The U.S. nuclear industry, which has faced expansion challenges in recent decades, is witnessing a surge in demand on...
Funding for R&D isn’t a gift to academia
As President Donald Trump pledges to win the artificial intelligence race, send Americans to Mars and sustain U.S. military dominance, we would do well to remember a key reason the United States achieved its technological edge in the first place: federal investment in ambitious research and development. The U.S. is racing against its adversaries to...
UK shortlists 27 hydrogen projects for clean energy growth
The UK government has shortlisted 27 hydrogen-powered projects in its second Hydrogen Allocation Round (HAR2). The selected projects will boost low-carbon hydrogen production within the UK. The initiative is part of the government’s Plan for Change and aims to cut carbon emissions while creating thousands of jobs. The UK’s hydrogen sector has the potential to...
The New and Improved Green New Deal Is Still Insane
"Now, we’re on the third iteration, which seems to be piecemeal version of the old plan. What is the Green New Deal now? Everything, still. Infrastructure. Transit. Food."
Let’s Remember September 12, 2001
Over the past 20 years, it has become clearer that September 12 is also a day we should never forget. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, we were united not just in communal compassion but a shared understanding of what our nation stands for and why we were attacked.
Major breakthrough on nuclear fusion energy
"Operating the power plants of the future based on fusion would produce no greenhouse gases and only very small amounts of short-lived radioactive waste."
Rep. Byron Donalds Explains the Importance of Nuclear Energy, ‘All of the Above’ Approach
Rep. Donalds is demonstrating the pragmatic leadership necessary for effective energy and climate solutions that will be crucial in a tightly divided Congress.
GM, Ford, Google Team Up to Advance ‘Virtual’ Power Plants
GM, Ford, Google, and other notable solar energy providers are teaming up to expand the use of 'virtual’ power plants (VPPs)