"The 800,000-square-foot arena has a maximum capacity of 18,100 attendees and is the home of Seattle’s Kraken NHL team and a concert venue. The facility replaced the KeyArena and opened in October 2021. Amazon paid for its naming rights."
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The U.S. Bets Big on Clean Hydrogen
Together the Regional Hydrogen Hubs will further America’s hydrogen industry and benefit consumers and the environment.
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It’s not all bad news: Wonderful and wild stories about tackling climate change
"More than 120,000 acres have just been set aside as a conservation area in Idaho. As Boise State Public Radio reports, the Bennett Hills conservation area covers more than 120,000 acres of rolling grasslands in southwest Idaho, home to upland game bird species and wintering elk and mule deer."
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Backed by advocates, Duke Energy finalizes plan to help customers improve home efficiency
"Under the program set to begin next year, Duke will buy the new appliance or whatever improvements are deemed appropriate for participating households. Over the course of up to 12 years, customers then pay the company back through their utility bills. Even while paying the tariff, which includes the company’s 8.4% of return, the energy savings should lower their monthly costs by 10% or more."
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Hyundai and Kia to adopt Tesla’s EV charging tech next year
"Additionally, owners of current Hyundai and Kia electric vehicle models will be able to access Tesla Superchargers using adapters beginning in the first quarter of 2025."
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‘Forever chemicals’ are eternal no more thanks to a pollution destroying device from Tacoma startup
"The startup’s weapon of PFAS destruction incorporates technology from the University of Washington and the Colorado School of Mines. It annihilates the pollutants in a device that can reach high pressure and temperature — hitting 570 degrees Fahrenheit. To that they add lye — an ingredient in soap — to create a caustic environment. The conditions dismantle the PFAS, breaking off the compound at its head, chopping up its spine of carbon molecules, and lopping off the fluoride molecules that run along the backbone."
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NuScale Gets a Win with SMRs for Data Centers in Ohio and Pennsylvania
"In addition to data centers, NuScale says its SMR technology is well-suited to supply energy for district heating, desalination, commercial-scale hydrogen production, and other process heat applications. In May, NuScale signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Nucor Corporation to explore co-locating VOYGR power plants to provide baseload electricity to Nucor’s scrap-based electric arc furnace (EAF) steel mills. The companies said they will also explore an expanded manufacturing partnership through which Nucor, the largest steel producer and recycler of any type of material in North America, would supply Econiq, its net-zero steel products, for NuScale projects."
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Swedish Industrialists Explore $6 Billion Green Steel Project in Canada
"The steelmaker hopes to kick off the construction of a North American site by 2026, with production starting four years later. Executives say it will take about 18 months of permitting, similar to Sweden, but public support for major projects can be unpredictable in Quebec."
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Carbon Mineralization is Helping to Turn the Tide on Climate Change
When it comes to the burgeoning field of ocean carbon removal, the private sector is turning the tide on climate change.
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Air Force pioneering innovative geothermal energy solutions
"'We can’t afford to move at the speed of government anymore. We must be bold and modernize at the speed of the threat,' said Chaudhary. 'Innovations like this will be the margin of victory in future conflicts and also propel our nation to compete and win in the future energy economy.'"