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Compared to Europe, the American farm system is more efficient and sustainable
"Ultimately, we should recognize the wonders of modern agriculture. The benefits of high-yield farming are apparent: We feed more people more sustainably, all while having to charge them less for it. For instance, we need 60 percent fewer cows yet produce twice as much milk as we did in the 1930s. We need to build on these types of successes to make our food system more efficient and sustainable."
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Green battery backed by billionaires Gates, Bezos and Branson plans factory to ‘reshape energy system’
"Recharge reported in 2020 that Minnesota-based utility Great River Energy was planning to build a 1MW/150MWh grid-connected demonstration storage plant using Form Energy’s secret battery technology – providing 1MW of output for 150 hours straight – as it closes all but one of its fossil-fuel power plants."
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How Waste is Powering A Cleaner Future
Renewable natural gas offers businesses, and governments an opportunity to reduce emissions while providing reliable power to consumers.
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Nuclear Fuel Recycling Gets New Tech and New Funding
The waste that comes from nuclear power—also known as spent nuclear fuel—has untapped potential. Researchers have been working to unleash that potential for years, but finally, their research is getting a financial boost.
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Dominion Energy plans to deploy small modular nuclear reactors statewide by 2032
Markus Schmidt of The Cardinal News reports that Dominion Energy will deploy small modular nuclear reactors in Virginia by 2032. “Youngkin also announced that $5 million of this funding would advance the goal laid out in the recently released ‘all-of-the-above’ Virginia Energy Plan, to grow Virginia’s nuclear energy industry by establishing a Virginia Nuclear Innovation Hub....
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Air Force Working on Fuel-Saving, 3D-Printed ‘Microvanes’ for C-17
Chris Gordon writes in Air & Space Forces Magazine about a retrofit to reduce fuel usage and the Air Force’s environmental footprint. online pharmacy buy strattera no prescription with best prices today in the USA online pharmacy order reglan no prescription with best prices today in the USA “By reducing drag, the Air Force can...
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Seattle-area battery manufacturer Group14 lands $214M from Microsoft’s climate fund and others
"The company is part of a strengthening hub of battery innovation in the Pacific Northwest. That includes Alameda, Calif.-based Sila Nanotechnologies, which is also building a facility in Moses Lake to manufacture its silicon anode materials. Sila’s first commercial customer is Mercedes-Benz."
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Energy giants, Bill Gates back effort to map ‘clean’ hydrogen
David Iaconangelo of E&E News reports on a new clean hydrogen working group. “The list of members in the initiative announced this morning include Gates’ Breakthrough Energy; investor-owned utilities such as National Grid PLC, Dominion Energy Inc. and Duke Energy Corp.; oil and gas producers such as EQT Corp., Shell PLC and Exxon Mobil Corp.;...