"While radiant cooling paint is commonly used in buildings, its thick texture and chalky finish make it unsuitable for vehicles. Nissan set out to overcome these constraints to develop a car-friendly version with a clear finish and sprayable application."

"GRIP allocates $700 million for the North Plains Connector Interregional Innovation (NPCII) project in Montana and North Dakota to develop a 3-GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) voltage source converter (VSC) transmission line bridging the Western and Eastern Interconnections. 'The core project, North Plains Connector, would be the first HVDC project to connect three regional control entities: the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), and Southwest Power Pool (SPP),' the DOE noted. The North Plains Connector is an approximately 415-mile and up to 525 kV HVDC line that is still in the planning and development phase. Approvals are expected in 2026, and the line could be operational as early as 2031."

"Western Canada is enduring an “extreme fire year”, said the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (Cams), with estimated emissions at levels comparable with the previous highest years of the past two decades, only surpassed by the record set in 2023."

"Advanced conductors are also particularly well suited to ​'reconductoring' projects — replacing old cables on existing transmission towers. The tech can double to triple the transmission capacity of those existing corridors, providing utilities and regulators with an alternative to securing rights-of-way and building new towers across hundreds of miles of land. Building transmission from scratch can take up to or more than a decade from conception to completion, and is often stymied by permitting and legal challenges."

"In a Salesforce survey of about 500 corporate sustainability professionals, published Wednesday, nearly half were concerned about AI’s potential negative impacts on sustainability efforts. Meanwhile, almost 60% thought the benefits of AI would offset its risks in addressing [climate change]."

"Vistra president and CEO Jim Burke stated: 'With demand for electricity growing at a rapid pace, reliable sources of power, like Comanche Peak, are going to be absolutely essential to meeting that need.'"

"While this research will help clear one of the largest hurdles to bringing these films to a solar panel near you, scaling up production from these specialized lab devices will be a gargantuan challenge of its own. Regardless of the many years of work ahead, thankfully we now know that weakened stability among perovskites solar cells is a fixable flaw and not an immutable feature."

"Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe but is usually found in compound form. It can be extracted from a variety of sources, including water, fossil fuels and biomass but this requires energy and can release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Geologic hydrogen — or natural hydrogen — is pure hydrogen, generated through water-rock interactions deep in the Earth’s subsurface without active stimulation, the researchers said."

"The power-storing building material could also help to offset some of the air pollution generated by the cement industry, widely reported as spewing  5-8% of worldwide planet-warming gas pollution. Those harmful, heat-trapping fumes are contributing to a warmup that is impacting even classroom performance, according to the Environmental Protection Agency."