Catherine Shu of TechCrunch reports on a new plastic recycling technology. “Samsara’s tech is capable of breaking down plastic into its core molecules in minutes, regardless of color, type and state, said Riley. Its Melbourne facility will first recycle PET plastic and polyester, which Riley says accounts for about a fifth of plastic created annually....
Nuclear and Hydrogen: A Clean Energy Love Story
Hydrogen and nuclear can work together to lower emissions and provide clean, reliable, and affordable energy to all Americans.
Hershey’s to procure Texas solar power under 140-MW deal with National Grid
Veselina Petrova reports for Renewables Now on Hershey’s bid to purchase solar power. “The Copperhead solar park will be equipped with First Solar’s Series 6 thin-film PV modules, while the integrated battery storage system will be supplied by Fluence Energy Inc. The complex will be installed by engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm TIC—The Industrial...
Battery capacity in the US more than tripled since the start of 2021: report
"Looked at from another angle, energy storage is growing. Corporate funding in energy storage companies soared in the first nine months of 2022, reaching $22 billion in 92 deals compared with $13 billion in 74 deals in the same period last year, according to a study by Mercom Capital Group."
Advanced recycling: Plastic crisis solution or distraction?
"The Ohio facility typically takes in 40 tons to 50 tons per day, heating and liquifying the plastic to turn it back into an oil or hydrocarbon liquid, about 10,000 gallons to 12,000 gallons daily. About 75% of what comes into the facility can be liquified like that. Another 15% is turned into a synthetic natural gas to heat the process, while the remainder — paper, metals, dyes, inks and colorants — exit the reactor as a byproduct, or carbon char, DeBenedictis said. The char is disposed of as nonhazardous waste, though in the future some hope to sell it to the asphalt industry."
Innovation is Reducing and Repurposing Construction Waste
As the demand for sustainable building continues to grow, private-sector innovators and entrepreneurs are responding by developing environmentally-friendly ways to build our cities and necessary infrastructure.
Sempra Infrastructure and AVANGRID Announce Plans to Develop U.S. Green Hydrogen and Ammonia Projects
"Sempra Infrastructure is currently developing multiple world-class energy transition projects in North America, including LNG export projects to serve customers in both the Atlantic and Pacific Basins, as well as new opportunities in renewable energy, carbon capture and sequestration, as well as other pathways to produce clean hydrogen and ammonia leveraging the resources available in different regions."
Lithos, a Seattle agtech startup that uses basalt rocks to help farmers remove carbon, lands $6.3M
"The startup uses software to custom-deploy the basalt rock based on variables such as soil chemistry and crop nutrition. The software also measures carbon removal volume."
Small Modular Reactors Could be Key to Achieving a Secure Energy Future
SMRs are ready to play a key role in achieving a clean energy future.
X-energy Brings Advanced Nuclear Power Closer to Market Viability
Through energy innovation such as this, companies like X-energy are bolstering American energy security in an economically and environmentally feasible way.
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