"The DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy awarded Southern Company Gas $1 million for the project, which seeks to use food waste from landfills to generate power, thereby diverting large volumes of food waste from landfills and reducing GHG emissions at the same time."
Nuclear power is key to the future of green energy in South Texas
Nuclear power is our best choice, yet it’s disappointing that there is so little discussion of its future in South Texas. To bring nuclear back into the mainstream will require bold leadership, especially from the private sector. Responsible journalism, with accurate reporting based on facts, can help considerably. We should be having an active dialogue on the future of nuclear power as a source of baseline power generation in San Antonio and Texas. To ignore nuclear power is a loss for our long-term energy planning.
Want to get serious on net zero? Look to the startups
"One of the biggest challenges in stepping up net-zero plans is connecting companies with projects that reliably remove and store the emissions that can’t be mitigated directly. Startups are stepping in to help."
Meet FRED: The Trash-Collecting Sea Robot Cleaning San Diego Bay
Plastic pollution is not only damaging to the environment but creates real economic harm. Plastic litter that breaks down into microplastics disrupts the food chain, altering the reproductive system of fish and stunting growth.
Can this mineral help boost the carbon stored in oceans?
"The natural process Project Vesta is trying to encourage is the carbonate reaction. This is how CO2 from the air gets absorbed by oceans and ultimately is transformed into calcium carbonate, which eventually forms sediment and limestone on the ocean floor, sequestering carbon out of the atmosphere for long-term storage."
Green hydrogen costs could reach parity in a decade, report finds
"A new analysis by the ICF Climate Center, shared exclusively with Axios, shows that the cost of zero-carbon, green hydrogen could reach parity with more greenhouse-gas intensive ways of making the gas in as little as the next decade."
As Bitcoin looks to go ‘green,’ some miners look to nuclear power as a possible solution
"As bitcoin miners search for ways to remove the carbon emissions from the electricity they use for their many large computers, there have been some signs of interest in nuclear power as a solution."
1.2-GW Dedicated Hydrogen-Fired Power Plant Starts Taking Shape in Texas
Sonal Patel reports on Power about Entergy’s 1.2 GW hydrogen-powered power plant. “Entergy kicked off its green hydrogen exploration last September by forging an alliance with power generation technology and equipment giant Mitsubishi Power. Under the partnership, the two companies suggested they were developing hydrogen-capable CCGT facilities and related infrastructure to enable hydrogen production, storage, and...
A Bet on the Cheap, Green, Geopolitical Future of Batteries
Freyr is a rarity as a listed battery manufacturer that doesn’t come from East Asia. If its strategic potential in a big growth market isn’t enough to attract attention over the coming months, a splashy U.S. deal could help.
New materials are changing the lifetime emissions of buildings
Richard Gurney writes in GreenBiz on how new materials are changing the lifetime emissions of buildings. “With construction material production accounting for an estimated 25 percent of the total lifetime emissions of buildings, decarbonizing this aspect of construction is a key building block of the industry’s support for global emissions targets. This area is undergoing rapid...