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- Canadian hydrogen (via ammonia) can be a solution to Germany’s energy worries
www.ctvnews.ca / Some energy experts warn a deal to sell Canadian hydrogen to Germany will serve as only a small, far-off and expensive part of the solution to Europe’s energy crisis. (Aug 18 02:16 PM)
- 2022-The Year the Hydrogen Economy Launched?
spectrum.ieee.org / Bidirectional charging uses an inverter about the size of a breadbasket, located either in a dedicated charging box or onboard the car. (Aug 18 11:31 AM)
- How the Western drought is pushing the power grid to the brink. It takes a lot of water to make power. From spinning turbines to hydraulic…
www.vox.com / How drought is drying up energy production The energy sector uses water differently than households, farms, and factories, because while it requires a lot, much of that water isn’t used up but instead goes back into reservoirs, rivers, and lakes. (Aug 17 01:57 PM)
- Identifying a new, cleaner source for white light
phys.org / Citation: Identifying a new, cleaner source for white light retrieved 17 August 2022 from https://phys.org/news/2022-08-cleaner-source-white. (Aug 17 08:27 AM)
- The largest climate and energy package in U.S. history becomes law
pv-magazine-usa.com / President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law, marking the largest climate and energy spending package in U.S. history. (Aug 16 08:09 PM)
- Bumpy ride ahead for electric vehicle makers after US passes Climate Bill·
www.business-standard.com / Ford expressed almost the same view as G.M. “While its consumer tax credit targets for electric vehicles are not all achievable overnight, the bill is an important step forward to meet our shared national climate goals and help strengthen American manufacturing jobs,” the company said in a statement that urged the House to pass the legislation. (Aug 15 11:19 PM)
- DTE Energy Sells Ford Largest Renewable Energy Deal Ever
cleantechnica.com / DTE is Michigan’s largest producer of renewable energy and the company plans to add thousands of megawatts of new clean energy projects to support the program. (Aug 15 05:49 PM)
- Mortality among uranium miners in North America and Europe:evidence of excess mortality among uranium miners due to a range of categories of cause…
academic.oup.com / The Pooled Uranium Miner Analysis study draws together information from long-term follow-up of cohort studies of uranium miners from North America and Europe. (Aug 14 08:53 PM)
- Peaking, a Theory of Rapid Transition·
rmi.org / Of course, a change in flows will eventually feed into a change in stocks as shown in Exhibit 6. (Aug 14 07:16 PM)
- How Safe Are Nuclear Power Plants?·
www.newyorker.com / The nuclear reactors at Fukushima Daiichi, Japan, for example, where meltdowns occurred in 2011, were designed by General Electric; there are thirty-one plants of the same basic G.E. vintage currently operating in the U.S. Wellock discloses internal records describing specific and potentially urgent safety issues, still unresolved, that pertain directly to many of the nuclear plants operating downwind of major population centers. (Aug 13 11:15 PM)
- Saving Diablo Canyon, the nuclear plant built near a seismic fault, only involves another multi billion dollar bailout for the company, as well as…
www.latimes.com / The draft bill also says any state action needed to keep Diablo open would be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act, better known as CEQA. That means agencies reviewing the extension – possibly including the Coastal Commission, the Public Utilities Commission and the State Lands Commission – wouldn’t need to do extensive study of the environmental impacts. (Aug 13 07:38 PM)
- The Hydrogen Stream: Traditional hydrogen blending could damage gas pipelines, say researchers
www.pv-magazine.com / “The strongly inhomogeneous distribution of hydrogen within the pipe flow and on the pipe walls could indicate the location of potential pipe material degradation, including embrittlement effects of gas pipelines,” the researchers said in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. (Aug 13 02:32 AM)
- What’s in the Inflation Reduction Act for the solar industry?·
pv-magazine-usa.com / There are additional tax credits for EVs, electrical panels, heat pumps, and many other items directly related to our industry that pv magazine USA will cover in the future. (Aug 12 05:25 PM)
- Study finds 100% renewables would pay off within 6 years
www.pv-magazine.com / The latest energy system models from Stanford University researcher Mark Jacobson show that for 145 countries, the energy transition too 100% wind, water, solar and storage would pay for itself within six years, and ultimately cost less than continuing with the current energy systems. (Aug 12 09:53 AM)
- Largest ever green steel investment | Salzgitter approves €723m spend on first stage of hydrogen-focused project·
www.rechargenews.com / German steel producer Salzgitter is to spend €723m on the first development stage of its long-term plan to decarbonise its business – which represents 1% of Germany’s carbon emissions – by the end of 2033. (Jul 23 08:44 PM)
- Air Conditioning Will Not Save Us
time.com / In some cases, air conditioning might even exacerbate our crisis-and it’s clear that there are better, community-wide solutions we should be pursuing instead. During the New York City heat wave of 2019, the limits of air conditioning as a universal solution to urban heat emergencies became obvious. (Jul 23 07:58 PM)
- SDG&E Files Required Budget Proposal With Regulators, Seeks to Empower Clean Energy Future by Investing in Infrastructure Innovations
- Sinopec selects contractors for world’s largest solar-to-hydrogen project·
www.upstreamonline.com / China’s top hydrogen producer Sinopec has lined up contractors to supply equipment for what it is being called the world’s largest solar-to-hydrogen project, to be located in the remote Xinjiang province. (May 17 10:14 AM)
- Philip Morris International Releases 2021 Integrated Report, Introducing New Sustainability Strategy and Sustainability Index
- Sustainable Packaging: Global Markets
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