Climate change is making hydropower less reliable
As drought settled in over the Pacific Northwest this year, some electric utility managers did something unusual: They looked to California for hydropower.
Aug 8, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
As drought settled in over the Pacific Northwest this year, some electric utility managers did something unusual: They looked to California for hydropower.
Aug 8, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Our climate is changing, and airlines are under pressure to reduce emissions from air travel. For many of us, especially in Australia, flying is an essential form of transport, so how can we reduce its environmental impact? ...
Aug 8, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Many of the cars currently speeding through the summer landscape are running on electricity. At the same time, fuel taxes are an important source of income for the government. So where will the money come from in the future ...
Aug 7, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Get ready to say goodbye to the once ubiquitous incandescent light bulb, pioneered by Thomas Edison more than a century ago. You can thank—or blame—new federal energy efficiency regulations that went into full effect ...
Aug 2, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few miles upstream from the state capitol where lawmakers have promoted coal ...
Jul 23, 2023
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Business
Can renewable energy microfinance promote financial inclusion and empower the vulnerable? That is the question research in the International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development seeks to answer.
Jul 21, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
From rapidly melting glaciers to record-breaking wildfires, Alaska is feeling the impact of global warming more acutely than most of the lower 48 states.
Jul 20, 2023
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Engineering
As necessary as cooling technologies are, we're still operating on an outdated technology that can be considered a significant contributor to global warming and greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, vapor compression cycle-based ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Engineering
EPFL engineers in Sion, Switzerland have demonstrated the potential for achieving net-zero and net-negative emissions in essential industrial sectors through the integration of carbon capture and mineralization directly in ...
Jul 17, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
As Germany looks to a future without fossil fuels, a big white boxy appliance is generating a lively debate—and often a heated one—for its potential to replace emissions-heavy oil and gas boilers.
Jul 7, 2023
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