Canary Media | Covering the clean energy transition
WEBCanary Media and ENN team up to supercharge clean energy coverage. Canary is joining forces with the Energy News Network so we can increase our state and regional coverage and more comprehensively report on the energy transition. By Eric Wesoff, Lisa Hymas, Nicholas Rinaldi.
Why lithium-ion batteries are so important - Canary Media
WEBApr 14, 2021 · Lithium-ion batteries can do more and more stuff. There’s a reason why, in 2019, the three chemists behind the initial development of lithium-ion technology won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.LIBs boast incredibly high energy density and specific energy, which is to say, they cram lots of oomph into a small, lightweight package, and they are capable of cycling many more times than their ...
A beginner’s guide to the different types of heat pumps
WEBSep 19, 2023 · Heat-pump types are divided by their thermal-energy source. If they absorb heat from the ambient air, they’re called “ air-source heat pumps.”. If they suck thermal energy from a pond or stream, they’re “ water-source” heat pumps. If they draw heat from the ground or groundwater, you guessed it, they’re “ ground-source” or ...
Can we fight climate change by sinking carbon into the sea?
WEBMay 11, 2023 · Rewind intends to work with countries’ agriculture and forestry industries to collect and transport biomass to the Black Sea. The company calculates the cost in emissions of doing this would be just 3 percent of what the company can sequester. And far from filling up the Black Sea, all that organic matter, Rewind estimates, would take up less than 0. 1 percent of the sea’s volume.
11 winners from the US’ $7B investment in 'clean… | Canary Media
WEBOct 18, 2023 · The Department of Energy laid down its bets Friday in the first phase of its effort to instigate an American clean-hydrogen economy. The agency selected seven regional winners of a collective $ 7 billion in funding allocated by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to get a series of “ hydrogen hubs” up and running. Now negotiations will begin to finalize the proposals.
Massachusetts kicks off first pilot to shift gas… | Canary Media
WEBJun 4, 2024 · The thermal energy network movement . There’s no question that thermal energy networks work, said Ania Camargo Cortés, thermal networks senior manager with the nonprofit group Building Decarbonization Coalition.Her organization has tracked municipal, corporate, and college campus systems in North America that have proved their long-term energy-efficiency and carbon-cutting value.
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WEB4 days ago · California’s new rules will boost heat pumps in commercial buildings. The new building code adopted by the California Energy Commission will also promote heat pumps in new homes — but it falls short on existing ones, advocates say. By Alison F. Takemura . 20 September 2024.
A small modular nuclear reactor just got - Canary Media
WEBJan 23, 2023 · NuScale Power, a pioneer in small nuclear reactors, cleared the ultimate U.S. regulatory hurdle in civilian advanced nuclear last week — and in doing so provided some hope for the long-heralded nuclear renaissance.. In a historic ruling, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission certified the design of NuScale’s 50-megawatt power module, the first small modular reactor and just the seventh reactor ...
To decarbonize cement, the industry needs a full… | Canary Media
WEBOct 24, 2023 · For the cement industry, that could equate to $ 25 to $ 55 per metric ton of cement produced, DOE ’s Liftoff Report estimates. The Inflation Reduction Act’s carbon-capture tax credits of up to $ 85 per metric ton of carbon captured and stored from emissions sources could help make this a cost-effective option.
America's first 'enhanced' geothermal plant just got… | Canary Media
WEBNov 28, 2023 · A first-of-a-kind project from Google and Fervo Energy is a step in that direction. Fervo Energy's 3.5-megawatt enhanced geothermal plant in Nevada. (Google/Fervo) A next-generation geothermal plant backed by Google has started sending carbon-free electricity to the grid in Nevada, where the tech company operates some of its massive data centers.