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NREL researchers point toward building energy efficiency instead of long-term storage

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An open-access paper on the work, “Optimal Strategies for a Cost-Effective and Reliable 100% Renewable Electrical Grid,” appears in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. Minimizing long-duration storage is a key element in trying to achieve the target cost-effectively. —Sammy Houssainy, co-author. —William Livingood.

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Vacation Rentals: How to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint

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The following are steps short-term renters can take to shrink their carbon footprint. But it does not act as a search engine. Consider ‘community offsets’ Carbon offset programs invest in activities like tree farming that reduce carbon in an amount matching the emissions generated by a trip.

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. Plants Engineered to Replace Oil (PETRO). streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon.

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