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JANUARY 15, 2009

Say Hello to Guest Blogger Alexis Ringwald - with this first dispatch from the Climate Change Caravan in India. Both Caroline and I live in India and joined our friends at the Indian Youth Climate Network to implement this project. More soon … Follow our Climate Solutions Road Tour at: [link].

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

The Administration said the United States will submit its 2025 target to the Framework Convention on Climate Change as an “Intended Nationally Determined Contribution” no later than the first quarter of 2015. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) China Climate Change Policy Power Generation'

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MAY 5, 2022

The IEEE Board of Directors formed an ad hoc committee on climate change in February to coordinate its response to the global threat. Why should IEEE be involved in combating climate change? Why should members care about climate change? Rahman: Climate change is an existential threat to humanity.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

UK-based ITM Power has been awarded a grant by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to undertake a £100k (US$160k), 12-month engineering feasibility study of producing synthetic methane using carbon dioxide from industrial processes and hydrogen produced by electrolysis.

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MAY 1, 2012

System-level implications include the decarbonization of the grid and the addition of additional generation capacity. However, predicting the need for additional capacity over the long term (until 2050 and beyond) is far less certain and will depend on the future grid mix and the degree of interaction with other sectors.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

To help California mitigate its ever-growing wildfires, this year CalSEED has included companies that are innovating in technologies that will build wildfire resiliency into the grid. This novel technology would deliver safe, reliable, resilient, and cost-effective electric power in the grid. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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MARCH 16, 2021

Highlights from the report include the following: To reach the 2045 target while electrifying other sectors to meet the state’s economy-wide climate goals, California will need to roughly triple its current electricity grid capacity. A clean electricity grid is necessary to achieve economywide carbon neutrality.

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APRIL 4, 2011

The many new and expanded strong policy initiatives and green targets in China’s 12 th Five year Plan, released on 5 March 2011, provide “ clear evidence ” that China’s low-carbon policies remain global best-in-class, according to a new report from DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA). Source: DBCCA.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. This is due to wind and solar projects generating only when natural resources are available while oil, coal, and gas plants can potentially produce around the clock.

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JUNE 15, 2013

Relying on a higher share of efficient, low-emission combined cycle power plants and wind energy could save €150 billion (US$200 billion) by 2030 while attaining the same CO 2 targets, Siemens says. The country should give greater priority to high-efficiency combined cycle power plants and wind power, the company suggests.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

The study indicates that Canada can implement much stronger climate policies than the US and still prosper economically. Matthew Bramley, director of climate change for the Pembina Institute. wind power accounts for 18% of electricity generated in 2020 when meeting the 2 °C target). in vehicles and buildings).

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JUNE 25, 2013

Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. The plan also calls for accelerating the permitting for renewable power generation on public lands and upgrading the grid. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Providing a toolkit for climate resilience.

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JULY 13, 2010

The awards in this tranche focus on power electronics, grid-scale energy storage, and building efficiency; of the 43, three are categorized specifically for the automotive market—power electronics projects led by HRL Laboratories, LLC; Arkansas Power Electronics International, Inc.; and Case Western Reserve University. billion per year.

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MARCH 12, 2025

But if they succeed, it will mark a bold feat of engineering to boost clean energy and fight climate. Azerbaijans Pivot From Oil to Solar and Wind Of the six countries that make up the Caucasus region, Azerbaijan boasts the largest potential for generating exportable renewable energy for Europe, a fact that presents some measure of irony.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems: Advanced Concepts: Eight projects to receive $25.9 These projects will develop electronics and build smarter, more interactive systems and components so that solar energy can be integrated into the electric power distribution and transmission grid at higher levels.

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MAY 10, 2011

Up to 77% of the world’s energy supply could be met by six key renewables by mid-century under the most optimistic scenario if backed by the right enabling public policies, according to a new report by more than 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2012

After considering a wide range of possible strategies to reduce light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emissions, a team from Carnegie Mellon University, RAND Corporation and the University of Toronto has concluded that no one strategy will be sufficient to meet GHG emissions reduction goals to avoid climate change. —Mashayekh et al.

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JUNE 27, 2024

If you’re a New Englander concerned about climate change, you’re likely anxiously awaiting the results of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island’s joint offshore wind solicitation.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries.

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MARCH 15, 2009

Renewable energy technologies could generate 40% of the world’s electricity by 2050, according to research presented at the International Scientific Congress “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions”. Professor Petersen. The Czech Republic, meanwhile, is also a major supporter of renewable energy.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 12, 2009

As the climate change crisis goes from bad to worse (while the deniers get nuttier and more cult-like with each passing day) and Australia gives Californians an advanced sneak preview at what is without a doubt headed our way sooner than you expect , your Creative Greenius has only gotten more Fired Up, Ready to Go!

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

That figure does not include damages from climate change, harm to ecosystems, effects of some air pollutants such as mercury, and risks to national security, which the report examines but does not monetize. Estimated climate damages from natural gas were half that of coal, ranging from 0.05 Source: “Hidden Costs of Energy”.

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JULY 27, 2013

Detroit is an unprecedented opportunity to use the tremendous assets already in place to reimagine and reinvent its post-industrial future and address the great challenge of the 21st century – no, it’s not dealing with deficits or pension obligations, it’s adapting to climate change and building a sustainable society.

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MARCH 4, 2010

The cap has to do with what percent of rooftop solar customers get to participate in the “net metering&# program that actually gives them credit for the solar power they produce and feed back into the grid. to 5% is throwing a meatless bone to starving dog. There shouldn’t even be a cap.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 31, 2009

By “ utility interactive&# they mean what’s commonly called grid-tied solar. That’s a PV system that’s connected to the same electric grid you currently get your electricity from. You can add a battery back up system to your grid-tied solar system but most folks don’t choose to do so.

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MAY 6, 2021

A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car, and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a similarly sized gas-fired power plant. The rise of low-carbon power generation to meet climate goals also means a tripling of mineral demand from this sector by 2040.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Many countries have met their climate goals and are on track to be completely carbon neutral. Wind and solar parks produce a large portion of their energy. Then, as now, wind farms are operating off the world’s coasts—but not all of these offshore sites are connected to the mainland via underwater power cables.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

In cooperation with researchers and industry officials, the Commission drafted technology roadmaps identifying low carbon technologies with strong potential at EU level in six areas: wind, solar, electricity grids, bioenergy, CCS and sustainable nuclear fission.

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JUNE 29, 2019

in addition to Opus 12, they are: WILDCOAST (Imperial Beach, California) is working to secure a resilient coastline to help protect communities, economies and ecosystems from climate change impacts in the Gulf of California. Solar Sister (Great Falls, Virginia) invests in women’s enterprises in off-grid communities in Africa.

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JANUARY 29, 2009

The report’s authors, Max von Bismarck and Anuradha Gurung from the World Economic Forum, and Chris Greenwood and Michael Liebreich from New Energy Finance, argue that “ enormous investment in energy infrastructure is required to address the twin threats of energy insecurity and climate change.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Fifty years later, the USA is faced with a similar challenge, energy independency and climatic change. Imagine the change to this outlook if these companies were required to provide 20 percent of the power they generated from an alternative energy source in order to provide any power to the grid. in Connecticut.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

QIA is one of six founding members of the One Planet Sovereign Wealth Fund Initiative, which is building climate change into financial decision making, and the proposed investment further highlights QIA’s growing focus on the development of green technologies.

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APRIL 17, 2010

X PRIZE’s Energy & Environment Prize Group intends to catalyze a new era of clean, renewable, cost-effective energy with minimal impact on the climate and environment. Areas of consideration include breakthroughs in climate change, water resource management, energy distribution & storage, clean energy, energy efficiency/use.

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APRIL 1, 2009

power from renewable sources—wind, solar, geothermal, biomass or landfill gas, hydropower, and marine and hydrokinetic—for retail electricity suppliers beginning at 6% in 2012 and gradually rising to 25% in 2025 and continuing at that level through 2039. Smart Grid and Electricity Transmission. Partnering with the States.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The researchers used a mixed-integer linear programming model— SWITCH (a loose acronym for Solar, Wind, Hydro and Conventional generators and Transmission)—to analyze least-cost generation, storage, and transmission capacity expansion for western North America under various policy and cost scenarios.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

As the costs of climate change and the price of oil both become too high to bear, auto manufacturers will shift more of their vehicle fleets to electric. As it stands, the power grid is already run-down and outdated , built for the electric loads of a century ago, not for modern life. OpenADR can even turn fleet into an asset.

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APRIL 30, 2019

As states take the lead in confronting climate change, a flagship policy is often Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). RPS programs, which require that a certain percentage of the state’s electricity come from renewable sources, currently cover 64 percent of the electricity sold in the United States. —Michael Greenstone.

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