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Metacon awarded EU funding for hydrogen production project in Greece
Green hydrogen technology company Metacon has secured funding from the European Union (EU) to participate in the PUREHY2+ project in Greece.
How a Bid to Beat Drought Drove Corpus Christi to the Brink of Disaster
What started as a novel plan to build a desalination plant supplying plentiful water to the oil and gas industry has landed the Texas city in a financial and political quagmire.By Dylan Baddour, Neena Satija This story is a partnership between Dylan Baddour of Inside Climate News and Neena Satija of The Texas Newsroom.
The Fishfeed Trap
The livestock industry’s search for more sustainable alternatives to fishmeal has gone nowhere.By Ian Urbina This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here.
Governments that support climate science must stand firm against naysayers
The IPCC is meeting to decide the timing of its next major report, as some countries try to delay it and weaken the case for faster emissions cuts
UK approves 600MW Steeple project in Nottinghamshire
The UK Government has approved RES’s Steeple Renewables Project, a 600MW solar and battery storage scheme set to deliver an estimated £224m ($296.3m) investment to the Nottinghamshire area.
We need a new political system that protects nature
Hey, y'all. My name is Vinyu Vinyu. I'm a philosopher and writer, with knowledge on various social and natural sciences. For several reasons I'll tell you later, I came across a radical, new, philosophical and political theory, that places nature and our coexistence with it at the center. Its name is "mediuma," which comes from "medium" -our place in the planet.
Camping with a dog—how do you organize the stuff that never fits?
Apparently my little boy thinks the space next to the battery is his. 😂 I’m figuring out storage for camping with him. Once the battery is in, the bowls, food, leash, and towels all need somewhere to go. I want his stuff easy to grab without having to unload half the camper. I’m torn between one removable bin and a few smaller door-mounted organizers. The bin seems easier to pack, but the organizers might make better use of the space. What’s worked for you—and what became annoying after a few trips?
With scaled-back plans, green banks navigate Trump’s funding freeze
A community solar project built for New Orleans’ oldest historically Black Catholic order of nuns. An all-electric affordable housing complex in Salt Lake City. A program offering low-income Maryland households inexpensive loans for rooftop solar and energy efficiency. These are just some of the recent projects
A new gas line or cash to electrify? California lets households…
When one of the nation’s biggest investor-owned utilities, Pacific Gas and Electric, wanted to replace Merrian Borgeson’s aging gas service line in Berkeley, California, she asked the company not to do it. Borgeson, who is the California policy director for climate and energy at the nonprofit Natural Resources
Bus Buyers Have Overwhelmingly Chosen Battery-Electric
Zero-emission bus procurement has moved beyond the stage where battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell buses should be treated as two parallel technologies waiting for the market to decide between them. Transit agencies have now spent years operating both, rebuilding depots, installing charging and refuelling infrastructure, training technicians and discovering which assumptions ... [continued] The post Bus Buyers Have Overwhelmingly Chosen Battery-Electric appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Is Fusion Really 30 Years Away?
Is fusion still “always 30 years away”? STEP Fusion’s program director, Dr James Cowan, sets out the UK’s plan to build a prototype commercial fusion plant by 2040, covering the engineering, supply chains, funding and economics as well as the physics. 00:00 Intro 02:29 What is STEP Fusion? 04:13 Why fusion isn’t “always 30 years away” 07:33 How fusion works, and the neutron problem 18:59 What STEP is building at West Burton 24:00 Delivery plan: partners and a 2030 construction start 32:12 Who pays for it?
Losing my mind with bad smells
I’m losing my goddamn mind. Been living in my van for several months now and there has been this horrible sometimes subtle and sometimes more obvious musty sweet nutty smell in a specific area of the van, but I cannot for the life of me track it down. Every time I try to localize where it’s coming from, the smell just goes away and all I can smell is what I’m actively smelling (cushions, trash bin, bathroom, etc.). I’m losing my mind, it makes me feel so horrible. I feel so hopeless about finding and eliminating it because I CANT FIND IT.
GoodWe and Amber Launch SmartShift Integration for Australian Home Batteries
GoodWe and Amber launch SmartShift integration, giving eligible ESA battery owners access to automated energy trading and wholesale electricity prices.
Solar PPA panels stopped working, company refuses to fix them
Inherited a solar PPA when we bought our house a few years ago. We were in year 11 of a 20 year lease. Worked great for the first year and a half. Usually electric bills were only about $20/mo. Got one for $100 during a particularly hot month. The PPA is $250/mo so not bad in a 2500sqft house. Then the bills started creeping up. After year 2 we got a reimbursement check because the panels underproduced by a decent amount. One month we got a $600 electric bill and we contacted the solar company and the electric company.
Trump Must Absolutely Love Solar Panels, Because They Help Farmers
The agrivoltaic movement combines solar panels with agriculture, providing farmers with new opportunities to improve their financial situation at a time of skyrocketing fuel costs. The post Trump Must Absolutely Love Solar Panels, Because They Help Farmers appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Tesla Enables V2H Bidirectional Charging, Europe Completes EV4EU Trial
Every Tesla Model 3 and Model Y built in the US on or after October 1, 2026, is capable of vehicle to home (V2H) operation, according to Not A Tesla App. In fact, some cars built as long ago as April may have the upgrade available, as some cars were ... [continued] The post Tesla Enables V2H Bidirectional Charging, Europe Completes EV4EU Trial appeared first on CleanTechnica.
Nuclear Energy in Australia: What It Means for Homeowners
The nuclear energy debate in Australia is heating up again. Here’s what it would cost, how long it would take and what it means for your solar and battery plans.
Should You Buy The Cheapest Battery? Only If You’re This Bloke
I met him at Everything Electric. Retired electrical engineer. Plenty of time on his hands, and one clear mission. “I want the cheapest battery I can get,” he said. “I’ve done my homework.” He had. He’d settled on Fox ESS. He’d rung their Australian tech support more than once and grilled them. He knew his
Europe has a problem!
Europe urgently needs more renewable electricity, but grid connection bottlenecks are slowing progress. What if the solution isn't always building more power lines, but making better use of the ones we already have? A new Ember report suggests that Europe's existing hydroelectric plants could accommodate another 25 gigawatts of wind and solar by sharing grid connections. And from Portugal to Spain, this clever approach to renewable energy is already becoming a reality. Help support this channel's independence at http://www.patreon.com/justhaveathink Or with a donation via Paypal by clicking here https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GWR73EHXGJMAE&source=url You can also help keep my brain ticking over during the long hours of research and editing via the nice folks at BuyMeACoffee.com https://www.buymeacoffee.com/justhaveathink Reference Links EMBER : Power on tap: EU hydro giants can add 25 GW renewables without new grids https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/power-on-tap-eu-hydro-giants-can-add-25-gw-renewables-without-new-grids/ Check out other YouTube Climate Communicators Simon Clark: youtube.com/user/SimonOxfPhys ClimateTown: youtube.com/channel/UCuVLG9pThvBABcYCm7pkNkA Dr Gilbz youtube.com/@DrGilbz zentouro: youtube.com/user/zentouro Climate Adam: youtube.com/user/ClimateAdam Kurtis Baute: youtube.com/user/ScopeofScience Sarah Karvner: youtube.com/channel/UCRwMkTu8sCwOOD6_7QYrZnw Beckisphere: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT39HQq5eDKonaUV8ujiBCQ Our Changing Climate : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNXvxXpDJXp-mZu3pFMzYHQ
Back in the real world: electric equipment is saving job sites BIG MONEY
For a lot of fleet managers, whether or not electrified equipment assets will lead to real world savings that are worth the higher up-front costs might feel theoretical, but early adopters Groupe Bellemare have been operating battery-powered heavy equipment for years – and their real-world results are real impressive. more
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