2021, the year clean energy faced its mining problem
A clean energy revolution will hinge on getting mining right. Northern Nevada is epicenter of the US issue.
Technology
Tech and Markets — how an analyst sees it
Here are a few slides of interest from a market analyst’s presentation to a conference. Slides show how economics drives the transition to clean energy.
Retired electric vehicle batteries could be used to store renewable energy
Researchers at Cornell sustainably repurposed used lithium-ion electric vehicle batteries to reduce their carbon footprint.
Energy Dome uses CO2 for long-term power storage for renewable energy
Tech innovation gets funding for pilot/POC project to capture excess solar power during daylight and use it at night. Is this a solution for the “intermittency” problem?
The Sustainable Industrial Revolution Is Just Getting Started
These “hard to abate” sectors are transforming to low- and no-carbon outputs. (Imagine how much faster, better, bigger and cheaper it would be with carbon fee and dividend.)
Can Hydrogen Save Aviation’s Fuel Challenges?
Aviation, a “hard to abate” sector, has some promising, new, green-energy technologies. Here’s a good summary of the latest hydrogen-based advances.
Reasons to be hopeful: the climate solutions available now
Great summary of (and links to) technologies mature enough to compete with fossil fuels. Everything would be faster and bigger with carbon pricing,
Can landscapers make money with electric blowers?
A new CA state law bans the sale of small off-road engines (SOREs) by 2024. Here are the economics: Higher cost to buy; lower operating costs. Details.
Companies hoping to grow carbon-sucking kelp may be rushing ahead of the science
Early stage technology to biologically sequester carbon. It may buy some time to get to net-zero, but huge questions remain.
What’s the Least Bad Way to Cool the Planet?
Harvard professor of applied physics and of public policy, and co-founder of a carbon-capture-sequestration (CCS) company,, lays out the case for geoengineering plus CCS to avert the worst impacts of the coming heat.
Is Kelp A Biological Carbon Sequestration Option?
Can biological sequestration contribute to getting the Net-Zero?
Maybe, but significant issues remain according to this MIT Tech Review article.
Bill Gates secures major funding from U.S. firms for climate fight
Reportedly, this is a billion-dollar fund initially focusing on direct air capture, green hydrogen, long-duration energy storage, and sustainable aviation fuel.