Tag Archives: United States

How Energy-Efficient Home Upgrades Pay for Themselves

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Around 40% of annual energy consumption in the United States is attributed to homes and commercial businesses. That means the average American spends around $2000 each year to keep their home appliances and electricity running. But how much of that $2000 is wasted? It turns out the answer is quite a bit. Air drafts, outdated HVAC systems, and other waste …

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Clean Energy Now Employs 3 Million Americans

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  Clean energy sees first recorded drop in overall jobs, yet policies hold promise for unparalleled growth in years ahead Sector recovered 300,000 jobs since unemployment peaked in Q2 Clean vehicles and wind energy finish year in the positive, despite early losses WASHINGTON, DC (April 19, 2021) – Clean energy jobs surged nearly 11 percent in the second half of 2020 …

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Waga Energy to deploy its break-through landfill renewable natural gas technology in Quebec

QUEBEC, April 13, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ – Waga Energy, the European leader in landfill gas-to- renewable natural gas (RNG) technology, has been enlisted by The Mauricie Residual Materials Management Board (RGMRM) to deploy its innovative gas upgrading solution at the Saint-Étienne-des-Grès landfill, in Quebec. The green gas produced will be purchased by Énergir, the largest gas distribution company in the …

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PRESIDENT BIDEN’S AMERICAN JOBS PLAN WILL HELP TRANSFORM THE ENERGY SECTOR AND KICK START OUR ECONOMY INTO HIGH GEAR

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Transforming the Nation’s Electrical Grid Will Put Money Back into Consumer Pocketbooks, Boost the Economy and Reduce Harmful Emissions Washington, D.C. — Earlier this week, President Biden announced his American Jobs Plan, a sweeping $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs package that would reshape the American economy by making the biggest investment in our nation’s systems in decades.  In response, Consumer …

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California Increased Its Renewable Energy Production by 65.2%

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One of the most significant trends over the last decade for the economy, society, geopolitics, and the environment has been the rise of renewable energy. Fossil fuels have been the basis of the industrial economy for generations, powering tremendous economic growth but with dangerous consequences for the environment and public health. With the dramatic expansion of renewable energy technologies over …

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SolarWindow Achieves 12-Fold Increase in Rapid Prototyping of Electricity-Generating Glass & Plastics

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SolarWindow Technologies, Inc. (Symbol: WNDW) today reported a 500% increase in prototyping and testing speed; 12-fold increase in testing capacity and output; and 20-times reduction in material costs. Engineers attribute these record results to the Company’s new ‘high-output platform’ for lab-scale prototyping of SolarWindow electricity-generating plastics and glass for commercial building windows, transportation, greenhouses, and other applications.The SolarWindow breakthrough announced …

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EV Charging Stations

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Blink Sells or Deploys 539 EV Charging Stations Across 24 States and 4 Countries During Summer Covid-19 Lockdown New Equipment Installations Expand the Company’s Footprint in Major and Emerging EV Markets Miami Beach, FL, Sept. 22, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK, BLNKW) (“Blink” or the “Company”), a leading owner and operator of electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment …

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Nobel prize winning inventor of the lithium-ion battery has his eyes set on the next big breakthrough in energy storage

Austin, Texas: At the ripe age of 98, Dr. John Goodenough, professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) and inventor of the lithium-ion battery, is looking towards future energy storage solutions through a newly launched partnership with Energy Exploration Technologies (EnergyX). Earlier this year, Goodenough, along with several members of his lab …

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The Benefits of Moving To A Sustainable Home

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In the United States, we have no end of material luxury, especially compared to many other countries around the world. Unfortunately, we aren’t always wise with all of our options and belongings. Instead, we make choices that hurt the planet, our society, and ultimately ourselves. Choosing to move to a sustainable home is a big step in the other direction …

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Interior Approves Plan for the Largest Solar Project in U.S. History

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Projected 8th largest solar project in the world, estimated to power 260,000 homes WASHINGTON – TheTrump Administration remains committed to its America First, all of the above approach to domestic energy production as the Department of the Interior (Department) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today the approval of a proposal to construct and operate the largest solar project …

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3 Reasons to Invest in Renewable Energy Now

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by  Jennifer Layke and Norma Hutchinson – May 05, 2020 As the human tragedy of the COVID-19 pandemic worsens, global restrictions to stop the spread of the virus — including stay-at-home orders, business closures and travel prohibitions — may contribute to the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. The virus has already made an indelible impact on the energy sector: Global energy use is predicted to fall …

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The Oil Collapse of 2020

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A pandemic and a price war have together brought energy markets to a crisis By Daniel Yergin / Foreign Affairs / April 2, 2020 Excerpts follow: Read the full article here — https://fam.ag/2R4S4Pr The global oil market has never before in history collapsed as precipitously as it has right now. The oil and gas industry, which provides almost 60 percent of the world’s …

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No Planet “B”: The Connection Between Climate Change and Public Health

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We’ve all heard the stories. The global temperature is rising. The polar ice caps are melting. Storms are worsening. And we’ve seen the casualties. Fourteen lives lost in Tennessee. Nearly 90 dead in California. More than 1 billion animals taken in Australia. All the victims of voracious wildfires fed by an increasingly parched earth. It seems that no one and …

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Solar Photovoltaic Installers: One of the Top 10 Fastest Growing Jobs in the U.S.

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By: Jon Seibert, CEO of Vision Solar  A solar photovoltaic (PV) system, also known as a solar power system, supplies solar power through photovoltaics – the conversion of sunlight into electricity using semiconducting materials.  Solar photovoltaic installers, also known as PV installers, assemble, install, and maintain solar photovoltaic systems on rooftops or other structures. PV installers use drills, wrenches, saws, …

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Geothermal Energy: Current U.S. Trends

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When most of us think about geothermal energy, we probably conjure images of Old Faithful and bubbling geysers, creating the heat necessary to create energy. But geothermal energy is now a reliable and growing source of renewable energy as the U.S. weans itself off fossil fuels.  According to the Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), “In 2016, there were 3,567 Megawatts (MW) …

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Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings

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Grid-interactive efficient buildings are the future, and utilities can help lead the way   By Christopher Perry , Research Manager, Buildings Program More utilities across the United States are adopting programs to promote grid-interactive efficient buildings (GEBs), which will be critical to the grid of the future. Some programs focus on energy savings and others on demand flexibility, but none of those …

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A Happy (Work)Place: The Wonders of Biophilic Design

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Home may be where the heart is, but work is likely where you spend a lot of your time. Stereotypes of the modern workplace, though, can call to mind images more in keeping with a particularly disturbing Twilight Zone episode than with scenes of happy, creative productivity. When you think of today’s workplace, you might picture row upon row of …

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Floating Solar System

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Sayreville, New Jersey, Installed the Largest Hydrelio Floating Solar System in North America Ciel & Terre’s Hydrelio “floatovoltaic” system will deliver 4.4 MWp of sustainable solar power   Ciel & Terre USA (www.ciel-et-terre.net), innovators in floating solar power systems, in conjunction with Solar Renewable Energy, LLC and RETTEW are pleased to announce completion of its made in USA Hydrelio floating …

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ALTE ACQUIRES REAL GOODS

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Boxborough, Massachusetts (September 4, 2019) – altE Store, a Massachusetts-based distributor of solar energy products and systems, announced its acquisition of Real Goods, a California-based solar retailer. This trans-continental expansion is a capstone moment in altE’s twenty-first year of business. Founded in 1978, Real Goods is the original purveyor of off-grid living supplies. Envisioned as a one-stop-shop to meet all the …

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Wave energy gets boost to pioneer green economy with US patent approval

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US Patent Office grants AW-Energy’s Patent Application for WaveRoller® technology. 20 year system fatigue life rating failsafe design maximises reliability, reducing maintenance and costly downtime next generation digital hydraulics provide efficient power generation to extract energy machine learning enabled to control and optimise system performance Finland, August 16, 2019: AW-Energy Oy, the world-leading Finnish wave energy technology developer, has taken …

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