The Biden administration, through legislation like the Inflation Reduction Act, has its sights set on facilitating the transition to clean energy. But can the federal government control clean energy supply and demand? Is decarbonizing the industrial sector even possible? We’ll dig in. Also in this episode: Boeing’s CEO plans to step down, homes remain unaffordable despite new supply and mobile home residents come together to secure stable housing.
Texas has met its 2.6% annual demand growth with wind and solar, highlighting how clean energy can handle rising electric use, per the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
Biden can try to make fossil fuels more expensive through regulation or he can make alternatives to fossil fuels cheaper, says Billy Pizer.
North American steel manufacturer Nucor Corporation and US tech giants Google and Microsoft Corporation are to work together across the electricity ecosystem to develop new business models and aggregate their demand for advanced clean electricity technologies, including advanced nuclear.
ABB and Cap Clean Energy are to collaborate on developing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production sites in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Google, Microsoft, and steel production company Nucor have announced a collaborative effort to increase demand for advanced clean electricity technologies. This partnership looks like it to fast-track the commercialization of these technologies and make them more accessible to energy consumers globally. The initiative focuses on next-generation geothermal, advanced nuclear, clean hydrogen, and long-duration energy storage […]
Projects in sectors like batteries and solar panels will create 4,400 jobs across 11 states.
Four utilities, including Milwaukee's WEC Energy Group, signing agreement with unions.
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The bosses of the world’s leading oil and gas companies have poured scorn on efforts to move away from fossil fuels, complaining that a “visibly failing” transition to clean energy was being pushed forward at an “unrealistic pace.” […]
Bakeries in Nigeria which use traditional open ovens fueled by hardwood cut from local forests are contributing to rapid deforestation and climate change, according to a study from academics working in Nigeria and from the University of York and UCL.
Washington is offering a gift that could be worth billions to corporate America.
ABB has signed an agreement with Cap Clean Energy to collaborate on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production sites in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta.