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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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That need for balance is true of electric power grids, too. Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. Packetized energy management (PEM) allows the power grid to flexibly handle a varying supply of renewable energy.

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Biden sets 2030 net GHG reduction target for US of 50-52% below 2005 levels

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According to the most recent GHG inventory from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US GHG emissions in 2019 (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector) were 13% below 2005 levels. In 2019, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMT CO 2 Eq.),

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Report: sustainable batteries represent the best prospect for meeting Paris climate goals; requires $550B investment over 10 years

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The report— A Vision for a Sustainable Battery Value Chain in 2030 —suggests that, with a concerted push to put the right conditions in place, batteries could enable a 30% reduction in carbon emissions in both the transport and power sectors. This would also contribute to achieving the more ambitious 1.5°

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3 Oil Majors That Bet Big On Renewables

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BIT:ENI) recently unveiled what has been hailed as the most ambitious climate pledge yet by an oil supermajor. Saft has already gained considerable traction after generating $100 million in free cash flow for its parent company in 2019. #3 Further, natural gas can be used to keep the power grid stable as solar and wind power fluctuate.

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H2FUTURE building world’s largest green hydrogen pilot plant; targeting the steel industry

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The European H2FUTURE project consortium, comprising voestalpine, Siemens, VERBUND, and Austrian Power Grid, together with the research partners K1-MET and ECN, officially gave the green light to the construction of a 6 MW “green” hydrogen pilot production plant—the world’s largest—at a voestalpine Linz steel plant.

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Can the World’s Largest Cruise Ship Really Be Climate-Friendly?

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will triple between 2019 and 2030, as will methane emissions. bio or e-fuels, methane emissions from ships would still double between 2019 and 2030 because of methane slip,” he added. The post Can the World’s Largest Cruise Ship Really Be Climate-Friendly? research that predicts demand for L.N.G. Royal Caribbean says that L.N.G.

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Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

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As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership. 50% clean power target. Short-lived climate pollutants.

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