Energy
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History of Electricity
Affordable, reliable electricity is fundamental to modern life. Electricity provides clean, safe light around the clock, it cools our homes on hot summer days (and heats many of them in winter), and it quietly breathes life into the digital world we tap into with our smartphones and computers. Although hundreds of millions of Americans plug
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Emerging Technology in Electricity
Could these technologies power the world of tomorrow? Since the dawn of the industrial age, the world has been powered by a relatively small set of technologies. The 20th century was the age of coal, but this side of 2000, that’s changed. The need to curb emissions and the rise of renewables, from wind to solar
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2020 Arctic Blast
Get Ready for Winter It’s beginning to look a lot like winter across parts of the north-central United States as waves of snow and frigid air have frequented the region this week, but the next blast of Arctic air will be the coldest one yet. Temperatures will tumble to the lowest levels so far this
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Costly Carbon
Net Zero Goals Impossible Without CCUS Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is the only group of technologies that contributes both to reducing emissions in key sectors directly and to removing CO2 to balance emissions. “Reaching net zero will be virtually impossible without CCUS,” the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a recent report on the role
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Hydrogen Boost Energy
Hydrogen Gives Boost Renewable Energy As a Biden presidency is increasingly being viewed as a big win clean energy emerges strong. However, one corner of the market has really been hogging the limelight: The hydrogen sector. From a Wall Street pariah that was burdened with too many challenges to become a practical energy source during
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R-Values and U-Values simplified!
Thermal conductivity, R-Values and U-Values simplified! Thermal Conductivity of insulating materials The primary feature of a thermal insulation material is its ability to reduce heat exchange between a surface and the environment, or between one surface and another surface. This is known as having a low value for thermal conductivity. Generally, the lower a material’s
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CA bans new car sale of gas-powered vehicles
California plans to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks starting in 2035 in a dramatic move to shift to electric vehicles and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The move would be the most significant to date by a US state aimed at ending the use of internal combustion engines for passenger travel.
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More Rolling Blackouts
California More Rolling Blackouts California grid operator warns of rotating power outages in record heat wave The California Independent System Operator (ISO) declared a “Stage 2” power emergency late on Saturday, warning that rotating power outages were possible amid a record heat wave. A Stage 2 power emergency means the ISO has taken all mitigating
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Why Aren’t Home Efficiency Scores for Real Estate Listed?
Why Aren’t Home Efficiency Scores for Online Real Estate Listed? Realtors say such scores are useful for buyers and can open the door to broader conversations about home energy use. Portland now requires Home Energy Scores to be included in online aggregators such as Redfin and Zillow. Consumers rely on labels and scores to understand
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Climate-Change Fight Hurts the Poor
U.S. EPA chief claims climate-change fight hurts the poor The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday accused Democrats of hurting the poor with policies aimed at fighting climate change, and said the agency would keep supporting development and deregulation if President Donald Trump is re-elected. The speech, on the EPA’s 50th anniversary,
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Saving $$ on Hot Water with Geothermal
We all know geothermal heat pumps are ultra-efficient and can save you up to 75% on your heating costs, but did you know they can also help you save money in other areas of your home’s energy consumption? That’s right, your geothermal heat pump will also save you up to 55% on your hot water
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2020-2021 Geothermal Tax Credits
Federal Geothermal Tax Credit Your Questions Answered 2020 throughout the year 26% / YR 2021 throughout the year 22% /YR Q: What is the Geothermal Tax Credit? A: Let’s start here. What is the tax credit and how does it work? The initial federal investment tax credit was part of the Energy Policy
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Oil Demand Continues to Decline
World’s Largest Offshore Rig Owner Files Bankruptcy This company is the largest rig owner in The World. UK-based offshore drilling contractor Valaris has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States, offering creditors to swap some $6.5 billion of its $7.8-billion debt pile for equity. Valaris follows Diamond Offshore Drilling and Noble Corp in bankruptcy court as
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Rolling Blackouts
Why are they turning off MY electricity? Rolling Blackouts Q: What are rolling blackouts? A: Rolling blackouts are a rationing scheme utilities resort to when electricity demand outstrips supply, which can happen in heat waves as air conditioners and fans are cranked up to cool homes, offices and stores. They take blocks of circuits and the
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High Costs Of Electric Cars
High Costs And Low Benefits Of Electric Cars The rush to decarbonize every nation in the world in one or maybe two decades reflects the “I want it all NOW!” philosophy imbued through modern education systems. Current and recent former students – and their teachers – demand a perfect world (since they can envision one)
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Renewable Green Energy Myth
THE RENEWABLE GREEN ENERGY MYTH: 50,000 Tons Of Non-Recyclable Wind Turbine Blades Dumped In The Landfill Posted by SRSROCCO IN ECONOMY, ENERGY, NEWS Funny, no one seemed to consider what to do with the massive amount of wind turbine blades once they reached the end of their lifespan. Thus, the irony of the present-day Green Energy Movement is
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Is Green Really Green
Today we have a new Green Prince poised to plunge the western world into a self imposed darkness. This Prince first creates the fiction that Carbon causes climate change, then adds the fable that green energy exists which can dispel this nonexistent problem. The entire range of ‘green solutions’ are all nonsensical. We’ll limit this
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GREEN CAR MYTH
THE GREEN ELECTRIC CAR MYTH: 772 Pounds Of Petro-Chemical Plastics In Each Vehicle (Source SRSrocco Report) How can an electric car be called “Green” when it contains more than 700 pounds of plastic?? Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers are using more plastic to lower the weight of the car due to the massive battery used, weighing
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Grand Solar Minimum
grand solar minimum What does it mean for life on earth The Sun has entered a period of reduced activity, known as a solar minimum, which happens on a cyclical pattern; meaning the burning heart of our solar system swings between energetic peaks and lows. When the sun peaks in activity – the solar maximum
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Net Zero Ready Home Packages
visionary Born to Build Greener Than Green Energy Efficient Homes No one understands the holistic concept of homebuilding like Rodney Leatherman, founder of the EnergySource Home. Leatherman’s unique whole systems approach to the home design and building materials used in his affordable, energy efficient homes embraces the concepts of interrelationships and connectivity, important home issues
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Energy Saving Tips
FAQS Reduce Energy and Save Money Every day, whether you rent or own a home, you can save energy in ways ranging from big to small. Some of these tips you can do yourself and some may require help from a contractor or expert Buying Appliances Investing in high-efficiency appliances from furnaces to refrigerators can
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What is Energy?
E N E R G Y The simplest definition of energy is “the ability to do work”. Energy is how things change and move. It’s everywhere around us and takes all sorts of forms. It takes energy to cook food, to drive to school, and to jump in the air.Different forms of Energy Energy can
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SRSrocco Report
Independent Researcher & Precious Metal Analyst Independent researcher Steve St. Angelo (SRSrocco) started to invest in precious metals in 2002. Later on in 2008, he began researching areas of the gold and silver market that, curiously, the majority of the precious metal analyst community have left unexplored. These areas include how energy and the falling EROI
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Electric Aircraft takes Flight
World’s Largest All-Electric Airplane Flies for Historic 30 Minutes A nine-passenger, all-electric Cessna 208 flies for 30 minutes On a clear and gorgeous day in inland Moses Lake, Washington, the specially fitted Cessna 208B Grand Caravan took off for an expected 20- to 30-minute test flight. MagniX emerged in 2009 to disrupt the air travel
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Solar Breakthrough
Perovskite Solar Breakthrough Each hour, the sun sends 430 quintillion Joules of energy our way, more than the 410 quintillion Joules that humans consume in a whole year. With the sun likely to be around for another five billion years or so, we have a virtually unlimited source of energy–if only we could tap it
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$110T Renewable Energy Stimulus Package
$110 Trillion Renewables Stimulus Package Could Create 50 Million Jobs The past few weeks of current events have led us to unprecedented levels of job and capital destruction, decimated consumer spending, underperformance by nearly all major financial markets, and a breakdown in the world fiscal order. Even giant economic powerhouses have not been spared, with
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Utility Companies Helping Out
Utilities take steps to help customers during coronavirus Utility companies across the U.S. are suspending service shutoffs for failure to pay bills during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) says it is suspending disconnections for nonpayment for all home and business accounts in Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina and Tennessee. New Jersey-based PSE&G
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How A Virus Makes The Case For Renewable Energy
In an interview with Forbes last week, Charles Donovan, executive director of the Center for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial College Business School in London, laid out the reasons why he thinks building a global economy based on fossil fuels makes the world more vulnerable to market disruptions like the one caused by the coronavirus. “I think
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Batteries for Grid Backup
Distributed energy platform provider AutoGrid has been developing “co-optimisation” capabilities that will allow residential battery storage deployed to mitigate power outages to continue participating in market opportunities such as joining virtual power plant (VPP) programmes. In a recent interview with Energy-Storage.news, AutoGrid general manager for new energy, Rahul Kar, acknowledged that California’s recent wildfires had led
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Micro-Energy-Grids
All across N. America, sustainable microgrids are emerging as a vital tool in the fight against climate change and increasingly common natural disasters. In the wake of hurricanes, earthquakes and wildfires, the traditional energy grid in many parts of the country is struggling to keep the power flowing. Microgrids — power installations that are designed
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Night Solar….Hmmm?!!
What if solar cells worked at night? That’s no joke, according to Jeremy Munday, professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC Davis. In fact, a specially designed photovoltaic cell could generate up to 50 watts of power per square meter under ideal conditions at night, about a quarter of what a
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Who’s afraid of 100%
The following is a contributed article by Jurgen Weiss, Principal at The Brattle Group. Reducing GHG emissions 80% by 2050 relative to 1990 levels — often referred to as an “80 by 50” goal — is quickly becoming the consensus decarbonization target, and more and more states and utilities are committing to a goal of
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AC vs DC
Alternating Current (AC) vs Direct Current (DC) The current (electric charge) only flows in one direction in case of DC. But in AC electric charge changes direction periodically. Not only current but also the voltage reverses because of the change in the current flow. The AC versus DC debate personifies the War of Currents, as it is now
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Energy Consumption by Country
2020 Few people can argue that electricity isn’t one of our world’s most greatest inventions. After all, electricity allows up to light up our homes without the need for candles or lanterns, lets us watch television, and even is used to charge or power the computer or smartphone you’re using to read this. While electricity
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World’s Largest HVAC Show
AHR show (Orlando, FL) Learning and collaborating The AHR Expo is the world’s largest HVACR event, attracting the most comprehensive gathering of industry professionals from around the globe each year. The Show provides a unique forum where manufacturers of all sizes and specialties, whether a major industry brand or innovative start-up, can come together to
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Dishwasher Water Consumption
WHY ASK? Dishwashers use water. And fresh, clean water is an extremely limited resource. This limited resource is heavily impacted with things like droughts, contamination, and wasteful use. So basically, anyone who has easy access to fresh water should take careful steps to limit their water use. Water Conservation People should do their best to conserve
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Texas and Renewable Energy
2019 Texas Produced More Renewable Energy Than Coal Last year Texas generated more energy from renewable sources than from coal, according to data from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Texas produces the most wind energy of any state in the nation, and its solar energy capacity is growing rapidly. Earlier this year, Texas’ wind
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Jan. 4, 2020 – In Studio
  Ouchita Electric – Live in Studio   Ouachita Electric is making a huge impact in their community by offering their members on-bill financing for energy upgrades and renewable energy options. Members save money with energy upgrades, which in turn saves Ouachita Electric money on their wholesale power costs. Other utilities are currently raising rates,
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2020 Electric Cars
The Future in now Virtually every automaker is ramping up research, development, and production in anticipation of a future where the roads are populated with battery-powered electric cars, crossover SUVs and, yes, even pickup trucks. To that end, Ford just announced it would electrify its sales-leading F-150 full-size pickup for an as-yet-undisclosed model year. Coming
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Powering Christmas Shopping
Powering $1 Trillion Black Friday Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday; it forebodes a massive amount of food, but it also forebodes a massive amount of online shopping and the digital hunt for holiday deals. Holiday sales this year could climb 5 percent and exceed $1.1 trillion. The e-commerce sector is expected to enjoy another
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Turkey saves you Energy
Cooking Turkey SavesMoney At Tom’s Expense This Thanksgiving Americans will suck up 350 gigawatts of electricity–equivalent to the entire world’s nuclear power capacity in 2012–making turkeys. What is a Gigawatt So, while we spend time being thankful this Thursday as we gather around the dinner table with family and friends, we should take a moment
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Green License Plates
Green coloured number plates will be issued for electric cars under government plans to encourage drivers to buy zero-emission vehicles. The government said the new licence plates would make the least polluting cars easily identifiable and help their drivers benefit from incentives such as free parking or access to clean air zones. A consultation has
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Reducing Greenhouse Gases
An instrument to reduce greenhouse gas emissions The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the world’s first and so far the largest installation-level ‘cap-and trade’ system for cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The system is intended to assist the EU in reaching both its immediate as well as longer-term emissions reduction objectives by “promoting reductions
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Clean Energy Industry
Clean energy in U.S. a $1.3 trillion annually CLEAN ENERGY: A new study estimates the “green economy” in the U.S. generates $1.3 trillion in annual revenue, or about 7% of GDP. (Bloomberg) ALSO:• Google announces plans for $150 million in clean energy investment; the figure represents about 0.1% of the company’s 2018 revenue. (CNET)• A growing number of colleges and universities seek
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All Electric = Low Carbon
All-electric homes offer a prototype for low-carbon housing in Colorado Huddled in a construction trailer last year, a team overseeing development of an affordable housing complex in the Colorado mountain town of Basalt agreed to make a bold statement about future energy use. No natural gas lines were to be laid through the red soil
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Malawian Teen Taught Himself How To Build A Windmill From Junk, Brought Power To His Village, ALL Learned From Library Books! Many people think about changing the world, making a difference, or becoming something more, but few have the courage to act on that impulse. Stories of innovation and success inspire us and should be shared, and
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800,000 CA Customers without Electricity
Portions of 34 Counties Will be Impacted by Widespread, Severe Wind Event Beginning Wednesday SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Asa precautionary measure to reduce wildfire risk during the forecasted severe wind event, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) confirmed that it will implement a Public Safety Power Shutoff (PSPS) in portions of 34 northern, central and coastal
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Recycling
Recycling Saves Energy The more we recycle; the less energy is needed, costs are lower and we also alleviate the harmful impacts of the processing and extraction of virgin resources on the environment. Did you know by recycling we are helping to save landfill space and conserve natural resources; also did you know that by
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Entergy Residential Incentives
Arkansas Weatherization Program Up to $1,058 Incentive: ProgramSource: Entergy ArkansasCategory: Whole House, New Home Programs, Home / Residential, Weatherization, Insulation & Air Sealing, Air Conditioning & Fans, Central HeatingTo Qualify:The Arkansas Weatherization Program (AWP) is a utility funded program for all Arkansans that have utility service with one or more of the participating utilities. This program will include a
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Declaring 100% Net Zero – Renewable Energy
We are asking mayors, CEOs, pastors, principals, civic and community leaders, parents and students to commit to solutions that help us achieve 100% clean, renewable energy. Powered by 100% Renewable Energy: These communities have fully transitioned to 100% clean, renewable energy sources to power the community’s electricity needs. Committed to 100% Renewable Energy: These communities have made
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Green Realtors
A real estate agent trained in sustainable homes can help you identify whether or not the home you are considering is truly a zero or zero energy ready home The following organizations train and certify real estate agents in Best Building Practices for Energy Efficient Homes. Click on the links below to find certified agents in
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What is Net Zero
What is Net Zero? A Net-Zero home is one that has the ability to produce as much energy as it consumes. This is done by having a tight envelope and reducing consumption. Higher Market Value While the initial cost of construction may be higher, the benefits of a Net-Zero home make up for the expense