Renewables
Renewable energy
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Eating Local
Did you know that the food that you eat travels an average of more than 1,500 miles to reach your plate? -shopping local matters- It’s good to buy local grown food for many different reasons. Reducing your food miles, fresher taste and better nutrition when eating in season. By eating what’s in season locally we
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Keep It Local
These days, its hard for local businesses to stay open. They face stiff competition from big-box chain stores, as well as from online retailers, which can usually offer lower prices and a larger selection. Despite the competition from large retailers, small businesses are thriving and still make up 99.7% of U.S. employer firms.[1] If you
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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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Ways to Pay-It-Forward
VOLUNTEER PLANET OF SUCCESS By paying it forward, you can make quite an important difference in this world. Not only will you brighten another person’s mood, but you will also set a chain reaction in motion. VOLUNTEER Give your time, or at least some of your cash to worthy causes. Help clean up areas where
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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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Fed’s chart course for Climate Change
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas/ WASHINGTON Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan faced more questions on one particular topic than any other at a recent lunch with local business owners and community leaders on Texas’s Gulf Coast. It wasn’t President Donald Trump’s escalating demands that the U.S. central bank lower interest rates, or Kaplan’s view of the
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SOLAR VS COAL
Solar, Wind Are Now Cheaper Than Coal In Most Of The World The world’s premiere authority on global warming, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (or IPCC for short), announced in an alarming report at the end of last year that the world is running out of time to curb carbon dioxide emissions. In fact, the data
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KC boost renters’ access to energy
A recent summit and regulator hearings this week have brought attention to apartment building energy efficiency. Advocates in Kansas City are trying to bring attention to an underserved area for energy efficiency spending: apartment buildings. At a recent summit and at state regulatory hearings this week, ideas are being pitched for expanding interest in and
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Knoxville, TN, Saves BIG MONEY
City of Knoxville seeing big savings already from LED streetlight project The city said its streetlight bill is down nearly $275,000 dollars from two years ago. It’s nearly finished installing the new LED streetlights across the city.Author: WBIR Staff Published: 11:12 PM EDT June 24, 2019Updated: 11:44 PM EDT June 24, 2019 Even though the City of Knoxville
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Renewables Lead Peak Energy
It can be hard to get your head around just how much energy the world uses. Expressed in terms of oil, it was equivalent to almost 14 billion metric tons. That’s like burning through all of Russia’s proved reserves in the space of 12 months, which is, in technical terms, a lot. But there’s an
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Solar Tax Credit Extension
Tax credit extension return on investments The U.S. solar energy industry will add an additional 113,000 jobs and generate $87 billion in investment over the next decade if U.S. lawmakers extend the sector’s key tax credit, a report on Tuesday. The forecast by the U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association trade group and energy research
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Climate Action
Banks sign up for Climate change $47 Trillion A third of the world’s banks, worth a total of US$47 trillion in assets, committed on Sunday to align their business to the Paris Climate Agreement, in the biggest pledge to climate sustainability from the banking sector yet. As many as 130 banks, in cooperation with the
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Carbon Taxes
Carbon Taxes A topic you haven’t heard much about until recently…get prepared It’s a BIG DEAL Emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are changing the climate. A carbon tax puts a price on those emissions, encouraging people, businesses, and governments to produce less of them. A carbon tax’s burden would fall most heavily
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EV Vehicles Threaten Grid
City electric vehicle efforts could threaten grid Americans should be cautious about electric vehicles (EVs) and their rate of adoption into the marketplace because they can be disruptive to the electric grid. Because electric cars have less driving range on a charge than the equivalent gasoline-powered vehicle has on a tank of gas, their batteries
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Global Warming
The Public and Climate Change Since antiquity, people believed that human activity might alter a local climate, but could scarcely affect the grand balances that governed the planet overall. Gradually scientists, aided by science journalists, informed the minority of educated people that modern civilization might cause global warming, sometime far in the future. In the early
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Amazon will order 100,000 Electric Vans
The Michigan-based startup is riding high from a series of major funding rounds in 2019, including one led by Amazon Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the company has placed an order for 100,000 electric delivery vans from Michigan-based startup Rivian. The announcement came during an event on Thursday in Washington, DC where Bezos unveiled Amazon’s sweeping plan
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Energy Efficiency is the Global Economy’s “Hidden Fuel”
The global demand for power is rising. Although the increasing prevalence of solar farms and lithium-ion batteries is making energy expansion greener, the need for ever-increasing volumes of electricity remains an issue. Instead of having to resort to traditional sources, there may already be a new source of energy within the global power grid: energy
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Climate Protests
Winds of Change in Markets Across the world, protesters are taking to the streets Friday to urge their governments to do more to tackle climate change. You wouldn’t expect the stock markets to show any direct response to that, although it’s possible that Germany’s mooted “climate package” – due to be unveiled at a press
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$136 Billion Green-Bond Market
Wall Street’s New Battleground Wall Street’s race is on for dominance in the fast-growing business of turning back climate change. HSBC Holdings Plc, Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. have helped power an unprecedented surge in sales of “green” bonds, which are used to finance everything from wind farms to battery technology. They’ve toppled smaller
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Ditch the mindset of Disposables – Start Re-using
think Reuseable Household Items ReUsing Saves Money Helping the Earth often comes down to small, daily decisions—like choosing reusable products rather than disposable goods. To make it even easier for you, we gathered the best innovations in eco-friendly home goods. The products are affordable (plus, you won’t have to keep spending money to replace them!)
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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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Renewable Energy
Renewable energy is a term used for forms of energy that are naturally obtained from the environment and from sources that can be replenished naturally. These include solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, hydropower, and biomass. The term renewable energy should not be confused with alternative energy, which describes sources of energy outside the regular
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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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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