Study Highlights Challenges To The Electrification Of Homes In The US
Electrification strategies for homes in the US need to take into account local factory such as weather and climate impacts.
Energy Efficiency
A Primer On Why You Need To Electrify Everything In Your Home & Life
Energy plays an increasingly important role in today’s world. Instead of treating electrification as one of many positive goals to move us toward decarbonization, it’s time to see it is essential to all of them — we need to electrify everything quickly. What does it mean to electrify everything? When … [continued]
Avenue Opens Up For Lucid As It Gets Access To Tesla Superchargers
The new Lucid Gravity luxury SUV goes head-to-head with Tesla, as the first (or second) non-Tesla production EV sold with an NACS port.
AI Electricity Demand Spike Already Drooping Due To Innovation
At present we’re in another wave of hysteria regarding data center energy demands, this time focused on concerns related to AI. It was all over Davos, for example. Many decarbonization folks, although not me, are deeply concerned about the electricity demands of the various large language models and generative AI … [continued]
“Mystery” Cold Climate Heat Pump To Be Unveiled Soon
A new generation of high performance, energy efficient cold climate heat pumps is coming to the US home appliance market, Trump or no Trump.
What Do a National Lab, a Home Builder, and an Elephant Have in Common?
Answer: They’re all advancing heat pump water heaters! Late last year I went on an epic Heat Pump Water Heater Tour across America — where I visited a bunch of amazing individuals and organizations making heat pump water heaters the de facto hot shower provider of the 21st century. I … [continued]
Energy Efficient Data Centers Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels
New underground, long duration thermal energy storage systems can help manage skyrocketing energy demand from of data centers in the US.
New Energy Storage Systems Prize Offers $4.8 Million To Advance Industrial Innovation
The Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office launched the Industrial Energy Storage Systems Prize, a $4.8 million challenge seeking cost-effective energy storage solutions that can support an industrial facility’s thermal or electric energy needs. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office (IEDO) launched the Industrial Energy Storage Systems … [continued]
U.S. DOE Announces $1.66 Billion Loan Guarantee to Plug Power to Produce & Liquify Clean…
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced the closing of a $1.66 billion loan guarantee ($1.55 billion in principal and $107 million in capitalized interest) to Plug Power Inc.’s (Plug) subsidiary, Plug Power Energy Loan Borrower, LLC, to help finance the construction of up to six facilities … [continued]
U.S. Department of Energy Selects Three Projects to Advance Wood Heater Innovation to Access Affordable,…
The U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced $1.35 million in Phase 2 funding for three projects to accelerate wood heater innovation and develop the next generation of efficient and clean wood heaters. Today, the U.S. Department of Energy Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) announced $1.35 million in Phase 2 funding … [continued]
