by #JeffStJohn in #CanaryMedia:

"But in recent years, heat-pump technologies have improved, gas prices have become more volatile, and more companies are striving to hit increasingly aggressive decarbonization goals and government mandates. As a result of this confluence of factors, 'the boiler needs to be reckoned with,' Stark said. The global industrial boiler market totals about $18 billion in annual equipment sales, he estimated, and 'we’re planning on scaling up as aggressively as is feasible' to meet that need."

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/heat-pumps/steam-made-by-heat-pumps-can-help-clean-up-industry-and-manufacturing

#HeatPumps #industry #manufacturing #ClimateTech #energy #sustainability #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #climate #environment

by #MariaGallucci in #CanaryMedia:

"New York City’s biggest battery system is about to enter into service — just in time to alleviate stress on the electric grid from millions of whirring air-conditioners and spinning fans during the summer season."

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/energy-storage/new-york-city-is-getting-its-biggest-battery-system-yet

#NewYorkCity #NYC #battery #batteries #sustainability #energy #ClimateTech #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #climate #GlobalWarming

by #MariaGallucci in #CanaryMedia:

"A new program in Puerto Rico could tap thousands of residential solar-plus-battery systems to help keep the island’s grid from going dark during the height of hurricane season."

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/home-batteries-will-help-bolster-puerto-ricos-grid-in-emergencies

#PuertoRico #solar #batteries #hurricane #sustainability

by #AlisonFTakemura in #CanaryMedia:

"Since its founding, the program has helped prepare more than 1.8 million Georgians for new jobs, according to Brown. Now, it’s applying much of that accumulated know-how to training workers entering the clean energy manufacturing workforce. Clean energy companies and their suppliers currently make up the majority of Quick Start’s clients, Brown said. And he expects that trend to continue, with companies bringing billions of dollars to the state and growing fast[.]"

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy-jobs/this-georgia-program-is-training-a-huge-cleantech-manufacturing-workforce

#Georgia #CleanEnergy #manufacturing #training #QuickStart #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #climate #GlobalWarming

by #AlisonFTakemura in #CanaryMedia

"In May, senators Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) and Cory Booker (D-New Jersey) introduced the Pollinator Power Act. Its passage would direct the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to prioritize solar projects funded by the Rural Energy for America Program that create habitat for pollinators underneath the panels. Pollinators such as bees, butterflies and beetles are responsible for pollinating three-quarters of flowering plants and 35 percent of food crops, but populations are in striking decline, in major part because of habitat loss."

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/solar/agrivoltaics-finds-new-fans-in-us-senate

#PollinatorPowerAct #AgrivoltaicsResearchAndDemonstrationAct #agrivoltaics #pollinators #farmers #ecosystems #SolarPanels #photovoltaics #agriculture #JeffMerkley #CoryBooker #MartinHeinrich

This #canarymedia piece on the wild west of #LNG certification schemes is fantastic reporting.

In 2022, #greenpeace and Oil Change Intl published a report -- and an "epistolary duel" in an ACS journal -- over issues with #methane and #Cheniere's cargo emissions tags.

Kudos to the reporter for going deep on a complex topic, and for getting a ton of interesting quotes on the record.

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/liquefied-natural-gas/inside-the-high-dollar-race-to-sell-natural-gas-as-low-carbon

About the prospects of new small nuclear reactor designs: "...And it’s not just the nuclear regulators, engineers and politicians who need to weigh in on this project. These days, it’s the nuclear accountants who have the final say. And so far, small reactors have not proven to be a financial or regulatory slam dunk."

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/nuclear/how-did-the-us-nuclear-industry-fare-in-2022

#nuclear #energy #energymastodon #SMR #RMI #Canarymedia