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The US may have an unexpected green energy source: abandoned oil and gas wells  – Vox

SustainableSA.com Posted on July 18, 2022 by stlaneJuly 18, 2022

The US is spending millions to explore a surprising source of untapped power. What’s old is new again That’s exactly what the agency’s pilot program, called Wells of Opportunity: ReAmplify, aims to do, awarding a total of $8.4 million to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Carbon, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Energy Policy, Geothermal, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities | Tagged Geothermal | Leave a reply

Texas Will Get Billions for Environmental Projects from $1.2T Infrastructure Bill, from Clean Water to EV Charging to Public Transit » Dallas Innovates

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 7, 2021 by stlaneDecember 7, 2021

$550 billion in new infrastructure spending is coming to projects nationwide—and a big slice is bound for Texas. From new electric buses to rail projects to improved power infrastructure to lead water service line removal and more, Texas’ environment may … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Living Wage, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, Permaculture, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Energy storage hits the fast track, doubling year-over-year installations

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 20, 2019 by stlaneJune 20, 2019

Fueled by increased interest in grid service applications like time-of-use (TOU) shifting, self-consumption and backup power, the U.S. market for energy storage doubled in 2018 and is expected to double again by the end of the year. Of the 777 … Continue reading →

Posted in Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Energy Storage, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

The military is cutting its dangerous dependence on diesel – with solar power and microgrids

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 26, 2019 by stlaneMarch 26, 2019

The US Army is not particularly shy about adopting the latest high-tech gadgets, and renewable energy is a case in point. Despite all the fossil friendly rhetoric emanating from the White House, the Army is still pursuing microgrids with renewable … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

An Open Letter To Be the Change and Lead the Change

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 3, 2019 by stlaneMarch 3, 2019

Whale blubber and buggy whips were once fine industries, but progress moved us away. And today we know the days are over of a false choice between environmental protection and economic growth. Since when did the simple concept of leaving … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Earthen Construction, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fianance & Fundraising, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Investing & Finance, Job Creation, Living Wage, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

The Burden — American Resilience Project

SustainableSA.com Posted on June 12, 2018 by stlaneMarch 26, 2019

The San Antonio chapters of the Citizens Climate Lobby, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance held a panel discussion on June 9, 2018 about how fossil fuel dependence affects national security — and how the military … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, Climate Change, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Security, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities | Leave a reply

San Antonio’s CPS Energy faces criticism on clean energy strategy – San Antonio Express-News

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 9, 2018 by stlaneMarch 21, 2018

San Antonio’s public utility, CPS Energy, faced blowback from city leaders and environmental groups Thursday on its newly released strategic power plan that takes decades to fully transition to renewable sources of energy. “A lot of folks felt blindsided by … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Microgrids, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Solar Energy, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

MIT’s new flow battery breathes air to cut costs of renewable energy storage

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 3, 2017 by stlaneNovember 3, 2017

Renewable energy might be clean, but it's not always reliable if the Sun ducks behind clouds or the wind slacks off. To counter that variability, the grid will need to combine a range of different sources, such as solar, wind, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Energy Storage, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Power Move: How On-Site Energy Solutions Can Help Save the Grid

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 7, 2017 by stlaneNovember 7, 2017

Across the U.S., energy users of all sizes are taking control of their power supply and relieving stress from the grid. That’s the idea behind distributed energy. Atlantic Re:think and Siemens partnered to explore this burgeoning energy revolution in 360º … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Commercial Building, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Solar Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Utility Helps Wean Vermonters From the Electric Grid

SustainableSA.com Posted on August 1, 2017 by stlaneAugust 1, 2017

The program offers just one example of the continuing efforts at the local level to rethink a largely carbon-based power system. The initiatives are driven by financial advantages as well as environmental ones. Green Mountain’s chief executive, Mary Powell, sees … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, New Tech, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

eLab Accelerator Projects Sustain Hope for Clean Energy Innovation

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 21, 2017 by stlaneApril 21, 2017

Starting yesterday, the 2017 eLab Accelerator teams has convened at the Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah to accelerate their initiatives with the support of nationally renowned expert faculty and eLab’s specially trained facilitators. At Accelerator and beyond, projects from across … Continue reading →

Posted in Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency Metrics, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Investing & Finance, Job Creation, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Permaculture, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Resilience, Retrofits, Rocky Mountain Institute, Security, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainability Metrics, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities | Leave a reply

Solar Embrace

SustainableSA.com Posted on February 28, 2017 by stlaneFebruary 28, 2017

More than a year ago, RMI announced it would focus on community-scale solar. Now, as we enable power purchase agreements (PPAs) at prices 40 percent below median bids, we are seeing increasing interest in community-scale solar, and we are expanding … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Building, Carbon, Economic Development, Investing & Finance, Microgrids, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Rocky Mountain Institute, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Look Fast: Solar Is Blowing Past Coal…And Gas…And Wind

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 17, 2016 by stlaneDecember 17, 2016

Now, here’s a surprise. Wind power has been growing at a rapid clip, but it looks like solar is sneaking up from behind with a Negasonic Teenage Warhead-scale weapon in hand: it’s cheaper. In fact, according to data studied by … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Carbon, Climate Change, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Microgrids, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Security, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

▶ Cory Doctorow – The Internet of Things That Do What You Tell Them – YouTube

SustainableSA.com Posted on July 1, 2015 by stlaneJuly 1, 2015

From Solid Conference 2015: From “ecosystem” strategies to the war on terror, from the copyright wars to the subprime lending industry, it seems like everyone wants to build an Internet of Treacherous Things whose primary loyalty is to someone other … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Job Creation, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Resilience, Retrofits, Security, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Utilities | Leave a reply

IBM Solar Collector Magnifies Sun By 2000X – These Could Provide Power To The Entire Planet | Collective-Evolution

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 4, 2015 by stlaneApril 18, 2024

A team at IBM recently developed what they call a High Concentration Photo Voltaic Thermal (HCPVT) system capable of concentrating the power of 2,000 suns, they are even claiming to be able to concentrate energy safely up to 5,000X. This … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, New Tech, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Bridges to New Solar Business Models

SustainableSA.com Posted on February 19, 2015 by stlaneFebruary 19, 2015

Creating a sustainable long-term distributed photovoltaic (DPV) market will require aligning the interests of utilities, solar companies, technology providers, and customers. Aligning those interests does not mean discarding the business models that have served the solar market until now. Rather, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fianance & Fundraising, Fossil Fuels, Investing & Finance, Isothermal Compressed Air Storage, Job Creation, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Retrofits, Rocky Mountain Institute, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Why Elon Musk’s Batteries Scare the Hell Out of the Electric Company – Bloomberg

SustainableSA.com Posted on December 7, 2014 by stlaneDecember 7, 2014

Climate: Now or Never Here’s why something as basic as a battery both thrills and terrifies the U.S. utility industry. At a sagebrush-strewn industrial park outside of Reno, Nevada, bulldozers are clearing dirt for Tesla Motors Inc. (TSLA)’s battery factory, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Commercial Building, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, New Tech, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Rocky Mountain Institute, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Solar has won. Even if coal were free to burn, power stations couldn’t compete | Giles Parkinson | Comment is free | The Guardian

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 27, 2014 by stlaneNovember 27, 2014

Last week, for the first time in memory, the wholesale price of electricity in Queensland fell into negative territory – in the middle of the day. For several days the price, normally around $40-$50 a megawatt hour, hovered in and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

A Much Cheaper Grid Battery Comes to Market | MIT Technology Review

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 20, 2014 by stlaneNovember 20, 2014

A new kind of battery that stores energy from solar and wind power cheaply and cleanly has hit the market. It is by far the cheapest of a new generation of large, long-lived batteries that could make it possible to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Commercial Building, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, Microgrids, Renewable Energy, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability Metrics, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Reinventing Fire: Electricity – YouTube

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 14, 2014 by stlaneNovember 14, 2014

Reinventing Fire: Electricity – YouTube.

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Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Commercial Building, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Export Economy, Fossil Fuels, Garbage & Waste Disposal, Investing & Finance, Isothermal Compressed Air Storage, Job Creation, Microgrids, Net Zero Buiilding, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Retrofits, Rocky Mountain Institute, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

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