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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

Jigar Shah’s big idea for getting rooftop solar and… | Canary Media

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 30, 2021 by stlaneNovember 30, 2021

How the DOE could marshal its loan guarantees to decarbonize the grid and boost energy equity in one fell swoop. Can a government program created to back industrial-scale energy infrastructure help get efficient smart appliances and solar-battery systems into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Building, Carbon, Commercial Building, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Job Creation, Net Zero Buiilding, Permaculture, Renewable Energy, Residential Building, Resilience, Retrofits, Smart Growth, Solar Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

San Antonio to Combat ‘Climate Emergency’ with New Action Plan

SustainableSA.com Posted on November 4, 2019 by stlaneNovember 4, 2019

One of America’s highest Latino-populated cities now has a strategy to address the climate crisis. Earlier this month, the San Antonio (64% Latino) City Council passed Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) by a 10-1 vote. It outlines objectives that … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Circular Economy, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food Security, Net Zero Buiilding, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Transportaton, Utilities, Water, Wildlife | Leave a reply

Fee-dividend climate plan right balance

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 10, 2019 by stlaneOctober 28, 2019

How to solve the political paradox of climate change? While most Americans accept that man-made climate change is real, they are divided about what to do in response to it and how urgently to take action. Recent polling from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

New Solar + Battery Price Crushes Fossil Fuels, Buries Nuclear

SustainableSA.com Posted on July 10, 2019 by stlaneJuly 24, 2019

Los Angeles Power and Water officials have struck a deal on the largest and cheapest solar + battery-storage project in the world, at prices that leave fossil fuels in the dust and may relegate nuclear power to the dustbin. Later … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, New Tech, Renewable Energy, 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

Where Batteries are Replacing Power Plants

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 22, 2019 by stlaneJuly 24, 2019

A curious thing recently happened in Southern California. One of the largest utilities in the country scrapped a proposal to build a new peaker plant, opting instead to build a battery system that could store excess electricity from solar and … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency Metrics, Energy Policy, Energy Storage, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Fossil Fuels, New Tech, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Just Add Water: New Salt Battery Could Help Spell the End of Fossil Fuels

SustainableSA.com Posted on May 21, 2019 by stlaneMay 21, 2019

This groundbreaking new project in Germany is testing the use of salt as an ingredient for a fossil fuel-free future.

The Reuter power plant in Berlin recently launched a new system of technology that is using calcium oxide, also known as quicklime, to store heat for long periods of time.

Germany already has the renewable energy capacity to power more than half of the country, but since many green energy sources are dependent on consistent weather conditions, the nation is forced to continue using fossil fuels as backup energy sources.

Quicklime, on the other hand, generates large amounts of heat when it is simply exposed to water.

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Posted in Alternative Fuels, Batteries & Clean Energy Storage, Cool Tech, CPS Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Net Zero Buiilding, Resilience, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities, Water | Leave a reply

Power-Hungry Texas Oil Drillers Get a Little Help From Solar

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 5, 2019 by stlaneApril 10, 2019

Texas, home to the world’s largest oil reserve and America’s biggest source of coal-fired power, is on the verge of a clean-energy boom. Wind already supplies about 15 percent of Texas’s electricity, and now developers are about to quadruple the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, Carbon, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Investing & Finance, Job Creation, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Solar, Solar Energy, Total Cost of 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

Progress and Sustainability Are Intertwined

SustainableSA.com Posted on February 19, 2019 by stlaneFebruary 2, 2023

History shows whale blubber and buggy whips were once fine industries but progress moved us to better things. And through progress today we know the days are well over of a false choice between environmental protection and economic growth. Similarly, … Continue reading →

Posted in City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Fossil Fuels, Job Creation, Opportunity Cost & Losses, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Smart Growth, Sustainability, Total Cost of Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

How Rural States Are Leading the Clean Energy Revolution

SustainableSA.com Posted on January 27, 2019 by stlaneMay 27, 2019

In rural communities struggling with limited job growth and a roughly 40 percent net decline in farm incomes since 2011, wind and solar royalties have dramatically boosted economic development. In 2017 alone, farmers and ranchers received $267 million in wind … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alternative Fuels, Carbon, Economic Development, Job Creation, Living Wage, Pollution, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Smart Growth, Solar, Solar Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

For San Antonio’s Water and Energy Utilities, Collaboration Leads to Conservation

SustainableSA.com Posted on October 12, 2018 by stlaneOctober 12, 2018

Great article at The Rivard Report on the excellent steps toward building smarter more efficient electric and water grids! Is it time to look at how SAWS and CPS can partner to install water pipes that generate electricity? Portland did … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Energy Efficiency, Resilience, Smart Grid/Networked Grid, Utilities, Water | 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 ranks 6th in U.S. solar

SustainableSA.com Posted on April 9, 2018 by stlaneApril 9, 2018

The Alamo City — which was in eighth place last year — now has 161 megawatts of direct current solar power installed, according to the latest Shining Cities report from Environment America. The numbers are through the end of 2017. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative Fuels, City Planning & Urban Development, CPS Energy, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Job Creation, Renewable Energy, Resilience, Solar, Solar Energy, Utilities | Leave a reply

Meet the Satellites That Can Pinpoint Methane and Carbon Dioxide Leaks – Scientific American

SustainableSA.com Posted on March 14, 2018 by stlaneMarch 14, 2018

We have many ways of measuring methane and CO2 levels. When we measure it we can manage it…if we really want to know and manage it. Polluters can’t hide anymore. Source: Meet the Satellites That Can Pinpoint Methane and Carbon … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Carbon, City Planning & Urban Development, Climate Change, Cool Tech, Doing Something, Economic Development, Energy Policy, Environmental Protection Policy & Regulation, Food Security, Fossil Fuels, Pollution, Resilience, Sustainability Metrics, Total Cost of Energy, Uncategorized, Utilities, Water | 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

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