Utilities are the new cool
GreenBiz
APRIL 9, 2020
Thriving in the age of climate change pivots around electricity, and that means electric utilities are at the center.
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GreenBiz
APRIL 9, 2020
Thriving in the age of climate change pivots around electricity, and that means electric utilities are at the center.
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves. There is an urgent, global need for building urban resilience to heat and, as usual, business has a key role to play. Over the past months, it has become clear that resilience strategies for COVID-19 in cities could help us approach other threats as well.
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ThinkGeoEnergy
JANUARY 13, 2025
Department of Energy (DOE) has published a new report that highlights pathways for the expansion of geothermal heating and cooling. The full report, “Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Geothermal Heating and Cooling,” can be accessed via this link. Click here to register for the webinar.
GreenBiz
MAY 24, 2021
When most people think about good design, they do not think about the speed of a sailfish, the strategy of serotinous pine cones or the resilience of a Joshua tree in the desert. Infinite Cooling. Much of the water used in industrial cooling towers at manufacturing sites or power plants leaves the facility as high-density water vapor.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 6, 2022
A planning application was submitted in August, which set out an ambitious sustainability agenda of climate resilience and Net Zero requirements, integrated into the design, including ultra-low carbon emissions, an acute focus on energy efficiency, insulation, on-site energy generation and zero use of fossil fuels in the running of the building.
ThinkGeoEnergy
JANUARY 22, 2025
By unlocking scalable geothermal heating and cooling as a resilient, always-on category of distributed clean energy, Bedrock aims to save billions of dollars for both property owners and utilities alike. Geothermal energy has incredible promise as an always-on, 24/7 carbon-free source of power and heating and cooling.
Greentown Labs
MARCH 19, 2025
Crawford sees evaporative cooling as a major market for NONA Technologies. The startups tech can remove sediments that build up in the cooled water, recycling 99 percent of it and drastically reducing the amount of new water facilities need to draw in. Demand for this application is growing as more AI-server cooling towers come online.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 11, 2023
This degree of resilience of green jobs has seen their share of the UK labour market increase to 2.3% (up from 2.2% in 2022 and 1.9%
GreenBiz
MARCH 25, 2021
In order to deliver its targets, Unilever said its priority was to decarbonize its use of heating and cooling, including removing HFCs — harmful greenhouse gas pollutants — from its refrigerants, having already achieve 100 percent renewable electricity across its business worldwide. Climate Summit later this year. It also has set up a $1.18
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 12, 2022
Cooling towers at Drax, North Yorkshire (image credit: Shutterstock.com / Phil Silverman). Like fossil fuels, burning biomass also requires huge amounts of water to be abstracted for cooling, increasing water stress at times of drought. Fossil fuel plants that use oil, gas, and coal, and that burn trees, use this water for cooling.
Front And Centered
APRIL 4, 2025
Rising outdoor temperatures and increased indoor cooling demands will only intensify the strain on household energy costs. Fully funding $125 million for 2025-27 is essential to sustaining these efforts, protecting lives and property, and ensuring long-term wildfire resilience across Washington.
GreenBiz
MARCH 30, 2021
And the shade they provide isn’t just good for picnics; trees absorb heat and release water vapor that cools the surrounding air. Forest Service estimates that trees reduce the energy consumption needed to cool homes in the U.S. by more than 7 percent. Heat is the biggest killer from [a] natural disaster perspective.".
GreenBiz
AUGUST 25, 2020
Battery packs contain components such as cooling, sensors and battery management systems that, if more open, could allow engineers and designers to optimize storage and layout for energy efficiency. If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that we are all much more resilient than we thought possible. Driving forward.
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
In the wake of California’s summer of wildfires, blackouts and planned outages, many consumers and businesses are clamoring for more resilient options. And those that need electricity for heating, cooling, and to keep food fresh." . How to value solar plus storage. Adam Aston. Tue, 11/03/2020 - 01:00.
Smart Energy International
MARCH 9, 2022
Honeywell and Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS) have agreed to jointly develop and deliver energy resiliency solutions to targeted U.S. Rooftop solar PV could reduce grid resilience, study finds Rethinking the energy grid: The evolution of mission-critical power. “A Have you read?
NRDC onEarth
JUNE 21, 2024
With record breaking temperatures taking a devastating toll on human health, the state of Uttar Predesh (UP) has prepared a long-term heat resilience plan.
Renewable Energy World
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
It’s time for Louisiana leadership to prioritize resilient solutions – solar photovoltaics paired with battery storage ( solar+storage ) paired with energy efficient housing – over continued fossil-fuel investment. Look to Resilient Power Solutions. Fossil-Fuel Failures. It’s time to look to alternatives.
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 27, 2025
Experts highlight that an integrated approach can streamline action for impact at scale for building resilience to extreme heat and providing access to sustainable cooling.
Grist
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Huaxin: the what Support: you haven’t been to the community resilience center in your town? And they may also be a key part of climate resilience. “Resilience is not just around surviving a disaster, it’s around thriving in our everyday lives.” The vision Support: this recipe is really good by the way.
ThinkGeoEnergy
APRIL 2, 2025
Geothermal heating and cooling company Dandelion Energy has announced a partnership with Lennar Corporation , one of the largest home construction companies in the United States. Homeowners in participating communities will enjoy the peace of mind that comes with a low-maintenance, resilient, and emissions-free heating and cooling solution.
Planet Pulse
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Addressing Urban Heat Islands to Promote Climate and Public Health Goals Mitigating the UHI effect not only addresses climate resilience (UN Sustainable Goal (SDG) 13: Climate Action) but also promotes health and well-being (SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being) by reducing the risks associated with high temperatures.
ThinkGeoEnergy
DECEMBER 11, 2024
The US Department of Energy , through the Geothermal Technologies Office ‘s (GTO) Community Geothermal Heating and Cooling Initiative is supporting five communities to install geothermal heating and cooling systems. Learn more about geothermal heating and cooling on GTOs website.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 14, 2022
NGET currently use batteries alongside diesel generators to provide backup power to a substation for key activities such as cooling fans, pumps, and lighting, enabling it to continue to perform its crucial role in the electricity transmission system. These systems provide NGET with the resilience to recover from a loss of supply event.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Battery storage is needed to support site-wide energy resilience, providing the power required at night when solar generation is not possible. Included in the 25-year concession agreement is the provision of renewable power, potable water, sustainable solid waste management, wastewater treatment and district cooling infrastructure.
Business Green
JUNE 30, 2021
Essentially, we need to plan further ahead than most policy makers' timelines to help the capital become more resilient to future environmental shocks. Environmental challenges need to be addressed, considering the long-term outcome and the response must shape future development.
ThinkGeoEnergy
FEBRUARY 12, 2025
When paired with these VRE sources, RTES produces a complete, reliable and resilient renewable energy solution. A reliable, resilient 24/7 electricity grid is closer to commerciality thanks to research and development in RTES and unique systems being developed, such as Teverras ResStor. Renewable Energy , 164 , 777790. link] NREL.
GreenTechMedia
MARCH 12, 2021
Then someone chimed in, “Demand response, EVs, flow batteries — those are cool subjects. Onshore and offshore wind will continue to be built, distributed generation will flourish, and new infrastructure such as microgrids will allow the grid to be more resilient and reliable. We are big, but boring.”
ThinkGeoEnergy
MAY 27, 2024
Geothermal heating and cooling projects in urban areas include fire stations, university campuses, a recreation center, a science and technology hub, and mixed-use neighborhood developments. The Geothermal Community District Heating Detailed Design Study will study the application of a geothermal exchange system for heating and cooling.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
Rewilding in cities could deliver a raft of environmental benefits, including enhanced climate change resilience through increased protection from flooding and heatwaves, reduced air pollution, biodiversity gains, and reduced environmental management costs.
The City Fix
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
In Brooklyn, one of New York City’s five boroughs, a new schoolyard features newly-planted native trees offering shade and bright playground equipment that sits adjacent to a track and turf field. Colorful murals celebrating the diversity of its Boreum Hill.
Smart Energy International
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The ability to remotely operate microgrids, says SDG&E in a release, offers real-time monitoring, faster response to grid events, more efficient energy storage management and enhanced grid resilience.
ThinkGeoEnergy
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
Geothermal energy is a renewable, stable, and carbon-neutral energy source, with estimates suggesting it could meet up to a quarter of Europes heating and cooling needs and up to 10% of its electricity demand. Amidst ongoing geopolitical uncertainties, strengthening Europes energy, sovereignty and sustainability has become a key priority.
ThinkGeoEnergy
MARCH 31, 2025
Currently serving more than 58 commercial and public sector customers and hundreds of households, the heating facility produces over 70GWh of energy a year, providing low-cost heating, hot water and in some instances, cooling to a variety of customers.
GreenTechMedia
JUNE 11, 2020
The energy storage industry's proposal would take $150 million from the roughly $460 million remaining for a particular class of customers the CPUC has designated for special treatment — a highly lucrative $1-per-watt-hour incentive for what are called “equity-resiliency” projects.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
I solemnly commit to do what is necessary, at the speed, scale and scope that is necessary, to ensure we don’t go back to a broken system — an overheating, divided, unequal world — and build a resilient, equitable, healthy world in its place. The goalposts have moved, but nowhere near fast or far enough. Further, faster.
GreenBiz
MARCH 31, 2021
For example, continuous cooling of plastics during injection molding can be precisely controlled using heat pumps. Industrial customers also may seek on-site distributed generation or storage for resilience, economic benefits and energy management — policies and regulations should support such investments.
ThinkGeoEnergy
JANUARY 13, 2025
Harnessing the geothermal energy of oil and gas fields The business of Gradient Geothermal (Gradient) can be briefly summarized as the deployment of modular, mobile geothermal units into oil fields to generate power and provide cooling services. When we bring fluid cooling into the models, then more wells and more opportunities come forward.
Charged
DECEMBER 10, 2024
The power cabinet can support up to ten outlets, and is compatible with liquid-cooled and air-cooled systems. As Electrive reports, Project EVs new charger was designed for high-demand charging environments such as commercial locations, large fleet operations and highway rest stops. million pounds in funding from the UK government.
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 30, 2020
The $36 million contract between Duke and Fort Bragg is designed to boost resilience and includes lighting and water upgrades, plus a 2 megawatt storage system tacked onto the solar project. It’s the largest such project ever announced in the Southeast, according to Wood Mackenzie. Assessing FPV’s potential.
GreenBiz
APRIL 15, 2021
This represents a cooling from the fourth quarter’s blockbuster 7.3 Combining energy storage with generation is a smart way to add value to renewable deployments, clean the grid and add resilience. Corporate renewable deals got off to a sleepy but respectable start in 2021, with the largest contracts from U.S.
ThinkGeoEnergy
JANUARY 15, 2024
The total budget for the thermal renewable energy program, which is part of the European Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan, is EUR 10.24 District heating and/or cooling micro-grid projects are also eligible.
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 2, 2021
Suddenly, it’s cool to be putting your money into the sector again. The first wave was all about the “coolness” of cleantech — thin-film solar, electric sports cars, printable batteries. She’s also the host of Watt It Takes , the entrepreneurship series about founders tackling climate change.
Mosaic
MARCH 21, 2024
What do EV chargers, solar panels, battery storage and electric heating and cooling systems have in common? Resiliency Integrated electric homes can help customers future-proof their homes against severe weather events. Lower utility costs Around 43% of a home utility bill comes from heating and cooling needs.
ThinkGeoEnergy
MARCH 21, 2025
By integrating a ground-source heat pump (GSHP) with other technologiescreating a hybrid heating and cooling systemwe can develop a more resilient and cost-effective solution for the ever-growing complexity of modern buildings. Space constraints, budget limitations, or both often add to the difficulty.
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