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Climate Change, Capitalism And Nuclear Power -- The Closing Of Duane Arnold

Jim Conca

NextEra Energy will close Iowa’s only nuclear plant in 2020. Officials say closing the nuclear plant will save as much as $42/year in savings for residential customers. What? Save $42 to lose 5 billion kWhs of carbon-free electricity by building gas plants, or to spend $2 billion on new wind farms?

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Why There Won't Be A 'Nest For Water'.

Varuna

With news yesterday that Google is finally figuring out how to fully integrate Nest products into its hardware suite of products (lovely ad below), I thought it would be a good time to dig into a thesis I have about the water industry. I believe the things that worked for Nest will not work for most of the hardware startups that are trying to ‘ catch lightning in a bottl e’ for the water utility industry.

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Solar Panels & Home Battery Storage Can Help Mitigate Wildfire Impacts

Sunrun

What is the Problem? As extreme weather events are increasingly common and destructive across the U.S., the impact of wildfires on electricity distribution has become a prominent problem. In Western states, the wildfire season is noticeably longer. Fires that can forever change public lands and destroy private property occur nearly year-round. Plus, these harrowing wildfires are much more frequent and larger over the past few decades.1,2 In upcoming years, such climate change effects are anticip

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WCS Speed Mentorship • 4/1/21

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

April 1, 2021. 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM PST. Virtual Event. Register. Cleantech Entrepreneurs Sharing Insights and Advice. About this Event. Register by March 30th to receive your mentor assignments before the event! Member Notes: This event is complimentary for all WCS members. Look for the promo code in your WCS Members’ list email. Refer to the membership options here.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Why There Won’t Be A ‘Nest For Water’.

Seyi Fabode

“Nest” by Eric Fields is licensed under CC BY-ND 4.0 With news yesterday that Google is finally figuring out how to fully integrate Nest products into its hardware suite of products (lovely ad below), I thought it would be a good time to dig into a thesis I have about the water industry. I believe the things that worked for Nest will not work for most of the hardware startups that are trying to ‘ catch lightning in a bottl e’ for the water utility industry.

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What Utilities Can Learn, About Decision Making, From The Police.

Varuna

Quality issues tend to fan out within the distribution system of most water utilities. It never truly starts or belongs in one place. That would be too easy. With the zebra mussel problem in Austin TX in Q1 of 2019 , residents had to call in to inform the utility of where they lived and what the condition of their water was when they smelled the foul odor coming out of their taps.

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Metrus Energy: Sales Director

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Location: San Francisco Bay Area. This individual will be responsible for generating sales of new projects and helping drive the growth of Metrus’ energy and water efficiency pipeline. The Business Development Director will help recruit channel partners as well as generate increased project volume from the company’s existing energy services company (ESCO), contractor and utility partners.

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What Utilities Can Learn, About Decision Making, From The Police.

Seyi Fabode

<a href=” [link] ">Designed by macrovector / Freepik</a> Quality issues tend to fan out within the distribution system of most water utilities. It never truly starts or belongs in one place. That would be too easy. With the zebra mussel problem in Austin TX in Q1 of 2019 , residents had to call in to inform the utility of where they lived and what the condition of their water was when they smelled the foul odor coming out of their taps.

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Metrus Energy: Sales Director

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Location: San Francisco Bay Area. This individual will be responsible for generating sales of new projects and helping drive the growth of Metrus’ energy and water efficiency pipeline. The Business Development Director will help recruit channel partners as well as generate increased project volume from the company’s existing energy services company (ESCO), contractor and utility partners.

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