VOX recently released an interesting ideo explaining the challenges associated with decarbonising the US economy. The answer involves electrifying transportation, residential and commercial energy demand, and electricity generation. Electricity presents vast energy efficiency gains over incumbent energy vectors and the technology is available today. Check out the full video below:
Decarbonizing the U.S. power grid rapidly will cost $4.5 trillion, according to a new report from the energy consultancy and research firm Wood Mackenzie. For context, the 2018 U.S. military budget was $700 billion. A huge rollout of wind and solar power generation, a reinforced transmission network and the vast deployment of energy storage will be … Read more
The US Department of Energy (DoE) will back four companies’ development of technology to underpin wind turbines of up to 15MW for use on- and offshore. The DoE will commit funds to generator technology projects underway by GE, AMSC, ABB and WEG “that will facilitate the continued growth of wind turbines for both land-based tall … Read more
With the mayor’s signing of the Clean Energy D.C. Omnibus Act of 2018, Washington, D.C., has officially committed to transition to 100% renewable electricity by 2032. In addition to the requirement for electric utilities to source their supply from 100% renewable sources, the bill also does as follows: Increases fees on energy from sources including … Read more