ChatGPT generated: Comparison of useful energy cost multipliers in Germany showing hydrogen and RFNBO fuels as structural multiples of electrification for freight and heating
The German Bundesrat’s recent plea to Brussels to double green hydrogen-based fuel quotas is less a bid to accelerate decarbonization than a request to manufacture demand for an infrastructure program that never made economic sense and had weak demand signals from the start. The upper chamber’s proposal to increase mandated … [continued]
The updates are projected to save Oregonians hundreds of dollars each month on utility bills SALEM, Ore. — Today, the Oregon Building Code Division’s Residential and Manufactured Structures Board (RMSB) voted to approve a package of updates to the state’s residential energy code, including a requirement that new homes be built … [continued]
All this year, we’ll be exploring the many reasons to love heat pump water heaters (HPWHs). Perhaps the top reason is that they save so much money on utility bills. In fact, besides heat pumps for space heating, HPWHs are the appliance with the most potential savings across all household … [continued]
If all US single-family homes adopted heat pumps, it would equal taking 32 million cars off the road. But we need to 10× the current adoption pace by 2030. In this latest episode of CleanTech Talk, Quilt CEO Paul Lambert explains how his team from Google, Apple, and Nest is … [continued]
Twenty-four locations have been documented in the DOE Office of Geothermal’s Geothermal Heat Pump Case Study Yearbook. Green pins indicate the most recently published case studies. Image by National Laboratory of the Rockies.
5 New Case Studies Add to Database of Geothermal Systems Installed Across the Nation By Becca Sweet, NLR The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Geothermal (OG) has published five new case studies on a variety of geothermal heating and cooling applications. These case studies, researched and written by the … [continued]
Last year we bought a combination washer and heat pump dryer and have been pretty impressed. Not only does the machine offer significant convenience where you put a load of clothes in and literally two hours later it is both washed and dried, it also uses a small amount of … [continued]
ChatGPT generated illustration showing electricity infrastructure held back by legacy taxes and levies, while gas appears cheaper due to lighter fiscal treatment rather than lower system cost
The leaked European Commission recommendation on electricity taxation landed quietly, but it said something that European energy policy has avoided stating plainly for decades. Electricity is still taxed and loaded with levies as if it were a polluting end product rather than the clean energy carrier Europe increasingly depends on … [continued]
ChatGPT generated infographic showing how a once-influential energy book is now misapplied using outdated assumptions about modern energy systems
I was scrolling through energy posts on LinkedIn recently and came across yet another argument for nuclear power that leaned heavily on David MacKay’s 2008 book Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air. It was presented as a decisive reference, as if the book still represented the state of the art … [continued]
A new aquifer thermal energy system in St. Paul, Minnesota promises to lower utility bills for residents by 50 percent or more.
Google Gemini generated this visualization of "Crocodile Economics," illustrating the widening jaw of decoupling where GDP growth rises while GHG emissions fall—a trend now present in economies comprising 90% of global GDP.
Being invited to participate in Ofgem’s eight-part Inside Energy podcast series available through their Youtube channel was an opportunity to step briefly inside the thinking of a regulator that sits at the center of the UK’s energy transition. Sharing an episode with Ofgem’s CEO Jonathan Brearley was a privilege, and … [continued]
