A Cheap & Easy Way To Reduce Carbon Emissions From Ships
Seabound, a startup in the UK, says its technology can capture the carbon dioxide in ship exhaust using quicklime.
Singapore’s Electric Vehicle Dreams Now Accelerating Faster
SINGAPORE — I landed in Singapore last June 25 to visit a solar farm in the middle of the city. As I left the airport to the city, riding in a Toyota Prius Hybrid which I booked on the Grab app, the first thing I noticed in the Terminal 3 … [continued]
Singapore’s Rooftop Solar Ambitions Are Expanding
Singapore keeps the sun shining on solar projects, despite the lack of land, by creatively managing where to “solarize.” In 2014, Singapore’s Housing and Development Board (HDB) and the Economic Development Board (EDB) launched their national blueprint for integrating solar energy on a massive scale. But not on much needed … [continued]
JET Charge & Australia’s EV Future
Yesterday, I sat down with JET Charge’s Head of Future Business, Kristian Handberg. He wanted to share his insights on what’s driving the EV market following Australia’s recent federal election. During our long phone interview (he is based in Melbourne, I am in Brisbane), he told me about the shifts … [continued]
Lawfare! How Courts & State Legislatures Influence Climate Action
The challenges to the climate protection provisions once promoted by the federal government are the subject of several lawsuits.
Buyer’s Remorse Redemption Tour For Tesla CEO Elon Musk
Desperate times call for desperate measures as Tesla CEO Elon Musk attempts to repair a badly damaged EV brand before it goes kaput.
Climate Communication Reimagined: Appealing Across Moral Foundations
Recently, while deeply engaged in energy transition scenario planning with TenneT for the Netherlands’ decarbonization by 2050, I found myself considering again the lessons of Jonathan Haidt’s 2012 book, The Righteous Mind, a book I recently read for the first time. Haidt’s insights into the moral foundations that underpin human … [continued]
US Not Ready To Give Up On Energy Storage — Yet
The first commercial application of a new, quinone-enabled flow battery system for long duration energy storage will take place at medical facility in California.
Solar Projects That Make Us Smile
Floating by are tangled roots and water lilies. Undulating floodwaters reflect the sky. Treetops drop giant peapods into the water. A few thatched huts, without walls and on stilts, are set just above the muddy water’s edge. It is a day trip for twenty Indigenous people in a traditional river … [continued]
Why Hydrogen Won’t Win The Zero-Carbon Steel Race
Recent adjustments to my projections for global steel demand through 2100, reflecting a significant slowdown in Chinese infrastructure and cement consumption, have sharpened my economic focus on competing new steelmaking technologies. With lower growth trajectories for steel firmly established, every ton produced in the coming decades will increasingly face stringent … [continued]
