Beyond Biofuel: Fighting Climate Change With “Best-Of-Breed” (CT Exclusive Interview)
Nope, biofuel ain’t dead yet. A new global collaboration has just launched with the aim of halving the carbon intensity of transportation fuels.
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Peter Thiel Might Not Like Gawker, But He Loves Energy Storage… And Donald Trump
Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel has been in the news lately, for reasons that have nothing to do with energy storage and much to do with Gawker Media — but he does have an energy storage trick up his sleeve.
Canada Moves Closer To Mass Adoption Of Biojet
Originally published on the ECOreport. Air Canada’s announcement that it will use 400,000 liters of sustainable aviation biofuel (biojet) at Montréal-Trudeau Airport is much more significant than the amount of fuel being used. “To date, the majority of biojet has been used in direct to wing fueling. The significance of this … [continued]
Solar News, Electric Car News, Wind News: Cleantech & Green News Roundup
Below are some great articles and interesting news from around the interwebs, to complement CleanTechnica‘s obsessive coverage. Enjoy. Highlight Article Almost Everything You Know About Climate Change Solutions Is Outdated, Part 1 Almost everything you know about climate change solutions is outdated, for several reasons. First, climate science and climate politics … [continued]
More Than 150 Companies Now Signed Up To Science-Based Targets Initiative
More than 150 companies have now signed up to the Science Based Target initiative, committing to set emissions reduction targets. The Science Based Targets initiative announced this week, on the eve of the Climate Action Summit in Washington, DC, that a total of 155 companies have now committed to set … [continued]
How Ivanpah Raised Its Performance In Its Second Year
In 2015, PG&E customers received about 97% of Ivanpah’s contracted electrons, which is a massive improvement over its first year. But this raises a question: Source: SEC/EIA data Unit 1, Unit 3 What exactly were the engineering challenges at Ivanpah – and why did they take a year to solve? To find out, I spoke with engineering experts at NRG, … [continued]
Newly Released Data Indicates Ivanpah Gas is Under 5%
The use of gas for generation at the world’s largest direct steam solar tower has never exceeded 5 percent, according to newly released data from NRG and confirmed by EIA and the California Energy Commission (CEC). Data Source: EIA, NRG At the 377 MW Ivanpah CSP project, the use of natural gas is limited … [continued]
Clean Tech Jobs For The Week Of April 1, 2016
The top clean tech jobs for this week include listings for a licensed journeyman for a solar company, a site design specialist at Tesla Energy, a field installation team leader for an energy storage company, a community solar sales and marketing manager, a renewable energy loan administration specialist, and more. … [continued]
CPUC Gets It Right: PG&E Can Keep Its Ivanpah Contract
A completely innovative technology that is one of the keys to slowing climate change was today allowed by the CPUC to fine-tune energy production. The decision results in no harm to ratepayers. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved PG&E’s December 18 request for a Forbearance Agreement for Ivanpah Units … [continued]
Clean Tech Jobs For The Week Of March 4, 2016
The top clean tech jobs for this week include listings for several solar energy sales specialists, a climate program officer for clean energy, a solar project manager, an energy efficiency senior manager, a financial analyst for an energy company, and more. As part of our collaboration with other projects within … [continued]
