Be Super Critical Of Supercritical CO2 Hype
By far the greatest user is the fossil fuel industry, and they want to multiply its use by orders of magnitude to perpetuate their business.
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Craziest Ever Wind Turbine Is Not So Crazy After All
The enemies of offshore wind energy are claiming a victory this week, but they are about to lose the war. Offshore projects are continuing to make progress in the US, and new low cost wind turbine innovations are also taking shape. In the latest example, the Wyoming startup Airloom Energy … [continued]
DNV/FT Grid Storage Report Is A Good Snapshot of Global Thinking
The 13 grid storage technologies should be five, and that’s why one of the biggest barriers to progress right now is confusion over the optimal technology to pick.
$70 Million in Research Training Opportunities for Students & Faculty from Historically Underrepresented Institutions
DOE’s RENEW Initiative Will Support 40 Minority-Serving Institutions, Including HBCUs and Hispanic-Serving Institutions, to Build a Diverse STEM Workforce
Neuralink & Elon Musk Want To Control Your Brain
The US FDA has given the go-ahead for Neuralink to begin testing its technology on humans. Will Elon Musk implant the tech in his own brain in the trials?
Australia’s New Net Zero Report Is A Study In Bad Assumptions & Wishful Thinking
Pretending that energy exports are going to double does Australia and Australians exactly zero favors.
Best-Selling Author Michele Wucker Talks Gray Rhinos, Climate Change, & Risk Empathy With Michael Barnard
Wucker’s work is much more read and attended to in Asia than in the west. Short-termism and individualism has reached its nadir in too much of US thinking.
Doomsday Clock Set At 90 Seconds To Midnight
This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.
Form Energy Picks Weirton, West Virginia, For Iron-Air Battery Factory
After vetting 500 possible sites, Form Energy has chosen a city in West Virginia to be the site of its first iron-air battery factory.
Since When Did Oak Ridge National Laboratory Get Into Racing?
When you think of Oak Ridge National Laboratory, your first thought probably isn’t race cars. If anything, you might inadvertently think of super secret nuclear stuff, but contrary to popular belief, that stuff doesn’t happen at Oak Ridge. It happens nearby at two other facilities: Y-12 and the East Tennessee … [continued]
