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Green news- What climate comedians can teach us about storytellingClimate isn't exactly a natural setup-punchline subject, but these two comics have built careers making it funny. The post What climate comedians can teach us about storytelling appeared first on Trellis.
- Employee retirement plans are the next frontier for corporate decarbonization For sustainability leaders searching for the next frontier of corporate decarbonization, addressing employee demands for carbon-free investments is a fiduciary responsibility. The post Employee retirement plans are the next frontier for corporate decarbonization appeared first on Trellis.
- SBTi’s shift on electricity decarbonization attracts praise and criticismThe organization’s corporate net-zero revision requires companies to set separate targets for Scope 2 emissions. The post SBTi’s shift on electricity decarbonization attracts praise and criticism appeared first on Trellis.
- Jet fuel made from captured carbon begins to flow from new plantMicrosoft and Shopify are among the buyers of credits from Alaska Airlines, one of the first carriers to use the new fuel from startup Twelve. The post Jet fuel made from captured carbon begins to flow from new plant appeared first on Trellis.
- How autonomous vehicles can move EV policy forwardElectric AVs make perfect sense as fleet vehicles: they can be charged at a central location, and they’ll be cheaper to operate over the long term. The post How autonomous vehicles can move EV policy forward appeared first on Trellis.
- What climate comedians can teach us about storytelling
Daily Archives: 24/12/2014
Battery Storage with Solar PV: The Next Logical Step
With solar installations continuing to grow in the residential, commercial and utility segments, one of the biggest criticisms of solar technology — that it is an intermittent source of power and does not generate electricity once the sun has set — is now coming up against the benefits and values of combining battery storage with solar PV systems. Combining banks of batteries with solar systems has primarily been an application occurring in the off grid market for those buyers living in more remote areas who have not had access to centralized electricity grid service.
The market for combining battery storage with solar has historically remained small due to, among other things, a lack of integration of varying parts of solar with storage systems. Another reason for the market’s small size is the belief that electricity pricing from electric utilities will remain reasonable and power from the grid will remain reliable. Continue reading
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Enel Moves Hybrid Renewables Forward Again with World’s First Biomass and Geothermal Project
Italy’s Enel Green Power is entrenching itself as a global leader in hybrid renewables engineering and construction with another announcement of a global first. In November, the company revealed that it would build a €15 million, 5-MW biomass plant to boost the Cornia 2 geothermal plant’s 13-MW capacity in Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, Tuscany, as “the first plant in the world to use biomass to heat geothermal steam and boost the energy efficiency and output of the geothermal cycle.” Continue reading
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