Category: Climate change
OTEC Works. The Seawater Flow Is The Problem.
Ocean thermal energy conversion has an appealing proposition. Tropical oceans can have surface water around 25°C while water roughly a kilometre down is near 4°C to 5°C. Put a heat engine between the two reservoirs, use the warm water to vaporize a working fluid, run it through a turbine, condense … [continued]
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Residents push back at second town hall on UM computing center
Ypsilanti Township residents and leaders opposed a proposed University of Michigan computing center at a second town hall, citing noise and environmental concerns.
State will use $89 million in settlements from polluters to clean up Kalamazoo, Detroit rivers
The money will pay for removing toxic sediment and improving access to the rivers, while the state promotes swimming, fishing, and other activities.
Reach Stackers Look Like A Hydrogen Use Case. Ports Are Buying Batteries.
A reach stacker looks like exactly the sort of machine batteries should struggle with. Large models can weigh more than 70 tonnes before picking anything up, then lift loaded shipping containers weighing another 40 tonnes or more several rows deep and several containers high. They work in busy freight terminals … [continued]
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NRDC: Trump administration’s fuel economy rollback is “get out of jail free” card for automakers
Environmental groups are lambasting the Trump administration’s decision this week to issue a final rule that dramatically rolls back the Biden administration’s fuel economy standards.