Category: Climate change
Mea Culpa: Correcting The Ferry Battery Orderbook Still Leaves A Strong Electrification Story
For a few months now I have quoting a claim that 70% of ferries on order had batteries, based on reading the stat in what I considered a reliable site. After digging deeper into the orderbook and the denominator, I do not think that figure stands up, but the actual … [continued]
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From Beacon to Amber, Flywheels Missed the Grid
Amber Kinetics crossing my screen today was a reminder that electricity markets are littered with technologies that never quite die. Flywheels are one of those ideas. They are mechanically elegant, grounded in physics everyone understands, and they solve a real problem in principle. Store energy in a spinning mass, pull … [continued]
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Communities launch cleanup after severe weather and tornadoes churn across Midwest
At least 66 tornado reports were submitted across multiple states on Friday, according to the National Weather Service.
Sea Ice In Antarctica Was Expanding Until 2016. Then Everything Changed.
New data from submerged sensors is providing clues about why sea ice in Antarctica has declined markedly since 2016.
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Canada Wants High-Speed Rail. Megaproject Reality Wants a Word.
Canada’s revived high-speed rail (HSR) proposal deserves a serious hearing. It also deserves an outside-view assessment grounded in the history of rail megaprojects, not just the aspirations of sponsors and advocates. The current Alto proposal for a high-speed line between Toronto and Québec City is the most concrete Canadian version … [continued]
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