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Ripley horticulturalists go green for March meeting
The Ripley and District Horticultural Society (RDHS) embraced St. Patrick’s Day celebrations at the March 17 meeting with most participants sporting green clothing and accessories. Passersby could be forgiven for thinking the Ripley-Huron Community Centre had been invaded by leprechauns as about two dozen participants were rather short in stature but large in enthusiasm. Vice-president […]
The northern Michigan ice storm battered the electric grid. Is burying power lines the solution?
It’s been a year since the devastating ice storm. Poles and wires have since been replaced, but some residents wonder whether it makes more sense to bury them out of the reach of increasingly damaging snow, wind and ice.
Armstrong Templok Shows Potential For Thermal Energy Storage With Phase Change Materials
While exploring the exhibits at the New York Build Expo, I came across the Armstrong booth. Initially, nothing particularly interesting stood out. It just looked like traditional acoustic ceiling tiles. However, I asked if they had anything new and relevant to clean technology, and they pointed me to their new … [continued]
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From Fuel Shock to Financial Stability in Hawaiʻi
Iran and the Strait of Hormuz are not abstractions for Hawaiʻi. They are a reminder that the state still buys its energy from global fuel markets it does not control. The International Energy Agency described 2022 as the first truly global energy crisis, and recent reporting on the Gulf shock … [continued]
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Beyond Generation: The Grid Innovations Hawaiʻi Needs Next
Naturally, just when Hawaiʻi’s decarbonization pathway starts to look complete, another chapter occurs to me. After the generation mix, the island-by-island resource story, the transport implications, and the logic of electrification, what remains is the part of the energy transition that fossil systems used to provide almost by accident. Hawaiʻi … [continued]
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