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Mea Culpa: Biomethanol Will Be A Major Shipping Fuel

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For the past week I’ve been working with a team of deep and broad experts in decarbonization in the Netherlands. The transmission system operator TenneT invited me and other experts to assist them with their Target scenario for 2050 to enable them to plan for transmission upgrades and space requirements … [continued]

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AugWind Energy To Install First Commercial-Scale AirBattery In Germany

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Augwind Energy, based in Israel, will build the “world’s first commercial-scale AirBattery system” in Germany. The battery will use compressed air stored in salt caverns to generate electricity. The AirBattery system can store enough compressed air to generate gigawatt-hours of electricity. The air is compressed using excess renewable electricity and … [continued]

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Island Community Explores Pathways To Strengthen Energy Reliability

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U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy to Communities Program Helped Edgartown, Massachusetts, Plan for a Microgrid To Support Municipal Buildings in Emergencies There is no bridge to the island of Martha’s Vineyard from mainland Massachusetts: If you want to get there, you have to take a ferry or plane. The island’s … [continued]

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Beyond CATF’s Biased Analysis: Why Firm Power Isn’t The Full Answer

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CATF recently published a report entitled Beyond LCOE: A Systems-Oriented Perspective for Evaluating Electricity Decarbonization Pathways advocating for a shift in how we evaluate energy technologies. At face value, their core criticism, that Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) alone does not capture the full economic complexity of integrating intermittent renewable … [continued]

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