For the first time in 50 years, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a construction permit for a new type of nuclear test reactor. Kairos Power will be able to build their molten salt-cooled Hermes demonstration reactor in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
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The $245M bid to pull clean hydrogen straight from the earth Demand for carbon-free hydrogen is rising. Startup Koloma aims to extract the gas from underground geologic deposits — and it just raised a ton of venture funding.

www.canarymedia.com/articles/hyd...

More than metals and rare earths, geopolitical risks to cross border imbalance markets will need to be resolved

Excited to share a new paper in ES&T!

In short: using supercritical CO2 for geothermal heat extraction can support geologic CO2 storage while providing clean energy. 

Led by PhD student Lily Liu, with Ohio State and Michigan, and funding from the Sloan Foundation.

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To Ease Housing Crunch, Theme Parks Are Becoming Homebuilders Orlando, Florida, is on the front line of an industry trend as major employers like Universal and Disney look to close the area’s workforce housing gap.

Orlando, Florida, is on the front line of an industry trend as major employers like Universal and Disney look to close the area's workforce housing gap.

John Kerry to retire as top US climate negotiator The former presidential nominee and secretary of state will reportedly help Biden’s re-election campaign

John Kerry to retire as top US climate negotiator

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John Kerry preparing to leave Biden administration after next month's climate summit The climate envoy has hinted to colleagues that he has achieved all that can be reasonably accomplished.

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20221108_ClimateSmartFinance.pdf | IFRC The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is the world’s largest humanitarian network and is guided by seven Fundamental Principles: Humanity, impartiality, neutrality, in...

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Geopolitics of Cross-Border Electricity Grids — A working paper Amy Myers Jaffe, Ted Loch-Temzelides, and Chiara Lo Prete

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Battery storage in Ercot

FYI: Battery storage connected to California's grid (@California_ISO) is now over 13% of peak demand in (7 GW vs 52 GW peak). And they added 1 GW in November & December 2023 alone. This happened fast!

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MIT Technology Review @techreview just named heat pumps 1 of 10 breakthrough technologies for 2024.

Their potential is huge: heat pumps can cut 500m tonnes CO2 globally in 2030- as much as pulling all cars in Europe today off the roads.

www.technologyreview.com/2024/01/08/1...

What does 2024 have in store for energy? | Wood Mackenzie Curious about the future of energy in 2024? Join Ed Crooks and experts Amy Myers-Jaffe and Dr Melissa Lott as they discuss the influence of elections, COP events, and cutting-edge technologies like en...

My 2024 watchlist: Biden admin on LNG terminal approval process shifts; solid state batteries; Granular Certificate Trading Alliance for hourly clean energy recs; solid state batteries;China EVs; SEC re climate risk; 24 countries’ H2 strategies www.woodmac.com/podcasts/the...

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Geopolitics of Cross-Border Electricity Grids — A working paper Amy Myers Jaffe, Ted Loch-Temzelides, and Chiara Lo Prete

“much of the geopolitical analysis around energy transition has focused on supply chains for input metals and materials to clean tech”…we argue in new working paper that “Electricity sabotage represents a distinct but related concern” medium.com/nyuspscga/ge...

Saving the Panama Canal Will Take Years and Cost Billions, If It’s Even Possible A combination of climate change and infrastructure is to blame for critical shipping delays at the canal

A combination of climate change and infrastructure is to blame for critical shipping delays at the Panama Canal.

A controversial plan to fix the problem could cost billions and take years — if it's even possible

How Electricity Is Changing, Country by Country Renewable electricity is rising quickly, but the world’s power mix remains fossil fuel-heavy — for now.

Ny Times Interactive on global electricity mix www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A Battle Is Underway Over California’s Lucrative Dairy Biogas Market - Inside Climate News The state is considering changes to a program that has incentivized dairy biogas. Neighbors are pushing for an end to the subsidies.

Debate on dairy digester LCSF credits intensifies insideclimatenews.org/news/2812202...

US EV tax credits apply to most top selling models

Be of good cheer! | Wood Mackenzie On this episode of the Energy Gang, Ed Crooks is joined by Melissa Lott and Amy Myers Jaffe to reflect on the events and trends that have unfolded across the energy industry in 2023.

I discuss incredible progress of China’s EV sector on The Energy Gang www.woodmac.com/podcasts/the...

Wang Chuanfu, the driving force behind BYD’s rise The former professor has turned the Chinese carmaker into the world’s best-selling EV manufacturer within a decade

BYD firm to watch In 2024. Seeks 10% of global EV market www.ft.com/content/2252...

Be of good cheer! | Wood Mackenzie On this episode of the Energy Gang, Ed Crooks is joined by Melissa Lott and Amy Myers Jaffe to reflect on the events and trends that have unfolded across the energy industry in 2023.

On latest The Energy Gang I talk about growth in China’s EV sector and how BYD poised to be world’s largest seller www.woodmac.com/podcasts/the...

Biden admin unveils tax rules for ‘clean’ hydrogen The guidance for the 45V tax credit aims to cut emissions produced by the industry.

H2 rules : new clean electricity produced in the same region of a hydrogen facility. In 2028, eligible projects will need to match the electricity used to produce hydrogen with new clean electricity production on a strict hourly basis. www.eenews.net/articles/bid...

US electricity load growth forecast jumps 81% led by data centers, industry: Grid Strategies Data from FERC Form 714 shows grid planners expect nationwide power demand to grow 4.7% over the next five years compared with a previous estimate of 2.6%.

Grid Strategies report on new manufacturing and data centers to raise US electric demand worth a read www.utilitydive.com/news/electri...

By contrast Australia’s renewables push forcing coal closures www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Little progress on renewables transmission backlog n www.canarymedia.com/articles/tra...

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