Energy storage
Intersect Power to build $837M worth of grid batteries in Texas
The three Texas battery installations are expected to be up and running in 2024, helping provide more capacity to the state’s booming storage market.
By Jeff St. John .
Clean industry
Green steel
Cleaner steelmaking is actually starting to happen
A new report is “cautiously optimistic” about global efforts to decarbonize iron and steel production. But a rise in coal-based steelmaking threatens that progress.
By Maria Gallucci .
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Clean industry
Rondo's heat batteries will soon be cleaning up factories in US, Europe
Storing clean electricity as heat could help decarbonize heavy industry and balance the grid — if the technology can prove itself in real-world conditions.By Jeff St. John .
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Clean industry
In a first, a solar microgrid will directly power an industrial plant
Timet’s facility in West Virginia will use solar and batteries to make titanium products. The durable metal is used in everything from airplanes to pacemakers.By Maria Gallucci .
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Clean industry
Chart: Aluminum has a big CO2 problem. Here’s how to clean it up
To hit global climate goals, carbon emissions from aluminum production have to drop 92 percent by 2050. Step one? Building a ton of clean energy.By Carrie Klein .
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Climatetech finance
This MIT-backed fund wants to solve the toughest climate problems
The Engine Ventures just raised $400M to help fill the vast funding gap for “tough tech” companies, including firms working to decarbonize heavy industries.By Maria Gallucci .
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Clean industry
How heat pumps can turn wasted energy into low-carbon whisky
A century-old Scottish distillery has halved its CO2 emissions with waste-heat recovery tech. Others could follow suit — if regulations and economics align.By Jeff St. John .
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Clean industry
Southern California adopts landmark rule to electrify industrial heat
The effort will slash emissions from more than 1 million boilers and water heaters over the next decade. Advocates hope other regions will follow suit.By Maria Gallucci .
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Clean aluminum
New Zealand has a surprising tool to boost its grid: an aluminum plant
Making aluminum requires lots of power. Rio Tinto struck a new deal to deliver demand response and boost clean energy use at its Tiwai Point smelter.By Maria Gallucci .
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Clean industry
Sublime Systems’ low-carbon cement goes commercial
The startup’s cement is made using electricity instead of fossil fuels. Now the company is working to get contractors and construction crews to use it.By Jeff St. John .
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Clean industry
Chart: Which sectors are the biggest industrial emitters in the US?
Industry is set to become the country's largest source of CO2 emissions, largely driven by chemical manufacturing and oil and gas refining.By Maria Gallucci .
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