Using the energy in our car batteries to power our homes during emergencies and our electrical grid during times of peak usage has felt like the holy grail where electrical vehicles, renewable energy, and efficient buildings all intersect. In advance of a webinar my nonprofit is holding on this topic this week, I thought I’d ask one […]
Ocean plastic – marine ecosystems sustainably
World leaders are waking up to the ocean’s role in a healthy planet Fourteen nations have made an unprecedented and welcome commitment to use marine ecosystems sustainably. It is equally important to establish a system to hold them to account. For too long, the ocean and seas, 71% of Earth’s surface, have been under-represented at […]
Smart Grids
Smart Grids are electricity transmission systems that offer many potential improvements over the existing grid system, including increased reliability and reduced energy consumption. It is estimated that the Smart Grid market will be worth $100 billion in 2030. This edition of SciencePages focuses on how Smart Grids differ from our existing grid system and examines […]
The Vulcan Version 3.0 High‐Resolution Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions for the United States
by Kevin R. Gurney, Jianming Liang, Risa Patarasuk, Yang Song, Jianhua Huang, Geoffrey Roest The emission of greenhouse gases into the Earth atmosphere is driving climate change. The largest single emission category is the release of carbon dioxide from the combustion of fossil fuels. Cities account for roughly 70% of the global emissions of fossil […]
Engineering Group Sees Increase in Power Outages, Costs
Power outages — a key driver for microgrids — are becoming more frequent and costly, according to a report by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In this decade, there is a $135 billion “investment gap” for generation, $24.4 billion for transmission and $48.8 billion for the distribution system, the ASCE said in its […]