https://cleantechnica.com/author/mikebarnard/ Clean Tech News & Views: EVs, Solar Energy, Batteries Sun, 28 May 2023 17:34:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2 https://cleantechnica.com/files/2013/07/ct-favicon-50x50.png https://cleantechnica.com/author/mikebarnard/ 32 32 13821326 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/26/methanol-ammonia-tell-a-good-shipping-fuel-story-but-stop-before-the-tragic-finale/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/26/methanol-ammonia-tell-a-good-shipping-fuel-story-but-stop-before-the-tragic-finale/#respond Fri, 26 May 2023 23:35:52 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=296504 In sales pitches for methanol and ammonia for maritime fuels, the numbers don't add up, and the omissions are glaring.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/26/methanol-ammonia-tell-a-good-shipping-fuel-story-but-stop-before-the-tragic-finale/feed/ 0 296504 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/26/no-there-wont-be-nuclear-powered-commercial-shipping-this-time-either/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/26/no-there-wont-be-nuclear-powered-commercial-shipping-this-time-either/#respond Fri, 26 May 2023 17:35:32 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=296410 Nuclear for commercial ships is so obviously flawed from a business perspective that I didn't even bother to include it in my quadrant chart of sexy vs impractical maritime decarbonization technologies.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/26/no-there-wont-be-nuclear-powered-commercial-shipping-this-time-either/feed/ 0 296410 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/24/what-do-battery-energy-density-improvements-really-mean-for-trucks-ships-planes/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/24/what-do-battery-energy-density-improvements-really-mean-for-trucks-ships-planes/#respond Wed, 24 May 2023 17:35:13 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=296199 The future of all ground transportation and an awful lot of aviation and marine shipping being electric, low-carbon, quieter, and a lot less smelly is within reach. It would be rude not to reach out and grab it with both hands.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/24/what-do-battery-energy-density-improvements-really-mean-for-trucks-ships-planes/feed/ 0 296199 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/23/the-pathways-to-biofuels-a-survey-of-why-we-should-stop-fretting/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/23/the-pathways-to-biofuels-a-survey-of-why-we-should-stop-fretting/#respond Tue, 23 May 2023 18:35:58 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=296149 We have enough waste biomass feedstock to fulfill all of our transportation needs, and the market and a bunch of bright people will figure out which ones are cheapest and lowest impact.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/23/the-pathways-to-biofuels-a-survey-of-why-we-should-stop-fretting/feed/ 0 296149 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/18/clean-condo-life-taking-heat-pumps-to-my-vertical-villages-council/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/18/clean-condo-life-taking-heat-pumps-to-my-vertical-villages-council/#respond Thu, 18 May 2023 20:50:58 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=295871 Clean condo life is messy. It takes time. There’s conflict involved sometimes. Emotions can run high. These are our homes we’re talking about, after all.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/18/clean-condo-life-taking-heat-pumps-to-my-vertical-villages-council/feed/ 0 295871 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/in-the-age-of-chatgpt-what-is-reality-does-it-matter-to-cleantech/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/in-the-age-of-chatgpt-what-is-reality-does-it-matter-to-cleantech/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 22:35:37 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=295755 Don't blame ChatGPT for some humans being venal con artists or deluded fabulists, and don't blame it for other people buying into the nonsense.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/in-the-age-of-chatgpt-what-is-reality-does-it-matter-to-cleantech/feed/ 0 295755 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/clean-condo-life-heat-pumps-are-great-but-adding-them-to-condos-requires-care-in-installation/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/clean-condo-life-heat-pumps-are-great-but-adding-them-to-condos-requires-care-in-installation/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 19:35:30 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=295613 As a resident of a condo without central air conditioning, I’ve been feeling the harsh effects of climate change, particularly during the sweltering summers. With climate change, population growth, and urbanization being the key megatrends, it’s clear that air conditioning is transitioning from a luxury to a necessity. For instance, in my Vancouver condo, the […]]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/clean-condo-life-heat-pumps-are-great-but-adding-them-to-condos-requires-care-in-installation/feed/ 0 295613 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/the-power-of-spin-how-old-mechanical-solutions-are-ensuring-modern-grid-stability/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/the-power-of-spin-how-old-mechanical-solutions-are-ensuring-modern-grid-stability/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 18:35:18 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=295476 The combination of technical, market and regulatory innovation sometimes brings old technical solutions back to life. Such is the case for synchronous condensers it seems.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/the-power-of-spin-how-old-mechanical-solutions-are-ensuring-modern-grid-stability/feed/ 0 295476 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/clean-condo-life-getting-heat-pumps-for-buildings-without-a-c/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/clean-condo-life-getting-heat-pumps-for-buildings-without-a-c/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 10:50:42 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=295598 Heat pumps are added to condos all the time, increase the sales value, can save you a bit of money in the wintertime, and will give you blessed comfort on hot days in the summer.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/clean-condo-life-getting-heat-pumps-for-buildings-without-a-c/feed/ 0 295598 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/what-drives-this-madness-on-hydrogen/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/what-drives-this-madness-on-hydrogen/#respond Tue, 16 May 2023 05:00:29 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=295716 As Liebreich says, it will take until 2030 for the hype to die down, because that's how long it takes to deprogram a cult. ]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/16/what-drives-this-madness-on-hydrogen/feed/ 0 295716 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/15/clean-condo-life-adapting-existing-buildings-to-a-changing-climate/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/15/clean-condo-life-adapting-existing-buildings-to-a-changing-climate/#respond Mon, 15 May 2023 16:35:31 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=295640 It takes work. It takes planning. It takes time. It takes a bunch of people agreeing. It takes someone to recognize the problem, admit to themselves that they have to help solve them, and start moving the ball forward.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/15/clean-condo-life-adapting-existing-buildings-to-a-changing-climate/feed/ 0 295640 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/11/some-gas-utilities-are-leading-the-way-into-the-future-others-are-actively-in-reverse/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/11/some-gas-utilities-are-leading-the-way-into-the-future-others-are-actively-in-reverse/#respond Thu, 11 May 2023 18:55:56 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=295301 The pockets of the future are small towns in Europe and Australia, while an oil and gas giant in India is pushing vastly more soon-to-be stranded assets into the ground.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/11/some-gas-utilities-are-leading-the-way-into-the-future-others-are-actively-in-reverse/feed/ 0 295301 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/09/europes-transit-firms-realize-china-is-the-only-scaled-manufacturer-of-low-carbon-solutions/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/09/europes-transit-firms-realize-china-is-the-only-scaled-manufacturer-of-low-carbon-solutions/#respond Tue, 09 May 2023 20:15:50 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=295186 Europeans aren't shying away from Chinese electric buses, they are just adopting them incredibly slowly. Meanwhile, a Nigerian firm has partnered with Yutong to deliver 12,000 electric buses.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/09/europes-transit-firms-realize-china-is-the-only-scaled-manufacturer-of-low-carbon-solutions/feed/ 0 295186 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/08/gas-utilities-are-facing-the-heat-death-of-their-business-models-we-need-to-help-them/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/08/gas-utilities-are-facing-the-heat-death-of-their-business-models-we-need-to-help-them/#respond Mon, 08 May 2023 19:55:35 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=294832 Entire isolation sub-networks can be decommissioned and made safe, and all the costs associated with them removed from the utility's books.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/08/gas-utilities-are-facing-the-heat-death-of-their-business-models-we-need-to-help-them/feed/ 0 294832 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/08/alberta-burns-due-to-climate-change-fueled-wildfires-yet-provincial-government-media-refuse-to-mention-it/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/08/alberta-burns-due-to-climate-change-fueled-wildfires-yet-provincial-government-media-refuse-to-mention-it/#respond Mon, 08 May 2023 12:25:20 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=295072 My heart is with the Albertans who are displaced by these terrible fires. But my heart is not with the fossil industry of Alberta and its enablers.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/08/alberta-burns-due-to-climate-change-fueled-wildfires-yet-provincial-government-media-refuse-to-mention-it/feed/ 0 295072 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/05/what-would-the-impact-to-gdp-be-if-the-social-cost-of-carbon-was-included/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/05/what-would-the-impact-to-gdp-be-if-the-social-cost-of-carbon-was-included/#respond Fri, 05 May 2023 11:05:07 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=294667 Recently I pointed out that with Canada’s current social cost of carbon, the impacts of our oil, gas, and coal industries, about $250 billion CAD annually, are $85 billion CAD more than the annual revenues of those industries. We seem to be subsidizing climate destruction quite a bit. I also pointed out that Australia had […]]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/05/what-would-the-impact-to-gdp-be-if-the-social-cost-of-carbon-was-included/feed/ 0 294667 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/04/use-this-filter-of-business-model-red-flag-tests-to-assess-cool-new-cleantech/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/04/use-this-filter-of-business-model-red-flag-tests-to-assess-cool-new-cleantech/#respond Thu, 04 May 2023 19:35:05 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=294550 In this part of a series of articles on the simple tests I quickly apply to new technologies and firms that cross my screen, I’m going to focus on business model red flags. As a reminder, there are three categories I look at, technology, business model, and marketing, each with their own nuances. None of […]]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/04/use-this-filter-of-business-model-red-flag-tests-to-assess-cool-new-cleantech/feed/ 0 294550 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/04/use-this-filter-of-marketing-red-flag-tests-to-assess-cool-new-cleantech/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/04/use-this-filter-of-marketing-red-flag-tests-to-assess-cool-new-cleantech/#respond Thu, 04 May 2023 17:35:39 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=294622 When I look at new technologies and new firms claiming to be the greatest thing since sliced Jamon Iberico, I have a set of questions I ask automatically to see how likely they are to be a viable and going concern, whether to invest more attention, and where. These are easy and quick questions to […]]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/04/use-this-filter-of-marketing-red-flag-tests-to-assess-cool-new-cleantech/feed/ 0 294622 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/03/technology-red-flags-what-accessible-tests-can-you-apply-to-cleantech-innovations/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/03/technology-red-flags-what-accessible-tests-can-you-apply-to-cleantech-innovations/#respond Wed, 03 May 2023 19:35:07 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=294517 None of these red flags by themselves make a company, a product, or a purported solution a guaranteed failure or an outright scam. But the more red flags pop up, the less likely something is to be something worth bothering with.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/03/technology-red-flags-what-accessible-tests-can-you-apply-to-cleantech-innovations/feed/ 0 294517 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/02/japans-culture-of-consensus-means-its-slithering-into-hydrogens-10x-energy-cost-economy/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/02/japans-culture-of-consensus-means-its-slithering-into-hydrogens-10x-energy-cost-economy/#respond Tue, 02 May 2023 18:15:38 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=294244 Japan will either figure it out or suffer the consequences of being completely unable to compete internationally and see their economy collapse to the point that they can't afford to import energy any more.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/02/japans-culture-of-consensus-means-its-slithering-into-hydrogens-10x-energy-cost-economy/feed/ 0 294244 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/01/towing-electric-planes-to-increase-range-im-not-convinced-but-its-interesting/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/01/towing-electric-planes-to-increase-range-im-not-convinced-but-its-interesting/#respond Mon, 01 May 2023 17:05:38 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=294064 Magpie's solution is one of what is now a toolkit of solutions for decarbonizing aviation.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/05/01/towing-electric-planes-to-increase-range-im-not-convinced-but-its-interesting/feed/ 0 294064 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/28/australias-new-net-zero-report-is-a-study-in-bad-assumptions-wishful-thinking/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/28/australias-new-net-zero-report-is-a-study-in-bad-assumptions-wishful-thinking/#respond Fri, 28 Apr 2023 11:05:30 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=293896 Pretending that energy exports are going to double does Australia and Australians exactly zero favors.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/28/australias-new-net-zero-report-is-a-study-in-bad-assumptions-wishful-thinking/feed/ 0 293896 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/27/canada-pays-85-billion-higher-social-carbon-price-than-oil-gas-revenues/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/27/canada-pays-85-billion-higher-social-carbon-price-than-oil-gas-revenues/#respond Thu, 27 Apr 2023 22:05:24 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=293884 Our children and their children and their children's children will be paying that price.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/27/canada-pays-85-billion-higher-social-carbon-price-than-oil-gas-revenues/feed/ 0 293884 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/25/is-green-hydrogen-always-green/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/25/is-green-hydrogen-always-green/#respond Tue, 25 Apr 2023 19:01:31 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=293453 Governments shouldn't be rewarding firms that are actually emitting more CO2e just because they are making hydrogen.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/25/is-green-hydrogen-always-green/feed/ 0 293453 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/24/us-trucking-lobby-group-ignores-battery-ev-charging-improvements-in-congress/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/24/us-trucking-lobby-group-ignores-battery-ev-charging-improvements-in-congress/#respond Mon, 24 Apr 2023 20:05:38 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=293557 Electrification of US trucking is an amazing strategic advantage, but you'd never know it listening to the American Trucking Association.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/24/us-trucking-lobby-group-ignores-battery-ev-charging-improvements-in-congress/feed/ 0 293557 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/21/hvdc-is-the-new-pipeline/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/21/hvdc-is-the-new-pipeline/#respond Fri, 21 Apr 2023 17:18:58 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=293354 HVDC is the technology for energy links. Tubes of steel carrying molecules need not apply.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/21/hvdc-is-the-new-pipeline/feed/ 0 293354 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/17/eco-innovation-on-wheels-meet-the-micromobility-design-contest-visionaries/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/17/eco-innovation-on-wheels-meet-the-micromobility-design-contest-visionaries/#respond Mon, 17 Apr 2023 16:05:24 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=292922 Designers are thinking through the challenges and opportunities that modern lightweight electric motors and batteries provide in micromobility.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/17/eco-innovation-on-wheels-meet-the-micromobility-design-contest-visionaries/feed/ 0 292922 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/05/classic-megaproject-early-mistakes-will-create-a-fiscal-disaster-for-netherlands-nuclear/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/05/classic-megaproject-early-mistakes-will-create-a-fiscal-disaster-for-netherlands-nuclear/#respond Wed, 05 Apr 2023 19:25:22 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=291627 Recently, the new coalition government of the Netherlands looked across its decarbonization portfolio, realized that it had failed to meet renewables targets, and so announced that it would build two nuclear power reactors with 1-1.6 GW capacity each. And the government is claiming that it will have them running in 2035, but has only outlined […]]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/05/classic-megaproject-early-mistakes-will-create-a-fiscal-disaster-for-netherlands-nuclear/feed/ 0 291627 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/31/two-wrongs-dont-make-a-right-adventures-in-multiplying-hype/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/31/two-wrongs-dont-make-a-right-adventures-in-multiplying-hype/#respond Fri, 31 Mar 2023 15:05:51 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=291240 If a firm is adding hyped complexity, they are aiming at credulous wallets, not deliverable solutions.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/31/two-wrongs-dont-make-a-right-adventures-in-multiplying-hype/feed/ 0 291240 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/30/industrial-heat-will-decarbonize-with-electricity-not-molecules-kanthal-svp-helps-us-understand-why/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/30/industrial-heat-will-decarbonize-with-electricity-not-molecules-kanthal-svp-helps-us-understand-why/#respond Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:45:32 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=291070 I had the opportunity to sit down for 90 minutes with Dilip Chandrasekaran, engineer, materials science PhD and SVP of industrial heat leader Kanthal. ]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/30/industrial-heat-will-decarbonize-with-electricity-not-molecules-kanthal-svp-helps-us-understand-why/feed/ 0 291070 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/28/shoveling-money-into-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-wont-make-their-electricity-cheap/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/28/shoveling-money-into-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-wont-make-their-electricity-cheap/#respond Tue, 28 Mar 2023 19:35:27 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=290919 Wrights Law isn't going to save the deep inefficiencies of SMRs. As I pointed out two years ago, the world tried tiny commercial nuclear reactors in the 1960s and 1970s, they were too expensive.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/28/shoveling-money-into-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-wont-make-their-electricity-cheap/feed/ 0 290919 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/28/oil-tankers-already-sailing-into-the-sunset-of-peak-oil-demand/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/28/oil-tankers-already-sailing-into-the-sunset-of-peak-oil-demand/#respond Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:35:59 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=290851 The number of new VLCCs to be delivered in 2024? Zero. The number to be delivered in 2025? One.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/28/oil-tankers-already-sailing-into-the-sunset-of-peak-oil-demand/feed/ 0 290851 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/27/how-much-steel-will-all-those-wind-turbines-solar-panels-need-can-we-make-it/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/27/how-much-steel-will-all-those-wind-turbines-solar-panels-need-can-we-make-it/#respond Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:35:13 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=290434 Steel will not remotely be a constraint for global transformation of energy over the coming decades. We make vastly more of it per year than annual requirements, and there's an increasing amount of scrap being created.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/27/how-much-steel-will-all-those-wind-turbines-solar-panels-need-can-we-make-it/feed/ 0 290434 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/24/steels-outsized-carbon-emissions-will-shrink-rapidly-in-coming-decades-even-as-demand-rises/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/24/steels-outsized-carbon-emissions-will-shrink-rapidly-in-coming-decades-even-as-demand-rises/#respond Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:35:28 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=290261 With more scrapping and more direct reduction using lower carbon technologies such as Midrex' DRI and HYBRIT every decade, and the likely creation of those facilities closer to iron ore mines, high-emissions furnaces will go out of business over the coming decades, unable to decarbonize.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/24/steels-outsized-carbon-emissions-will-shrink-rapidly-in-coming-decades-even-as-demand-rises/feed/ 0 290261 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/23/european-tiny-modular-reactor-deal-starts-with-absurdly-expensive-electricity/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/23/european-tiny-modular-reactor-deal-starts-with-absurdly-expensive-electricity/#respond Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:15:20 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=290607 Already 2.4 times as expensive as very, very expensive Hinkley. First of a kind, so very likely to double or more in price. Very unlikely to be built before 2040 due to long-tailed risks.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/23/european-tiny-modular-reactor-deal-starts-with-absurdly-expensive-electricity/feed/ 0 290607 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/22/steel-is-a-major-climate-problem-but-can-decarbonize-rapidly-in-the-coming-decades/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/22/steel-is-a-major-climate-problem-but-can-decarbonize-rapidly-in-the-coming-decades/#respond Wed, 22 Mar 2023 17:25:18 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=290256 Steel, like concrete, is such an integral part of our world that we rarely notice it. From wherever you are reading this, I guarantee that there is steel in your line of sight, and likely vastly more of it than you realize. Whatever device you are reading it on has steel inside of it. If […]]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/22/steel-is-a-major-climate-problem-but-can-decarbonize-rapidly-in-the-coming-decades/feed/ 0 290256 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/21/massive-spray-drones-are-transforming-agriculture-with-win-after-win/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/21/massive-spray-drones-are-transforming-agriculture-with-win-after-win/#respond Tue, 21 Mar 2023 21:05:17 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=290298 Farmers don't buy spraying drones or hire drone spraying services because of the environmental benefits, of course. They don't need to justify the use of them. They sign on the dotted line for higher profits.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/21/massive-spray-drones-are-transforming-agriculture-with-win-after-win/feed/ 0 290298 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/21/steel-is-a-major-climate-problem-but-we-have-proven-tools/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/21/steel-is-a-major-climate-problem-but-we-have-proven-tools/#respond Tue, 21 Mar 2023 17:35:18 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=290160 We've already manufactured an awful lot of steel. There are hundreds of billions of tons of the stuff lying around, much of it obsolete.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/21/steel-is-a-major-climate-problem-but-we-have-proven-tools/feed/ 0 290160 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/20/us-pipelines-contain-4-years-of-us-steel-demand-will-be-scrapped-for-it/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/20/us-pipelines-contain-4-years-of-us-steel-demand-will-be-scrapped-for-it/#respond Mon, 20 Mar 2023 17:05:36 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=290060 We've mined enormous amounts of iron and coal in order to build infrastructure to extract, process, refine, and distribute fossil fuels, and we're going to have lots of scrap steel to work with.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/20/us-pipelines-contain-4-years-of-us-steel-demand-will-be-scrapped-for-it/feed/ 0 290060 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/16/best-selling-author-michele-wucker-talks-gray-rhinos-climate-change-risk-empathy-with-michael-barnard/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/16/best-selling-author-michele-wucker-talks-gray-rhinos-climate-change-risk-empathy-with-michael-barnard/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 21:54:29 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=289867 Wucker's work is much more read and attended to in Asia than in the west. Short-termism and individualism has reached its nadir in too much of US thinking.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/16/best-selling-author-michele-wucker-talks-gray-rhinos-climate-change-risk-empathy-with-michael-barnard/feed/ 0 289867 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/16/another-hydrogen-for-energy-play-predictably-fails-this-time-in-marine-fueling/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/16/another-hydrogen-for-energy-play-predictably-fails-this-time-in-marine-fueling/#respond Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:25:27 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=289775 Expect a lot more announcements about shutting down hydrogen for energy projects like the recent one from Equinor, Aire Liquide, and Eviny.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/16/another-hydrogen-for-energy-play-predictably-fails-this-time-in-marine-fueling/feed/ 0 289775 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/14/with-heat-from-heat-pumps-us-energy-requirements-could-plummet-by-50/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/14/with-heat-from-heat-pumps-us-energy-requirements-could-plummet-by-50/#respond Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:25:48 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=289561 Electrification and heat pumps radically reduce the requirement to build new wind, solar, nuclear, hydro, and geothermal primary energy sources.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/14/with-heat-from-heat-pumps-us-energy-requirements-could-plummet-by-50/feed/ 0 289561 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/13/canadas-oil-pipeline-to-nowhere-tripling-costs-could-have-built-hvdc-across-the-country/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/13/canadas-oil-pipeline-to-nowhere-tripling-costs-could-have-built-hvdc-across-the-country/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2023 16:05:40 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=289606 The Trans Mountain Pipeline was a bad idea from the start. Dropping federal opposition to it in 2016 to bring in the carbon tax was a good choice. Everything after that has been and will continue to be a spiral into the abyss.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/13/canadas-oil-pipeline-to-nowhere-tripling-costs-could-have-built-hvdc-across-the-country/feed/ 0 289606 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/10/dismissal-of-methanol-as-marine-fuel-leads-to-pushback/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/10/dismissal-of-methanol-as-marine-fuel-leads-to-pushback/#respond Sat, 11 Mar 2023 00:13:45 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=289475 Methanol is like hydrogen. Job one is to decarbonize existing uses before inventing new ones. As a marine fuel, it's not the best choice.]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/10/dismissal-of-methanol-as-marine-fuel-leads-to-pushback/feed/ 0 289475 https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/08/manufacturing-hydrogen-for-cooling-in-new-yorks-nine-mile-point-nuclear-plant-makes-sense/ https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/08/manufacturing-hydrogen-for-cooling-in-new-yorks-nine-mile-point-nuclear-plant-makes-sense/#respond Wed, 08 Mar 2023 20:35:33 +0000 https://cleantechnica.com/?p=289299 In February, Nine Mile Point nuclear power station in upstate New York started making its own hydrogen. Normally, this would be the point where I’d do the math and explain why this is a terrible idea, but in this case they got it right. So, what are they doing and why? The Nine Mile Point […]]]> https://cleantechnica.com/2023/03/08/manufacturing-hydrogen-for-cooling-in-new-yorks-nine-mile-point-nuclear-plant-makes-sense/feed/ 0 289299