Carbon Quarterly is a newsletter covering developments in carbon policy, law, and innovation. No matter your views on climate change policy, there is no avoiding an increasing focus on carbon regulation, resiliency planning,...more
Twinning Nuclear Reactors with Machine Learning - A multidisciplinary team from the Idaho and Argonne National Laboratories, Kairos Power, and Curtiss-Wright, along with support from academics, have developed digital twin...more
NJ BPU Issues Proposal to Replace Solar Incentive Program - On 7 April 2021, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities released a straw proposal outlining details of the state’s solar incentive successor program. New Jersey’s...more
Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative to Develop Solar + Pumped Storage Hydro Project - On 7 January 2021, Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) signed agreements with The AES Corporation (AES) for the development,...more
Arizona Outlines Plan for Carbon-free Power by 2050 - Arizona regulators outlined recently a plan to achieve 100 percent carbon-free power by 2050....more
FERC REVISES ANALYSIS FOR CERTIFICATION OF QUALIFYING FACILITIES - On 1 September, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order (172 FERC ¶ 61,194) denying an application from Broadview Solar, LLC to...more
Canadian Provinces Expand Planned Development of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors - On 10 August, Alberta joined an interprovincial Canadian memoranda of understanding (MOU) with New Brunswick, Ontario, and Saskatchewan to...more
FLORIDA UTILITY PLANS FIRST HYDROGEN FACILITY - On 27 July, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) proposed an innovative hydrogen pilot project in conjunction with the decision to close its coal-fired generation unit in June...more
A biweekly update on blockchain technology applications, distributed energy resources, and other innovative technologies in the energy sector. SUNRUN AND SCE PARTNER FOR RESIDENTIAL STORAGE VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS - On 16 June...more
A biweekly update on blockchain technology applications, distributed energy resources, and other innovative technologies in the energy sector. Hawaiian Electric Companies Select Plus Power to Build Grid-Scale Battery Project...more
A biweekly update on blockchain technology applications, distributed energy resources, and other innovative technologies in the energy sector. Researchers Develop New Technique to Extract Alternative Fuel Source from Biomass....more
A biweekly update on blockchain technology applications, distributed energy resources, and other innovative technologies in the energy sector. Researchers Develop Ultraflexible Solar Cell with 13% Efficiency - Researchers at...more
RESEARCHERS DEVELOP INNOVATIVE METHOD TO MONITOR BATTERY HEALTH - Researchers at Cambridge and Newcastle Universities have developed an innovative method to monitor battery health that may prove useful in increasing the...more
RESEARCHERS CREATE NANOWIRE DEVICE THAT CAN GENERATE ELECTRICITY “OUT OF THIN AIR” -
Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a protein-based nanowire that produces an electrical current by...more