Tesla Gigafactory Texas Megapack energy storage project gains approval

https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-gigafactory-texas-megapack-bess-project-approved/ 

Global warming to cause a U.S. "Extreme Heat Belt," study warns

https://www.axios.com/2022/08/15/extreme-heat-belt-global-warming 

Rapunzel-like charging stations help cities like Melrose build EV infrastructure - The Verge

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/12/23301826/pole-mounted-chargers-ev-electric-vehicles-melrose-boston 

Big Oil Looks To Capitalize On The $1 Trillion Offshore Wind Boom | OilPrice.com

https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Wind-Power/Big-Oil-Looks-To-Capitalize-On-The-1-Trillion-Offshore-Wind-Boom.html 

Wind Blows Away Australian Records - CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/08/13/wind-blows-away-australian-records/ 

Nuclear Fusion Breakthrough Confirmed: California Team Achieved Ignition

https://www.newsweek.com/nuclear-fusion-energy-milestone-ignition-confirmed-california-1733238 

TAE ahead of schedule on billion-degree hydrogen-boron fusion

https://newatlas.com/energy/tae-fusion-interview/ 

A new method boosts wind farms’ energy output, without new equipment | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

https://news.mit.edu/2022/wind-farm-optimization-energy-flow-0811 

This 17-Year-Old Designed a Motor That Could Potentially Transform the Electric Car Industry | Innovation| Smithsonian Magazine

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-17-year-old-designed-a-motor-that-could-potentially-transform-the-electric-car-industry-180980550/ 

Dutch Company Develops Offshore Wind-Powered Hydrogen Production Platform | Offshore Wind

https://www.offshorewind.biz/2022/08/08/dutch-company-develops-offshore-wind-powered-hydrogen-production-platform/ 

A New Source of Renewable Energy: Breaking Down Plant Matter

https://scitechdaily.com/a-new-source-of-renewable-energy-breaking-down-plant-matter/ 

Billions pour into bioplastics as markets begin ramping up - ABC News

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/billions-pour-bioplastics-markets-begin-ramping-88138637 

Inflation Reduction Act puts our oldest climate-fighting technology to work | The Hill

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3593247-inflation-reduction-act-puts-our-oldest-climate-fighting-technology-to-work/ 

NW Natural plans to blend hydrogen into some west Eugene customer gas

https://www.registerguard.com/story/news/2022/08/08/nw-natural-plans-blend-hydrogen-west-eugene-customer-gas/65392830007/ 

Can thermal storage fire up the net-zero transition?

https://www.energymonitor.ai/tech/energy-storage/can-thermal-storage-fire-up-the-net-zero-transition 

Colorado will renew attempt to bring hydrogen plant to the Yampa River Valley | News | gazette.com

https://gazette.com/news/environment/colorado-will-renew-attempt-to-bring-hydrogen-plant-to-the-yampa-river-valley/article_cb36419c-14fe-11ed-9438-b36751651f84.html 

Berkeley scientists develop cheap and easy carbon capture and storage process

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/berkeley-scientists-develop-carbon-capture-storage 

How nuclear fusion could use less energy | Popular Science

https://www.popsci.com/science/nuclear-fusion-less-energy/ 

The know-how of using renewable energy for battery storage

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/the-know-how-of-using-renewable-energy-for-battery-storage/ 

Not Just Bread and Beer: Microbes Can Ferment Carbon Dioxide To Make Fuel

https://scitechdaily.com/not-just-bread-and-beer-microbes-can-ferment-carbon-dioxide-to-make-fuel/ 

Decades in the Making – New Catalyst Could Make Hydrogen Fuel Cells Affordable

https://scitechdaily.com/decades-in-the-making-new-catalyst-could-make-hydrogen-fuel-cells-affordable/ 

The U.S. Power Grid Added 15 GW of Capacity in 1st Half of 2022

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/08/04/the-u-s-power-grid-added-15-gw-of-capacity-in-1st-half-of-2022/ 

World’s Most Durable Hydrogen Fuel Cell Paves Way for Wider Application of Green Energy

https://scitechdaily.com/worlds-most-durable-hydrogen-fuel-cell-paves-way-for-wider-application-of-green-energy/ 

Water delivery agreement to benefit Salton Sea, Torres Martinez Tribe - KESQ

https://kesq.com/salton-sea/2022/08/04/water-delivery-agreement-to-benefit-salton-sea-torres-martinez-tribe/ 

Bill Gates-backed startup is using robots to build enormous solar farms

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/bill-gates-backed-startup-is-using-robots-to-build-enormous-solar-farms 

World could install 250 GW of solar this year, claims Bloomberg analyst – pv magazine International

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/08/03/world-could-install-250-gw-of-solar-this-year-claims-bloomberg-analyst/ 

Prepping For The 100% Renewable Energy Grid Of The Future

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/08/03/prepping-for-the-100-renewable-energy-grid-of-tomorrow-today/ 

NASA-Backed Program To Trial Ammonia As Alternative Jet Engine Fuel

https://simpleflying.com/nasa-program-trial-ammonia-alternative-jet-fuel/ 

How the U.S. gave away a breakthrough battery technology to China : NPR

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1114964240/new-battery-technology-china-vanadium 

Kumulus H2O Generator Solves Problem of 1 Billion People: Threatens Bottled Water Industry - autoevolution

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/kumulus-h2o-generator-solves-problem-of-1-billion-people-threatens-bottled-water-industry-195069.html 

Grid-Scale Battery Storage In US Tripled In 2021

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/08/02/grid-scale-battery-storage-in-us-tripled-in-2021/ 

Toyota’s Cartridge Helps Make Hydrogen Portable | Hackaday

https://hackaday.com/2022/08/02/toyotas-cartridge-helps-make-hydrogen-portable/ 

Why wind energy from the High Plains can’t get to other Texans and the grid | The Texas Tribune

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/08/02/texas-high-plains-wind-energy/ 

Rising sea levels are forcing Fiji's villagers to relocate

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/climate-change-fiji-sealevels/ 

Polymer bricks made of industrial waste bond together without mortar

https://newatlas.com/materials/polymer-bricks-industrial-waste-without-mortar/ 

Climate Change Could Make Nuclear Power Plants Useless | by Will Lockett | Predict | Jul, 2022 | Medium

https://medium.com/predict/climate-change-could-make-nuclear-power-plants-useless-b6cf4da6ab62 

Guy Turns an Old Abandoned Boat Into an Epic Off-Grid Home on Water - autoevolution

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/guy-turns-an-old-abandoned-boat-into-an-epic-off-grid-home-on-water-194916.html 

Can Western states use geothermal energy for renewable energy source? - Deseret News

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/7/29/23283986/western-governors-aim-to-harness-geothermal-heat-beneath-our-feet-clean-energy-colorado-spencer-cox 

This giant 'water battery' under the Alps could be a game-changer for renewable energy in Europe - CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/world/water-battery-switzerland-renewable-energy-climate-scn-hnk-spc-intl/index.html 

Blowhole wave energy generator exceeds expectations in 12-month test

I don't get why they don't have the expelled air when the water goes in helping spin the turbine in the same direction as the vacuum when the water exits. As long as they're connected to the same shaft, just have two turbines with blades facing opposite directions.  - Dan

https://newatlas.com/energy/blowhole-wave-energy-generator/ 

Intersect Power Orders 2.4 GW of First Solar’s High-Performance Modules - CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/30/intersect-power-orders-2-4-gw-of-first-solars-high-performance-modules/ 

‘Soon it will be unrecognisable’: total climate meltdown cannot be stopped, says expert | Climate crisis | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/30/total-climate-meltdown-inevitable-heatwaves-global-catastrophe 

Climate Bill ‘Transformative’ for Auto and Energy Industries - The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/business/energy-environment/climate-bill-electric-cars-energy.html 

After Going Solar, I Felt the Bliss of Sudden Abundance | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/after-going-solar-i-felt-the-bliss-of-sudden-abundance/ 

The Hydrogen Stream: Construction begins on world’s largest integrated green hydrogen, ammonia plant – pv magazine International

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/07/26/the-hydrogen-stream-construction-begins-on-worlds-largest-integrated-green-hydrogen-ammonia-plant/ 

MISO Lets US Renewable Energy Genie Out Of Bottle

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/28/miso-lets-renewable-energy-genie-out-of-bottle-with-biggest-ever-transmission-project/ 

Proteus Power eyes 3GW renewables & energy storage in North America

https://www.energy-storage.news/new-developer-proteus-power-eyes-3gw-plus-renewables-and-energy-storage-pipeline-in-north-america/ 

U.S. Energy Dept eyes $165 mln investment in geothermal, oil and gas group | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-energy-dept-eyes-165-mln-investment-geothermal-oil-gas-group-2022-07-28/ 

Once-ignored Indigenous knowledge of nature now shaping science | MPR News

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/07/27/onceignored-indigenous-knowledge-of-nature-now-shaping-science 

Hydrogen energy company plans to create 90 jobs in Massena | NCPR News

https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/46316/20220727/hydrogen-energy-company-plans-to-create-90-jobs-in-massena 

Egypt and India sign MoU to build a green hydrogen factory worth $8 bln | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/business/sustainable-business/egypt-india-sign-mou-build-green-hydrogen-factory-worth-8-bln-2022-07-27/ 

What's Inside Manchin and Schumer’s Astonishing Climate Deal - The Atlantic

"It authorizes $369 billion of new climate spending, the largest investment in emissions reduction in American history—and, more important, the biggest blow against climate change ever struck by the U.S. government."

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/07/manchin-schumer-inflation-reduction-climate/670981/?utm_source=feed 

New tech to produce hydrogen from tap water – pv magazine International

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2022/07/27/spanish-researchers-develop-tech-to-produce-hydrogen-from-tap-water/ 

Volkswagen Presents Power Storage Container With Reused Batteries

https://insideevs.com/news/600057/volkswagen-power-storage-container-reused-batteries/ 

Biden launches plan to bring solar to low-income homes - POLITICO

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/27/biden-plan-solar-low-income-residents-00048067 

New magnet breakthrough could unleash smaller, more potent fusion reactors

https://interestingengineering.com/magnet-breakthrough-potent-fusion-reactors 

Tech to climate career changes: Why these workers left jobs like Google

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/26/tech-to-climate-career-changes-why-these-workers-left-jobs-like-google.html 

US To Plant 1 Billion Trees+ After Wildfires

https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-fires-forests-trees-plants-de0505c965c198a081a4b48084b0e903 

Gavin Newsom hopes California can become epicenter of wind energy

https://news.yahoo.com/gavin-newsom-hopes-california-can-become-epicenter-for-wind-energy-200709073.html 

Green Ammonia To Rescue US Farmers From Fertilizer Supply Woes

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/25/green-ammonia-to-rescue-us-farmers-from-fertilizer-supply-woes/ 

Proposed Texas offshore wind farm could power 2.3 million homes | The Texas Tribune

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/22/texas-gulf-of-mexico-wind-farm/ 

Wind Power Returning To The Open Seas, Now With Artificial Intelligence

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/22/wind-power-returning-to-open-seas-now-with-ai/ 

Startup believes AI-guided hydrofoil flotilla is key to green hydrogen

https://newatlas.com/automotive/drift-green-hydrogen-hydrofoil-flotilla/ 

Another hydrogen transport powder emerges, promising double the density

https://newatlas.com/energy/eat-si-hydrogen-generating-powder/ 

Prototype EV scrubs CO2 from the air as it drives along

https://newatlas.com/automotive/tu-ecomotive-zem-prototype-sustainable-ev-co2/ 

‘Holy Grail’: US Claims Breakthrough In Nuclear Fusion Tech That Can Bring It Closer To Harnessing Unlimited Energy

https://eurasiantimes.com/holy-grail-us-china-fight-it-out-for-dominance-in-limitless-energy/?amp 

Northvolt is developing sustainable wood-based batteries

https://electrek.co/2022/07/22/wood-based-batteries-northvolt-is-working-to-develop-this-sustainable-material-technology/ 

Graphmatech, Graphenea, & Northvolt: "Breakthrough in Battery Recycling" - CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/21/graphmatech-graphenea-northvolt-breakthrough-in-battery-recycling/ 

It's so hot, roads are buckling, they're putting foil on a bridge and roofs are melting - CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/21/weather/global-infrastructure-its-so-hot-extreme-heat/index.html 

Boston Metal Electrifies Steel Manufacturing Using Electrolysis

https://www.treehugger.com/boston-metal-electrifies-steel-manufacturing-5703606 

Google-Funded Nuclear Fusion Reactor Hits Temperature Way Beyond Sun's Core

https://www.newsweek.com/nuclear-fusion-google-reactor-norman-tae-technologies-1726342 

Inside Clean Energy: Did You Miss Me? A Giant Battery Storage Plant Is Back Online, Just in Time for Summer - Inside Climate News

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21072022/inside-clean-energy-california-battery-storage/ 

All-in-one solar tower produces jet fuel from CO2, water and sunlight

https://newatlas.com/energy/solar-jet-fuel-tower/ 

Biden stops short of declaring climate emergency, takes steps on wind power | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-announce-executive-actions-climate-2022-07-20/ 

Dead Solar Panels Are The Hottest New Recyclables | Hackaday

https://hackaday.com/2022/07/19/dead-solar-panels-are-the-hottest-new-recyclables/ 

AP: Can Green Hydrogen Save A Coal Town And Prevent Climate Change?

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-science-technology-hydrogen-fuel-climate-and-environment-73ee387993a5d252083e3c000e6f3276 

Earthgrid aims to re-wire the USA using super-cheap tunnel tech

https://newatlas.com/energy/earthgrid-tunnel-boring-robot/ 

https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/maker-of-membrane-free-hydrogen-electrolyser-to-speed-up-production-through-2gw-licensing-deal/2-1-1263072 

NHOA: 'Battery storage business good despite supply chain challenges'

https://www.energy-storage.news/nhoa-claims-battery-storage-business-success-despite-increasingly-complex-global-scenario/ 

Google and Chevron invest in nuclear fusion startup TAE Technologies

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/19/google-chevron-invest-in-fusion-startup-tae-technologies.html 

France battles massive wildfires, Britain records highest ever temperature | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/record-temperatures-scorch-europe-wildfires-rage-across-south-2022-07-19/ 

Look out Putin — Ukrainian woman invents ‘solar for balconies’ to wean Europe off Russian gas | TechCrunch

https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/18/look-out-putin-ukrainian-woman-invents-solar-for-balconies-to-wean-europe-off-russian-gas/ 

Wind power transmission line capacity to soar under new plan | News | wlfi.com

https://www.wlfi.com/news/wind-power-transmission-line-capacity-to-soar-under-new-plan/article_f8a0ebfe-01e5-11ed-82be-b7af385c2dfe.html 

The New Batteries That Will Make You an Electric Car Believer - CNET

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/the-new-batteries-that-will-make-you-an-electric-car-believer/ 

1,500 Tesla Powerwall owners have already joined the new virtual power plant in California - Electrek

https://electrek.co/2022/07/15/tesla-powerwall-owners-joined-new-virtual-power-plant-california/ 

MIT Spinout Tapping Into the Million-Year Energy Source Below Our Feet

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-spinout-tapping-into-the-million-year-energy-source-below-our-feet/ 

Breakthrough in gas separation and storage could fast-track shift to green hydrogen and significantly cut global energy use

https://theconversation.com/breakthrough-in-gas-separation-and-storage-could-fast-track-shift-to-green-hydrogen-and-significantly-cut-global-energy-use-186644 

World's biggest battery project back online at Moss Landing, California

https://www.energy-storage.news/worlds-biggest-battery-storage-system-comes-back-online-after-months-of-shutdown/ 

Wärtsilä supplying 2GWh battery storage for Hawaii, California PV farms

https://www.energy-storage.news/wartsila-delivering-2gwh-battery-storage-for-clearway-hawaii-and-california-solar-plants/ 

This two-bladed offshore wind turbine can withstand hurricanes - Electrek

https://electrek.co/2022/07/12/this-two-bladed-offshore-wind-turbine-can-withstand-hurricanes/ 

The Green Ammonia Boom Is Coming | OilPrice.com

https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Renewable-Energy/The-Green-Ammonia-Boom-Is-Coming.html 

MIT scientists think they’ve discovered how to fully reverse climate change - BGR

https://bgr.com/science/mit-scientists-think-theyve-discovered-how-to-fully-reverse-climate-change/ 

Enervenue has banked 5GWh of metal-hydrogen battery orders

https://www.energy-storage.news/metal-hydrogen-battery-going-into-high-volume-production-with-5gwh-of-customer-orders/ 

New iron catalyst could make hydrogen fuel cells affordable

https://techxplore.com/news/2022-07-iron-catalyst-hydrogen-fuel-cells.html 

Discovery With “Profound Implications” – Secret Carbon Decisions Plants Are Making About Our Future

https://scitechdaily.com/discovery-with-profound-implications-secret-carbon-decisions-plants-are-making-about-our-future/ 

Massive Hike In Natural Gas Prices To Dramatically Accelerate The Pace Of Change In Utility Industry - CleanTechnica

https://cleantechnica.com/2022/07/06/massive-hike-in-natural-gas-prices-to-dramatically-accelerate-the-pace-of-change-in-utility-industry/ 

Scientists just transformed old solar panels into heat-harvesting electricity materials

https://interestingengineering.com/old-solar-panels-into-heat-harvesting-electricity 

Valley high school grad innovates lithium extraction device, presents patent to Salton Sea Authority - KESQ

https://kesq.com/news/local-news/top-stories/2022/07/01/valley-high-school-grad-innovates-lithium-extraction-device-presents-patent-to-salton-sea-authority/ 

Billionaires Put $2 Billion into Commonwealth Fusion Systems | NextBigFuture.com

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2022/07/billionaires-put-2-billion-into-commonwealth-fusion-systems.html 

Rolls-Royce Is Betting on Green Hydrogen, Says It’s “Not a Pipe Dream” - autoevolution

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/rolls-royce-is-betting-on-green-hydrogen-says-its-not-a-pipe-dream-192473.html