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General Fusion lands $130M from Bezos and others as fusion energy sector keeps heating up

GeekWire

Artist’s rendering of the Fusion Demonstration Plant that General Fusion is planning to build at the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s Culham Campus near London. The news: The fusion energy field just keeps getting hotter. Seattle’s Zap Energy, one of the newer players, landed $27.5 General Fusion Image). million in May.

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Renewables see record growth in 2021, but supply chain problems loom

The Verge

2021 is on course to break a global record for renewable energy growth, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest Renewables Market Report. That’s despite skyrocketing commodity prices, which could bog down the transition to clean energy in the future. per watt for solar energy in 2020.

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Univ. of Washington set to break ground on 69-acre redevelopment to create Seattle innovation hub

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They didn’t share a price tag for the initiative and don’t have a planned capital campaign to fund the project. The UW will rent up to 130,000 square feet in Brightwork for research efforts including the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds , the Institute for Protein Design and the Brotman Baty Institute for Precision Medicine.

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A global maritime innovation hub coming to Seattle aims to spur entrepreneurship and create jobs

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The price tag spiked after engineers realized the foundation work would be much more difficult and as inflation drove up building supply costs, Lise said. Over time, the amount could be recouped given the building’s efficient energy and water use. ” Estimates for the project shared in 2021 put its cost at $20 million.

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Our buildings are making us sick

Vox

In its March announcement of a Clean Air in Buildings Challenge , the White House urged states, local governments, and schools to use any of the half-trillion dollars they got through the American Rescue Plan to improve buildings’ indoor air, signaling that the issue is increasingly one of national priority. How the indoors got so stuffy.

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$60 LED light bulb that lasts for 20 years

Galido

Using LEDs endows the light with a long life and a hefty price tag. The bulb prevailed in the Bright Tomorrow competition, run by US Department of Energy that aimed to find an energy efficient alternative to the 60-watt incandescent light bulb. From 2700K-6000K, LEDs are clean and natural. Encouraged by DoE.

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The EPA’s new plan to cut car pollution has an SUV problem

Vox

But right now, it’s just a proposal, and as past attempts to clean up cars have shown, a lot can change in final regulations, if they get implemented at all. The two-wheel drive CR-V qualifies as a passenger car, and the all-wheel drive CR-V qualifies as a light truck,” noted the Energy Information Administration.