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Decentralizing Energy

Phil Windley

In this "scared new world," renewables change the dynamics of energy flows by moving production closer to energy use. Much of what changes has to do with energy. But, solar and wind are not just renewable, they also allow energy production to be decentralized in ways oil and natural gas can't.

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

The Verge

Photovoltaic modules at a solar power plant near Golmud, Qinghai province, China, on Saturday, Sept. 2021 is on course to break a global record for renewable energy growth, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest Renewables Market Report. Solar continued to dominate. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

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‘Just watch us’: Gates-backed TerraPower is bullish on being the first next-gen nuclear plant in U.S.

GeekWire

This month, the company expects to submit to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission an application for the certification of its Natrium reactor , which it developed with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. Department of Energy. It can provide a carbon-free energy source 24/7, complementing the intermittent power coming from wind and solar.

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

GeekWire

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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Oceanography professors transform a research tool into a startup that’s sucking CO2 from seawater

GeekWire

Department of Energy , Activate Fellows , and Ocean Visions , a nonprofit advising carbon removal efforts. And because the system needs sunlight anyhow, Banyu’s cofounders are adding solar panels to their device, harnessing the excess rays of light to produce energy that can help drive the setup’s pumps and machinery.

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

GeekWire

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. It will be solar-powered, collect its rainwater for reuse, and incorporate massive salvaged wood beams from the original structure. Kirkland, Wash.-based OCOchem , a Richland, Wash.-based

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The largest space telescope in history is about to blow our minds

Vox

Its price tag has since ballooned to $10 billion, and it’s way overdue. Most powerfully, its observations have led scientists to believe the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, propelled by something so mysterious that scientists simply call it “dark energy.”.

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