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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. Solar energy, in particular, was on track to take the crown as the “new king of electricity,” the IEA said in its October 2020 World Energy Outlook report. Solar continued to dominate. per watt for solar energy in 2020.

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Decentralizing Energy

Phil Windley

As I wrote in 2020, I've gone in big on solar power at my house, love my EV, and have replaced most things in the house (like the furnaces) with versions that run on electricity. 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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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. But the future is clearer for Brightwork, which was called W27 in earlier plans. Here are some details: Brightwork will be an 11-story structure with 345,000 square feet of leasable space located at Brooklyn Ave.

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Decarbonizing Locally

Phil Windley

We've put 40 solar panels on the house that produce about 14 Mwh of electricity per year. I studied this carefully before we got solar and concluded we had about a ten to twelve year payback on a system with at least a twenty year life, so it made financial sense. Tags: house climate+change. That's most of the time in Utah.

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OSIRIS-REx probe touches down to grab bits of an asteroid, with assist from Aerojet

GeekWire

The touch-and-go maneuver, nicknamed TAG, targeted a 14-meter-wide (45-foot-wide) patch of the surface of Bennu, more than 200 million miles away from Earth. Just before the TAG took place, controllers reported that the spacecraft appeared to be within 1.7 NASA via YouTube). feet) of the target point.

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

GeekWire

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. The current deal with Frontier costs a little under $1,400 per ton.

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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.