The Montgomery County Energy Team receives tons of newsletters and articles every day, and these are a few articles that we wanted to share this month. These articles range from county, state, national and international stories, we hope you find them as interesting as we did.
Clean Energy: This energy plan, which carries a price tag of $2 trillion, would eliminate carbon emissions from the electric sector by 2035, impose stricter gas mileage standards, fund investments to weatherize millions of homes and commercial buildings, and upgrade the nation’s transportation system, www.washingtonpost.com
Coal: Replacing coal with clean energy can potentially save electricity customers around the world $141 billion by 2025, www.economictimes.com
Efficiency Upgrades: A good first step before undertaking significant energy-saving upgrades always has been getting an expert assessment of the efficiency of your home and its systems since those aren’t available, here are some suggestions of work you can do now, www.energyefficiencyday.org
Electrification: It’s possible to eliminate 70 percent to 80 percent of US carbon emissions by 2035 through rapid deployment of existing electrification technologies, with little-to-no carbon capture and sequestration, www.vox.com
Electric Vehicles: The price of an all-electric vehicle will fall far enough to equal the cost of an equivalent gasoline vehicle, maybe by 2023, probably by 2024 and almost definitely by 2025, www.insideclimatenews.org
Emissions: According to a new report from the World Resources Institute, an international research organization, 41 states managed to cut their carbon emissions between 2005 and 2017, even as their economies grew. The states leading the charge might not be the ones you expect, www.grist.org
EV Charging Stations: Giant Food has begun installing free electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in tandem with EV charging network Volta in its Mid-Atlantic market area and plans to deploy them across its store base, www.supermarketnews.com
Hydropower: The world’s most relied-upon renewable energy source isn’t wind or sunlight, but water. Last year, the world’s hydropower capacity reached a record 1,308 gigawatts (to put this number in perspective, just one gigawatt is equivalent to the power produced by 1.3 million race horses or 2,000 speeding Corvettes), www.bbc.com
Manure: Farmers and utilities are burning methane for energy — and curtailing a powerful greenhouse gas in the process, www.washingtonpost.com
Post Pandemic World: Terreform ONE is working to have visionary architects and artists create artistically interpretative solutions and prototypes for survival shelter in a warming world, www.greenbiz.com
Solar Car Wash: Valley Car Wash uses water, but it also uses the sun. The solar array went into operation in April and is expected to pay for itself in five years. The installation cost about $176,000, with roughly 25% covered by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The solar energy produced by the system provides about 35-38% of the electricity used at the car wash, www.winchesterstar.com
Utility Bills: People are struggling to pay their monthly bills, according to research from TransUnion. For most households across the U.S., personal finances are being unexpectedly strained as a result of the coronavirus health crisis, www.power-grid.com
Virtual Power Plant: A new project would create a collective power system that could improve grid reliability and reduce dependence on big utilities, www.insideclimatenews.org
Wind: AmericanWindWeek 2020: AWEA recognizes 16 wind champions for clean energy leadership and one of them is from Maryland, www.aweablog.org
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