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 Grid: Two Colorado researchers on renewable energy have a recommendation that might surprise some who embrace goals of 100% renewable or, at least, emission-free electricity, www.mountaintownnews.net
Coal: The analysis comes from Energy Innovation: Policy & Technology, based in San Francisco. The work highlights the accelerating pace of the clean energy transition, even aside from the social costs of coal plant pollution, www.renewableenergyworld.com
Electric Buses: Energy as a Service (EaaS) provider AlphaStruxure, which is a joint venture between Schneider Electric and the Carlyle Global Infrastructure Opportunity Fund, announced it will deploy an integrated microgrid and electric bus charging infrastructure project for at least 44 buses in Ride On Montgomery County’s transit fleet to transition from diesel to electric, helping it meet the goal of being net zero by 2035, www.power-grid.com
Electrification: As everything from vehicles and building utilities are turning to electricity over fossil fuel power, it is important to ensure that no community is left behind, www.greenbiz.com
Energy Efficiency: Implementing energy efficiency is the low-hanging fruit for existing homes and buildings. These actions and initiatives require little investment but drive major impacts: cost savings, system efficiency and resilience through reduced peak demand, emissions reductions, and increased grid reliability, www.energyefficiencyday.org
Geothermal: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $12 million for technologies that can make geothermal systems more efficient for clean, renewable energy production, www.renewableenergyworld.com
Resiliency Hub: St. Jude Regional Catholic School, located in Rockville, has expanded their services to the community through vital energy upgrades to become a resiliency hub. A resiliency hub provides community support in the event of a blackout due to a weather emergency or natural disaster by powering key equipment with clean, resilient energy, www.energy.maryland.gov
Solar Street Lights: Solar street lighting technology has come on leaps and bounds in recent years and is fully aligned with the goals of EU and U.S clean energy and economic stimulus initiatives, www.greenbiz.com
Storage: Potomac Edison will locate two battery energy storage systems in Allegany and Frederick counties. The latter project will be paired with a new electric vehicle fast-charging station, according to the release, www.power-grid.com
Wind Turbines: A coalition of industry and academic leaders has developed a new technology to enable circularity for thermoset composites, the material used to make wind turbine blades, www.renewableenergyworld.com
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