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Jan 22, 2018

This Hearst ranch has raised cattle since 1865, now it also powers Apple’s headquarters — By Anita Balakrishnan | CNBC

Posted by in categories: business, energy, environmental, solar power

“The historic Hearst cattle ranch has become a hybrid solar farm for Apple’s Cupertino campus.”

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Jan 19, 2018

Graphene Could Be a Source of Endless, Clean Energy

Posted by in categories: energy, materials

Scientists have discovered an endless energy supply in the naturally occurring Brownian motion of graphene.

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Jan 18, 2018

How the Science of Decision-Making Will Help Us Make Better Strategic Choices

Posted by in categories: energy, information science, science

Neuroscientist Brie Linkenhoker believes that leaders must be better prepared for future strategic challenges by continually broadening their worldviews.

As the director of Worldview Stanford, Brie and her team produce multimedia content and immersive learning experiences to make academic research and insights accessible and useable by curious leaders. These future-focused topics are designed to help curious leaders understand the forces shaping the future.

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Jan 14, 2018

Proof-of-Work Alternatives: Massive electric consumption by cryptocurrency mining

Posted by in categories: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, economics, energy, environmental

Some blogs and news outlets eschew long titles. Publishers want readers to scan a list of topics that fit on one-line each. But, a better title for this article would be:

“Massive electric consumption by cryptocurrency mining:
An unfortunate environmental nightmare will soon pass!
… Proof-of-Work alternatives are on the horizon”

A considerable amount of electricity is used in the process of mining Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Miners are effectively distributed bookkeepers, and this use of resources is part of a system called “proof-of-work”. It keeps the books fair, honest, and without an ability for the miners to collude (In other words, they cannot ‘cook the books’).

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Jan 9, 2018

Scientists think they’ve discovered a fourth type of fuel for humans — beyond carbs, fat, or protein

Posted by in categories: energy, food

  • Ketones could super-charge the body in a way that’s unlike any other source of fuel.
  • San Francisco-based startup HVMN recently launched a drink made of pure ketone ester to harness its performance-boosting qualities.
  • The company partnered with Oxford University to leverage $60 million-worth of scientific research on elite athletes.

The nutrition label on a shot-sized bottle of this clear, odorless liquid defies traditional explanation. It contains 120 calories — roughly the equivalent of a hearty slice of bread — yet it has no fat, no protein, and no carbohydrates.

Those calories instead come from ketones, an ingredient that Geoff Woo, cofounder and CEO of San Francisco-based human performance startup called HVMN (pronounced “human”)to call “the fourth macronutrient.”

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Jan 8, 2018

The growing adoption of LEDs is having a tangible effect on carbon emissions

Posted by in category: energy

LED bulbs contributed to a reduction of 570 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2017, according to an estimate by IHS Markit—equivalent to closing more than 160 coal power plants.

Published 2 hours ago | Photo by Reuters/Toru Hanai.

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Jan 7, 2018

Biomechanical Energy Instead of Batteries?

Posted by in categories: energy, wearables

Why wearable? Many industrial and academic studies are currently addressed to design and to optimize the technologies related to portable and wireless.

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Jan 2, 2018

Scientists Develop Fossil-Fuel-Based Technology That Consumes Carbon Dioxide

Posted by in category: energy

Engineers at The Ohio State University are developing technologies that have the potential to economically convert fossil fuels and biomass into useful products including electricity without emitting carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

In the first of two papers published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science, the engineers report that they’ve devised a process that transforms shale gas into products such as methanol and gasoline—all while consuming carbon dioxide. This process can also be applied to coal and biomass to produce useful products.

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Jan 2, 2018

A fossil fuel technology that doesn’t pollute

Posted by in category: energy

Engineers at The Ohio State University are developing technologies that have the potential to economically convert fossil fuels and biomass into useful products including electricity without emitting carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

In the first of two papers published in the journal Energy & Environmental Science, the engineers report that they’ve devised a process that transforms shale gas into products such as methanol and gasoline—all while consuming carbon dioxide. This process can also be applied to coal and biomass to produce useful products.

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Jan 2, 2018

A Year-End Update on Electricity Policy From the Field — By Sonia Aggarwal | GTM

Posted by in categories: energy, environmental

“A review of the most important developments in rate design, distributed energy deployments, and utility business models.”

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