Headline News:
- “Lockheed Martin Tests Innovative Flow Battery Technology” • Lockheed Martin announced that it is partnering with TC Energy to develop energy storage systems based on Lockheed Martin flow battery technology. They say the ingredients are not toxic or expensive but have sufficient energy storage capability to be commercially viable. [CleanTechnica]
Lockheed Martin flow battery ( Lockheed Martin image)
- “Why Energy Retailers Could Benefit From Giving Power To The People” • When it comes to accelerating the take up of renewable energy, the idea of a two-sided market, in which consumers are rewarded for buying and selling energy in real-time, could be the solution the world’s energy markets have been looking for. [Forbes]
- “Australian PM Scott Morrison Backs Coal Industry Amid Wildfire Crisis Climate Change Row” • Embattled Australian prime minister Scott Morrison insisted his government would not “walk away” from the coal industry, just as authorities warned the wildfires crisis could rage for months. About 200 fires were burning in four states. [Evening Standard]
- “US Military Precariously Unprepared For Climate Threats, War College And Retired Brass Warn” • The US Department of Defense, with a presidential administration that rejects science and ignores climate risks, has been slow to respond to them. That is raising concerns from both military think tanks and Congress’s watchdog agency. [InsideClimate News]
- “Renewables Embraced By Standing Rock, Other Tribes” • With publicity from the Dakota Access pipeline protest still fresh in people’s minds, Indigenized Energy and other nonprofits worked together to build and launch a solar farm on Standing Rock. In doing so, they became the latest American Indian tribe moving into green energy. [Albuquerque Journal]
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December 23 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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