The newest passenger boat for Maine's Casco Bay Lines will be running a diesel-electric hybrid propulsion engine. The hybrid will be handling the Portland to Peaks Island run, fully on electricity. The diesel engine will function as a backup, or be engaged for trips longer than the normal run. This assigned route is approximately 2.5 miles, which should allow the ferry to travel one way, charge at docking (~10-15 minutes) and run the return trip on electricity as well.
Topics: Oil & Energy Magazine, Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, maine, Hybrid
Even as Coronavirus disrupts business as usual, talks regarding the TCI (Transportation Climate Initiative) continue via video conference and email amongst the involved 12 States & Washington DC.
Topics: Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, renewable energy, TCI
Local farms in Massachusetts are producing their own renewable energy, and they're doing it while diverting food waste and dropping their carbon footprint at the same time. How? By utliizing anaerobic digesters, produced by Vanguard Renewables.
Topics: Oil & Energy Magazine, methane, Carbon Emissions, renewable energy
You may have been hearing about the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) on the news recently - in particular, you have probably been hearing about the implications the TCI would have on the gas tax. (That goes double for those of you in Massachusetts, where gas taxes were a major point of contention in the prior few election cycles)
Topics: Massachusetts, Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, TCI
The Massachusetts legislature is considering a bill that would set up what would essentially be test geothermal projects to determine if what are being called "GeoMicroDistrict"s could be used going forward for heating & cooling of buildings and neighborhoods. The goal of this is that if it works, utilities would able to buy/source geothermal for energy supply in addition to (or instead of) natural gas.
Topics: Massachusetts Clean Cities, Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, renewable energy, geothermal
The ongoing quest to lower carbon emissions has shown some promising progress with the processes of capture & store, direct air capture of carbon, and the development of SynFuels that use captured CO2 to create fuel**
Topics: Climate Change, Carbon Emissions
Topics: Oil & Energy Magazine, Climate Change, Carbon Emissions, Air conditioning, HFCs, Montreal Protocol, Kigali Amendment
"Bill Gates has said that to solve our energy problems, someday we need to do what photosynthesis does, and that someday we might be able to do it even more efficiently than plants...That someday has arrived" - David Nocera, Harvard University
Topics: Oil & Energy Magazine, Solar, Carbon Emissions, bionic leaf
Topics: natural gas, EPA, Carbon Emissions, clean air act, power plant emissions, coal, obama
The Obama Administration, EPA and DOT are set to unveil new proposed regulations today aimed at reducing fuel use and curbing emissions in trucks as part of the push for regulations aimed at stemming Climate Change.
Topics: EPA Mandate, Carbon Emissions, Emissions, fuel efficiency