Energy Efficiency, GHG Emissions, Solar, Sourcing Renewables - February 22, 2025
Weekend Reads: Fusion Reactor Smashes Records; Vail's Manure-Powered Buses
It's the weekend! Kick back and catch up with these must-read articles from around the web:
China's new 'artificial sun' sets world record — here's how it could change energy production forever (The Cool Down) China's nuclear fusion reactor, called the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) officially but an "artificial sun" by many, has just set a record for the longest sustained, stable nuclear fusion reaction. EAST maintained the reaction for 17 minutes and 46 seconds, smashing its own previous 2023 world record of 6 minutes and 43 seconds.
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As Texas’ energy demand soars, a pilot program looks to bolster grid with “virtual power plants” fueled by people’s homes (The Texas Tribune) As Texas’ energy demand soars, a pilot program looks to bolster grid with “virtual power plants” fueled by people’s homes.
Nearly half of school district’s bus fleet will run on a renewable energy source: Cow poop (Vail Daily) The Eagle County School District will soon have nearly half its school bus fleet running on a renewable energy source. On Wednesday, the school board approved converting an additional eight buses, on top of six already converted, to a system that burns renewable compressed natural gas, rather than diesel. The renewable compressed natural gas the school district’s buses run on, through a system from the company Demi Diesel Displacer, is even more climate friendly because it is made from cow manure.
This solar-powered reactor sucks CO2 from the air and turns it into fuel (Gizmodo) Researchers have created a solar-powered reactor that collects CO2 by night and turns it into a useful gas by day.
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