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Ordering an MRI for the Ecosystem

March 24, 2023
Source: Grist
This March 17 feature details United States Geologic Survey efforts to fly over - and find - critical mineral sites around the nation.
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(Photo by Kevin Oliver via Flickr Creative Commons.) It was no precipitous proclamation about traffic that reprogrammed New York City's economy. 

Policy Pinpoint: Legislation and the Long Road Before Us

Alec Appelbaum
August 10, 2022
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Many have boiled down the seminal Inflation Reduction Act, and many are burrowing into it. To set boundaries and context beyond the timing of tax credits, consider an analogy to how another blockbuster set of policies altered one of the world's more emissions-intensive cities.
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The Grand Finale: Energy-Grid Barriers and Solutions

Sara Harari, Ben Bovarnick
May 29, 2018
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On social media and at industry conventions, it is easy to find high-profile discussions on the technological revolution of electric grids. Experts on energy storage, distributed generation, and wireless options describe how emerging technologies are poised to transform the electricity sector. The hype is real. Energy companies are developing technologies...
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Battery Storage Holds Promise for US Commercial Market

Lucy Kessler
October 23, 2017
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A study published on Aug. 24 by National Renewable Energy Laboratory in partnership with Clean Energy Group found that approximately 25 percent of all commercial customers in the United States could cost-effectively reduce their electric utility bills through onsite battery storage.
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Electricity Evolution: Meet the Ringmasters

Sara Harari, Ben Bovarnick
September 20, 2017
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When Tesla unveiled the utility-scale Powerpack battery in 2015, analysts and observers excitedly proclaimed the product’s low price point would revolutionize electric grid operations and business models as it set new cost benchmarks for energy storage. But despite the hype, the reception from utilities was tepid at best. This experience...

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