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This Week in Cleantech (2/16/24) — Virtual power plants still working out the kinks
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This Week in Cleantech is a new, weekly podcast covering the most impactful stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less. Produced by Renewable Energy World and Tigercomm, This Week in Cleantech will air every Friday in the Factor This! podcast feed wherever you get your podcasts.
This week’s episode features Latitude Media founding reporter Maeve Allsup, who covered some of the challenges facing one of the first virtual power plants deployed in the U.S.
This Week in Cleantech - Feb. 16, 2024
This week’s “Cleantecher of the Week” is world-renowned Climate Scientist Michael Mann.
1. This Arctic Circle Town Expected a Green Energy Boom. Then Came Bidenomics. — New York Times
2. California could make — or break — the Western grid — E&E News
3. The world is reducing its reliance on fossil fuels – except for in three key sectors — The Guardian
4. Fervo Energy Is Quickly Making Geothermal Cheaper — Heatmap News
5. Under the hood of PG&E's summer VPP pilot with Sunrun — Latitude Media
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