Jennifer McDermott
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Green energy reporter for the @AP. Former defense reporter @thedayct. Reach me at [email protected].
Joined August 2010
Climate Solution: Tugboat powered by ammonia sailed for the 1st time Sunday in the Hudson River to show how the maritime industry can slash planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions. @amogyinc bought the tug to power it in a new, carbon-free way. @AP_Climate
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A tugboat powered by ammonia sailed for the first time Sunday in the Hudson River to show how the maritime industry can slash planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions.
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ICYMI: @NASCAR unveiled its first electric racecar over the weekend. It partnered with @TeamChevy, @FordPerformance, @ToyotaRacing and electrification company @ABBgroupnews to demonstrate a high-performance EV and gauge fan interest in electric racing.
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NASCAR has unveiled its first electric racecar in Chicago. It doesn’t thunder when the race grand marshal says “drivers, start your engines,” it hums.
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A milestone for next-gen geothermal: CA utility backs the largest new geothermal power development in the US — enough clean electricity from the Earth’s heat for some 400,000 homes. @SCE will purchase electricity from @fervoenergy. @AP_Climate
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One method of making electricity cleanly to address climate change has been quietly advancing and just hit a milestone.
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RT @JenMcDermottAP: Share your ideas with @AP_Climate: What do you want to know about the next generation of #nuclearpower plants? What do….
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Share your ideas with @AP_Climate: What do you want to know about the next generation of #nuclearpower plants? What do you think about the United States planning to add more of them?
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In Wyoming, @BillGates moves ahead with #nuclearpower project aimed at revolutionizing power generation. @AP_Climate.
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Bill Gates and his energy company are starting construction at their Wyoming site for a next-generation nuclear power plant he believes will “revolutionize” how power is generated.
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Approved today, New England Wind by @Avangrid: 1900 MW offshore wind energy.Former Brayton Point plant: 1600 MW coal.Mystic Generating Station: 1400 MW natural gas.Seabrook Station: 1200 MW nuclear.It’s an indication of how far renewable energy has come.
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The Biden administration approved a new wind project off the Massachusetts coast Tuesday that is large enough it will provide more electricity than the state’s former coal-fired generating station.
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RT @AP: Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, died months after a police officer body slammed and paralyzed him. Grant's death was….
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Carl Grant, a Vietnam veteran with dementia, drove off from his Georgia home intending to shop for groceries. He became disoriented and wound up in Birmingham, Alabama.
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RT @AP: Police tactics like physical restraints and Tasers aren’t supposed to end in death, but they can. The U.S. government struggles t….
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The Biden administration greenlit the nation's seventh large offshore wind project Tuesday. @OrstedUS + @EversourceCorp plan to build a 924MW project, Sunrise Wind, east of Montauk, NY. They say it'll power about 600,000 New York homes starting in 2026.
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The Biden administration greenlit the seventh large offshore wind project in the United States Tuesday.
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The United States makes its largest-ever investment to decarbonize domestic industries to fight climate change-- @SecGranholm, @alizaidi46 announce $6 billion for iron, steel, aluminum, food and beverage, concrete and cement facilities to slash emissions.
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The industrial sector is getting $6 billion in federal funding for projects that will slash planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, the largest-ever U.S. investment to decarbonize domestic industr...
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New York's legislature considers banning drilling companies from using CO2 to extract natural gas. The state already prohibits traditional fracking with water to extract natural gas. Story by @maysoonkhan.
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The state of New York is moving to update its fracking ban. Hydraulic fracturing usually involves injecting huge amounts of water deep underground to break layers of rock and release natural gas.
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Combining batteries with green energy is a fast-growing climate solution. @OrstedUS is building a massive solar farm in the Arizona desert with batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when it’s not.
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In the Arizona desert, a Danish company is building a massive solar farm that includes batteries that charge when the sun is shining and supply energy back to the electric grid when it’s not.
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America’s first commercial-scale #offshorewind farm is officially open. NY Gov. @KathyHochul says, "This is the date and the time that people will look back in the history of our nation and say, 'This is when it changed.'" @OrstedUS @EversourceCorp
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America's first commercial-scale offshore wind farm is officially open, a long-awaited moment that helps pave the way for a succession of large wind farms.
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"A watershed moment for climate action in the U.S., and a dawn for the American offshore wind industry"-- @Avangrid + Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners announce the first turbine for the Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts is sending electricity.
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For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms.
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First Power: A massive turbine is sending electricity onto the US grid from what's set to be the country's first commercial offshore wind farm- South Fork Wind. It’s a long-awaited milestone for US #OffshoreWind. @OrstedUS + @EversourceCorp announced today
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Off the coast of eastern Long Island, an 800-foot tall turbine has begun sending electricity onto the U.S. grid from what’s set to be the country’s first commercial offshore wind farm.
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At #COP28, @ClimateEnvoy Kerry: We are edging ever-closer to a fusion-powered reality. He unveiled a global strategy to commercialize fusion for clean energy at the @AtlanticCouncil. He just toured @CFS_energy. It's racing to deploy fusion power plants.
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The United States will work with other governments to speed up efforts to make nuclear fusion a new source of carbon-free energy, U.S.
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On @REWorld this week, I chatted with the hosts about the potential for enhanced geothermal energy.
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The new "This Week in Cleantech" podcast breaks down the biggest stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less.
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RT @SecGranholm: This partnership between DOE-funded @FervoEnergy and Google is a major leap towards using the heat beneath our feet to pro….
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Google announced Tuesday that an advanced geothermal project has begun pumping carbon-free electricity onto the Nevada electric grid to feed Google data centers there.
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As @Google works toward 24/7 carbon-free energy, it partnered with @fervoenergy to bring an advanced geothermal project online in Nevada. @michael_terrell- “We’re really hoping that this could be a springboard to much, much more advanced geothermal power."
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Google announced Tuesday that an advanced geothermal project has begun pumping carbon-free electricity onto the Nevada electric grid to feed Google data centers there.
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