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Kudos to Austin Energy. Good to hear how they're solving the pollution problem. I like how this animation of CO2 concentration illustrates why decarbonizing is so important; it's fascinating that it zooms in to see in such detail the individual power plants emitting CO2 in Texas and the eastern states. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a…
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Kudos to Austin Energy. Good to hear how they're solving the pollution problem. I like how this animation of CO2 concentration illustrates why decarbonizing is so important; it's fascinating that it zooms in to see in such detail the individual power plants emitting CO2 in Texas and the eastern states. https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a005100/a005196/dyamondPointCloud_3-29-2023a_dyamond_co2_anim_globe_zoom_1080p30.mp4
I wish them all the best with exit and replacement in these times and think they have great ideas my hometown public utility could apply.
"And the last and final bookend of it is furthering the culture of innovation to make sure that we're adopting the evolving and maturing technologies that are going to continue to emerge that help us reach those clean energy goals."
I'd love to hear about Mainspring linear generators on the pod as one of the emergent technologies. They developed a utility generator design that can use a variety of fuels like natural gas, biogas from landfills or wastewater plants, hydrogen, ammonia or potentially alcohols, as an alternative to diesel gensets.