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Wind turbine is being used to produce zero-carbon "green ammonia" fertilizer

Hacker News Top · 3d ago Cached

A wind turbine in Minnesota is being used to produce zero-carbon 'green ammonia' fertilizer, aiming to decarbonize agriculture and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

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Why heat pumps are still so hot in the US

MIT Technology Review · 2026-07-16 Cached

Despite the expiration of a key US tax credit in 2025, heat pump sales continue to rise, outpacing natural-gas furnaces. The article explores the reasons behind the sustained growth, including efficiency gains and seasonal trends.

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Self-Powered Trailers Promise Leaner Freight Runs

Hacker News Top · 2026-07-10 Cached

Nivalis Energy Europe has developed a self-powered trailer kit with an electric axle, rooftop solar, and grid charging, now undergoing commercial road testing in Germany, projected to save up to 7,000 liters of diesel per year.

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Supervised Reinforcement Learning for the Coordination of Distributed Energy Resources

arXiv cs.LG · 2026-06-25 Cached

This paper proposes a Supervised Reinforcement Learning (SRL) framework for coordinating distributed energy resources, pre-training on demonstration data and fine-tuning with RL to improve sample efficiency and performance.

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Heterogeneous Effects of Green Finance on Urban Decarbonization: Evidence from 285 Cities in China

arXiv cs.LG · 2026-06-08 Cached

This study uses econometric models and machine learning (SHAP analysis) to examine how green finance reduces carbon intensity across 285 Chinese cities, finding heterogeneous effects by city tier and financial instrument, with green bonds and investment being most impactful.

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So Long, ‘Ferrynoia.’ Green Maritime Technology Is Here

Wired · 2026-06-05 Cached

New York's first hybrid-electric public ferry, the Harbor Charger, begins service, aiming to cut emissions by 600 tons annually, while San Francisco Bay Ferry plans to launch fully battery-electric ferries by 2027.

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Climate tech companies are pivoting to critical minerals

MIT Technology Review · 2026-05-21 Cached

Climate tech companies are pivoting to critical minerals as political support for climate causes wanes, with examples like Boston Metal raising funds for metals production and Brimstone emphasizing critical minerals alongside cement.

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Boston Metal gets a $75 million lifeline to produce critical metals

MIT Technology Review · 2026-05-20 Cached

Boston Metal raised $75M to scale production of critical metals like niobium and tantalum using its molten oxide electrolysis technology, supporting a Brazilian facility after a cash-flow crisis triggered by an industrial accident.

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In the UK, EVs are cheaper than petrol cars, thanks to Chinese competition

Hacker News Top · 2026-04-19 Cached

Chinese EV imports without tariffs have pushed UK electric car average prices below petrol cars for the first time, accelerating decarbonization.

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