Carsten Westergaard

At Encino Environmental Services, LLC, we believe that the best defense is a proactive offense—especially when it comes to emissions management. Our latest blog dives into the power of satellite methane monitoring and its critical role in addressing super-emitter events under the EPA's new Super-Emitter Response Program (SERP). From high-resolution detection to proactive compliance strategies, discover how innovations like our EmSat Satellite Methane Detection System can transform how the oil and gas industry tackles methane emissions. Let's lead the charge for cleaner energy and a greener planet. 🌱💡 🔗 Read the blog and learn more https://zurl.co/038Le #Sustainability #MethaneMonitoring #SatelliteTech #EnvironmentalInnovation #EncinoEnvironmental #Emissions #MethaneDetection

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In the heart of Texas, we're laying the groundwork for a hydrogen-powered future!       In a new Catalyst blog, Kristine Wiley dives into how GTI Energy, along with federal backing and strategic partnerships, is pioneering the near zero-carbon hydrogen economy. From constructing a proto-hub research facility at UT Austin to innovating with renewable sources for hydrogen production, we're setting the stage for cleaner energy across Texas and beyond.       This initiative is more than just a project; it's a blueprint for decarbonizing industries and energizing communities with clean energy. We're excited to share that our hydrogen research facility has been officially launched.       Read about our mission, our progress, and the game-changing potential of hydrogen in Texas: https://lnkd.in/gMMK6dCv     #Hydrogen #CleanEnergy #Innovation #SustainableFuture

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Demand in the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market is higher than ever, but the problems that plagued Texas during record-breaking summer heat last year have so far been abated by the state’s increasingly diverse mix of renewable energy generation and storage. #renewables #power #energy #wind #offshore #onshore #solar #hydropower #floating #nuclear #geothermal #efficiency #transition #susteinability #circular #economy #esg #clean #decarbonization #electrification #climate #hydrogen #mobility #greensteel #ammonia #transportation #storage #fuelcell #smartgrid #der #powersystem #generation #transmission #distribution #electricity #machines #drives #sensors #iot #education #engineering #innovation #entrepreneurship #creativity #technology #digitalization #cybersecurtity #metering

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Check out our latest selection of published research from Idaho National Laboratory experts! 📄 Exploring the feasibility of municipal solid waste sorting and decontamination technologies, viable configurations for coupling nuclear energy production with thermal energy storage, cell phone sensors for explosion detection and more. ⚛️📱⚡⬇️ https://lnkd.in/eVTeCAeK #research #science #nuclearEnergy #MunicipalWaste #CellPhone #ThermalConductivity #NationalLabs #EnergyStorage

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Lightning Presentation at ARPA-E, Dallas TX, VAST Power Systems, LLC 1.  VAST offers the 110% dispatchable backup power that’s essential to prevent widespread blackouts from major solar and wind power growth. 2.  The G7 shutting down coal plants will require replacement dispatchable power. 3.  Growing demand with constrained grids also requires local backup. 4.  VAST gas turbines provide cheaper power than peakers and combined cycles over this new 10% to 50% annual capacity factor backup range. 5.  The VAST® Liquid Recuperator™ recycles gas turbine exhaust heat, with steam and hot water. 6.  For the same expander, the VAST Cycle offers 70% more dispatchable power, with 24% higher efficiency, yet it costs 37% less than Peaker turbines. 7.  VAST has 17 US patents with more pending on its power systems. 8.  VAST’s independent temperature control lowers maintenance, and increases life, for more reliable, and more profitable dispatchable power. 9.  VAST seeks industrial and financial partners to commercialize our Value Added Steam Technologies. 10. Additionally, DOE’s Argonne and Lawrence Livermore National Labs’ CFD modeling confirmed <1 ppmvd NOx and CO for VAST’s breakthrough scalable combustion. 11. VAST’s combustion meets California emissions limits without 7% SCR cleanup costs. 12. We will next verify our ultra-clean scalable combustion at lab to prototype scales, on current and renewable fuels, test a VAST cycle gas turbine operation, and then commercialize them.

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Recently, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s High-Performance Computing for Energy Innovation program announced the funding of $4 million for 10 new projects, including three collaborations involving #LLNL aimed at improving carbon capture, energy savings and CO2 reduction. https://lnkd.in/gN9sc9cN

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This new #MRSEnergyJournal article from the #Energy #Earthshots special issue discusses problems of #electrolyzers and presents the Center for Ionomer-based Water Electrolysis's approach to researching these issues. https://rdcu.be/dN0pl

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Community-scale ground-source heat pumps get a federal boost in five U.S. cities $35 million for the demo projects provided by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Geothermal Technologies Office https://lnkd.in/g79DcQZ6

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Glad to join the Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP’s Commission on the Scaling of Fusion Energy. My goal is to position the United States at the forefront of the fusion energy race, and we’ll need a strong U.S. government position to do so. Fusion is a key to the global energy transition. The U.S. has made progress convening industry, academia, and government to build the most dynamic fusion ecosystem. The signing of the ADVANCE Act this month is just one example of firmly establishing fusion commercialization as a goal. However, things are changing quickly and the U.S. risks falling behind if it doesn't better align all of these stakeholders. I anticipate that the Commission will spur a vibrant conversation among fusion leaders at private companies like myself, policymakers, and academics. All are perspectives we need to level up the U.S. fusion program and create a fusion industry that works for everyone. Thank you Senator Maria Cantwell, Senator Jim Risch, and Ylli Bajraktari for your leadership as Chairs. https://lnkd.in/eTpQFtNr #FusionEnergy #EnergyTransition

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The interactive resource draws lessons from 15 U.S. virtual power plant programs with nearly 4 million customers and 1.5 GW of enrolled capacity. #renewables #power #energy #wind #offshore #onshore #solar #hydropower #floating #nuclear #geothermal #efficiency #transition #susteinability #circular #economy #esg #clean #decarbonization #electrification #climate #hydrogen #mobility #greensteel #ammonia #transportation #storage #fuelcell #smartgrid #der #powersystem #generation #transmission #distribution #electricity #machines #drives #sensors #iot #education #engineering #innovation #entrepreneurship #creativity #technology #digitalization #cybersecurtity #metering

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GA Power just brought online our 4th new #nuclear reactor (aka clean energy) so I like to run the air conditioner with our windows open ♻️👈🤡 Fact✅: Nuclear energy is sometimes referred to as a #cleanenergy technology as it produces nearly zero carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas #emissions. Fact✅: Unlike many renewable energy sources, power from nuclear energy can be generated 24 hours a day and isn’t dependent on the weather, like #windenergy and solar power tend to be. The power of the atom has been at the heart of electricity generation for more than half a century. Nuclear power stations use a miniscule amount of fuel to generate the same amount of #electricity that a coal or gas power station would. For example, 1 kg of uranium contains the same amount of energy as 2.7 million kg of coal, so nuclear fueld is considered to be a reliable source of energy for decades to come. Nuke vs Solar... Nuclear has a capacity factor of close to 100% because it typically produces as much generation as possible during every hour of the year. #Solarpower, on the other hand, can only produce electricity when the sun is out. This means that over the course of the year, #solar power plants will produce their maximum amount of generation in just 17-20% total hours, on average.☀️👈🤡 The US is the world's largest producer of #nuclearpower, generating more than 30% of the world’s total nuclear capacity. There are 93 operational reactors across 55 nuclear power plants in the country, offering a combined generational capacity of 95.4GW -- making up 20% of the electricity mix. As the UK and US aim for #netzero by 2050, the mix of electricity generation will change. Nuclear energy is likely to play a role globally in helping nuclear-capable nations achieve these goals. In the #UK, the construction of Hinkley Point C in Somerset has marked the current government’s intention to have nuclear as a pillar of its energy mix. Sizewell C – a sister plant to the active B station – is currently under consultation, with a proposed generation of 3.2GW. As of 2021 in the US, there are plans to ‘uprate’ existing reactors to increase their generation capacity, while two new reactors at Plant Vogtle in #Georgia, came online in 2023 and both #3 and #4 are fully operational in 2014. The future may also see the introduction of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). These are smaller version of nuclear power plants, similar to those that power nuclear submarines and ships. While SMRs’ power output is substantially less than a full-scale nuclear power station (they generate as little as a 1/5 of current-generation reactors), they can be more easily manufactured and transported to where they’re needed, before being dismantled and returned at the end of their operating life. SMRs also have safety benefits as they’re inherently simpler than large reactors and rely, primarily, on passive systems to shut down instead of human intervention. Nuclear for the win ⚛️👈🏆

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From NRECA: Four large electric grid operators are backing NRECA’s legal argument that the Environmental Protection Agency’s power plant greenhouse gas rule will drive the early closure of crucial generation sources and threaten grid reliability. https://lnkd.in/gD7mrVpc

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NREL recently announced a notice of intent to release a request for proposals in fundamental aerodynamics R&D that will help industry design and develop cost-effective and reliable large wind turbines. By providing up to $6.25 million in funding on behalf of the Wind Energy Technologies Office at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), this initiative aims to create and publicly disseminate validation-quality aerodynamic datasets that characterize the fundamental and limiting aerodynamic behaviors of blades as modern wind turbines scale in size. https://bit.ly/4fmt6mX

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The agency is required by law to finalize a more flexible, technology-neutral rule for advanced nuclear reactors by the end of 2027. #renewables #power #energy #wind #offshore #onshore #solar #hydropower #floating #nuclear #geothermal #efficiency #transition #susteinability #circular #economy #esg #clean #decarbonization #electrification #climate #hydrogen #mobility #greensteel #ammonia #transportation #storage #fuelcell #smartgrid #der #powersystem #generation #transmission #distribution #electricity #machines #drives #sensors #iot #education #engineering #innovation #entrepreneurship #creativity #technology #digitalization #cybersecurtity #metering

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I completely agree with the challenges listed in the report. These challenges can be grouped into the following three categories: 1) Reducing cost and improving performance; 2) De-risking and scaling up technologies across the value chain; and 3) Barriers to large-scale adoption. Barriers #2 and #3 are often unfamiliar to many industry teams and academic institutions. Establishing Field Test Labs for scale analysis of fuel cell and hydrogen systems is necessary to solve the challenges and better understand the areas of focus for reducing costs and improving performance (#1). University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma – Gallogly College of Engineering OU Research https://www.secm.tech/ #hydrogen #fuelcells #largescale #adoption

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If you are interested in learning about the hydrogen economy and how it will help us transition the world to a more affordable, reliable and sustainable energy system, join the program - you will learn from the experts. Joe Powell , Charles McConnell

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Three Additional Next Generation Geothermal Technology Companies Advancing United States Department of Defense Energy Resilience. > Fervo Energy provides 24/7 carbon-free energy through the development of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS). Fervo's key advancements in drilling and subsurface analytics bring a full suite of modern technology to make geothermal cost competitive and globally scalable. Fervo will explore EGS potential at Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon in Nevada. > GreenFire Energy Inc is accelerating the generation of clean, continuous, reliable geothermal energy. The firm’s approach includes GreenFire’s GreenLoop ® closed-loop technology, an advanced geothermal system (AGS). This technology offers flexible designs that overcome site-specific challenges and extracts energy while preserving reservoir mass and pressure. GreenFire will explore the potential of this technology at Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro in California. > Sage Geosystems Inc. is developing geopressured geothermal system (GGS) technologies deep in the earth, which harnesses both the pressure and heat of the working fluid. Sage uses their proprietary GGS design to deliver more electricity from hot dry rock geothermal, which is a more abundant geothermal resource than traditional hydrothermal (hot aquifer) reservoirs. Sage Geosystems will be conducting activities at the Fort Bliss Army installation in Texas. #geothermal #energy #energysecurity #innovation #investment #drilling #renewableenergy #sustainability Release ---> https://lnkd.in/g-NHwtNz

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Research conducted at the ITC aids the industry in achieving point-source #decarbonization. This work enables Wyoming to join an international effort in implementing point-source #CarbonCapture and storage (CCS). Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dfPi8Cdg

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