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🔥 What are they solving for? Featured thought leader interviews.

We're introducing a new broadcast format aimed at addressing complex issues such as climate change. Our approach? To cut through the clutter by engaging directly with thought leaders and asking them to pinpoint what’s critical. Special thanks to our first few interviewees for helping to produce this new broadcast format:

• Alan Scott (Follow on LinkedIn), Director of Sustainability, Building Science Solutions at Intertek, discusses sustainable building and our built environment.

• Matthew Roling (Follow on LinkedIn), carbon pricing expert, discusses climate change and the benefits of carbon pricing.

🔥 Featured Article: We Can Afford Sustainable Infrastructure [forbes.com]

Discusses the financial feasibility and high return on investment of sustainable infrastructure, crucial for sustainable building:

• Investing in sustainable infrastructure yields $3 to $10 in benefits for every dollar, demonstrating significant economic returns.

• Implementing stricter building codes ensures structures are resilient to climate impacts, reducing long-term repair costs.
  
  Read more at www.forbes.com
  More analysis at Solvecast

🔥 Featured Article: Open Source AI to Protect Power Grids from DER Fluctuations [smart-energy.com]

Explores AI advancements for stabilizing power grids amid the surge of variable renewable energy sources, enhancing clean energy integration:

• Novel AI ensures optimal performance with safety in dynamic power distribution systems.

• Open-source AI algorithms enhance grid stability against renewable energy fluctuations.

• Projection-embedded deep reinforcement learning achieves safe, optimal grid control while adhering to the physical constraints of power systems.

• Decentralized, adaptive control of power converters through deep reinforcement learning ensures grid stability without the need for real-time communication.

• Implementing AI algorithms stabilizes power grids against the unpredictable nature of renewable energy sources and electric vehicle charging
  

  Read more at www.smart-energy.com
  More analysis at Solvecast
  

Curated links, handpicked and summarized.

⚡️ Clean Energy

• Why not harvest the sun in community solar gardens? Policy is why. Explores how community solar gardens can alleviate energy poverty and provide clean energy savings to low-income households. Read at captimes.com | More analysis at Solvecast

• Open source AI to protect power grids from DER fluctuations. Explores AI advancements for stabilizing power grids amid the surge of variable renewable energy sources, enhancing clean energy integration. Read at www.smart-energy.com | More analysis at Solvecast

• AI solves nuclear fusion puzzle for near-limitless clean energy. Discusses how AI advancements have overcome a major hurdle in nuclear fusion, promising a breakthrough in clean energy production. Read at www.independent.co.uk | More analysis at Solvecast

• Low-income communities will soon get $7 billion for…. Explores a $7 billion federal initiative under the Inflation Reduction Act to expand solar power access to low-income families, highlighting its potential for equitable clean energy advancement. Read at www.canarymedia.com | More analysis at Solvecast

🚙 Mobility & Transport

• More Affordable Electric Cars Are Starting To Arrive In More Places Around The World. Explores the emergence of sub-$25,000 electric vehicles, highlighting their potential to accelerate EV adoption globally. Read at cleantechnica.com | More analysis at Solvecast

• Tesla Supercharger Network Now Open To (Some) Other Drivers In North America. Explores Tesla's expansion of its Supercharger network to non-Tesla electric vehicles, enhancing charging infrastructure and reducing range anxiety. Read at cleantechnica.com | More analysis at Solvecast

• Toyota says it would rather buy credits than ‘waste’ money on EVs. Discusses Toyota's strategy to prioritize hybrid vehicles and credit purchases over full investment in battery electric vehicles, impacting the EV market landscape. Read at electrek.co | More analysis at Solvecast

🏠 Buildings & Cities

• We Can Afford Sustainable Infrastructure -- Ventures With High Dividends. Discusses the financial feasibility and high return on investment of sustainable infrastructure, crucial for sustainable building. Read at www.forbes.com | More analysis at Solvecast

• How Capturing Rainwater Can Make Cities Safer, More Resilient. Discusses how urban rainwater capture via green infrastructure can bolster sustainable building by enhancing water security and resilience. Read at www.planetizen.com | More analysis at Solvecast

• Heat pumps would cut energy bills for majority of US homes: NREL research. Explores how heat pumps could enhance sustainability in building by reducing energy bills and emissions in the US. Read at www.smartcitiesdive.com | More analysis at Solvecast

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