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Bei uns im Haushalt gibt es jetzt eine neue #outdoor Jacke
https://eu.patagonia.com/de/de/product/womens-torrentshell-3l-rain-jacket/85246.…

Mit Flüssen etwas kühlen, da war doch was bei "AtomStrom" oder?
Jetzt kühlen wir die Flüsse und manche Fischarten sind dankbar darüber wie der Huchen, der Donaulachs, der kaltes Wasser zum Laichen braucht.
Gleichzeitig erzeugen wir mit Großwärmepumpen Wärme für die Haushalte und Firmen.

Mit Wärme aus Flusswasser heizen: So groß ist Bayerns Potenzial
Bayern könnte einen großen Teil seines Wärmebedarfs künftig mit Wärmepumpen decken, die an Flüssen und Bächen installiert werden. Die speisen dann zum Beispiel in Fernwärmenetze ein. Eine neue Studie zeigt, wo das Potenzial am größten ist.

Today: rain, snow, wind - or a mix of any of them. I guess I'll go for a walk later and be prepared for everything.
Not hiking today but doing household and photography stuff. Including selecting a photo to be printed for our bedroom

«Rooting out bias in appraisals can help narrow the racial wealth gap. According to a recent study, eliminating racial disparities in the amount of wealth families gain from owning a home would narrow the wealth gap by 16% between Black and white households and by 41% between Latino and white households.»

FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Key Progress on Efforts to Close the Racial Wealth Gap | The White House
Under President Biden’s leadership, the home appraisal gap—an indicator of potential racial and ethnic bias—has shrunk by more than 40% 80% of Congressional Republicans are supporting a plan that would reverse this progress, while cutting Medicare, Social Security, and the Affordable Care Act Nearly three years ago at a speech to commemorate the centennial of…

THE WÄRMTH
A 24MW heat pump is now going online for 🇩🇪 Stuttgart's district heating system. Look at the size: for a unit with 5000 times the power of a domestic HP unit, it's pretty small, isn't it?
The heat source is the adjacent waste incineration plant.
https:/…

Großwärmepumpe liefert klimaneutrale Fernwärme | EnBW
Großwärmepumpe kann bis zu 10.000 Haushalte mit Fernwärme versorgen, Einsparung von 15.000 Tonnen CO2, neue Maßstäbe in der energetischen Nutzung

Bahntrassen-Streit in OWL: Heftige Kritik am Investitionsstau
Hat die Haushaltskrise des Bundes direkte Auswirkungen auf die Ertüchtigung der Bahntrasse zwischen Bielefeld und Hannover? Dazu gibt es eine heiße Debatte.
https://www.

Bahntrassen-Streit in OWL: Heftige Kritik am Investitionsstau   
Hat die Haushaltskrise des Bundes direkte Auswirkungen auf die Ertüchtigung der Bahntrasse zwischen Bielefeld und Hannover? Dazu gibt es eine heiße Debatte.   

If you're going to run an e-bike rebate program, it's probably important to pick a goal that you want to hit with it, because what your goal is should drive how the rebate program is designed.
Is your goal to provide economic benefit to low income households? Is it to reduce vehicle miles traveled (my recommendation)? Is it to get more bikes on the road and build a mass movement? (rebates probably not the right tool)

The PEPSI Exoplanet Transit Survey (PETS). V: New Na D transmission spectra indicate a quieter atmosphere on HD 189733b
E. Keles, S. Czesla, K. Poppenhaeger, P. Hauschildt, T. A. Carroll, I. Ilyin, M. Baratella, M. Steffen, K. G. Strassmeier, A. S. Bonomo, B. S. Gaudi, T. Henning, M. C. Johnson, K. Molaverdikhani, V. Nascimbeni, J. Patience, A. Reiners, G. Scandariato, E. Schlawin, E. Shkolnik, D. Sicilia, A. Sozzetti, M. Mallonn, C. Veillet, J. Wang, F. Yan

The PEPSI Exoplanet Transit Survey (PETS). V: New Na D transmission spectra indicate a quieter atmosphere on HD 189733b
Absorption lines from exoplanet atmospheres observed in transmission allow us to study atmospheric characteristics such as winds. We present a new high-resolution transit time-series of HD 189733b, acquired with the PEPSI instrument at the LBT and analyze the transmission spectrum around the Na D lines. We model the spectral signature of the RM-CLV-effect using synthetic PHOENIX spectra based on spherical LTE atmospheric models. We find a Na D absorption signature between the second and third c…

The FCC plans to stop accepting new enrollments for a US government broadband subsidy, used by 23M households, which is set to run out of funding in months (David Shepardson/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-stop-a

Device-level metering and energy contracts allow consumers to run specific loads, such as hot water tanks, heat pumps and EVs, in a grid-responsive way: reducing their energy bills without having to worry about their other electricity use.
It's discussed in RAP's report on demand-side flexibility:

The joy of flex: Embracing household demand-side flexibility as a power system resource for Europe
Only one path enables rapid decarbonisation while maintaining a reliable energy system, minimising its costs and increasing energy democracy.