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Nicolás Rivero

@NicolasFuRivero

Environmental reporter @TheFloridaTrib | Formerly: @WashingtonPost, @MiamiHerald, @qz | Born and raised in the county of Dade 🦩
Miami, FL Joined September 2014
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These hulking batteries are helping Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, switch to renewable energy without throwing its power grid out of whack: washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…
www.washingtonpost.com These batteries could harness the wind and sun to replace coal and gas Utilities are building massive batteries to store renewable energy and replace polluting fossil fuel power plants.
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A 🧵 about why power companies are building AI systems that can control millions of thermostats, appliances and EV chargers in homes around the U.S. — and how these hiveminds are already preventing blackouts and helping the grid use more green energy: wapo.st/3MXJQVI
www.washingtonpost.com Why millions of Americans give up control of their thermostats Utilities are tapping into customers’ solar panels, home batteries and smart thermostats to avoid blackouts in a program establishing “virtual power plants.”
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If you're a gardener, check out this citizen science project. You get free heirloom crop seeds and send back data about how well they grow in your garden. And you're helping scientists protect the food system from disease and climate change: wapo.st/3XN9TVY
www.washingtonpost.com Three in four crop varieties have gone extinct. You can save the rest in your garden. A citizen science project gives gardeners the chance to preserve heirloom crops that could be resistant to disease, pests and climate change.
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Japan could produce more geothermal energy than almost any other country. But Japan uses almost none of it. I visited this 1,500-year-old hot spring town to find out why it's so hard to tap into this source of clean power—and how that could change: washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…
www.washingtonpost.com How ancient healing hot springs could fuel a clean energy future One hot spring town shows how Japan could turn its underground cauldron of geothermal heat into clean energy, without risking its centuries-old onsen tradition.
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In the middle of oil and gas country, there's a plant turning water into fuel. The U.S. is investing billions in the technology, which could be our best bet for powering planes and ships without warming the planet—but it won't be easy or cheap. washingtonpost.com/climate-soluti…
www.washingtonpost.com How water could be the future of fuel A new generation of fuels could power planes and ships without warming the planet.