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Research that led to the founding of @ClimateTRACE has been published in Remote Sensing journal! We’re so proud of our team + @wattTime @GlobalEnergyMon Pixel Scientia Labs, @Georgetown 👀 mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/7…

Join us at #SXSW2025 in Austin on March 9 at 2:30 PM for our panel, "Location Matters: Optimizing America's Energy Transition" featuring Clearloop CEO, Laura Zapata alongside Laura Corso @wattTime, Joe Azar @panolacounty, & Andrew Peterman @Rivian schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/PP… @sxsw

Developing economies are expected to account for the bulk of new energy demand in the coming years. Many of those regions also have the most #polluting power plants, making them the highest-impact places to build new #renewable energy. reuters.com/business/energ…

DYK: A solar plant’s location has everything to do with its #climate impact? WattTime’s Laura Corso will be at @sxsw with @clearloopUS and @Rivian to talk about just how much location matters for #renewables. schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/PP…

A new report from @McKinsey finds that not only does an emissionality-based approach to RE procurement reduce more #emissions, but it also expands renewables more cost-effectively (i.e. faster) compared to an hourly-matching approach to procurement. mckinsey.com/industries/ele…

Time-shifting that load explicitly to reduce #emissions can be done every day of the year and that can make an even bigger impact on reducing #GHG emissions and other pollution. Learn more here: watttime.org/solutions/load…

If those flexible loads cut their usage at key times it could prevent some fossil fuel plants from being built – great! Classic demand response (DR) tech can do this in just several hours a year, but what will that flexibility be used for in the other 8,700+ hours each year?

A new paper from the @NichInstitute says that if new loads are flexible, US #grids can serve more (up to 100 GW) w/o building new capacity. latitudemedia.com/news/the-us-gr… But how much does this help the #climate?

More than a half-billion people in Africa live without #electricity, but this major project aims to change that. nytimes.com/2025/01/27/cli…

WattTime’s @camfassett writes all about the emissions risks of #AI and how we can use marginal emissions data to greatly decrease or avoid the climate burden of data centers in our new blog: watttime.org/news-and-insig…

In addition, where we build data centers matters, and using marginal emissions data to decide where to build can reduce the emissions of a new data center by as much as 50%.

If new US data centers are powered just by natural gas, they could add an extra 180Mt of CO2 into the atmosphere annually. We can avert that #climate burden with a few simple strategies. Obviously, it starts with #renewables. But, there’s more to consider, and that is LOCATION.

Catch WattTime’s CPO @nagutron at #GreenBiz25 next week! @trellisgroup_ This packed session will dive into the practical applications of #AI for supply chain #decarbonization - something free tools like @ClimateTRACE have made easier than ever. 🔗trellis.net/session/levera…

the explosive growth of data center build-outs, accelerated by AI, threatens emissions reduction goals. i broke down how smart data center siting decisions and flexible computing can minimize climate impact as use of data centers and AI grows @wattTime watttime.org/news-and-insig…

And if you need a primer on the nuances of #GHG accounting, check out this brief from @GHGprotocol: ghgprotocol.org/blog/inventory…

One slight tweak could help that money flow toward where it will do more good for the world. Learn more in this paper in Carbon Management by @RBallentine: #d1e123" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The outdated way that #GHGaccounting is used impedes #climate progress, leading companies to think they are doing more good than they are.

Our partners @amazon are supporting global #climate equity with smart procurement. “By targeting areas with the most carbon-intensive grids, the company is accelerating the global transition to renewable energy and driving meaningful environmental change.” esgnews.com/amazon-claims-…