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Will upgrading fossil fuel infrastructure enable polluters or accelerate the path to net-zero? - The Standard

By John Engel While the world waits for cost-effective and scalable long-duration energy storage to support the around-the-clock deployment of power generated by renewable sources, fossil fuels will continue to play a significant role in the energy mix to provide reliability to the grid and industries. Seemingly counter-intuitive on the surface, investments in the infrastructure […]

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