Jun 19, 2023 | Signals to Watch
By Jeff House, Envision Board Member and Economic Transformation Signals Team
A hydrogen fuel plant is coming to Mulberry, Florida, by way of South Korea. A Korean company plans to build a clean-hydrogen facility in Polk County using natural gas from a nearby pipeline. The plant will produce “blue hydrogen” made from natural gas, but, down the road, solar power could be an option to power its operations (which would make it green hydrogen). Read about the project here.
Jun 8, 2023 | Signals to Watch
By Jeff House, Envision Boad member and Economic Transformation Signals Team
An Ohio bill establishes a community solar pilot program that will consist of 1,500 MW of community solar, enough energy to power almost 300,000 homes. Subscribers will be eligible for a bill credit, usually equal to 10 to 20% savings, from their utility provider for the proportional amount of energy generated from the community solar facility. In addition, any community solar facility built on a brownfield will be eligible for grants to help cover costs associated with site preparation and construction. This comes at a time when the US solar industry has enjoyed its best-ever first quarter, installing more solar panels than in any previous quarter. Read about the proposed bill here.
May 17, 2023 | Signals to Watch
Beverly French, Envision Board member and Arts, Culture, and Entertainment Signals Team
In March 2023, artist Refik Anadol explained to a PBS resporter: “My primary material is data, the information, and my second material is a ‘thinking brush’ that is assisted by machine ‘dreaming.’” Anadol has spent seven years uploading images of flowers, landscapes and art, contributing to the 75 million images of flowers generated with computer data through the work of scientists, software programmers, researchers, architects and designers.
A thinking brush?! Read a transcript of the interview.
