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The role of greywater recycling in ecological conservation

Envirotec Magazine

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Castle Water. Greywater recycling systems are being used in homes and businesses all over the UK in an effort to reduce water usage. These innovative yet simple systems offer significant savings and help minimise your environmental impact. Get the 101 on greywater reuse systems, including the key regulations and guidelines.

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BP and Shell ‘Shaped’ UK Carbon Tax Proposals, Private Emails Show

DeSmogBlog

Fossil fuel giants BP and Shell were given “ample opportunity” to privately influence proposals for taxing oil and gas companies that were later backed by the government, new documents reveal. Internal BP emails show that its UK executives were reassured by a controversial oil industry group that they could “shape [the] internal thinking” of a 2018 report on carbon taxes produced by the right-wing think tank Policy Exchange.

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Nikola Expands Hydrogen Network with Inauguration of Second HYLA Refueling Station in Southern California

FuelCellsWorks

New Long Beach station advances Nikola’s commitment to sustainable transportation solutions. PHOENIX — Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, via the HYLA brand, proudly.

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Mycocycle uses mushrooms to upcycle old tires and construction waste

TechCrunch: Climate

The startup's fungi use their mycelium to consume oil-based rubbers and plastics, creating new bio-based materials in the process. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

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H2 MOBILITY and BASF Are Pushing Ahead With the Construction of a Hydrogen Filling Station

FuelCellsWorks

Frankenthal– H2 MOBILITY Deutschland and BASF are investing together in the construction of an H2 filling station in Frankenthal. With the delivery of important core components, a milestone has been.

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Japan: 1.67GW of energy storage winners in inaugural low carbon capacity market auction

Energy Storage News

Over a gigawatt of bids from battery storage project developers have been successful in the first-ever competitive auctions for low-carbon energy capacity held in Japan.

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Underwater CAES and ‘high density PHES’ projects launched by BaroMar and RheEnergise in Cyprus, UK

Energy Storage News

Large-scale long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects have been launched near Cyprus and in the UK, using technologies from BaroMar and RheEnergise that are an iteration of established LDES technologies.

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Everfuel Signs Letter of Intent With German Industrial Offtaker for Initial Supply of 10,000 Tons of Green Hydrogen Per Year

FuelCellsWorks

Herning, Denmark– Everfuel A/S is pleased to announce the signing of a Letter of Intent (LoI) with a large industrial offtaker in Germany for the supply of up to 10,000.

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Renewables manufacturing was 4% of 2023 GDP growth

PV Tech

Clean energy manufacturing – led by solar PV expansions – accounted for 4% of global GDP growth in 2023, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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H2scan Launches Four Critical New Hydrogen Monitoring and Sensing Solutions

FuelCellsWorks

VALENCIA, CALIFORNIA– H2scan, a leader in hydrogen sensing and industrial monitoring solutions, today announced the launch of four new products designed to drive significant efficiencies and performance improvements in transformer.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Europe ‘slower and less bold’ on financial support for upstream battery material projects

Energy Storage News

Europe appears to be slower and less bold than other markets like the US when it comes to financial support for upstream battery material projects like lithium refining, a company looking to invest half a billion euros in an EU project told Energy-Storage.news.

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Hydrogen in Steelmaking – John Cockerill Extends Its Metals Product Portfolio to Iron & Steel Making in Support of the Steel Value Chain’s Decarbonization Efforts

FuelCellsWorks

With the iron and steel industry being one of the most energy-consuming industries, all major players are committed to address the pressing need for climate action and are to make.

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ESS Inc gets 1MW/8MWh iron flow battery order from Nigerian IPP Sapele

Energy Storage News

Iron flow battery company ESS Inc will provide Nigeria-based IPP Sapele Power 1MW/8MWh of its systems, it announced while also revealing its first quarter financials.

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EnBW announces €40bn for renewables and grid expansion

Smart Energy International

Germany’s EnBW has announced plans to invest approximately €40 billion ($43 billion) in the energy transition by 2030, focusing on grid expansion and renewable energies. The Karlsruhe-based energy producer and supplier announced the investment during their 2024 annual general meeting. EnBW’s new chief executive officer Georg Stamatelopoulos called it “the largest investment programme in our corporate history.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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AFC Energy Partners With Illuming Power to Scale S Series Fuel Cell Plate and Stack Manufacture

FuelCellsWorks

AFC Energy (AIM: AFC), a leading provider of hydrogen power generation technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of North America’s Illuming Power (“Illuming”) as the Company’s first scaled manufacturer.

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The Brief: McKnight Foundation’s Tonya Allen on countering the attacks on DEI

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Returns on Inclusion McKnight Foundation’s Tonya Allen: Philanthropy has the right and responsibility to counter. The post The Brief: McKnight Foundation’s Tonya Allen on countering the attacks on DEI appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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H2PowerBox Pty Ltd Launches Pioneering Hydrogen Power Solution

FuelCellsWorks

Scoresby, Victoria– In a significant advancement for renewable energy technology, H2PowerBox Pty Ltd is proud to announce the launch of its revolutionary H2PowerBox. This innovative product was unveiled in the.

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Here’s where the Biden admin wants to build new power lines — ASAP

Canary Media

The Biden administration has unveiled its latest effort to expand the country's overburdened power grid: identifying 10 swaths of the country where it plans to wield a never-before-used federal authority to fast-track and fund major transmission grid projects. On Wednesday, the U.S.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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Adani Green Energy expands solar and renewables portfolios in 2024 financial year

PV Tech

Adani Green Energy has published its results for the 2024 financial year, which include a 33% growth in revenue from power generation.

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A $100 million carbon-removal competition enters its final stage

Canary Media

Over 1,000 companies and research teams are now working to remove carbon dioxide from the sky or ocean and permanently lock it away — up from just a handful of ventures a decade ago.

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Solar and batteries to save five million litres of diesel a year at remote NSW titanium mine site

Renew Economy

A mineral sands mining company expects to save five million litres of diesel a year by adding a solar farm and a battery storage system to its remote titanium mine site in western NSW. The post Solar and batteries to save five million litres of diesel a year at remote NSW titanium mine site appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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A Vaccine for Climate Misinformation

DeSmogBlog

“The climate crisis is a hoax,” “climate action is too costly,” “the climate has already changed in the past”: Misinformation about climate change is everywhere, coming at us from multiple directions. Fake news circulates online. Political leaders make denier and delayer arguments. Companies with a vested interest in the status quo put out greenwashing and obstructionist messaging, as the May 1 U.S. congressional report about fossil-fuel disinformation underscores.

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Intelligent Energy Supplies Fuel Cells for US Department of Defence Microgrid Project

FuelCellsWorks

Intelligent Energy to provide 600kW of PEM fuel cells for US Department of Defence microgrid project IE’s US partner, BWR Innovations, will lead project located at Hickam Air Force Base.

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Heliene, UGE Enter Multiyear Module Supply Agreement and Strategic Partnership

Solar Industry

Heliene has entered a multiyear module supply agreement and strategic partnership with UGE, in which Heliene will help UGE improve project economics and reduce supply chain risk for sourcing U.S.-made PV modules. Use of Heliene’s modules is set to help UGE’s projects qualify for the ITC bonus under the Inflation Reduction Act. With the Heliene supply agreement in place, UGE is expected to begin qualifying for the ITC on projects starting construction this summer.

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PosHYdon: Onshore Test Kicks Off Successfully

FuelCellsWorks

The PosHYdon pilot kicked off the onshore test successfully at the premises of InVesta in Alkmaar. PosHYdon aims to produce green hydrogen on an operational gas platform in the Dutch.

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Tigo Releases New Additions to Flex MPLE Line

Solar Industry

Tigo Energy has launched the newest additions to its Flex MLPE product family, the Tigo TS4-X line. Aimed at the C&I as well as utility markets, the company says the products support solar modules up to 800 W and offer a multi-factor rapid shutdown option with redundant safety signaling for solar systems serving energy-critical applications. The company added that the new devices pair with third-party solar inverters to deliver design and installation flexibility for solar installers and EP

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Peru Launches $2.5 Billion Green Hydrogen Plant in Arequipa

FuelCellsWorks

The Peruvian government, in collaboration with South Africa’s Phelan Green Energy, has commenced the construction of a green hydrogen production facility in Arequipa. This initiative, announced by Presidential Office spokesman.

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New report explores learning from other countries to aid Dutch geothermal sector

ThinkGeoEnergy

Invest-NL , the National Promotional Institute of the Netherlands, that looks into the experiences of other countries (Denmark, Germany, and France) with large-scale geothermal projects and how the lessons in these countries can be used to scale geothermal energy in the Netherlands. The report was prepared by the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) and Well Engineering Partners (WEP).

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Siemens Gamesa Changes CEO, Announces Job Cuts as Part of New Focus

POWER Magazine

Siemens Energy announced an overhaul of its struggling wind power division on May 8, unveiling plans for a new CEO for its wind turbine business and also saying job cuts […] The post Siemens Gamesa Changes CEO, Announces Job Cuts as Part of New Focus appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Tender – Owner’s Engineer for Corbetti geothermal project, Ethiopia

ThinkGeoEnergy

Corbetti Geothermal PLC (CGPLC) has announced that it wishes to engage the services of an Owner’s Engineer to support the drilling and well testing program and the preparation of a feasibility study for the Corbetti geothermal project in Ethiopia. Interested parties are advised to contact the CGPLC General Manager, Mr. Jim Randle at jim.randle@corbettigeothermal.com , to request a copy of the RfP and bidding documentation.

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Australian Startup Mimics Trees to Make Cheaper Green Hydrogen

FuelCellsWorks

Hysata raised $111 million from investors including BP to scale its technology, which could help lower the cost of the clean-burning fuel. For emissions-free hydrogen to become a widespread climate.

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Pakistan: Oracle Power and CET launch grid study for 1.3GW wind, solar and BESS project

Energy Storage News

Developer Oracle Power and China Electric Power Equipment and Technology (CET) are looking to develop and build a 1.3GW project combining solar, wind and battery energy storage system (BESS) technology in Pakistan.

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National Fusion Facility Completes Upgrade

POWER Magazine

Enhancements will enable research into the physics of advanced fusion reactors and accelerate the drive to commercial fusion energy. The DIII-D National Fusion Facility has completed a series of important […] The post National Fusion Facility Completes Upgrade appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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