Inside Allbirds’ mission to make a shoe with no carbon footprint
GreenBiz
MAY 3, 2024
As of its most recent progress update, the shoemaker is more than halfway toward its goal to cut its per-product footprint in half by 2025.
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Envirotec Magazine
MAY 2, 2024
Biogas is delivered by pipeline from the plant in Vogtland, Saxony. In March, a German agricultural firm commissioned one of Weltec Biopower’s Kumac digestate processing systems. The equipment separates solid matter from water, providing a number of reported benefits, including improved concentration of nutrients (for easier transportation and reduced fertilizer application cost), as the firm explains here.
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Five things the “nuclear bros” don’t want you to know about small modular reactors
Renew Economy
MAY 1, 2024
The hype surrounding SMRs is way overblown. Here are five facts that the nuclear industry and its boosters don’t want the public to know. The post Five things the “nuclear bros” don’t want you to know about small modular reactors appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Sunak to allow oil and gas exploration at sites intended for offshore wind
The Guardian: Energy
MAY 2, 2024
Exclusive: Decision to grant licences condemned by critics as a stunt that shows Tories are ‘playing politics with climate’ Fossil fuel companies will be allowed to explore for oil and gas under offshore wind-power sites for the first time, the government will announce on Friday, in a move which campaigners say is further proof that ministers are abandoning the climate agenda.
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.
Plug Signs MOU With Allied Green Ammonia for 3GW of Electrolyzer Supply at World-Class Green Ammonia Production Facility
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 3, 2024
LATHAM, N.Y.– Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a global leader in comprehensive hydrogen solutions for the green hydrogen economy, announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Allied.
How Workday uses carbon offtake agreements to scale climate impact
GreenBiz
MAY 2, 2024
The enterpriser software provider is one of the large corporations signing offtake agreements with carbon reduction and capture projects.
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Even rival coal generators don’t want long term extension to Eraring coal plant
Renew Economy
MAY 1, 2024
It's hard to find anyone in the energy industry pleased with news the NSW government may pay to keep the country's biggest coal generator open for another four or five years. The post Even rival coal generators don’t want long term extension to Eraring coal plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Big oil privately acknowledged efforts to downplay climate crisis, Senate report finds
The Guardian: Energy
APRIL 30, 2024
Internal documents revealed by committee show companies lobbied against climate laws they publicly claimed to support Big oil has privately acknowledged its efforts to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels, a US Senate committee has found. Major fossil-fuel firms have also pledged support for international climate efforts, but internally admit these efforts are incompatible with their own climate plans.
Air Products Postpones $4 Billion Green Hydrogen Plant Pending Regulatory Approval
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 3, 2024
Air Products has deferred its final investment decision on a planned $4 billion green hydrogen production facility in Texas, awaiting final rules under the Inflation Reduction Act. Air Products has.
Microsoft signs its biggest renewable energy contract yet
GreenBiz
MAY 1, 2024
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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.
Legislation to Stop the Pebble Mine Is Introduced
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MAY 1, 2024
A new bill would protect Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine.
Coal, cables, and Australia’s energy links with Asean and Asia
Renew Economy
MAY 2, 2024
Australia's lucrative thermal coal export market is going away quicker than would have been thought possible even 5 years ago. What will take its place? The post Coal, cables, and Australia’s energy links with Asean and Asia appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Methane emissions from gas flaring being hidden from satellite monitors
The Guardian: Energy
MAY 1, 2024
Use of enclosed combustors leaves regulators heavily reliant on oil and gas companies’ own flaring data Oil and gas equipment intended to cut methane emissions is preventing scientists from accurately detecting greenhouse gases and pollutants, a satellite image investigation has revealed. Energy companies operating in countries such as the US, UK, Germany and Norway appear to have installed technology that could stop researchers from identifying methane, carbon dioxide emissions and pollutants a
Hyundai Motor Spearheads U.S. Zero-Emission Freight Transportation With NorCAL ZERO Project Launch
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 3, 2024
Hyundai Motor celebrates the official launch of the NorCAL ZERO Project to bring zero-emission freight transportation to the San Francisco Bay Area and California’s Central Valley Hyundai Motor teams up with public and private.
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.
Why climate disclosure policy is critical to corporate sustainability
GreenBiz
APRIL 29, 2024
There are 3 primary reasons why disclosure rules can help accelerate climate policy progress.
Of Colorado's Wetlands Protection Bills, Only HB 1379 Gets the Job Done
NRDC onEarth
APRIL 29, 2024
Colorado urgently needs to step up to safeguard our wetlands and streams left vulnerable by the Sackett decision.
Coalition’s O’Brien prompts walkout at solar event after claiming renewables will lead to blackouts
Renew Economy
APRIL 30, 2024
Opposition energy spokesman Ted O'Brien prompts walkout at solar events after claiming Australia's renewable energy plans lead to regular blackouts. The post Coalition’s O’Brien prompts walkout at solar event after claiming renewables will lead to blackouts appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Vogtle Unit 4 Achieves Commercial Operation, Now Largest Nuclear Power Plant in the U.S.
POWER Magazine
APRIL 29, 2024
The road was long and the challenges difficult, but Plant Vogtle is now the largest nuclear power plant in the U.S., as Unit 4 was declared commercially operational on April […] The post Vogtle Unit 4 Achieves Commercial Operation, Now Largest Nuclear Power Plant in the U.S. appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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?
Tycoon Sees $3.5 Billion Investments in Namibia Green Hydrogen
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MAY 2, 2024
Cie Maritime Belge SA, a Belgian shipping company, expects green hydrogen production in Namibia to start in the fourth quarter, a project that could see $3.5 billion in investment over.
Have the world’s coral reefs already crossed a tipping point?
Grist
APRIL 29, 2024
About a year ago, the seas got unusually hot , even by our current, overheated standards. Twelve months of broken records later, the oceans are still more feverish than climate models and normal fluctuations in global weather patterns can explain. When the seas turn into bathwater, it threatens the survival of the planet’s coral reefs, home to a quarter of all marine life and a source of sustenance for many people living along the world’s coasts.
Investment manager diversity matters when investing for health equity
Impact Alpha
MAY 1, 2024
Editor’s note: This article is part of a partnership between ImpactAlpha and Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) to present new ideas and perspectives in. The post Investment manager diversity matters when investing for health equity appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Neoen sees more “baseload renewable” contracts as it rolls out five new big battery projects
Renew Economy
MAY 2, 2024
Neoen says five new big battery projects will help deliver more "baseload renewables" contracts, but is coy about details of latest tender win for a giant four hour battery in W.A. The post Neoen sees more “baseload renewable” contracts as it rolls out five new big battery projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Minnesota's biggest solar project will help replace a huge coal plant
Canary Media
MAY 1, 2024
One of the largest solar projects in the country is moving closer to completion, and it’s not in a famously sunny state like California , Texas , or even Florida. It’s in Minnesota, on former potato farms near the site of a retiring coal plant.
Benelux’s First E-Methanol System: Hygear Provides Pem-Elektrolyser for Sustainable Fuel Production
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 3, 2024
HyGear will deliver a 1,25MW elektrolyser with Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) technology for the production of hydrogen that will be used in the E-Methanol project TANDEM: ‘Towards Acceleration and Demonstration of.
Chinese firm launches fully electric container ship with massive 50,000 kWh battery capacity
Charged
MAY 2, 2024
It’s widely believed that shipping will be one of the hardest transportation segments to electrify. However, as usual, the Chinese are on the case. The state-owned China Ocean Shipping Group (Cosco) has developed and manufactured an all-electric container ship, the Greenwater 01, which is now operating a regular service route between Shanghai and Nanjing.
UK residential market moving from solar-coupled to ‘battery first’, says GivEnergy
Energy Storage News
MAY 2, 2024
The UK residential energy storage market has moved from primarily being about coupling with solar PV to one where users seek to take advantage of time-of-use tariffs, solutions provider GivEnergy told Energy-Storage.news.
Six projects named to start feasibility studies for Australia’s first offshore wind farms
Renew Economy
APRIL 30, 2024
Big day for Australia's offshore wind ambitions with six potential projects awarded feasibility licences and another six to follow. Altogether, a potential 25GW of new capacity. The post Six projects named to start feasibility studies for Australia’s first offshore wind farms appeared first on RenewEconomy.
RSF Social Finance adds trio of ‘high-impact social enterprises’ to its loan portfolio
Impact Alpha
APRIL 30, 2024
San Francisco-based fund manager RSF Social Finance has drawn capital from a social investment fund to allocate a combined $5.5 million to three. The post RSF Social Finance adds trio of ‘high-impact social enterprises’ to its loan portfolio appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
“40 Percent Market Share” – Car Giant Wants to Build 100,000 Hydrogen Vehicles Per Year
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 29, 2024
The European-American car company Stellantis plans to significantly expand its production capacity for commercial vehicles with hydrogen fuel cells. Jean-Michel Billig, head of the group’s hydrogen program, said this in.
Nuclear Supply Chain for the BWRX-300 SMR Takes Shape
POWER Magazine
APRIL 30, 2024
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is forming a group of qualified supply chain companies to help ensure the deployment of its BWRX-300 small nuclear modular reactor (SMR). The move comes […] The post Nuclear Supply Chain for the BWRX-300 SMR Takes Shape appeared first on POWER Magazine.
California: ‘Energy storage revolution is here,’ says governor as US leader state surpasses 10GW
Energy Storage News
APRIL 29, 2024
California now has more than 10GW of battery storage, with Governor Gavin Newsom hailing the state’s “energy storage revolution,” which is underway.
Bowen says first battery storage tender is “massively oversubscribed” with 19,000 MW of projects
Renew Economy
APRIL 30, 2024
The federal government's first major capacity auction is 32 times oversubscribed by a massive pipeline of battery storage projects. The post Bowen says first battery storage tender is “massively oversubscribed” with 19,000 MW of projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.
eFORT project developing a digital twin to tackle grid security
Smart Energy International
MAY 1, 2024
The Dutch demonstrator of the eFORT project is developing a digital twin of the grid to increase its resilience to cyber attacks. The Dutch demonstrator, one of four being undertaken in the eFORT project, is developing the digital twin as one of its main solutions with the expectation of revolutionising grid security by enhancing cyber security. In particular the focus of the demonstrator is on preventing cascading failures and power grid restoration following an outage.
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