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Microsoft signs its biggest renewable energy contract yet

GreenBiz

Deal with Brookfield will add 10.5 gigawatts of wind and solar in the U.S. and Europe between 2026 and 2030.

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Empowering Humanity: How Islamic Relief is Changing Lives

The Environmental Blog

Key Takeaways: Insight into the multifaceted humanitarian work undertaken by Islamic Relief. The importance of sustainable development in breaking the cycle of poverty. The critical role of community engagement and global partnerships in amplifying relief efforts. Extending the Hands of Support: Islamic Relief’s Humanitarian Aid Islamic Relief’s mission is vast, encompassing immediate responses to natural disasters, support in conflict zones, and assistance in combating global hunger

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How to put corporate capital behind climate commitments

GreenBiz

The number of companies with science-based emissions reduction goals grew 500 percent since 2018, but corporate finance supporting those goals is only increasing 5 percent annually.

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Electricity networks accelerate potential connection dates of over 200 clean energy projects

Envirotec Magazine

7.8GW of clean energy projects, more than double the output of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, have had their connection offer dates brought forward by up to 10 years, National Grid announced on 30 April. The timeline is being expedited via the Technical Limits programme, a cross-industry collaboration in the electricity grid infrastructure space, which is allowing projects to connect to lower voltage distribution networks prior to reinforcement of the high voltage transmission network.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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12 innovative circular economy startups in 2024

GreenBiz

Get ready: Building materials made from fungus, AI-powered thrift shops, vacuum shares and more.

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Data scarcity challenges identification of endocrine disruptors

Envirotec Magazine

Test tubes in close-up (image credit: Stoyko Sabotanov, CC BY 4.0 license). Lack of data from the chemical industry in the EU often prevents the assessment of whether substances used in consumer products, for example, are endocrine disrupting, according to a report from the Technical University of Denmark. As a result, the researchers recommend updating the information requirements in the EU legislation, REACH.

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Colorado Lawmakers Must Approve Landmark Proposal to Fund Public Transit

NRDC onEarth

SB24-230 offers a tremendous opportunity to fund transit service through a fee on oil and gas production in Colorado—linking a key source of climate and ozone pollution with a key solution.

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What Biden’s new power plant rules mean for utilities

GreenBiz

Utilities must comply with the EPA’s new emissions rules and invest in carbon capture and storage.

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Five things the “nuclear bros” don’t want you to know about small modular reactors

Renew Economy

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.

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Alphabet, Meta and others are paying $58.3 million to bury sludge

GreenBiz

Corporate buyers’ group Frontier contracts with startup using deep wells to store waste that would otherwise emit methane or CO2.

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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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Even rival coal generators don’t want long term extension to Eraring coal plant

Renew Economy

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.

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Will Congress Prioritize Sustainable, Equitable Transportation for FY 2025?

NRDC onEarth

Continued investment in priority programs will be crucial to ensuring that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law meets its climate and equity goals.

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Methane emissions from gas flaring being hidden from satellite monitors

The Guardian: Energy

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

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Contract awarded for works on new 2,000 MWh battery in coal centre

Renew Economy

WA government awards a $160 million for works at on the giant Collie battery, which will be one of biggest in the country. The post Contract awarded for works on new 2,000 MWh battery in coal centre appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Legislation to Stop the Pebble Mine Is Introduced

NRDC onEarth

A new bill would protect Bristol Bay from the proposed Pebble Mine.

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“Blackouts and brownouts:” The ideology behind Coalition’s dystopian take on renewables

Renew Economy

The Coalition says its warning of blackouts and brownouts if Australia transitions to renewables is based on "engineering and economics." Seriously? The post “Blackouts and brownouts:” The ideology behind Coalition’s dystopian take on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Li-ion batteries from drones might find second lives in less demanding devices

Charged

Research in ACS Energy Letters shows the potential to improve batteries in aerial EVs that take off and land vertically. The research team developed a new electrolyte to address these challenges and said the “stressed out” batteries could also have second lives in lighter applications. The researchers manufactured a set of lithium-ion battery (LiB) cells containing a specially designed, fast-charging and discharging electrolyte.

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Minnesota's biggest solar project will help replace a huge coal plant

Canary Media

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.

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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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Queensland announces $1,000 rebate on household energy bills, paid for by coal royalties

Renew Economy

Queensland households will score a $1000 energy bill discount under a $2.5bn state spend the government says will by covered by coal royalties. The post Queensland announces $1,000 rebate on household energy bills, paid for by coal royalties appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Hydrogen May Help Wean Telecoms Off Emissions-Intensive Power for Remote Infrastructure

FuelCellsWorks

TOKYO– As the world rushes to cut carbon emissions, hydrogen fuel cells may offer global telecoms an environmentally friendly solution to power energy-hungry remote networks, experts say. Telecoms run vast.

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Investment manager diversity matters when investing for health equity

Impact Alpha

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.

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Plug Secures First International PEM Electrolyzer Certification in Korea

FuelCellsWorks

Final step completed to enable the commercial sale of Plug electrolyzer systems in Korea LATHAM, N.Y.– Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a global leader in comprehensive hydrogen solutions for the.

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“On track and on time:” D’Ambrosio insists Victoria’s first offshore wind auction will not be delayed

Renew Economy

Victoria's energy minister says reports the state will delay its first offshore wind auction are "just wrong," with developers "chomping at the bit to go to that next stage." The post “On track and on time:” D’Ambrosio insists Victoria’s first offshore wind auction will not be delayed appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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John Cockerill Hydrogen Awarded $34 Million in Tax Credit for the Baytown Gigafactory Project

FuelCellsWorks

John Cockerill Hydrogen North America has been awarded $34 million in tax credit by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through the 48C Program, a qualifying advanced energy project credit from.

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Eraring extension could be a cost of living and pollution disaster – and not just from emissions

Renew Economy

Extending Eraring has not been adequately justified. Meanwhile, the cost could be significant and so could the extra damage to the environment. The post Eraring extension could be a cost of living and pollution disaster – and not just from emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Australia Set to Boost Green Hydrogen Sector with Significant Subsidy Expansion

FuelCellsWorks

The Australian government is preparing to announce an increased investment in green hydrogen, likely through the A$2bn (US$1.3bn) Hydrogen Headstart program. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will detail these plans in.

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Costa Rica restored its forests and switched to renewable energy — what can the world learn from it?

The Verge: Energy

Land in Indigenous territory in Costa Rica that Cabécar leaders have reclaimed and are working to reforest. | Justine Calma / The Verge The Verge takes you to Costa Rica to explore how it restored its forests and manages to get nearly 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy. Switch to renewable energy. Stop deforestation. Restore ecosystems.

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BP Seeks Approval for Hydrogen Plant

FuelCellsWorks

BP is seeking planning approval to build a hydrogen plant on Teesside. It follows a consultation it led into its proposed HyGreen project in Redcar in 2023. It said the.

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Sion Power, Muhlbauer to create manufacturing line for lithium metal EV battery cells

Charged

US-based EV battery developer Sion Power has formed a partnership with MB ATECH, the e-mobility division of Germany’s Muhlbauer Group, to create an automated manufacturing line for Sion Power’s large-format lithium metal cells for EV batteries. The new fully automated manufacturing line will advance Sion Power’s commercialization, producing 75 MWh of 56 Ah lithium metal cells annually.

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Linde Signs Agreement with H2 Green Steel to Supply Industrial Gases to World’s First Large-Scale Green Steel Plant

FuelCellsWorks

Woking, UK– Linde (Nasdaq: LIN) announced today it has signed a long-term agreement with H2 Green Steel for the supply of industrial gases to the world’s first large-scale green steel.

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eFORT project developing a digital twin to tackle grid security

Smart Energy International

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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H2i Technology Successfully Completes Independent Testing of Its Hydrogen Injection System

FuelCellsWorks

H2i Technology has completed independent testing of its hydrogen enhancement system which has the proprietary software to manage the injection of hydrogen into a diesel engine to reduce emissions and.

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“Blackouts and brownouts:” The Coalition’s dystopian and misguided take on a renewable grid

Renew Economy

The Coalition says its warning of blackouts and brownouts if Australia transitions to renewables is based on "engineering and economics." Seriously? The post “Blackouts and brownouts:” The Coalition’s dystopian and misguided take on a renewable grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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