When to laugh about climate change
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Comedian Stuart Goldsmith says stand-up offers strategies for those working day to day to mitigate the climate crisis.
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UK’s first Small Modular Reactors to be built in North Teeside
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
North Teeside will host the first Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in the UK, with facilities to be delivered by a collaboration between US nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric Company and Community Nuclear Power (CNP), based in Cumbria. The 8 February announcement detailed the intention to deploy four Westinghouse AP300 SMRs at the site, a technology previously selected by Great British Nuclear (GBN) in October.
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Simplifying sustainability: 4 concepts to power our purpose
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Applying these principles can lend more authenticity to sustainability decisions and strengthen understanding among key audiences.
Turning sewage sludge into activated carbon
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Participants in the study (image credit: University of Córdoba). A new and apparently sustainable process turns sewage sludge into activated carbon. The work was completed by a group at the University of Córdoba According to data from the Spanish government,* 1.2 million tons of sewage sludge were produced in the country in 2021, and its management is a growing problem.
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.
How Pandora, the world's largest jewelry maker, switched to recycled silver and gold
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The changes affected more than 40 suppliers, which help it produce more than 100 million pieces annually.
NHS Scotland welcomes its first pop-up solar car park and electric vehicle charging hub
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
A pop-up solar car park and electric vehicle (EV) charging hub has been completed at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, said to be the first deployment of its kind to be operational in Scotland and providing hospital users with access to 12 charge points boosted by renewable energy. With a fleet of EVs already in operation at the hospital, the new Papilio3 system – provided by 3ti – will support destination and workplace EV charging, while addressing the growing demand for accessible an
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Grid drama and power cuts as multiple coal units and lines trip in midst of heatwave
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Updated: Grid drama in Victoria in midst of heatwave as all four units at Loy Yang trip, transmission lines fail and other generators off line. The post Grid drama and power cuts as multiple coal units and lines trip in midst of heatwave appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Digital identities for ‘trust’ in Germany’s energy system
Smart Energy International
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The German Energy Agency (DENA) is leading the DIVE project to leverage digital identities to integrate and manage renewable energies in a decentralised landscape. The DIVE – ‘Digital identities as trust anchors in the energy system’ – project, which has been reported by Energy Web, is focussed on establishing secure and reliable digital identities for devices and systems within the energy sector.
World must spend $A18 trillion in renewables and grids by 2030 to meet climate targets
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
World must spend at least $A18 trillion on renewables and the grid to meet climate targets, and most can come from scrapping fossil fuel plans. The post World must spend $A18 trillion in renewables and grids by 2030 to meet climate targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Grants HINT.CO GmbH €3.53 Billion to Boost Hydrogen Economy
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action has awarded HINT.CO GmbH a substantial grant of €3.53 billion. This funding is earmarked for the next phase of double-sided tenders following the.
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.
Solar for apartments: Huge demand expected for first round of rebates
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Solar for Apartments aims to help around 5,000 apartment owners and renters to install rooftop solar by addressing two key barriers to uptake: cost and complexity. The post Solar for apartments: Huge demand expected for first round of rebates appeared first on RenewEconomy.
World Hydrogen 2024 Summit & Exhibition Returns to Rotterdam, 13–15 May, Promising Its Most Impactful Event Yet.
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Rotterdam, Netherlands– The World Hydrogen 2024 Summit & Exhibition, a pivotal event in the global hydrogen industry, is set to return to Rotterdam with its largest and most influential edition.
Utility-scale PV in the US is poised for liftoff
PV Tech
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
With the United States on the cusp of an IRA-driven surge in utility-scale PV deployment, Mark Bolinger and Joachim Seel of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory cover key technology and market trends in this synopsis of their annual “Utility-Scale Solar” report series.
Bloom Energy Introduces Load Following Capability to Enable Customers and Utilities to Meet Variable Electricity Load and Demand
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
“Be Flexible™” offering provides much-needed economical and sustainable solution for variable electricity load and demand with up to 50% cost savings, 50% carbon reduction at reduced load, and more than 5 times faster power ramp than.
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.
Fervo reports improved drilling times at Cape Station geothermal project, Utah
ThinkGeoEnergy
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Fervo Energy has reported a 70% reduction in drilling time at a geothermal well in the Cape Station project in Utah compared to the first horizontal well drilling at Project Red in 2022. The fastest Cape Station well was drilled in just 21 days, despite the wells in Cape being drilling hotter and deeper than the Project Red wells in Nevada. This increase in drilling efficiency has translated into significant cost reductions, with drilling costs across the first four horizontal wells at Cape fall
TÜV SÜD Accredited for Testing and Certification of H2 Generation Systems According to Iso 22734
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH is the first certification body to receive accreditation from the German accreditation body DAkkS for the testing and certification of hydrogen generation systems and electrolysis.
Qcells inks recycling agreement with Solarcycle for US-made modules
PV Tech
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Korean-owned solar manufacturer Qcells has signed an agreement with Texas-based solar module recycling firm Solarcycle to recycle Qcells’ decommissioned modules in the US.
Loop Energy and H2 Portable Announce Merger Transaction to Create Leading Hydrogen Industrial Equipment Company
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Concurrent $15 Million Private Placement to Fund Commercialization. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA– Loop Energy Inc. (the “Company” or “Loop”) and H2 Portable Power Corp Inc. (“H2P”) are pleased to announce that they.
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?
XCharge plans EV charging Superhub at Watters Creek Village near Dallas
Charged
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
XCharge is a provider of battery-integrated EV charging solutions (see the feature article in our latest print issue). The company’s latest project to be announced is a state-of-the-art EV charging Superhub at the Watters Creek Village mixed-use development near Dallas. The new charging hub will feature more than 20 stalls with DC fast chargers providing charging speeds from 200 kW to 400 kW.
Calix Completes Engineering Study for a 30,000 Ton Per Annum Zero Emissions Steel Technology (ZESTY) Hydrogen Direct Reduced Iron (H-DRI) Demonstration Plant
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Calix is pleased to announce that it has completed a Front-End Engineering and Design (FFED) study for a 30,000 tonne per annum Zero Emissions Steel Technology (ZESTY) Hydrogen Direct Reduced.
Giant four-hour battery lands “biggest”debt financing for an Australia big battery
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Owners of a giant four-hour battery project on the outskirts of Melbourne say they have closed the "largest" non-recourse debt financing package for an Australian grid scale battery. The post Giant four-hour battery lands “biggest”debt financing for an Australia big battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Germany and Algeria Establish Hydrogen Task Force
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Joint declaration of intent for future hydrogen deliveries Introduction. Germany and Algeria want to work more closely together on the production of green hydrogen. Algeria should be supported in particular.
Q&A: ‘Saving Ourselves: From Climate Shocks to Climate Action’
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
What will it take for the world to finally rally around rapid, sustained climate action? Professor Dana R. Fisher answers this critical question in her new book, Saving Ourselves: Climate Shocks to Climate Action. Building upon years of research on activism, democracy, and climate politics, Fisher explores the state of the climate movement today to understand how radical direct action is evolving as the climate crisis worsens.
Gensol Engineering and Matrix Gas Secure Incentives for Hydrogen Electrolyzer Production
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Gensol Engineering Ltd, alongside Matrix Gas & Renewables Ltd, has been selected for government incentives aimed at bolstering their joint electrolyzer production capabilities, targeting an annual output of 63 MW.
Redflow in California: grant award and NTP for two projects totalling 21.6MWh
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Zinc-bromine flow battery technology company Redflow has received a grant award and notice-to-proceed (NTP) for two projects in California, US, totalling 21.6MWh.
Glasgow Airport Hydrogen Hub to Support Zero-Emission Flight by 2027
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Attendees at the Glasgow Airport Hydrogen Innovation Hub summit held yesterday (Thursday 8 February) heard that the infrastructure needed to support zero-emission flight could be in place as early as.
Transom Capital Group to take over Webasto’s EV charging business
Charged
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
German automotive supplier Webasto is divesting its EV charging business in order to strategically focus on its core business areas. Los Angeles-based Transom Capital Group will acquire a majority stake in Webasto’s charging solutions business. Webasto will remain a minority shareholder in the division. Webasto’s sites in Planegg, Germany, Monrovia, US and Guanajuato, Mexico, will be retained by the charging business after the sale.
ABB Engineer Helps Students Prepare for Hydrogen Race
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
ABB Engineer Carlos Godoy visited Foxwell State Secondary College last week to help students prepare to take part in Australia’s first-ever Horizon Hydrogen Grand Prix. The visit was part of.
Daimler delivers Freightliner eCascadia electric truck to customer in Mexico
Charged
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Daimler Truck North America ’s Mexico division has delivered the first of two Class 8 Freightliner eCascadia electric trucks, manufactured at the company’s facilities in Portland, Oregon, to cargo transport company Transportes Esteban. The vehicle will be used in plant operations at Daimler Truck Mexico’s truck manufacturing plant in Santiago. The plant also became the site of the second commercial vehicle charging facility in Mexico dedicated to heavy-duty trucks.
US Firm Gets Grant to Study Oman’s Geologic Hydrogen Potential
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Oman hosts one of the largest occurrences of peridotite, which forms part of the Semail Ophiolite. MUSCAT– US geotechnical firm Eden GeoPower has secured funding assistance from the US Department.
US Reliability Commission warns of bulk EV charging’s grid impact
Smart Energy International
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has cautioned against the impacts of electric vehicle (EV) charging on bulk power system reliability, calling for cross-sector coordination to bolster and ensure the reliability of the power grid. In NERC’s Potential Bulk Power System Impact of Electric Vehicle Chargers white paper, the Corporation calls for greater cross-sector collaboration due to significant load growth, projected by the Energy Information Agency (EIA) to 2050, estima
SolAmerica Energy Acquired 205 MW of First Solar’s American Solar Modules
Solar Industry
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
SolAmerica Energy has entered into an agreement to procure 205 MW of Series 6 Plus and Series 7 thin film solar modules from First Solar. Atlanta-based SolAmerica intends to deploy these modules across a portfolio of community, commercial and industrial projects, as well as municipal utilities and electric cooperatives. “We are excited to announce the expansion of our commercial relationship with First Solar and in turn, our commitment to US-developed and responsibly produced solar technology,”
Can solar for low-income families work in Georgia's tough market?
Canary Media
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
Georgia is a tough market for home solar. It’s even tougher if you’re trying to offer home solar to lower-income households at no upfront cost, and with monthly payments that don’t cost more than what their solar power enables them to save on their utility bills.
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