Creating food out of thin air
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2023
Creating food from captured carbon dioxide could be a carbon negative process that helps solve two of the planet's biggest problems.
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The Role of Inert Anodes in Aluminum Decarbonization
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 10, 2023
Inert anodes can play a key role in eliminating emissions from primary aluminum production.
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How the IRA accelerates clean energy adoption
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2023
Sponsored: EDF’s Victoria Mills interviewed Chris Hess of Eaton to discuss how the IRA is accelerating the development of new technologies, products and solutions necessary for the energy transition.
Cannon-Brookes lashes out at “toxic” AGL, but says it is “fixable”
Renew Economy
AUGUST 10, 2023
Mike Cannon-Brookes describes AGL - in which he is the biggest shareholder - as a toxic company that can be fixed. The post Cannon-Brookes lashes out at “toxic” AGL, but says it is “fixable” appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Zero-emission maritime shipping gets a boost
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2023
A new alliance of major retailers, including Amazon, is moving forward toward its destination of zero-emission ocean shipping by 2040.
Australia’s biggest solar thermal plant takes “big step forward” with digital twin
Renew Economy
AUGUST 10, 2023
Vast Solar partners with global design and manufacturing firm to take the next step forward on its VS1 project, the 30MW/288MWh plant in South Australia. The post Australia’s biggest solar thermal plant takes “big step forward” with digital twin appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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German emissions fall 9% in first half of 2023, renewables at 55 pct of grid power
Renew Economy
AUGUST 10, 2023
Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions fell nine per cent in the first half of the year as a weakening economy deflated energy use. The post German emissions fall 9% in first half of 2023, renewables at 55 pct of grid power appeared first on RenewEconomy.
EVs Mid-Summer 2023
Energy Central
AUGUST 10, 2023
This paper covers the following subjects: Technology: The 2030 National Charging Network New Battery Chemistry (or Chemistries?) Hot and Cold Weather Impacts on EVs How Long Do Electric Car Batteries Last? Business: Tesla: Tesla Q2 2023 earnings: Expectations beat amid record quarter Tesla Model 3 Gets another Price Cut First Chevy Blazer EV en route to the.
Subsea high voltage cables are a must to meet net zero – so how can we scale them up?
Renew Economy
AUGUST 10, 2023
The global spaghetti bowl of undersea fibre optic cables shows what can be achieved with intergovernmental cooperation. The HVDC sector needs a similar approach – and fast. The post Subsea high voltage cables are a must to meet net zero – so how can we scale them up? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The Brief: Healthcare innovation in Africa, green bond in San Francisco, filtering microplastics, protecting Amazon forests
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 10, 2023
? Let’s meet up, Agents of Impact! The fall conference season is around the corner and ImpactAlpha is on the beat. Fill out. The post The Brief: Healthcare innovation in Africa, green bond in San Francisco, filtering microplastics, protecting Amazon forests appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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.
Mining giants agree to end feudal energy grids and create massive renewables hub
Renew Economy
AUGUST 10, 2023
Mining giants agree to end feudal approach to Pilbara energy systems and work with each other and energy companies to create one of world's biggest renewable hubs. The post Mining giants agree to end feudal energy grids and create massive renewables hub appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Let’s retain talent and crowd in investment in healthcare innovation in Africa
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 10, 2023
COVID-19 was a disaster for public healthcare across Africa. For a sector traditionally under-resourced, poorly administered or both, the pandemic showed the continent’s healthcare. The post Let’s retain talent and crowd in investment in healthcare innovation in Africa appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Using ‘recycled plastic’ in construction materials may not be a great idea after all
Grist
AUGUST 10, 2023
Last month, the American Chemistry Council, a petrochemical industry trade group, sent out a newsletter highlighting a major new report on what it presented as a promising solution to the plastic pollution crisis: using “recycled” plastic in construction materials. At first blush, it might seem like a pretty good idea — shred discarded plastic into tiny pieces and you can reprocess it into everything from roads and bridges to railroad ties.
Rio to build biggest solar farm in Canada’s north to help power diamond mine
Renew Economy
AUGUST 10, 2023
Rio Tinto to install 55MW solar farm just south of the Arctic Circle to help power the huge Diavik diamond mine which is to close in a few years. The post Rio to build biggest solar farm in Canada’s north to help power diamond mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
A clean energy future is built with clean electricity, and Canada’s Clean Electricity Regulations are foundational
Clean Energy Canada
AUGUST 10, 2023
VICTORIA — Evan Pivnick, clean energy program manager at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s draft Clean Electricity Regulations. “With today’s announcement, Canada’s federal government recognizes the critical importance of clean electricity for this country’s future—its importance to industries and our competitiveness, to affordability and energy security, and to our climate efforts.
Solar Insiders Podcast: Volt from the blue
Renew Economy
AUGUST 10, 2023
We talk to Peter Leeson about the rise and rise of his Australian made Volt solar tile, which is being installed on rooftops in every state in Australia – and setting records overseas. The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Volt from the blue appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Introduction to the Stareline Track Busway
Charged
AUGUST 10, 2023
Sponsored by Starline. Since 1987, Starline has been synonymous with the phrase “overhead power distribution made simple.” In a world where facility managers are increasingly asked to do more with less, Starline Track Busway has been the innovative, reliable solution they’ve needed to address their pain points. With its extreme versatility and unparalleled reliability, our industry-leading electrical power distribution system helps facility managers across multiple industries answer the challeng
Global Energy Trends From The 2023 Statistical Review Of World Energy
R-Squared Energy
AUGUST 10, 2023
As I indicated in the previous article , BP has turned over publication of the annual Statistical Review of World Energy to the Energy Institute (EI). The Statistical Review is instrumental in providing comprehensive data on global oil, gas, and coal production and consumption, as well as on carbon dioxide emissions and renewable energy statistics. The full report and all data can be found at this link.
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?
Lyten opens pilot line in the US to produce lithium-sulfur batteries
Charged
AUGUST 10, 2023
Battery material supplier Lyten has commissioned a lithium-sulfur battery pilot line with a capacity of 200,000 cells per year at its facility in Silicon Valley. It will begin delivering commercial battery cells to early-adopting customers within the defense, automotive, logistics and satellite sectors in 2023. The Lyten battery pilot line will produce lithium-sulfur cells in a range of pouch and cylindrical form factors to support a variety of customer requirements.
Is that viral ‘superconductor’ legit?
The Verge: Energy
AUGUST 10, 2023
A screenshot of a video showing LK-99 partially levitating. A group of researchers who developed the material say it’s evidence that LK-99 is the world’s first room-temperature superconductor. Experts are skeptical. | Image: A screenshot taken of a video uploaded to ScienceCast by Hyun-Tak Kim LK-99 hasn’t turned out to be the miraculous superconductor some people initially claimed it was.
? Spinning CO2 into clothes
Climate Tech VC
AUGUST 10, 2023
Why doesn’t technology mimic the alchemy of photosynthesis? That’s the question Neeka Mashouf has been asking since she was a teenager. Now the CEO of Rubi Laboratories , Mashouf wants to clean up the industrial sector and create processes that harness the powerful systems of the natural world to create a sustainable manufacturing ecosystem.
Louisiana breaks ground on experimental project to rebuild lost wetlands
Grist
AUGUST 10, 2023
Over thousands of years, the Mississippi River wended its way through the lush and dense wetlands of the Barataria Basin in what’s now south-central Louisiana. As it flowed south on its way to the sea, the river continually poured sediment into the basin, gifting it with fresh, nutrient-rich river mud that replenished the land and prevented coastal erosion.
Urgency Meets Opportunity
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 10, 2023
$3 Billion This Year Alone to Build and Repair Community Connections Through Safe, Equitable Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Transit Improvements.
Maxeon looks to bring solar manufacturing back home with $1B US factory
Canary Media
AUGUST 10, 2023
Maxeon Solar Technologies has chosen Albuquerque, New Mexico as the site for a record-sized silicon solar cell and module factory, a testament to the epochal industrial-policy measures contained in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Global Clean Energy Revenues From Listed Firms Hit $2.56 Trillion in 2022
BloombergNEF
AUGUST 10, 2023
• Total is equivalent to 2.6% of GDP, shows analysis of BNEF Clean Energy Exposure Ratings • Power utilities and renewable manufacturers and developers account for two-thirds of the total • Top global equity indices are less than 5% exposed on a portfolio-weighted revenue basis (London, UK), 10 August 2023 — In 2022, clean energy […] The post Global Clean Energy Revenues From Listed Firms Hit $2.56 Trillion in 2022 appeared first on BloombergNEF.
'No company is an island': Inside Iceland's climate tech start-up factory line
Business Green
AUGUST 10, 2023
Boasting some of the world's fastest moving climate SMEs, Iceland's start-up scene is on a hot streak. But how and why do firms from Europe's northern outskirts continue to punch well above their weight?
Charging Up: A chat with Hannah Bascom, Uplight's chief market innovation officer
Canary Media
AUGUST 10, 2023
Canary Media’s Charging Up column chronicles gender diversity in the climatetech sector. Part one is a short Q&A with an industry role model about their career path. Part two features updates on career transitions. Please send feedback and tips to wesoff@canarymedia.com.
Global South issues in the Global North? A fossil toxic tour through Texas and Louisiana – Part 2
Energy Transition
AUGUST 10, 2023
In May 2023, Andy Gheorghiu travelled along the US Gulf coast and visited LNG export sites (operating, under construction and planned) which have been co-financed by German banks or enabled through longterm contracts with German companies. He wanted to learn first-hand about the impacts on local communities and the environment. Lots of what he has experienced and heard reminded him of issues one.
Fleet Decarbonization Accelerator – Enrollment is open
Low Carbon Prosperity
AUGUST 10, 2023
“We’re not sure about electrifying our fleet this year.” “We want to go electric, but don’t know where to start.” “We’re ready to go… we just need an action plan.” Fleet managers know that electric vans, trucks, and semis are more efficient to operate and maintain , and they know that the cost of powering fleets with electricity rather than diesel or gasoline is both cheaper and more predictable.
SPE Norway Subsurface Conference | 17 April 2024, Quality Hotel Edvard Grieg, Bergen, Norway
Energy Central
AUGUST 10, 2023
Meet with innovators and leaders across the Norwegian Continental Shelf as we invite you to the 2024 edition of our renowned SPE Norway Subsurface Conference. Running for more than 30 years, it is established as a must-attend event with unrivalled technical content across drilling, reservoir management, and production, and is the perfect platform for collaboration and learning.
Matter raises $10 million to filter out microplastics on an industrial scale
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 10, 2023
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 10 – A mechanical engineer at Dyson, Adam Root had an idea for a washing machine filter to screen out microplastics. The post Matter raises $10 million to filter out microplastics on an industrial scale appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Depoliticize to Decarbonize
Energy Central
AUGUST 10, 2023
Ed. note: This piece was first published in The Environmental Law Institute’s periodical The Environmental Forum. Too often in an effort to save Mother Nature, we forget about human nature. Solving problems with rolling out clean renewable energy is less a matter of the physical sciences than the social sciences—overcoming users’ habits and project resistance at the local.
Revived South American alliance takes steps to protect Amazon forests and communities
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 10, 2023
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 10 – There was no grand pledge to halt deforestation, as Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had urged. Nor. The post Revived South American alliance takes steps to protect Amazon forests and communities appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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