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Australia gets wake up call on materials manufacturing in surge to renewables

Renew Economy

Australia wants to lead the world in the race to renewables, but it is in the bottom half for projected growth in the capability to make complex items. The post Australia gets wake up call on materials manufacturing in surge to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How big is the threat of hacking public EV chargers?

Charged

As regular Charged readers know, most folks in the EV charging field believe chargers should be online, for many reasons—remote diagnostics, user information, participation in V2G applications, etc. However, anything that’s hooked up to the net can potentially be hacked, and EVSE is no exception. A recent Wired article recounted several recent incidents in which pranksters hacked into public chargers, hijacking their user interfaces to display rude messages.

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Giant turbines at Goyder South project to begin epic journey inland from September

Renew Economy

It will take a year to move all 75 turbines, separated into 11 parts, from Port Adelaide to the site of the state's biggest wind project. The post Giant turbines at Goyder South project to begin epic journey inland from September appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Ocean Temperature Rise at Surface: Alarming

Green Living Guy

Ocean Temperature Rise: The Impact of Fossil Fuel Emissions The rising sea surface temperatures are, in part, driven by the El Niño weather phenomenon. The year 2016, which also witnessed record-breaking temperatures, coincided with an El Niño event. However, it is essential to acknowledge that climate breakdown and the heating atmosphere exacerbate these weather patterns. […] The post Ocean Temperature Rise at Surface: Alarming appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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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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Tasmania questions whether Marinus Link “stacks up” as project costs soar

Renew Economy

News of “material and significant” cost increases for Marinus Link cause Tasmania to revisit its support for the project. The post Tasmania questions whether Marinus Link “stacks up” as project costs soar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Offshore wind potential in the US is huge but untapped

The Verge: Energy

The US has one of the world’s best offshore wind potential, report finds.

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Circular brew: How Podback is working with coffee brands and local authorities to filter out 'wasteful' drinking

Business Green

Podback's Rick Hindley and Nespresso's Mary Child discuss blending local authorities, kerbside collection, and pod producers into a brand-neutral recycling scheme that can clean up the UK's coffee habit

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India's rice export ban revives the conversation about the crop's vast ecological footprint

Eco-Business

India's grain export moratorium will hurt the Global South as prices rocket. As India exports rice, it also exports its water. Methane emissions, land-use change and human health concerns also mar production of India's most lucrative crop.

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'Recover-E': Envision Racing launches 'world first' car made from discarded electronics

Business Green

ABB FIA Formula E world championship winners reveal e-waste racing car built from products donated by Music Magpie and school children

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Is China ready to play larger role in ‘debt-for-nature swaps’ to help nations facing climate and debt distress?

Eco-Business

The biggest creditor to developing economies has been pressured to explore using such swaps to alleviate the debt burden of Asia Pacific nations, but is not prepared to do so without an internationally-agreed mechanism.

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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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Fisker Holds A Glitzy Reveal Event In SoCal

CleanTechnica

Fisker has big plans for its electric car lineup including a compact electric pickup truck for people who prize affordability over payload.

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'People of the forest': Indigenous Indonesians stake claim to land

Eco-Business

Indigenous Indonesians demand greater rights amid concerns over recognition process of customary forests, which are meant to curb land-grabbing and deforestation

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Latin America EV Market Share H1 2023, Part 2: The Growing Middle (Chile, Mexico, Dominican Republic, & Brazil)

CleanTechnica

Following up on our Latin American EV Market series, we continue now with countries that are further ahead of the “Laggards” but can’t be considered leaders. If you haven’t read it yet, you can find the previous article here: Latin America EV Market Share Part 1.

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Manipur assaults show India internet shutdowns hurt women more

Eco-Business

With internet access cut off since early May – and since partially reinstated – women in Manipur struggle to make a living, check misinformation and report abuse.

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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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Disappointing Dip — July EV Update for Australia & New Zealand

CleanTechnica

Despite the evidence in front of my own eyes — electric vehicles are everywhere on the roads — it appears that EV sales have dipped in Australia in the month of July to a disappointing 7% penetration of new vehicles sold. Let’s hope it is just due to the delivery cycle.

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Why the collapse of Russia-Ukraine Black Sea grain deal matters

Eco-Business

The deal's collapse is likely to push up food prices, increasing hunger in vulnerable countries like Somalia, Yemen and Lebanon.

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Redefining America’s “Energy Communities” Can Boost Clean Energy Investment Where It’s Needed Most

CleanTechnica

Millions of Americans live in communities heavily dependent on the fossil fuel industry, facing both risks and opportunities as the U.S. moves to a low-carbon future. These communities are expected to face economic risks including job loss, reduced tax revenues to fund services and depressed property values.

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Tackling climate change in a mosaicked Asia

Eco-Business

Asia's green transition pathways need to be socially inclusive given huge differences in economic development across the region, says experts at the Boston Consulting Group. State-owned enterprises have an "outsized" role to play, they add.

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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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How Tesla’s Delicate “Dynamic Pricing” Model Works

CleanTechnica

Tesla began 2023 by making major price cuts to its entire lineup, subsequently charging its record-breaking sales in the first and second quarters of the year.

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Jay Mariyappan joins PetroChina International to lead its carbon and renewables division

Eco-Business

Asia’s largest oil and gas company PetroChina taps on clean energy and carbon markets veteran Jay Mariyappan to support its decarbonisation push.

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Supermarkets to the Rescue — Coles Joins Virtual Power Plant

CleanTechnica

In an effort to catch up to competitors’ green credentials, Coles supermarkets in Australia plans to install solar panels and batteries on 100 supermarkets and liquor stores. To put this in context, Coles has 846 stores throughout the country.

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Auto Dealers, You Need To Electrify Your Marketing Strategies!

CleanTechnica

Dealer marketing should be contemporary, fresh, and lively to attract customers who are becoming interested in EVs.