Fri.Sep 01, 2023

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'Climate-safe banking': New guide targets indirectly financed emissions from cash holdings

GreenBiz

New Greening Cash Action report details how firms hold 'major lever' that could ensure banks use companies' cash to support wider climate goals and accelerate the green finance transition.

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Elevating Home Textiles with Sustainable Sophistication

The Environmental Blog

As the dawn of a new era of conscious consumerism rises, we find ourselves pivoting towards a blend of luxury and sustainability. Gone are the days when sustainability was perceived as a trend – it is now becoming the new norm, especially within the realm of home textiles. The mounting realization about the environmental impacts caused by our choices has led to a much-needed revolution, with consumers dictating a shift towards products that radiate not just elegance but also eco-friendly vibes.

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First installation of new battery technology in Perth & Kinross

Envirotec Magazine

StorTera CTO Pasidu Pallawela with the first deployment of the spiral flow battery. Perth & Kinross Council has become the first place to install the spiral-flow battery technology developed by Edinburgh-based StorTera. Designed, developed and manufactured by the firm, a developer of intelligent energy storage solutions, the project aims to develop a prototype smart energy network at the Friarton Waste Depot.

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Why Coastal Access Is an Environmental Justice Issue

NRDC onEarth

Beach access has long been shaped by multiple systemic injustices. It’s time to change that.

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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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“Put yourself at the forefront of the sustainable lighting revolution”: September event

Envirotec Magazine

A flyer for the event. Circular economy and lighting expert Recolight trails a forthcoming event that aims to equip participants with an understanding of new regulations in the sustainability sphere. The EU Green Deal umbrella, with its 153 legislative acts, has set the pace for a global trend of green regulations that are coming at an unprecedented speed.

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Chart: Renewables are on track to keep getting cheaper and cheaper

Canary Media

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Renewable energy already beats fossil fuels on cost globally — and according to analysts, the gap is only going to grow.

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Tata Elxsi Eyes Hydrogen and Other Clean Energy Innovations to Augment EV Solutions

FuelCellsWorks

India’s engineering solutions providers have been quick to capitalize on the recent global interest in electric vehicles. One of the key players in this field is Tata Elxsi, which stands.

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? Get ready with me: Government grants edition ??

Climate Tech VC

It’s been a whole year since the Inflation Reduction Act passed, and the extreme weather this summer has underscored that the stakes for our planet have never been higher. Innovative climate solutions are entering the spotlight, but deploying those key technologies requires resources. We’ve covered the climate capital stack —from the flow of VC dollars to the challenges of accessing commercial debt.

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Fabrum to Supply Obayashi Corporation With a 1mw Hydrogen Refuelling Station in Auckland

FuelCellsWorks

Fabrum to supply 1MW electrolyser Hydrogen Refuelling Station package for hydrogen production and dispensing, with a unique double pressure system for cars and trucks – a first for New Zealand.

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Top Five Renewable Energy Projects Making a Global Impact

Energy Central

With our focus on energy in the US and its technology and political developments, it is all too easy to forget what is going on outside of American borders. This article outlines what the author describes as the current "Top Five" renewables projects around the world and their promised phenomenal scopes and impacts. "As the world becomes increasingly aware of the.

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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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FCEV Sales, FCEB, & Hydrogen Station Data as of August 23, 2023

FuelCellsWorks

Each month the California Fuel Cell Partnership publishes the latest statistics on how many fuel cell cars have been sold and leased, how many fuel cell buses are on the.

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Heliene and Nexamp Seal Huge Module Deal for Community Solar

Solar Industry

Nexamp , the nation’s largest community solar provider, has formed a new strategic partnership with Heliene, Inc. , a supplier of North American-made solar modules, that represents the largest community solar module order in United States history. This monumental order provides Nexamp access to 1.5GW of modules that will be produced at Heliene’s Minnesota facility.

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Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark Visits the Starting Point of the Danish PtX Adventure

FuelCellsWorks

Fredericia, Denmark– Today, Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II visited HySynergy – the place where the Danish PtX adventure begins. During the royal summer cruise, Her Majesty The Queen is visiting.

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Premier Energies and Arka Energy Partner on New Solar Module

Solar Industry

Arka Energy , a global provider of lifestyle solar solutions and an innovator in solar technology, has launched its revolutionary 90 W glass-on-glass PowerTile to be manufactured by Premier Energies Limited. In a bid to reshape the renewable energy landscape Arka and Premier Energies have combined their expertise to manufacture high-efficiency solar modules.

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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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Scotland Needs to Deliver Detailed Plan for Energy and Just Transition Now, Says Industry Body

FuelCellsWorks

Scotland must deliver its Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, including key targets and milestones, in order to fully unleash its clean energy potential, trade body Scottish Renewables has said.

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US DoE loan to finance ‘up to 80% cost’ of zinc battery player Eos’ US$500 million expansion

Energy Storage News

Zinc battery storage company Eos Energy Enterprises has received positive news from the US Department of Energy (DOE) regarding a US$398.6 million loan.

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Salt River Project, CMBlu Energy Pilot Long-Duration Energy Storage

Solar Industry

Salt River Project (SRP) , a public power utility serving the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, and CMBlu Energy , a designer and manufacturer of long-duration Organic SolidFlowT energy storage systems, are collaborating on a pilot project to deploy long-duration energy storage (LDES) in the Phoenix area. The 5 MW, 10-hour-duration project, named Desert Blume, will use CMBlu’s unique non-lithium technology, and the firm will build, own and operate the batteries on behalf of SRP at its Cop

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Georgia Tech study shows aluminum-based batteries can increase high energy density and stability

Charged

Georgia Tech researchers led by Matthew McDowell, Associate Professor, in collaboration with Novelis , an aluminum producer, are employing aluminum foil to make batteries with high energy density and stability. The team’s new battery system, detailed in Nature Communications , could enable EVs to run longer and be cheaper to manufacture than conventional lithium-ion batteries.

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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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Kosice, Slovakia geothermal project classified as national priority project

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Slovakia Program for the Just Transformation Fund has decided in favor of a proposal to classify the geothermal energy project in the Kosice Basin as a national priority project. With this decision, the project can receive funding of EUR 56.1 million with the goal of supplying geothermal heat to the Kosice region by 2026. The proposal made by Minister of Investments, Regional Development and Informatization Peter Balík was decided on by the Monitoring Committee of the Commission for the Just

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Concentric extends water pump supply deal for electric buses

Charged

Sweden-based hydraulics technology company Concentric has extended a deal worth SEK 14 million ($1.3 million) annually to provide EMP-branded electric water pumps to a major North American electric school bus OEM. The global electric bus market was estimated at $35.3 billion in 2021 and is expected to hit $439.7 billion by 2031, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 29.5% from 2022 to 2031, according to Allied Market Research “We believe that the partnership with this custome

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Water company CEO pay falls 27% amid leakage scandals

Financial Times: Energy

Combined remuneration at 10 largest groups fell last year but critics argue it remains high

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US fleet operators call on states to adopt ACT and ACC rules to accelerate the shift to EVs

Charged

Will the US commercial fleet industry embrace the benefits of electrification, or will it be dragged kicking and screaming into the EV era? Recently we’ve seen some encouraging signs that the staunch opposition that some EV advocates fear is not materializing. A coalition of commercial fleet operators has sent an open letter to the governors of nine states, urging them to adopt California’s Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) and Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) regulations.

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Trina Solar ships 27GW of 210mm modules and generates revenues of US$7.13 billion in H1 2023

PV Tech

Trina Solar has published its results for H1 2023, reporting revenues of US$7.13 billion and shipments of 27GW of its 210mm Vertex modules.

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Learn how to monitor EV charging infrastructure in real-time with UNITE (free demo)

Charged

Sponsored by Franklin Electric. One of the main causes of EV charger outages is communication failures within the charger itself. These failures can occur for a number of reasons, including software bugs, hardware malfunctions, and network connectivity issues. When these failures occur, the charger is unable to communicate with a CPO’s central management system, which can result in the charger going offline and becoming unavailable to EV drivers.

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Pitch Deck Teardown: Tanbii’s $1.5M pre-seed deck

TechCrunch: Climate

About a year ago, I tore down a pitch deck by Mi Terro, founded by Robert Luo. Guess who’s back with another company? Luo has raised $1.5 million for Tanbii from a Hong Kong family office.

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Be.EV to deploy thousands of new EV charge points in the UK

Charged

London is a very charged city these days , but EV advocates point out that other areas of the UK are sadly lacking in charging infrastructure. EV charging network operator Be.EV aims to address this situation, deploying thousands of new charge points across the UK, many of them in the Midlands. The company, which is backed by £110 million from Octopus Energy Generation , is now scouting out suitable sites such as retail parks and pubs, and working to secure land in or near cities including Birmi

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EDF Renewables given development approval for 114MW BESS asset in eastern England

Energy Storage News

A 114MW battery energy storage system (BESS) being developed by EDF Renewables UK has been granted the greenlight for development.

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Enel plans EUR 3 billion investment for geothermal in Italy

ThinkGeoEnergy

Enel Green Power (Enel) has announced an investment plant of EUR 3 billion for the geothermal sector in Italy, including the construction of two new plants by 2030 with a total installed capacity of 200 MW. However, this investment is contingent on the existing of the company’s existing geothermal concessions in Tuscany beyond the 1-year period that had already been granted.

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UK rural households set for help with converting oil boilers

Financial Times: Energy

Ministers drawing up plans to require energy suppliers to increase provision of renewable liquid heating fuels

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Better Grid Management Through AI-Powered EV Managed Charging Program Targeting & Engagement

Bidgely

In most parts of the United States and the world, electric vehicle adoption has not yet reached levels where EV charging is detrimental to grid operations. But it’s approaching fast. According to the International Energy Agency, EV sales jumped from ~1 million to more than 10 million over the course of the last 5 years, including an increase of 55 percent from 2021 to 2022.

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U.S. Natural Gas Production Sets New Record High

R-Squared Energy

This is the fourth article in a series on the recently released 2023 Statistical Review of World Energy. Previous articles discussed the trends in global carbon dioxide emissions , the overall highlights of the Review, and the production and consumption of petroleum. Today I delve into the data on natural gas production and consumption. Natural Gas Production The U.S. dominated global natural gas production until the 1980s, at which time it ceded the lead to Russia.

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Recurrent closes financing for 160MW North Fork solar project in Oklahoma

PV Tech

Recurrent Energy has secured US$112 million in financing for its 160MW North Fork solar project in the US state of Oklahoma.

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With AB 363, California Can Continue Momentum to Protect Bees

NRDC onEarth

By passing a bill to rein in non-agricultural uses of bee-killing neonics, California can build on a good year for pollinator protections.