Public Storage is backing 130 community solar projects. Here’s why
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The portfolio will bring renewable electricity to low- and moderate-income communities in Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey.
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Confusion reigns as Whitehall briefing contradicts PM’s net zero speech
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
There are increasing concerns that civil servants in the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) are attempting to undermine the Prime Minister’s attempts to reset the UK’s net zero policies, says trade body the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA). In a briefing issued to the heating industry only hours after the PM’s net zero speech officials outlined their continuing approach to “encouraging” households to fit heat pumps, retaining unrealistic targets for heat pump installations
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New global framework seeks to streamline regenerative agriculture practices
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform warns that half the world's farmland is degraded and only a major transformation will ensure food security.
Study analyzes microplastics’ effect on clouds
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
A new study sheds light on the quantity and type of microplastics present in clouds. It offers insight into how these airborne particles influence cloud formation and their negative impact on the climate. The researchers analyzed cloud water samples from high-altitude mountains in Japan to ascertain the amount of microplastics in them. While most studies on microplastics have focused on aquatic ecosystems, few have looked at their impact on cloud formation and climate change.
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.
Amazon, IKEA and Patagonia have joined a group to buy zero-emissions maritime shipping fuel
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance is looking to decrease emissions from ocean shipping by 90 percent.
Report details progress with four trailblazing circularity projects, one year on
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
A new impact report details the progress of four projects that were awarded funding as part of the Circular Future Fund, created to find pioneering circular economy ideas. In 2022, four projects were each awarded grants of between £150,000 – £300,000, from 245 applications, to develop their innovative solutions that challenged the ‘make…use…throw-away’ culture of modern society.
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Sponsored content: Protection for submerged and shoreline pipelines
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Sections of the pipe were wrapped in the contractor’s yard (inset) then transported to site, whilst others were wrapped in-situ. For over 50 years, SeaShield corrosion control systems have provided enduring protection on jetty piles and marine structures from the devastating effects of corrosion. The recent addition of the SeaShield 70/80 System is a response to the industry’s need for a robust, UV-stable, easy-to-apply system designed specifically for submerged and shoreline pipelines situated
Why you should give a ship
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Sponsored: Shipping may seem like a dull industry, but it plays a significant role in two of the biggest issues of our time — climate change and inequality.
“Embarrassingly Wrong” Tufton Street Net Zero Report Gets Widespread Coverage
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
A report from the Tufton Street group Civitas on the supposed cost of net zero was featured in several major newspapers today despite serious data errors. Authored by management consultant Ewen Stewart, the report claimed that achieving net zero emissions will cost the UK £4.5 trillion, or £6,000 per household, by 2050. The report was covered in the the Times, Daily Express, Daily Mail, the Spectator, and the influential conservative blog Guido Fawkes through both news reports and opinion pieces
How Exactly Does Lead Exposure Harm the Brain?
NRDC onEarth
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The metal is highly toxic to neural development in children. Here’s why—and what the country can do to prevent it.
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.
“Largest” urban solar farm and battery planned to power university campus
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
La Trobe University has announced plans to install what it claims to be the largest "urban solar farm" in Victoria, a 2.9MW ground-mounted PV array and 2.5MW battery. The post “Largest” urban solar farm and battery planned to power university campus appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The Need for Stronger Fuel Economy Standards
NRDC onEarth
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
More efficient vehicles on our roads not only help to save consumers money at the pump but importantly help to cut our reliance on oil.
Bouldercombe battery back on line just 48 hours after fire destroyed Tesla Megapack
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The Bouldercombe battery has been re-energised and charged and discharged into the grid just 48 hours after a fire destroyed one of its Tesla Megapack modules. The post Bouldercombe battery back on line just 48 hours after fire destroyed Tesla Megapack appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Asm. Carrillo and over 100 organizations call on Governor Newsom to sign AB 1167, the Orphan Well Prevention Act
NRDC onEarth
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Today, Assemblymember Carrillo and over a dozen advocates with climate, community and environmental justice organizations held a press conference to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to hold oil companies accountable by signing the Orphan Well Prevention Act, AB 1167, into law.
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.
These 25 utilities are united by one big goal: 80% less CO2 by 2030
Canary Media
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
A new cohort is forcefully pushing back on the doubters who don’t think rapid utility-sector decarbonization is feasible: the utilities themselves. A decade after the utility industry balked at the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations , just about every large utility in the U.S.
Belgium Prepares Harbours for Massive Green Hydrogen Imports
FuelCellsWorks
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Belgium has launched a call for proposals to prepare its ports to import massive amounts of green hydrogen as part of its efforts to become a ‘hydrogen gateway’, Belgian Energy.
US warns green transition raises ‘complex’ China security concerns
Financial Times: Energy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Beijing is prepared to weaponise its control of mineral sectors vital to renewable power, says energy secretary Jennifer Granholm
INOVYN at Runcorn to Ramp Up Hydrogen Supply to Fuel Trucks Buses and Power Generator Sectors
FuelCellsWorks
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
INOVYN, a subsidiary of INEOS, is to upgrade existing low-carbon hydrogen supply to fuel transport in the UK and drive the country’s green transition to net-zero by 2050. This is.
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?
Australian hydrogen terminal capacity will need to increase tenfold to meet ambition
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
New analysis concludes that Australia must expand its export terminal capacity tenfold to have any hope of fulfilling its renewable hydrogen ambitions. The post Australian hydrogen terminal capacity will need to increase tenfold to meet ambition appeared first on RenewEconomy.
LR approves first methanol fuel cell system to be installed on an Italian yacht
FuelCellsWorks
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Sanlorenzo approval for its methanol fuel cell system and type-C containment tank, designed to use methanol to supply power to onboard hotel systems. LR presented.
MOU Speeds Financing for Large-Scale Renewable Projects in N.Y.
Solar Industry
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
According to a statement from the office of New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) have reached a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to facilitate clean energy financing for large-scale renewable projects. The MOU will allow New York State to leverage the DOE Loan Programs Office (LPO) and strengthen the cooperation between federal and state energy departments.
Community battery message plugs solar powered tram into energy debate
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Group behind Victoria's first inner-urban community battery turns to public transport to raise awareness of vital role of shared energy storage in shift to renewables. The post Community battery message plugs solar powered tram into energy debate appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Cyber Switching’s new Cyber Charger C1 is a made-in-America commercial EV charger
Charged
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
EV technology provider Cyber Switching has launched a new made-in-America EV charging station. The Cyber Charger C1 is a 48 A Level 2 charging station designed for commercial properties and multi-family homes. Under the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, hardware used in federally-funded EV infrastructure projects must be entirely made in America, and use at least 55% domestic materials.
Australia’s transmission task needs a new approach – let’s open it up to competition
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Competition for new transmission would ensure investment is necessary and not padding out profits of regulated monopolies, or compensating for their shortcomings. The post Australia’s transmission task needs a new approach – let’s open it up to competition appeared first on RenewEconomy.
EV manufacturer Harbinger Motors raises $60 million in Series A funding
Charged
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Harbinger Motors , a California-based automotive manufacturer, has secured $60 million in Series A funding from a diverse consortium of investors. The investment will accelerate progress toward the production of the company’s electric stripped chassis, which is designed from the ground up to address the performance, durability and lifespan expectations for Class 4 to Class 6 vehicles.
SPP Set to Become First RTO Straddling Eastern and Western Interconnections
POWER Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is poised to become the first regional transmission organization (RTO) to provide coordinated operation across the Eastern and Western Interconnections, bridging a historic gap to […] The post SPP Set to Become First RTO Straddling Eastern and Western Interconnections appeared first on POWER Magazine.
A unique, cost-effective substrate to meet the EV power module requirements (Webinar)
Charged
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
In recent years, high-power electronics has become one of the fastest-growing market segments of the semiconductor industry. With the development of hybrid/electric vehicles, the market for SiC-based power modules is rapidly expanding. All power module manufacturers and designers are trying to get high efficiency and high power density for the main inverter.
Two new big batteries in South Australia sign connection deals, including first for Zen Energy
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Two new big battery projects in South Australia have obtained transmission connection agreements, including the first big battery for Zen Energy. The post Two new big batteries in South Australia sign connection deals, including first for Zen Energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.
KRISS Develops Real-Time Inspection of Defects on Fuel Cell Surface by Artificial Intelligence
FuelCellsWorks
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Defects on the metal separator of fuel cells are three-dimensionally measured for real-time inspection during the production process Measurement is carried out by pattern projection based on deep learning to.
Canadian Solar Subsidiary Recurrent Energy Sells Solar Plant in Japan
Solar Industry
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Canadian Solar Inc. has completed the sale of its 17.5 MW Hiroshima Suzuhari project, located in Hiroshima prefecture, to a private Japanese fund. The project had been owned by the Japan Green Infrastructure Fund since 2021 and was financed through the issuance of a Green Project Bond with an investment-grade rating. Importantly, it was certified with the highest Green 1 rating under the Japanese Green Bond guidelines.
Sparc ramps up sodium ion battery research after further positive results
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Sparc Technologies says it will speed up and extend its R&D into sodium ion batteries, as an alternative to lithium-ion, after a second round of positive results. The post Sparc ramps up sodium ion battery research after further positive results appeared first on RenewEconomy.
GE Vernova, EnergyHub Pair Up to Improve DER Management
Solar Industry
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
GE Vernova ‘s Digital business and EnergyHub , a specialist in distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) software, have formed a partnership aimed at redefining how electric utilities manage distributed energy resources (DERs). This includes solar, energy storage, electric vehicles and more, as these technologies are widely adopted across the energy landscape.
EIS lodged for Australia’s first renewable zone, Greens lament compulsory acquisition
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The EIS for the country's first renewable zone has been lodged, but has already run into opposition from the Greens over compulsory acquisition proposals. The post EIS lodged for Australia’s first renewable zone, Greens lament compulsory acquisition appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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