The DOE has $97 billion in available funds. Here’s how to compete
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Seeking a share of the government’s historic funding for renewable energy projects? First, explain how your project will benefit community members.
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Fluorescent approach aims to combat honey fraud
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2023
A new technology based on fluorescence is being developed to detect if honey has been blended with cheaper additions such as sugar syrup. The brainchild of Aston University and The Scottish Bee Company – With help and support from the British Beekeepers Association and the Honey Authenticity Network UK – the approach appears to offer a solution to this, the second most prevalent form of food fraud worldwide (after milk-related fraud).
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12 training resources for measuring and managing greenhouse gas emissions
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Greenhouse gas accounting is the foundation upon which all other organizational climate work rests.
Net zero legal challenge to be heard by High Court in February
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Good Law Project, Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth will bring their legal challenge of the Government’s threadbare net zero strategy to the High Court, in a hearing due on 20-22 February 2024. This multi-pronged challenge takes on the Government’s strategy to reach net zero in carbon emissions, which was published earlier this year in response to a previous legal challenge from the same three groups.
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.
What it takes to pop the ESG job bubble
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Headlines abound around the growth of ESG jobs. Why does it seem so hard to get one?
California Is Short-Changing Climate-Friendly Mobility
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 4, 2023
A new NRDC report finds that California only allocates 18.6% of transportation funds to low-carbon mobility choices. Read the full report here.
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$4.3 Billion on the Table
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 4, 2023
EPA’s recent announcement of $4.3 billion in competitive funding for the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in our homes and buildings, to win big on public health and reduce both housing energy costs and climate.
UK firm presents “game-changing” solution to monitoring indoor air quality
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a global concern for health, wellbeing and productivity as people spend 90% of their time indoors, where IAQ can be up to 7 times worse than outdoor air quality. Poor air quality in indoor spaces can lead to pathogen transmission, high CO2 levels that worsen cognitive function, and can cause respiratory issues. Butterfly is an innovative and patented IAQ monitoring system including a suite of beautifully designed hardware with integrated software that has been develop
Energy Efficiency and Electrification Take Center Stage in New Jersey
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 4, 2023
With historic commitments from Governor Phil Murphy, backed by robust programs, New Jersey is becoming a leader in clean, efficient buildings.
Comment: We’ll be digging up landfills within a decade
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2023
The earth has finite resources, and at some point, society will run low or even run out entirely of certain resources that it currently takes for granted. When that happens, materials discarded into landfills as waste are set to become a valuable commodity. That’s why the waste industry should be talking more about landfill mining, says Chris Williams, founder and CEO of ISB Global, a UK-based software and solutions provider for the global waste management and recycling sector.
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.
Fact Check: Wind turbine energy claim is all spin and no power
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Social media posts are full of hot air in claiming wind turbines take years of operation to make up for the energy needed to manufacture them. This is false. The post Fact Check: Wind turbine energy claim is all spin and no power appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Call for emissions measuring and monitoring technologies to shape groundbreaking roadmap
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2023
The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) and North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) have today [4th October] launched a call for emissions measuring and monitoring technologies, giving companies the opportunity to have their technology featured in a new roadmap. The roadmap, developed as a collaborative initiative between NZTC and NSTA, will provide asset operators of both fixed and floating installations and onshore terminals with data on the emissions measuring and monitoring technologies currentl
Stanwell signs major deal for Australian-made long duration iron flow batteries
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Queensland's Stanwell signs deal for long duration "iron flow batteries" as it seeks different storage solutions for the switch from coal to green energy. The post Stanwell signs major deal for Australian-made long duration iron flow batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Navigating the ban on single-use plastics
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Image credit: Marco Verch Professional Photographer , CC BY 2.0 license. By Samantha Osborne, Commercial lawyer at national law firm Freeths With the ban on single use plastics now here, businesses must ensure that they understand the regulations and take steps to mitigate the impact the ban might have on their day-to-day activities. In this article, we recap the changes that are coming into force, which take effect from October 2023, remind businesses of what they should be doing now, and consi
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.
California looks to add solar and transmission along highways
Canary Media
OCTOBER 4, 2023
There’s a lot of empty land along California’s highways — and the state will soon be looking at how it can fill some of it up with solar panels, batteries and power lines to help meet its clean energy targets.
SEPA appeals for information to tackle waste crime in North Lanarkshire
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2023
SEPA was appealing to the public for information (on 28 September) to help with an investigation into potential illegal activity in North Lanarkshire in late September, at a location linked to waste vehicles. Officers from SEPA, North Lanarkshire Council and Police Scotland were gathering information on the range of businesses operating in the area, the size and scale of operations, the number of vehicles present and the risk of harm to the environment.
Revealed: Meetings Blitz Between Big Ag and Anti-Green Lawmakers in Europe
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Agriculture lobby groups have been in constant contact with a small group of influential European politicians, holding an average of over two meetings a week while the bloc negotiated flagship reforms to protect nature and climate, DeSmog can reveal. Between January 2020 and July 2023, over 400 meetings took place between industry and key members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who have been at the forefront of efforts to stall reforms since the Farm to Fork strategy launched in 2020.
Australia rejoins global climate fund initiative, reversing Morrison snub
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Australia has signed back up to a global climate change fund for developing countries after an almost five-year absence, reversing a Morrison-era snub to international community. The post Australia rejoins global climate fund initiative, reversing Morrison snub appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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?
Enapter AG Sees Strong Demand for New Electrolyser Aem Flex 120
FuelCellsWorks
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Rapid global response: 25 orders secured from Europe, Asia, and Africa just days after unveiling, pushing order backlog to an impressive 27 million euros. Berlin– Enapter AG (ISIN: DE000A255G02) reports.
Cost of keeping coal alive “considerable,” says AER, as market factors in emissions
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 4, 2023
"Considerable maintenance expenditure” will be needed to keep old coal plants running, the regulator says, as it contemplates what price to put on emissions. The post Cost of keeping coal alive “considerable,” says AER, as market factors in emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Toyota to Provide Sustainable Mobility for All at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024
FuelCellsWorks
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Toyota’s Hydrogen Mobility Highlights for Paris 2024: Hydrogen central to Toyota’s sustainable, low-carbon vision. Toyota to display an expansive hydrogen mobility concept during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 500 Toyota.
Australia leads pack as wind and solar drive structural shift in power sector emissions
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Global emissions from energy generation stalled in the first half, and 2023 could be the first year of a structural decline in pollution. The post Australia leads pack as wind and solar drive structural shift in power sector emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.
King Willem-Alexander Starts Construction of First Part National Hydrogen Network
FuelCellsWorks
OCTOBER 4, 2023
His Majesty the King will perform the starting ceremony for the construction of the first part of the national hydrogen network on the Tweede Maasvlakte in Rotterdam on the afternoon.
The Brief: Today’s Plugged In: Black Farmer Fund, deep climate tech, solar power in Texas, integrated impact and financial analysis
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Call Preview Plugged In: Road to justice for Black farmers leads through flexible finance. More than 150 years. The post The Brief: Today’s Plugged In: Black Farmer Fund, deep climate tech, solar power in Texas, integrated impact and financial analysis appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Duke Energy Closes Sale of Commercial Distributed Generation Portfolio
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Duke Energy has completed the sale of its commercial distributed generation portfolio to an investment fund managed by ArcLight Capital Partners LLC, a middle market infrastructure investment firm. The sale agreement, which was previously announced in July 5, includes REC Solar’s operating assets, development pipeline and O&M portfolio, as well as distributed fuel cell projects managed by Bloom Energy.
Plugged In: Road to justice for Black farmers leads through flexible finance
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 4, 2023
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 4 – More than 150 years of discriminatory lending and land heists have left a generation of Black farmers with little access. The post Plugged In: Road to justice for Black farmers leads through flexible finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
RNA Wraps Up 1.45 MW Solar Project in Marin County
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Renewable America (RNA), a provider of solar+storage and multi-customer community microgrid projects in California, has completed its 1.45 MW Fallon solar project, located in the Petaluma area of Marin County, Calif. The deal is financed with Sunwest Bank through a sale leaseback structure, allowing RNA to maintain the project through its entire lifecycle.
Fortescue Invests in Electric Hydrogen Electrolysers to Support Green Hydrogen Project Plans
FuelCellsWorks
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Fortescue has today announced it has taken the lead investor role in Electric Hydrogen’s (EH2) US$380 million Series C funding round. Fortescue has today announced it has taken the lead.
Advanced Power Sells Oriana Solar to Sabanci Renewables
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Advanced Power has sold its 100% interest in the 232 MW DC Oriana Solar project to Sabanci Renewables, a subsidiary of Sabanci Holdings. With the sale of Oriana Solar, Advanced Power has successfully originated and closed four utility-scale solar and solar+battery storage projects totaling more than 800 MW DC and 240 MWh of battery storage capacity.
Philippines’ Lopez Group installing 40MW of battery storage at geothermal power plants
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 4, 2023
A renewable energy subsidiary of the Philippine conglomerate Lopez Group has contracted for the deployment of battery energy storage system (BESS) resources at three geothermal sites.
Michigan Utility Shifting Former Coal-Generation Site to Solar
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Investor-owned utility Consumers Energy says it is spearheading the development of an 85 MW solar array at the former Karn coal facilities in Essexville, Bay, Mich., which closed earlier this year. “Based on future use studies and input from local stakeholders, solar emerged as the best option to ensure we continue to be good stewards of the land and to provide valuable tax dollars for the community while still pushing us further toward our sustainability goals,” says David Hicks, Consumers Ener
Russia says it will oppose plan to phase out fossil fuels
Financial Times: Energy
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Moscow sets up clash with EU and US as UN report sets out countries’ positions ahead of COP28 climate summit
SkyH2O Plans to Build 100+ ‘Micro-wateries’ Over Five Years Using Atmospheric Water Generation
Greentown Labs
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Think of SkyH2O stations as a one-stop-shop for EV charging, sustainable snacks and beverages, and freshly bottled water. What makes them stand out? These stations’ primary offering, potable water, is created on-site through atmospheric water generation. Alexander von Welczeck is a serial climatetech entrepreneur. He’s been working in the industry since 2002, and a previous company of his, Solar Power Partners, was acquired by NRG Energy—a founding partner of Greentown Houston—in 2011.
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