Financing the end of plastic pollution
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Sponsored: The Global Plastics Treaty must include a financing plan that supports the countries most impacted by plastic pollution and least equipped to deal with it.
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Review finds half of Britain’s “crown jewels of nature” at risk of extinction
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Nothophantes horridus (image credit: (c) John Walters). A new report by conservation charity Buglife appears to find that half of the UK’s most special species are at risk of global extinction. The report brings together knowledge on twenty invertebrate species which are endemic to Great Britain. Endemic species are those which are only found in Britain, and nowhere else in the world – they are the crown jewels of our biodiversity.
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Listen up, utilities: The EV industry is telling you what it needs
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Utility queuing challenges, standardizing charging equipment and improving financing mechanisms are driving the conversation on EVs.
Conveyor drive technology boosts energy efficiency of Lapland mine
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
LKAB is running a conveyor system that carries 15 million tons of iron ore every year. LKAB has awarded ABB a contract to install two ABB Gearless Conveyor Drives (GCDs) on the existing conveyor belt system at its Malmberget mine near Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Lapland, the most northern province in Sweden. The existing setup already carries up to 15 million tons of iron ore every year, using a 2,800kW wound rotor induction motor (WRIM) with gearbox to drive the conveyor.
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.
Boosting the Power of Corporate Investment in the Fight Against Climate Change
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The American Forest Foundation’s new report, Boosting the Power of Corporate Investment in the Fight Against Climate Change, explores how investment in forests, specifically family-owned forests in the United States, is a critical yet underutilized tool in the fight against climate change—and how innovative programs and financing models are essential for building and scaling a voluntary carbon market that maximizes real climate impact.
Bowen says accelerating switch to renewables essential to “keep the lights on”
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
In a speech in Adelaide, federal energy minister doubles down on 82% renewables target and hints at new policy initiatives to "amplify" efforts to reach it. The post Bowen says accelerating switch to renewables essential to “keep the lights on” appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Making money green: Australia takes first steps towards a net zero finance strategy
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Australia’s financial system must urgently transform itself to meet the climate challenge. The post Making money green: Australia takes first steps towards a net zero finance strategy appeared first on RenewEconomy.
FERC decides if LNG facilities benefit the public. Is it doing its job?
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Sometime in the next few weeks, a government agency that most Americans know little about could approve a new fossil-fuel project that would have lasting consequences for the climate.
“Marvel of engineering:” Giant wind turbine transporters find their way to Australia
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
New turbine blade transport technology deployed at the 923MW MacIntyre wind farm will drastically reduce the impact on farmland and vegetation. The post “Marvel of engineering:” Giant wind turbine transporters find their way to Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Taking to the Skies, Powered by Hydrogen
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Hydrogen will be a major lever for the decarbonization of air transport, which is committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. It’s a major challenge, and one that requires.
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.
ARENA backs husband and wife team developing world’s first hydrogen vertical lift off plane
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
AMSL Aero has already developed a battery electric vertical take off aircraft, now it is looking at hydrogen power to cover long distances suitable for emergency services and regional Australia. The post ARENA backs husband and wife team developing world’s first hydrogen vertical lift off plane appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Ballard Reports Q3 2023 Results
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Total revenue was $27.6 million in the quarter, up 29% year-over-year. Heavy Duty Mobility revenue of $21.1 million increased 67%, driven primarily by higher revenues from the rail and marine.
Australia’s big batteries: What do they do and how do they make money?
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Battery storage is changing the grid: Neoen provides insight into how they make money, including three new revenue streams. The post Australia’s big batteries: What do they do and how do they make money? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
US Bureau of Land Management brings online two California PV projects, advances on 13 other renewables projects
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the Department of Interior, has advanced on 15 clean energy projects across the West, with two solar PV and storage plants operational in California.
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.
Thermal potting for EV components (Whitepaper)
Charged
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Sponsored by Henkel. With the dramatic growth anticipated in the electric vehicle industry, manufacturers and component suppliers alike are vying for position in performance, range, cost efficiency, durability and reliability. Thermal potting materials, while often unseen, play an important role in heat management – a significant factor in achieving these objectives.
Battery materials: What is the battery of the future made of?
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The Empa research group led by Maksym Kovalenko is researching innovative materials for the batteries of tomorrow. Whether it's fast-charging electric cars or low-cost stationary storage, there's a promising material or a novel manufacturing process for every application.
EVBox begins North American production of its charging stations
Charged
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Amsterdam-based EVSE manufacturer EVBox has started production of its EVBox Troniq Modular charging station in Libertyville, Illinois. Customer deliveries are expected to commence before the end of the year. The EVBox Troniq Modular’s power module output is upgradable from 90 kW to 240 kW in increments of 30 kW. It is designed to scale as demand for EV chargers expands.
Strata Clean Energy bags US$300 million to develop 17GW US pipeline
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
US solar and storage developer Strata Clean Energy has secured a US$300 million revolving loan and letter of credit facility to develop its diversified project pipeline of over 17GW.
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?
HGenium Unveils First-Of-Its-Kind Technology for Green Hydrogen Production
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
PASADENA, Calif.– HGenium, Inc., an exciting new technology entrant in the rapidly growing green hydrogen industry, today announced that Dr. Casper Brady, HGenium Senior Scientist, presented insights on the company’s.
SERMA signs new testing partnership with Renault for EV development
Charged
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
French electronics company SERMA has signed a new partnership with the French carmaker Renault for EV development in France. SERMA has opened a 3,500-square-meter testing center inside Renault’s Lardy Technical Centre as part of a seven-year cooperation. This infrastructure will support Renault’s electrification efforts by providing sufficient capacity for electrical and abuse testing across its vehicle portfolio.
Kauai became a clean energy leader. Its secret? A publicly owned grid
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
LIHUE, Hawaii — It’s hard to find anywhere in the United States that has greened its electricity supply as quickly as verdant Kauai.
Holman launches new suite of fleet electrification solutions
Charged
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Holman provides a wide variety of automotive-centric services, from fleet management to vehicle fabrication and upfitting to component manufacturing to retail auto sales. Now the company has introduced a comprehensive collection of fleet electrification solutions designed to simplify the transition to EVs for fleet operators. Holman’s suite of fleet electrification solutions include: home charging management; driver reimbursement; depot management; telematics; workplace charging planning and adm
Georgia Power updated IRP ups targets for renewable energy, battery storage
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Georgia Power update to its integrated resource plan (IRP) would see the company procure up to 1GW of battery storage resources.
Evgo’s prefabricated EV charging stations save installation time, costs
Charged
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Public charging operator EVgo has developed a prefabrication approach to new station installation that it says could halve the average station installation time and deliver substantial savings on station construction costs, while ensuring consistent, high-quality assembly in a controlled environment. The scalable design packages six or more DC fast charging stalls, along with power cabinets and other required components, on a modular skid.
Northwestern Is Part of National Effort to Develop Hydrogen Fuel Economy
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Plan is to produce hydrogen by leveraging diverse and abundant energy sources, including renewable energy, natural gas and low-cost nuclear energy. Northwestern University is a key partner in the Midwest.
Washington, DC development receives grant for community geothermal system
ThinkGeoEnergy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The mixed-use, mixed-income Barry Farm development in Southeast Washington, DC has been awarded a $2.5 million grant by the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia to incorporate a community geothermal system. This will be the first pilot project in Washington, DC to support a large community heat pump system, and aims to replace fossil fuel space conditioning systems, improve and modernize the District’s energy delivery system, and make strides in clean energy.
UK’s National Grid accelerates 20GW of clean energy connections
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
National Grid is accelerating the connection of up to 20GW of clean energy projects to its electricity transmission and distribution networks in England and Wales as part of ongoing collaborative work across industry in the UK. On its transmission network, 19 battery energy storage projects worth around 10GW will be offered dates to plug in, averaging four years earlier than their current agreement, based on a new approach which removes the need for non-essential engineering works prior to conne
Geothermal heating network soon to operate at Seine-Saint-Denis, France
ThinkGeoEnergy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
By 2025, geothermal heat could be supplying the heating network in the communes of Lilas, Pantin, Pré-Saint-Gervais, and later Romainville, in Seine-Saint-Denis in the greater Paris area, France. The first doublet of wells for the future geothermal network has already been drilled, and a second doublet will be drilled by the first quarter of 2024 before the construction of a geothermal heating plant.
Commentary: Don’t let utilities hijack your EV battery Why V2H, not V2G, is the best way to use your EV battery.
Solar Power World
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
It’s estimated that there are over 3 million EVs on the road in the United States, driving between home and work every day. The current utility-based EV charging paradigm is based on using home-based bidirectional EV chargers to support the electric grid in late afternoons and evenings. Alas, this vehicle-to-grid (V2G) setup is an inefficient… The post Commentary: Don’t let utilities hijack your EV battery <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-size:15px;'
Rivian and Amazon are no longer exclusive
TechCrunch: Climate
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Rivian vans are no longer an Amazon exclusive. The automaker said on Tuesday that it will now let other companies buy its commercial electric vans, ending an exclusivity deal that Amazon secured when it pumped more than a billion dollars into Rivian in 2019. Both companies’ stock prices rose following the announcement, which they timed […] © 2023 TechCrunch.
Energy Estate backs CSG water treatment tech with view to green hydrogen future
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
A company addressing the coal-seam gas industry's waste brine problem is on Energy Estate's radar, both as a renewables customer and a green hydrogen partner. The post Energy Estate backs CSG water treatment tech with view to green hydrogen future appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Congruent starts raising fresh $250M early-stage climate tech fund
TechCrunch: Climate
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
High interest rates may be stifling some investments in climate tech today, but the new fund suggests that LPs see a light at the end of the tunnel. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Burned Out: Documents Reveal The Gas Industry’s Use Of Tobacco Tactics Over Gas Stove Emissions
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
In the 1970s, Dr. Bernard Goldstein, a young professor at the New York University School of Medicine, researched the health impacts of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) produced by gas stoves. In a series of studies, Goldstein and his colleagues identified a higher incidence of respiratory problems among schoolchildren from homes with gas stoves. Fifty years on, Goldstein, now emeritus professor of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Pittsburgh, recently told NPR “it’s way past t
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