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As US e-bus market expands, manufacturers struggle to keep up

GreenBiz

Fueled by federal funding, the transition to low-emissions public transportation represents a big opportunity for the struggling U.S. electric bus manufacturing industry.

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At Mann’s Defamation Trial, Defendants Are Doubling Down on Climate Denial

DeSmogBlog

On Monday, conservative blogger Mark Steyn wrapped up his confrontational cross-examination of Michael Mann, the climate scientist who is suing him and another climate denier for defamation in Washington, D.C. Superior Court. Steyn appeared determined to portray Mann, currently the Distinguished Professor of Earth and Environmental Science at the University of Pennsylvania, as untrustworthy and deceitful, in an aggressive manner suggesting that more than a decade of litigation in this case has d

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Creating an effective climate transformation plan

GreenBiz

Sponsored: EcoAct highlights urgent need for credible climate transition plans, emphasizing transparency and early compliance for a competitive edge.

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Greening grid muscles out fossil fuels, pushes down power prices

Renew Economy

Record low coal and gas generation pushed wholesale electricity prices lower in the last quarter of 2023, as every region of the country notched up new solar output records. The post Greening grid muscles out fossil fuels, pushes down power prices appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Which of these 46 sustainability certifications is right for you?

GreenBiz

Here are 46 professional certifications to demonstrate your expertise across 9 subcategories of sustainability.

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Danish offshore wind project cancelled after area redignated as bird sanctuary

Renew Economy

European Energy cancels plans for offshore wind farm due to the area being redesignated as a natural bird sanctuary. The post Danish offshore wind project cancelled after area redignated as bird sanctuary appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Turbotech and Safran Test First Hydrogen Turboprop for Light Aircraft

FuelCellsWorks

Turbotech and Safran have successfully tested the first hydrogen-fueled gas turbine engine for the light aviation market. The tests at ArianeGroup’s facility in Vernon, France, are part of the BeautHyFuel.

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As US electric bus market expands, manufacturers struggle to keep up

GreenBiz

Fueled by federal funding, the transition to low-emissions public transportation represents a big opportunity for the struggling U.S. electric bus manufacturing industry.

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Egyptian President Signs Law Promoting Green Hydrogen Production with Significant Tax Incentives

FuelCellsWorks

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has ratified a pivotal law, Law No. 2 of 2024, aimed at incentivizing green hydrogen production projects and its derivatives. This landmark legislation grants up.

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As e-bus market expands in US, manufacturers struggle to keep up

GreenBiz

Fueled by federal funding, the transition to low-emissions public transportation represents a big opportunity for the struggling U.S. electric bus manufacturing industry.

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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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Yamaha Joins Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association Supporting Multiple Technology Solutions to Carbon Neutrality

FuelCellsWorks

KENNESAW, Ga.–Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. joined the Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Energy Association (FCHEA) alongside hydrogen producers, infrastructure providers, engineering firms and other off takers as part of its pursuit.

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H2 now: preparing the market, public and infrastructure for hydrogen blending

GreenBiz

Hydrogen blending is a practical and cost-effective way to introduce hydrogen into the energy system and pave the way for a low-carbon future. But how can we make it happen? What are the technical, regulatory, and social challenges that need to be addressed? And what are the best practices and lessons learned from existing hydrogen blending projects around North America?

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Lion Energy Reports Promising Progress in Green Hydrogen

FuelCellsWorks

Lion Energy Advances in Green Hydrogen Sector with Promising Developments in Q4 2023. Lion Energy Limited is making significant strides in its green hydrogen ventures as of Q4 2023, notably in.

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December was bumper month for wind, solar and battery approvals, but still not fast enough

Renew Economy

December was a bumper month for new connection approvals for wind, solar and storage, but they are still not getting on to the grid quickly enough. The post December was bumper month for wind, solar and battery approvals, but still not fast enough appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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LG Energy Solution predicts 30% growth in battery demand for global ESS market in 2024

Energy Storage News

Global demand for batteries for energy storage system (ESS) applications will grow 30% during this year, with the US leading the charge, LG Energy Solution has predicted.

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Aviation H2 Orders Final Components to Complete Test Engine Modification

FuelCellsWorks

Aviation H2 has ordered the final parts required to complete the modification of a test jet turbine to run with a carbon-free fuel, liquid ammonia. The Swiwin SW170b-2448 turbine will.

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Emporia launches program to simplify EV charger installation

Charged

US energy management technology company Emporia has launched a program designed to streamline the installation of Level 2 EV home chargers, which can involve a complex process of research and comparing installation companies to ensure that a home’s electrical limitations are properly assessed before a vehicle is purchased. Emporia is partnering with selected installers that include HelloTech, OnTech, Kopperfield and Treehouse.

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Teesside University to Support Evaluation of New Generation of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks

FuelCellsWorks

Academics at Teesside University are evaluating the impact of a major hydrogen transport hub which is being constructed in the Tees Valley after winning £7m of funding. The innovative hydrogen.

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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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Sunrun, PG&E Complete First Season of Residential Distributed Power Program

Solar Industry

Sunrun and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that during last summer and fall, their California customers provided a peak 32 MW from 8,500 solar-plus-storage residential systems to the state grid through a program sponsored by the two companies. The Energy Efficiency Summer Reliability Program achieved its 8,500 customer enrollment maximum and provided an average 27 MW during evening peak hours for more than 90 consecutive days, says the partnership. “The Peak Power Rew

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Loganair and Cranfield Aerospace Solutions Set Sights on Debuting World’s First Operational Hydrogen-Electric Britten-Norman Islander in Kirkwall by 2027

FuelCellsWorks

Loganair, the UK’s largest regional airline, and Cranfield Aerospace Solutions, pioneers in zero-emissions flight, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which signifies an enhanced level of collaboration, with the.

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Long-duration energy storage is ‘better option than gas to back up Ontario renewables’

Energy Storage News

The Canadian province of Ontario should put around 6GW of long-duration energy storage (LDES) on its grid by 2032 to cost-effectively meet demand and stay on track to hit net zero targets.

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Hydrogen Train Acquisition Hits a Snag in Groningen

FuelCellsWorks

Groningen’s Ambitious Hydrogen Train Project Faces Challenges in Manufacturer Search and Tender Process The Dutch province of Groningen’s endeavor to replace diesel trains with hydrogen-powered ones has hit a roadblock,

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Green steel: Gupta and Bluescope share $200m in grants to cut emissions

Renew Economy

The first critical industrial funding via the PRF shows how hard greening steel will be. The post Green steel: Gupta and Bluescope share $200m in grants to cut emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Revoy’s battery trailer turns a semi-truck into a hybrid

Charged

Trucking firms are caught in a bit of a bind—emissions regulations are tightening, but electric heavy-duty trucks come with high upfront costs. A startup called Revoy offers an interesting transitional solution—the Revoy EV is basically a small trailer full of batteries that attaches to a diesel semi-truck to effectively turn it into a hybrid. At Revoy’s swapping station in Dallas, the Revoy EV, with a pre-charged battery, is attached between a tractor and a semi-trailer.

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VIDEO: Do higher risks mean higher returns for battery storage investors?

Energy Storage News

Energy-Storage.news is proud to present our sponsored webinar with GridBeyond, where we discuss risk and reward in the battery storage sector with a particular focus on the UK market.

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BVG Berlin orders 50 Solaris electric buses

Charged

Polish bus manufacturer Solaris has received an order for 50 of its Urbino 18 electric buses from Berlin public transport company BV G , which currently operates more than 120 Solaris Urbino 12 and Urbino 18 buses. Delivery is scheduled for 2024 and 2025. The contract is part of a framework agreement that can be extended over the coming years. The new buses are supplied with 240 kW asynchronous motors.

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Columbia University to Support Sol Systems Energy Project 

Solar Industry

Sol Systems has announced a clean energy project aimed at benefiting the village of Croton-on-Hudson and broader ConEdison downstate N.Y. community for which Columbia University will act as anchor tenant. The Croton-Harmon community solar carport and battery storage project, a 4 MW solar system paired with 3.75 MW battery storage, is expected to come online this year at the village’s Metro-North train station parking lot. “We are thrilled to be part of the Croton-Harmon community solar pr

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Sion Power raises 75 million to commercialize its Licerion EV battery tech

Charged

Sion Power , a developer of next-generation batteries for EVs, has secured $75 million in Series A funding. The round was led by battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution, and included participation from Euclidean Capital and Hillspire. Sion Power’s Licerion technology uses compression in a lithium metal battery to enhance safety, lifetime and recharging rates.

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Estonia’s first grid-scale BESS to come online in 2025, LG to supply batteries

Energy Storage News

Eesti Energi has completed the procurement for its 26.5MW/51MWh BESS, the first of that scale in Estonia, with LG Energy Solution among the successful parties.

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EnergyAustralia takes $1.1 billion hit on retail unit as business model shifts

Renew Economy

EnergyAustralia, the third biggest energy retailer in the country, takes $1.1 billion hit to the value of its retail business as the energy business is reshaped. The post EnergyAustralia takes $1.1 billion hit on retail unit as business model shifts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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China’s solar PV installation capacity hits 216GW in 2023

PV Tech

New solar installations in China reached 216.88GW in 2023, a 148.12% year-on-year increase, according to the National Energy Administration of China.

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Finland moves to 2-hour durations as Neoen launches largest BESS in Nordics

Energy Storage News

IPP Neoen has started construction on a 2-hour 56.4MW/112.9MWh BESS in Finland, in the context of market dynamics which optimiser Capalo AI explained to Energy-Storage.news.

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Facility Solutions Group Acquires Greenleaf Energy Solutions

Solar Industry

Facility Solutions Group (FSG) has acquired Greenleaf Energy Solutions with the aim of expanding the company’s North America reach. Founded in 2001, Greenleaf established its foothold as a lighting company and subsequently evolved into the renewables sector. “It became clear very early on in our discussions that Kevin and the Greenleaf team shared much of the same vision that I and our executive team had when it came to growing the business, caring for people, and making an impact with th