Fri.Mar 22, 2024

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The week in climate policy: 5 updates you need to know

GreenBiz

Court pauses SEC’s climate-disclosure rule, the DOE publishes the positive economic impact of its loan programs office, and more.

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Staying compliant with the updated ESOS Phase 3 requirements

Envirotec Magazine

Staying up to date with the latest ESOS updates means reduced energy consumption and costs, improve environmental performance and meeting legal requirements. “That’s why we’re here to keep you informed and help you stay compliant with ESOS Phase 3 “, writes SOCOTEC UK, a provider of testing, inspection, and certification services.

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How to avoid backlash for telling your sustainability story

GreenBiz

Companies should clearly align their business strategy with their sustainability communications decisions.

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China Plans to Build More Than 1,200 Hydrogen Refueling Stations by 2025, More Than the Current Total Worldwide

FuelCellsWorks

China’s boom in the promotion of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is generating increasing demand for hydrogen refueling stations (HRS), which has resulted in them being included in government plans and.

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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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Shell to divest 1,000 retail locations, and also expand EV charging. Coincidence?

Charged

Oil giant Shell has announced plans to divest 1,000 retail sites over the next two years, and also says it plans to expand its public EV charging business. Is Shell shutting down gas stations in order to replace them with EV charging hubs? Well, that’s what several media reports implied, but that’s not quite what the company said. Shell’s “ Energy Transition Strategy 2024 ” mentions electric vehicles at least 30 times (accompanied in almost every case by a mention of biofuels), and concedes that

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Nikola Celebrates Grand Opening of First Hyla Refueling Station in Southern California

FuelCellsWorks

Ontario-based station marks a significant step forward in establishing comprehensive hydrogen refueling network for Class 8 trucks. PHOENIX– Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply.

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Hynion and Toyota Norge Enter Into a Cooperation Agreement to Drive the Infrastructure for Hydrogen in Norway

FuelCellsWorks

Toyota Norge and Hynion are now expanding their cooperation, and Toyota is stepping in with operating support to contribute to Hynion’s costs for the hydrogen refueling station at Høvik. The.

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Researchers take major step toward developing next-generation solar cells

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

Engineers have discovered a new way to manufacture solar cells using perovskite semiconductors. It could lead to lower-cost, more efficient systems for powering homes, cars, boats and drones.

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Fallback Friday Story: Sirius Aviation AG Debuts World’s First Hydrogen Powertrain With Sauber F1 and BMW Group Designworks’

FuelCellsWorks

Sirius Jet Unveils Hydrogen-Electric Propulsion System with BMW Group Designworks’ Innovative Expertise in Interior and Exterior Design. PAYERN, Switzerland— Pioneering Swiss aerospace startup Sirius Aviation AG, proudly announces the historic unveiling of.

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Dozens of countries pledge support for nuclear power, despite lingering concerns

The Verge: Energy

Attendees arrive for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nuclear Energy Summit at the Brussels Expo on March 21st, 2024. | Photo by Nicolas Maeterlinck / BELGA / AFP via Getty Images More than 30 countries have pledged to pursue nuclear energy as one way to meet global climate goals. Even so, nuclear energy is still a controversial energy source that’s bogged down by concerns about radioactive waste, safety, and high costs.

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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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Hyzon Announces Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial and Operating Results

FuelCellsWorks

Announces first commercial delivery of fuel cell electric truck in the U.S. BOLINGBROOK, Ill.– Hyzon (Hyzon or the Company), a U.S.-based manufacturer and global supplier of high-performance hydrogen fuel cell.

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Deal spotlight: Turning on the capital tap to finance water and sanitation in Africa

Impact Alpha

As climate change makes water supplies and management more critical than ever, public budget allocations for water access and treatment in Africa are. The post Deal spotlight: Turning on the capital tap to finance water and sanitation in Africa appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Verde Hydrogen Unveils Verde Analytics Platform V2.0

FuelCellsWorks

A New Era in Scalable and Intelligent Hydrogen Production; A new Milestone in Green Hydrogen Industry. Verde Hydrogen has announced the launch of a new Multi-Stack Intelligent Control System –.

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Primergy signs ‘long-term’ PPA with San Diego Community Power for solar-plus-storage project

PV Tech

Primergy has signed a “long-term” power purchase agreement (PPA) with California community solar initiative San Diego Community Power (SDCP).

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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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Enapter Group Receives 1.3 Million Euros Research Funding From the Italian Ministry of Economy

FuelCellsWorks

Italian Ministry of Economic Affairs funds Enapter’s research activities with around 1.3 million euros Funding supports the ongoing development of the next generation of Enapters AEM stacks for the multi-megawatt.

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SolarCraft Completes Third Installation for Sonoma’s Sweetwater Spectrum

Solar Industry

SolarCraft has completed a 16.4 kW solar energy system addition at Sweetwater Spectrum Community, a residential development geared for adults with autism in Sonoma, Calif. This is SolarCraft’s third energy installation for Sweetwater, and is set to generate 22,716 kWh annually, bringing Sweetwater Spectrum’s total solar up to 250,000 kWh annually. “SolarCraft has been an incredible partner to us during our three solar expansions,” says Olivia Vain, Sweetwater Spectrum executive director.

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Green Hydrogen Systems Announces Appointment of Permanent CEO

FuelCellsWorks

Green Hydrogen Systems announces appointment of permanent CEO Kolding, Denmark– Green Hydrogen Systems A/S announces that interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Peter Friis has been appointed by the Board of.

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PV Hardware supplies 957MW of trackers to Saudi project

PV Tech

Spanish solar tracker producer PV Hardware (PVH) has announced that it will supply 957MW of trackers to a solar PV project in Saudi Arabia.

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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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Lochard Energy Secures $2 Million for Groundbreaking Hydrogen Storage Study in Australia

FuelCellsWorks

Lochard Energy announces that it has been awarded a $2 million grant by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) as part of its Advancing Renewables Program. This significant funding will support.

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Geothermal draws great interest at CERAWeek in Houston, Texas

ThinkGeoEnergy

The status of geothermal as the emerging renewable energy sector seems to have strengthened further following this year’s CERAWeek in Houston, Texas. Although the event was still heavily dominated by oil and gas, the topic of geothermal came up multiple times as a potential pathway for transition for oil and gas companies and professionals. The annual CERAWeek, organized by S&P Global, is the world’s premier energy conference, featuring insights on energy policy and regulation, c

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West Virginia University Technology Innovations Position West Virginia to Lead Hydrogen Economy

FuelCellsWorks

West Virginia University engineers have received a wave of federal support for research projects that will help slash the cost of clean hydrogen. The three U.S. Department of Energy grants for.

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99MW/198MWh BESS energised as Harmony Energy and Fotowatio Renewable Ventures continue partnership

Energy Storage News

Harmony Energy and Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) have energised a 99MW/198MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Essex.

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FuelPositive Files Patent for Green Aqueous Ammonia Production Module and Provides Update on First Farm-Ready System

FuelCellsWorks

Provisional patent filed on new Green Aqueous Ammonia add-on module systems: the “FP300A” and “FP1500A” Benefits of Green Aqueous Ammonia Factory Acceptance Testing of FuelPositive’s Green Anhydrous Ammonia system occurring.

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“More money into solar all over the world”: challenges and opportunities for global solar finance

PV Tech

With solar a global industry, perhaps a global approach is the best way to ensure a more consistent supply of funding.

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Study: Renewables provide more UK power than gas plants over last winter

Business Green

ECIU estimates wind, solar, and hydro provided 40 per cent of UK electricity over winter months, while gas fired power plants provided around a third

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Chart: Methane emissions are a problem. Where do they come from?

Canary Media

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format.

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USEPA Rolls Out Rule to Address Worst-Case Chemical Disasters, Impacting Thousands of Facilities

NRDC onEarth

The EPA unveiled today significant protections against worst-case hazardous chemical discharges, following years of advocacy and litigation by environmental justice groups and frontline communities.

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Celina Mikolajczak was working on batteries before they were even a thing

Canary Media

Canary Media’s Charging Up column chronicles gender diversity and notable career moves in the climatetech sector. Got a person or event you’d like to see us cover or a hot job tip? Let us know!

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Water and Energy: An Essential Binomial for a Sustainable Future

FuelCellsWorks

World Water Day, celebrated annually on March 22nd, highlights the importance of water in our lives. It’s a day to raise awareness about the global water crisis, the theme of.

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Russia’s ‘dark fleet’ rejects navigators for perilous Danish straits

Financial Times: Energy

Oil tankers decline to take onboard specialist pilots for narrow waterways

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Astronergy supplies 125MW of modules to Polish EPC

PV Tech

Chinese-owned solar PV manufacturer Astronergy has delivered 125MW worth of solar PV modules to Polish engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Solartech.

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Elia Group and Ørsted launch paper to advance offshore hybrid projects

Smart Energy International

Elia Group and Ørsted launched a joint paper to help Europe overcome the barriers impeding the development of hybrid projects that link two or more countries together. The paper aims to help Europe harness the full renewable energy potential of its seas and ensure equitable distribution of clean power amongst countries. The launch was attended by Tinne Van der Straeten, the Belgian minister of energy; Lars Aagaard, the Danish minister for climate, energy and utilities; and Ditte Juul Jørgensen,

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Ameren Missouri Approved for 400 MW Solar Portfolio

Solar Industry

Ameren Missouri received approval to build or acquire approximately 400 MW of solar energy, with the first of three solar projects scheduled to go into service next year and the remaining two in 2026. “Thoughtfully integrating these new, low-cost energy sources with our existing generation fleet is one of the ways Ameren Missouri is providing our customers with the reliable, resilient and affordable energy they expect,” says Mark Birk, chairman and president of Ameren Missouri.