ExxonMobil’s $10 billion plan to boost plastics production in China
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
A new climate agreement with the U.S. disregards China’s plans to increase plastics production.
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EPR schemes will harm recycling sector if not designed correctly, says industry group
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
EPR schemes must be designed in such a way that they do not disrupt existing efficient markets, otherwise they will do more harm than good to the recycling industry, according to a new position paper on extended producer responsibility (EPR) published by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), a global federation of recycling industries, on 20 November.
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Behind Amazon’s plan to restore 4 billion liters of water
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Amazon is investing in 13 international water restoration projects in a quest to become ‘water positive’ by 2030.
Comment: sizing up the opportunity for European circular start-ups
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Ukrainian firm S.Lab picked up the 2023 Green Alley Award for a sustainable alternative to expandeed polystyrene packaging (image credit: Green Alley Awards). By Jan Patrick Schulz, CEO of Landbell and initiator of Europe’s largest Circular Economy Prize, the Green Alley Award. Europe has long been a welcoming home to sustainable minded companies.
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.
Here's a 'significant step' to halve food waste by 2030
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
New data from the Consumer Goods Forum is designed to help tackle the industry's food waste mountain.
Bowen dumps RET for 32 GW of auctions in massive policy shift to supercharge renewables
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Chris Bowen will let the long-standing renewable energy target die, choosing instead a massive auction program seeking 32GW of new capacity to meet 82 pct renewable target. The post Bowen dumps RET for 32 GW of auctions in massive policy shift to supercharge renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Bowen has put a rocket under big renewables. Small-scale market must be next
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
This is exactly the kind of bold policy needed to rapidly transform Australia’s energy market while ensuring reliability and affordability. Can we apply it to consumer energy, too? The post Bowen has put a rocket under big renewables. Small-scale market must be next appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Solaris Hydrogen Buses in Yet Another City. Solaris Urbino Hydrogen Head to Wa?Brzych, Poland
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Solaris Bus & Coach will deliver state-of-the-art hydrogen buses to the city of Wałbrzych. The contract covers the delivery of 20 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses, including an option to purchase an additional 25 vehicles. Wałbrzych is thus yet another Polish.
Australia’s “second most advanced” offshore wind farm gets major boost
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Flotation Energy’s 1.5GW Seadragon offshore wind project, proposed for Gippsland waters, awarded major project status by the federal government. The post Australia’s “second most advanced” offshore wind farm gets major boost appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Heat-pump water heaters are a winner for the climate — and your wallet
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power.
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.
NSW just got three huge batteries for next to nothing – time now to dump Coalkeeper 2.0
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
NSW will get three big new batteries at little or no cost to consumers. It's been urged to go out and get more, and end the costly idea of paying to keep the Eraring coal generator open. The post NSW just got three huge batteries for next to nothing – time now to dump Coalkeeper 2.0 appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Hitachi Energy Unveils New Hydrogen Power Generator
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Hydrogen-powered generator provides megawatts of power and heat for hard-to-decarbonize applications such as construction sites, remote venues, data centers, and hospitals. Hitachi Energy, a global technology leader that is advancing.
Researchers manufacture the first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The University of Ottawa, together with national and international partners, has achieved a world first by manufacturing the first back-contact micrometric photovoltaic cells. The cells, with a size twice the thickness of a strand of hair, have significant advantages over conventional solar technologies, reducing electrode-induced shadowing by 95% and potentially lowering energy production costs by up to three times.
Chinchilla big battery connects to the grid near Australia’s biggest coal unit
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
One of a suite of new big batteries to soon join the grid in Queensland has been registered and officially connected, with work on commissioning to start soon. The post Chinchilla big battery connects to the grid near Australia’s biggest coal unit appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Using AI as a guide for the better manufacturing of perovskite solar cells
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Tandem solar cells based on perovskite semiconductors convert sunlight to electricity more efficiently than conventional silicon solar cells. In order to make this technology ready for the market, further improvements with regard to stability and manufacturing processes are required.
How to ensure Bowen’s underwriting scheme doesn’t create another Snowy 2.0 debacle
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Federal Labor's move to underwrite 32GW of renewables and storage is nothing short revolutionary. But abandoning market-based mechanisms carries its own serious risks. The post How to ensure Bowen’s underwriting scheme doesn’t create another Snowy 2.0 debacle appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Anglo American’s high-stakes bet on a new way to feed the world
Financial Times: Energy
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The mining group plans to invest $9bn in a Yorkshire mine that will produce a fertiliser mineral for which there is currently little demand
Göteborg Energi conducts V2G projects with Volvo Cars, Polestar and others
Charged
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Göteborg Energi , the municipally-owned power company of the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, is collaborating with several entities to explore the vehicle-to-grid (V2G) potential of EVs. The company is working with Volvo Cars to investigate bidirectional charging for home use, and how homeowners can contribute power to the local grid from their EV batteries.
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?
‘Recycled’ Tools Could Be Key to UK Hydrogen Transformation
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The UK’s net zero efforts hang in the balance, according to a recent scientific report. According to Toni Miszewski, a managing director at energy technology consultancy AnTech, boosting hydrogen storage.
Old and new energy react warmly to Bowen’s underwriting plan – but some still want gas
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Energy industry reacts warmly to Bowen's huge underwriting plans, although there are still questions about transmission, social licence and households. And some still want gas. The post Old and new energy react warmly to Bowen’s underwriting plan – but some still want gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Europe’s solar industry reacts to EU’s Net Zero Industry Act vote
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Parliament’s decision has been met with both approval and some trepidation by representatives in the European solar industry. It will now pass to negotiations with the European Council to clarify its specifics.
Daimler’s RIZON electric trucks achieve full homologation in the US
Charged
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Daimler Truck , which launched electric truck brand RIZON in May, says its Class 4 and 5 medium-duty models have received full US homologation, which is the process of certifying that a vehicle complies with the technical and legal requirements to be deemed roadworthy and safe for public use. RIZON has received certification from the EPA and California Air Resource Board (CARB) Executive Orders.
FutureCoal CEO Suggests ‘Cancel Coal’ Mantra Is Short-Sighted, Abated Coal Solutions Must Be Part of Energy Transition
POWER Magazine
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Speaking at the 5th annual India Coal Conference in New Delhi, FutureCoal CEO Michelle Manook said, “Government and finance policies, which embrace a ‘cancel coal’ mantra, are short-sighted and undermine […] The post FutureCoal CEO Suggests ‘Cancel Coal’ Mantra Is Short-Sighted, Abated Coal Solutions Must Be Part of Energy Transition appeared first on POWER Magazine.
ABI Research: tech advances to drive six-fold increase in EV battery production by 2030
Charged
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
New research from global technology intelligence firm ABI Research finds that global EV battery output production could increase by nearly six times to 2,585 GWh by 2030. This EV battery surge will strain raw material supply. ABI predicts that lithium and cobalt consumption for EV batteries will grow by 5.3 times and 3.2 times, respectively, from 2022 to 2030, but average EV battery cobalt content will drop 44% by 2030 owing to its volatile and controversial supply chain.
Greenvolt nears commissioning of 5MW/5MWh BESS at Portugal biomass plant
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Renewable energy independent power producer (IPP) Greenvolt is close to bringing a 5MW/5MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) online at its biomass plant in Coimbra, Portugal.
The advantages of dynamic power sharing EV chargers for fleets (Webinar)
Charged
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
In this session at the Virtual Conference on EV Infrastructure, we will discuss a high-power 600 kW charging solution that allows dynamic allocation of power via four independent plugs for fleet charging. The charger architecture and software solutions will be explained in detail, showing the advantage when compared to individual chargers. The availability of different connector outputs will also be presented as seen from a worldwide DCFC supplier, with the objective of making it easier for inve
2,800MWh of battery storage projects win New South Wales firming infrastructure tender
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Three large-scale battery storage projects and one virtual power plant were the winners of a recent competitive tender held on behalf of the government of New South Wales (NSW), Australia.
UK Advertising Watchdog Bans Toyota SUV Ads on Environmental Grounds
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
The UK advertising watchdog has banned two adverts for Toyota SUVs, ruling that images of cars racing over plains and through rivers condoned a style of off-road driving that “disregarded” the impact on nature. Climate advocates calling for tighter rules on advertising of heavily polluting products welcomed the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA) move — the first time it had banned SUV ads for promoting driving that harms the environment.
Geothermal to provide heating and cooling in Ferney-Voltaire, France
ThinkGeoEnergy
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Work has started on a geothermal district heating and cooling network in Ferney-Voltaire in Ain, France, near the Geneva Airport. Aside from drawing heat from the subsurface, the network will also utilize waste heat from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Conseil européen pour la Recherche nucléaire / CERN ) particle accelerator. The project is targeting commissioning by 2030.
NRG Energy Replaces CEO in Activist Investor–Influenced Shuffle
POWER Magazine
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
NRG Energy has appointed the chair of its board of directors, Dr. Lawrence Coben, as its interim president and CEO and appointed four new independent directors to its board, signaling a […] The post NRG Energy Replaces CEO in Activist Investor–Influenced Shuffle appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Singapore-based Climate Alpha analyzes the impact of climate change on real estate
TechCrunch: Climate
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Founded by an expert on geography and globalization, Climate Alpha’s AI-based platform helps real estate owners and investors analyze the impact of climate change on their portfolios. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $5 million in seed funding led by Jungle Ventures through its new First Cheque@Jungle program for second-time founders and operators […] © 2023 TechCrunch.
Solar Insiders Podcast: The fight for fairer rooftop PV – and cheaper home batteries
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Heidi Douglas talks through Solar Citizens’ list of policy asks for the upcoming energy ministers’ meeting. Could we get discounted batteries for Christmas? The post Solar Insiders Podcast: The fight for fairer rooftop PV – and cheaper home batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Enel unveils plan for €18.6bn grid investment
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
Italy’s Enel Group has announced a new investment strategy for the period 2024-2026, doubling down on grid investments and being more selective in renewables. With plans to spend €35.8 billion ($38.96) by 2026, more than half of this being funnelled into power grid investments, the Group said more focus will be placed on profitability, flexibility and resiliency through selective capital allocation to maximize its risk/return profile.
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