Unilever threatens to quit trade associations that block climate policy
GreenBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
The company says it will cut ties with groups that obstruct progress on Paris Agreement net-zero goals.
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130+ Organizations Urge Accountability on Forest Protection
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 21, 2024
In a joint statement to international leaders , groups from around the world call for global accountability as essential to delivering on forest commitments.
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Why Bain is going beyond net zero
GreenBiz
MARCH 21, 2024
One of the world’s largest consulting firms is the first company to set a Carbon Integrity Platinum Claim for reductions of current and ongoing greenhouse gas emissions.
The Perils of Neglecting Flue Gas Cleaning Systems: Understanding the Risks
The Environmental Blog
MARCH 21, 2024
Flue gas cleaning removes contaminants like sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), carbon monoxide, VOCs, heavy metals, and particulate matter from flue gas. Flue gas cleaning solutions are just as important as their production. While flue gas is used across various industries, from petrochemical to manufacturing, power generation, and automobile industries, governments have erected environmental laws to ensure the production and distribution processes are safe for the environment.
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.
Rewarding households for flexible energy use could transform energy systems
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 21, 2024
Analysis conducted by energy consultancy Cornwall Insight appears to show the potential of rewarding consumers for embracing energy-efficient behaviours. Launched at this year’s Distributed Energy Show , the report – Integrate to Zero: Rewarding Consumers for Energy Flexibility: global market highlights – written in partnership with Integrate to Zero, examines a wide array of energy initiatives implemented across the globe.
Where Plastic Recycling Innovation is Today
CleanTech Group
MARCH 21, 2024
Plastic production is expected to double by 2050. Similarly, plastic emissions from production and disposal are expected to double by 2060. Plastic recycling. The post Where Plastic Recycling Innovation is Today appeared first on Cleantech Group.
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Drax Makes a Mockery of International Day of Forests
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 21, 2024
Biomass producer Drax marked today’s International Day of Forests with a report extolling the logging and burning of forests for energy.
Energy storage helps truck dealerships to electrify
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 21, 2024
Two Volvo Truck & Bus dealers say they have found an innovative solution to overcome one of the biggest barriers the UK faces with the shift to zero emission transport. Volvo Trucks UK & Ireland planned to install high-powered charge points at two of its service workshops for battery-powered HGVs and buses. However, they found that neither site had a high enough import capacity from the grid to power the chargers.
Electric vs. Gas Cars: Is It Cheaper to Drive an EV?
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 21, 2024
Are electric cars cheaper than gas cars? Compare cost per mile, maintenance costs and costs to operate electric vehicles vs. gas cars by state. Learn more!
Ohio greenlights massive solar, storage and agrivoltaics project
Canary Media
MARCH 21, 2024
The Ohio Power Siting Board has given the go-ahead to what will be one of the largest solar farms in the United States, despite the opposition of local governments and citizens.
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.
No Doubt About It: EVs Really Are Cleaner Than Gas Cars
BloombergNEF
MARCH 21, 2024
As electric vehicles become a bigger part of the global car fleet, a contrarian take seems to surface every few months: are electric vehicles really that clean? The post No Doubt About It: EVs Really Are Cleaner Than Gas Cars appeared first on BloombergNEF.
Australia has massive battery opportunity, and it needs to think big and go hard to seize it
Renew Economy
MARCH 21, 2024
We’re a quarter of the way through the 21st century and Australia has yet to materialise the investment strategy to capitalise on its unique competitive advantage. The post Australia has massive battery opportunity, and it needs to think big and go hard to seize it appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Cologne Orders Hydrogen Solaris Buses for the Fourth Time
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 21, 2024
The public transport operator in Cologne, Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK), has once again chosen Solaris as the supplier of hydrogen-powered buses. Nine of the buses are Urbino 12 hydrogen buses with a length of 12 meters, while eleven.
Clean Energy Council launches national ad campaign against “nuclear distraction”
Renew Economy
MARCH 21, 2024
CEC launches national advertising campaign against nuclear push as former chief scientist Alan Finkel says pausing renewables for nuclear will set back climate action for two decades. The post Clean Energy Council launches national ad campaign against “nuclear distraction” 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.
China’s First Homegrown Hydrogen-Powered Urban Train Completes Test
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 21, 2024
CHANGCHUN (Xinhua)– China’s first independently developed hydrogen-powered urban train completed a test at a speed of 160 kph on Thursday, marking a breakthrough in the application of hydrogen energy in rail.
Beetaloo gas a “massive sinkhole” for taxpayers, investors
Renew Economy
MARCH 21, 2024
A vast source NT gas up for development could waste billions of taxpayer and investor dollars by being unable to compete with a "glut" of foreign LNG. The post Beetaloo gas a “massive sinkhole” for taxpayers, investors appeared first on RenewEconomy.
US energy storage market ‘shattered’ previous deployment records in Q4 2023
Energy Storage News
MARCH 21, 2024
According to Wood Mackenzie, energy storage deployment numbers in the US broke records for three successive quarters with previous records “shattered” to finish the year.
Lilium orders 120 Star Charge chargers for electric aviation
Charged
MARCH 21, 2024
Munich-headquartered Lilium , developer of an eVTOL jet, has partnered with Singapore-based charging infrastructure producer Star Charge to develop and provide charging systems for the Lilium Jet. The aircraft went into production in late 2023 following Design Organisation Approval by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). It is expected to enter service in 2026.
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?
Business Models for Transporting Hydrogen Discussed at Global Meet in Delhi
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 21, 2024
The five-day global hydrogen partnership meeting being hosted by India, held deliberations on business models for transportation, production and storage of Hydrogen and possibilities of international collaborations and partnerships in.
DOE: US energy storage pipeline up 300% since Inflation Reduction Act passed
Energy Storage News
MARCH 21, 2024
There is a four-fold difference between how much energy storage the US Department of Energy (DOE) forecasted would be deployed by 2040 before the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and how much it now forecasts.
First Graphene Announces Breakthrough with Green Hydrogen Production Following Positive Electrocatalyst Results
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 21, 2024
First Graphene Limited (ASX:FGR; “First Graphene” or “the Company”) is pleased to provide an update on commercialization opportunities presented by the development of graphene materials. The Company’s recent development of.
Thomas Built Buses delivers its 1,000th electric school bus
Charged
MARCH 21, 2024
US school bus manufacturer Thomas Built Buses , a brand of the Daimler Group, has delivered its 1,000th Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus as part of an order for eight of the buses placed by Meriwether County School System (MCSS) in Georgia. The new buses are fully funded through the EPA’s Clean School Bus grant program. They are MCSS’s first electric models and will replace some of its current diesel fleet of 46 buses.
Dutch Group Explores Green Hydrogen Cooperation With Oman
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 21, 2024
Gasunie is currently transforming itself from a gas transporter to an energy infrastructure company. MUSCAT– An official delegation representing prominent European energy infrastructure company Gasunie recently wrapped up a.
Gotion, Daiwa Securities-backed investor DEI target 1GWh of BESS deployments in Japan
Energy Storage News
MARCH 21, 2024
Gotion High Tech has continued its push into Japan’s battery storage market, forming a partnership with investor Daiwa and renewable energy engineering and O&M firm CO2OS.
Green Hydrogen: Celebrating the Topping-Out Ceremony at Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 21, 2024
Bad Lauchstädt— Nine months after the initial groundbreaking ceremony, Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park is delighted to announce the topping-out ceremony of the electrolysis building, marking a significant milestone in the.
EnviroSpark to supply EV chargers to IHG Hotels in the US and Canada
Charged
MARCH 21, 2024
British hotel multinational IHG has an agreement with US EV charging infrastructure company EnviroSpark to make its EV chargers available to the more than 4,100 IHG-branded hotels in the US and Canada, each of which can partner with EnviroSpark to meet its individual needs. The agreement will expand on the number of IHG locations worldwide that offer EV charging, which currently stands at 1,100.
Ecoclean Presents Future Oriented EcoLyzer at the World Hydrogen Summit & Exhibition in Rotterdam Decentralized Production of Green Hydrogen on a Megawatt Scale
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 21, 2024
Green hydrogen plays a key role in the decarbonization of industry, transport, electricity, and heat supply. Green hydrogen is one of the energy sources of the future. Ecoclean offers a.
Volvo Cars invests in Breathe Battery Technologies fast charging software
Charged
MARCH 21, 2024
Volvo Cars has partnered with UK-based EV charging management software developer Breathe to become the first automaker to access the latest version of its Breathe Charge software, for use in its new generation of electric cars. Volvo will integrate the software with its own in-house-developed battery management platform to optimize performance and reduce charging times.
University of Liverpool and Ceres Formalise Partnership to Boost Clean Energy Research Collaborations
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 21, 2024
The University of Liverpool has signed a Memorandum of Intent (MoI) with Ceres, a leading developer of clean energy technology, to formalise their partnership and expand research and innovation collaborations.
New Wind Farm Part of Vietnam’s Energy Transition
POWER Magazine
MARCH 21, 2024
Vietnam’s renewable energy goals are taking a step forward with the installation of a wind farm that will feature the largest onshore wind turbine installed in the country to date. […] The post New Wind Farm Part of Vietnam’s Energy Transition appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Infinium’s Project Pathfinder is World’s First Fully Operational eFuels Facility
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 21, 2024
Ultra-low carbon electrofuels now in production in North America. Sacramento, CA– Electrofuels leader Infinium is now successfully operating the world’s first commercial scale facility making drop-in ready electrofuels (eFuels) in.
Zero Petroleum eyes renewables rich South Australia for green fuels plant
Renew Economy
MARCH 21, 2024
Zero hopes to build a commercial-scale production plant combining its technology with green hydrogen, renewable power, and carbon capture. The post Zero Petroleum eyes renewables rich South Australia for green fuels plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Chart and GasLog Partner on Liquid Hydrogen Deployment
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 21, 2024
Chart has announced a collaboration with GasLog LNG Services Ltd., a leading provider of liquefied natural gas shipping services, to study the development of a commercial scale liquid hydrogen supply.
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