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Can a roof's material cool the outside air and lower energy demand?

TechXplore

Concrete sidewalks, black asphalt streets, traffic, brick and steel buildings. These common city elements can retain heat and increase temperatures in a phenomenon called the urban heat island effect.

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Merkel’s policies left Germany too reliant on Russian gas, adviser admits

Financial Times: Energy

Top economics aide says the ex-chancellor had little choice after deciding to phase out nuclear power

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Austria rail operator OeBB unveils new night trains

TechXplore

Austrian rail operator OeBB on Saturday unveiled its new generation of sleeper trains—a response to demands from travelers for less pollutant alternatives to planes and petrol or diesel cars.

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Octopus Energy: the UK start-up outgrowing its roots

Financial Times: Energy

Founder Greg Jackson puts expansion above profits even as Shell deal turns it into second-biggest supplier

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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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2023 SEMA Show to provide insight into emission-free transportation

Hydrogen Fuel News

A special spotlight will be focusing on the evolution of vehicles through decarbonization. The upcoming emission-free transportation 2023 SEMA Show will take place from October 31 through November 3 in Las Vegas and will be benefiting from a newly expanded EV and Future Propulsion section this year. The event was once known as SEMA Electrified but is now renamed to reflect other propulsion technologies.

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Korea Zinc expands nickel production to meet US battery demand

Financial Times: Energy

Plant under construction would make South Korean company the largest non-Chinese producer of nickel sulphate

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British exporters face hefty EU carbon tax bill after Sunak weakens climate policies

Financial Times: Energy

UK carbon market collapse lets Brussels benefit from revenues that would previously have gone to Treasury

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‘The Android of agriculture’: Monarch Tractor CEO Praveen Penmetsa on the future of farming

The Verge: Energy

Photo illustration by Alex Parkin / The Verge Monarch Tractor’s Praveen Penmetsa has a grand vision for agriculture, and it includes autonomous electric smart tractors powered by AI. We spend a lot of time here on Decoder talking about electric vehicles and the future of cars, and we’re usually talking about passenger vehicles or maybe cargo vans. But there’s another huge industry that can also reap the benefits of electrified transportation: agriculture.

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Germany is failing to protect power groups from cyber attacks, warns Eon boss

Financial Times: Energy

Operator of the country’s largest network urges authorities across Europe to do more to protect key assets

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The Language Trump Used To Demonize EVs During His Michigan Rally

CleanTechnica

Let's zoom in on the way Trump described EVs and his commitment to autoworkers. We'll deconstruct facts, fantasy, and the ever-so-difficult gray areas that domestic auto manufacturers face as they open a door to marvelous EV innovation.

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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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Tracking The Sun Makes Solar Panels More Efficient On Land & On Water

CleanTechnica

Tracking systems for solar installations can boost efficiency by up to 40 percent, making return on investment times shorter.

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Will Federal EV Programs Continue In Government Shutdown?

CleanTechnica

With a nasty political atmosphere in Washington, DC, the federal government is flying headlong into a shutdown. But, government shutdowns are a complex issue, and they don’t affect all government departments and programs the same.

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Many Underserved Communities Face EV ‘Charging Deserts’ — These 5 Strategies Can Help

CleanTechnica

The rapid acceleration of electric vehicle adoption in the United States comes with the risk of leaving historically disadvantaged communities behind if charging infrastructure isn’t adequately expanded.

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MilliMobile, The World’s Smallest EV, Has No Battery

CleanTechnica

MilliMobile may be the world's smallest EV. It has no battery, but can power itself using ambient light and radio waves.

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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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Solaris Keeps Up The E-Bus Work In September

CleanTechnica

Electric buses have become increasingly popular in cities due to their cost-effectiveness, environmental benefits, and passenger comfort. With the decline in battery prices, electric buses have emerged as the superior choice for city transit agencies. Sales of electric buses have skyrocketed, with a significant increase in their usage across Europe’s urban areas.

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Renewable Power Helped the United States Survive the Hottest Summer Ever

CleanTechnica

This summer, the United States endured the two warmest months ever recorded, yet the system held because of renewable energy.

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The Bureau of Land Management Kicks A Hornet’s Nest In Moab

CleanTechnica

The Bureau of Land Management’s office in Moab, Utah, recently announced that it’s closing a significant portion of the trails in the area. This, of course, is a decision sure to enrage the off-road community and please environmentalists, but there’s a deeper technology issue at play that the Bureau of Land Management isn’t really considering.

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Volkswagen Cuts EV Production, Cancels New Wolfsburg Factory

CleanTechnica

Volkswagen announced this week a new plan for the production of electric vehicles that does not include building a new factory.

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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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Northvolt Selects Quebec For Its First North American Battery Factory

CleanTechnica

Northvolt has selected Quebec as the location for its first battery factory in North America, thanks to significant government incentives.

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The Volvo EX30 Arrives In Latin America, Signaling The End Of The Beginning For ICEVs

CleanTechnica

Despite some promising countries (mainly Costa Rica), Latin America remains a laggard in the transition to cleaner, greener transportation.