Renew Economy
JANUARY 21, 2024
Battery freight trains could provide huge amounts of mobile storage to boost the grid and provide resilience to Australia's storm battered economies. And cut the need for new transmission. The post Why battery freight trains could boost resilience for Australia’s storm battered economies appeared first on RenewEconomy.
TechCrunch: Climate
JANUARY 21, 2024
Researchers have been scrambling to find alternative materials for lithium-ion batteries, from manganese to sodium. Now they might have another: TAQ. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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Renew Economy
JANUARY 21, 2024
City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder is looking to renewables as a solution after the failure of the gas turbines that were supposed to provide back up power to the mining region. The post Kalgoorlie turns to renewables as fossil fuel backup fails after storms appeared first on RenewEconomy.
POWER Magazine
JANUARY 21, 2024
A demonstration project led by Caterpillar at a Wyoming site showed that large-format hydrogen fuel cells could be used to supply backup power to a data center. Caterpillar on Jan. […] The post Hydrogen Fuel Cell Provides Backup Power for Microsoft Data Center appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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.
Renew Economy
JANUARY 21, 2024
BHP has formalised the search for wind, solar and battery projects to support the electrification and decarbonisation of its Pilbara iron ore mines. The post BHP begins search for half a gigawatt of wind, solar and batteries for Pilbara mines appeared first on RenewEconomy.
TechCrunch: Climate
JANUARY 21, 2024
Shamba Pride has since 2016 worked to enhance last-mile distribution for farm inputs and tackle price exploitation and quality issues for farmers through its merchant network dubbed digishops. The agtech has, so far, built a network of 2,700 merchants (agro-dealers) extending across 24 counties in Kenya, which represents just over half of the country.
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Smart Energy International
JANUARY 21, 2024
Canada’s Smart Grid Innovation Network created a smart energy benchmark model to support Canadian utilities in the transition to net zero. The initiative, supported by national funding, involved 12 utilities in six provinces across the country serving almost 7.5 million customers – almost half of the electricity customers – to benchmark efforts and progress with decarbonisation with the implementation of a smart energy system.
Renew Economy
JANUARY 21, 2024
At least seven turbines at a newly commissioned wind farm in Victoria are being pulled down to fix faulty parts. The post Turbines at newly installed Victoria wind farm pulled down to fix faulty parts appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Hydrogen Fuel News
JANUARY 21, 2024
Transforming Mining Vehicles and The Impact of Hydrogen Fuel Cells on Heavy-Duty Mobility In an exciting development, General Motors (GM) and Komatsu, an industry leader in mining and construction equipment, have joined forces. Their aim? To co-develop a power module based on hydrogen fuel cell technology that will power Komatsu’s 930E electric drive mining truck.
Renew Economy
JANUARY 21, 2024
Firm Power gets approval for another three big battery projects, including one in NSW in just six months. The post Firm Power gets approval for three battery projects as NSW speeds up process appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
The Guardian: Energy
JANUARY 21, 2024
Comparing actual economic growth across UK cities with pre-2010 trends shows Aberdeen £45,000 poorer, with Burnley next at £28,000 People in Aberdeen are a total of £45,000 worse off since 2010 after suffering the worst growth performance in the UK over the last decade, according to a report exposing the dangers of dependency on the fossil fuel industry amid the climate crisis.
Business Green
JANUARY 21, 2024
LSE and University of Cambridge analysis calls for 'coherent set of public policies' and funding boost equivalent to around one per cent of GDP to address climate change and biodiversity loss
The Guardian: Energy
JANUARY 21, 2024
Deal aimed at keeping energy bills affordable will see 260 petajoules supplied to gas-fired power stations in Australia’s south-east coast until 2033 Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s south-east coast will be further guaranteed gas supply in an effort to keep lights on and energy bills affordable before predicted supply shortages at the decade’s end.
Financial Times: Energy
JANUARY 21, 2024
Demand for atomic energy is surging but Moscow dominates the world’s supplies of enriched uranium
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.
The Guardian: Energy
JANUARY 21, 2024
Dithering on renewable energy and insulation will leave people in Britain ‘colder and poorer’, campaigners warn Rishi Sunak is facing further attacks on his plans to expand oil and gas exploration in the North Sea this week. The Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill – to be debated in the Commons on Monday – has already triggered widespread protests, including the resignation of Chris Skidmore , a former Conservative energy minister.
Financial Times: Energy
JANUARY 21, 2024
In this election year, living standards could slip even further for families already facing desperate choices
Ideas 4 Sustainability
JANUARY 21, 2024
Inclusive conservation involves balancing biodiversity preservation and human needs, leading to complex tensions. Stakeholder involvement is crucial in protected area management. A middle ground is required to satisfy both conservation goals and human needs. A case study in the Netherlands exemplifies these tensions, offering approaches to navigate them and strive for sustainable coexistence.
Financial Times: Energy
JANUARY 21, 2024
Oil company files lawsuit to prevent vote on motion calling for faster reductions in emissions
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?
Global Renewable News
JANUARY 21, 2024
Today (Jan 17), Enbridge Inc. (TSX: ENB) (NYSE: ENB) (Enbridge or the Company) and FortisBC Energy Inc. (FortisBC) announced funding, with contributions from the British Columbia Ministry of Energy, M.
Financial Times: Energy
JANUARY 21, 2024
Operations suspended at Ust-Luga plant outside St Petersburg following incident
Global Renewable News
JANUARY 21, 2024
Funding From President Biden's Investing in America Agenda Supports 30 Projects to Expand Access to Convenient Electric Vehicle Charging and Create Good-Paying JobsThe Biden-Harris Administrat.
Financial Times: Energy
JANUARY 21, 2024
Chinese companies’ market share on the continent expected to rise to 50% in 2027
Energy Central
JANUARY 21, 2024
Techno-Economic Realities of Long Distance Hydrogen Transport Estimates of overall cost per kilogram of hydrogen delivered to Rotterdam were developed for each of three total import volumes (250,000, 1 million, and 10 million tonnes per year), which were assumed to be reached in 2030, 2040, and 2050, respectively. By accounting for each element of the.
Financial Times: Energy
JANUARY 21, 2024
Bitcoin ETFs launch to high expectations, but the price of the coin falls
Energy Central
JANUARY 21, 2024
Scaling Direct Air Capture (DAC): A moonshot or the sky’s the limit? Direct Air Capture (‘DAC’) technology coupled with geological Carbon Storage (‘DACS’, also ‘DACCS’) has recently emerged as one of the main CDR options alongside bioenergy energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), and Nature Based Solutions (NBS) such as.
Business Green
JANUARY 21, 2024
Twelve projects to share funding in support of industrial decarbonisation projects, as government previews latest phase of the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund
Global Renewable News
JANUARY 21, 2024
Ørsted has taken final investment decision (FID) on Farranrory Onshore Wind Farm in Tipperary, the company's 22nd wind farm on the island of Ireland.The wind farm, which w.
Business Green
JANUARY 21, 2024
Aldersgate Group research sets out a roadmap towards mandatory TNFD-aligned disclosure rules
Global Renewable News
JANUARY 21, 2024
The Baltic Power offshore wind farm, a joint project of ORLEN Group and Northland Power, will be the first in the world to be built using Low-emission steel produced almost entirely from recycled raw.
Business Green
JANUARY 21, 2024
Energy regulator urges suppliers to speed up smart meter rollout for prepayment and Radio Teleswitch meter customers
Global Renewable News
JANUARY 21, 2024
Highlights Three technical solutions integrate power generation and agriculture; Plant makes use of recultivated land at Garzweiler opencast mine Research activities to start in spring;
Energy Central
JANUARY 21, 2024
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Global Renewable News
JANUARY 21, 2024
Alliant Energy announced the successful completion of its Beaver Dam Solar Project. The 50-megawatt (MW) solar array in Dodge County, Wisconsin, spans 350 acres. It consists of nearly 120,000 solar pa.
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