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On Minnesota's Iron Range, producers explore hydrogen fuel to reduce emissions

GreenBiz

The high-temperature processes needed to make steel can be powered by electricity, and hydrogen produced using renewable energy would cut emissions significantly.

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2023: A Transformative Year for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

POWER Magazine

The small modular reactor (SMR) concept has long been viewed by many within the nuclear sector and by policymakers as somewhat of an arriviste—an upstart with bold promises but lacking […] The post 2023: A Transformative Year for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Cotton has a waste problem: This startup says it can solve it

GreenBiz

Most cotton garments end up as landfill. Seattle’s Evrnu says it can recycle those items.

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Six reasons to be optimistic about the energy transition

Canary Media

The transition away from fossil fuels is a messy, frustrating and frequently uncertain story. Sometimes it seems like major change is just around the corner; other days it feels like we’re moving in the wrong direction. But despite the ups and downs, one thing is clear: The energy transition is happening.

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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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Treasury’s Proposed Clean Hydrogen PTC Rule Disappoints Power Industry

POWER Magazine

The Department of the Treasury has released proposed regulations and guidance defining a tax credit for the production of “clean hydrogen,” a significant supply-side incentive that is part of the […] The post Treasury’s Proposed Clean Hydrogen PTC Rule Disappoints Power Industry appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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LG Energy Solution and Impact Clean Power sign agreement to power electric buses in Europe

Charged

LG Energy Solution , a manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, and Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT), a supplier of heavy-duty battery systems, have signed a supply agreement for nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) battery modules. LG Energy Solution will ship 200,000 battery modules from its Wroclaw, Poland plant to ICPT’s GigafactoryX in Pruszkow over the next three years to be assembled into battery packs and systemsfor about 3,000 large commercial EVs.

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Working to eliminate dangerous e-bike batteries

Charged

Electric bicycles have quickly become enormously popular—the Light Electric Vehicle Association estimates that some 880,000 were imported to the US in 2021. However, some of them have a way of catching fire unexpectedly, sometimes in residential settings, with unfortunate consequences. At this point, unfortunately, a disclaimer is necessary. This is not one of those “EVs catch fire, better stick with gas” articles.

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Why Australia is ripe for VC

TechCrunch: Climate

The addition of new technology sectors into Australia’s landscape could also help attract the necessary capital and business acumen, while creating a more inclusive environment. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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IoTecha’s EV charging tech enables Hager Energy to power VW’s bidirectional ID. models

Charged

IoTecha , provider of a smart charging platform for EVs, and Hager Energy are collaborating on charging products to power Volkswagen EVs. Volkswagen’s recent announcement of bidirectional charging support for its new ID. models (and existing models through an ID. software update) and availability of a vehicle-to-home (V2H) solution with Hager Energy’s DC home power station marks a major milestone in their collaboration.

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ISGAN advances smart grids

Smart Energy International

ISGAN (International Smart Grid Action Network) has launched new initiatives to advance smart grids globally. A new ‘Lighthouse Project’ entitled ‘Electricity network planning and implementation under uncertainty for the clean energy transition: The roles of smart distribution grids in energy systems’ is aimed to initiate closer collaboration between the Networks’ six working groups to address smart distribution grids.

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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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OVO and Kaluza to provide managed EV charging services for Volvo

Charged

UK-based energy supplier OVO and energy software company Kaluza have announced a partnership with Volvo Cars to develop EV managed charging services for Volvo Cars and OVO customers in the UK. One-way smart charging and bidirectional charging from Kaluza are scheduled to launch in 2024, as is the Volvo EX90 SUV, the company’s first vehicle capable of bidirectional charging.

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Transforming Industrial Power by Electrifying Steam

POWER Magazine

Steam power drove the Industrial Revolution, freeing manufacturers from the need to set up their factories near water power sources. Industrial steam is still largely used across various verticals, including […] The post Transforming Industrial Power by Electrifying Steam appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Zeon begins preparations for US Li-ion battery binder production

Charged

Zeon , a Japanese chemicals corporation, is preparing to build a Li-ion battery binder production line via its subsidiary Zeon Chemicals at its Texas plant. Zeon expects the new facility to be operational by 2026. Zeon’s Li-ion battery binders include anode, cathode, functional layer (for separator coating) and sealant binders and materials for battery cells.

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Waaree to Establish First U.S. Manufacturing Facility

Solar Industry

Waaree Energies has announced plans to establish its first U.S. manufacturing facility, in the Houston area. Located in Brookshire, the facility will have an initial capacity of 3 GW of solar modules annually by the end of next year, says the company. Waaree plans to invest up to $B over the next four years to scale its annual module manufacturing production up to 5 GW by 2027.

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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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The PV review: agrivoltaics takes the stage in 2023

PV Tech

As 2023 comes to an end, PV Tech examines the rising interest in agrivoltaics, the practice of pairing solar PV deployments and farming.

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Australia’s climate tech industry is booming, but it could bust without funds

TechCrunch: Climate

To date, $435 million has been invested into Aussie climate tech startups from international investors. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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A Boiler for Any Occasion

POWER Magazine

Boilers obviously play an important role in the power generation industry, providing the mechanism to convert heat produced by burning fuel into steam that can be used to drive a […] The post A Boiler for Any Occasion appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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What's Next on Even Bolder Climate Action in Virginia

NRDC onEarth

With climate leaders now back in control of the statehouse, here's what they'll deliver in the next 2 years to keep Virginia's national leadership on track

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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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Europe’s biggest renewables group shores up hydropower dams against extreme weather

Financial Times: Energy

Norwegian state-owned Statkraft will spend €700mn upgrading infrastructure to help it withstand heavier rains

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Energy-Storage.news Guest Blog picks of 2023

Energy Storage News

Looking back on some of the best Guest Blogs we published in 2023, covering everything from insurance to optimisation, from project case studies to market analysis.

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Predictions: powering nuclear energy with spent fuel

Financial Times: Energy

Industrial groups and start-ups are working on reactor designs that can use recycled fuel

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Our Best of 2023 Has Your Holiday Reading Covered

DeSmogBlog

We published hundreds of articles in 2023, from breaking news to live reporting, from COP28 to monthslong investigations. As the year comes to a close, we wanted to reflect on and celebrate that work. So get comfortable and join us for this highlight reel. From the Global Team American PR Firm Edelman Enabled Oil Baron Al Jaber’s Ascension to Lead COP28 Climate Conference By Cartie Werthman In 2023 we returned to our roots and investigated the ongoing relationship between the fossil fuel industr

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Domestic Lithium

Energy Central

Currently Electric Vehicles (EVs) are ramping up production very rapidly. Ditto Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), mostly used in conjunction with renewable energy production from Wind and Solar-Power. The primary chemistries used in conjunction with the batteries in both of the products is Lithium-Ion (Li-Ion) Batteries. Although other non-lithium chemistries have been proposed, Li-Ion is.

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The PV review, Q4 2023: the fallout from COP28, record-breaking installations and new technology innovations

PV Tech

In the final days of the year, PV Tech is looking back at the solar sector in 2023, including the COP28 climate conference in Dubai.

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Cotton has a waste problem: This startup says it can solve it

Business Green

Most cotton garments end up as landfill, but Seattle-based startup Evrnu claims it can recycle those items

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NOVATEK Develops Proprietary Low-Carbon Ammonia and Hydrogen Processes

FuelCellsWorks

PAO NOVATEK ("NOVATEK" and/or the "Company") was granted Russian patents for a large-scale low-carbon ammonia process and a large-scale pure hydrogen process

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U.S. sets rules on methane emissions, first nation to set fines for polluters

Energy Transition

During COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), the US Environmental Protection Agency announced plans that could reduce an estimated 58 million tons of methane emissions over the next 15 years. More than 80 times more heat trapping than CO2 over a twenty year period, methane emissions continue to increase throughout the U.S., the world’s third largest emitter of this powerful greenhouse gas.

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November Increase in Solar and Energy Storage Inverter Exports Sparks Optimism: Is this the End of Overseas Inventory Consumption?

EnergyTrend

November Increase in Solar and Energy Storage Inverter Exports Sparks Optimism: Is this the End of Overseas Inventory Consumption? Duetothecumulativebuild-upofinventoryintheoverseasmarketfromlatelastyeartoearlythisyear,therewasasuccessivedeclineininvertershipmentsduringthesecondan.

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Monetizing the Climate Gamble

Energy Central

In his article, IPCC: a gamble on earth system failure, David Spratt, Research Coordinator, Breakthrough National Center for Climate Restoration (Melbourne), says, “The fact that the IPCC incorporates in its core business risks of failure to the Earth system and to human civilization that we would not accept in our own lives raises fundamental questions about the efficacy.

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Divergent Paths: Market Dynamics Shift Between P-type and N-type Products Across All Segments; P-Type Prices Decline and Cleared Out

EnergyTrend

Divergent Paths: Market Dynamics Shift Between P-type and N-type Products Across All Segments; P-Type Prices Decline and Cleared Out Polysilicon:Polysiliconprices have diverged throughouttheweek.ThemainstreamconcludedpriceformonorechargepolysiliconisRMB59/KG,whilemonodensepolysilico.

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1st Kuwait International Hydrogen Technology Symposium and Exhibition

Energy Central

It is our greatest pleasure and honor to chair the 1st Kuwait Int'l Hydrogen Technology Symposium and Exhibition, themed "The Kuwait Hydrogen Outlook from Vision to Action" 5-6 March 2024, at Hilton Resort Hotel, Kuwait City. Now more than ever the World calls for energy evolution, affordability, and security, where Hydrogen could play a pivotal role in the transition towards.

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Egypt and DEME Collaborate on a $3.1 Billion Green Hydrogen Project

FuelCellsWorks

Egypt's Ministry of Transport has recently announced a historic collaboration with Belgium's DEME energy company, marking a significant leap in the nation's

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Papers Directory, Fourth-Quarter 2023 Update

Energy Central

This document contains links to all of the major / educational papers I have written and posted to Energy Central. I originally posted this document at the end of 2018. This quarterly update is at the end of the fourth quarter (December) of 2023.