Fri.Dec 29, 2023

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Diageo signs partnership that could replace up to 95% of bar and pub bottles

GreenBiz

The company is testing a circular, closed-loop system for delivering liquor with ecoSPIRITS.

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Syensqo spins off from Solvay, builds EV material factory in Georgia

Charged

Syensqo has completed its spin-off from Solvay, a Belgian chemical company. Now a stand-alone, Euronext-listed company, Syensqo has more than $8.5 billion in annual sales and 13,200 global employees. It has 34 industrial sites and 3 research and innovation centers. The company’s Materials segment makes high-performance, high-margin Specialty Polymers and Composites, mainly for automotive (including solutions for lithium-ion and next-generation batteries) and aerospace markets.

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The future of ‘cap-and-trade’ carbon markets could hinge on Washington state

GreenBiz

More states are pursuing cap-and-trade, but closely watching a likely ballot measure on repeal in Washington.

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Applied EV and NXP collaborate to commercialize software-defined vehicles

Charged

Australian technology company Applied EV has announced its partnership with Dutch vehicle electrical/electronic (E/E) architecture solutions provider NXP Semiconductors to advance safer and more connected autonomous electric mobility. NXP and Applied EV will collaborate on software-defined vehicles and electrical and electronic architecture (EEA) innovation, share ideas and form strategic and production partnerships.

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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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What Is ERCOT and What Does It Do?

POWER Magazine

To understand what the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is, it helps to understand how the North American electric power system is configured. The contiguous U.S. is comprised of […] The post What Is ERCOT and What Does It Do? appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Alliant Energy Completes Six Wisconsin Projects

Solar Industry

Alliant Energy has completed six new solar projects in Wisconsin, adding 514 MW of energy to the company’s generation capacity. “Completing these projects is a huge milestone and a pivotal moment in our journey toward a brighter energy future,” says David de Leon, Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin president. “We’re proud to leverage new technology and locally generated energy solutions to increase customer value and help avoid long-term costs.

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How Hydrogen is Driving a Sustainable Revolution in Food Trucks

Hydrogen Fuel News

The food business is mobile, ever-changing, and truly a phenomenon no taste bud can deny. Moving beyond constrictive brick-and-mortar to embrace the wheels-on road vibe, food trucks from companies such as Reward Catering have grown from a novelty to becoming a significant slice of the culinary landscape. But there is a fascinating twist to this tale.

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Cummins to pay $1.6-billion fine for installing VW-style emissions cheating devices

Charged

Here we go again. The scandal that we dubbed VW’s Dirty Diesel Debacle opened a lot of folks’ eyes to the true priorities of automakers and other corporations. As reported in these pages, VW was truly sorry that it got caught, and performed several acts of contrition—it bought back a fraction of the defective cars, paid around $14 billion in a consumer class-action settlement, and established the Electrify America charging network.

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Quiz: How well do you remember 2023’s clean energy news?

Canary Media

The energy transition is unfolding so rapidly that it can be hard to keep up. Fortunately — both for you and for us — you are a reader of Canary Media. That means you’re perfectly attuned to the goings-on of the U.S. energy transition over the past year.

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ECIU: Renewables produced enough electricity in 2023 to power every UK home

Business Green

Electricity generated by wind, solar and hydro facilities in 2023 was more than enough to power all the UK’s 28 million homes, think tank estimates

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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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Landlords in a bind as France imposes tough new emissions rules

Financial Times: Energy

Owners of historic apartments among those affected by green standards

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Holiday List No. 3: Eight ImpactAlpha podcasts to ring in 2024

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 29 – “Net zero is not going to get us anywhere,” Ariane Mahler of Veridien Global Investors told David Bank of ImpactAlpha. The post Holiday List No. 3: Eight ImpactAlpha podcasts to ring in 2024 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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PV Tech’s top 10 stories of the year 2023

PV Tech

From the world’s largest project being commissioned to a possible downturn for solar manufacturers in 2024, and including the US Department of Treasure releasing guidance from the Inflation Reduction Act. Here, PV Tech runs down its top 10 stories of the past 12 months.

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Year in Review: Energy Storage Awards 2023 winners Fluence, Habitat Energy

Energy Storage News

Following wins at the Energy Storage Awards 2023, Dr Ben Irons of Habitat Energy and Andrew Gilligan of Fluence take part in our end of year Q&A series.

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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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How To Setup The Best Grow Room For Your Vegetable?

Green Living Guy

Growing your own vegetables in a grow room can be a rewarding and sustainable endeavor. Thereby providing you with fresh produce right from the comfort of your home. Setting up an ideal grow room is crucial for ensuring the success of your vegetable cultivation. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the process from a […] The post How To Setup The Best Grow Room For Your Vegetable?

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Cenit Exploring Hydrogen Transport Using Existing Infrastructure in Colombia

FuelCellsWorks

Cenit, Colombia's leading oil pipeline operator, is at the forefront of a significant transformation in the energy sector, exploring the innovative use of its

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How To Setup The Best Grow Room For Your Vegetable?

Green Living Guy

Growing your own vegetables can be a rewarding and sustainable endeavor, providing you with fresh produce right from the comfort of your home. Setting up an ideal grow room is crucial for ensuring the success of your vegetable cultivation. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the process from a regular grower’s perspective, making it […] The post How To Setup The Best Grow Room For Your Vegetable?

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Driving the Future with Hydrogen and Intelligence The Official Unveiling of Hybot H49

FuelCellsWorks

Guangzhou, China-- Hybot H49,a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that stands out as the world's first top-down designed long-haul FCEV, was launched in Guangzhou,

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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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Blue sky ideas: deep sea battery minerals attract growing sunk costs

Financial Times: Energy

Seabed mining is for intrepid and deep-pocketed investors only

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MOU for Cooperation in Green Hydrogen Business Between Techcross and Hyundai Engineering

FuelCellsWorks

The comprehensive environmental company Techcross and Hyundai Engineering signed an MOU for cooperation in the green hydrogen business based on alkaline water

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Blue sky ideas: hot rock thermal storage may lead to a cooler planet

Financial Times: Energy

Costs and efficiency will decide which technology will win out

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Egypt’s Parliamentary Committee Approves Incentives for Green Hydrogen Projects

FuelCellsWorks

The Energy and Environment Committee of the Egyptian House of Representatives has taken a significant step towards promoting sustainable energy by ratifying a

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The year in review: Progress in sustainable business, but too little and too slow

Business Green

Five themes stood out in 2023: decarbonisation, finance, plastic waste, ESG and AI

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Hydrogen-Powered Boat to Make Historic North Sea Crossing in 2024

FuelCellsWorks

Students from the TU Delft Hydro Motion Team are set to make maritime history with their latest endeavor – the first fully hydrogen-powered boat to cross the

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First Hydrogen launches new FCEV program in North America

Hydrogen Fuel News

The Canada- and UK-based hydrogen company will begin its program launch in Quebec. First Hydrogen Corp. has initiated its new hydrogen FCEV program for North America, making way for its next step to build a vehicle assembly facility and green hydrogen production plant in Shawinigan, Quebec. The goal is to produce as many as 25k vehicles each year. Eventually, once the assembly facility is operational, the goal is to annually produce up to 25,000 vehicles for distribution throughout North America

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APT Launches Tender for Hydrogen Refueling Station in Monfalcone

FuelCellsWorks

APT, the Provincial Transport Company of Gorizia, Italy, is advancing its commitment to sustainable public transportation by announcing a tender for the

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While others sign whiny letters to the president, Georgia’s largest Ford dealership installs EV chargers and solar panels

Charged

For auto dealerships, adding EVs to their offerings requires some effort—and some substantial cash outlay. Automakers including Ford and GM are giving their dealers a choice—make the necessary investments in training and charging infrastructure, or don’t sell EVs. Akins Ford in Winder, Georgia, the largest dealership by volume in the state (as reported by Georgia Public Broadcasting ) has apparently chosen to embrace the future, and is installing not only 19 new EV chargers, but solar panels as

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Torrent Power Establishes New Subsidiary for Green Hydrogen Business

FuelCellsWorks

India--Torrent Power, a leading energy company, has announced the establishment of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Torrent Green Hydrogen Private Limited

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Burgeoning hydrogen industry draws $41 million in federal lobbying from fossil fuel companies

DeSmogBlog

This story was produced by the Energy News Network in partnership with Open Secrets , and is reprinted with permission. The number of companies and organizations lobbying the federal government on issues related to hydrogen increased nearly tenfold since President Joe Biden took office — from about two dozen at the end of 2020 to more than 200 this year, according to an OpenSecrets analysis of lobbying disclosures.

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Renewable You for 2024: Clean Energy Upgrades for Your New Year’s Resolutions

CleanTechnica

As the confetti from New Year’s Eve celebrations settles, it is only fitting that we prepare our 2024 New Year’s. [continued] The post Renewable You for 2024: Clean Energy Upgrades for Your New Year’s Resolutions appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Solar-Powered Truck Achieves World EV Altitude Record

CleanTechnica

Gebrüder Weiss, a European logistics company, recently announced that the company’s Peak Evolution Team has achieved a remarkable feat: setting. [continued] The post Solar-Powered Truck Achieves World EV Altitude Record appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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US DOE Finalizes Efficiency Standards for Residential Refrigerators & Freezers, Closing Out Remarkable Year of Cost-Saving Progress

CleanTechnica

DOE Proposes New Rule For Energy Efficient Commercial Fans and Blowers and Finalizes Refrigerator and Freezer Standards with Strong Industry. [continued] The post US DOE Finalizes Efficiency Standards for Residential Refrigerators & Freezers, Closing Out Remarkable Year of Cost-Saving Progress appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Hertz: Not Enough Teslas Are Getting Rented

CleanTechnica

A recent video by CNBC takes an in-depth look at a problem Hertz is having: lack of demand for Tesla. [continued] The post Hertz: Not Enough Teslas Are Getting Rented appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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