Does the SEC climate rule really matter? Investors will still demand disclosure
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Attacks against ESG reporting have done little to dampen investors’ demand for consistent and comparable sustainability information.
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Medieval heritage site to be heated using energy from the Clyde
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The interior of Govan Old Church (image credit: SP Energy Networks). A group dedicated to preserving and promoting one of the most renowned collections of early medieval sculptures in Europe has been awarded a grant of £150,000 by SP Energy Networks’ Net Zero Fund to make vital sustainable upgrades to the home of the archaeological site in the heart of Govan.
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HSBC, Google team up to deploy $1 billion in climate tech financing
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
These two powerhouses are joining forces to accelerate the decarbonization of global companies.
Is the Amazon forest approaching a tipping point?
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Global warming may be interacting with regional rainfall and deforestation to accelerate forest loss in the Amazon, pushing it towards partial or total collapse. Research published on 14 February 2024 in Nature , has identified the potential thresholds of these stressors, showing where their combined effects could produce a ‘tipping point’ – in which the forest is so fragile that just a small disturbance could cause an abrupt shift in the state of the ecosystem.
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.
“Baseload getting more difficult:” Origin doubles profits, still coy on Eraring and green energy transition
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Australia's biggest energy retailer doubles underlying earnings to $1.995 billion, taking advantage of higher bills and lower fuel costs, but remains coy about the future of the Eraring and pace of green energy transition. The post “Baseload getting more difficult:” Origin doubles profits, still coy on Eraring and green energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Dead Right Whale Confirmed Entangled in Maine Fishing Gear
NRDC onEarth
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
A juvenile female North Atlantic right whale died from severe entanglement injuries caused by ropes used by the Maine lobster fishery.
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Plug Announces Strategic Expense Reduction Plan to Save More Than $75 Million Annually
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
LATHAM, N.Y.– In a strategic move to enhance its financial performance and ensure long-term value creation in a competitive market, Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a global leader in comprehensive.
Floating solar plans upsized in push to squeeze them between giant offshore wind turbines
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Group of 16 EU organisations partner to scale up floating offshore solar technology to 150MW so it can be more easily installed within existing and new offshore wind farms. The post Floating solar plans upsized in push to squeeze them between giant offshore wind turbines appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Humber Hydrogen Facility Plans Move Forward
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
A proposed Humber green hydrogen production facility has moved forward with the submission of a planning application. Meld Energy announced last year that it had selected px Group’s Saltend Chemicals.
Fossil fuel lobbyists have deep pockets and access to politicians, but a ban could be in the pipeline
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The European Parliament is examining what lessons can be learned from restrictions on tobacco lobbyists to protect the environment from continued use of fossil fuels. The post Fossil fuel lobbyists have deep pockets and access to politicians, but a ban could be in the pipeline appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Oulu Energy Plans a 100 MW Hydrogen Plant in Oulu, Finland
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Oulu Energy is planning to build a 100 megawatts (MW) hydrogen production plant in Oulu, northern Finland. When completed, the plant would be a big step towards clean energy production.
Roam raises $24M to scale electric vehicle production in Kenya
TechCrunch: Climate
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Roam, an EV startup based in Kenya, has raised $24 million in a Series A round, including up to $10 million debt commitment from the U.S International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), to scale the production of electric motorcycles and buses. Equator, an Africa-focused climate tech VC fund, led the round, which also had the participation […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
Hydrogen Is Here to Stay, but It Has Just Been Replaced: The New Fuel Is Turquoise and We Produce It Thanks to Metal
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The world is constantly searching for a clean and efficient fuel. In this context, hydrogen has taken a privileged place, materializing in large-scale projects such as the large reserves of white hydrogen or CEPSA’s green fuel. While.
Terawatt’s California heavy-duty EV charging site offers charging now, during site build-out
Charged
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Terawatt Infrastructure is building a network of charging sites for heavy-duty EVs, and also offers a turnkey solution for fleets that want to electrify. One of several sites in the pipeline is at Commerce, near downtown Los Angeles. While that facility is under construction, Terawatt will offer a temporary charging solution that fleets can start using immediately.
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.
A Sunny Path to Green Hydrogen
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
A theoretical study of metal oxides identifies potential candidate materials for generating hydrogen fuel from water and sunlight. The dream of a green hydrogen economy rests on finding materials that.
Isuzu to invest two billion bucks in electric trucks and batteries
Charged
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Japanese automaker Isuzu is planning to invest nearly two billion dollars in electric trucks and batteries, according to EV news outlet Electrive. According to a regulatory filing, Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution will supply Isuzu with cylindrical cells through 2026 in a deal worth one trillion Korean won ($748 million). LG has been supplying cells to Isuzu since last June.
New PEM CELL FLAME: The Ultimate R&D Material for PEM FC Hoses, Now UL-94 Flammability Certified
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
In the dynamic world of cutting-edge industries, innovation is not just a buzzword; it’s a necessity. Venair, a pioneering company specializing in flexible hoses and pipes, has been at the.
Protected: Transportation Electrification Strategies for a Just Transition
Front And Centered
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
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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?
sonnen CEO: ‘We gained credibility in the US through Utah virtual power plant’
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Utah is not perhaps a US state people would immediately associate with cutting edge clean energy tech development, but that’s where sonnen’s virtual power plant (VPP) offering took shape.
Amperesand’s solid-state transformers could help break electric grid bottlenecks
Charged
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Here’s a story we hear often: a CPO or fleet operator wants to deploy a large-scale EV charging facility, but the project is delayed for months or years because the local utility is waiting for the necessary transformers to be delivered. (Two out of two subjects of infrastructure articles in our current print issue— XCharge’s Alex Urist and EnviroSpark’s Aaron Luque —mentioned this bottleneck.
Worley Awarded Front End Engineering Design (FEED) Work for ABEL Energy’s Flagship Green Hydrogen and Methanol Project at Bell Bay in Northern Tasmania
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Under the agreement, we’ll design and engineer the facility, while also providing procurement and construction services through to final investment decision (FID). We’ll also work with local Tasmanian engineering company, pitt&sherry, to tailor.
Safeguard EV fleets with battery analytics (Whitepaper)
Charged
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Sponsored by TWAICE. It is becoming more and more clear that electric vehicles are the future of transport, but with any new technology, consumers tend to focus disproportionately on its risks. The safety risks of Li-ion batteries are no different. However, safety is not the main risk to EV manufacturers and operators. Downtime and performance problems, which lead to breakdowns, pose a more significant risk to daily operations.
Google joins a mission to map global methane emissions from space
The Verge: Energy
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
A rendering of MethaneSat | Image courtesy of Google Google announced a partnership with the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) today to map methane pollution and oil and gas infrastructure from space. Google and EDF hope to be able to pinpoint where much of those methane emissions are leaking from — which could perhaps help put a plug in those leaks.
California utility SDG&E brings online 180MWh of community-resiliency microgrids
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), one of California’s main investor-owned utilities (IOUs), has brought online a portfolio of four ‘advanced’ microgrids equipped with 180MWh of battery storage.
EDF and Google partner to map global methane emissions from space
Canary Media
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
By this time next year, a new satellite will be detecting how much methane is leaking from oil and gas wells, pumps, pipelines and storage tanks around the world — and companies, governments and nonprofit groups will be able to access all of its data via Google Maps.
Illinois BESS project owner seeking damages from LG for ‘defective’ supplied batteries
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
The owner of a battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Illinois, US, is seeking at least US$10 million in damages from LG Energy Solution for supplying allegedly defective batteries, a court document shows.
These founders want a more ethical company structure for startups
TechCrunch: Climate
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Called Regenerative and Circular Operations, this organizational model aims to be a practical approach to integrating sustainability at the core. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Greenbacker Capital Management’s 240 MW Appaloosa Solar Enters Commercial Operation
Solar Industry
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Greenbacker Capital Management ‘s 240 MW utility-scale Appaloosa Solar 1 project has entered commercial operation in Iron County, Utah. With more than twice the power generation capacity of its sister project, Greenbacker’s Graphite Solar in Carbon County, Utah, Appaloosa is now the company’s largest operational clean energy asset to date. “Bringing Appaloosa online is a milestone both for GCM as a business and for the energy transition as a whole, representing a new way to build the futu
Water Challenges in the Emerging Hydrogen Economy
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Global shifts have revitalized the move toward hydrogen as an energy source. However, discussions often center on cost and technical barriers, neglecting critical questions regarding water as a feedstock in.
Kit Carson Cooperative Completes PPA for New Mexico Amalia II Array
Solar Industry
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) and Guzman Energy have executed a PPA for Amalia II, a 10.98 MW solar array with 8.75 MW of battery storage facility set to be constructed in Amalia, N.M. The project is targeted for completion next year. The first phase, Amalia I, began commercial operations in May 2012 and generates 1.25 MW of solar power. Part of the Amalia II project was the coordination between KCEC and the Rio Costilla Cooperative Livestock Association (RCCLA), a membership of local
Cummins Elects John H. Stone to Its Board of Directors
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ind.– Today, Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced the election of John H. Stone to its Board of Directors. “I am delighted to welcome John to our Board of Directors,”.
BW ESS and Ingrid Capacity building over 200MW of BESS in Sweden
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
Developer Ingrid Capacity and the storage arm of maritime firm BW Group are now building 14 BESS projects in Sweden with a combined capacity of over 200MW, with the latter also entering the Italian market.
Saint-Gobain invests in solid-state battery firm ION Storage Systems
Charged
FEBRUARY 14, 2024
NOVA, the partnership and venture capital branch of building materials company Saint-Gobain , has invested in solid-state lithium metal battery company ION Storage Systems to expand their battery technology collaboration. The companies are working to establish US manufacturing of ceramic material for large-scale solid-state battery electrolyte manufacturing.
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