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As electric bus market expands in US, manufacturers struggle to keep up

GreenBiz

Fueled by federal funding, the transition to low-emissions public transportation represents a big opportunity for the struggling U.S. electric bus manufacturing industry.

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Bioinspired hydrogel patterning offers more effective ways to harvest water

Envirotec Magazine

The hydrogel fibres printed on the glass are covered by partially crosslinked dangling chains, exhibiting great affinity toward water molecules. They act like the grooves on the integuments of lizards to collect droplets and their surface could form a hydration layer to mimic the mucus on the catfish skin to make droplet movement more smooth and quick (image credit: ©Science China Press).

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The fossil fuel era is waning. Here’s what investors need to know

GreenBiz

What corporate climate action says about the fossil fuel industry’s 'terminal decline.

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Seizing the Opportunity for Old-Growth Protections

NRDC onEarth

The Forest Service has started to formalize protections for our oldest national forests. Now we must ensure the process lives up to its potential.

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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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Final concrete turbine foundations poured for Australia’s biggest wind farm

Renew Economy

All of the concrete foundations have been poured at the site of the massive MacIntyre wind farm, ready to accommodate 162 wind turbines. The post Final concrete turbine foundations poured for Australia’s biggest wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Report: Biden Administration Will Provide $1.5 Billion for Palisades Nuclear Restart

POWER Magazine

The Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan could be another step closer to restarting, with reports saying the Biden administration in February will announce $1.5 billion in funding for the […] The post Report: Biden Administration Will Provide $1.5 Billion for Palisades Nuclear Restart appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Caltrans Offering 1950s-Style False Hope to I-80's Challenges

NRDC onEarth

Caltrans's I-80 CEQA analysis is flawed and reflects a concerning pattern that must change for California to reach our climate, mobility and equity goals.

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Biden-Harris Administration Funding More Than $90 Million for Hydrogen Infrastructure

FuelCellsWorks

Funding will help build a hydrogen corridor from California to Texas, establish fueling infrastructure along Interstate 25 in Colorado. The Biden-Harris Administration recently announced $623 million in grants to help.

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‘Big expansion’ in battery manufacturing essential to global net zero goals, BloombergNEF says

Energy Storage News

The amount invested in energy storage soared globally during 2023, while battery manufacturing will require the biggest share of spending among clean energy technologies by 2030 to achieve net zero.

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Lhyfe Achieves Remarkable Growth With Revenue Doubling and Exceeds Expectations in 2023, Highlighting Industrial and Commercial Expansion

FuelCellsWorks

Nantes (France)– 7:00 am – Lhyfe (Euronext Paris – FR0014009YQ1 – LHYFE), one of the world’s pioneers in the production of green and renewable hydrogen to decarbonize industry and mobility,

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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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“Count me out:” Barnaby Joyce backed anti-renewables rally tries to co-opt Bob Brown

Renew Economy

Anti-renewables movement asked to stop using Australian Greens founder's name and image to promote a protest "hijacked by the coal lobby." The post “Count me out:” Barnaby Joyce backed anti-renewables rally tries to co-opt Bob Brown appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Carbon Neutral or High Emitter? Canada and the forest carbon loophole

NRDC onEarth

With the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events, rising temperatures, and the loss of critical ecosystems, it is imperative for all countries to reduce their GHG emissions across all sectors. We have at our disposal methods to reduce.

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Google inks major new offshore wind deal

The Verge: Energy

Google’s data center in Eemshaven, Netherlands. | Image: Google Google announced its biggest deal yet to purchase offshore wind energy for its data centers in Europe, signing power purchase agreements to support two new wind farms off the coast of the Netherlands. It’s part of Google’s plan to match all of its data center electricity consumption with clean energy generation on a 24/7 basis by 2030.

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BNEF report: US$1.8 trillion of energy transition investment in 2023, solar oversupply points to manufacturing contraction

PV Tech

In 2023, a collective US$1.8 trillion went towards energy transition technologies and their supply chains, including solar PV and other renewable generation, grids, electrified transport and clean tech factories.

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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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Norway Farmed Salmon Industry Accused of “Food Colonialism” in New Report

DeSmogBlog

Producers in Norway, the world’s top supplier of farmed salmon, are pushing up to four million people in West Africa into food insecurity and depriving them of critical nutrients, according to a new report. Published by food and farming campaign group Feedback Global, the research states that major farmed fish and aquafeed producers – including European transnational companies Mowi , BioMar, Cargill, and Skretting – are between them extracting nearly two million tonnes of whole, wild fish

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BIOTERRAN Unveils Solid Green Hydrogen – Unlocking Extraordinary Potential

FuelCellsWorks

The Future of Clean Energy: A Landmark Achievement BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, UNITED STATES– BIOTERRAN, The Alchemy Green Energy Company, in a landmark announcement proudly unveils its latest achievement – Solid Green Hydrogen.

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Global clean energy investment hit $US1.77 trillion in 2023, up 17%

Renew Economy

Global investment in clean energy and the larger low-carbon energy transition hit a new record in 2023, reaching $US1.77 trillion, up 17%, with China continuing to lead the way. The post Global clean energy investment hit $US1.77 trillion in 2023, up 17% appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Cipher Neutron Appoints Dr. Bruno Pollet to Its Advisory Board

FuelCellsWorks

TORONTO– Canadian company Cipher Neutron Inc. (“Cipher Neutron” or “CN”) is very pleased to announce that it has appointed the renowned Dr. Bruno Pollet to its Advisory Board. In line.

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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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How US community lenders are tapping impact capital to leverage federal investments

Impact Alpha

Over 95 million Americans live in low-to-moderate income communities across the US. These disadvantaged and financially underserved communities often suffer the most during. The post How US community lenders are tapping impact capital to leverage federal investments appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Canada: New Brunswick Releases Hydrogen Roadmap

FuelCellsWorks

REDERICTON (GNB)– The provincial government has released its Hydrogen Roadmap, which is part of its clean energy strategy, Powering our Economy and the World with Clean Energy – Our Path.

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‘We must not allow China to destroy US manufacturing’, US senators urge Biden over PV imports

PV Tech

Several US senators have urged the Biden Administration to increase tariffs on Chinese-made PV module, cell and wafer imports, claiming they are a threat to US solar manufacturing.

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Solaris Dominates Hydrogen Bus Market With Over 700 Vehicles Ordered by 40 Customers Across 10 European Countries

FuelCellsWorks

Solaris is a highly experienced partner when it comes to the deployment of hydrogen technology in the public transport field. 40 customers from 10 European countries have already signed contracts with the manufacturer and placed orders for over.

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Investing at the intersection of affordable housing and climate resilience

Impact Alpha

The cost of addressing the challenges facing humanity today dwarfs the amount of money the world is putting into them. Climate change, accelerating. The post Investing at the intersection of affordable housing and climate resilience appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Spain Set to Become a Major Green Hydrogen Exporter by 2030, Doubling Domestic Production

FuelCellsWorks

Enagas CEO Reports Spain’s Potential to Produce 2.5 Million Tonnes of Green Hydrogen Annually by 2030 Spain is poised to become a major player in the green hydrogen sector, with.

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Iveco Bus to supply electric models to QBUZZ in the Netherlands

Charged

Italy-based bus manufacturer Iveco Bus , one of the eight commercial vehicle brands of Iveco Group, has won a tender to supply 140 electric buses to public transport operator QBUZZ in the Zuid-Holland Noord concession area in the Netherlands. The 102 CROSSWAY Low Entry ELEC and 38 E-WAY units are scheduled to begin service by December 2024. QBUZZ already operates Iveco electric buses in the Groningen-Drenthe region and Utrecht.

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The Brief: The Brief: Is the EV glass half-full or half-empty?

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: ? Get Plugged In today. Join Sherrell Dorsey on LinkedIn Live for “Training AI in Black. The post The Brief: The Brief: Is the EV glass half-full or half-empty? appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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China’s CBL to invest $420 million in Indonesian nickel mining and EV battery manufacturing

Charged

Chinese EV battery company Ningbo Contemporary Brunp Lygend (CBL) has agreed to invest $420 million in Indonesia’s nickel mining and EV battery manufacturing industries. Coordinating Maritime and Investment Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan said that CBL has partnered with state-owned diversified miner PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) and battery maker PT Industri Baterai Indonesia (IBC).

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ST Andrews Secures £2M Green Hydrogen Funding

FuelCellsWorks

The University of St Andrews has been awarded a £2million grant by the Wolfson Foundation to enable the development of green hydrogen technologies that will play a key role in decarbonising the energy.

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Kyocera AVX’s new A-Series surface-mount antennas enable wireless BMS

Charged

Electronics giant Kyocera AVX has released a new line of surface-mount automotive antennas. The new A-Series low-profile SMT antennas meet AEC-Q200 standards, and are designed for automotive applications, including wireless battery management systems, telematics control units and vehicle access key fobs. They support GNSS L1/L2/L5/L6, ISM, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth, cellular, LTE, 5G and UWB wireless technologies at frequencies from 617 MHz to 8.5 GHz.

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Hydrogen Storage: H2V and Vallourec Sign Partnership Agreement

FuelCellsWorks

Paris– Vallourec, a world leader in premium tubular solutions, and H2V, a subsidiary of the SAMFI-Invest group, have signed a partnership agreement at the Hyvolution trade show.This partnership targets closer.

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Smart robotic automation solutions from ABB to build Volvo EVs

Charged

Swedish/Swiss automation company ABB has announced a partnership with Volvo Cars to supply over 1,300 robots and functional packages to help build the automaker’s next generation of EVs. The deal includes functional packages for spot-welding, riveting, dispensing, flow drilling and ultrasonic weld inspection. Volvo Cars will install each ready-to-use hardware, software and services package in Torslanda, Sweden and Daqing, China.

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Energy Toolbase Partners with Station A on U.S. Solar-Plus-Storage Deployment 

Solar Industry

Energy Toolbase has announced a partnership with Station A to deploy clean energy solutions across their sites using the company’s ETB Developer platform. The software platform is aimed at the commercial and industrial project developer community seeking to model financial returns of solar-plus-storage projects and generate analysis proposals. Station A enables companies to list energy projects in its marketplace in order to receive competitive offers. “We’re excited to now offer ou

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Only 13 EVs currently qualify for a US tax credit

Charged

Sometimes public policy gets skewered on the horns of a dilemma. The Buy American provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act are aimed at protecting US jobs (and national security) by making EVs with substantial amounts of battery components from “nations of concern”—namely China—ineligible for tax credits. That’s a worthy goal, but to a certain extent it conflicts with the IRA’s more central objective of quickly increasing EV adoption.

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