How the financial sector can make 'nature markets' work
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The growth of ‘nature markets’ doesn’t guarantee better outcomes for biodiversity or conservation. How can we make sure their evolution doesn’t make things worse?
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The growth of ‘nature markets’ doesn’t guarantee better outcomes for biodiversity or conservation. How can we make sure their evolution doesn’t make things worse?
The Environmental Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The global shift towards renewable energy sources has gained significant momentum in recent years, with wind energy playing a pivotal role in this transition. As the world grapples with the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, many countries have embraced wind power as a clean and sustainable solution. In this article, we’ll explore the countries that currently produce the most wind energy, showcasing their commitment to a greener and more sustainable future.
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GreenBiz
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Despite a “landmark” agreement, automakers and the repair industry are still fighting over who controls car data.
The Environmental Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The Gansu Wind Complex, China The Gansu Wind Complex stands as a testament to China’s commitment to renewable energy and sustainable development. Located in the Gansu Province, this colossal wind energy project is a shining example of how a country can harness its vast natural resources to address its growing energy demands while simultaneously reducing its carbon footprint.
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.
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 18, 2023
PwC reveals a slowdown in venture capital and private equity climate tech investment, but the sector keeps outperforming the wider market.
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 18, 2023
This week, communities around the world will highlight that the production and export of forest-based biomass threatens communities and the climate.
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Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Last year Scotland generated its lowest amount of household waste since 2011, according to the latest figures released by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), published on 17 October. The same data reveals a meagre 0.3 percentage point increase in recycling levels on the previous year. The figures provide detail of Household Waste collected across all Local Authorities during 2022, as well as waste landfilled and incinerated in Scotland in 2022.
POWER Magazine
OCTOBER 18, 2023
A California-headquartered energy company announced the start of commercial operation of one of the nation’s largest solar-plus-storage hybrid power plants. Officials with Clearway Energy Group, along with California Gov. Gavin […] The post Major Solar-Plus-Storage Project Online at Retired Gas-Fired Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Litter surveys on the roads surrounding Cardiff and Glasgow appear to reveal ground-breaking insights that could help local authorities and agencies across the country tackle litter more strategically and save time and money in the process. Using advanced image capturing and AI data-processing technology, scientists from Ellipsis Earth worked with environmental charity Hubbub to create a detailed map of the locations and types of litter dropped.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Record levels of solar are taking pressure off the grid and pushing down prices, but regulator says there is a "pressing need" for new investment in large scale wind and solar. The post Record rooftop solar output slashes wholesale electricity prices 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.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 18, 2023
A detailed overview of artificial intelligence (AI) and its increasing emergence in the water and wastewater sector was the focus of British Water’s latest webinar, featuring speakers from Ofwat, Thames Water, and across the supply chain, including consultancies Jacobs and ExploreAI. The briefing, AI Explained , was held on 3 October, and explored the emergence and adoption of AI in the water and wastewater industry.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 18, 2023
CSIRO says a "curtain" of falling ceramic particles may deliver the extreme heat needed to deliver the low cost "solar battery" long promised by CST technologies. The post CSIRO says “curtain of ceramic particles” could finally unleash solar thermal technology appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The Verge: Energy
OCTOBER 18, 2023
A worker repairs a utility pole during a power outage after Hurricane Ida in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., on Thursday, September 2nd, 2021. | Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui / Bloomberg via Getty Images The Biden administration announced $3.46 billion in funding today to upgrade the US’s aging electric grid, the largest investment to date in the grid.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Battery storage has become Tesla's highest margin business, and has more than doubled in size over the past year. The post Battery storage is now Tesla’s most profitable product, but the solar business is tanking appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Siemens Energy will provide the technology for a project in Ireland combining a synchronous condenser and a battery energy storage system (BESS) of 160MWh.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation committed a record amount of finance to renewables and grid projects in 2022-23, but says the task ahead is huge. The post Bigger and faster: CEFC says more than $120 billion needed to decarbonise the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Cumulative energy storage installations will go beyond the terawatt-hour mark globally before 2030 excluding pumped hydro, with lithium-ion batteries providing most of that capacity, according to new forecasts.
AFN Sustainable Protein
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Tyson Foods is making a two-fold investment in insect protein startup Protix to increase production for animal feed ingredients, aquaculture and pet food. Through an undisclosed direct equity investment, Tyson will take a minority stake in Protix and fund further expansion of the latter’s insect protein business. The two companies will also build and operate a facility in the US that will be the “first at-scale facility” of its kind to upcycle manufacturing byproduct into insec
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?
POWER Magazine
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a ubiquitous part of our lives, impacting much of what we do at work and home. AI’s growth trajectory is expected to skyrocket, with new […] The post AI Revolution Could Drive Clean Energy Future appeared first on POWER Magazine.
FuelCellsWorks
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Mabanaft, a leading independent and integrated energy company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Fairplay Towage Group, one of Europe’s largest tugboat operators, to supply hydrogen to their.
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Enervenue, the US company commercialising technology adapted from nickel-hydrogen batteries used in space exploration, has signed a three-year Master Supply Agreement (MSA) with a customer in Brazil.
FuelCellsWorks
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Considerable private investment is required to scale up the low-carbon hydrogen economy in the United States by 2030, a report by consultancy Wood Mackenzie said on Tuesday, adding that the $7 billion.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 18, 2023
To have any chance of hitting our overall emission reduction targets, we must speed up the rollout of renewables. There's an obvious solution to this problem. The post RET is still the best: Why it’s time to renew Australia’s renewable energy policy appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Charged
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Ryder has introduced its first BrightDrop Zevo 600 electric vans to its rental fleets at four strategic Ryder facilities in California, Texas and New York. Earlier this year, Ryder announced plans to add 4,000 of the vans to its inventory through 2025. The first 200 were ordered this year. “Ryder’s aim is to continue to evaluate and provide advanced vehicle technology solutions to help customers seamlessly integrate EVs into their business,” said Carlo Rodriguez, Ryder’s Managing Director for EV
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The U.S. Department of Energy is putting $3.46 billion toward 58 projects across 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability across the country, helping to bring more than 35 GW of new renewable energy online. “Today’s announcement represents the largest-ever direct investment in critical grid infrastructure, supporting projects that will harden systems, improve energy reliability and affordability,” says U.S Secretary of Energy Jennifer M.
FuelCellsWorks
OCTOBER 18, 2023
McPhy Energy, specialized in low-carbon hydrogen production and distribution equipment (electrolyzers and refueling stations), today announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Stargate Hydrogen to accelerate cooperation.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Newly published UNSW research is the first to quantify climate change’s impact on solar resource reliability in Australia over the next century. The post Climate change will affect solar power and grid stability across Australia – here’s how appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Charged
OCTOBER 18, 2023
For a limited time, Hyundai is offering customers who buy or lease selected new models a complimentary ChargePoint Home Flex Level 2 charger and up to $600 off installation through Electrum using Hyundai Home Marketplace. The offer is subject to conditions, and applies to the 2023 or 2024 IONIQ 5, 2023 or 2024 IONIQ 6 and 2023 Kona Electric models purchased through Hyundai Motor Finance.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The argument of wind and solar diversity for the big new transmission link from Victoria to NSW doesn't hold water. The post The diversity argument for this new transmission link doesn’t stack up appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Charged
OCTOBER 18, 2023
American Battery Solutions (ABS) has signed a multi-year contract with bus manufacturer NFI Group to supply custom battery packs for NFI subsidiary New Flyer ’s newest 35-, 40- and 60-foot battery-electric transit buses. NFI is now launching ABS batteries into bus production for customer deliveries starting in the first quarter of 2024. ABS designed, tested and validated the Li-ion batteries at its engineering and development center in Lake Orion, Michigan, and will produce them at its manufactu
Canary Media
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The Department of Energy laid down its bets Friday in the first phase of its effort to instigate an American clean-hydrogen economy. The agency selected seven regional winners of a collective $7 billion in funding allocated by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to get a series of “hydrogen hubs” up and running.
FuelCellsWorks
OCTOBER 18, 2023
On October 12, POSCO Holdings signed a joint study agreement with Engie in Perth, Australia, launching a pre-feasibility study for the second stage of green hydrogen production in Western Australia.
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Qcells has completed its Dalton, Ga., factory expansion, adding 2 GW of solar manufacturing capacity and bringing the factory’s output to more than 5.1 GW. Qcells says the Dalton factory is the largest manufacturing plant of its kind in the Western Hemisphere and the first solar panel plant expansion since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
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