Israel’s climate tech sector plummeted in 2023
GreenBiz
JANUARY 16, 2024
The war and infighting over Netanyahu’s moves wreaked havoc on the country’s sustainability startups.
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New Mexico Legislature Should Move on Clean Energy, Jobs, and Climate
NRDC onEarth
JANUARY 16, 2024
Here are some of the initiatives we will be engaged in—and encouraging lawmakers and the governor to act on.
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How EV maker Rivian plans to halve the carbon footprint of its vehicles by 2030
GreenBiz
JANUARY 16, 2024
The company has published its strategy for ‘zero materials waste and zero pollution.
New York will repurpose gas pipelines to pump clean heat into buildings
Canary Media
JANUARY 16, 2024
Last month, utilities in New York state submitted plans for 13 pilot projects meant to transform fossil-gas pipelines into infrastructure that can power clean, carbon-free heat pumps.
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.
We can do better: Redesigning climate change, biodiversity and plastic waste negotiations
GreenBiz
JANUARY 16, 2024
Global negotiating processes must shift to achieve more meaningful climate results.
First Zeroe Engine Fuel Cell Successfully Powers On
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 16, 2024
Checking off a key milestone on the path to achieving hydrogen-powered flight. In late 2023, the ZEROe teams powered on the iron pod, the future hydrogen-propulsion system designed for Airbus’.
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Queensland funds another 12 “solar soaker” batteries, plus two locally made flow batteries
Renew Economy
JANUARY 16, 2024
Energy Queensland gets new funds to install another 12 network connected batteries across the state – including two flow batteries made by local manufacturers. The post Queensland funds another 12 “solar soaker” batteries, plus two locally made flow batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Crux 2023 Clean Energy Transferable Tax Credit Market Intelligence Report
GreenBiz
JANUARY 16, 2024
The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is expected to catalyze $3 trillion of investment in the US over the next 10 years (according to Goldman Sachs), principally through its use of clean energy tax credits, many of which are transferable for the first time. This launched a new market, which rapidly took shape in the second half of 2023, as new tax credit buyers, sellers, and intermediaries transacted billions of dollars of credits.
How GM’s Investment in Fuel Cells Is Paying Off
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 16, 2024
General Motors wants to make hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (HFCEVs) a reality, and the only way this can happen is by making them more cost-effective for a wider population.
The heavy-duty electric truck market could break out in 2024
Charged
JANUARY 16, 2024
Electrifying heavy-duty trucks is essential if we’re to fight climate change and air pollution, but the pace of the transition has been painfully slow—many, many pilots, but few truly large-scale orders. For example, shipping giant Schneider acquired 92 Freightliner eCascadias in 2023 —a good start, but only that, considering that the company currently operates over 10,000 tractors.
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.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries to Issue Transition Bonds for Clean Hydrogen Transport and Energy Projects in Japan
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 16, 2024
Tokyo– Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today its first transition bond issuance as a means of financing via the Master Framework,* which the company established in November 2023 as the.
Federal Resources Minister opens AVL’s flow battery electrolyte plant in Western Australia
Energy Storage News
JANUARY 16, 2024
An official opening took place this morning for the new vanadium flow battery electrolyte factory in Western Australia build by Australian Vanadium (AVL).
UK Report: Turning Wasted Wind into Clean Hydrogen
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 16, 2024
A new report from Policy Exchange details the growing fiscal and economic opportunity cost of the growing power grid congestion holding back the UK’s world-class wind fleet In the absence.
A new kind of climate denial has taken over on YouTube
The Verge: Energy
JANUARY 16, 2024
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Climate change disinformation on YouTube has morphed into a misleading new narrative, according to a report published today. With compounding disasters making it harder to deny that climate change is happening, creators spreading disinformation have pivoted to content that targets clean energy. In the past, content that falsely claimed that climate change was either not happening or not a result of humans burning fossil fuels dominated disinformation chann
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.
Colas Secures Its First Hydrogen Production and Distribution Station Contract
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 16, 2024
Colas, through its subsidiaries Colas Rail (leader of the consortium), Spac and Colas France, has secured the turnkey contract to design and build a hydrogen production, storage and distribution unit.
The promise and peril of CCS – a technology that must be viewed with extreme skepticism
Renew Economy
JANUARY 16, 2024
CCS is as promising as nuclear fusion, and possibly just as farfetched to be practical, economic and on a scale that would make a difference. The post The promise and peril of CCS – a technology that must be viewed with extreme skepticism appeared first on RenewEconomy.
H2SEA Carries Out Assessment on Monopile Based Structures for Hydrogen Wtg
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 16, 2024
In co-operation with Delft University of Technology, H2SEA has carried out a structural assessment of monopile-based support structures for offshore hydrogen WTG’s (Wind Turbine Generators). One of the main questions.
Costco warehouse installs off-grid solar to power its EV fleet
Charged
JANUARY 16, 2024
Retail giant Costco has installed on-site solar generation at a new electric truck charging project in southern California. Costco contracted Washington-based Trinity Structures to design and build an off-grid rooftop solar system at its distribution center in Mira Loma. Trinity completed the project in four months. The “solar electrification structure,” as Trinity calls it, is not connected to the grid and provides direct, on-site power, similar to a microgrid.
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?
Barossa “carbon factory” cleared as Teals lay down gauntlet on 2030 emissions target
Renew Economy
JANUARY 16, 2024
Barossa gas project is terrible news for the climate and Tiwi Islanders. It goes ahead against record warming and calls for more ambitious emissions targets. The post Barossa “carbon factory” cleared as Teals lay down gauntlet on 2030 emissions target appeared first on RenewEconomy.
KIRCHHOFF Automotive and H2 Green Steel in €130?Million Deal for Supply Near Zero Emissions Steel
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 16, 2024
Global supplier to the automotive industry, KIRCHHOFF Automotive, signs 7-year agreement with H2 Green Steel for the delivery of near zero emissions steel from Boden. By teaming up with the.
A to Z Impact backs Project Equity’s Employee Ownership Catalyst Fund
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 16, 2024
ImpactAlpha, January 16 — Oakland-based nonprofit Project Equity launched the Employee Ownership Catalyst Fund in 2021 to raise $20 million for retiring small. The post A to Z Impact backs Project Equity’s Employee Ownership Catalyst Fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Sinovoltaics expands PV testing to US following IRA manufacturing boom and module price slump
PV Tech
JANUARY 16, 2024
Dutch-German solar testing firm Sinovoltaics will expand its operations in the US market as a result of the solar and battery energy storage manufacturing “boom” stimulated by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Plug In America receives DOE funding to expand its EV education programs
Charged
JANUARY 16, 2024
EV education and advocacy organization Plug In America has received a grant from the DOE for a three-year, $5-million consumer education project, the largest grant in the organization’s 15-year history. This grant is part of a slate of 16 projects to advance transportation electrification that will be funded throught the DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office to the tune of $32.5 million.
Energy efficiency now an action agenda – IEA
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 16, 2024
Governments have committed to the target of doubling energy efficiency progress globally by the end of this decade. “This comes from the IEA’s net zero emissions roadmap as a key milestone for early action, not only because of the direct emissions abatement but also because of energy efficiency as an enabler of other activities such as reducing energy demand growth,” said Brian Motherway, Head of Energy Efficiency and Inclusive Transitions at the IEA, opening a webinar on the topic.
Munich, Germany utility seeks to optimize geothermal heating with AI
ThinkGeoEnergy
JANUARY 16, 2024
The city utility of Munich, Germany, Stadtwerke München (SWM), has announced a new research project that aims to use AI to optimize the operations of geothermal district heating networks. The project, called “EnEff_Netzregulation” is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and will be carried out with project partners Institute for Automation Technology (IAT) at the University of Bremen, Technical Infrastructure Management department at HafenCity Uni
The Brief: Incentivizing impact
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 16, 2024
Greetings, Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Incentivizing Impact From funds to managers to enterprises, some investors are aligning incentives for impact. The post The Brief: Incentivizing impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
WA’s biggest wind farm proposed as developer moves on from bruising Victoria experience
Renew Economy
JANUARY 16, 2024
Wind Prospect's proposed wind farm in Western Australia promises to be its largest – and is less likely to have to work around bird breeding seasons. The post WA’s biggest wind farm proposed as developer moves on from bruising Victoria experience appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Australia needs renewables, transmission and lots of storage to quit fossil fuels
Energy Storage News
JANUARY 16, 2024
Australia runs a great risk of failing to meet its ambitious but achievable renewable energy goals, writes Stephanie Bashir, CEO of Nexa Advisory, who explains why utility-scale energy storage is among the crucial tools in the country’s energy transition toolkit.
Get a Grip, Unleash, Lock In: An Energy Transition To-Do List For 2024
BloombergNEF
JANUARY 16, 2024
There is a daunting energy-transition to-do list that must be addressed in 2024, if we are to get on track for net zero by 2050. The post Get a Grip, Unleash, Lock In: An Energy Transition To-Do List For 2024 appeared first on BloombergNEF.
What Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Gets Wrong About Heat Pumps
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 16, 2024
A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. The extreme cold and record-setting electrical consumption has reignited local debates about whether heat pumps are a viable option in the province. While Canada’s federal government is interested in helping Canadians transition off oil and gas for home heating — and is incentivizing the installation of heat pumps — Alberta
Gippsland offshore wind contender swept up in BlackRock’s huge infrastructure buy-up
Renew Economy
JANUARY 16, 2024
Renewables developer with big batteries and offshore wind in its Australian pipeline has been snapped up in BlackRock $3bn acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners. The post Gippsland offshore wind contender swept up in BlackRock’s huge infrastructure buy-up appeared first on RenewEconomy.
WATT Fuel Cell Appoints Danielle Ramaley as VP, Sales and Marketing to Lead Commercial Operations and Growth Strategy
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 16, 2024
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa.-– WATT Fuel Cell Corp (“WATT”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Danielle Ramaley as vice president, sales and marketing. In her new role, Ramaley will lead commercial operations.
Turbines towed as world’s first floating offshore wind farm undergoes “heavy maintenance”
Renew Economy
JANUARY 16, 2024
The world’s first floating offshore wind farm in Scotland is being temporarily brought offline for a service, its 6MW turbines towed to Norway. The post Turbines towed as world’s first floating offshore wind farm undergoes “heavy maintenance” appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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