Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

An ambitious new project aims to explore the consequences of floating offshore wind farms (FLOW) on life throughout the marine food chain. The Marine Biological Association (MBA) is participating in the work, and offers more detail here. The FRONTLINE project will employ state-of-the-art technologies – including autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), satellite remote sensing, digital video aerial surveys and seabird and fisheries tracking – to investigate how the rapid expansion of FLOW and clim

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Solar Industry

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The U.S. added a record-breaking 9.3 GW of new solar module manufacturing capacity in the third quarter, including five new or expanded factories in Alabama, Florida, Ohio and Texas. Total U.S. solar module manufacturing capacity is now nearly 40 GW. The latest U.S. Solar Market Insight Q4 2024 report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie shows that at full capacity, U.S. solar module factories can produce enough equipment to meet nearly all demand for solar in

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

A Prince, a Race Car, and a Cleaner Future H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco showcased his steadfast commitment to clean energy innovation on a historic drive through the streets of Monaco. Behind the wheel of Extreme H’s hydrogen-powered prototype race car, the Pioneer 25, the Sovereign Prince reinforced the potential of hydrogen to transform the future of mobility and sustainability.

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NRDC onEarth

DECEMBER 3, 2024

A new report documents widespread “neonic” pesticide contamination in Minnesota waters, with dire implications for aquatic life.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 5, 2024

South Australia has the highest wind and solar share in Australia and no baseload power - and is the only state in the main grid not facing a shortfall of "system strength." The post South Australia has the most wind and solar and no baseload: So why is it the only state not fretting about a vulnerable grid? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Green technology company, Eco Clarity, has been recognised for its groundbreaking FOG (fat, oil and grease) management solution by scooping the prestigious innovation award at the National Drainage Awards in London on 27 November. Sustainable solution The judges praised Eco Clarity’s breakthrough service and technology, which collects problematic FOG waste and converts it into a sustainable source of renewable energy.

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Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Renewable developer and IPP TagEnergy will soon start construction on the largest BESS project in France, a 240MW/480MWh project with Tesla providing BESS and EPC services.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Dave Lewis says the near-constant stream of clean electricity could supply the grid as early as 2030 In the south-west of Morocco, a sprawl of wind and solar farms stretching across an area the size of Greater London could soon generate the green electricity powering more than 9m British homes. This is the unflinching vision of Sir Dave Lewis, the former Tesco boss who is hoping to build the world’s longest subsea power cable in order to harness north Africa’s renewable energy sources and power

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The record season for renewable energy has extended from its traditional spring season into summer, with numerous output records tumbling on Monday for the instantaneous generation of large scale wind and solar, rooftop PV and renewables in general. The new records reflect a combination of new capacity and excellent conditions for generating power from wind […] The post Wind, solar and rooftop PV set output records, and send coal and gas plunging to new lows appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Hartlepool nuclear power station (image credit: user:geni , CC BY-SA 4.0 license ). EDF has opted to continue generating power at four nuclear plants, in a bid to boost UK energy security and clean power targets. The French-owned energy firm announced the decision on 3 December, which will see extensions to the lifetimes of all four generating Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor stations.

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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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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Hydrogen Fuel News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Exploring Hydrogen Combustion Through Motorsport The Hydrogen For Life conference in London last week showcased a forward-looking discussion on the future of hydrogen technology in motorsport. Bosch, Ferrari, and Alpine Racing, along with other key industry players, shared groundbreaking updates on their hydrogen race cars and how these advances could shape not only motorsport but the broader transportation industry.

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Energy Storage News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

New vanadium redox flow battery technology from Invinity Energy Systems makes it possible for renewables to replace conventional generation on the grid 24/7, the company has claimed.

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Canary Media

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Mega-utility Duke Energy is about to knock down a coal plant that has run west of Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1957. Soon the company will build its largest grid battery on that spot, part of an unprecedented energy-storage construction spree.

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Peter Dutton vows to scrap the NSW Hunter region offshore wind development zone and the $10 billion project that would be built there. The post Peter Dutton vows to scrap offshore wind zone, “rip up contracts” and sink $10 billion project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The team from CPL/Puragen at the award ceremony An important innovation for removing hydrogen sulphide (H2S) from biogas streams has picked up an industry award, one of two major awards for CPL/Puragen in November (the other one in the field of PFAS destruction). At the National Recycling Awards, run by MRW , CPL/Puragen’s submission for “High-Sulphur Spent Carbon Reactivation” was crowned the winner in the Energy Innovation category.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Deciding where to build new solar or wind installations is often left up to individual developers or utilities, with limited overall coordination. But a new study shows that regional-level planning using fine-grained weather data, information about energy use, and energy system modeling can make a big difference in the design of such renewable power installations.

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Charged

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Researchers at Tennessee Tech University are set to receive a $4.8-million grant from the U S Department of Energy to help improve the nation’s EV battery recycling ecosystem. The grant is part of a $45-million federal initiative supporting projects at eight businesses or institutions, including General Motors, Caterpillar and Siemens. Tennessee Tech University’s project aims to develop a mobile preprocessing hub that can be taken to local collection sites, allowing EV owners to have batteries s

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Solar Industry

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Solar tracker specialist ARRAY Technologies says it has deployed more than 6 GW of solar projects in North America through its partnership with RP Construction Services (RP), a value-added distributor of solar construction materials. The ARRAY and RP teams have worked together since 2009 to serve solar developers and contractors across a range of portfolios and projects.

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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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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Any day now, we should be provided with an estimate on what Peter Dutton's plan for nuclear power will cost us. Here's what to look out for. The post A sneak preview of Peter Dutton’s nuclear costings appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Three low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Haringey are set to continue after monitoring data revealed motor traffic had fallen by more than 50 per cent within the schemes. The independently monitored and analysed data showed an average reduction in vehicle movements within the LTNs of 58%. There has been a minimal 3% on average traffic increase on boundary roads and overall, 80,000 fewer vehicles were counted per day, contributing to the council’s ambition to make local streets healthier, safer

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Scientists and engineers from the University of Bristol and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have successfully created the world's first carbon-14 diamond battery.

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Charged

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei and automaker Honda Motor have agreed to collaborate on the production of lithium-ion battery separators in Canada. The two companies plan to convert E-Materials Canada into a joint venture, to be tentatively renamed Asahi Kasei Honda Battery Separator, in which Honda Canada will acquire a 25% stake. Honda will invest a total of approximately C$417 million ($300 million) in the venture.

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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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Solar Industry

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Avangrid Inc. and Portland General Electric have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for Tower Solar, a new 120 MW AC solar energy project now under construction in Morrow County, Ore., in collaboration with QTS and Meta. The facility will deliver energy to Portland General Electric’s grid through Green Future Impact (GFI), a voluntary program designed to help large commercial, industrial and municipal customers meet their sustainability and carbon reduction goals through the development of

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The first cyclone resistant solar farm, along with a big battery, have been opened to provide daytime power for BHP's iron ore port operations in Port Hedland. The post Cyclone resistant Port Hedland solar and battery project opened to provide power to BHP port facility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Sustainable and fibre-based packaging solutions firm DS Smith is replacing plastic pallets for canned products with corrugated cardboard in collaboration with Denmark’s largest industrial producer of shellfish and seafood, Vilsund Blue A/S. In collaboration with Vilsund Blue A/S, the DS Smith team of expert designers sought an innovative solution to eliminate the use of plastic and applied their unique and industry-first Circular Design Metrics (CDM) tool to rate and compare the circularity of p

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TechCrunch: Climate

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Meta wants nuclear power developers to help it build 1 to 4 gigawatts of new electricity generating capacity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Charged

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Electric airplane manufacturer Archer Aviation has signed an agreement with Soracle, a joint venture of Japan Airlines and global general trading company Sumitomo, to sell up to 100 Midnight aircraft, totaling approximately $500 million. Soracle plans to offer electric air taxi flights in cities with traffic constraints or geographic barriers. Locations could include Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Hokkaido, Setouchi and Okinawa.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 4, 2024

GeoExchange , the non-profit trade association for the geothermal heat pump industry in the United States, has just launched Mission Geo , a multi-faceted outreach and advocacy initiative to boost awareness, understanding, and adoption of geothermal heating and cooling through ground source heat pump technology. Mission Geo will provide information and insights to promote the advantages and benefits of ground source heat pump technology to builders and contractors, architects and designers, dril

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Renew Economy

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Group of science and engineering academies agree that baseload power plants not required to support a renewables dominated grid, and are likely to make it more expensive. The post Baseload power generators not needed to guarantee supply, say science and engineering academies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Waterside Farm opposite RGU’s campus (image credit: RGU). A 55-acre site close to Aberdeen is to become one of the largest biodiversity projects on a university campus in Scotland. Robert Gordon University (RGU) plans to restore Waterside Farm into an area of biodiversity, enhancing its already high carbon-holding capacity, and providing a habitat for a range of threatened species.

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PV Tech

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Australia’s Global Power Generation (GPG) has secured an AU$2.3 billion (US$1.49 billion) financing facility to support the development of its 1.8GW renewable energy and storage portfolio.

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Charged

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Centennial College’s School of Transportation, which claims to be Canada’s largest on-site transportation training facility, will require students entering the Automotive-Motive Power Technician program to complete EV and hybrid vehicle training, as of the fall 2024 semester. The Motive Power Technician two-year degree program covers a variety of topics necessary for students seeking a career in an increasingly computerized field.

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