Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 21, 2025

Image credit: University of Toronto Researchers are urging mattress manufacturers and governments to act, following a couple of new studies (words: the Green Science Policy Institute). Babies and young children may breathe and absorb plasticizers called phthalates, flame retardants, and other harmful chemicals from their mattresses while they sleep, according to a pair of peer-reviewed studies published today from the University of Toronto in Environmental Science & Technology and Environmen

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2025

The BBC has stopped Evan Davis, one of its senior presenters, from hosting a personal podcast informing the public about heat pumps, a flagship clean heating solution. Speaking on the final episode of the show, launched in January, Davis said that the BBC had become concerned that the podcast was somehow treading on areas of public controversy. He added: I take their shilling; they dictate the rules.

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Grist

APRIL 17, 2025

Throughout the Yangtze River Delta, a region in southern China famed for its widespread rice production, farmers grow belts of slender green stalks. Before they reach several feet tall and turn golden brown, the grassy plants soak in muddy, waterlogged fields for months. Along the rows of submerged plants, levees store and distribute a steady supply of water that farmers source from nearby canals.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 19, 2025

The energy secretary has accused Reform UKs leader of peddling dangerous falsehoods about renewable power Tories and Reform use the steel crisis to knock clean energy. Theyre wrong: it will secure all our futures Ed Miliband has torn into Nigel Farage and the Tories for peddling dangerous nonsense and lies by suggesting the UKs net zero target is responsible for destroying Britains businesses, including its steel industry.

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Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

Technology

TechXplore

APRIL 17, 2025

The exponential miniaturization of electronic chips over time, described by Moore's law, has played a key role in our digital age. However, the operating power of small electronic devices is significantly limited by the lack of advanced cooling technologies available.

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POWER Magazine

APRIL 21, 2025

A new report from GlobalData, a data and analytics group, projects global nuclear power capacity will hit 494 GW by 2035. The group said capacity gains will be tied to advancements in deployments of small modular reactors (SMRs), along with the continuing worldwide shift to cleaner forms of energy. The post Group Projects 100-GW Rise in Global Nuclear Power Capacity Across Next Decade appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Nuclear Power Energy Energy Technology 130

The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 20, 2025

From nationalising gas plants to boosting renewables, how soaring prices could be tackled One of Labours key election promises was to cut energy bills by 300 a year by 2030 while making Britain a clean energy superpower. The job is already halfway complete: renewable energy made up more than half the UKs electricity for the first time last year. So why does Britain continue to have one of the most expensive electricity markets in the world?

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TechXplore

APRIL 17, 2025

Thermoelectric materials enable the direct conversion of heat into electrical energy. This makes them particularly attractive for the emerging Internet of Things. For example, for the autonomous energy supply of microsensors and other tiny electronic components.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 22, 2025

Subsidiary of the AES Corporation, AES Indiana, has announced the opening of the 200MW/800MWh Pike County Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Pike County, Indiana, US.

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Batteries Energy Energy 280

Charged

APRIL 21, 2025

Charged recently chatted with Fredrik Tjernstrm from Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) to learn about the OEMs electrification journey. Tjernstrm detailed Volvo CE’s gradual and strategic progression in electrifying its equipment lineup, starting four years ago with compact machines such as fully electric compact excavators and wheel loaders.

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Construction Electricity Batteries Innovation 102

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

Energy

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 22, 2025

Tim Miller, project lead of the Biochar CleanTech Accelerator An Aston University project which converts material such as factory waste into heat, power and other commercially valuable bioproducts is to be extended for another year and receive an extra 700,000 of government support. The Biochar CleanTech Accelerator is part of the West Midlands Innovation Accelerator programme which was established in 2022 and managed by the West Midlands Combined Authority.

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Waste Waste Organic Government 130

Terra Infirma

APRIL 22, 2025

Happy Earth Day to all who celebrate! Yey! Let’s save the planet in one day! Go us! If you’ve detected any sarcasm dripping off those words, you’d be right. Did you know that this week is World Immunisation Week? Or that yesterday was National Tea Day here in the UK? Or that today is also National Pin Up Day in the US? Me neither fortunately there are several helpful websites that list all the international/national days so you can find out what you are meant to be being aware

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TechXplore

APRIL 18, 2025

Colloidal quantum dots (CQDs) are tiny semiconductor particles that are just a few nanometers in size, which are synthesized in a liquid solution (i.e., colloid). These single-crystal particles, created by breaking down bulk materials via chemical and physical processes, have proved to be promising for the development of photovoltaic (PV) technologies.

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Technology Energy Energy 252

Energy Storage News

APRIL 23, 2025

A panel of owner-operators, optimisers and developers discussed the evolving dynamics of the ERCOT, Texas market at last month's Energy Storage Summit USA 2025 in Dallas.

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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.

Transportation

Charged

APRIL 21, 2025

The Ford Power Promise focuses on drivers who can most easily charge at homestill the low-hanging fruit for EV sales. Its working. Selling electric vehicles was always going to be a challenge, especially for established U.S. brands like Ford and Chevrolet. They require a lot of explanation by salespeople unfamiliar with EVs; not every shopper lives where charging will be easy and convenient; and misperceptions and myths abound.

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Electric vehicle Retail Electricity Batteries 105

Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 18, 2025

Mars atmosphere as seen from Hope orbiter (image credit: Andrea Luck , CC BY 2.0 license ). New evidence from NASAs Curiosity rover seems to show that Mars possessed a carbon cycle in ancient times, a mechanism that on Earth has been central to the presence and maintenance of life. The findings support the possibility that the Red Planet was once habitable.

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Carbon Cooling Climate change Energy 130

The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 22, 2025

Presenter believes decision was taken due to the technologys link with net zero after he was told he risked accusations of political bias The BBC presenter Evan Davis has been told he can no longer host a podcast about heat pumps due to the corporations concerns that discussing the technology risks treading on areas of public controversy. The presenter of BBC Radio 4s PM programme had hosted 20 episodes of the Happy Heat Pump Podcast, which launched in 2024.

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Politics Technology Energy Energy 95

TechXplore

APRIL 17, 2025

Billions of heat exchangers are in use around the world. These devices, whose purpose is to transfer heat between fluids, are ubiquitous across many commonplace applications: they appear in HVAC systems, refrigerators, cars, ships, aircraft, wastewater treatment facilities, cell phones, data centers, and petroleum refining operations, among many other settings.

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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.

Sustainability

Energy Storage News

APRIL 21, 2025

ACE Power has submitted a 2,000MWh BESS in Queensland to AustraliasEnvironment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

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Biodiversity Batteries Electricity 242

Charged

APRIL 21, 2025

Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with EV manufacturer NIO to jointly build a battery swap network and promote the unification of industry technical standards. The companies aim to build a battery swap network for passenger cars and promote the popularization and upgrading of battery swap services. CATL will support the development of NIO’s battery swap network, and new models subsequently developed by NIO’s Firefly brand will be introduce

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 21, 2025

Hydrogen Moves from Concept to Concrete What started out as a futuristic dream is now taking solid form with major strides happening across Europe, the US, and India. From securing critical certifications to kicking off government-backed plants and scaling up hydrogen liquefaction. Tyczka Hydrogen Earns CertifHy Recognition Big news out of Germany: Tyczka Hydrogen has officially landed CertifHy RFNBO certification , a major validation that their hydrogen meets the EUs strict standards for renewa

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Hydrogen Europe Transportation Policy 89

ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 18, 2025

A feature article published by Iceland’s GRO International Centre for Capacity Development, Sustainability, and Societal Change highlights Kunzes Dolma, an alumna of the GRO Geothermal Training Programme (GRO GTO) and the first women to be trained in the geothermal profession in India. Since her return, Kunzes has been promoting the use of geothermal in the Ladakh region, but has advocated for gender equality and the participation of women in decision-making in Ladakh.

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Natural gas Organic Sustainability Education 91

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.

Sustainability

TechXplore

APRIL 18, 2025

Chinese scientists have found a way to make flexible tandem solar cells more efficient and durable by enhancing the adhesion of top layers to the bottom layers of the cell.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 17, 2025

US non-lithium battery technology companies Eos Energy Enterprises and Unigrid have announced partnerships to deploy their tech abroad, striking deals in the UK and India respectively.

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Lithium Batteries Technology Energy 223

Charged

APRIL 17, 2025

Emporia Energy has launched the new Emporia Pro, a meticulously engineered Level 2 EV charger. The Emporia Pros intelligent system is designed to optimize the use of a buildings available electrical power, reducing the need for panel upgrades. According to Emporia, nearly 50% of all US households face expensive electrical panel upgradesoften costing thousands of dollarsin order to install a standard Level 2 EV charger (7-11 kW).

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Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 99

POWER Magazine

APRIL 20, 2025

Hidrogenii, a joint venture between Plug Power and Olin Corp., said it has commissioned a 15 metric-ton-per-day (TPD) hydrogen liquefaction plant in St. Gabriel, Louisiana. Plug Power on April 17 said the facility is among the largest electrolytic hydrogen liquefaction plants in North America. The post Plug Power Group Commissions Hydrogen Liquefaction Plant in Louisiana appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Hydrogen North America Technology 98

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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BloombergNEF

APRIL 21, 2025

BloombergNEF (BNEF) today announced the winners of its 2025 Pioneers award, recognizing 12 early-stage companies working to introduce technologies and products that will accelerate global decarbonization and help economies adapt to climate change. This years winners include companies improving the resilience of food supply chains, developing novel routes for electrifying industrial heat, and pushing energy storage systems into new markets among many others.

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Innovation Climate change Resilience Technology 86

TechXplore

APRIL 17, 2025

In the future, Europe is to be dominantly powered by renewable energy. The expansion of wind and solar power capacity and the provision of sufficient power in winter are just two of the challenges that this presents.

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Solar Power Europe Energy Energy 211

Energy Storage News

APRIL 22, 2025

Brian Cashion at Firetrace International on community engagement and local support, essential to battery storage deployment.

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Batteries Energy Energy Education 215

Charged

APRIL 22, 2025

Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania , a unit of Volkswagen, launched a new battery-electric tipper truck as part of its introduction of new hybrid and all-electric off-highway solutions for mining and construction during the 34th bauma trade fair in Munich. The new Scania BEV XT Tipper with tandem bogie will combine high performance with sustainability,” the company said.

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Electricity Batteries Construction Electric vehicle 88

POWER Magazine

APRIL 20, 2025

A groundbreaking Joint Development Agreement (JDA) has been signed to establish the worlds first liquid hydrogen import corridor, connecting the Sultanate of Oman, the Netherlands, and Germany. This corridor will link the port of Duqm in Oman, the port of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and key logistics hubs in Germany. The post Agreement Reached for Major Liquid Hydrogen Import Corridor appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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