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Institute of Physics awards ‘revolutionary’ waste heat-to-electricity technology

Envirotec Magazine

A technology that converts low-temperature waste heat into electricity has earned the Institute of Physics (IOP) Business Innovation Award for FeTu, the Elland-based green energy business behind the approach. The award celebrates FeTus success in translating physics research into a viable commercial enterprise with a product that the IOP judges described as a revolutionary heat engine.

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Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Prices See Largest Drop Since 2017, Falling to $115 per Kilowatt-Hour: BloombergNEF

BloombergNEF

New York, December 10, 2024 Battery prices saw their biggest annual drop since 2017. Lithium-ion battery pack prices dropped 20% from 2023 to a record low of $115 per kilowatt-hour, according to analysis by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF). Factors driving the decline include cell manufacturing overcapacity, economies of scale, low metal and component prices, […] The post Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Prices See Largest Drop Since 2017, Falling to $115 per Kilowatt-Hour: BloombergNEF appe

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Science News Breakthrough in Artificial Photosynthesis Produces Hydrogen 5x Faster

Hydrogen Fuel News

Korean Researchers Pioneer Advanced Testing of New Biohydrogen System A groundbreaking scientific achievement has been reported by Professor Chiyoung Park of the Department of Energy Science and Engineering at DGIST. Alongside Professor Hyojung Cha from Kyungpook National University, Dr. Parks team has successfully developed a supramolecular fluorophore nanocomposite fabrication technology.

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CIS auction wins ensure South Australia will be first grid in world to reach 100 pct net wind and solar

Renew Economy

Awarding of contracts to two big wind farms in South Australia means it is on track to become the first big grid in world to reach 100 pct net renewables with variable wind and solar. The post CIS auction wins ensure South Australia will be first grid in world to reach 100 pct net wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

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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Google kicks off $20B renewable energy building spree to power AI

TechCrunch: Climate

Google signed a deal with Intersect Power and TPG Rise Climate to spin up enough carbon-free power to drive several gigawatt-scale data centers. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Biogas would provide a £400 annual saving for households on the road to net zero, says analysis

Envirotec Magazine

The analysis was carried out by technology firm BMA (Business Modelling Applications). The cost of meeting Britains net zero targets in 2050 could be nearly 300 billion less than official projections, according to new analysis drawing on the computer model used by Whitehall. The savings over the period to 2050 equivalent to 415 for every household every year would come about from a greater use of home-grown renewable green gas in the energy mix.

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CSIRO refutes Coalition case nuclear is cheaper than renewable energy due to operating life

The Guardian: Energy

National science agency dismisses argument nuclears economics have not been adequately considered in new draft report Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The CSIRO has rejected Coalition arguments that nuclear power plants could be developed in Australia in less than 15 years and that their long operating life would make them cheaper than other options.

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CSIRO patiently and methodically slaps down Peter Dutton’s nuclear nonsense

Renew Economy

CSIRO slaps down major nuclear talking points promoted by Coalition leader Peter Dutton in its latest GenCost report, which confirms - yet again - that integrated wind and solar are easily the cheapest option. The post CSIRO patiently and methodically slaps down Peter Dutton’s nuclear nonsense appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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So you want to build a solar or wind farm? Engineers show how to decide where

TechXplore

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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The benefits and challenges of green hydrogen: Findings from a new report

Envirotec Magazine

As heavy industry and transport sectors race to decarbonize, low-carbon hydrogen emerges as a promising zero-emission fuel, offering an alternative to battery electric vehicles for heavy transport while powering hard-to-abate industries from steel manufacturing to chemical production. Green hydrogen refers to hydrogen produced using renewable electricity, distinguishing it from hydrogen made using fossil fuels.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

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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Austin, Texas to pilot 5-MW geothermal power project

ThinkGeoEnergy

Austin Energy , the electric utility company of Austin, Texas, is partnering with Exceed Energy Inc. for a 5-MW first-of-its-kind geothermal pilot project near the Nacogdoches biomass facility. According to the company’s release, the pilot is expected to start producing electricity by 2025. With new technology and exciting opportunities to scale up energy production, the geothermal effort has the potential to change the energy landscape in Texas and create a more reliable pathway to a clea

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Solar, Hydrogen and Batteries Join Forces at Panasonic’s UK Facility

Hydrogen Fuel News

From Sunlight to Hydrogen PowerA Sneak Peek at Panasonic’s 100% Renewable Energy Factory Panasonic Corporation has completed the installation of a groundbreaking demonstration power generation system at Panasonic Manufacturing UK Ltd. (PMUK) in Cardiff, Wales. This innovative initiative retrofits the 50-year-old manufacturing plant with cutting-edge green technologies, enabling the facility, which manufactures microwave ovens and other products, to operate entirely on renewable energy.

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Quinbrook adds huge 750 MW battery to polysilicon plant sent for federal approval

Renew Economy

In an Australian first, Quinbrook proposes to add a giant battery to its proposed polysilicon plant in Queensland to "firm the grid as well as the manufacturing facility." The post Quinbrook adds huge 750 MW battery to polysilicon plant sent for federal approval appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How anger at the rollout of renewables is being hijacked by a new pro-nuclear network

The Guardian: Energy

An alliance of political groups is harnessing real fears about the local impact of renewables projects across Australia and using them to spruik nuclear power Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The entrance is marked by an AI-generated image of a dead whale, floating among wind turbines. On the first floor of the East Maitland Bowling Club, dire warnings are being shared about how offshore wind may impact the Hunter region but also a feeling of not being consulted, of

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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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Work concludes on AI-powered flood risk digital twin prototype

Envirotec Magazine

QuantCube Technology and French space agency, CNES, have announced the successful delivery of a flood warning and risk mapping prototype, the SCO FloodDAM Digital Twin. The prototype, which can detect, monitor, assess and predict the financial and socio-economic risks related to flood events, harnesses continental water data from earth observation data, in-situ ground sensors and drone data.

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Choosing a Home with Climate Change in Mind

NRDC onEarth

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ExxonMobil Planning Large Gas-Fired Plant to Serve Data Centers

POWER Magazine

ExxonMobil is preparing to join the power generation business, seeing an opportunity to support the electricity supply for energy-intensive data centers. The company on Dec. 11 said it is designing […] The post ExxonMobil Planning Large Gas-Fired Plant to Serve Data Centers appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Plunging cost of big batteries: Latest gigawatt scale project may set new price benchmark

Renew Economy

The bit mover in the CSIRO's GenCost report was the plunging cost of battery storage. One major battery project may already be doing much better. The post Plunging cost of big batteries: Latest gigawatt scale project may set new price benchmark appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Daimler Truck begins series production of Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric truck

Charged

Daimler Truck has begun series production of the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 at its plant in Wrth am Rhein, Germany. Mercedes-Benzs third electric truck model after the eActros 300/400 and the eEconic, the eActros 600 is designed for long-haul applications. It boasts up to 500 km of range, depending on the specific application and ambient conditions. Its three battery packs, each with 207 kWh, provide a total installed capacity of 621 kWh.

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Acoustic landscape monitoring suggested as a game-changer for biodiversity improvement

Envirotec Magazine

AgriSound team member Calum Pheby with “Polly” What’s described as the world’s first fully automated acoustic ‘panoramic’ landscape monitoring system, which can report in real-time on the landscape of natural sounds in a given area, is being developed by bioacoustics firm AgriSound. The firm suggests the system could vastly facilitate the study of biodiversity in areas of land such as farms, allowing them to be monitored for pollinator activity, or forests foc

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Lithium-ion battery pack prices fall 20% in 2024 amidst ‘fight for market share’

Energy Storage News

Global average lithium-ion battery prices have fallen 20% to US$115 per kWh this year, going below US$100 for electric vehicles (EVs), BloombergNEF said.

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Drilling starts for geothermal heating at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport

ThinkGeoEnergy

Arverne Drilling Services , a subsidiary of Arverne Group , has started the drilling of a geothermal doublet to supply heating to the Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport in France. The doublet aims to tap into a 70 C geothermal resources at 1800 meters depth. The drilling will take approximately three months. The project marks a key milestone in the decarbonization of the Paris-Charles de Gaulle platform.

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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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CSIRO GenCost: Falling costs of solar and batteries confirm integrated renewables are cheapest option

Renew Economy

Latest CSIRO GenCost report confirms integrated renewables - including storage and transmission - easily the cheapest option for Australia. The post CSIRO GenCost: Falling costs of solar and batteries confirm integrated renewables are cheapest option appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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China’s CATL to build €4.1bn battery factory with Stellantis in European expansion

Financial Times: Energy

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Nuada and Carbfix team up to offer carbon capture and storage

Envirotec Magazine

Edda Sif Pind Aradttir, CEO at Carbfix, with Conor Hamill, co-CEO of Nuada Nuada and Carbfix have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on delivering integrated carbon capture and storage (CCS) solutions aimed at reducing emissions in key sectors, including cement, lime, steel, waste-to-energy, and bioenergy. “By uniting Nuadas innovative carbon capture technology with Carbfixs transformative and permanent underground CO mineralization method, this partnership offers in

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From chip shop to pit stop—scientists make cooking oil biofuel as efficient as diesel

TechXplore

A new way to produce fuels made from leftover fat can create biofuel as effective as diesel and 1000-times more efficiently than current methods, a new study has suggested.

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Granite Source Power sells over 1GW of standalone BESS projects in three US markets

Energy Storage News

New Hampshire-based developer Granite Source Power (GSP) co-founder Jessica Shor disclosed to Energy-Storage.news that approximately 80% of the companys 1,250MW sale would be in ERCOT.

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CSIRO’s nuclear costings have recklessly ignored construction risk, and the taxpayer will pay

Renew Economy

The Coalition should be pleased with the CSIRO nuclear costings, because they ignore construction risk and recent cost blowouts. It's why Dutton is happy for the taxpayer to hold the can. The post CSIRO’s nuclear costings have recklessly ignored construction risk, and the taxpayer will pay appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Norway campaigns to cut energy links to Europe as power prices soar

Financial Times: Energy

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Bicycle tyres recycling scheme aims to double collection points by 2026

Envirotec Magazine

Velorim, “the UKs simple solution to recycling bicycle tyres and inner tubes”, has announced its ambition to double collection points across the UK by 2026, as it continues its mission to make cycling greener. With over 600 locations across the country already, the recycling service says it aims to make recycling bike tyres and inner tubes even easier for cyclists, providing a cost-effective solution to reducing the impact of cycling waste on the environment.

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EPA to Release First National Study of Water Affordability Challenges

NRDC onEarth

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Origin energises the first stage of the 2.8GWh Eraring BESS in Australia

Energy Storage News

Australian utility Origin Energy has confirmed that the first stage of the Eraring battery energy storage system (BESS) has been energised.

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