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Do these 4 things to set yourself up for success in your first 90 days as CSO

GreenBiz

When stepping into the role of chief sustainability officer, those first 3 months can be crucial and daunting. Here’s what to do to lay the groundwork for future success.

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DRS to be delayed until 2027

Envirotec Magazine

Wales plans to press on with the inclusion of glass in its own scheme. The UK government has announced a delay to the scheduled October 2025 start date of a UK-wide Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), which will now roll back to October 2027. This confirmed the expectation set by a 26 March statement from Environment Secretary Steve Barclay, that a delay was to be expected given the need to ensure alignment between the UK Parliament and the various devolved administrations.

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Sustainable building groups combine to accelerate change

GreenBiz

The green building movement has evolved from local, LEED-centric, grassroots efforts to more regional, broader coalitions of professionals.

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EU rules compel manufacturers to make repair easier

Envirotec Magazine

The European Parliament voted on 23 April to adopt new rules on the so-called “right to repair” for consumers, which aim to make it easier and more cost-effective to repair goods. The new rules ensure that manufacturers provide timely and cost-effective repair services and inform consumers about their rights to repair. Goods repaired under the warranty will benefit from an additional one-year extension of the legal guarantee, further incentivising consumers to choose repair instead of replacemen

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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.

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Harness ESG Data, Cloud ERP and AI for Sustainable Business

GreenBiz

Struggling to harness your sustainability data amidst increased disclosure requirements? Learn how you can ride the ESG regulation wave and use technology to drive a competitive advantage.

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Report details China’s complex energy landscape and its enormous green energy shift

Envirotec Magazine

Wind is China’s largest source of electricity after coal and hydropower, delivering 9.4% of the total electricity supply in 2023. The seeming enormity of the green energy shift taking place in China is given shape by what’s described as the most comprehensive English-language report on China’s energy transition. It also looks at the persistence of fossil fuels in its energy mix.

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Beyond the Stockholm Convention: new regulations targeting forever chemicals

Envirotec Magazine

A proposal to ban the manufacture, import and use of PFAS in Europe, with a few exceptions, is currently being debated at the European Commission. Sona Dadhania of market intelligence firm IDTechEx offers a brief look into the global regulatory landscape of PFAS, including findings from the group’s new report “ Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) 2024: Emerging Applications, Alternatives, Regulations ”.

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Power Plant Carbon Rules: What’s Changed Since the 2023 Proposal?

NRDC onEarth

The EPA's finalized rules for carbon emissions from the power sector have just been released. Here's how they've evolved.

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Norway’s Morrow in 5.5GWh LFP battery offtake deal for maritime, stationary storage applications

Energy Storage News

Morrow Batteries, one of several startups committed to producing lithium-ion batteries at gigawatt-hour scale from factories in Scandinavia, has secured a 5.5GWh offtake deal.

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Green Hydrogen and Next-Gen Electrolyzers: Hystar’s CEO Calls for Norway’s Transition

FuelCellsWorks

This year Norway is the partner country of the German Hannover Messe, the most important European trade fair in the field of industry and automation. From April 22 until April.

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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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Lessons from the Kellogg Foundation’s $310 million in mission-driven investments

Impact Alpha

This article is part of a partnership between ImpactAlpha and Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) to present new ideas and perspectives in impact investing. The post Lessons from the Kellogg Foundation’s $310 million in mission-driven investments appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Bosch Rexroth Unveils Advanced Cryopump for Efficient H2 Refueling Stations At Hannover Messe 2024

FuelCellsWorks

100 kg of hydrogen in less than 10 minutes. More than 100 refueling operations each day At Hannover Messe 2024, Bosch Rexroth presents drive systems for compressors and cryopumps developed.

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5 Opportunities for Micro-Greening in Low-Income Urban Settlements

The City Fix

Climate-change-induced events such as heat waves and floods severely impact quality of life in urban areas. It can be financially disruptive and even fatal, disproportionately impacting settlements most vulnerable to climate risks. Greening of open spaces can be an important.

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Wrightbus Secures Major German Contract for Hydrogen-Powered Buses

FuelCellsWorks

Wrightbus has achieved a significant milestone in Germany, securing an order for 46 Kite Hydroliner hydrogen buses from Cottbusverkehr GmbH for deployment in Cottbus, the second largest city in Brandenburg and in.

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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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The European energy market is a ‘fudge’ says Ørsted’s Olivia Breese

Smart Energy International

The chief executive of Ørsted Europe believes that policymakers don’t know what they want from the market, with higher prices for green electrons as a result. The lack of clear thinking from policymakers has been one of the main problems with electricity markets in Europe in the past five years, said Olivia Breese at the 26th World Energy Congress in Rotterdam.

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Plug Signs Additional BEDP Contracts for a Total of 4.5GW of Electrolyzers Across Europe and the United States

FuelCellsWorks

Expanding Basic Engineering and Design Package (BEDP) Portfolio with an additional 350MW of electrolyzers LATHAM, N.Y.– Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a global leader in comprehensive hydrogen solutions for the.

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US reforms grid permitting, invests US$331 million in Western transmission line

PV Tech

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has established a new programme to “significantly improve” permitting and environmental processes for electricity transmission projects.

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Hyliion® and BayoTech® Partner to Provide Sustainable Power With Hydrogen Hubs and the KARNO™ Generator

FuelCellsWorks

AUSTIN, Texas — Hyliion Holdings Corp. (NYSE: HYLN) (“Hyliion”), a developer of sustainable electricity-producing technology, and BayoTech, an innovator in hydrogen production, transportation and storage solutions, today announced the signing of a.

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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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Need help breaking up with fossil fuels? Ask an ‘electric coach’

Canary Media

David Stile knew his air conditioner wasn’t long for this world. It was already 24 years old — ancient for an AC — and he wanted to replace it before it broke. The project would come with hassle and expense, but in it Stile also saw an opportunity. He could switch over to a heat pump.

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Uber Canada Partners with Toyota KINTO Share for Zero-Emission Vehicle Rentals in Metro Vancouver

FuelCellsWorks

Drivers Gain Access to Toyota’s All-Electric bZ4X and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Mirai VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Uber and Toyota Canada, with Toyota Financial Services, announced a partnership allowing eligible.

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Honda EV investment the culmination of years of government leadership, securing Canada’s place as an EV heavyweight

Clean Energy Canada

OTTAWA — Joanna Kyriazis, director of public policy at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to Honda’s $15 billion investment into Ontario to build an integrated electric vehicle battery supply chain: “Today’s announcement from Honda marks what is by far the largest auto sector investment in Canada’s history and is a $15-billion dollar vote of confidence in Canada’s EV industry—and a clear indicator that the future of the global auto market is electric.

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GILLIG Expands Zero-Emission Lineup With Introduction of BAE Systems & Ballard-Powered Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Bus

FuelCellsWorks

Livermore, CA– GILLIG, a leading manufacturer of heavy-duty transit buses in the United States, announced today the expansion of its zero-emission product lineup. The company will be expanding its diverse.

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Molten hydroxide salt energy storage inaugurated in Denmark

Energy Storage News

Hyme Energy has put a molten hydroxide salt energy storage project into operation in Denmark, the first deployment in the world, it claimed.

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Panasonic Launches 10 kW Pure Hydrogen Fuel Cell Generator in Europe, Australia, and China

FuelCellsWorks

Multiple connections allow a higher output, while the output adjustment function enables flexible power generation plans Osaka, Japan – Panasonic Corporation (hereinafter referred to as Panasonic) today announced that its Electric.

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Energy Vault, NV Energy Bring Reid Gardner BESS Project Into Operation

Solar Industry

Energy Vault and NV Energy have completed the Reid Gardner BESS in Moapa, Nev., and put the project into commercial operation. Built on the site of a decommissioned coal-fired electric generating facility, the 220 MW grid-tied BESS is a two-hour energy storage system. Operating at full capacity by NV Energy, the system utilizes Energy Vault’s integration platform and energy management system.

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UK and Germany Forge Strategic Hydrogen Export Partnership

FuelCellsWorks

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz have launched a new phase in their energy cooperation with a focus on renewable energy, notably initiating a feasibility study.

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The Brief: Upskilling lenders for the Great Deployment

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Deploy! Lenders face a steep learning curve in deploying capital for green community infrastructure. Green. The post The Brief: Upskilling lenders for the Great Deployment appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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PowerCell’s First Quarter 2024: Enhanced Financial Performance and Robust Cash Flow in Early 2024

FuelCellsWorks

Q1 2024: Notable Improvements in Gross Margin and Cash Flow Despite Modest Sales Growth January – March 2024 Net sales SEK 52.1m (50.5), growth of 3% Gross profit increased 28%.

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Lenders face a steep learning curve in deploying capital for green community infrastructure

Impact Alpha

Green project developers and project finance skills have always been in short supply. Now, with $27 billion in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund awards. The post Lenders face a steep learning curve in deploying capital for green community infrastructure appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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‘Green Hydrogen’ Company Looks to Make Mississippi a Leader of New Renewable Venture

FuelCellsWorks

The special geology of Mississippi is again giving the state a stab at playing a key role in the energy sector, this time for a burgeoning renewable power source called.

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Enerside sells Italy agriPV and BESS project to Chint Solar

PV Tech

Enerside Energy has sold a project combining agrivoltaics (agriPV) and a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Italy to Chint Solar.

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GHS and BWSC Sign Collaborative Agreement on Green Hydrogen Projects

FuelCellsWorks

Green Hydrogen Systems A/S and international engineering company BWSC reached an agreement on strategic collaboration to expand their current collaboration on advancing green hydrogen projects. The strategic collaboration agreement is.

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Developer Enerside sells Italy agriPV and BESS project to Chint Solar

Energy Storage News

Developer Enerside Energy has sold a project combining agrivoltaics (agriPV) and a battery energy storage system (BESS) in Italy to Chint Solar.