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Canadian LNG Will Stall Asia’s Shift to Renewables, Energy Experts in Asia Say

DeSmogBlog

But an impending flood of liquefied natural gas exports from western Canada to Asia could make it harder for countries there to achieve their national climate targets and contribute to tens of thousands of additional deaths due to air pollution. Ayumi Fukakusa agrees. I don’t believe gas is a climate solution,” she told DeSmog.

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Brazilian study suggests better ways of managing MSW

Envirotec Magazine

The national composition of MSW is 50% organic matter, 35% recyclables and 15% landfill refuse. Harmonia, which is located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in the South region, also features domestic composting, and diverts almost half its organic waste from MSW collection and treatment systems. São Paulo has three sanitary landfills.

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Webinar – Flexible geothermal power generation with modular ORC, 17 May 2024

ThinkGeoEnergy

As part of the regular Focus on Geothermal Webinar series – a partnership of Enerchange and ThinkGeoEnergy – we are proud to host Hermann Röhm of Orcan Energy AG for a webinar on “Flexible Electricity Generation from Geothermal Heat with Modular ORC-Solutions.” Hermann is an expert in Power Applications globally.

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Green ammonia could decarbonize 60% of global shipping when offered at just 10 regional fuel ports

Envirotec Magazine

North-West Africa (to meet European demand), and the southern Arabian Peninsula (to meet local demand and parts of south Asia). As a result of this, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) committed to decarbonising international shipping in 2018, aiming to halve GHG emissions by 2050.

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Rethinking the energy grid: The evolution of mission-critical power

Smart Energy International

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on a new age of growth for digital transformation, and the world’s reliance on the internet will only continue to rise, writes Jimmy Yam, Vice President of East Asia for Eaton. From powering the servers and storage equipment to cooling infrastructures, data centres have a large appetite for electricity.

Energy 105
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NGen invests $1.3 million in NOVONIX for cathode facility in Nova Scotia

Charged

According to NOVONIX, “The new facility will play a key role in building a Canadian battery materials supply chain, limiting the current dependence on Asia and capitalizing on the tremendous growth in this sector created by the increased demand for electric vehicles and grid energy storage.”.

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Japan, Oil Majors Tout CCS Tomakomai Project as Flagship of Asia’s Energy Future

DeSmogBlog

The risk in promoting CCS solutions is that Asia, which has had massive growth in coal , natural gas , and oil consumption over the past two decades, has failed to decarbonize relative to that growth. It’s a very popular place to visit for experts from the region, including many from Southeast Asia.” The campaign has worked.