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Genesis Energy begins construction on 200MWh BESS in New Zealand

Energy Storage News

Genesis Energy has started constructing a 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) on New Zealand's North Island.

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ESA publishes Circular Economy “vision” for 2040

Envirotec Magazine

Meeting the 2040 target will require a 75% recycling rate for municipal waste, and similar streams The Environmental Services Association has published a position paper setting out its “vision” for a circular economy by 2040. The document was launched during an evening reception held by the group, a trade body for the UK’s waste and resource management, at the National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday 4 June attended by Defra Minister, Mary Creagh, and Deputy Chair of the Government’s Circula

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Wisconsin utilities bring online US state’s first large-scale 110MW BESS

Energy Storage News

The first large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) in the US state of Wisconsin, the 110MW Paris Solar-Battery Park, has come online.

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New technologies help wood-burning stoves burn more efficiently, produce less smoke

TechXplore

Oregon State University researchers are gaining a more detailed understanding of emissions from wood-burning stoves and developing technologies that allow stoves to operate much more cleanly and safely, potentially limiting particulate matter pollution by 95%.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

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

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ROUNDUP: FlexGen data centre partnership, Energy Vault ERCOT BESS for Jupiter Power, Stem supports rPlus Energies in Utah

Energy Storage News

A news roundup focusing on FlexGen’s recent partnership with Rosendin, Energy Vault and Jupiter Power’s continued development and assistance from Stem Inc. for rPlus Energies.

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India Bets Big on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks: 1,000 Vehicles, 10 Routes, Full-Scale by 2030

Hydrogen Fuel News

India has set its sights on rolling out more than 1,000 hydrogen-powered trucks and buses by 2030 , with the first 50 vehicles expected to hit the road as early as 2025. It’s all part of the country’s big push under the National Green Hydrogen Mission , which kicked off in January 2023 with a hefty US$2.3 billion bankroll. This initiative zeroes in on heavy-duty transport—an area where battery-electric vehicles often run out of steam.

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New class of SrHfSe₃ chalcogenide perovskite solar cells with diverse HTMs may make more efficient solar tech

TechXplore

The photovoltaic industry has witnessed a remarkable breakthrough with the advent of lead halide perovskite solar cells (LHPSCs), which have achieved outstanding power conversion efficiencies (PCEs); 25% in single-junction and 29% in monolithic tandem configurations. Despite this progress, challenges such as poor long-term stability, phase degradation under light, heat, and moisture, and the toxicity of lead (Pb) remain significant obstacles to commercial scalability and environmental safety.

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Clean energy investment hits new highs and shows no sign of slowing

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Four in five ecologists in England feel undervalued by government, industry survey finds

Envirotec Magazine

An overwhelming majority of environmental practitioners in England feel grossly undervalued by politicians, the public and other professions, according to a survey conducted by the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM). These findings have emerged despite heightened public awareness and mounting political momentum to address environmental challenges.

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Air Monitoring Communities Leading Environmental Justice

Green Living Guy

California Rolls Out Mobile Air Monitoring to Target Pollution Hotspots The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has officially launched the next phase of its groundbreaking air quality program. Called the Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative (SMMI), this pilot effort will deploy advanced mobile monitoring equipment across 64 communities starting June 2025.

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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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Green Hydrogen Milestone: Purem by Eberspächer Showcases First SOEC Vessels for Topsoe

Hydrogen Fuel News

Purem by Eberspächer is diving headfirst into the world of green hydrogen , showing off its very first SOEC (Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cell) pressure vessels at its Neunkirchen, Germany facility on June 5, 2025. These vessels, built in partnership with Topsoe , are at the heart of Topsoe’s cutting-edge hydrogen production systems. So what makes them a big deal?

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NOA reaches financial close on 349MW solar PV project in South Africa

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Talga executes binding Vittangi anode offtake agreement with Nyobolt

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Battery materials company Talga has executed a binding offtake agreement with high-power battery charging technology developer Nyobolt for the long-term supply of Talnode-C graphite anode from its Vittangi Anode Project in Sweden. Nyobolt has validated Talnode-C as a feedstock for its fast-charging battery technology. The offtake agreement follows Talga’s vertically integrated natural graphite mine and anode refinery being designated as Strategic Projects under the European Commission’s Critical

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$22.37 billion in carbon capture funding signals a new era of climate innovation, FounderNest reveals

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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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Will Senate Republicans block the climate law rollback?

Canary Media

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Green Hydrogen Production Takes Center Stage in California with Lancaster Energy Center

Hydrogen Fuel News

Element Resources is getting ready to put Lancaster, California , on the map as a leader in green hydrogen. With a whopping $1.85 billion investment backing it, the company’s ambitious Lancaster Clean Energy Center is set to become the largest green hydrogen production facility in North America. By combining massive solar arrays, long-duration battery storage, and fully independent off-grid capabilities, this project is all about cutting emissions in the transportation and industrial sectors tha

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IONiX Partners with Ready Solar to Expand Distribution of SmartWall™

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Ballard Sends 1.5 MW of Hydrogen Fuel Cells onto U.S. Rails with Sierra Deal

Hydrogen Fuel News

Hydrogen fuel cells are no longer just a futuristic promise—they’re now firmly on track in America’s freight rail system. On June 5, 2025 , Ballard Power Systems inked a deal with Sierra Northern Railway to supply 1.5 MW worth of PEM fuel cell engines. That’s twelve FCmove-XD modules set to power up switching locomotives along a 105-mile California rail line.

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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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Vianode and Fortum Battery Recycling to develop EV battery recycling value chain

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Norwegian battery materials company Vianode and Finland-based Fortum Battery Recycling, which specializes in recycling valuable metals from EV batteries, have agreed to collaborate on developing a sustainable EV battery recycling value chain. Under the agreement, the two companies will work together to secure supplies of high-quality recycled graphite concentrate from Fortum’s hydrometallurgical plant in Harjavalta, Finland and develop and optimize recycled graphite materials for use in Vianode’

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Plug Power Seeks Shareholder Backing to Avoid Nasdaq Delisting Amid $6.8B Losses

Hydrogen Fuel News

Plug Power Inc. is in crunch time, urgently seeking shareholder approval for two key proposals: either doubling its authorized shares or pushing through a reverse stock split. Why the rush? Its stock is still trading under $1, and with Nasdaq delisting now a real threat—not to mention $6.8 billion in losses —the company’s ability to stay afloat and move forward is hanging in the balance.

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Chart: California is wasting more and more clean energy

Canary Media

See more from Canary Media’s "Chart of the week” column. California is throwing away a lot of solar power. The state curtailed 3,400 gigawatt-hours of utility-scale renewable electricity last year, 93% of which was produced by solar panels, per a U.S.

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OCOchem Fires Up World’s First Industrial CO2 Electrolyzer Pilot for Sustainable Hydrogen Formate Production

Hydrogen Fuel News

OCOchem Flips the Switch on First-Ever Industrial-Scale CO₂-to-Formate Plant On April 8, 2025 , something big happened in Richland, Washington —and it might just change the way we think about carbon. OCOchem officially launched the world’s first industrial-scale pilot plant designed to turn CO₂ and water into formate compounds using advanced electrolysis technology.

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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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Fraunhofer starts construction of FFB Fab in Germany for battery cell production research

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German battery technology research organization Fraunhofer FFB has started the second phase of construction of its large-scale research facility in Münster-Amelsbüren. The project will create production and research facilities covering an area of 20,000 square meters. Construction is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2027. The FFB Fab will expand the local plant capacity for battery production research to a large-scale industrial level.

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KP Group and Delta Ink Solar, Hydrogen, and EV Deal to Jumpstart India’s Decarbonization Drive

Hydrogen Fuel News

On June 6, 2025 , KP Group joined forces with Delta Electronics India in a big way. The two companies signed three major strategic MoUs, all aimed at giving India’s clean energy transformation a serious boost. Their collaboration is tackling several critical areas: Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) to help balance the power grid and make renewable energy more reliable Green hydrogen and EV charging infrastructure —they’re teaming up to roll out fueling and charging stations across the countr

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Barnet Council rolls out 1,000 on-street EV charge points in partnership with char.gy

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The Council for the London Borough of Barnet has partnered with local charging provider char.gy to install up to 1,000 new on-street public chargers. The first 500 will be installed over the next three months, and the remaining 500 will be installed within three years, bringing the total number of EV charge points in Barnet to 2,500. London has become a laboratory for curbside charging, which is the best solution for EV drivers who rely on on-street parking. char.gy , which integrates chargers i

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Hydrogen Investment Surges as Global Energy Spending Hits Record $3.3 Trillion in 2025

Hydrogen Fuel News

An Energy Inflection Point We’re standing at a major crossroads in the world of energy. The International Energy Agency (IEA) says global energy investments are set to hit a record-breaking $3.3 trillion in 2025. But here’s what really stands out: nearly two-thirds —about $2.2 trillion —of that money is pouring into clean technologies like renewable energy , green hydrogen , nuclear power , and next-gen smart grids.

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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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Porsche pilots high-voltage battery recycling

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German automaker Porsche has launched a pilot project that aims to recover valuable raw materials from high-voltage batteries after their use in vehicles and to test a potential closed-loop raw material cycle. For the long term, the automaker plans to establish a recycling network for high-voltage batteries in collaboration with external partners. The pilot project is divided into three phases to test the process for large-scale applications.

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Linde Doubles Down on CO₂ Liquefaction in Texas, Bolstering Industrial Decarbonization

Hydrogen Fuel News

Linde is gearing up to double its CO₂ liquefaction 100 47448 0 47448 0 0 78805 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 78948 capacity at its plant in Freeport, Texas by 2027. The plan? Build a second facility right next to MEGlobal America Inc.’s ethylene glycol operations, capturing crude CO₂ emissions that would’ve otherwise gone up into the atmosphere.

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Bringing Ideas, Lessons, and Partnerships Back from Brussels and Beyond

Low Carbon Prosperity

Clean & Prosperous Institute and our incredible delegation of 40 businesses, community leaders, and policymakers are back stateside after our Study Mission 5.0! This year’s Study Mission took us to both Brussels, Belgium – the capital of the European Union – to learn from the longest-running carbon market in the world, and Reykjavik, Iceland to learn about carbon recycling, capture, and sequestration from a country that is run almost entirely on renewable energy (and run entirely

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Solvay and BASF Slash Scope 3 Emissions in Hydrogen Peroxide Chain

Hydrogen Fuel News

Solvay and BASF are teaming up to cut down some of the toughest emissions in hydrogen peroxide production —specifically, the ones hiding deep in the supply chain, also known as Scope 3 emissions. Starting June 5, 2025, the Linne Herten plant in the Netherlands is switching up one of its key ingredients. Instead of bringing in aluminum chloride all the way from India, it’ll now be sourced from BASF ’s facility in Germany.

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Clearing the electrical service bottleneck for EV charger installation

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Power Innovations International’s new line of DC fast chargers can accept a wide range of input voltages. The utility connection bottleneck has become the bête noire of the EVSE world. But sometimes the problem isn’t getting enough power, but rather getting the right kind of power—and sometimes the real bottleneck is getting the transformers and switchgear needed to work around these issues.