Frameworks must embrace carbon credits to spur transition to net zero
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Reporting frameworks have an important role to play in addressing quality and transparency challenges that have traditionally plagued the market.
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$10 billion Namibian hydrogen project selects developer for locomotive
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Namibian-headquartered Hyphen Hydrogen Energy (Hyphen) says it is making positive progress on its discussions with the Namibian Government as it moves towards signature of the Implementation Agreement before the end of the year for its planned US$10 bn Namibian green hydrogen project. At full scale development, the Hyphen project is expected to produce ~350,000 tons of green hydrogen per annum before the end of the decade for regional and global markets, from 5-6 GW of renewable generation capac
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Coca-Cola bottler and Rabobank partner on sustainability-linked finance plan for suppliers
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
It's a first in the beverage industry toward improving ESG performance.
Growatt announces the pre-sale of its first portable power station - Infinity 1500
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Growatt announces the pre-sale of its brand-new portable power station - Infinity1500. The event will last for 15 days from September 1 to September 15, 2022.
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.
Walmart reaches halfway to Project Gigaton
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Five years in, the company's ambitious Scope 3 program hit 574 million metric tons avoided.
Australia’s first battery gigafactory on track for December launch
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Australian lithium-ion battery manufacturer on track to launch its planned gigafactory in NSW coal country after successfully completing a pilot program. The post Australia’s first battery gigafactory on track for December launch appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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NSW backs pumped hydro projects promising 60 hours of energy storage
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Five pumped hydro projects, with a combined capacity of almost 1.75GW and 60 hours of storage, have been awarded state government funding. The post NSW backs pumped hydro projects promising 60 hours of energy storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Sacramento utility partners with BMW, Ford and GM for managed EV charging pilot
Charged
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has announced a new EV program, the Managed Electric Vehicle Charging Pilot, in partnership with BMW, Ford and GM. The pilot will evaluate ways in which SMUD can help Sacramento-area customers charge their EVs at times of day that promote optimal energy load management. “This pilot program and the lessons we’ll learn are important to help chart a path that provides a seamless and easy customer experience while also balancing grid reliability and e
Sunnova Submits Application to Develop First-of-its-Kind Solar “Micro-Utility” in California
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Innovative new energy platform allows residents, communities, and businesses to share excess clean power and “island” from the legacy distribution system
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.
“Ludicrous:” Snowy 2.0 contractor has zero working capital, but denies dispute
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Contractor for Snowy 2.0 and Project EnergyConnect reveals liquidity problems with zero working capital, but denies dispute over costs and delays with Snowy Hydro. The post “Ludicrous:” Snowy 2.0 contractor has zero working capital, but denies dispute appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Kseng Solar Attended PV EXPO Tokyo 2022 in Japan
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Aug 31 - Sept 1, Kseng Solar presented a complete array of solar racking solutions at PV EXPO Tokyo 2022, the World's Leading Exhibition for Renewable Energy, held at Makuhari Messe, Japan.
Moving beyond 82% renewables by 2030 requires pumped hydro investment now
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
It’s past time to decouple Australia from fossil fuel dependency and the associated energy price hyperinflation that is smashing household and and business consumers. The post Moving beyond 82% renewables by 2030 requires pumped hydro investment now appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Preventing a Lehman Brothers Crisis in European Energy
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Given the backdrop of the on-going energy crisis (and economic war with Russia), there is significant and growing liquidity stress across European energy markets, as participants try to manage financial exposures, which are over €1,000bn. To limit the risk of another ‘Lehman Brothers-type’ crisis, it will be both prudent and critical to provide loan facilities to energy.
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.
Spanish energy giant buys big solar-battery project in first move into Australian solar
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Spanish group Naturgy to build first of its kind solar and storage project in Australia as it seeks to boost its renewables capacity nearly 10-fold over three years. The post Spanish energy giant buys big solar-battery project in first move into Australian solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Clenergy Announces 44MW Ground Solar Mounting in Saudi Arabia
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Clenergy has seized the opportunity of PV development in the Middle East and provided a 44MW PV-ezRack solar installation solution for the 3A Independent Seawater Desalination Project, under the ownership of ACWA Power in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.
Smart Energy Finances: Green and sustainability-linked bonds for 50Hertz and Eaton
Smart Energy International
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
In this week’s Smart Energy Finances, successfully issued green and sustainability bonds for German TSO 50Hertz and power management company Eaton take the lead within a challenging market environment. Additionally, a series of global smart energy partnerships strike interest as companies continue to double down with investments in this growing sector. . 50Hertz receives second green bond of €750 million.
WPI Researchers Create New Method for Making Biodiesel Fuel with Food Waste
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
“By creating a biodiesel through this method, we’ve shown that we can bring the price of gas down to $1.10 per gallon, and potentially even lower,” said Timko.
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?
Could offering lower interest rates to green projects help keep net zero on track?
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
The Bank of England is facing calls to introduce a secondary interest rate for green borrowing required to reduce the UK’s reliance on fossil gas driving the energy crisis. The Bank of England is facing calls to revamp its credit policy for banks that lend to green projects, amid concern that rising interest rates could hamper sorely-needed green investment to help shield the economy from future energy price shocks and support the UK's net zero goals.
First Semi-Solid State Home and Portable Energy System Unveiled at IFA, System Offers Energy Security and Off-Grid Access
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Zendure, a fast-growing clean energy tech start-up, is unveiling SuperBase V, the new benchmark for portable home energy systems, at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin.
“Honeymoon over” as another small “solar friendly” retailer succumbs to energy chaos
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Elysian Energy, which had 7,500 customers across Victoria and the other NEM states, becomes latest casualty of Australia's energy market crisis. The post “Honeymoon over” as another small “solar friendly” retailer succumbs to energy chaos appeared first on RenewEconomy.
5 ways to boost solar sales and marketing to capitalize on ITC expansion
Solar Power World
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
By Gregg Hicks, VP, Modernize Home Services Solar installers are anticipating a surge in demand as a new round of investment tax incentives roll out in the IRA. To get the most out of these new opportunities, your sales and marketing teams must work together as one cohesive unit. Across the thousands of home improvement… The post 5 ways to boost solar sales and marketing to capitalize on ITC expansion appeared first on Solar Power World.
Simple Ways To Make Your Bedroom Eco-Friendly
Green Living Guy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
An eco-friendly bedroom is something that a lot of people are trying to achieve these days. If you’re looking for ways to make your bedroom more eco-friendly, you’re in luck. There are a number of simple things you can do to reduce your environmental impact without making too many changes to your routine. Read on […]. The post Simple Ways To Make Your Bedroom Eco-Friendly appeared first on The Green Living Guy.
Digital identities – building block for an automated energy system
Smart Energy International
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
German energy agency DENA has piloted a blockchain machine identity ledger, while Energy Web has advanced its self-sovereign identity solution Switchboard. The pilot at Dena’s Future Energy Lab, its first, was focused on laying the foundation for interoperability and an industry standard for digital machine identities, creating and linking them to an identity register based on blockchain technology.
New Prime Minister faces flurry of proposals for tackling the energy crisis
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Trade body Energy UK becomes latest influential group to endorse plans to shrink electricity bills by reducing the costs paid to legacy low carbon electricity generators. Momentum is building across the energy sector behind a proposal to shrink household and business electricity bills by curbing historic subsidies to low carbon power generators, with industry body EnergyUK having this week become the latest influential organisation to back the plan.
Energy Insiders Podcast: How much storage is needed for 100% renewables?
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Windlab's David Osmond discusses his year long study into wind, solar and storage. Plus ESOO and the market cap. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: How much storage is needed for 100% renewables? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Keeping sustainability alive during a downturn means seizing the moment
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Make the business case, follow the money and think like a CEO. You cannot read, watch or listen to the news today without hearing about the threat of a looming recession. Whether this recession comes to pass is as yet unknown, but what we do know is that companies are acting as if it has already hit, making layoffs and trimming costs. What does this mean for a company's sustainability efforts and how can you help keep them on track?
Green tech supplier invests €600m amid German heat pump boom
Smart Energy International
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Stiebel Eltron, a German green tech supplier, has announced investment plans of €600 million ($600 million) into their heat pump development capabilities. The monetary injection comes in as the company expects to have produced 80,000 heat pumps by the end of the year. With the investment, the company’s production capacities will be expanded, research and development financed and new jobs created for the production and supply of heat pumps in the gas-strung country. “We have specialised in
Farmers can now grow fruits, vegetables, and carbon credits
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
ProducePay teams up with Allcot to create a carbon crediting project designed for fruit and vegetable growers. The carbon offset market is inching its way onto the farm. Selling carbon credits to fund regenerative agriculture practices that sequester more soil while producing food has captured the imaginations of climate activists, corporations and farmers.
California Rail Electrification - 2022 Update
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
I live in a state where we frequently walk alone, and this includes our current High-Speed Rail (HSR) project. However we still continue to make progress on the initial 171-mile segment through our Central Valley. Also making progress are the Northern California connector projects that will initially connect HSR into BART, ACE and the other commuter rail systems in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Accenture snaps up climate consultancy Carbon Intelligence for undisclosed sum
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Deal marks Accenture's fifth sustainability-focused acquisition this year as professional services giant seeks to ramp up its global net zero, ESG and sustainability capabilities. Accenture has snapped up climate and CO2 emissions consultancy Carbon Intelligence for an undisclosed sum, as the global professional services firm continues to ramp up its ESG, net zero, and sustainability advisory capabilities for corporate clients.
Shell to finance hydrogen from ethanol production in Brazil
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
“The technology can be easily installed at conventional gas stations, which would not require changes to the distribution infrastructure, ensuring that hydrogen will be ready to fuel vehicles quickly and safely,” explained Alexandre Breda, Low Carbon Technology Manager at Shell Brazil, and Deputy Executive Director of the Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation.
LACI’s Incubation Cohort 3 Pilots Announced
LA CleanTech Incubator
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
In October 2021, LACI welcomed eight promising cleantech startups to its first Incubation Cohort Pilots program funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) EPIC Program. EPIC Program. Each of the participating startups received $20,000 to design and deploy small-scale pilots to demonstrate their technologies and hone their business models. Startups pitched their business models to.
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