Mon.Sep 26, 2022

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Tools and solutions that stand out from Climate Week

GreenBiz

Action against plastics and fossil fuels. New tools to embed carbonization throughout businesses of any size. These developments from the climate confab in the Big Apple offer ways to move climate action forward.

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TUC report calls for fairer approach that “stops energy companies using UK families like cash machines”

Envirotec Magazine

UK families to lose out on more than £2,250 from not owning our own energy, says report. UK families could benefit by at least £2,250 – and up to £4,400 – over the next two years if Britain had the same public ownership of energy as other countries, according to TUC research published on 24 September. The analysis is part of a report that sets out proposals for public ownership of new energy generation including wind, solar, tidal, and nuclear.

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Can companies ever move past incremental approaches to climate action?

GreenBiz

A new report focuses on how companies can move from commitment to bold action that can accelerate the transition to a decarbonized, just economy.

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AI start-up aims to predict if the world can really avoid a long-term increase in global climate temperature

Envirotec Magazine

Permutable AI , an award-winning UK start-up in the field of ESG data, has been awarded a grant by the UK’s innovation agency Innovate UK, to improve accuracy in predicting the world’s CO2 emissions trajectory. Permutable will use its world-class AI technology – specifically Natural Language Processing (NLP) – and data from Permutable’s global data partners, to fill in data gaps caused by companies’ failure to disclose carbon emissions and use this to improve prediction accurac

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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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It’s critical, not controversial: Why we must double-down on nature investments

GreenBiz

Sponsored: The science is clear: Companies must aggressively decarbonize their business and invest in nature to stop the worst impacts of climate change.

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Anthropogenic air pollution impacts health and climate in the Middle East

Envirotec Magazine

A visible layer of air pollution stretches out across the sea. Photograph taken from the research vessel during the AQABA campaign (image credit: © 2022 AQABA project). Desert dust was assumed to be the primary contributor to elevated air pollution across the Middle East. But now a research group seems to have shown that pollution from anthropogenic sources contributes to health risks and is an important climate factor across the region.

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The UK Government’s deregulation agenda is dangerous

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Colin , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. For the good of future generations, we must retain existing laws and improve protections for nature, writes Joan Edwards, director of policy for The Wildlife Trusts. We face an urgent nature and climate crisis. The situation is dire, with more than one in ten species in England on the brink of extinction and the UK among the most nature-depleted countries in the world.

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What is required of the CSO during these turbulent times?

GreenBiz

Being a systems thinker, looking around corners and becoming the "chief sensing officer", among other sage wisdom.

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“Biomethane can help boost Northern Ireland’s economy” says Chris Huhne at ADBA Belfast event

Envirotec Magazine

ADBA Chairman Chris Huhne (left) greets the Northern Ireland Economy Minister Gordon Lyons MLA before the ADBA Northern Ireland Forum. Over 160 anaerobic digestion (AD) industry leaders and stakeholders gathered in Belfast on 21 September to discuss the role AD and biogas can play in Northern Ireland’s decarbonisation strategy. Speakers included Northern Ireland Economy Minister Gordon Lyons MLA and representatives from DAERA, the Ulster Farmers’ Union, KPMG and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Ins

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Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) Technology Market Challenges and Developments

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The growth of the global vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology market is being driven by the surge in demand for electric vehicles globally. The surge in demand for electric vehicle charging stations all around the globe are driving the expansion of global vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology market.

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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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Analysis warns coal could be needed to keep the lights on this winter

Envirotec Magazine

In its Winter Market Outlook study for 2022/23, LCP Energy Analytics has warned that the UK could experience 10 hours of insufficient electricity supply this winter. The firm’s modelled loss of load expectation (LOLE) of 10 hours (which represents an average result across a wide range of weather simulations) is well beyond both the current predictions of National Grid ESO in its Winter Outlook 2022/23 Early View which forecasted a LOLE of 0.1 hours, and GB’s reliability standard of 3 hours

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Antelope Valley schools to buy 20 BYD electric school buses

Charged

California’s Antelope Valley Schools Transportation Agency (AVSTA) has announced plans to buy 20 BYD electric school buses. The buses will be built in Lancaster, California at the BYD Coach & Bus facility by members of the SMART Union. The BYD Type D Battery Electric School Bus has a top speed of 65 miles per hour and a range of up to 155 miles.

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Toxins in old toys an obstacle for circular economy

Envirotec Magazine

Old toys and dress-up items may contain toxic chemicals that can cause cancer, damage DNA or disrupt the future reproductive capacities of children, according to researchers from the University of Gothenburg who have recently published an article on the topic in the Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances. When the researchers tested a large number of old toys and dress-up items made of plastic, 84 per cent of the items were found to contain toxins that can disrupt growth and development and rep

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Pickup truck lovers compare TCO of the Ford F-150 Lightning with the legacy gas version

Charged

When it comes to a comparison between Ford’s electric F-150 Lightning with the legacy gas version of the popular pickup, you can probably guess which model we at Charged prefer. But the folks at Pickup Truck + SUV Talk have a little different perspective. Publisher Tim Esterdahl, a self-described “truck guy,” has raised some reasonable objections to electric trucks, having to do with highway charging, towing and purchase price.

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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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Leeds City Council waives ticket costs for air quality conference

Envirotec Magazine

An accredited online medical conference bringing together some of the country’s top air pollution experts will now be free to attend on 4 October, after event organisers announced they were waiving ticket costs so that more health professionals can benefit from cutting-edge insights to help improve patient outcomes. ‘Every Breath You Treat’ is believed to be the first professionally accredited conference focused on air quality for UK health professionals.

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Learn how GM uses battery data (Video)

Charged

Sponsored by NI. Watch Steve Tarnowsky, Global Battery Cell Engineering Director at General Motors, talk about the Ultium platform and how they’re using NI SystemLink software to harness the power of their test data to reduce risk, improve engineering efficiency, and reduce time to insights and decisions. Sponsored by NI.

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Rooftop solar takes even bigger bite out of coal market as grid demand slumps to record low

Renew Economy

Rooftop solar pushes the national grid down to a new low for operational demand, eating further into the traditional fossil fuel market. The post Rooftop solar takes even bigger bite out of coal market as grid demand slumps to record low appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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eVTOL developer Joby Aviation expands partnership with Department of Defense

Charged

Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY), a California-based company developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has announced an expansion of its existing contract with the US Air Force’s Agility Prime program that increases the total potential value of the contract to more than $75 million. The expanded contract will include new testing to evaluate Joby’s technologies, and also widens the company’s partnerships to include the US Marine Corps, which will participate in government-direc

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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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Australian made wind turbine anchor cage secures good design award

Renew Economy

An Australian product delivering cheaper and lower emissions anchor cages for wind turbines wins design award. The post Australian made wind turbine anchor cage secures good design award appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Ingevity invests $60 million in silicon anode specialist Nexeon

Charged

Chemical and materials company Ingevity has invested $60 million in silicon anode specialist Nexeon. “Ingevity’s funding will enable Nexeon to further develop its proprietary next-generation silicon anode material, NSP-2, and facilitate the construction of manufacturing facilities for the commercialization of Nexeon’s innovative products,” says Ingevity.

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ElevenEs produces a prototype of the largest LFP battery cell in Europe

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ElevenEs has completed a 2-year development program and produced a prototype of the largest battery cell in Europe. Customer deliveries to start in the first quarter of 2023.

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Experiencing silicone shortages in the EV market? Alleviate with battery pack gasket solutions. (Webinar)

Charged

Silicones are increasingly being used in the EV market for sealing applications where exceptional performance is required, such as sealing the battery case and battery management system. These materials are valued in particular for their low compression set, excellent protection against external influences and very good fire behavior, which is often qualified according to UL94-V0.

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PVinsights: Jinko and Longi Topped 1st in Solar Module Shipment and Revenues in 1H22, Respectively

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Even though the top five brands showed a YoY rise in 1H22 shipments, Jinko solar regained its shipment leadership in the global solar module market with 18.21GW in 1H 2022, and Longi sustained its position in sales revenues with 5.26 billion dollars.

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Tomago Aluminium smelter seeks partners in shift to 100 pct renewables

Renew Economy

Tomago calls for expressions of interest to collaborate in the transition of its NSW aluminium smelter from coal-fired power generation to renewables. The post Tomago Aluminium smelter seeks partners in shift to 100 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Reasons EV Charging Should Be Part of Any Sustainability Plan

Green Living Guy

Electric vehicles are becoming more and more popular as people become increasingly aware of the importance of sustainability. While there are many reasons to switch to an electric vehicle, one of the most important is that they help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Charging your electric vehicle at home can be a little complicated, but it’s […].

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Queensland reaches 66 pct wind and solar for first time as it prepares massive green push

Renew Economy

Wind and solar briefly provide two thirds of Queensland's electricity demand as the country's most coal dependent state gears up to announce big leap into green future. The post Queensland reaches 66 pct wind and solar for first time as it prepares massive green push appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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MAKING NET-ZERO AMMONIA POSSIBLE

Energy Central

Key policy actions in this decade A bold, long-term, and consistent policy framework is necessary to transform the ammonia value chain to reach net zero by 2050. Both demand and supply measures, together with enabling regulation, are needed to approve the use of ammonia for new applications. • Enabling regulation is a priority in the short term (2022–25) to remove barriers to.

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Queensland coal giant unveils plans for 500MW state-owned wind farm

Renew Economy

State-owned Stanwell Corporation unveils plans to build a 500MW wind farm, as part of a shift from coal power generation to renewables. The post Queensland coal giant unveils plans for 500MW state-owned wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Contractor’s Corner: New Energy Equity Community solar developer expects substantial growth thanks to IRA.

Solar Power World

Maryland-based community solar developer New Energy Equity prides itself on early entry into up-and-coming regional markets. After the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act and the inclusion of incentives that apply to community solar installations, some markets that were questionable are now looking much more feasible. In this episode, CFO Ahmar Zaman talks about the… The post Contractor’s Corner: New Energy Equity <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-size

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TasNetworks’ $1 million covert PR campaign for Marinus Link

Renew Economy

Tasmanian government utility hires national network of lobbyists and PR firms to “positively influence perceptions” of proposed Marinus Link with Victoria. The post TasNetworks’ $1 million covert PR campaign for Marinus Link appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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BOVIET SOLAR AND VESPER ENERGY ENTER INTO 861-MEGAWATT PV MODULE MASTER SUPPLY AGREEMENT

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Vesper Energy Selected Boviet Solar's Vega Series™ Mono-Bifacial PERC PV Module For Its 1 GW Near-Term Portfolio

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The Surveyor’s Roles in Developing a Sustainable Society

Green Living Guy

In a world where the environment is constantly changing, it is important that we have individuals who are able to help develop sustainable practices. Surveyors play a critical role in this process by using their knowledge and skills to help manage resources in an efficient and responsible manner. Thanks to their work, we are able […]. The post The Surveyor’s Roles in Developing a Sustainable Society appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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Carbon Capture And Storage Market Size to Expand USD 5.61 Bn by 2030

altenergymag

According to Vision Research Reports, the global carbon capture and storage market size is predicted to expand around USD 5.61 billion by 2030 and rising a notable CAGR of 6% from 2022 to 2030.

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