GreenBiz

JANUARY 12, 2024

The growing market for rubber for is a major and overlooked cause of deforestation, and the transition to electric vehicles could accelerate rubber use.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

Dandelion seeds’ ability to remain airborne is being mimicked by one project, Dandidrone, which hopes to overcome the challenges involved in using airborne sensors to investigate disaster sites. Bio-inspired Engineering has grown in profile in recent years, and is being used to address traditionally intractable problems, as Envirotec discovered. Engineers have been borrowing ideas from nature for a long time.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 12, 2024

Businesses were required to start reporting emissions and risks in 2026 but a budget proposal would push that back.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

Cairo, Egypt (image credit: Leshiy985/Shutterstock.com). There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the problem of Africa’s declining air quality. A new report in Nature Geoscience argues that international action is needed to combat it. Over the last 50 years African nations have suffered from rapidly deteriorating air quality, making their cities some of the most polluted in the world.

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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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GreenBiz

JANUARY 12, 2024

Closing the “end gap” once consumers are finished with a product is a big opportunity.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

One of the most polluted cities in the EU, Warsaw has voted to adopt the city’s first ever Clean Transport Zone in July 2024, following evidence submitted by environmental consultancy Ricardo, on the health impacts and economic case for such a measure. Warsaw has one of the highest vehicle ownership rates (859 per 1,000 people) in Europe and has seen a growing influx of vehicles from outside of the city.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

Researchers have proposed a novel method for transforming wastewater contaminants into valuable chemicals using sunlight, offering an avenue for sustainable and circular chemical manufacturing. Conventional chemical manufacturing relies on energy-intensive processes. Semiconductor biohybrids, which combine efficient light-harvesting materials and living cells, have emerged as an exciting possibility for those seeking to use solar energy to produce chemicals, say the authors of this new study.

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Canary Media

JANUARY 12, 2024

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. The U.S. energy storage industry has its New Year’s resolution ready to go: double the capacity of batteries connected to the American grid.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

EarthSense Zephyr monitors were employed in the study. A recent project appears to demonstrate how measures introduced by Sandwell Borough Council will improve air quality that could potentially save an estimated £37 million in future NHS costs over the next decade Air quality monitoring expert EarthSense announced the results of the pilot study, which was undertaken in collaboration with Enjoy the Air, an air quality intelligence company; Health Lumen, a disease data modelling specialist; and i

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 12, 2024

The UK government’s most senior climate minister has publicly celebrated a petrol campaigner who wants to “scrap net zero” and claims “man is not responsible for global warming”. In a post from her official X account on Tuesday, Claire Coutinho, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), endorsed the “persistence” of Howard Cox , director of the FairFuelUK lobby group that campaigns against charges on motorists.

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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.

Transportation

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

(From left) Caroline Leigh, Property Director at Westmoreland; Anne Buckingham, Managing Director, SIS, part of SWARCO Smart Charging; and Matt Barney, Business Debelopment Manager, Geo Pura. Cairn Lodge Services in Lanarkshire has opened an electric vehicle (EV) charging facility powered by hydrogen. The launch, on 18 December, marks a first-of-its-kind deployment in the UK: A hydrogen-powered generator connected to EV chargers at a service station.

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FuelCellsWorks

JANUARY 12, 2024

GOTHENBURG, Sweden— Volvo Group is further developing the internal combustion engine with hydrogen as a propulsion technology by initiating PhD scholarships dedicated to hydrogen combustion engine technology. Two PhD students will be.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Stonegate Instruments. Given the stringent health and safety and environmental regulations in place, businesses are looking to system suppliers who know the value – both in terms of safety and efficiency – of early gas detection. At the cutting-edge of these systems is Stonegate Instruments, a leading designer and manufacturer of solutions to reduce refrigerant gas leaks and ensure safety in cold storage and industrial refrige

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Energy Storage News

JANUARY 12, 2024

Gas and geothermal plant developer and operator Calpine Corporation has closed a syndicated financing for what could be one of the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the US.

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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.

Sustainability

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Alert Technology. Alert Technology writes: The award-winning ALERT PRO Connect is the world’s first and only real-time airborne asbestos monitor and alarm. Designed to reduce the risk of prolonged exposure, its patented design represents the biggest technological step change in asbestos safety management for decades.

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Charged

JANUARY 12, 2024

Forget about range anxiety and charging—the real barrier to EV adoption is affordability. The market badly needs a better selection of lower-priced EVs, but they’re mighty slow in coming. Hyundai has several more affordable EVs in the pipeline—the new 2024 Kona Electric is expected to have a starting price under $33,000. The IONIQ 3 is now expected to hit the streets in 2027.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Titan. KOKO Networks in East Africa has created a scalable solution to the dirty fuels problem. The clean ethanol specialist’s distribution model uses bioethanol as an ultra-clean, cheap and safe alternative to the more traditional cooking fuels of charcoal and paraffin. And its solutions incorporate Titan’s NSF-Approved 800 series flowmeters.

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FuelCellsWorks

JANUARY 12, 2024

ADELAIDE, Australia— Amp Energy (“Amp” or the “Company”) announced today a three-month extension to the Strategic Framework Agreement with Iron Road Ltd, as Lead Developer for the Cape Hardy Green.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM). Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM) has engineered a bespoke analytical water quality system, to continuously measure the trade discharge, for the Basingstoke production facility in Hampshire. Effluent quality is proactively managed via site telemetry, which connects to the output signals from each instrument.

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FuelCellsWorks

JANUARY 12, 2024

HDEX and eFrancisco Motor Corporation proudly unveil a transformative alliance that will reshape the hydrogen landscape. MANILLA, PHILIPPINES– HDEX and eFrancisco Motor Corporation proudly unveil a transformative alliance that will reshape the hydrogen landscape.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Katronic. Katronic’s KATflow 150 Advanced clamp-on flowmeter has gained approval through the UK Environment Agency’s MCERTS scheme for measurement of effluent and other wastewater flows in industrial and wastewater company applications after an extensive programme of testing both in the lab and on site.

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FuelCellsWorks

JANUARY 12, 2024

APM Terminals Pipavav has today signed a series of Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) to develop a complete green hydrogen ecosystem and port infrastructure. The first-move advantage of this initiative will.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Euroby. Euroby Ltd is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of waste processing equipment. On 23 September, the Midlands based company entered into a new partnership with Turkish equipment provider Polat Makina. Polat already has a global presence and its new partnership with Euroby grants them access to the UK market for the first time.

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FuelCellsWorks

JANUARY 12, 2024

Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) announced that Texas municipalities will receive $70 million from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Corridor Program to build hydrogen fueling.

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Charged

JANUARY 12, 2024

Battery manufacturing technology provider 24M has unveiled a new battery separator tech called 24M Impervio, which the company says can make EV batteries substantially safer by inhibiting the growth of dendrites (rootlike metal growths that can build up on the anode surface, potentially causing a short-circuit that can lead to a fire). 24M’s Impervio technology foils dendrites in two ways: a proprietary separator technology impedes the growth of dendrites; and the system continuously monitors ea

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TechCrunch: Climate

JANUARY 12, 2024

Hertz said in an SEC filing that it would be selling 20,000 of its EVs and replacing them with fossil fuel-powered vehicles. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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FuelCellsWorks

JANUARY 12, 2024

Paris, France– Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, will be present at the Hyvolution 2024 Exhibition at the Porte de Versailles in Paris to showcase its wide.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 12, 2024

TGIF, Agents of Impact! We’re taking a break Monday for the US holiday. The Brief will be back in your inbox on Tuesday. The post The Week in impact investing: Altered states appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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BloombergNEF

JANUARY 12, 2024

These 10 things to watch are a snapshot of what we think will be some of the most noteworthy developments in 2024. The post EVs and Clean Transport: 10 Things to Watch in 2024 appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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NRDC onEarth

JANUARY 12, 2024

At a workshop convened by India's National Disaster Management Authority, experts discuss actions to strengthen heat preparedness in India.

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Charged

JANUARY 12, 2024

LG Electronics has opened its first factory in the US for assembling EV charging stations. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Fort Worth facility was attended by the city’s mayor and other officials. LG already has a huge distribution center for consumer electronics and home appliances in Fort Worth. The new 100,000-square-foot plant will have an annual capacity of 12,000 units.

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POWER Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2024

The farm-to-table movement has changed the way many people look at food. But these days the agriculture business can be more than just growing and harvesting vegetables and grains. Many […] The post The POWER Interview: Agrivoltaics, and Connecting More Renewable Energy to the Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Charged

JANUARY 12, 2024

As vehicle fleets electrify, they need help with their charging infrastructure, and an ecosystem of companies is developing to meet the demand. The range of offerings is complex and ever-changing—some companies offer one piece of the charging equation (hardware, installation, operations), while others offer turnkey packages that might include not only EVSE, software and services, but even the trucks themselves.

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