It is time to fix injustice in global solar supply chains
GreenBiz
JANUARY 26, 2023
Victims of oppression in Xinjiang pay the price for cheap, coal-intensive solar modules.
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Long-term landmarks needed: Reflections on the Net Zero review
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 26, 2023
The report recommends ending routine oil and gas flaring by 2025, rather than 2030. An independent review of the UK’s current progress and plans in relation to achieving net zero – titled “Mission Zero” – was published on 13 January. Engineering and other stakeholder groups seemed in broad agreement with the report’s conclusions that “there is no future economy but a green economy”, and that it “correctly diagnoses the multitude of barriers holding back local net zero ambition”, as the Blu
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Could just three policy levers trigger a cascade of climate action?
GreenBiz
JANUARY 26, 2023
Researchers find the "super-leverage points" of EVs, plant-based proteins and green ammonia could drive a global net-zero ripple effect.
Smart technology enables odour mitigation at Paris WtE plant
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 26, 2023
Unit installed on a roof opposite the Green Star facility. A waste to energy (WtE) plant in northern Paris, known as the ‘L’étoile Verte’ or ‘Green Star’ waste recovery facility, which was originally built in an industrial area, is now surrounded by residential development. This has presented a number of challenges; not least of which is odour.
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.
Geothermal energy heats up
GreenBiz
JANUARY 26, 2023
Demand, technological innovation and policy signals align to spur forward geothermal energy.
Exhibition explores how peatlands protect the planet
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 26, 2023
A peat-forming wetland area near Hoo Field, Voe on Mainland, Shetland. A new exhibition opening at the University of St Andrews’ Wardlaw Museum explores the importance of peatlands in Scotland and across the world. While peat may conjure up images of whisky and wasteland, For Peatlands’ Sake aims to show how vital the resource is to our planet and to communities around the globe.
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Octopuses throw things at each other for strange reasons
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 26, 2023
Octopuses, which are remarkably intelligent marine creatures, generally avoid contact with other animals and are thought to live solitary lives.
Blink to be exclusive provider of EV charging stations to Mitsubishi’s US dealers
Charged
JANUARY 26, 2023
Bl i nk Charging , a manufacturer and provider of EV charging equipment and services, has reached an exclusive agreement to provide its MQ 200 and IQ 200 Level 2 chargers, as well as DC fast chargers and turnkey installation services, to all 323 Mitsubishi dealerships in the US. According to Blink, the dealerships will have access to its newly rebuilt, cloud-based Blink Network, which allows hosts to easily onboard and connect its chargers.
2023 is the year to buy an electric vehicle
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 26, 2023
Despite low sales due to supply shortages and soaring vehicle prices in 2022, electric vehicle production is set to greatly expand in 2023. The U.S. government is aiming to phase out gas-powered cars and trucks within the next couple of decades, an ambitious, but necessary goal to curb climate change. In order to do that, new laws, including the Inflation Reduction Act, incentivize companies to produce EVs and all their components in the U.S.
Alexander Dennis to provide 50 additional electric buses to Greater Manchester
Charged
JANUARY 26, 2023
British bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis , a subsidiary of NFI Group, has received an order from Transport for Greater Manchester for an additional 50 zero-emission double-deck buses, doubling the agency’s initial order. The Manchester bus fleet, which has been franchised to Go-Ahead Group and dubbed Bee Network, will now include 100 NFI vehicles.
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.
EV Charging Station Market Statistics 2022 to 2030
altenergymag
JANUARY 26, 2023
The global EV charging station market was stood at 896.0 thousand units in 2018, and is projected to reach 74,369.9 thousand units by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 28.7% from 2022 to 2030.
Argonne National Lab: Lithium-sulfur batteries are one step closer to realization
Charged
JANUARY 26, 2023
Scientists at the DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory are researching solutions to the drawbacks of lithium-ion batteries by testing alternate materials such as sulfur. Sulfur, says Argonne, is highly cost-effective, and lithium-sulfur batteries can hold more energy than ion-based ones. In a recent study, researchers created a layer in the battery that increases energy storage capacity while nearly eliminating the issue known as shuttling: polysulfides dissolving in the electrolyte and causi
Solarplaza Summit Poland 2023
altenergymag
JANUARY 26, 2023
The rapid growth of the Polish solar PV market has been one of Europe's biggest recent surprises. Its attractive auction scheme is expected to last until 2026 and is already forecasted to boost the market past 20 GW of green energy by 2025. However, it is also one of the most complex policy schemes of Europe, weighed down by heavy permitting and a full grid.
EVCS to open up its charging network through Hubject’s platform
Charged
JANUARY 26, 2023
EVCS , an EV fast charging network operator, will add its charging network to Hubject’s intercharge platform. With almost 700 AC Level 2 and DC fast chargers, EVCS offers drivers a network of chargers across California, Oregon and Washington. Hubject ’s eroaming platform allows drivers to use public chargers from various networks with no need for separate apps or cards—it’s analogous to the systems that allow cell phone users to roam among different networks.
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.
What energy data is of most interest and why?
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 26, 2023
More and higher resolution data on Britain’s energy system is the demand of users of National Grid Electricity Distribution’s ‘presumed open’ datasets. In a review of the use of the data from the utility’s Connected Data Portal, the Energy Systems Catapult has found the most common data downloads were on distribution demand, network assets and low carbon technology or generators connected to the distribution network.
Paris’ Vision for a ’15-Minute City’ Sparks a Global Movement
The City Fix
JANUARY 26, 2023
Until just a few years ago, the right riverbank of the Seine in Paris was an urban highway used by over 40,000 vehicles every day. Despite being named a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the road was either heavily gridlocked during rush.
Endesa secures further €250m for smart grid in Spain
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 26, 2023
Spanish utility Endesa has secured a second round of ‘sustainable’ finance from the European Investment Bank to complete the €500 million (US$545 million) smart grid funding for Spain. The loan will support investments by Endesa’s network subsidiary e-distribución in the modernisation and expansion of Spain’s distribution networks with smart technologies to increase the security and quality of supply during the period to 2024.
The Beacon Design Collective: Graphic Design With Sustainability and Social Justice In Mind
Green Business Bureau
JANUARY 26, 2023
A sustainable graphic design business with a higher purpose The Beacon Design Collective Inc. is saving the world with graphic design one project at a time. This boutique sustainable design studio creates graphic design and motion graphics for the social justice and sustainability sectors. Or, in more marketing terms, the business develops visual solutions to create buy-in, build trust and increase engagement for their clients.
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?
Invest Appalachia secures $19 million to bridge investment gaps in Appalachia
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 26, 2023
ImpactAlpha, January 26 — Central Appalachia’s forests and ecosystems are some of the most biodiverse in the world, and its mountains among the. The post Invest Appalachia secures $19 million to bridge investment gaps in Appalachia appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Do we have enough lithium?
Renew Economy
JANUARY 26, 2023
Lithium analyst Rodney Hooper on supply and demand for key battery metal. Plus: Solar has killed coal, but can it kill gas? The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Do we have enough lithium? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Perceptual Robotics announces first close round of funding with investment from Brookstreet
altenergymag
JANUARY 26, 2023
Perceptual Robotics has announced the first close of the newest funding round led by investment from Brookstreet Equity Partners LLP ("Brookstreet").
Forrest plans multi-billion dollar battery business, hopes to land five big green energy deals
Renew Economy
JANUARY 26, 2023
Andrew Forrest says "world leading" WAE could turn into a multi-billion dollar battery technology business, expects to seal five big green energy deals this year. The post Forrest plans multi-billion dollar battery business, hopes to land five big green energy deals appeared first on RenewEconomy.
ESFI Partners with NEMA’s Solar PV Council to Promote Solar PV Connector Safety
altenergymag
JANUARY 26, 2023
Untrained workers installing photovoltaics (PV) can lead to issues, so it’s imperative to train your employees about solar PV connector safety.
Wind turbine catches fire in one of Australia’s oldest wind projects
Renew Economy
JANUARY 26, 2023
A wind turbine caught fire at one of the country's oldest wind projects, not for the first time. The post Wind turbine catches fire in one of Australia’s oldest wind projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The Solar Project Recovery Plan How to plan for challenges to minimize solar project delays and save money.
Solar Power World
JANUARY 26, 2023
By Dr. René Morkos, CEO, ALICE Technologies Over the past year, the U.S. solar industry has experienced significant delays to construction efforts, inhibiting the industry’s ability to meet current goals for adoption of renewable and sustainable energies. Lingering effects of pandemic-related disruptions, new tariffs on products imported from Asia and laws addressing forced-labor concerns in… The post The Solar Project Recovery Plan <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weig
“We could do better:” Green hydrogen leader pulls Plug on Forrest’s electrolyser factory
Renew Economy
JANUARY 26, 2023
US-based green hydrogen leader pulls Plug on joint venture with Andrew Forrest, saying the economics did not make the project worthwhile. The post “We could do better:” Green hydrogen leader pulls Plug on Forrest’s electrolyser factory appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Net Zero Salons: L'Oréal debuts new initiative to trim hairdresser emissions
Business Green
JANUARY 26, 2023
Beauty firm partners with Net Zero Now to provide hair salons across the UK with advice on how to reduce their carbon emissions and energy bills Your next blow dry could be renewables-powered thanks to a major new initiative from L'Oreal, which aims to help thousands of UK hair salons develop effective emission reduction strategies. The global beauty brand today announced it has partnered with consultancy Net Zero Now to develop the Net Zero Salons Programme, offering hair salons across the coun
NSW shortlists 4.3GW of wind, solar and storage projects in first renewables auction
Renew Economy
JANUARY 26, 2023
NSW shortlists 4.3GW of wind, solar and storage projects in first auction in its plan to replace coal with renewables. The post NSW shortlists 4.3GW of wind, solar and storage projects in first renewables auction appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Dishing the dirt: Tesco teams up with veg farmers for low carbon fertiliser rollout
Business Green
JANUARY 26, 2023
Supermarket giant to test raft of low carbon fertilisers across thousands of hectares of UK farmland in bid to cut supply chain costs and emissions Tesco is teaming up with five of its largest vegetable suppliers to launch the UK's "biggest ever" commercial rollout of low carbon fertilisers, in a move the supermarket claims will boost food security and slash emissions across its supply chain, and all at no extra cost for its farmers.
Gas prices boost Origin’s profit, as “green” takeover bidder seeks partners
Renew Economy
JANUARY 26, 2023
Origin releases dramatically higher earnings guidance amid speculation over the commitment of suitors Brookfield and EIG. The post Gas prices boost Origin’s profit, as “green” takeover bidder seeks partners appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Voluntary carbon markets face a reckoning over credit quality and environmental impact
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 26, 2023
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 25 – Are carbon markets a key pillar of climate finance, or an empty exercise in double-counting and greenwashing? After soaring. The post Voluntary carbon markets face a reckoning over credit quality and environmental impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Balance Power debuts Net Zero Power brand
Business Green
JANUARY 26, 2023
Clean energy developer launches new service targeted at business customers looking to curb emissions and energy costs Clean energy infrastructure developer Balance Power has today launched a new brand designed to help businesses tackle record-breaking energy costs and accelerate their decarbonisation efforts. The developer of solar, energy storage, and flexible grid projects said its new Net Zero Power division would work directly with businesses customers to help them access clean energy techno
Fukushima Tritium Releases
Energy Central
JANUARY 26, 2023
AAAS: "Despite opposition, Japan may soon dump Fukushima wastewater into the Pacific" Japanese government planning to release 1.3 million tons of radioactive water from the now-defunct Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant disaster. Releases could begin this spring or summer, but broad opposition swelling from 'Japan’s fishing industry and consumers, countries throughout.
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