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Germany can go without Russian gas by 2024, thanks to renewables, hydrogen, efficiency

Renew Economy

Germany says renewables, green hydrogen and energy efficiency key to cutting imports of Russian coal, gas and oil. "We don’t have to let ourselves be blackmailed.". The post Germany can go without Russian gas by 2024, thanks to renewables, hydrogen, efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Scottish Widows tightens investment restrictions on coal and tar sands

Business Green

Pension provider unveils fresh divestment moves worth a total of £1.5bn. Scottish Widows has tightened its fossil fuel investment policies to reduce its exposure to firms invested in thermal coal and tar sands as part of package of divestments worth £1.5bn, the pension giant announced today. The company, which manages around £190bn of savings and investments for over six million UK customers, revealed a host of updates to its exclusions policies on fossil fuels and tobacco.

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Epuron bumps NSW wind farm up to 600MW in dam land deal

Renew Economy

Plans for a 400MW wind farm in NSW central west have been jacked up to 600MW-plus after WaterNSW opted in on the project. The post Epuron bumps NSW wind farm up to 600MW in dam land deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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West Midlands to run 'largest hydrogen bus fleet' due to new funding

Energy Central

The region was "already leading the way", it said, with 20 hydrogen double decker buses, bought by Birmingham City Council and operated by National Express West Midlands. It means the region will have 144 hydrogen buses on the streets, "the largest fleet in the western world," it added Join hundreds of stakeholders: Hydrogen Transport.

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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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ERF changes means taxpayers will have to fork out to meet even modest emissions targets

Renew Economy

ERF changes mean government could be up to 112 million tonnes of CO2-e behind on its emissions reduction task, facing further financial and climate risk. The post ERF changes means taxpayers will have to fork out to meet even modest emissions targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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From 2023, India to start building nuclear power plants in 'fleet mode'

Energy Central

Here is some potentially good news on the nuclear front. could contribute to some decent growth in WW nuclear generation post 2030. As usual with nuclear the positive news come with some negative points. 1) These reactors were approved in 2017 yet construction won't start till 2023. The Centre had approved construction of 10 indigenously developed pressurised heavy water.

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Hume Hydrogen Highway

Energy Central

The Victorian and New South Wales Governments are investing $10 million each in grant funding to co-deliver the Hume Hydrogen Highway (HHH) program.

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Forging new partnerships to bolster climate resilience

Business Green

New public-private partnerships driven by engineering, insurance, and finance sectors are needed to rapidly devise and deliver real climate adaptation and resilience, writes Atkins' Philip Hoare. International commitments to limit global warming have resulted in a wealth of targets and pledges, yet spending has not kept pace with ambition, and finance for adaptation measures makes up just 20 per cent of climate finance overall.

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Adjusting the US Electrical Grid for 100% Electric Cars

Energy Central

The DOE has information about adjusting the energy grid for mass EV adoption. The problem is the DOE assumes it will take until 2050 when mass EV adoption will occur 2025-2030. Natural gas electricity generation is relatively easily scaled to handle a sharp increase in demand. More solar and nuclear power can be added to.

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Climate, business, and energy experts to helm new BSI net zero standards body

Business Green

Net Zero Strategic Advisory Group led by standards body BSI announces Climate Change Committee CEO Chris Stark and former MP Laura Sandys among founding members. Climate Change Committee CEO Chris Stark, former Conservative MP Laura Sandys, and a clutch of experts from across the energy and business community have been confirmed as founding members of a new net zero standards advisory body convened by the British Standards Institute (BSI).

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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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U.S. Department of the Interior - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Wind Energy Lease Sale Offshore the Carolinas

Global Renewable News

The Department of the Interior announced today.

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Six super typhoons a year is the Philippines’ 'new normal': activists

Eco-Business

With the Philippine weather bureau’s new definition of a “super typhoon”, the country has experienced seven times more of the strongest kind of cyclones than previously thought in recent years, said Greenpeace.

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Hydro-Québec - Hydro-Québec's Strategic Plan 2022-2026: For an Efficient Energy TransitionHydro-Québec's Strategic Plan 2022-2026: For an Efficient Energy Transition

Global Renewable News

Against the backdrop of the colossal task of.

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Can regenerative agriculture transform palm oil?

Eco-Business

Mixing other crops into palm oil plantations can improve soil health, fix carbon and open up new revenue streams for farmers.

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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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BC Hydro - BC Hydro's electric vehicle fast charging sites operational in Houston, Fraser Lake and New Hazelton

Global Renewable News

BC Hydro has added new electric vehicle fast.

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Are You Really Being ‘Gouged’ At The Pump?

R-Squared Energy

I have gotten a lot of questions recently about when we may see some relief at the gasoline pump. Complaints have grown in recent days, because oil prices tumbled after spiking, yet gasoline prices didn’t follow. Thus, the conclusion many have drawn is that they are being gouged at the pump. There are several misconceptions involved in this reasoning.

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Consumer Energy Alliance - First Offshore Wind Lease off Carolinas Comes Just in Time to Avoid 10-Year Moratorium

Global Renewable News

Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the leading.

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20% of New Cars in Europe Have a Plug!

CleanTechnica

Despite declining growth rates, the European passenger plugin vehicle market is still in the fast lane. Some 160,000 plugin vehicles were registered in February — which is +38% year over year (YoY). This performance is especially impressive when we consider that the overall auto market continued to fall — down 7% last month, with the […].

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Australian Renewable Energy Agency - Testing grid forming capabilities with AGL's Broken Hill Battery

Global Renewable News

On behalf of the Australian Government, the.

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New Ford Patent Shows Its Interest In Hydrogen

CleanTechnica

Ford Motor Company recently filed a patent for a combustion engine that will run on hydrogen, Motor1 reports. The patent isn’t like your normal hydrogen-powered vehicle which uses a propulsion system that converts energy stored as hydrogen to electricity via a fuel cell. The patent Ford filed is for a turbocharged combustion engine that runs […].

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RenewableUK - Offshore wind pipeline surges to 86 gigawatts, boosting UK's energy independence

Global Renewable News

New research published today (March 22) by.

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Sequel: Judge Approves SEC $40 Million Distribution Of Tesla Funds

CleanTechnica

Did the SEC really do Tesla stockholders any favor by investing the $40 million fine in low-interest funds?

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Independent Electricity System Operator - Ontario Communities and Businesses Investing in Innovative Energy Efficiency Projects

Global Renewable News

With electricity consumption projected to.

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Shocking Poll: Tesla Owners Want Tesla To Have A Presence In Connecticut

CleanTechnica

The Hartford Business Journal recently held a poll asking whether or not Tesla and other car companies should be allowed to sell directly to consumers in Connecticut. This is important because recently the town of East Hartford ruled in favor of local auto dealerships, which don’t want Tesla, Rivian, or other automakers that sell directly […].

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Altus Power - CBRE Investment Management and Altus Power to Bring Additional Community Solar Projects to Maryland

Global Renewable News

CBRE Investment Management ("CBRE IM"), a.

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Iceberg C-38 Has Calved as the Conger Ice Shelf Broke Free in the Wilkes Land Region

CleanTechnica

The U.S. National Ice Center (USNIC) has confirmed that iceberg C-38 (Figure 1, below) has calved from the Conger Ice Shelf in the Wilkes Land Region of Antarctica. As of March 17, C-38 was centered at 65° 40′ South and 102° 46′ East and measured 16 nautical miles on its longest axis and 10 nautical […].

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European Commission - The EU and Japan underline close cooperation on energy issues

Global Renewable News

The EU and Japan are committed to work.

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Pivotal Battery Discovery Could Impact Transportation & the Grid: Overcoming Performance Decline

CleanTechnica

Researchers uncover new avenue for overcoming the performance decline that occurs with repeated charge-discharge cycling in the cathodes of next generation batteries. Battery-powered vehicles have made a significant dent in the transportation market. But that market still needs lower cost batteries that can power vehicles for greater ranges. Also desirable are low-cost batteries able to store on […].

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SaskPower - SaskPower Selects Company to Build Saskatchewan's First Battery Energy Storage System

Global Renewable News

On Power of Longueil, Quebec has been.

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Tesla Issues An OTA “Recall” For 947 Vehicles

CleanTechnica

Tesla has issued an over-the-air (OTA) update “recall” for 947 vehicles in the US, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reports. The update will solve the possible problem of the rearview image not immediately displaying when the vehicle begins to reverse. Tesla informed the NHTSA that the “recall” covers some of its 2018–2019 Model […].

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EntNext Hydrogen Corporation - Next Hydrogen Announces Agreement Signed With Major Hydrogen Ecosystem Partners to Propose a US Northeast Hydrogen Hub

Global Renewable News

Highlights Partners Will Develop.

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Duration Of Utility-Scale Batteries Depends On How They’re Used

CleanTechnica

At the end of 2021, the United States had 4,605 megawatts (MW) of operational utility-scale battery storage power capacity, according to our latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Power capacity refers to the greatest amount of energy a battery can discharge in a given moment. Batteries used for grid services have relatively short average durations.

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SolarPower Europe - SolarPower Europe calls on European Leaders for a coordinated EU response to energy prices and decisive renewable ambition

Global Renewable News

Ahead of this week's summit of.

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EVs Good, or EVs Bad? Auto Execs (& Politicians) Can’t Seem to Make Up Their Minds.

CleanTechnica

Isn’t it great to hear auto execs talk about electric vehicles these days? It’s so encouraging to hear how their companies are “all in” on the EV revolution, and how much it will benefit our grandchildren. Why, just last week, here’s what Audi CEO Markus Duesmann had to say: “E-mobility is by far the most efficient […].