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World is heading for 2.4°C to 2.8°C warming: State of the climate ahead of Cop27

Renew Economy

Emissions are still rising, pledges to 2030 put the world on track for 2.5C of warming but fossil fuel demand is nearing its peak. The post World is heading for 2.4°C to 2.8°C warming: State of the climate ahead of Cop27 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Technology Trending – Web3 storage for C offsets, battery development with robots, energy efficient next-gen devices

Smart Energy International

Web3 data storage for environmental attributes, the power of robots to speed up battery development and ultrathin materials to power next generation electronics devices are in the week’s technology radar. Web3 data storage solution for carbon offsets. Filecoin Green, Protocol Labs’ initiative to decarbonise the open-source, public cryptocurrency and digital payment Filecoin Network, has launched CO2.Storage, a Web3 decentralised data storage solution aimed to enable transparency for comprehensiv

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“Way off-track:” Fossil fuels killing millions, threatening future, says Lancet report

Renew Economy

Another new study has again highlighted the damage to health from the world’s continued dependence on fossil fuels and its impact on the global climate. The seventh annual global report of the Countdown on Health and Climate Change, published in The Lancet, highlights a number of crises, ranging from food insecurity, infectious diseases, heat-related disease, […].

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Control Valves Market Size to Hit Around USD 20.7 BN by 2030

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The market is driven by rising demand from end use industries such as water & wastewater treatment, oil & gas, and energy & power industry. Additionally, increasing adoption of industrial automation is boosting the use of smart control valves, which is further expected to boost the market growth over the forecast period.

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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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Renewables well ahead of coal and nuclear in US, as they chase down fossil gas

Renew Economy

Renewables continue rapid growth in US grid, now well ahead of coal and nuclear and chasing down fossil gas. The post Renewables well ahead of coal and nuclear in US, as they chase down fossil gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Report: UK carbon regulator needed to combat 'inconsistent' industrial CO2 reporting

Business Green

Heavy industry requires simplified and consistent carbon measuring methodologies if UK is to reach net zero, warns Energy Systems Catapult. The UK should establish a 'carbon regulator' alongside simplified and stronger greenhouse gas measuring and reporting methodologies in order to help decarbonise the country's heavy industries in line with statutory net zero targets, according to the Energy Systems Catapult.

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100 miles in five minutes: 'UK's fastest' charger installed at Essex electric forecourt

Business Green

Gridserve claims new charger installed at its pioneering electric forecourt in Braintree is the fastest in the UK. Gridserve has announced the installation of a electric vehicle (EV) charger at its charging state in Kent that it claims is the fastest the UK. The charging network operator said the 360kW charger, built by ABB, was capable of adding approximately 100 miles of range of a typical EV in less than five minutes.

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WA takes next big step towards Made-in-WA turbine industry ahead of wind energy boom

Renew Economy

State government commissions a full feasibility study to find out what it will take to start building wind turbines in WA. The post WA takes next big step towards Made-in-WA turbine industry ahead of wind energy boom appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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10 Tips for Better T-shirt Design Results

U.S. Green Technology

Everyone loves a great t-shirt. But what makes a t-shirt even more impressive is when you custom print your own design. While you can always rush out to the store and buy your own t-shirts, there are custom print stores online like Vistaprint that allow you to design and print your own t-shirts.This way you. The post 10 Tips for Better T-shirt Design Results appeared first on U.S.

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State and federal support key to Australia becoming a critical minerals super power

Renew Economy

Australian public financial capital initiatives will pay a fundamental role in accelerating the development of critical mineral supply chain value-adding projects. The post State and federal support key to Australia becoming a critical minerals super power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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The case for using climate finance to create carbon markets

Business Green

Funding for carbon markets should become natural part of the climate finance toolkit, argues EBRD's Gerrit Held. As the momentum to curb global warming gathers pace, carbon markets are becoming increasingly fundamental to scaling up and accelerating the green transition. Carbon pricing enables cost efficient capital allocation, drives systemic change, generates additional revenue streams over and above limited public funds, and offers countries the ability to meet their climate targets more flex

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Criterion Energy Partners - Criterion Energy Partners Announces Industry Advisory Group, Prepares for Texas Geothermal Demonstration

Global Renewable News

CRITERION ENERGY PARTNERS, INC. today (Oct 25).

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UN: Investment in battling climate change at risk of decline

Business Green

UN Conference on Trade and Development fears that slowdown in foreign investment could impact flows of climate-related finance. Investment in projects that tackle climate change is expected to decline in 2022 as global foreign direct investment flows drop, according to a report published by the UN Conference on Trade and Development. Between January and September this year climate change mitigation and adaptation sectors had seven per cent and 12 per cent fewer new projects announced, respective

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Tenaris - Tenaris brings innovative solutions to Tiwi and Malinao geothermal steam field facilities in the Philippines

Global Renewable News

The Philippine Geothermal Production Company,

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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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Newcastle International Airport breaks ground on 16MW solar project

Business Green

Airport says solar farm is a critical part of its decarbonisation drive. Newcastle International Airport has announced that construction has started on a solar farm that will power its airport terminal operations. In an announcement on Friday, the airport said the start of the project was a "major milestone" in its ambitious strategy to become a "net zero" emission airport by 2035.

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PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy - PGE and ORMAT Collaborate to Develop Binary Technology

Global Renewable News

PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE), part of.

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'Green hush': Are fears of getting called out for greenwashing hurting firms' climate ambitions?

Eco-Business

Image-conscious companies have stopped promoting their green credentials for fear of being criticised for greenwashing. Eco-Business asked companies how the potential of such allegations affect their sustainability ambitions.

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Alberta Energy Regulator - Into the Heat: Geothermal Resource DevelopmentHow geothermal resources are developed, used, and regulated and the role Albertans had in developing Directive 089

Global Renewable News

Outside, air temperatures are cooling down,

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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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Highlands Philippine coffee farmers traded slash-and-burn for agroforestry

Eco-Business

To protect its water resources in the mountains of Dauin, geothermal producer EDC helped slash-and-burn farmers transition to a sustainable farming model that is profitable and environmentally friendly.

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Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind, LLC - Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project 1 Selects Ramboll to Design Turbine Foundations

Global Renewable News

Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project 1, LLC.

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Shaping the future of sustainable business

Eco-Business

The Sustainable Energy Solutions 2022 Forum convened thought leaders to discuss the future of mobility, district and residential cooling, energy services and more.

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SAFE Cities - Governments across the US and Canada moving off methane gasMore large and small cities, places with cold climates, and US states join the movement for all-electric buildings

Global Renewable News

Over the past six months, more than 30 local.

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Foodpanda sustainability head Laura Kantor joins abillion

Eco-Business

Laura Kantor, head of marketing and sustainability for food delivery brand Foodpanda in Singapore, has joined abillion, an app for discovering vegetarian eateries.

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PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy - PGE Wins 3 Dharma Karya Muda Awards from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources

Global Renewable News

PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) won 3.

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EDPR Sunseap acquires Robin Pho's Right People Renewable Energy

Eco-Business

Pho has sold a family business that pivoted to clean energy in 2018. Post-merger, he will be the Indonesia country head for EDPR Sunseap.

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WindEurope - New wind turbine orders stalling; European renewables targets at risk

Global Renewable News

Wind turbine orders in Q3 2022 fell by 36%.

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EU Cities Can Offer New Opportunities For Prosumers Of Renewable Energy

CleanTechnica

In a briefing published a few days ago by the European Environment Agency (EEA), it was promoted that European cities can assist in Europe’s shift to a low-carbon future by utilizing urban centers to facilitate urban prosumption. This would offer opportunities for citizens to produce renewable energy as prosumers and accelerate the shift to a […].

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International Renewable Energy Agency - We face an abyss of irreversible climate consequences, says IRENA DG

Global Renewable News

The International Renewable Energy Agency.

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GM Suspends Advertising On Twitter — At Least Temporarily

CleanTechnica

Automakers are lining up in explicit disapproval of Musk's new ownership philosophy where "free speech" reigns supreme, and they aren't the only ones.

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Enviva - Enviva Applauds 550 Scientists for Public Letter Highlighting the Importance of Woody Biomass and Smart Forest Management

Global Renewable News

Enviva Inc. (NYSE: EVA) ("Enviva"), the.

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USA’s 1st Vehicle-To-Grid Export Rate For Commercial Electric Vehicles

CleanTechnica

A groundbreaking settlement agreement between Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and the Vehicle-Grid Integration Council (VGIC), Electrify America LLC, and the Public Advocates Office at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The settlement approves the establishment of the nation’s first “vehicle-to-grid” (V2G) export compensation mechanism for commercial electric vehicle (EV) charging customers in its […].

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Eavor - Eavor is proud to announce that Yuta Kano joining our board of directors

Global Renewable News

Yuta Kano of Chubu Electric Power Co.

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Energy Vault - Energy Vault Issued Notice of Award From Meadow Creek Solar Farm for a 250MW/500MWh Grid-connected Battery in Victoria, AustraliaAEMO Advanced Grid Studies for 500MWh Energy Vault BESS Solution kicks off in Australia

Global Renewable News

First BESS award for short duration.

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