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Stahlin Enclosures Introduces SolarShield HMI covers

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New, patent-pending Stahlin SolarShield HMI Covers offer the most innovative, durable, non-metallic HMI Covers for use with all enclosure material types.

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World’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm starts to produce power

Renew Economy

The world’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm, located off the coast of the Netherlands, has begun generating electricity. The post World’s first subsidy-free offshore wind farm starts to produce power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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All 50 states, DC and Puerto Rico have submitted plans for national EV charging network

Charged

The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) requires each state and territory to submit an EV Infrastructure Deployment Plan (EVIDP) in order to qualify for its share of the first round of the $5 billion of infrastructure formula funding (IFF) that will be made available over 5 years.

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Carbon tax on wheels? The overwhelming case for Australia to go electric

Renew Economy

Australia is paying a high price - in terms of fuel bills, health impact and energy security - because of the scare campaigns against fuel efficiency standards. The post Carbon tax on wheels? The overwhelming case for Australia to go electric appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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EV sales hit new record in Q2, as legacy vehicles struggle

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The legacy auto industry is crying the blues—US new-vehicle sales in the second quarter were up only a tiny bit from the previous quarter, and down over 20% from Q2 2021. However, the new auto industry is doing very well, thank you. Kelley Blue Book tells us (via Cox Auto ) that sales of pure EVs soared to 196,788, a record high and a 13% increase from Q1.

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“Significant milestone” in quest for safer, greener, cheaper polymer battery alternative

Renew Economy

A new breakthrough in research on polymer electrolyte chemistries that can be used with metals more abundant and less expensive than lithium. The post “Significant milestone” in quest for safer, greener, cheaper polymer battery alternative appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Green hydrogen has a leakage problem that may cancel out some of its climate gains

Renew Economy

Hydrogen has emerged as the great white (or green) hope of the clean energy transition due to its potential use in decarbonising hard-to-abate industries like shipping, steel production, and even transport. These sectors are tricky to electrify. Cargo ships for example, can’t necessarily recharge battery supply in the middle of the ocean, and cutting emissions […].

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Stellantis enters joint ventures for manufacturing in France

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Stellantis has invested in two joint ventures for manufacturing in the Lorraine region of France. The company says it has “deployed a vertical integration strategy designed to increase control of the global electrification value chain.”. Emotors, a 50/50 joint venture with French motor manufacturer Nidec Leroy-Somer, will start production this year.

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Graph of the Day: Kidston leads again as best performing solar asset in Australia

Renew Economy

Kidston solar farm tops the ranking of best performing Australian solar farms for the fourth month in a row. The post Graph of the Day: Kidston leads again as best performing solar asset in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Cure or curse: Can 'next-generation' biofuels turbocharge the net zero transition?

Business Green

Can next generation biofuels win over their detractors and confirm their position as a critical commodity in the net zero transition? Wood Mackenzie's top biofuels experts offer their take. Biofuels are inherently controversial. In recent years, leading green groups have branded the 21st century drive to ramp up the use of biofuels in transport - set in motion by late 2000s-era EU and US renewable fuels targets - as a " fiasco ", a " scandal " and " Europe's dumbest climate policy ".

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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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Indo-Pacific can be major hub for global renewable energy supply chain

Renew Economy

The needle is moving in the Indo-Pacific region towards collaboration, multi-lateral support and action that can provide multiple pathways to decarbonisation. The post Indo-Pacific can be major hub for global renewable energy supply chain appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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It is time to get our house in order while the sun is shining

Business Green

The UK's next PM must work closely with local councils to deliver a long-term energy efficiency plan that can reduce soaring household energy bills, argues Chris Skidmore MP. There is no better time to get our house in order. And, no, I'm not talking about the Conservative Party leadership election — this time. Instead, I'm talking about making hay while the sun shines and ensuring, as we face another energy price cap rise in October, that insulating our homes is a top priority before a ho

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The Driven Podcast: Electric buses and range anxiety

Renew Economy

Greg Balkins from Transit Systems was not sure what to expect when the first electric buses rolled out on Sydney routes. It turns out he needn’t have worried - they have performed far better than expected, and the passengers, drivers and mechanics love them. The post The Driven Podcast: Electric buses and range anxiety appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Community Forests: Government announces £44m boost for tree-planting ambitions

Business Green

Latest wave of awards from Nature for Climate Fund aims to help expand community forests across the UK. The government announced a major boost to its plans to significantly expand the UK's forest cover late last week, confirming that £44.2m has been awarded to projects that are set to deliver around 2,300 hectares of new trees - equivalent to around 3,220 football pitches.

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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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Bechtel - Bechtel wins work on Australian pumped hydro facility to power more than a quarter of a million homes

Global Renewable News

BE Power and GE Renewable Energy have selected.

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'Accelerate now': Why calls for green skills training are getting louder

Business Green

The UK could face a 41-000-strong green energy workforce shortfall by 2030, according to a new report from PwC. PwC has become the latest influential voice to raise the alarm over a looming skills shortage that could significantly hamper the pace of the UK's clean energy transition, in a report this morning which warns current green skills and workforce planning from businesses and government alike is falling drastically short.

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Federation of Canadian Municipalities - New investment in a geothermal district energy project in Whitby

Global Renewable News

Across the country, Canadians are feeling the.

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Climate forensics is fast and accurate. Now what?

Eco-Business

Knowing the precise cause of weather disasters is a better way to explain worsening floods, droughts and heatwaves than than simply blaming climate change, experts say. Such data feeds into a heated debate on who is liable for the risks.

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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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CIT Group Inc. - CIT Serves as Sole Lead Arranger of Financing for Swell Energy's Commercial Behind-The-Meter Energy Storage Projects

Global Renewable News

CIT, a division of First Citizens Bank, today.

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Singapore a major contributor to air and water pollution via marine fuel sales: study

Eco-Business

Singapore tops the world in marine fuel sales, but this comes at a heavy environmental and public health cost, says a new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation.

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Windsor - City turning 12 facilities green by shifting to to renewable energy consumption

Global Renewable News

Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens, Ward 5 Councillor.

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Communications in a climate crisis: why Asian PR firm Vero cut ties with fossil fuel firms

Eco-Business

Bangkok-based PR agency Vero says there's no excuse for working for fossil fuel brands — even those pivoting to clean energy. "We're in a crisis. There is no time for a journey," says Vero CEO Brian Griffin.

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Federation of Canadian Municipalities - Canada and FCM deliver investments in net zero energy buildings in Toronto

Global Renewable News

Across the country, Canadians are feeling the.

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Heavy toll of development frenzy on Karachi coast

Eco-Business

In the rush to build some of Pakistan’s most expensive real estate, an investigation reveals that ecosystems and livelihoods are being demolished, and the risk of disaster being heightened.

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Xcel Energy, Inc. - Xcel Energy announces transportation vision to power all vehicles with carbon-free energy by 2050 New 2050 vision expands ambitious 2030 goals supporting clean, affordable transportation

Global Renewable News

Xcel Energy today (Aug 2) announced a new.

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6 Severe Weather Events Increasing Due To Climate Change

The Environmental Blog

Climate change cycle as a dried or dry cracked land suffering from drought turning into rich moist organic earth with a growing young plant as a composite. Today, severe weather events are becoming a part of the so-called ‘new normal.’ Natural weather phenomena that were previously rare circumstances are now more ordinary. So, what may have caused these to occur?

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Eco Wave Power Global - Eco Wave Power Expects a Boost to its U.S. Market Penetration Efforts in Line With the $369 Billion Renewable Energy Bill Initiative by the U.S. Government

Global Renewable News

Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (Nasdaq.

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“Unprecedented:” US Senate passes landmark bill to tax billionaires to fund clean energy

Renew Economy

The US Senate has passed a landmark climate bill - the biggest in its history, although a fraction of what Joe Biden wanted to do. The post “Unprecedented:” US Senate passes landmark bill to tax billionaires to fund clean energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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SUN DAY Campaign - Three New EIA Reports All Underscore the Continued, Rapid Growth of Renewables, Led by Solar and Wind

Global Renewable News

According to an analysis by the SUN DAY.

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Thousand-Year Floods & the Ford Lightning Come to Kentucky

CleanTechnica

I feel like I've seen this before. Am I a thousand!?

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Hull Street Energy - Hull Street Energy Announces Strategic Commitment to Energy Storage Platform

Global Renewable News

Hull Street Energy ("HSE") has made a.

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Our Water Heaters Could Help Save the Wilderness

CleanTechnica

These solutions - renewable energy, heat pumps, electric vehicles and other electric solutions - are capable of eliminating the majority of global carbon emissions. Whenever a furnace or water heater or gas burning car is replaced with a clean electric alternative, it builds a piece of our new clean energy system and helps slow devastating climate impacts.

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Dominion Energy - Dominion Energy Receives Approval from Virginia State Corporation Commission for Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Project

Global Renewable News

Highlights Up to $6 billion in fuel.

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