How big is the EV opportunity?
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
By 2050, electrification across all sectors of the U.S. economy could increase electricity consumption by as much as 38 percent.
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Comment: “Green ammonia is going to be the fossil-free ‘crude’ of the hydrogen fuel economy”
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Collin Hamilton, COO and Chief Engineer at Verano Energy, one of the largest renewables independent power producers (IPP) in Latin America, shares his vision of the key role that ammonia is going to play in “the green hydrogen revolution” The US-born engineer’s firm is developing over 30GW of hydrogen projects in Chile and Peru. Hydrogen has the potential to decarbonize a wide range of heavy industries including energy, chemicals, steel and cement, which means demand is going t
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Vattenfall and electric bike firm Cake team on 'fossil-free' motorcycle
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
New 'fossil-free' bike will save around 1.2 metric tons of CO2 in the construction process, showcasing the latest in zero carbon production techniques.
EV Charging Infrastructure Market Size to Expand Around USD 217.47 Billion by 2030
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
According to Latest Report Study, the global electric vehicle charging infrastructure market size is predicted to expand around USD 217.47 billion by 2030 with a CAGR of 34.49% from 2022 and 2030.
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.
Episode 331: Britain's new PM, confronting eco-anxiety
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
In this week's episode, GreenBiz vice president and senior analyst Dylan Siegler co-hosts, and we chat with BusinessGreen editor-in-chief James Murray and climate psychologist Renee Lertzman.
GreenPower’s new West Virginia factory could produce 600 electric school buses per year
Charged
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
GreenPower Motor Company , a manufacturer of electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, has cut the ribbon at its new South Charleston, West Virginia manufacturing facility. The facility, which is home to the company’s electric school bus manufacturing operations east of the Mississippi River, has been expanded by an additional 80,000 square feet. It is expected to begin operations in September, and by next year it will have a production capacity of up to 150 electric school buses per quarter.
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Stora Enso and Northvolt partner to develop wood-based batteries
Charged
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Just as you’ve always suspected, the powers that be have been keeping a cheap miracle technology from us—batteries can be made not from scarce and expensive minerals, but from wood! Well, not exactly. But in fact, lignin, a plant-derived polymer, is a renewable source of carbon, and two European firms have launched a project that aims to use lignin-based hard carbon produced from Nordic forest wood as an anode material.
Hydrogen ready smart meter for Italgas
Smart Energy International
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Italgas Reti has selected Italian gas meter developer MeteRSIT to design its next generation gas smart meters. The new smart meters will be based on MeteRSIT’s well established thermo-mass technology and will be hydrogen ready, able to measure not only natural gas but also blended and pure hydrogen and other gases such as biomethane. In addition to the design, a field test phase of at least 12 months is planned with the installation of 10,000 meters across Italy.
Toronto Fire Services orders two Vector electric fire trucks from REV Group subsidiary
Charged
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Toronto Fire Services has ordered two all-electric Vector fire trucks from fire apparatus manufacturer Spartan Emergency Response, a subsidiary of the REV Group. The e-trucks were sold by authorized dealer Safetek Emergency Vehicles. REV Fire Group introduced the Vector fire truck in August 2021. It’s equipped with 327 kWh of battery capacity, and the low battery placement results in a lower center of gravity, and thus enhanced stability while operating.
Hydrogen Energy Storage Market Size to Expand Around USD 21.94 Billion by 2030
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
According to Vision Research Reports, the global hydrogen energy storage market size is projected to expand around USD 21.94 billion by 2030 with a registered CAGR of 4.
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.
Renesas Electronics launches next-gen IGBT for EV inverters
Charged
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Semiconductor manufacturer Renesas Electronics has introduced a new generation of IGBTs. It’s part of the AE product line, and a version with a 750 V withstand voltage and 300 A is available now. The AE5 is a silicon IGBT with an operating junction temperature range from -40° to 175° C and an on-voltage Vce of 1.3 V. According to the company, the AE5 “enables a reduction in inverter power losses, improving power efficiency by up to 6% compared to the current AE4 process at the same current densi
Lithium-ion Battery Market: Better e-Bike Batteries
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
The global micromobility market, comprising small, lightweight, battery-powered vehicles like electric bicycles and scooters, is booming. It's expected to be worth over $198 billion by 2030, according to Precedence Research, up from $56 billion this year.
ChargePoint to add digital advertising at selected charging sites
Charged
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Digital video company Destination Media has teamed up with Ara Labs, a creator of digital advertising displays, to deploy digital advertising functionality at selected ChargePoint public charging locations in the US. The installations will be located at AC and DC charging stations within the ChargePoint network at high-traffic retail locations, and will offer “compelling content on high-resolution, large-format networked screen hardware.
Australia’s energy regulator struggles with reality of variable wind and solar
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Energy regulator appears to have jumbled its data when trying to make an example of wind and solar in its latest market report. The post Australia’s energy regulator struggles with reality of variable wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Battery material firm Nexeon raises $170 million in investment round
Charged
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Battery materials manufacturer Nexeon has completed the second close of an investment round, bringing the round’s total investment to $170 million. “The capital raised will provide Nexeon with further resources to accelerate the expansion of its own manufacturing capabilities to mass produce tens of thousands of metric tons annually of its silicon-based anode materials for use in rechargeable lithium-ion batteries,” says the company.
Qcells Closes $150 Million Financing to Support ERCOT’s Largest Energy Storage Project
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Qcells USA recently announced it closed a $150 million revolving credit facility with BNP Paribas and Crédit Agricole CIB to support the buildout of its 13 gigawatt pipeline. It made the announcement during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Cunningham Energy Storage Project, the largest capacity project in ERCOT once operational later this year. The financing highlights the extensive energy storage project pipeline Qcells USA is developing and constructing across the United States.
Florida awards VW settlement funding: $68 million for electric transit buses, $57 million for school buses
Charged
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $68 million in grants for the purchase of 227 electric transit buses in 13 counties. The funds came from Florida’s $166-million share of Volkswagen’s $15-billion federal settlement for the Dirty Diesel Debacle. The electric buses will replace existing diesel buses in Alachua, Broward, Duval, Escambia, Hillsborough, Leon, Marion, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Orange, Palm Beach, Pasco and Pinellas counties.
Cushman & Wakefield to Introduce Blink EV Chargers to Its Commercial Properties
Green Living Guy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Miami Fla. (August 25, 2022) – Blink Charging Co. (NASDAQ: BLNK, BLNKW) (“Blink” or the “Company”), a leading owner, operator, and provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and services and Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), a leading global real estate services firm, today announced a preferred supplier agreement for the marketing and potential deployment of […].
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?
Nissan set to give its Leaf EV batteries a second life in Australia manufacturing plant
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Nissan is retooling its Australian casting plant so it can repurpose old batteries from its Leaf electric cars to help power the plant and cut its carbon footprint. The post Nissan set to give its Leaf EV batteries a second life in Australia manufacturing plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Siemens to equip Alexandria with ADMS, AMI and 300k smart meters
Smart Energy International
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Siemens has been awarded a contract to upgrade Egypt’s second largest city’s distribution management system, establish advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and supply 300,000 smart meters. The energy giant will supply two advanced distribution management systems (ADMS) for the Alexandria Supervisory Control Center and the West Alexandria Distribution Control Center.
Liz Truss Hires Anti-Green Aides With Ties to Libertarian Think Tanks
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
The new UK Prime Minister has appointed multiple advisors with a record of opposing climate action, including a key aide from a think tank funded by oil giant BP. Liz Truss ’s team – who will advise her through the energy crisis – includes staff who have worked for anti-net zero politicians and opaquely-funded climate sceptic think tanks. Others have attacked climate policies and blamed high energy bills on renewable power.
Solar power saved Europe €29 billion in this summer’s energy crisis
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
New analysis reveals record levels of solar across the EU over summer avoided the need for 20bn cubic metres of gas, and the cost to import it. The post Solar power saved Europe €29 billion in this summer’s energy crisis appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Power Electronics introduces revolutionary product features at SPI
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
The multinational will present the latest generation of its solar and storage inverters range and part of the EV Charger family at booth 1416. The products on display will be the NB120 and NBw30 EV chargers, the new 1,2MW bi-directional DC/DC converter, and the 4.2MW Gen 3 HEM and PCSM inverters.
Queen Elizabeth II dies after 70 years on the throne
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Monarch passes away at home in Balmoral, just months after celebrating a Platinum Jubilee that sought to highlight the Royal Family's enduring commitment to environmental causes. Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96 at her Scottish home Balmoral after 70 years on the throne, Buckingham Palace has announced. The Queen was the longest reigning UK monarch, having celebrated her Platinum Jubilee and 96th birthday earlier this year.
Truss lifts ban on fracking, and will prop up fossil fuel companies in energy crisis
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
EU and UK take markedly different approaches to managing the energy crisis – one taxing windfall profits, the other propping up the oil and gas sector. The post Truss lifts ban on fracking, and will prop up fossil fuel companies in energy crisis appeared first on RenewEconomy.
TÜV Rheinland Holds "All Quality Matters" Solar Congress 2022 in Hefei, a Staunch Force for PV Industry Development for 40 Years
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
The series of keynote speeches, strategic signings, release of white paper and new standards enabled them to see the opportunities and challenges in the industry, and provide suggestions for the vigorous development of the industry.
Environmental groups say Glencore greenwashing as it expands Australian coal mining
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Environmental law group alleges Glencore is misleading investors over its environmental targets given its growing footprint in coal mining. The post Environmental groups say Glencore greenwashing as it expands Australian coal mining appeared first on RenewEconomy.
World risks 'multi-breadbasket failure' from climate change and conflict, scientists warn
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Extreme summer weather threatens to undermine global food security, experts warn. The disastrous droughts, heatwaves, and floods seen around the world's major crop-producing regions this summer have slashed harvest forecasts, pushed up food prices, and exacerbated hunger, prompting scientists to this week warn of a looming "multi-breadbasket failure" driven by escalating climate impacts.
Norway’s largest pension fund backs fund pursuing Australia’s biggest battery project
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Norway's biggest pension fund backs Australian fund building some of the world's biggest solar plant and a massive battery near Brisbane. The post Norway’s largest pension fund backs fund pursuing Australia’s biggest battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
How dangerous climate tipping points are 'likely' to be triggered in a 1.5C world
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Findings suggest Paris Agreement's 1.5C global warming goal is 'not fully safe', scientists warn. Scientists have today raised the alarm that the world is currently at greater risk of triggering key climatic 'tipping points' than previously thought, which could lead to irreversible and accelerating climate breakdown that would devastate economies and communities globally.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Climate bill, Snowy and the case for a strategic reserve
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
First climate bill in a decade is passed, Snowy’s leadership, renewable pipelines and Oxford’s Farhad Billimoria on what might work in Australia’s new market design. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Climate bill, Snowy and the case for a strategic reserve appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Battery and lithium mining projects share £25m funding boost to scale up UK EV supply chain
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
Advanced Propulsion Centre hands out grants to 22 projects aimed at developing a UK supply chain for batteries and other EV components. A raft of battery, electronics, mining, and recycling projects have scooped up a share of £25m in government funding this week designed to help scale up the supply chain for electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing and recycling in the UK.
Explainer: What is the NEM, anyway, and how is it tracking in the shift to renewables?
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
It's not really national, and its not even - or only - a market. The NEM is a complex system of systems, and it's facing a lot of challenges. The post Explainer: What is the NEM, anyway, and how is it tracking in the shift to renewables? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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