Are carbon offsets a joke? A response to the comedian John Oliver
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2022
The segment on HBO made the rounds on in the sustainability universe. What he got right, wrong and where there is a little more nuance.
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Natural Power supports landmark Network Rail solar agreement with EDF Renewables UK
altenergymag
AUGUST 30, 2022
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has provided technical support to Network Rail throughout the supplier identification and negotiation process which has ultimately led its corporate power purchase agreement for 49.9MW of solar power from EDF Renewables UK.
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How Africa could become a global hydrogen powerhouse
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2022
Africa’s abundant solar and wind energy could make it a global hub for producing low-carbon hydrogen, the IEA says, but its residents still face access challenges.
What Is MTF Testing And Why It's Important?
altenergymag
AUGUST 30, 2022
Image Science is a manufacturer and designer of varying optical test equipment. All of this is for assessing the quality level of both infrared and visible lenses.
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.
Farmers can now grow fruits, vegetables, and carbon credits
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2022
ProducePay teams up with Allcot to create a carbon crediting project designed for fruit and vegetable growers.
Researchers say electric ships could economically serve 40% of today’s sea routes
Charged
AUGUST 30, 2022
Oceangoing ships, most of which are powered by heavy fuel oil, produce substantial amounts of CO 2 and nitrogen oxide emissions. However, shipping companies are unlikely to begin electrifying them until the economic case for doing so becomes clearer. A new study from the University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory indicates that nearly half the world’s fleet of container ships could be cost-effectively electrified, using current technology.
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LG Energy Solution with Honda Forming Joint Venture for EV Battery Production in U.S.A.
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 30, 2022
August 29, 2022 — Seoul, Korea LG Energy Solution (LGES; KRX: 373220) and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (NYSE:HMC) today announced an agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) company to produce lithium-ion batteries in the U.S. to power Honda and Acura EV models for the North American market. With this agreement, LGES and Honda will […]. The post LG Energy Solution with Honda Forming Joint Venture for EV Battery Production in U.S.A. appeared first on The Green Living Guy.
EV manufacturer Polestar joins electric boatmaker Candela for new voyage
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2022
The new agreement marks the world's first direct battery technology cooperation between automotive and marine industries.
Solar squeezes out coal to set new record low for demand on national grid
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
A mild, solar charged Sunday has delivered a new winter minimum operational demand low on Australia's main grid, AEMO says. The post Solar squeezes out coal to set new record low for demand on national grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
DOE makes loan to Syrah Technologies to expand active anode material processing facility
Charged
AUGUST 30, 2022
The DOE ’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) closed a $102.1-million loan to Syrah Technologies to increase the production capacity of an active anode material processing facility. The Syrah Vidalia facility in Louisiana produces graphite-based active anode material. According to the DOE, the facility is “the only vertically integrated, large-scale AAM manufacturer outside of China and the first of its kind in the United States.”.
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.
Saft powers the transition of small Italian islands to renewable energy
altenergymag
AUGUST 30, 2022
• Saft Flex’ion batteries will support the integration of solar and hydro power to microgrids on the small Sicilian Islands of Favignana and Ustica • Maintenance-free, modular lithium-ion battery solution provides grid stability while reducing the need for diesel consumption, enabling low carbon power production
Ford cuts 3,000 jobs, citing shift to EVs
Charged
AUGUST 30, 2022
Many have predicted that the shift to EVs will lead to job losses in the automotive industries, as EVs are simpler to assemble than legacy vehicles. The latest news from Ford appears to bear out this inconvenient truth—the automaker has announced that it will cut a total of 3,000 salaried and contract jobs, mostly in North America and India. Reuters reports that Ford Chief Executive Jim Farley has been saying for some time that the company has too many people, and that not enough of its workforc
US battery supplier Powin enters Australia market with 1.7GWh storage deal with Akaysha
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
Oregon based Powin enters Australian storage market with deal to supply first three big battery projects of Akaysha Energy. The post US battery supplier Powin enters Australia market with 1.7GWh storage deal with Akaysha appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Kenworth pursues both BEVs and FCEVs
Charged
AUGUST 30, 2022
For heavy-duty truck manufacturer Kenworth, adoption of zero-emission trucks is seen as inevitable—the shift is being driven by both regulatory requirements and economic benefits. Speaking at a recent press event, Kenworth executives outlined the company’s electrification strategy, which includes investigating both battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell technologies.
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.
Smart city modelling partnership to explore system planning platforms
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 30, 2022
GIS project management startup Matidor and global built environment consulting firm Arup have announced a partnership to develop platforms to support energy system planning and analysis for smart city modelling. The partnership combines Matidor’s map-based project management capabilities with Arup’s digital and sustainability acumen in energy efficiency modelling and planning.
The best-case scenario for Greenland ice melt just got worse
Grist
AUGUST 30, 2022
Greenland’s melting ice sheet will raise global sea levels by at least 10.6 inches, twice as much as previous estimates, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change. That’s even if everyone stopped burning fossil fuels today. Researchers used a new method to calculate Greenland’s minimum ice melt, looking at so-called “zombie ice” that is doomed to disappear as glaciers receive less snow.
Crunch time for grid: More wind, solar, storage and links urgently needed before coal exodus
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
AEMO puts out call for urgent efforts to ramp up construction of wind, solar, storage and new transmission lines to ensure capacity in place before coal exodus. The post Crunch time for grid: More wind, solar, storage and links urgently needed before coal exodus appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Yotta Energy Secures $1.23 Million to Deploy a Solar + Energy Storage Project in an Underserved Southern California Community
altenergymag
AUGUST 30, 2022
-Yotta was awarded a grant from the California Energy Commission for a pilot system on an 11-story -multifamily housing complex in Santa Ana. The project has potential to decarbonize existing technologies, decrease the demand on the grid, and increase at-home/at-business electric vehicle charging adoption rates. -The installation will demonstrate replicability options for other underserved areas throughout California.
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?
Germany inaugurates world’s first hydrogen-powered railway network
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 30, 2022
Germany has launched a passenger railway network of Coradia iLint model trains, powered entirely by hydrogen, stated to be a world-first. The 14 trains belong to the Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen (LNVG) mbH, a subsidiary of the state. The trains are run on the route between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervörde and Buxtehude, operated by Elbe-Weser Transport Company (EVB) on behalf of LNVG, replacing 15 prior diesel trains.
Market operator not told of Snowy 2.0 delays, but it won’t be missed much
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
Snowy Hydro's owner and its contractor have both said Snowy 2.0 is delayed, but the market operator has not been told. Turns out it won't make much of a difference. The post Market operator not told of Snowy 2.0 delays, but it won’t be missed much appeared first on RenewEconomy.
India’s EV market to grow at CAGR of 49% between 2021-2030: IESA report
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 30, 2022
India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), India’s leading industry alliance on energy storage, e-mobility, and green hydrogen, has released its 3rd annual edition of the 2021 India Electric Vehicle and Component Market Overview Report 2021-2030. In terms of revenue (INR Crore) and GWh potential, the research examines the current market trend and prediction for electric vehicles (EV), as well as the need for EV batteries by various EV segments.
Oil giant Equinor leads €30m investment in long duration flow battery storage company
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
Norwegian energy giant leads €30m investment into Dutch large-scale flow battery storage company Elestor, which has eyes on the Australian market. The post Oil giant Equinor leads €30m investment in long duration flow battery storage company appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Sinclair Digital becomes a reseller for LG Electronics' Commercial Energy Storage Systems
altenergymag
AUGUST 30, 2022
Sinclair Digital is happy to announce that it is a reseller and sales representative of LG Electronics' commercial energy storage systems for the US in all 50 states.
CEC warns labour shortages could harm Australia’s green energy transition
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
CEC, engineers and unions says urgent action needed to solve jobs shortages that threaten to throttle Australia's green energy transition. The post CEC warns labour shortages could harm Australia’s green energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Generac Grid Services Chosen to Deliver Comprehensive Distributed Energy Resource Management System to Dominion Energy Virginia
altenergymag
AUGUST 30, 2022
Concerto™ platform to support grid reliability and help transform Dominion Energy Virginia’s distribution grid by integrating the growing portfolio of distributed energy resources
One skill shortage more than any is holding back Australia in the race to net zero
Renew Economy
AUGUST 30, 2022
There is a multitude of skills shortages that could threaten the low-carbon transition, but one stands out as critical to Australia’s future prosperity. The post One skill shortage more than any is holding back Australia in the race to net zero appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Why drought looks different depending on your region
Grist
AUGUST 30, 2022
The Samascott Family has been growing apples on their self-named orchard in Kinderhook, New York, since the 1940s. Like many farms in Upstate New York, Samascott Orchards has had to make big adjustments over the decades to try to remain profitable. One of those changes was shifting from planting larger apple trees to smaller ones, which can yield more apples per acre of farmland.
There is a way to stop energy becoming unaffordable
Business Green
AUGUST 30, 2022
There won’t be many easy choices, but how to support and ramp up low cost renewables must be top of the agenda for Britain's next Prime Minister, writes RenewableUK's Luke Clark. The latest rise in the price cap will have a huge impact on households across the UK. But what are the drivers of skyrocketing bills, and the impacts of renewables and green levies on consumer bills this winter?
The killer question is: can we really afford fossil fuels?
Terra Infirma
AUGUST 30, 2022
In our high-carbon economy, everything is dictated by the cost of oil and gas. From an economic point of view, this was fine and dandy when oil was cheap and its price relatively stable, but that all changed when the price surged in the early 2000s (see graph above). This in turn led to the 2008 financial crash when the cost of living (determined by the cost of oil/gas) surge burst the sub-prime mortgage bubble and brought the banking sector to its knees.
Climate and policy driven supply chain shocks could prove existential for SMEs
Business Green
AUGUST 30, 2022
We are standing on the edge of a sustainability industrial revolution that will go deeper and faster than any before it, writes HSBC's Natalie Blyth. SMEs the world over have been facing a torrid time. Buffeted by trade wars, lockdowns and supply chain chaos, they're now braced for soaring inflation and falling consumer confidence. They could be forgiven, therefore, for staying focussed on the short-term.
Things you must know about the Econaur Learning Academy
Econaur
AUGUST 30, 2022
About Econaur Learning Academy. The Econaur learning academy is a learning initiative by Prakriti group which aims to bridge the gap between sustainability and b uilding industry. The initiative draws its inspiration from an experience of Econaur in the Green Buildings, being India’s First Integrated Platform for Green Buildings our Objective is to educate more people about Sustainable Buildings & Future Technology in Buildings with our Experienced Partners from Industry.
Lost at sea? UN Ocean Treaty discussions fail to reach agreement
Business Green
AUGUST 30, 2022
Greenpeace warns 'time is running out' and calls for further talks this year to conclude discussions that aim to protect 30 per cent of global oceans by 2030. Global negotiations at the UN's headquarters in New York City aimed at delivering a landmark treaty to protect marine life in international waters broke up this weekend, having again failed to reach an agreement.
Guest ed’s note: The hydrogen smart meter business case
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 30, 2022
The imminent (in its relative sense) arrival of hydrogen is providing both a challenge and opportunity for gas utilities. The business case for smart gas metering has traditionally been harder to make than for electricity due to the fewer benefits they have offered, as a result of which its deployment is lagging. For example, for Europe Berg Insight’s latest market analysis indicated approximately 50% electricity smart meter penetration at the end of 2020 compared with about 33% for gas smart me
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