5 common misunderstandings about the EU’s deforestation policy, clarified
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
The new European Union deforestation regulations are a hot topic for food companies, but key facts remain poorly understood.
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Battery diversity needed for America’s energy storage future
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
When it comes to energy storage tech, one size does not fit all and diversity of options will become crucial, writes Mukesh Chatter, CEO of Alsym Energy.
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Here’s what to know about the new B Corp standards
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Starting in 2025, companies wanting to become a Certified B Corp will need to meet new ‘foundational’ requirements.
Scientists in UK set fusion record
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Scientists in Britain announced Thursday they had smashed a record for generating fusion energy in the final experiment using the Joint European Torus (JET) machines.
How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri
The most important decarbonization chart you'll see this year
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Startling data in climate expert Nat Bullard’s annual report signals that carbon removal is not scaling fast enough to limit the climate crisis.
Power outages leave poor communities in the dark longer: Evidence from 15M outages raises questions about recovery times
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Electricity is essential to just about everyone—rich and poor, old and young. Yet, when severe storms strike, socioeconomically disadvantaged communities often wait the longest to recover.
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Accelerated renewable energy deployment, energy storage needed for a resilient power grid in Puerto Rico
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
With a lot of solar and wind power, energy storage, and advanced extreme weather impact modeling, Puerto Rico could achieve a 100% renewable power grid by 2050. These and other recommendations are the results of the "Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study" (PR100), announced Feb. 7.
The challenges for European lithium-ion gigafactories and the role ESS demand will play
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Lawyers from Herbert Smith Freehills discuss the challenges for the nascent European gigafactory ecosystem in light of heavy competition from the US and China, alongside the role that energy storage system (ESS) demand will play.
Comment: Electrifying offshore wind – a vital step towards net zero
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Leo Hambro is commercial director at Tidal Transit, a group providing access, transport and crew transfer services to the industries of the North Sea. Leo Hambro explains why he believes the electrification of small vessel fleets to be key to decarbonising the offshore wind sector. According to insight from Statista, the UK is the world’s second-largest installer of offshore wind, 1 accounting for more than 20% of global capacity. 2 Increasing demand and ambitious government targets are expected
Utility Helen launching 40MW BESS in Finland
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Finnish utility Helen is launching a 40MW battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Nurmijärvi, southern Finland, for 2025 commercial operation.
The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing
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. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene
First Scotland-wide drugs and microplastics test of rivers launched
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
The River Dee (image credit: The James Hutton Institute). Environmental scientists at The James Hutton Institute have launched the first nation-wide drug and microplastics test on Scotland’s rivers to help shed light on the increasing mix of pharmaceuticals, chemicals and plastics entering our waters. The Scottish Government-funded study is testing for a cocktail of chemicals, from pesticides to antidepressants, to help reveal areas of concern, such as rivers or specific contaminants, that need
Fluence sees record order intake but records loss in Q1 2024
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Global battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Fluence saw a record order intake of US$1.1 billion in the first quarter of its 2024 financial year, but slipped back into a net loss, possibly reflecting seasonality.
Chemicals used in plastic food packaging linked to 10% of preterm births in 2018
Grist
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
A class of chemicals commonly used in plastic food containers and cosmetic products may have caused about 10 percent of the United States’ preterm births in 2018, according to a study from environmental health experts at New York University. The chemicals, called phthalates, are typically added to plastics like food packaging, shopping bags, and shower curtains to make them more flexible.
Lightsource BP switches on first battery project from ‘multiple-gigawatt global pipeline’ in UK
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Solar developer Lightsource BP has energised its first BESS project, in the UK – the first of its global multi-gigawatt pipeline.
How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
Energy based on power of stars is step closer after nuclear fusion heat record
The Guardian: Energy
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Feat by scientists at Oxfordshire facility described as ‘fitting swansong’ for pioneering project as reactor is decommissioned The prospect of a green energy source based on the power of the stars has received a boost after scientists set a world record for the amount of energy created by fusing atoms together. Researchers at the Joint European Torus (JET), an experimental fusion reactor at the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, generated 69 megajoules of energy over five seconds fr
Why Exxon Is Suing Its Shareholders
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Last month, ExxonMobil sued two of its “activist investors” — groups that try to use shareholder resolutions to pressure companies into taking action on social and environmental problems — in an attempt to block a proposal for the oil giant to limit its climate pollution from coming to a vote at an upcoming shareholder meeting. Follow This and Arjuna Capital announced on February 2 that they would withdraw their proposal from the ballot and promised not to refile.
Iron ore giants join forces on electric smelter for green steel
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
BHP, Rio Tinto and BlueScope are scoping locations in Australia for a pilot plant to make low-carbon steel using cleaner technology. The post Iron ore giants join forces on electric smelter for green steel appeared first on RenewEconomy.
UK’s First SMR Nuclear Project to Showcase Four Westinghouse AP300 Reactors
POWER Magazine
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Community Nuclear Power (CNP), the UK’s only independent small modular reactor (SMR) development company, will spearhead a project to build four Westinghouse AP300 small modular reactors (SMRs) in North Teeside, […] The post UK’s First SMR Nuclear Project to Showcase Four Westinghouse AP300 Reactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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.
Thea Energy raises $20M Series A for pixel-inspired fusion power plants
TechCrunch: Climate
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
The startup is betting that software can supplant manufacturing precision in its quest to deliver reliable, inexpensive fusion power. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
PlanetScope Now on Google Cloud Marketplace: Elevate Your Earth Monitoring Experience
Planet Pulse
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Planet’s mission is to democratize access to near-daily satellite imagery and create a searchable interface of Earth, allowing organizations to visualize and understand the changes happening on our planet. We’re thrilled to announce that PlanetScope, our flagship satellite imaging product, is now available on Google Cloud Marketplace. If you are a Google Cloud customer, accessing the power of PlanetScope has never been more efficient.
Uniper To Develop Hydrogen Storage Capacities by 2030
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Uniper Energy Storage will develop salt caverns for the underground storage of hydrogen with a planned working capacity of 250 to 600 GWh by 2030 Investigation of existing and new.
ZeroAvia takes next step in path to hydrogen plane flight with flyv
Hydrogen Fuel News
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
The H2 aircraft company is pushing toward low-cost, on-demand, zero-carbon flights in Europe. ZeroAvia has jointly announced with flyv that they have inked an agreement in which they will collaborate on using H2 to power zero-carbon emission flights with hydrogen planes in the European market. The ZeroAvia H2 engines will power the aircraft for flyv’s low-cost, on-demand flight operations.
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.
“Climate whiplash:” Reports warn to brace for more impacts of a fast-warming planet
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
As BOM marks down 2023 as Australia's eight warmest year, a Climate Council report says the summer has delivered clear signs the planet is overheating. The post “Climate whiplash:” Reports warn to brace for more impacts of a fast-warming planet appeared first on RenewEconomy.
CubicPV scraps 10GW US wafer factory due to “dramatic collapse in prices”
PV Tech
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
CubicPV has abandoned its plans for a 10GW solar wafer manufacturing facility in the US and is "restructuring" to focus on perovskite module development.
Throwback Thursday Story: EKPO Receives Funding of EUR 177 Million for the Ongoing Refinement of High-Performance Fuel Cell Stacks
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
EKPO receives funding of EUR 177 million for the ongoing refinement of high-performance fuel cell stacks. Funding of up to EUR 177 million for EKPO granted by the federal and.
Bloomy’s new BMS test system brings hardware-in-the-loop battery design validation to the desktop
Charged
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Bloomy Controls has launched a new battery-simulating test system that “brings the rigor and discipline of the hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) design validation lab onto the individual desktops of multi-person, multi-site development teams.” Bloomy’s new Desktop BMS HIL Test System is a smaller, more compact and portable version of the company’s Full and FLEX BMS HIL Systems.
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?
De Nora to Supply Largest European Water Electrolysis Plants in Sweden
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
De Nora Enters a Project for the Construction of One of the Largest European Water Electrolysis Plants for the Generation of Green Hydrogen ThyssenKrupp nucera submitted orders for the supply.
What’s the deal with hydrogen energy stock prices this year?
Hydrogen Fuel News
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Many of the most promising companies are seeing low stock prices in 2024 and many investors wonder why. Stocks for companies that are focused on hydrogen energy – such as its production, the development of technology that uses it, and other related areas – have been up and, quite commonly, down this year. Many are wondering what’s going on with these numbers when this is starting to look like the most promising time in history for this type of fuel.
Beate Reimann Joins the Board of Management of Quantron
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Beate Reinmann (CFO) joins the Board of Management of Quantron AG The restructuring at Management Board level represents the consistent implementation of the corporate strategy “Time to Deliver” as motto.
How far can hydrogen go? The future fuel of long-haul trucking
Hydrogen Fuel News
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
In recent years, hydrogen has emerged as a popular, alternative zero-emissions fuel. As the world seeks to reduce its carbon footprint, hydrogen is being explored as a possible option for long-haul trucking. Before we take the leap, it’s essential to evaluate its feasibility and consider the benefits and drawbacks of this fuel option. In this context, the long-haul trucking industry has increasingly asked questions such as “Is hydrogen the fuel for long-haul trucking of the future?
EET Hydrogen to Proceed Into Final Negotiations With UK Government to Develop Low Carbon Hydrogen Plant in Ellesmere
FuelCellsWorks
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
EET Hydrogen is pleased to announce it has a statement of principles with the UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero for its flagship HPP1 low-carbon hydrogen plant.
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