Salesforce to lobby for new rules on AI’s environmental impact
GreenBiz
APRIL 22, 2024
Computing uses up to 3 percent of global power consumption and AI could triple that, the company believes.
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Introduction to Intelligent Power Management
The Environmental Blog
APRIL 22, 2024
The urgency to reconsider our energy consumption and render it more sustainable has never been greater than it is today. As climate change advances and natural resources become scarcer, attention is increasingly drawn to the efficiency of electricity and gas usage. At the heart of these efforts lie intelligent energy management systems, facilitating optimized energy utilization.
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The week ahead in climate policy
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APRIL 22, 2024
This week’s most important ongoing climate policy stories.
How to Reduce Packaging Waste
The Environmental Blog
APRIL 22, 2024
It’s no secret that pollution and waste are big problems in today’s world. All those mountains of packaging waste? They’re a huge burden on our planet. But we can change that! It’s time to rethink how we use packaging and start protecting our environment. After all, we want to leave a healthy planet for our kids and grandkids.
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
Why We Need to, Have to, Want to Act on Climate Change
Andrew Winston
APRIL 22, 2024
Need to explain the “why” of climate change action? Here’s a three-part framing to convince businesses and their leaders to respond. The battle to get companies to take sustainability seriously is essentially over. Even in the face of the “anti-ESG” movement — a very American phenomenon — there are vanishingly few large organizations around the world that really question the need to address environmental and social issues.
What might the new global climate finance goal look like?
NRDC onEarth
APRIL 22, 2024
Back in 2015, governments in the UNFCCC agreed to negotiate a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) for climate finance prior to 2025. What are the key elements that countries need to agree on?
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Pure Hydrogen Secures Sales Contract for Hydrogen-Powered Waste Collection Vehicle
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
Pure Hydrogen has executed a sale agreement with waste management company Solo Resource Recovery for the supply of a hydrogen fuel cell (‘HFC’) powered waste collection vehicle The vehicle will.
Nationals threaten to tear up wind and solar contracts as nuclear misinformation swings polls
Renew Economy
APRIL 22, 2024
Nationals threaten to tear up wind and solar contracts with government, as the push against renewables and for nuclear gains traction in polls. The post Nationals threaten to tear up wind and solar contracts as nuclear misinformation swings polls appeared first on RenewEconomy.
BMW iX5 Puts Hydrogen Power To Use In Acceleration Test: Video
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
You’ve likely seen your fair share of acceleration tests done with cars that had combustion engines and/or large batteries. Well, this 0 to 124 mph (200 km/h) is different because.
Surge in battery storage capacity changing dynamics of the grid
Renew Economy
APRIL 22, 2024
The rapid growth in big batteries is changing the dynamics of Australia's main grid, and will help usher out fossil fuels. The post Surge in battery storage capacity changing dynamics of the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
New Depot for Alternative Drives: Public Hydrogen Filling Station in Heidelberg Starts Operation
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APRIL 22, 2024
Heidelberg– Today, the public hydrogen filling station of H2 MOBILITY was officially put into operation as part of the company performance for buses with an alternative drive of Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH.
Plasma treatment enhances electrode material for fuel cells in industry, homes and vehicles
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APRIL 22, 2024
Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues have improved the properties of a carbon-based electrode material by exposing it to air plasma. Such treatment turned out to enhance electrode performance, which is the limiting factor for high-tech energy sources—particularly fuel cells.
NZ’s first Green Hydrogen Express Refueller Supported by Coregas
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
Coregas NZ is proud to be a project partner to Halcyon, for the Halcyon Green Hydrogen launch of New Zealand’s first green hydrogen fast refuelling station at Wiri, South Auckland.
An ultralow-concentration electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries
TechXplore
APRIL 22, 2024
Lithium salts make batteries powerful but expensive. An ultralow-concentration electrolyte based on the lithium salt LiDFOB may be a more economical and more sustainable alternative. Cells using these electrolytes and conventional electrodes have been demonstrated to have high performance, as reported by a research team in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
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.
Topsoe Announces Plans for New State-of-the-Art Us Electrolyzer Factory for Clean Hydrogen
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
Federal tax credits from the Department of Energy under the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C) will support construction of Topsoe’s second Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cell (SOEC) factory. The new.
Data centers want clean electricity. Can Georgia Power deliver it?
Canary Media
APRIL 22, 2024
Last week, Georgia Power won regulatory approval to fast-track construction of 1.4 gigawatts of fossil-fueled power plants and to contract for nearly a gigawatt more power from coal- and fossil-gas-fired power plants owned by other utilities. The reason?
Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. Announces Participation in Consortium Awarded US Department of Energy Funding for Study of Zero Emission Methanol Production Technology
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APRIL 22, 2024
Verde Clean Fuels’ proprietary STG+® process could be utilized to turn carbon, captured directly from the air, and green hydrogen into methanol. HOUSTON–Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. (NASDAQ: VGAS) (“Verde” or.
For this Earth Day, the White House delivers a $7 billion message: Solar for All
Impact Alpha
APRIL 22, 2024
“Cheaper, faster, better” is not just for affluent households or wealthy neighborhoods. Hundreds of millions in annual cost-savings from ever-cheaper solar energy, not. The post For this Earth Day, the White House delivers a $7 billion message: Solar for All appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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?
SGN Updates on H100 Fife: An End-to-End Green Hydrogen Network Powering Homes in Buckhaven and Denbeath
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APRIL 22, 2024
With our world-first H100 Fife project well into its construction phase we wanted to share our latest updates on our progress. H100 Fife is an end-to-end green hydrogen network which will power.
FLO launches new home EV charger options
Charged
APRIL 22, 2024
Canada-based EV charging station manufacturer and network operator FLO has launched a new home EV charger. The company offers three options for the FLO Home charger, which is available with a choice of a J3400 connector (also known as NACS or the Tesla connector) or a J1772 connector. FLO Home X3 includes an industrial-grade thermoplastic enclosure and features a 50 A/12 kW output.
Oman Bets on Green Hydrogen to Fuel Clean Transportation Future
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APRIL 22, 2024
Construction of Oman’s first hydrogen fuelling station to commence shortly. MUSCAT–The foundation stone for the first green hydrogen station in the Sultanate of Oman will be laid later this month.
New UK grid scheme enables fleets to monetize EV charging infrastructure
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APRIL 22, 2024
Van and truck operators in the UK can monetize their EV chargers by pairing them with battery energy storage to participate in the National Grid ’s new Demand Flexibility Service (DFS), according to storage systems provider Connected Energy. The DFS aims to incentivize businesses to reduce their demand on the grid during peak periods each winter from November to March.
Saarthi Greentech Unveils First Factory in Pune to Produce Hydrogen Fuel Systems That Aim to Reduce Fuel Consumption and Carbon Emissions in an Indo- Australian Collaboration
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APRIL 22, 2024
Saarthi GreenTech, an Indo-Australian clean-tech company, has proudly announced the grand inauguration of its state-of-the-art factory inChakan, Pune. In first phase of its operation the 10,000 sq. ft production unit.
Has CATL cracked the battery ageing code? Industry reacts to ‘zero-degradation’ BESS claims
Energy Storage News
APRIL 22, 2024
Lithium-ion battery OEM CATL's claim that its latest BESS product has no degradation for the first five years of use has provoked much discussion across the industry, with some sceptical of its merits.
They Achieve Affordable and Non-Polluting Green Hydrogen. Brings Us Closer to the Hydrogen Car
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APRIL 22, 2024
The cars of the future could run on hydrogen, but there are multiple ways to get it. The hydrogen car is one of the most coveted dreams today. It allows.
Groups Collaborate to Electrify Chemical Processing Plants
POWER Magazine
APRIL 22, 2024
Three major chemical processing companies announced the startup of a demonstration plant to show the viability of large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnaces. BASF, SABIC, and Linde on April 17 […] The post Groups Collaborate to Electrify Chemical Processing Plants appeared first on POWER Magazine.
RWE Launches Pre-Application Consultation for Pembroke Green Hydrogen
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The plant will consist of a circa 110MWe electrolyser plant, producing around two tonnes/hour of hydrogen Hydrogen can be used to decarbonise local industrial activities in South Wales Residents can.
Earth Day 2024
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APRIL 22, 2024
What’s the meaning of life? Why are we here? We have no idea, to be honest, but we have a firm suspicion that the answers to these questions have to do with our one and only home: Earth. Planeteers star-gaze a lot (you have to when your satellite office is in orbit), and we believe in using space to help life on Earth. But we also believe something else: the deeper you look into the depths of space, the more you appreciate just how special our bright blue marble really is.
Loop Energy Provides Update To Previously Announced Merger Transaction
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APRIL 22, 2024
VANCOUVER, British Columbia– Loop Energy™ Inc. (“Loop” or the “Company”) today reported the merger transaction provided for in the Amalgamation Agreement between Loop, H2 Portable Power Corp. and 1465123 B.C.
First Solar, ZSW to develop thin-film, CIGS and perovskite technology
PV Tech
APRIL 22, 2024
US cadmium telluride (CdTe) thin-film solar manufacturer First Solar has agreed to pursue further thin-film technology development with Germany’s Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW).
Green Hydrogen: Last Rotor Blade for Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park Installed
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APRIL 22, 2024
For the first time, a complete infrastructure for the use of so-called green hydrogen is being set up at the Bad Lauchstädt site and tested in a kind of real-world.
EV charger manufacturer Tritium declares insolvency
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APRIL 22, 2024
The directors of Australian fast charger manufacturer Tritium have declared the company as well as three of its Australian subsidiaries—Tritium, Tritium Holdings and Tritium Nominee—insolvent and called in voluntary administration, according to a statement filed to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “The Company’s other subsidiaries will continue to operate outside the voluntary administration,” the SEC filing stated.
The Brief: Solar for all
Impact Alpha
APRIL 22, 2024
Greetings Agents of Impact and happy Earth Day to you! In today’s Brief: Featured: Climate Finance For this Earth Day, the White House. The post The Brief: Solar for all appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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