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The Once in a Generation Chance to Fix Corporate Emissions Reporting

NRDC onEarth

The world’s largest corporate climate reporting standards are getting a makeover. Watch out for a new corporate loophole posing as a climate solution.

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Broken Hill fiasco shows why we need to rethink the grid, and turn it upside down

Renew Economy

Broken Hill is back on the grid, ahead of schedule. It wasn't quite Mad Max, but the outages and lack of resilience is highlighting calls for a complete rethink of the grid - starting with consumer. The post Broken Hill fiasco shows why we need to rethink the grid, and turn it upside down appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Low-cost desalination device made from used tires could help address global water scarcity

TechXplore

"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink." You've probably heard a variation of this line from the 1798 poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner lamenting the fact that, despite its abundance, ocean water can't be consumed.

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Grazing sheep among solar panels could produce higher quality wool, study finds

Renew Economy

The combination of solar farming and sheep grazing does not have a negative affect on wool production, and could even improve the quality of wool produced, new study finds. The post Grazing sheep among solar panels could produce higher quality wool, study finds appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

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Non-lithium alternatives: Reliance completes sodium-ion acquisition, Amazon tries ‘membrane-free’ flow battery

Energy Storage News

India’s Reliance Industries has completed the takeover of sodium-ion battery company Faradion, while Amazon is set to trial a novel flow battery technology.

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Strong US Clean Energy Growth to Continue Despite Election Headwinds

BloombergNEF

The US is on track to see over 25% growth in annual clean energy installations this year, according to BloombergNEF’s 2H 2024 US Clean Energy Market Outlook. BNEF expects the US to hit an all-time high of 65 gigawatts of new solar, wind and energy storage additions this year despite persistent structural hurdles like permitting and grid connections.

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Solar is helping schools save big. Your district could be next.

Canary Media

Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips, and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. More than a decade ago, Denver Public Schools decided that it was time to go solar.

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Stem Inc revenue and bookings plummet, but margins up, as it shifts to software and services

Energy Storage News

System integrator Stem Inc has seen huge falls in quarterly revenue and bookings as it shifts its business model away from BESS hardware solutions towards higher-margin software and service offerings.

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Tsunami of Chinese solar company insolvencies in 2025 revealed in latest PV Tech Bankability Report

PV Tech

The latest ‘PV ModuleTech Bankability Ratings Quarterly’ report reveals a Chinese sector on the verge of widespread company insolvencies.

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EPFL Scientists Reveal How to Tap into Earth’s Deepest Energy Sources – Geothermal Power

Hydrogen Fuel News

Unlocking Earth’s Hidden Energy: The Future of Geothermal Power Exploring the depths of the Earth has always been a challenging endeavor, but recent breakthroughs by a team of scientists at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) are shifting the boundaries of what’s possible. Their research into supercritical geothermal reservoirs, located deep underground, is paving the way for a new era in energy production.

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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

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Bank of America offers guarantees to help community lenders leverage green funding

Impact Alpha

How do you turn $27 billion into nearly $190 billion? In the case of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, by leveraging the $27. The post Bank of America offers guarantees to help community lenders leverage green funding appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Next-generation perovskite solar cell can absorb near-infrared light beyond the existing visible light range

TechXplore

Existing perovskite solar cells, which are unable to utilize approximately 52% of total solar energy, have been improved upon by a Korean research team. The team has developed an innovative technology that maximizes near-infrared light capture performance while greatly improving power conversion efficiency. This greatly increases the possibility of commercializing next-generation solar cells and is expected to contribute to important technological advancements in the global solar cell market.

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The Brief: Private investors drive boom in blended climate finance

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! SOCAP is a wrap. At the time of last year’s conference, investors and founders were on the defensive in. The post The Brief: Private investors drive boom in blended climate finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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More records tumble as renewables hit new high and coal a new low

Renew Economy

Rooftop solar propels renewables to a new record share of the main grid, and pushes fossil fuel generation to a new low. The post More records tumble as renewables hit new high and coal a new low appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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U.S. based high-performance hydrogen fuel cell system manufacturer today announced successful trial FCEV

Energy Central

BOLINGBROOK, Ill., October 30, 2024 – Hyzon (NASDAQ: HYZN), a U.S.-based high-performance hydrogen fuel cell system manufacturer and technology developer focused on providing zero-emission power to decarbonize the most demanding industries, today announced the completion of a successful trial of its Class 8 200kW Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) with TALKE, a leading provider.

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Equinor admits it “over-reported” amount of carbon captured at flagship project for years 

Renew Economy

Review of company data shows Norwegian oil and gas producer downgraded estimates for CO2 stored at Sleipner gas field by almost a third. The post Equinor admits it “over-reported” amount of carbon captured at flagship project for years appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Indiana residents push for a cleaner steel industry in their community

Canary Media

This story was first published by Energy News Network. A prospective buyer’s recent commitment to reinvest in a Gary, Indiana, steel plant sought to address union and government leaders’ worries about the sale’s potential impact on jobs and U.S. steelmaking capacity.

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How Saudi Arabia’s Neom Giga Project Became a Global Showroom of False Climate Solutions

DeSmogBlog

Neom was launched in 2017 with a whirlwind of promises. The 26,500 square-kilometre “futuristic” giga project is the brainchild of Saudi Arabia, a fossil fuel state that has pitched Neom as a “revolution in civilisation”. Neom’s crown jewel, The Line, is a linear city that the kingdom claims will be serviced by high-speed trains and flying taxis. Despite reports of a significant scale-back to The Line announced this spring, Neom officials claim the project will eventually be delivered in full, s

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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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How to Decarbonize Aviation? Beyond SAF — Key Pathways to Zero Emissions Flight

CleanTech Group

The aviation sector finds itself on the brink of a sustainability transition. This is not a surprise. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO´s). The post How to Decarbonize Aviation? Beyond SAF — Key Pathways to Zero Emissions Flight appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Shell to buy back $3.5bn of shares as profits beat expectations

Financial Times: Energy

Gas division is biggest contributor to earnings

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Queensland LNP names new energy minister, nixes massive pumped hydro project

Renew Economy

Queensland LNP to combine treasurer and energy minister role, as it moves quickly to stop work on giant pumped hydro project. The post Queensland LNP names new energy minister, nixes massive pumped hydro project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Readying the Global Power Grid for Net Zero

BloombergNEF

The world’s power grids need a lot of money – and a lot of new mileage – to be on track for net zero. nnual grid investment reaches $811 billion by 2030 in BloombergNEF’s Net Zero Scenario, driven by rapid growth rates in clean power, electric vehicles, and other low-carbon technologies. That’s nearly three times as much as the flowed into the sector last year.

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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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Direct observation of space charge layers inside fuel cells achieved for first time

TechXplore

A research team from The University of Tokyo has succeeded for the first time in directly observing the space charge layers inside the solid electrolyte of a fuel cell.

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Danish wind giant Vestas unveils plans for 2.5 GW wind and 4 GWh battery project in NSW

Renew Economy

Danish giant is seeking approval to build a massive wind farm in southern New South Wales that would combine up to 348 turbines and two four-hour big batteries. The post Danish wind giant Vestas unveils plans for 2.5 GW wind and 4 GWh battery project in NSW appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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HMC Installs Rooftop Solar, BESS at Hanscom Family Housing

Solar Industry

Hunt Military Communities (HMC) has advanced its Phase II Solar and Battery Project at Hanscom Air Force Base. The 2.2 MW PV system will enable the community that includes 2,500 military residents to draw 30% of its total electricity supply from renewable energy. The project involves the installation of solar systems on the rooftops of homes and garages within the housing community, along with a centralized Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).

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Acquisition alters UK stack emissions testing landscape

Envirotec Magazine

The move combines teams with long-standing expertise in stack emissions testing. UK stack emissions testing and occupational hygiene consultancy Envirocare has acquired Atesta, a specialist in stack emissions testing. Envirocare said the move consolidates the resources and expertise of the two firms, with the potential to support further improvements in quality of service, responsiveness and turnaround time. “Atesta has long prided itself on a committed team, state-of-the-art testing equip

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Forrest gets planning approval for $2 billion wind and big battery project in central west

Renew Economy

Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy passes another planning hurdle for its proposed 700 MW wind farm and 1800 MWh battery project in NSW. The post Forrest gets planning approval for $2 billion wind and big battery project in central west appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Tongwei’s latest HJT module reaches power output of 776.2W, power conversion efficiency of 24.9%

PV Tech

Tongwei has set a record for heterojunction (HJT) power output, with its latest module delivering a maximum power output of 776.2W.

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Massachusetts ratepayers to pay extra $512M for transmission line for Canadian hydropower

TechXplore

Three Massachusetts utilities and Central Maine Power's parent company have agreed that Massachusetts ratepayers must shoulder $512 million in additional costs caused by delays in construction of a power transmission project in Maine that will allow Canadian hydropower to reach the New England power grid.

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Labour’s home insulation pledge in doubt, say consumer rights groups

Financial Times: Energy

Campaigners warn Budget pledge falls far short of manifesto promise to support energy efficiency

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RAI Energy in permitting for hybrid 2GWh BESS in rural Colorado

Energy Storage News

Campbell, California-based utility-scale solar and storage developer RAI Energy has commenced permitting for a hybrid solar and storage facility located in Morgan County, Colorado, US.

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Aiko Solar, ACAP eye 30% efficiency for IBC solar cell technology with new partnership

PV Tech

Chinese solar manufacturer Aiko Solar said yesterday (31 October) it has partnered with the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) to launch a US$4 million initiative aiming to achieve 30% efficiency with interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells.