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Gas industry knew about air pollution problems from stoves in early 1970s

Renew Economy

As industry fights to discredit current research on health impacts of gas stoves, newly revealed documents show it was a concern five decades ago. The post Gas industry knew about air pollution problems from stoves in early 1970s appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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X-Energy Inks SMR Deal with DOW

Energy Central

X-Energy Inks SMR Deal with DOW Saving Nuclear Reactors One at a Time; Holtec, Diablo Canyon Urenco to Supply Ultra Safe Nuclear with Enriched Uranium Lightbridge Completes Fuel Casting Project at PNNL Silex Raises $81M to Advance Laser Enrichment of Nuclear Fuel NuScale / Utah Reactor Projects Gets Boost X-Energy Inks SMR Deal with DOW A key nuclear reactor project in the.

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South Australia enjoys 80.1 pct wind and solar share in blackout-free summer

Renew Economy

South Australia sources more than 80 per cent of its power needs from wind and solar over summer. Soon, the country's main grid will be doing the same. The post South Australia enjoys 80.1 pct wind and solar share in blackout-free summer appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Ammonia and Hydrogen | Refineries, big oil & gas and the chemical sectors

Energy Central

Ammonia and Hydrogen Refineries, big oil and gas and the chemical sectors Recent announcement regarding ammonia docking facilities and cracking plants prompted me to update the community with a series of global projects involving ammonia, and especially its keys interaction with refining and refineries. This perhaps is.

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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.

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Coal plant reliability hits a new low as unplanned unit outages hit a new high

Renew Economy

Australia’s remaining coal power fleet suffered thousands of hours of forced outages in 2022, leaving the grid nearly 25 per cent short of forecast coal generation capacity. The post Coal plant reliability hits a new low as unplanned unit outages hit a new high appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Tesla Dropped a Significant Event. Aiming to Revolutionize With More Than Just Electric Cars.

Green Living Guy

So Tesla just dropped a big announcement. The reaction to Tesla’s stock was, in a word, mediocre. However, it could be that investors had overlooked something substantive. Investors and analysts looked for explicit information about forthcoming automobiles such as the long-awaited Cybertruck and a less costly one. Elon Musk declared that, if he is correct, […] The post Tesla Dropped a Significant Event.

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Jane Goodall asks for Local Voices, Local Choices

Green Living Guy

“Local Voices, Local Choices” by Jane Goodall is a thought-provoking book that encourages readers to take action and create positive change in their communities. Goodall, a renowned primatologist and conservationist. For Goodall draws on her experiences working with chimpanzees to highlight the importance of local leadership. Also community involvement and sustainable practices.

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Queensland wants to ban solar panels from landfill as waste problem grows

Renew Economy

Queensland government proposes $250,000 pilot for industry-led solar recycling scheme as it considers banning panels from being dumped in landfill. The post Queensland wants to ban solar panels from landfill as waste problem grows appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Jane Goodall asks for Local Voices, Local Choices

Green Living Guy

“Local Voices, Local Choices” by Jane Goodall is a thought-provoking book that encourages readers to take action and create positive change in their communities. Goodall, a renowned primatologist and conservationist. For Goodall draws on her experiences working with chimpanzees to highlight the importance of local leadership. Also community involvement and sustainable practices.

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“Huge flaw” in safeguard design could double emissions task for non-fossil industries

Renew Economy

Report finds critical industries like steel, aluminium and cement will carry the weight of coal and gas under Labor's Safeguard Mechanism reboot. The post “Huge flaw” in safeguard design could double emissions task for non-fossil industries 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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FYI: What does ChatGPT "think" about Climate Change and what we are doing about it?

Energy Central

It seems we all have a brand new and very interesting toy: ChatGPT. So, what does AI tell us about climate change? I am sure many Energy Central readers have learned that the answers we get from AI depend to a significant extent on the way and when we ask the question. Also, this AI web site does not provide references. So, there is no indication about where the answers come from.

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Home energy efficiency in CEFC sights with new green mortgage push

Renew Economy

Federal government's green bank backs CBA mortgage discounts for borrowers building new homes or renovating to high energy efficiency standards. The post Home energy efficiency in CEFC sights with new green mortgage push appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Amazon: lung or intestine?

Energy Central

Amazon: lung or intestine? The preferred way of referring to the Amazon area is as a lung on a world scale. The forest is designated as an emissions sink. But. with the deforestation that has been observed for many decades, Brazil will have to compensate for the associated capacity to absorb emissions. From lung to intestine! Sad reality. The scientific community has.

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Tierra Consulting Group announces strategic focus on providing land access services to the renewable energy industry

Renew Economy

The company aims to help connect solar and wind farms to the grid, contributing to Australia's growing renewable energy sector. The post Tierra Consulting Group announces strategic focus on providing land access services to the renewable energy industry appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Amber Rudd: Low-cost offsetting programmes could undermine net zero efforts

Business Green

Writing on BusinessGreen, former Energy and Climate Secretary warns corporate climate finance is being misdirected to under-priced and often ineffective offsets Former Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd has today called on businesses to make more carefully targeted investments in climate solutions instead of purchasing low-cost carbon offsets, warning there is "little realistic chance" the voluntary carbon market as it exists today can raise the funds to halt the "climate catastrophe

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European Geothermal Energy Council - Huisman Geo, winner of the Innovation Award

Global Renewable News

EGEC would like to announce that the winner of.

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Under-priced offsets are dangerous for the planet and for companies reputation

Business Green

Companies serious about building a healthy, liveable planet should be making targeted investments in nature-based climate solutions, argues Pinwheel's Amber Rudd As the new Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in May 2015, I led the UK delegation at the historic 2015 UN climate talks in Paris. It was an extraordinary responsibility and a huge challenge to play a part in this international conference.

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International Energy Agency - Global CO2 emissions rose less than initially feared in 2022 as clean energy growth offset much of the impact of greater coal and oil use

Global Renewable News

Risk of runaway emissions growth from shift to.

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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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‘What we need is for mining companies to leave our town’: Brooke's Point vice-mayor Mary Jean Feliciano

Eco-Business

The former lawyer and Eco-Business A-List winner on the forefront of an anti-mining war in her hometown in Palawan shares how she deals with rampant bribery and attempts by her opponents to silence her.

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Enel - Commission welcomes Enel's donation of 3Sun solar PV panels to Ukraine

Global Renewable News

Today, by launching the project "Ray of hope".

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Obsolete law is costing Indonesian wildlife

Eco-Business

As long as the law does not recognise it as transnational organised crime, the illegal trade of wildlife will continue to flourish in Indonesia.

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EDP Renewables - EDPR scales up global ambition with growth plan of more than 4GW/year

Global Renewable News

EDPR will invest 20 billion euros until 2026.

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Student 'wages war on greenwashing' with startup that verifies carbon projects

Eco-Business

Launched by 17-year-old Green School Bali student Freddie Hedegaard, Dungbeetle uses NFT technology to verify carbon projects.

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Coretrax - Coretrax DAV MX delivers effective cooling solution for US geothermal project

Global Renewable News

Coretrax, a global leader in well integrity.

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Student 'wages war on greenwashing' with startup that verifies carbon credits

Eco-Business

Launched by 17-year-old Green School Bali student Freddie Hedegaard, Dungbeetle uses NFT technology to verify carbon credits.

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WindEurope - Energy CEOs: Europe needs stronger wind supply chain and clear investment signals

Global Renewable News

The European Commission is preparing a Net.

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Conservation law takes a step forward in Indonesia

Eco-Business

Strong legislation backed by science and technology could help protect Indonesia’s wildlife.

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EDP Renewables - EDP Renewables and MYTILINEOS sign a 78 MW wind PPA

Global Renewable News

EDP Renewables ("EDPR") and MYTILINEOS -.

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Indonesia banks on dams to tackle water crisis—but at what cost?

Eco-Business

Indonesia's push to build 57 new dams by 2024 could boost water storage and help with floods, but is causing new problems as well.

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Entergy Corporation - Entergy Louisiana seeks approval to add nearly 225 megawatts of solar power to its generation mixTwo facilities selected to provide power pending regulatory approval

Global Renewable News

To meet customers' growing demands for.

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Coordination and action would protect India from pests

Eco-Business

India’s future prosperity is threatened by invasive species. Yet action on the problem is piecemeal or missing.

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U.S. Department of Energy - DOE Issues Notice of Intent to Fund Applied Research and Development Projects to Drive Industrial Decarbonization

Global Renewable News

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE).

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Speeding Up Extreme Fast Charging Capability In Lithium-Ion Batteries

CleanTechnica

Researchers show that inherent lithium ions in bioderived borate polymer enhance “extreme fast charging” capability in graphite anodes Ishikawa, Japan — Current society is transitioning en masse from fossil fuels to renewable resources and electric batteries.