Thu.Dec 07, 2023

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Food decarbonization comes of age at COP28

GreenBiz

Governments, funders and businesses are rolling up their sleeves at the climate summit to transform food systems.

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South Fork Wind Is Also a Victory for Whales

NRDC onEarth

The first U.S. utility-scale offshore wind project turns on the lights—and was built with strong protections in place for endangered whales.

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The most valuable guides to building decarbonization in 2024

GreenBiz

For the new year, here’s a selection of the best free resources available on how to decarbonize buildings.

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Spain awards contracts to 1.9GWh energy storage in first PERTE tender

Energy Storage News

The government of Spain, through the Institution for the diversification and energy savings (IDAE) has awarded 880MW/1809MWh in its first tender for energy storage to be co-located with renewables.

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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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Why JPMorgan, H&M and others will pay $57.1 million to spread crushed rock on farmland

GreenBiz

The Frontier buyers’ group wants to remove 154,000 tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by 2028 through a new deal with startup Lithos Carbon.

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Yes, it’s possible to electrify a home on just 100 amps

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. In 2022, Wayne Szeto was psyched to electrify his home.

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US to Release Hydrogen Subsidy Guidance After COP28

FuelCellsWorks

DUBAI– The U.S. will release guidance for how hydrogen producers can secure billions of dollars of subsidies embedded in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act sometime this year after the COP28 climate.

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Building decarbonization guides to accelerate action in 2024

GreenBiz

For the new year, here’s a selection of the best free resources available on how to decarbonize buildings.

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Nikola Corporation Announces Proposed Offerings of Common Stock and Convertible Senior Notes

FuelCellsWorks

PHOENIX– Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $100,000,000 of common stock and $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Green Convertible Senior Notes.

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Webinar: Optimizing battery pack and module production testing

Charged

In today’s fast-paced battery production landscape, where ambitious goals for scalability and data ownership are at the forefront, understanding the critical role of testing and data analytics is paramount. Discover the challenges faced in achieving ambitious battery pack and module production goals and how to overcome them. Learn how to harness the power of the NI Platform’s capabilities and gain a competitive advantage through a total cost of ownership perspective.

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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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Green Mobility in Action: Quantron Qli Fcev Launches at Hylane

FuelCellsWorks

At the hylane press conference on December 7, the first QUANTRON QLI FCEV was symbolically handed over to hylane. The event marked the one-year anniversary of the first fuel cell.

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Impressive Milestones Achieved on Chinese Advanced Nuclear Power Projects

POWER Magazine

China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) announced on Dec. 6 that China’s independently developed high-temperature gas-cooled modular pebble bed (HTR-PM) reactor demonstrator had commenced commercial operation. The HTR-PM project was constructed […] The post Impressive Milestones Achieved on Chinese Advanced Nuclear Power Projects appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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GM, Autocar to Build Hydrogen Fuel Cell for Autocar’s Commercial Vehicles

FuelCellsWorks

GM’s Innovative Fuel-Cell ‘Power Cubes’ to Propel Emission-Free Vocational Trucks General Motors (GM) has taken a significant stride in the evolution of commercial transportation by entering a joint development agreement.

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PV module procurement – US factory announcements add to complexity

PV Tech

Despite the gigawatts of recent domestic module manufacturing announcements, Clean Energy Associates expects the US market to depend on imports for years to come

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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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The First Certified H2 Tank With 700 Bar and 350 Litres Is Now Approved for On-Road Use

FuelCellsWorks

GARCHING, GERMANY– For hydrogen tanks to be released on the road, the law defines that they must be certified beforehand. In Europe, type approval on H2 tank systems is governed.

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European Parliament committee votes in favor of geothermal report

ThinkGeoEnergy

51 out of 53 members of the Industry, Energy & Research (ITRE) Committee of the European Parliament voted in favor of the Own-Initiative Report on geothermal that highlights the most effective means of accelerating the deployment of geothermal technologies across the EU. The result of the vote demonstrates full political alignment on the need for a European approach to geothermal to help cities, industry and households convert to baseload renewable electricity, heating and cooling. “ Today h

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US faces imbalance of domestic module capacity versus cells, says CEA

PV Tech

A shortage of US-made cells and other materials means ongoing reliance on imports to match domestic module capacity, according to CEA.

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Bacardi Pioneers World’s First Hydrogen-Fueled Glass Spirits Bottle Production

FuelCellsWorks

Trial of pioneering new technology in collaboration with Hrastnik1860, reduces Greenhouse Gas emissions by more than 30% HAMILTON, Bermuda–Family-owned spirits company, Bacardi has successfully completed the world’s first commercial production.

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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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The Biden administration has a chance to do clean hydrogen right

Canary Media

It’s not often you get to write the rules to govern an entirely new industry. But that’s exactly what the Biden administration is set to do next week with proposed rules that will define what kinds of hydrogen production methods count as clean.

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HYSKY Society to Bring All Seven Hydrogen Hubs Together at H2Hub Summit: Meet the Winners

Hydrogen Fuel News

H2Hub Summit: Meet the Winners The H2Hub Summit: Meet the Winners , organized by HYSKY Society, stands as a landmark event in the evolving landscape of clean energy. Slated for March 20, 2024, this virtual, half-day summit is more than just a conference; it’s a confluence of visionaries, innovators, and leaders in the hydrogen industry. At a time when the global energy sector is pivoting towards more sustainable solutions, the H2Hub Summit: Meet the Winners emerges as a pivotal platform fo

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Solar Spotlight: Solar mounting hits the deck

Solar Power World

Over the last several years, the shape and size of mounts used in residential solar projects have changed to a lower profile attachment that can be installed over the shingle instead of slid underneath like metal flashing sheets. The next obstacle in residential solar design was expanding these top-mounted attachments that could primarily be installed… The post Solar Spotlight: Solar mounting hits the deck appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Air storage pioneer inks first of its kind deal to keep lights on in Australia’s Silver City

Renew Economy

Hydrostor signs "first of its kind" deal for its compressed air storage technology to be used as an emergency backstop to keep the lights on in Broken Hill. The post Air storage pioneer inks first of its kind deal to keep lights on in Australia’s Silver City appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Toyota Motor announces plan for European Hydrogen Factory

Hydrogen Fuel News

The automaker plans to build a place where it can focus on commercializing H2 tech and systems. Toyota Motor Europe has announced that it intends to build a Hydrogen Factory in Europe to give it the ability to align its efforts to commercialize H2 tech and systems. The location will focus on everything from R&D to production, sales and beyond. Hydrogen Factory Europe will be used for the production of a growing number of H2 fuel cell systems.

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Report: U.S. Adds 33 GW of New Solar Capacity in 2023

POWER Magazine

A new report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and the Wood Mackenzie research group said the U.S. solar sector is expected to add a record 33 GW of […] The post Report: U.S. Adds 33 GW of New Solar Capacity in 2023 appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Europe gets its largest hydrogen fuel cells gigafactory to date

Hydrogen Fuel News

The fuel cell plant inaugurated by Symbio is the Group’s first gigafactory. The inauguration of SymphonHy by Symbio, a hydrogen mobility joint venture between Michelin, Forvia and Stellantis, marks Europe’s largest integrated site to produce hydrogen fuel cells and Symbio’s first gigafactory. SymphonyHy will support Europe’s deployment of sustainable and efficient mobility.

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Battery analytics: ‘A powerful and adaptable tool kit for optimising energy storage performance’

Energy Storage News

If you’re working with or investing in battery storage, smart battery analytics can be the difference between success and failure. Energy-Storage.news speaks with Dr Arnaud Delaille, PowerUp.

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Voltalia buys majority stake in 60MW Dutch PV project

PV Tech

Mosselbanken, the project in question, marks the first entry for Voltalia in the Dutch market as a power producer.

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Emirates Steel Arkan, Khalifa University and Ohmium International Collaborate on Green Hydrogen Research Hub

FuelCellsWorks

Decarbonization and clean energy pioneers sign Strategic Collaboration on Hydrogen Research and Development to help accelerate adoption of green hydrogen to support low-carbon transformation of the steel sector.

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New ways of working: Key takeaways from PV Tech webinar on European climate and solar power

PV Tech

Disruptions to Europe’s climate could pose challenges for solar developers on the continent and provide opportunities for new ways of working.

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Lincoln Electric launches Velion DC Fast Charger

Charged

Welding technology multinational Lincoln Electric has introduced its Velion DC Fast Charger for EVs. The Level 3 charger has been designed with industrial-grade components, provides output power of up to 150 kW, and has a charging efficiency of 95%, according to the company. The charger is manufactured with more than 75% domestic component content, according to Steven Sumner, VP, Corporate Innovation, Lincoln Electric, who adds that the American-designed and American-made EV charger “not only me

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Energy storage could halve telecoms networks’ electricity costs, Finland’s Elisa says

Energy Storage News

Europe's telecommunications sector has the potential to deploy 15GWh of distributed energy storage (DES), halving its energy costs and helping the energy transition, Finnish telecoms firm Elisa said discussing its new DES solution with Energy-Storage.news.

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World’s biggest CSP plant, with tallest solar power tower, inaugurated in Dubai

Renew Economy

COP28 host inaugurates world's largest concentrated solar power project, featuring the world’s tallest solar tower, at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The post World’s biggest CSP plant, with tallest solar power tower, inaugurated in Dubai appeared first on RenewEconomy.