Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 10, 2024

It’s described as the first fully recyclable paper crisp packet by The British Crisp Co., which launched it on 28 March, providing an environmentally friendly and scalable alternative to the eight billion packets thrown away each year in the UK, which end up in landfill or are incinerated. Consumers can dispose of the new crisp packet in their normal kerbside recycling collection along with their other paper recyclable items.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 10, 2024

Wind and solar, coupled with batteries and pumped hydro deliver the lowest cost transition. Nuclear would be slower and vastly more expensive, modelling shows. The post Coalition nuclear plan would force consumers to wait 20 years longer for 30% higher electricity bills appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 10, 2024

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has appointed a new ‘responsible body’. Ecological consultancy RSK Biocensus – and specifically its biodiversity net gain (BNG) team RSK Wilding – is one of the first organisations authorised to work with landowners and developers to secure areas of conservation and biodiversity. RSK Wilding Senior Legal Adviser Natalie Bryce said that a responsible body was a new position created by the Environment Act 2021 and allowed for contracts

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Canary Media

APRIL 10, 2024

The Texas clean energy juggernaut hit a new milestone as the state’s solar production outpaced coal-fired generation over an entire month for the first time. For years, coal and fossil gas ruled the competitive ERCOT market, which supplies power to almost all of Texas.

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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.

Energy

FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 10, 2024

The Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet’s (EEC) Office of Energy Policy (OEP) has published the results of a year-long feasibility study that could help advance Kentucky’s hydrogen economy, reduce freight.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 10, 2024

Construction is underway on first stage of one of Australia's biggest batteries, designed to support a major data centre and help usher coal off the grid. The post Quinbrook starts construction of 2GWh Supernode battery, backed by Origin offtake deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 10, 2024

Garnaut-led Zen Energy plans 1GW, 8 GWh pumped hydro project in old coal pit west of Sydney to soak up rooftop solar. The post Zen plans giant 1GW pumped hydro project at former coal pit to address solar duck appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 10, 2024

New patent covers an improved structural and delivery system for H2 Clipper’s “lighter-than-air” airships, which will be essential to unlocking the global hydrogen economy. SANTA BARBARA, Calif– H2 Clipper, Inc.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 10, 2024

The latest prototype shows energy beams can be directed from Earth, the latest step towards shooting electricity via microwaves from space. The post Solar farms in space may get real after tests on wireless energy beam appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 10, 2024

VisitAHeatPump service allows householders to look and ask questions about low-carbon system UK householders considering swapping their gas boiler for an electric heat pump could see how they work by visiting an early adopter in their area. A new service aims to help would-be heat pump owners to book a visit with households that already have one installed, through a website launched by the innovation charity Nesta.

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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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Renew Economy

APRIL 10, 2024

There is plenty already being said about Albanese's Future Made in Australia Act. We round-up some of the reactions to the PM's speech in Queensland. The post “Ambitious and visionary:” Praise and some skepticism greets green manufacturing Act appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 10, 2024

HydrogenPro ASA (OSE: HYPRO): HydrogenPro ASA (the “HydrogenPro” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has secured NOK 82.7 million in new equity through a private placement of.

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Investment 119

Charged

APRIL 10, 2024

Sweden-based truck maker Scania will expand its BEV truck offerings with the introduction of additional models, cab alternatives and power takeoff (PTO) solutions, as well as 6×4 bogie axle configurations for extra traction. The EM C1-2 truck model, designed for construction-oriented operations, now comes in both 210 kW and 240 kW versions that respectively provide 285 and 326 horsepower.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 10, 2024

Prime minister to unveil plans for a Future Made in Australia Act, proposing taxpayer-funded incentives to advance the manufacturing and clean energy industries. The post Future made in Australia: Albanese’s plan for green manufacturing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

Sustainability

FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 10, 2024

TORONTO, ON– Velox Energy Materials Inc. (TSXV:VLX) (“Velox” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce its project partner, the Hydrogen Storage Research Group at Curtin University has executed a binding.

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Charged

APRIL 10, 2024

Ireland-based ADS-TEC Energy , a developer and producer of battery storage–based platforms, has for the first time installed its ChargeBox ultra-fast EV chargers at a multiunit residential development: the 470-unit Marina Palms Yacht Club and Residences in North Miami Beach, Florida. ADS-TEC says the chargers require no major construction or upgrades to electrical infrastructure.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 10, 2024

The BESS industry is looking at ways to leverage the 45x tax credit for domestic cell manufacturing in the US, with the domestic content investment tax credit (ITC) bonus still unclear.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 10, 2024

Pacific Energy lands new $350 million debt facility as it seeks to accelerate rollout of remote and off-grid renewable energy systems. The post Pacific Energy boosts debt facility to fund roll out of remote and off-grid renewable systems appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Energy Storage News

APRIL 10, 2024

A compressed air energy storage (CAES) project in Hubei, China, has come online, with 300MW/1,500MWh of capacity.

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EnergyTrend

APRIL 10, 2024

Queensland Ready with Renewable Energy Zone Roadmap QueenslandhasunveiledthelatestREZRoadmap,aimingtoestablish12RenewableEnergyZones(REZs).Thestateplanstofacilitatethedevelopmentofapproximately22gigawat.

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Energy Energy 105

Solar Industry

APRIL 10, 2024

ComEd is planning an expansion of its 345 kV Elmhurst, Ill. transmission substation, with construction currently underway and an expected completion date by the end of next year. “ComEd is proud to maintain and grow the most reliable grid in the country, which requires proactive planning to meet the future power needs of our customers,” says Mark Baranek, senior vice president technical services at ComEd.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 10, 2024

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Muni Impact With bridges, buses and bike lanes, Reconnecting Communities rebuilds ‘civic muscles’ along with. The post The Brief: Reconnecting communities divided by highways appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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CleanTech Group

APRIL 10, 2024

The residential sector accounts 30% of global natural gas consumption (IEA) and 27% of global electricity consumption (IEA). With these staggering numbers, tackling. The post Pathways Towards Decarbonizing Homes: Gaining Traction with Customers and Reducing Customer Acquisition Costs appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Energy Central

APRIL 10, 2024

For years, the priority of many environmentalists has been to get the public to care about climate change via data and science — to agree that we do, indeed, have a problem that needs fixing. But to truly connect with people, we need to understand what they care about. And it’s time for the climate community to reorient toward empathy, and approach people’s pressing.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 10, 2024

Increase of 2% last year driven by plant expansion in China and slowdown in US and Europe closures The world’s coal power capacity grew for the first time since 2019 last year, despite warnings that coal plants need to close at a rate of at least 6% each year to avoid a climate emergency. A report by Global Energy Monitor found that coal power capacity grew by 2% last year, driven by an increase in new coal plants across China and a slowdown of plant closures in Europe and the US.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 10, 2024

Neoen, Tesla and Iberdrola want a change to a rule they say stop batteries acting like batteries, and will prevent them from offering critical grid services. The post Tesla and Neoen say big batteries are hamstrung by new rules, and that’s bad for grid security appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Batteries 93

R-Squared Energy

APRIL 10, 2024

The S&P 500 wrapped up the first quarter of 2024 with a gain of 10.2%, marking its strongest first quarter performance in five years. Additionally, all three major U.S. indices recorded significant quarterly advances. This climb was fueled by optimism surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) stocks and speculation about potential interest rate cuts by the U.S.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 10, 2024

PM's Made in Australia plan could crowd-in private climate capital from the massive super pool and the Big 4 banks. The post PM’s Made in Australia plan could compel Big 4 banks to unlock $400 billion in sustainable finance appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Sustainability 86

Canary Media

APRIL 10, 2024

Dear readers, It’s Canary Media’s birthday — we’re now 3 years old! But wait, that’s not the big news. This is: After three years under the umbrella of RMI, Canary Media is now in the process of spinning out to become a wholly independent organization.

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Organic 84

PV Tech

APRIL 10, 2024

Oil company Eni’s renewables subsidiary Plenitude has begun constructing a 330MWp solar PV plant in Spain.

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Construction 107

Solar Power World

APRIL 10, 2024

For solar projects to successfully operate beyond their warrantied lifespans, they must be built correctly and need to be faithfully maintained. Solar contractors that handle both construction and operations and maintenance (O&M) stay with a solar project for the long term to ensure the array is meeting all its milestones. Greenskies Clean Focus, a Connecticut-based… The post How preventative maintenance keeps a Connecticut solar project running smoothly appeared first on Solar Power W

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Business Green

APRIL 10, 2024

Simon Stiell acknowledges warning may sound 'melodramatic', but insists time is running out to avoid catastrophic climate impacts

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Solar Industry

APRIL 10, 2024

Avangrid says construction has commenced at its 57 MW Camino Solar Project in Kern County, Calif. “It is always exciting to see another important renewable energy project break ground,” says Pedro Azagra, Avangrid CEO. “With this major milestone, we are one step closer to delivering clean solar energy in California to go along with our six wind energy facilities in the state.

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