Fri.Sep 13, 2024

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Chart: Texas plans to build the most clean energy of any state

Canary Media

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Clean Energy Counsel for its support of the column.

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In the debate over carbon pricing, we mustn’t lose sight of the big picture

Clean Energy Canada

VICTORIA —Mark Zacharias, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the announcement by Premier David Eby about changes to the provincial consumer carbon price: “B.C. was a leader in putting carbon pricing in place in 2008. It did so because carbon pricing was seen to be the most cost-effective and efficient way to drive down emissions, lessening the costly impacts of climate change while also encouraging households to adopt cleaner solutions.

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Danielle Smith Boosts Carbon Capture Over Renewables at CCUS Event

DeSmogBlog

Despite a growing global consensus that carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) technology is too expensive and too inefficient to be a viable climate change mitigation strategy, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith promoted CCUS over renewables during a public address Tuesday. Speaking to a crowd at the third annual Carbon Capture Canada conference in Edmonton, Smith said that interest in CCUS has “never been higher” and that the controversial technology was “critical for decarbonizatio

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Advanced cooling systems for a zero-emissions future (Whitepaper)

Charged

Sponsored by Horton. Why do zero-emission vehicles need sophisticated cooling systems? Because they generate less emissions but more heat. With our climate changing, manufacturers’ demand for zero-emission vehicles is growing. Zero-emission vehicle subcomponents produce heat that require optimized thermal management systems to ensure peak performance and longevity.

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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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Violations Discovered at Nation’s First Carbon Capture and Storage Project

DeSmogBlog

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found multiple Safe Drinking Water Act violations at the nation’s first carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) storage project, PoliticoPro’s E&E News reported today. The Decatur, IL, project, run by Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), violated rules meant to protect against leaks of captured carbon, the EPA wrote in a notice of violation issued on August 14th.

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Full Circle Lithium meets lithium-ion battery fire extinguishing standard

Charged

Full Circle Lithium, a US-based lithium products manufacturer, has attained the Dutch Standard Designation Nederlandse Technische Afspraak (NTA) 8133 for its FCL-X specialty battery fire extinguishing agent. NTA 8133, which specifies standards for testing suppression agents for lithium-ion battery fires, includes chargeable batteries for electronics, radio-controlled objects, drones, and e-bikes.

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Drilling completed for geothermal heating in Polling, Germany

ThinkGeoEnergy

Drilling work has been completed for the geothermal heating project of Erdwärme Inn GmbH & Co. (EWI) in the municipality of Polling in Bavaria, Germany. The project will now progress to the construction of the new energy center to supply 30 MW of thermal energy to the two greenhouses in Weiding and Tüßling, as well as the towns in the region, such as Polling, Tüßling and Mühldorf am Inn.

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Solar PV and wind form foundation of Australia’s updated National Hydrogen Strategy

PV Tech

Today (13 September), the Australian government released an updated 2024 version of its National Hydrogen Strategy, focusing on accelerating clean hydrogen industry growth, with solar PV and wind generation set to provide the foundation for a booming industry.

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E.ON Drive Infrastructure selects AMPECO’s EV charging software platform  

Charged

Germany-headquartered E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI), a builder, owner and operator of public EV charging infrastructure, has chosen the charging management platform of Bulgaria-based software developer AMPECO for its Europe-wide CPO network. EDRI operates 6,000 public EV charging points in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, UK, Czech Republic, Norway, Netherlands, Italy, Hungary and Romania.

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Plug Power Secures Key H2DRIVEN Contract and Closes SEC Chapter

Hydrogen Fuel News

Plug Power Partners with H2DRIVEN for Green Methanol Project Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a frontrunner in the hydrogen solutions industry, has announced a landmark contract with H2DRIVEN, a collaboration between Dourogás and CapWatt. The agreement centers on providing Technical Evaluation Phase (TEP) support for 25 megawatts (MW) of Plug Power’s Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolyzers.

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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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Swansea University develops tool to model solar materials for agriPV projects

PV Tech

Swansea University has developed an 'innovative freeware tool' to assess the effectiveness of different solar panel materials and colours.

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Webinar: Accelerating inverter development with advanced testing strategies for efficiency and speed

Charged

Join this webinar to explore innovative approaches, including hardware-in-the-loop testing, for both power level and signal level evaluations to enhance inverter development efficiency. These methodologies are designed to streamline testing phases, ensuring rapid iteration and optimization. By leveraging these advanced testing strategies, engineers can significantly shorten development cycles while maintaining rigorous quality standards.

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AMEA Power to build 1GW solar PV project with 600MWh BESS in Egypt

PV Tech

AMEA Power is set to build one of Africa’s largest solar PV projects in Egypt, with a generation capacity of 1GW, after signing several PPAs.

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Germany held back EU EV market in first half of 2024

Charged

The number of EVs sold in the EU grew by just 1.3% in the first half of 2024, but the increase in sales would be 9.4% if Germany is excluded, analysis by advocacy group Transport & Environment (T&E) shows. The abrupt removal of purchase subsidies contributed to a 16.4% decrease in EV sales in Germany in the first half of 2024. A stable and supportive regulatory environment is key to avoiding stagnation and locking in investment, T&E said.

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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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Are hydrogen fuel cells an actual threat to battery electric vehicles?

Hydrogen Fuel News

With so many EVs on the road, should H2 even be a consideration anymore? Nobody with any reliable information at all would tell you that hydrogen fuel cells are the leading technology when it comes to zero emission passenger vehicles at the moment. H2 simply doesn’t have the numbers on the roads It would be ridiculous to pretend that the world as a whole is even ready to suddenly flood its roads with passenger cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

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Ports of Jersey, UK partners with EVie to provide EV rideshare service

Charged

The Ports of Jersey has entered a partnership with local on-demand electric transport service EVie to provide transport to and from both the airport and the Elizabeth Terminal harbor. The scheme complements a network of EVie vehicles and allocated parking spaces across the island of Jersey. There are now 10 allocated EVie parking spaces at the airport and four at Elizabeth Terminal.

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Is the Future Uninsurable? with Claudine Blamey, CSO, Aviva

Terra Infirma

With increasing extreme weather events, no sector is more conscious of climate change than the insurance industry. In this week’s episode of the Net Zero Business Podcast, I’m joined by Claudine Blimey, Chief Sustainability Officer of Aviva. We discuss a huge range of subjects from insurance risks through to Aviva’s project to revive temperate rainforests in Britain as a (kind of) form of offsetting.

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Breeding grounds, flight paths and climate change: Getting balance right on wind and solar approvals

Renew Economy

Environmental approval for wind and solar farms have to consider habitat loss for precious species, but do not yet consider the biggest threat, which is climate change, or the benefits of reduced coal emissions. The post Breeding grounds, flight paths and climate change: Getting balance right on wind and solar approvals 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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Virginia’s bold plan to turn old coal mines into clean data centers

Canary Media

This story was originally published by Energy News Network. Will Payne and Will Clear are all too aware of the skeptics. But those doubters only fuel the duo’s vision for Southwest Virginia.

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'Global oil demand growth is slowing sharply': IEA credits 'surging EV sales' for weakening oil demand

Business Green

Latest monthly update reveals how China's EV and rail boom is eating into global fossil fuel demand and dampening oil prices

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AI’s tween years, who’s taking over climate tech, and the latest for Fearless Fund

TechCrunch: Climate

What could be more frightening than Friday the 13th? How about a realization that AI is in its awkward tween stage? At least, it was for the TC Equity pod crew, which this week included hosts Devin Coldewey and Kirsten Korosec along with TC reporters Tim De Chant and Dominic-Madori Davis. AI is often a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.

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High Court blocks plans for Cumbria coal mine on climate grounds

Business Green

Controversial Whitehaven coal mine blocked, after court rules previous government failed to adequately consider project's emissions impact

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Scatec and AMEA Power to build 1.1GWh of BESS for PPAs in Egypt

Energy Storage News

Independent power producers (IPP) Scatec and AMEA Power will build solar and storage projects totalling 1.1GWh of storage capacity for power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Egypt.

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The Hague becomes world’s first city to sign into law ban on fossil fuel ads

Financial Times: Energy

Legally binding crackdown includes promotion of petrol cars, flights and cruise ships, and will come into force in 2025

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Alaska utility GVEA secures US$206 million federal package for T&D, 92MWh BESS

Energy Storage News

Utility Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) is to receive US$206 million from the US Department of Agriculture's Empowering Rural America (New ERA) programme to help develop three projects, including a 46MW/92MWh BESS in Fairbanks, Alaska.

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Edgar Villanueva, Decolonizing Wealth Project: Championing Indigenous fashion and finance

Impact Alpha

Edgar Villanueva is a model – literally – for the principles of reparative finance. On a Soho rooftop at New York Fashion Week, The post Edgar Villanueva, Decolonizing Wealth Project: Championing Indigenous fashion and finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Grenergy and BYD extend supply deal for ‘world’s largest BESS project’ in Chile to 3GWh

Energy Storage News

IPP Grenergy and EV and BESS firm BYD have extended a supply agreement for the Oasis de Atacama in Chile, which they claim will have the world's largest BESS, to 3GWh.

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North Sea output to halve by 2030 under Labour tax proposals, warns report

Financial Times: Energy

Wood Mackenzie says sector risks being ‘fatally wounded’ by the government

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Overcoming implementation challenges as European policymakers embrace energy storage 

Energy Storage News

Recognition of the role energy storage must play in Europe’s energy transition has been long overdue. Now that it has arrived, the hard work begins, write Julian Jansen and Lars Stephan of system integrator Fluence.

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SmartestEnergy Australia pens PPA for Neoen-owned 440MW New South Wales solar PV project

PV Tech

French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has inked a four-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with energy retailer SmartestEnergy Australia for 50% of the energy generated from the 440MW Culcairn Solar Farm in New South Wales.

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Bigger tent of impact investing in Latin America includes new funds, mergers and catalytic capital

Impact Alpha

The first wave of impact investors in Latin America built a big tent for individuals and institutions to mobilize capital for solutions to. The post Bigger tent of impact investing in Latin America includes new funds, mergers and catalytic capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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The KJ Show Episode 102: Are We There Yet?

Energy Central

Every week, I host 'The KJ Show,' which offers a mix of breaking news and practical advice on how the energy industry affects the consumer. During this fast-paced show, I combine weekly energy updates with conversations with leaders in the energy efficiency community. After each show, I'll share it here with the Energy Central Community in case you were unable to join me live.

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Web-based Geothermal Information System launched in Colombia

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Colombian Geological Service (SGC) – Geothermal Research Group has launched the Geothermal Information System / Sistema de Información Geotérmica (SIGT°), an openly accessible, ArcGIS-based web tool that provides a host of information on the geothermal resources and potential of Colombia. Click here to access the SIGT° tool. The SIGT° provides the locations of geothermal areas in the country as well as their respective geological, geophysical, and geochemical data.

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