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California Becomes First State to Ban “Sell By” Dates on Packaged Foods

NRDC onEarth

Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 660, which bans the use of consumer-facing “Sell By” dates and requires the use of standardized food date labeling terminology, reducing consumer confusion and the environmental and socio-economic impacts of food waste

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DOE Finalizes $1.52B Palisades Loan for First-Ever U.S. Nuclear Plant Recommissioning

POWER Magazine

Marking the first-ever revival of a nuclear power plant in the U.S., the Department of Energy (DOE) on Sept. 30 finalized a $1.52 billion loan guarantee to Holtec International to […] The post DOE Finalizes $1.52B Palisades Loan for First-Ever U.S. Nuclear Plant Recommissioning appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Last coal power station in UK shuts down, bring coal era to end after 143 years

Renew Economy

The UK was the first country to build a coal fired power station and has now become the first major economy to exit coal power. The post Last coal power station in UK shuts down, bring coal era to end after 143 years appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Germany’s mixed record disappoints the climate conscious

Energy Transition

Despite a record rollout of renewables, expectations for a notably greener Germany have not been met. Environmental think tanks and NGOs are taking their gripes to court to make the German government comply with German law – and the coalitions’ own promises. Paul Hockenos reports.

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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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Renewable records tumble for second day in a row, pushing fossil fuels to new lows

Renew Economy

The instantaneous share of renewable energy in Australia’s main grid has reached new highs for the second day in a row, steadily nudging out fossil fuels in preparation for the day that coal generation might be switched off completely, as occurred in the earlier today. As Joshua Hill writes here, the last coal-fired power generator […] The post Renewable records tumble for second day in a row, pushing fossil fuels to new lows appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Norway is the first country to have more EVs than gasoline-powered cars in driveways 

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The Norwegian Road Federation—Opplysningsrådet for Veitrafikken in Norwegian—has announced a seismic shift in electric adoption: There are now more EVs on the country’s roads than gasoline-powered autos. There are currently 2.8 million passenger cars registered in the country and 26.3% are fully electric, just edging out the share of gassers. Diesels, however, remain the most common vehicle type, accounting for over one-third of Norwegian vehicle registrations.

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Malaysia reinvigorating interest in geothermal with 1st Geothermal Conference

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Southeast Asia region has earned an excellent reputation in the field of geothermal power generation. As of the end of 2023, the Philippines and Indonesia have a combined installed geothermal power capacity of 4370 MW , or about 27% of the global installed capacity. Taiwan also has operating geothermal power plants in Qingshui and Sihuangziping , and Thailand has had a 300-kW geothermal installation running since the 1980s.

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Solar and wind less than half the cost of fossil fuels as price falls continue

Renew Economy

When compared to fossil fuel and nuclear options, solar PV’s global costs in 2023 were 56 per cent lower, while onshore wind’s costs were even lower. The post Solar and wind less than half the cost of fossil fuels as price falls continue appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Planet’s Project Centinela: Monitoring Vulnerable Biodiversity Hotspots for Conservation Action

Planet Pulse

The name “Centinela” is storied in the tropical botany world. Surveyed by legendary botanist Al Gentry and others in the 1970s, the tiny Ecuadorian mountain range was discovered to harbor dozens of species new to science—roughly every third species they encountered. But in the years following this revelation, Centinela’s forests were decimated. For decades, botanists suspected that this treasure trove of unusual species had been lost forever.

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Ohio drought renews worries about massive use of water for fracking

Energy Central

The driest summer in more than a decade prompted an Ohio watershed district this summer to take the unprecedented step of limiting the use of water for oil and gas fracking. The restrictions applied only to Atwood Lake, a popular boating and fishing spot southeast of Canton that has experienced a foot and a half drop in water levels over the past few months of drought.

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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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Western Australia’s Exmouth to run on 80% renewable energy from solar PV and batteries

PV Tech

In Western Australia’s Gascoyne region, Exmouth will run on 80% solar PV-derived renewable energy via a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) between Pacific Energy and Horizon Power, the state’s energy provider.

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The Brief: Catalyzing institutional capital for climate

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Catalytic Capital BII aims to catalyze European institutional capital for climate investments in emerging markets. The post The Brief: Catalyzing institutional capital for climate appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Getting a heat pump took some effort. Here’s what I learned.

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. Canary thanks EnergySage for its support of the column. The home inspection report painted a pretty bleak picture.

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New Mexico approves US$942 million bond for Ebon Solar cell manufacturing plant

PV Tech

New Mexico lawmakers have approved up to US$942 million in bonds to support the development of Ebon Solar’s cell manufacturing facility.

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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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Philippines president on hand at inauguration of country’s first LFP ‘gigafactory’

Energy Storage News

Philippines President Ferdinand ‘Bong Bong’ Marcos Jr has attended the inauguration of the country’s first lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery factory.

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Nth Cycle starts domestic commercial-scale nickel and cobalt scrap refining

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US metal refining and recycling company Nth Cycle has begun operations in Fairfield, Ohio to produce premium nickel-cobalt mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP), which is an essential component in a number of clean-energy, consumer and military applications. The plant was installed at an existing 20,000-square-foot facility, and can process up to 3,400 tons of scrap materials to produce up to 992 tons of MHP per year.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes school solar bill

Canary Media

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that aimed to make rooftop solar systems more affordable for school districts. The decision drew immediate rebukes from groups that say it will harm schools by preventing them from using solar to curb their rising utility bills and help meet state climate goals.

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New cooling system works on gravity instead of electricity

TechXplore

Its abundance of sunlight and heavy investment in solar cell technology has positioned Saudi Arabia well in its transition to becoming a leading exporter of renewable energy. Indeed, solar energy currently makes up more than 80% of the Kingdom's green energy capacity. However, these cells bring a twisted irony, as their operation exposes them to overheating risks.

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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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Getting a heat pump took some effort. Here’s what I learned.

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. Canary thanks EnergySage for its support of the column. The home inspection report painted a pretty bleak picture.

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EU research seeks to redefine geothermal power, heating, and cooling

ThinkGeoEnergy

On July 4th, the “Next Generation Flexible Trigeneration Geothermal ORC Plant” (nGEL) Project consortium marked a significant milestone with a project kick-off meeting held in Bochum, Germany. The main objective of the nGEL project is to be able to generate electricity from geothermal resources at 110 °C and below, which are considered to be very low temperatures , and to make electricity, heating and cooling systems very efficient at moderately low temperatures of 110 to 170 °C.

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California governor vetoes school and apartment buildings self-consumption bill

PV Tech

California governor, Gavin Newsom, has vetoed a bill that would have allowed schools and apartment buildings to use self-consumption of solar PV.

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Advancing EV charging infrastructure with scalable power distribution: Whitepaper

Charged

Sponsored by Starline. The global transition to electric vehicles, both for individual and fleet use, has accelerated in recent years, and as the number of EVs on the road continues to rise, EV charging station providers often struggle to keep up. Providers face several challenges, including limitations of existing power infrastructure and high upfront costs of installation, as they race to meet growing demand.

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Heliene closes US$50 million tax credit deal to support US manufacturing plans

PV Tech

Heliene has closed a US$50 million tax credit transfer sale to support its cell and module manufacturing expansion in the United States.

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How the shipping industry can set sail toward a low-carbon future

Impact Alpha

Each year, the shipping industry is responsible for roughly 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. While the industry has been making strides toward. The post How the shipping industry can set sail toward a low-carbon future appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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The hottest trend in nuclear power: Reopening shuttered plants

Canary Media

The U.S. has never restarted a decommissioned nuclear reactor, but today Holtec International closed a $1.5 billion loan from the U.S.

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Dover Fueling Solutions’ new Wayne PWR DC fast EV charger

Charged

A sign of the times? Dover Fueling Solutions, a well-known manufacturer of gas pumps and related products, has launched a new EV fast charger. The Wayne PWR is designed and manufactured in Austin, Texas for the US market, and is NEVI-compliant. Wayne PWR’s cloud-based charge station management system allows owners to monitor the status of their chargers in real time, and the company’s nationwide Wayne approved partner service network provides remote diagnostics and proactive monitoring and maint

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Farewell King Coal, not a moment too soon

Terra Infirma

So, as the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power plant closes, today is the first day that the UK has no functioning coal-fired power stations since the first opened in 1882. We are the first major economy to give up coal, the most carbon-intensive fuel there is, but celebrations have been muted. Listening to the commentary on the radio and in the press this morning, there has been a big focus on jobs, but no mention of the terrible flooding which hit Central Europe in the last month – or indeed the more loca

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COP16: How countries are failing to deliver promised national nature plans

Business Green

WWF publishes tracker assessing quantity and quality of national nature plans submitted by governments ahead of upcoming Biodiversity Summit - and finds just 20 nations have submitted updated plans

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Henkel opens Battery Test Center in Düsseldorf

Charged

German chemical and consumer goods company Henkel has opened a new Battery Test Center at the company’s headquarters in Düsseldorf. The new facility is an addition to Henkel’s Battery Engineering Center, which opened in 2023 with the launch of the Battery Application Center. The facilities are part of Henkel’s efforts to strengthen its position as a development partner for automotive OEMs and battery manufacturers in the e-mobility sector.

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Meyer Berger delays H1 2024 results to October, reports falling sales figures in preliminary results

PV Tech

Meyer Burger has published its preliminary results for H1 2024, which include module sales of CHF43.4 million (US$51.5 million).

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Private equity, like banks, pours money into fossil fuel companies

Impact Alpha

It’s not just global banks doubling down on carbon-emitting fuels. Private equity, an opaque corner of the financial industry that oversees more than. The post Private equity, like banks, pours money into fossil fuel companies appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Exmouth, gateway to Ningaloo, to go 80 per cent renewables with help of solar and battery

Renew Economy

Energy providers to aim for their highest share of renewables to meet green expectations suitable for a town that is the gateway to a world heritage site. The post Exmouth, gateway to Ningaloo, to go 80 per cent renewables with help of solar and battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Researchers develop model to project energy storage needs for renewable energy

TechXplore

Researchers have developed a model that can be used to project what a nation's energy storage needs would be if it were to shift entirely to renewable energy sources, moving away from fossil fuels for electric power generation. The model offers policymakers critical information for use when making near-term decisions and engaging in long-term energy system planning.