Mon.Sep 11, 2023

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Can the global green energy transition bridge the $18T investment gap it faces?

GreenBiz

A major new analysis from Boston Consulting Group predicts a green energy system can solve the 'trilemma,' but a massive scaling up in wind, solar and grid storage capacity is urgently required through 2030.

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Comment: New UK tax on plastic packaging seems to be working

Envirotec Magazine

Abigail McGregor suggested “progress may stall if additional recycling capacity isn’t built.” Share of UK businesses using recycled plastic in packaging rising from 31% to 44% A new UK tax on plastic packaging already seems to be working with the amount of packaging in the UK* containing recycled plastic rising from 31% of all packaging when the tax was introduced to 44% within the first six months, says multinational law firm Pinsent Masons.

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3 essential regulations for business waste and recycling

GreenBiz

Sponsored: These are the 3 types of regulations that every business should have on their radar.

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£6.6m invested in the UK’s supply of critical materials for magnets

Envirotec Magazine

The UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, has announced a £6.6m investment in research projects which aim to help build a stronger supply chain of the critical minerals used widely in electronics and industry. The Critical Materials for Magnets Competition is part of the CLIMATES programme, announced in February , which committed £15m of government funding for cutting-edge research to strengthen the supply of critical materials.

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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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Gotion to build US$2 billion gigafactory in Illinois

Energy Storage News

China-headquartered lithium-ion battery manufacturer Gotion High-Tech has announced a new US$2 billion gigafactory in Illinois, US, targeting the EV and energy storage system (ESS) markets.

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Partnership aims to create circular supply chain for wind turbine rare earth magnets

Envirotec Magazine

As the first generation of the UK’s wind turbines come to the end of their serviceable life, a project called “Re-Rewind” aims to help develop a sustainable, circular economy to recover and secure the essential resources needed for the next. Re-Rewind is a partnership between sustainable materials specialist EMR, an expert in recycling rare earth magnetic materials HyProMag, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, Magnomatics, and the University of Birmingham.

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New startup project ‘nudges’ seafarers to reduce ship emissions

Envirotec Magazine

Behavioural change startup Signol launched a seemingly first-of-its kind project with Stolt Tankers on 11 September, aiming to further reduce shipping emissions by using IoT data to help seafarers understand the impact of their actions on overall fuel consumption and CO2 emissions and motivate them to adopt new behaviours. By combining sensor data with behavioural change techniques, Stolt Tankers is pioneering a human-centered, tech-enabled approach to improving fuel efficiency and reduce shippi

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He couldn't install solar at home, so he helps nonprofits do it instead

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 Lunar Energy for its support of the column. John Smillie had long been concerned about the climate crisis.

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HYDF Energy Unveils HYNAVAL: a Bold Initiative to Green Maritime Transport With Hydrogen

FuelCellsWorks

Bordeaux (France)– Hydrogène de France (HDF Energy), leading developer of large-scale green hydrogen infrastructure and high-power fuel cell manufacturer , is taking a significant stake alongside CLYD, a naval architect, in.

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The biomethane boondoggle that could derail clean hydrogen

Canary Media

Canary Media’s Down to the Wire column tackles the more complicated challenges of decarbonizing our energy systems. The Inflation Reduction Act could lay the groundwork for the mass production of green hydrogen, a vital zero-carbon fuel that can help clean up industries from shipping to fertilizer production.

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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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Danfoss’s Volvo electric truck operates on a 24-hour shift

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Volvo recently delivered 3 heavy-duty line haul electric trucks to Danish industrial multinational Danfoss. The new e-trucks will operate on fixed routes between Danfoss sites in Denmark, and one of them will operate 24 hours a day without significant charging downtime. Customized chargers from Danish company GodEnergi will be used to rapidly charge the truck’s battery during offloading and onloading at each stop, which usually takes around 15 minutes.

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Terex Advance Adopts Cummins X15H Hydrogen Engines for Its Concrete Mixers

FuelCellsWorks

First US-based on-highway OEM to secure X15H as part of its decarbonization strategy. COLUMBUS, Ind– Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI), a global power solutions provider and Terex® Advance, leading manufacturer of.

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EVgo and Amazon launch EV charger navigation with Alexa

Charged

US charging network EVgo has announced that drivers with Alexa-enabled vehicles or accessories like Echo Auto can now use Alexa with EVgo’s PlugShare application to locate and navigate to nearby EV charging stations. By means of a voice request, Alexa will provide a list of public charging stations nearby, along with real-time availability by plug type and charging speed as well as distance and time to arrival.

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Antibiotic Use Remains Far Too Intensive in U.S. Livestock

NRDC onEarth

By contrast, falling rates of medical use suggest more effective stewardship.

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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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Sakuu’s lithium metal batteries hit milestone of 950 Wh per liter

Charged

Sakuu has developed a number of technologies for the commercial-scale production of solid-state and lithium metal batteries. Now the company says it has achieved several important milestones for its lithium metal battery tech. Samples of Sakuu’s licensable Li-metal Cypress battery cell chemistry, commercially available since May 2023, have been delivered to several customers in the two-wheeled EV space, as well as the e-aviation/drone, defense and power tool industries.

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Nextracker and Unimacts Inaugurate New Las Vegas Factory

Solar Industry

Nextracker , a solar tracker and software solutions company, and Unimacts , a provider of industrial manufacturing and supply chain solutions, have just opened a Nextracker-dedicated manufacturing facility in Las Vegas. Owned and operated by Unimacts, the facility will produce critical steel components exclusively for Nextracker used in ground-mount solar power generation plants to primarily serve projects in Nevada and southwestern states.

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AGL on-sells certificates from giant wind farm to Microsoft in new 15 year deal

Renew Economy

AGL Energy inks 15-year deal with Microsoft to supply the global software and tech giant with renewable energy certificates from what will be the biggest wind farm in NSW. The post AGL on-sells certificates from giant wind farm to Microsoft in new 15 year deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Dimension Secures $237 Million Financing to Build Solar Portfolio

Solar Industry

Dimension Renewable Energy , a developer and operator of community solar projects, has closed $237 million in financing to support the construction of a 120-MW DC distributed generation portfolio. Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, acted as lead debt syndicator, with NT Solar and Advantage Capital arranging the tax equity.

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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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“Looming catastrophe:” EU solar makers issue SOS as cheap China modules flood market

Renew Economy

European solar industry calls for urgent action amid warnings that unsustainably low-cost PV from China is pricing the local market out of business. The post “Looming catastrophe:” EU solar makers issue SOS as cheap China modules flood market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Open Cosmos, a UK satellite startup focused on sustainability, raises $50M

TechCrunch: Climate

Satellites have come into focus as a critical way — and sometimes the only way — to deliver communications and receive data about certain locations around the world, a power position that can be heroic but also ripe for abuse, and that’s before considering how their presence contributes to the growing problem of space debris.

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Schaeffler and H2 Green Steel Intensify Cooperation

FuelCellsWorks

Increase in equity stake adds third pillar to cooperative venture, alongside strategic technology partnership and off-take agreement Schaeffler increases equity interest in H2 Green Steel to 100 million euros Use.

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UK Government Invests £650 million in Fusion Projects

Energy Central

UK Government Invests £650 million in Fusion Projects Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and Kyoto Fusioneering Form Strategic Alliance Germany Allocates $1 billion Investment in Fusion Intel and Dell Partner with UK Atomic Energy Authority on Fusion Power Plant Digital Twin UK Government Invests £650 million in Fusion Projects The UK government announced last week that.

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Looking closer at filter, resonant and snubber capacitors in EVs

Charged

Sponsored by Knowles Precision Devices. Many power electronics today are being designed for use in high-temperature, high-voltage environments, such as inside electric vehicles. However, size, weight, and power (SWaP) are also key factors driving electronic product development. These conflicting design criteria are an issue for many electrical engineers because space is not available to simply add a cooling system, as this will add weight and increase the product’s overall footprint.

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What Is the “Global Stocktake” and How Can It Accelerate Climate Action?

The City Fix

This year is a critical moment for climate action. The mounting impacts of climate change, from floods and droughts to hurricanes and heat waves, are taking a major toll on human lives and economies globally — particularly in vulnerable developing nations.

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Parker Lord expands its CoolTherm portfolio of thermally conductive materials

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The Parker Lord Assembly and Protection Solutions Division of Parker Hannifin Corporation, a provider of motion and control technologies, has launched three new products specifically designed for EV battery systems. These new thermally conductive gap fillers expand Parker Lord’s CoolTherm portfolio of thermal management solutions for OEMs and battery producers.

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BPH Energy Secures $1.9M to Fast-Track Gas and Hydrogen Ventures

FuelCellsWorks

BPH Energy Ltd. has successfully raised $1.9 million in a strongly-backed placement, fueling its next phase of development across hydrocarbon, Cortical Dynamics, and hydrogen investments. The company issued 95 million.

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Power measurement equipment for the advancement in EV architectures (Webinar)

Charged

CSM’s latest innovations for power and efficiency analyses expands on the success of our industry-leading High Voltage Breakout Modules (HV BM). We continue to improve the technology with reductions in packaging space and connection methods. This presentation at the Fall Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by CSM, will cover the advancements of synchronously measuring voltage and current.

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Heat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel systems in cold weather, study finds

The Guardian: Energy

Doubts about whether heat pumps work well in subzero conditions shown to be unfounded, say researchers Heat pumps are more than twice as efficient as fossil fuel heating systems in cold temperatures, research shows. Even at temperatures approaching -30C, heat pumps outperform oil and gas heating systems, according to the research from Oxford University and the Regulatory Assistance Project thinktank.

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Silfab Solar Introducing Advanced TOPCon PV Modules

Solar Industry

Silfab Solar , a PV module manufacturer based in North America, will release a premium line of TOPCon PV modules in in the first quarter of 2024 specifically designed and engineered for commercial and residential markets in the United States. Rapidly advancing U.S. cell-manufacturing capabilities, Silfab expects to be the first U.S. solar manufacturer to deliver in 2024 made-in-America TOPCon modules containing domestically produced N-type TOPCon cells.

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Peak fossil fuel demand will happen this decade

Financial Times: Energy

But the decline in oil, gas and coal will not be steep enough to limit global warming to 1.

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World Bank spent billions of dollars backing fossil fuels in 2022, study finds

The Guardian: Energy

Campaigners estimate about $3.7bn in trade finance was supplied to oil and gas projects despite bank’s green pledges The World Bank poured billions of dollars into fossil fuels around the world last year despite repeated promises to refocus on shifting to a low-carbon economy, research has suggested. The money went through a special form of funding known as trade finance, which is used to facilitate global transactions.

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Europe’s solar industry warns of bankruptcies over Chinese imports

Financial Times: Energy

EU’s efforts to manufacture more green technologies are being undercut by cheaper rivals

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RE+ week kicks off with a solar factory opening in Las Vegas

Solar Power World

On the eve of the solar industry’s biggest tradeshow, Dan Shugar, CEO of solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker, addressed a crowd at the company’s latest factory opening in Las Vegas. The factory’s inauguration fell on the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and Shugar said there’s significance in expanding domestic solar manufacturing on the date… The post RE+ week kicks off with a solar factory opening in Las Vegas appeared first on Solar Power World.