Tom Szaky: Beware the ‘triangle of stagnation’
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The TerraCycle and Loop founder advises how to escape this danger zone and get your sustainability work moving again.
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£36m award will use waste heat from data centres to heat homes in London
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The Mayor of London’s development corporation, OPDC has been awarded £36 million from the government’s Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) to harness waste heat from the cooling of several data centres. The innovative project is the first of its kind to secure GHNF support and will provide low carbon heating captured from data centres into buildings. It forms part of a wider £65m award from the GHNF to five projects across the UK.
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The Future of ESG: Use AI to Transform Reporting and Meet ESG Goals
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
With upcoming government regulations, such as CSRD and climate-related disclosure bills in California, tracking and reporting on ESG data and metrics has gone from voluntary to mandatory. Rather than relying on outdated methods, such as spreadsheets and manual responses, companies can use generative AI to find, collect, and report on your ESG data more efficiently and accurately, all while adhering to the latest reporting standards.
First standardised approach to Materials Passports launched
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The data in Materials Passports will facilitate informed decision making on efficient material reuse, says Waterman. Engineering and environmental consultancy Waterman Group has launched its Materials Passports Framework which it says sets a clear pathway to unlocking the barriers to material reuse in the construction industry. Presented as a major step forward in helping the industry tackle its carbon reduction commitments, the Materials Passports Framework presents the first standardised appro
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.
China Will Guarantee Financial Support for Coal-Fired Power Plants
POWER Magazine
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
A government agency in China announced that operators of coal-fired power plants will receive guaranteed payments based on the installed capacity of their units, part of a program to ensure […] The post China Will Guarantee Financial Support for Coal-Fired Power Plants appeared first on POWER Magazine.
TES Launches $4 Billion Projet Mauricie for Québec’s Green Hydrogen Production
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
TESCanada H2 Inc. (hereinafter “TES Canada”), a Canadian developer of innovative projects aimed at accelerating the energy transition, is proud to present the Projet Mauricie. Totalling $4 billion in investments.
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Controlled burns can provide years of protection against wildfires, new study shows
Grist
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
When data scientist Xaio Wu arrived at Stanford University for his postdoctoral fellowship, California was coming off a record-breaking wildfire season. In 2020, nearly 9,900 fires had burned more than 4.3 million acres of land in the state, killing dozens of people and causing billions of dollars worth of damage. That spurred Wu and his colleagues to figure out how they could use their skills to help prevent future disasters.
Nima Energy to build 150+ EV charging points across Sweden
Charged
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Swedish EV charging infrastructure developer and operator Nima is in the process of building more than 150 EV charging points in Sweden as part of its plan to open a total of 1,250 in the Nordic region by the end of 2026. The company is building charging points with power levels of up to 400 kW along intercity roads as well as in and around cities. “By the end of the year, we will open our first five stations, with a total of 36 EV charging points, in Stockholm, Kristianstad Vä, Skillingaryd and
Solar records tumble across the grid, stretches midday gap over coal to nearly 10 GW
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Solar output records tumble across the grid on Friday, with the gap between solar power and coal output stretching to nearly 10 GW at one stage. The post Solar records tumble across the grid, stretches midday gap over coal to nearly 10 GW appeared first on RenewEconomy.
IEA Confirms Natural Gas, CCUS and Low-Carbon Hydrogen Key to Net Zero by 2050
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has confirmed natural gas, carbon capture technology and all low-carbon hydrogen pathways will be needed if the world is to reach net zero by 2050.
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.
The Week in Impact Investing: Buffers
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? Thriving in turbulence. As we’ve seen in past moments of volatility, commitments to positive impact are again helping. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Buffers appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Toyota to invest $8 billion to expand North Carolina EV battery plant
Charged
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Is Toyota a sleeping giant, poised to exploit the wimpy waffling of GM and Ford , and become the EV powerhouse it should be? Or will the company continue paying lip service to e-mobility while clinging to 20th-century technology? Who knows? We won’t presume to read the green tea leaves, but we are happy to report that the Japanese automaker plans to invest an additional $8 billion in its first North American battery manufacturing facility.
Sultanate of Oman Ratifies Cooperation for Advancing Blue Hydrogen and Ccus Technologies
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Muscat– Oman’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals formalized a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) dedicated to the advancement of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) and blue hydrogen initiatives within the.
Chart: Clean energy attracting nearly twice as much investment as fossils
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. To deal with the climate crisis, the world needs to build a lot of carbon-free energy. And to build a lot of carbon-free energy, the world needs to spend money — a ton of it.
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.
Zorlu Energy augments geothermal power plant capacity with solar
ThinkGeoEnergy
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Zorlu Geothermal Energy Electricity Generation Inc. ( Zorlu Energy ) has announced that additional solar power plants will be built to augment the installed capacities of the company’s geothermal power plants in Alasehir and Kizildere, Türkiye. This follows up the initiative of Zorlu Energy to convert the Alasehir Geothermal Power Plant in the Manisa Province into a hybrid power plant with the addition of a a solar power plant with a peak power of 3.75 MWp.
Arevon completes ‘one of first’ ITC transferability deals for solar-plus-storage project in California
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Renewable energy developer and operator Arevon has completed the financing for a 600MWh solar and storage project in California, US, including US$191 million of investment tax credits (ITC) provided using new transferability provisions.
Miss Universe candidates visit Ahuachapán geothermal power plant, El Salvador
ThinkGeoEnergy
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
In what is an incredibly unique moment for the geothermal industry, 14 of the 88 candidates for Miss Universe 2023 visited the Ahuachapán Geothermal Power Plant in El Salvador, which is currently hosting the pageant. The candidates spent about an hour touring the geothermal facilities and learning about the history and importance of geothermal energy development in Salvador.
Masdar and PLN inaugurate 192MWp ‘largest’ floating PV site in Southeast Asia
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The Indonesian state utility PLN and UAE state-run renewables developer Masdar have inaugurated the 192MWp (145MWac) Cirata floating solar PV (FPV) plant in the West Java province of Indonesia.
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?
Renowned Architect Javier Alonso Madrid Joins Revo Zero to Support the Expansion of the Hydrogen Energy Sector in America and Europe
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
HERNDON, Va.— REVO ZERO, a zero-emissions technology company that is building a hydrogen refueling network, announces the appointment of the renowned architect Mr. Javier Alonso Madrid as the Director of Engineering and.
Here’s how foundations are bringing solar to lower-income communities
Energy Central
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
By Greg Horner and Vero Bourg-Meyer The rooftop solar industry is booming, but far too few lower-income Americans are benefiting as a result. It’s a “modern version of redlining,” according to Joe Evans of the Kresge Foundation. Now an increasing number of charitable foundations are stepping up to redress that injustice, using a range of approaches to bring.
Arrow Canyon Solar+Storage Project Celebrates Completion
Solar Industry
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
EDF Renewables North America, along with NV Energy, McCarthy Building Companies and the Moapa Band of Paiute Indians, has celebrated the completion of the Arrow Canyon Solar+Storage Project. The EDF Renewables-developed project began construction in September 2021, with the solar portion completed in December 2022 and storage portion completed this month.
Six GB suppliers fined £10.8m for missing smart meter installation targets
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The six suppliers missed the installation targets for 2022 by a total of almost 1.03 million smart meters. The six suppliers are British Gas, OVO, Bulb, E.ON, Scottish Power and SSE and they will pay the combined total of £10.8 million (US$13.2 million) to Ofgem’s Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Fund, which is used primarily to support vulnerable consumers.
Hithium and US developer Perfect Power in 1GWh battery MOU
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
China-based lithium-ion battery manufacturer Hithium has agreed to supply 1GWh of products to US energy storage project developer Perfect Power through a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
Is Turkish government’s 5GW solar and wind annual addition goal achievable?
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
In October, Turkish energy minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Turkey will need to install 5GW of solar and wind capacity every year until 2035, as renewables have great potential to meet the 2035 target of ‘supplying reliable and affordable energy in an environmentally friendly manner’.
JCP&L to undertake its largest modernisation project for NJ grid
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
FirstEnergy subsidiary Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L) announced a five-year, $935 million proposal that includes key investments in grid modernisation, system resiliency and substation modernisation, and represents the largest infrastructure upgrade investment in the company’s history. Known as EnergizeNJ , the five-year, $935 million proposal includes key investments in grid modernisation , system resiliency, and substation modernization, and represents the largest infrastruct
Guanghe New Energy Wins the First Prize of UNIDO Global Call 2023 in The Green Hydrogen Category
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
SHANGHAI– On Nov. 6th, the award ceremony of the Global Call 2023 organized by UNIDO (the United Nations Industrial Development Organization) was grandly held at the Shanghai International Import Expo. This competition.
Huasun Reaches New Output Record for HJT Photovoltaic Modules
Solar Industry
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Huasun says it has set a new power output record for heterojunction (HJT) photovoltaic modules with the Huasun Himalaya G12-132 HJT solar module. Huasun adds that its module showcases the immense potential of HJT technology, which has been certified by third-party testing and certification institution TÜV SÜD. The module has a power output of 750.544 W and conversion efficiency of 24.16%, setting a new benchmark for the mass production of photovoltaic modules.
Data: the lifeblood of the modern smart grid
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
A trusted and futureproof device key management platform has been developed by Thales to simplify and enhance the smart grid security process. The latest generation smart meters provide data to both the customer and the grid operator. Coupled with data from other grid-edge and grid-centric devices, smart meters are paving the way for a dynamically managed energy system for a net zero world.
FERC’s Enforcement in Demand Response Case a Lesson for Utilities
POWER Magazine
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
For energy consumers that have flexibility to modify their energy use in response to direction from a utility or the relevant transmission operator (i.e., to reduce load by changing or […] The post FERC’s Enforcement in Demand Response Case a Lesson for Utilities appeared first on POWER Magazine.
A new wave of startups is tackling a huge emissions source: wildfires
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
There's no doubt that the threat of wildfires is growing more and more dire as greenhouse gas emissions continue to warm the planet. The evidence? Five of the 10 worst wildfire events in U.S. history occurred in the last 10 years.
UK infrastructure: investors wanted to fund projects
Financial Times: Energy
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The country’s attractiveness as a destination for private capital is at an all-time low, an investor association warns
The Burden of Proof for Corporate Sustainability Is Too High
Andrew Winston
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
[One of my recurring topics…how the demand for the “business case for sustainability” is perhaps holding us back now. That is, how we can we move sustainability into a category of things we just do in business — like safety, quality, investing in people, and so on. Particular initiatives would still face normal business scrutiny, but we could stop making the overall business case every time.
Canada lines up $4bn green hydrogen project in cleantech push
Financial Times: Energy
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Bulk of TES Canada’s production will be used to generate ‘electric natural gas’
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