Tue.Mar 19, 2024

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Why businesses should stop planting trees and start protecting forests

GreenBiz

Investing in forest protection is the most effective approach to enhancing forest carbon sequestration and supporting biodiversity.

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National Audit Office: Low heat pump uptake slowing progress on decarbonising home heating

Envirotec Magazine

The number of heat pump installations by December 2023 was less than half of planned projections; uncertainty regarding the role of hydrogen in home heating is hampering investment and effective planning, a new National Audit Office (NAO) report has found. Home heating represents 18% of UK greenhouse gas emissions. Government sees heat pumps as the main technology to decarbonise the UK’s 28 million homes over the next decade.

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Seven steps to achieving responsible supply chains

GreenBiz

Sponsored: The Accountability Framework offers companies a practical approach to managing nature, climate, and human rights risks.

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Partnership aims to install UK-first CCUS pilot plant at EfW facility

Envirotec Magazine

Energy-from-Waste (EfW) operator enfinium signed an agreement – on 19 March – with green technology company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) to install the UK’s first carbon capture pilot plant at an EfW facility. The technology supplied by HZI will be a scaled-down, containerised version of the CCS technology that the firm says could be applied to energy-from-waste facilities on a commercial scale.

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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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How BMW is designing EVs: A case study

GreenBiz

In an interview, BMW North America's director of sustainability breaks down the importance of circularity in EV design and manufacturing.

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Managing the future of plastic: key recommendations for Government

Envirotec Magazine

Experts have collaborated on a series of recommendations which calls on Government to take the initiative on finding solutions to the plastics problem. Their recommendations were published on 18 March in a Policy Commission report, “ The Sustainable Plastics Policy Commission: Key findings for the UK government” , launched at the Houses of Parliament by Commission Chair, Baroness Molly Meacher.

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Group claims sustainable solution for wastewater polluted by dyes

Envirotec Magazine

A new study led by Flinders University appears to reveal a novel way to degrade and potentially remove toxic organic chemicals including azo dyes from wastewater, using a chemical photocatalysis process powered by ultraviolet light. Professor Gunther Andersson , from the Flinders Institute for NanoScale Science and Technology, says the process involves creating metallic ‘clusters’ of just nine gold (Au) atoms chemically ‘anchored’ to titanium dioxide which in turn drives the reaction by converti

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PepsiCo’s 3-step local-first approach to water stewardship

GreenBiz

Sponsored: With all water issues being local, PepsiCo takes a local-first approach to water stewardship projects and investments.

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Market operator explains why the lights won’t go out with wind, solar and storage

Renew Economy

The federal Coalition insists the lights will go out in transition to wind and solar. AEMO has now released a video explaining why they won't, following CSIRO's defence of science. The post Market operator explains why the lights won’t go out with wind, solar and storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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TECO 2030 Receives AIP From DNV for Onboard Compressed Hydrogen Fuel Systems

FuelCellsWorks

Lysaker, Norway–TECO 2030 is proud to announce that it has received an additional Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV regarding compressed hydrogen fuel systems. This milestone achievement marks a significant.

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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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Bill Gates’ TerraPower Ready to Build New U.S. Nuclear Power Plant

POWER Magazine

A group established by Microsoft founder Bill Gates is preparing to begin construction of a new generation of nuclear power plants in June, according to the company’s chief executive. Chris […] The post Bill Gates’ TerraPower Ready to Build New U.S. Nuclear Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Court of Appeal Rules Climate Crisis A Matter of ‘Opinion’

DeSmogBlog

The Court of Appeal this week delivered another blow to the rights of climate activists to defend themselves in court. The case centred on a jury’s decision to acquit a group of activists last year after hearing evidence of the consequences of climate breakdown as part of the defence. It was one of a number of “not guilty” verdicts in similar cases, which showed how seriously juries take such evidence – as long as they are allowed to hear it.

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ABB Signs Agreement to Support Major Power-to-X Green Hydrogen Project in the US

FuelCellsWorks

ABB collaborates with Green Hydrogen International on the Hydrogen City project in Texas, set to produce 280,000 tons of green hydrogen per year Hydrogen to be used to produce one.

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Solar Energy Corporation of India begins BESS tenders backed with Viability Gap Funding

Energy Storage News

Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has begun the process of tendering for 4,000MWh of grid-scale battery storage which will be supported by government Viability Gap Funding.

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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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Powerhouse Energy Group Subsidiary Appointed to Build Pioneering Production Unit to Manufacture Carbon Nanotubes From Waste Plastic

FuelCellsWorks

Powerhouse Energy Group plc (AIM: PHE), a company pioneering integrated technology that converts non-recyclable waste into low carbon energy, is pleased to announce Engsolve’s, a 100% wholly owned subsidiary of.

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One battery fire is ‘a fire for everyone in the industry’ – Energy Storage Summit USA 2024

Energy Storage News

Battery storage developers and operators discussed the challenges and opportunities in the US market, on the first day of Solar Media's Energy Storage Summit (ESS) USA 2024.

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PowerCell and Partners Develop Grid-Independent Hydrogen Charged Electric Excavator in Swedish Demo

FuelCellsWorks

Partnership enables emission-free power production independent of the grid PowerCell Group collaborates with Hitachi Energy, Port of Gothenburg, Skanska, Volvo Group and Linde Gas to enable sustainable power production and.

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2023 EV registrations in Europe surpass two million units, setting new record

Charged

In 2023, Europe’s auto market achieved its best sales since the pandemic, spurred partly by strong demand for EVs. New passenger vehicle registrations totaled almost 13 million units, up 14% compared to 2022. Battery EVs set a new record, selling over two million units and taking 15.7% of total market share. (Diesel cars still sold slightly more.) “Europe’s automotive market appears to be normalizing,” said Felipe Munoz, Global Analyst at JATO Dynamics.

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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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Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Program Gains Momentum With ACF Partnership

FuelCellsWorks

The African Climate Foundation (ACF) announces strategic partnership with Namibian Environmental Investment Fund (EIF) through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for supporting Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Program. The ACF announces its.

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Future priorities for AI in an evolving digital energy cyber security regulatory framework

Smart Energy International

Recent fast paced IoT hyper connectivity growth and dynamic AI evolution are impacting all industries. For the energy sector, digital transformations have been particularly seismic due to their outdated infrastructures, explains Hebberly Ahatlan. Grid modernisation and data security are of focal points as Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolutionises infrastructure performance and business insights.

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Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) Has Been Developing a Liquid Hydrogen SOV Concept, in Collaboration With Salt Ship Design

FuelCellsWorks

Together with Salt Ship Design teams, and in relation with key stakeholders (main equipment suppliers, class and flag authorities, fuel providers, among others), Louis Dreyfus Armateurs has been developing a.

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Why a shrinking US aluminum industry is tricky news for clean energy

Canary Media

When U.S. aluminum maker Alcoa signed a $2.2 billion deal to gain more control of its global supply chain last week, analysts described the move as a “ bet ” and a “ gamble ” that demand for the commodity will soar in coming years — driven largely by the clean energy transition.

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Japanese Company Set to Produce First Hydrogen on the Moon With Upcoming Lunar Mission

FuelCellsWorks

Takasago Thermal Engineering Co., Ltd. announces the completion and delivery of the lunar surface water electrolyzer flight model (FM) to ispace Co., Ltd., a trailblazer in lunar transportation services. This.

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Painted towers and monopoles: There is more than one way to do overhead transmission

Renew Economy

Here are four ideas that could improve our transmission outcomes: Dynamic Line Ratings, Advanced conductors, painting towers, and monopoles. The post Painted towers and monopoles: There is more than one way to do overhead transmission appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Thyssenkrupp Nucera Selected as Supplier of Electrolysers for ABEL Energy’s Bell Bay Powerfuels Project in Tasmania

FuelCellsWorks

LAUNCESTON, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA– ABEL Energy is pleased to announce thyssenkrupp nucera as the preferred supplier of the 260MW of electrolysers required for our flagship project in Bell Bay, Tasmania, Australia. thyssenkrupp nucera is a.

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Altilium partners with Nissan on EV battery recycling project

Charged

Nissan ’s factory in Sunderland, England is ending production of the LEAF after 13 years—but that doesn’t mean the automaker is giving up on the UK EV market. On the contrary, Nissan is planning to build two new EVs at the plant, and is also working on a UK battery factory. A further sign of Nissan’s commitment to electrification is a new joint project with Altilium , a UK-based clean technology group, which is aimed at improving the sustainability of UK-made EV batteries by recycling used batte

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UND’s Energy and Environmental Research Center Receives More Than $4 Million for Hydrogen Cell Technology

FuelCellsWorks

Senator Cramer: UND’s Energy and Environmental Research Center Receives More Than $4 Million for Hydrogen Cell Technology. BISMARCK– The University of North Dakota’s (UND) Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC).

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The Brief: Standardizing and scaling green financing

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Deploy! Bringing standards and certainty to financing for community infrastructure and the green transition. Organizations. The post The Brief: Standardizing and scaling green financing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy aims to accelerate deployment of charging infrastructure for heavy-duty electric trucks

Charged

The Biden Administration has released the National Zero-Emission Freight Corridor Strategy , which will guide the deployment of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicle charging and hydrogen fueling infrastructure from 2024 to 2040. The Strategy is designed to target public investment to amplify private sector momentum, focus utility and regulatory energy planning, align industry activity, and improve air quality in local communities impacted by diesel emissions.

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Ecopetrol Joins Greentown Labs as a Terawatt Partner

Greentown Labs

Ecopetrol’s Extensive Energy-industry Expertise to Help Climatetech Startups Commercialize and Scale Innovations Somerville, Mass., and Houston, Texas, March 19, 2024 — Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech incubator in North America, today announced leading integrated energy group Ecopetrol as its newest Terawatt Partner—the highest level of engagement with the incubator.

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Hydrofuel Canada’s Micro Ammonia Production System (MAPS 1.0) US Patent Issued, Commercial Prototype Completed

Hydrogen Fuel News

Hydrofuel Achieves Milestone with Patent Issuance and Prototype for Sustainable Ammonia Production Hydrofuel Canada Inc. (“Hydrofuel”) announces US Patent 11,885,029 “Systems and Methods for Forming Nitrogen-Based Compounds” issuance and the completion of their Micro Ammonia Production System (MAPS 1.0) commercial prototype , enabling high-yield, sustainable ammonia synthesis from air and water with unprecedented efficiency using a gas-phase electrochemical process.

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How are community solar subscriptions managed?

Solar Power World

Community solar projects have, perhaps, the most active lifecycle of any PV project post-construction because they are interacting with groups of subscribers instead of a single system owner. Management services have established procedures to connect subscribers to community solar systems and support them once enrolled. Part of that support comes from working and integrating services… The post How are community solar subscriptions managed?

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EVBox supplies 300 EV charging stations to EVzen network in France

Charged

Amsterdam-based EVSE provider EVBox will supply 300 EVBox Troniq Modular DC fast charging stations for the second stage of the rollout of charging network EVzen. The 120-180 kW chargers will be installed at more than 100 commercial sites across France. The EVzen network currently comprises 150 fast charging ports. EVzen is an initiative of Monaco-headquartered SMEG, a gas and electric utility company that has diversified to include renewable energy and vehicle recharging.