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Activists want 3 things from the Global Treaty on Plastic Pollution. Will they get them?

GreenBiz

Consumer packaged goods companies, chemical producers and the oil industry are in the crosshairs of watchdogs in Ottawa.

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Renewables cover 56 pct of Germany electricity use in March quarter

Renew Economy

Renewables account for 56 per cent of Germany electricity use in first quarter of 2024. The post Renewables cover 56 pct of Germany electricity use in March quarter appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How to access $6.97 billion from the EPA’s green bank

GreenBiz

The Climate United Coalition has billions of dollars to give out to advance decarbonization. Here’s how to qualify.

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Fallback Friday Story: Nikola Celebrates Grand Opening of First Hyla Refueling Station in Southern California

FuelCellsWorks

Ontario-based station marks a significant step forward in establishing comprehensive hydrogen refueling network for Class 8 trucks. PHOENIX– Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply.

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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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Tesla deployed 4.1GWh BESS in Q1, storage and generation is highest-margin business line

Energy Storage News

Tesla made 'all-time high' energy storage deployments in the first quarter of this year, 'leading to record profitability' for its energy business line, CEO Elon Musk has said this week.

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Nel ASA: Hy Stor Energy Places Gigawatt Capacity Reservation for Mississippi Clean Hydrogen Hub

FuelCellsWorks

Oslo, Norway– Nel ASA (Nel, OSE:NEL) partners with Hy Stor Energy on the Mississippi Clean Hydrogen Hub (MCHH) and receives a capacity reservation for more than 1 gigawatt of alkaline electrolysers.

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Shaping the Hydrogen Market: Hydrogenerous Start Planning First 1.0MWh HiP Hydrogen Into Power Industrial Prototypes to Pilot Customers.

FuelCellsWorks

Hydrogenerous a German-developed technology that discovered the new state-of-art technology has begun blueprinting the prototypes of its new 1.0MWh HiP Hydrogen production Catalyst Reactors to pilot customers, company Head of.

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Heat Pumps Are Coming to New CA Homes - What About Existing Homes?

NRDC onEarth

The proposed CA building code is a big step forward - but the opportunity to replace ACs with two-way heat pumps upon burnout is a massive missed opportunity.

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U.S. Department of Energy Announces $20 Million to Develop Cost-Effective, Highly Accurate Hydrogen Detection and Quantification Technologies

FuelCellsWorks

ARPA-E Exploratory Topic to Address Need for New Class of Atmospheric Hydrogen Sensing Technologies WASHINGTON, D.C.– The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $20 million in funding.

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The Week’s Jobs: April 25, 2024

Impact Alpha

Foundations, private equity investors and fund managers are on the hunt for impact talent around the world. This week: US-based jobs The Green and. The post The Week’s Jobs: April 25, 2024 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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Hyundai Showcases 14 Models and Advanced Hydrogen Technology at 2024 Beijing International Auto Exhibition

FuelCellsWorks

Hyundai Motor is demonstrating its commitment to China by bringing some of its most important models to one of the world’s largest automotive market New models, high-performance N and advanced.

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ERCOT market saturation ‘already happening’

Energy Storage News

Market saturation in the Texas, ERCOT ancillary services market is already happening as the BESS buildout accelerates, Energy-Storage.news has heard.

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ITM Appoints Hygen as Preferred Supplier for PEM Electrolyser for Hydrogen Projects Within the UK and Across Wider Europe.

FuelCellsWorks

ITM is pleased to announce a partnership with Hygen, being appointed as their preferred supplier for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolysers for hydrogen projects within the UK and across Europe.Hygen’s goal is to.

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Biographite and the changing battery market

Smart Energy International

In an exclusive interview with CarbonScape’s Oliver Foster, Yusuf Latief discusses the company’s success to date and what their alternative to graphite signals for the battery market going forward. In September 2023, New Zealand-based battery material developer CarbonScape announced an $18 million investment, signalling the company’s plans to commercialise its biographite production in Europe and the US, enabling cleaner lithium-ion batteries for EVs and grid-scale energy storage.

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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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Alstom’s Coradia iLint, the First Hydrogen-Powered Train in Service in the Americas, Wins the Hydrogen Mobility Award at the Canadian Hydrogen Convention 2024

FuelCellsWorks

The Canadian Hydrogen Convention aims to showcase achievements of leaders, innovators, and trailblazers that support the development of the hydrogen sector in Canada Alstom wins the Hydrogen Mobility Award for commissioning the.

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Lecture recording on EGS by Prof. Roland Horne available online

ThinkGeoEnergy

As part of the Stanford Energy Seminar , Prof. Roland Horne presented a lecture on “Enhanced Geothermal Systems: Are We There Yet?” The video recording of this lecture has now been made available on the Stanford ENERGY YouTube Channel, or as embedded below: ? The lecture provides an excellent deep dive into the history, technical hurdles, and the progress being made in the field of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS).

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Jet Zero Council Advance Hydrogen Aviation Discussions at Cranfield

FuelCellsWorks

The Jet Zero Council met at Cranfield University on Thursday, April 18th, to discuss steps towards sustainable aviation with a special focus on hydrogen. The Jet Zero Council is a.

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EPA's Power Plant Carbon Standards: 10 Questions & Answers

NRDC onEarth

Ten questions and answers about EPA's new carbon pollution standards for America's power plants.

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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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European Parliament Advances Net Zero Industrial Act to Boost EU-Made Hydrogen Technology

FuelCellsWorks

On Thursday, Parliament approved the Net-Zero industry Act to bolster EU production in technologies needed for decarbonisation. The European Parliament has made a significant stride towards bolstering the EU’s net-zero.

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A look at freshwater usage in solar manufacturing

Solar Power World

With solar power becoming more economical, quick to deploy and zero-emissions, it’s quickly emerged as a winner in the energy transition. As a result, countries all over the world are moving to boost their solar supply chains, including attracting manufacturers with subsidies and other incentives. Yet, as the race for solar domination intensifies, manufacturers are… The post A look at freshwater usage in solar manufacturing appeared first on Solar Power World.

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2023 Revenues: Atawey Exceeded Targets

FuelCellsWorks

With exceeded expectations in 2023, and a sales forecast of 22 million euros in 2024 along with a strong order backlog, Atawey aims to become a leader in hydrogen mobility.

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Gamechange solar to supply 500MW trackers to southern Africa

PV Tech

Solar tracker provider Gamechange Solar has secured a deal to supply 500MW of trackers to a group of solar PV projects in Southern Africa.

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Worldwide Distributors Conference | GWM-FTXT Hydrogen Achievements Attract Attention From Overseas Customers

FuelCellsWorks

BAODING– On April 23-24, 2024, the GWM Global Distributors Conference took place in Baoding, China, with around 1,000 attendees including overseas customers from countries and regions such as Europe, Asia, Australia, the GCC, North Africa, South Africa, Latin.

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Chart: Heavy industry is the next big climate problem to tackle

Canary Media

America's industrial sector is on track to become the nation's biggest source of planet-warming emissions by 2035, according to Rhodium Group.

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H2Eco Award Goes to the Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park

FuelCellsWorks

The Bad Lauchstädt Energy Park, a project by the VNG Group, ONTRAS, Uniper, Terrawatt and DBI, has won the H2Eco Award. The award was presented at HANNOVER MESSE by State.

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Hecate Energy makes progress towards 150MW solar project in Virginia

PV Tech

The Cumberland County Board of Supervisors has granted permission to Hecate Energy to build a 150MW solar farm in Virginia.

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Axpo and Rhiienergie Open Largest Green Hydrogen Production Plant in Switzerland

FuelCellsWorks

Axpo and electric utility Rhiienergie opened the first green hydrogen production plant in Switzerland’s Graubünden canton, it was announced today. The facility, the country’s largest, is located next to the.

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Rice's whale in the spotlight at Smithsonian Symposium

NRDC onEarth

Last fall, experts in marine mammal research, conservation and management gathered at the Smithsonian Institution to talk Rice’s whales – and how to save them.

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Fluxys Hydrogen Appointed as “Hydrogen Network Operator” in Belgium

FuelCellsWorks

Brussels– Implementing the Federal Hydrogen Act of 11 July 2023, Federal Energy Minister Tinne Van der Straeten has appointed Fluxys hydrogen, a subsidiary of Fluxys Belgium, as operator for the.

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Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste Released

NRDC onEarth

At the end of 2023, a group of federal agencies released a Draft National Strategy for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics for public comment.

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Thames Water customers will have paid £540mn for London’s ‘Super Sewer’

Financial Times: Energy

Breakdown of accounts comes as testing on Tideway tunnel set to begin and UK’s biggest water provider faces debt crisis

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EU parliament approves Net-Zero Industry Act to back clean energy production

PV Tech

The Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) was approved with an aim to produce 40% of its annual deployment needs in net zero technologies by 2030.

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G7 to target sixfold expansion of electricity storage

Financial Times: Energy

Batteries and other solutions aim to store wind, solar and hydropower to make up for intermittent supply