3 circularity roles every business needs
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MAY 17, 2024
Bringing a circular transformation to life across the company requires these essential players, from the C-suite down to the supply chain trenches.
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Mountain Valley Ruptures, Yet Claims It's Gas Ready
NRDC onEarth
MAY 17, 2024
On May 1, Mountain Valley suffered a major rupture during safety testing. But it still wants to start flowing gas next week.
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Views on single-use plastic waste vary based on concern about health impacts, survey finds
GreenBiz
MAY 17, 2024
Public opinion on single-use plastics has decreased in some countries while remaining high in others, according to a GlobeScan survey.
CTC Lets Flawed Yolo 80 Project Cut the Line
NRDC onEarth
MAY 17, 2024
CTC's $105M highway widening grant shows it has lost the plot when it comes to following Governor Newsom’s and the Legislature’s stated climate directives.
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
The week in climate policy: 4 updates you need to know
GreenBiz
MAY 17, 2024
The oil industry gets hit with another court loss in New York; Florida erases climate change from its state policy.
Nuclear option costs ‘six times more’ than renewables, study finds
Renew Economy
MAY 17, 2024
Building nuclear reactors would cost six times more than wind and solar power firmed up with batteries, according to a report released on Saturday by the Clean Energy Council. The post Nuclear option costs ‘six times more’ than renewables, study finds appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Giengen an Der Brenz in Southern Germany Welcomes Its First Green Hydrogen Refuelling Station
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
Serving trucks, buses, cars and light commercial vehicles. Giengen an der Brenz– Mint Hydrogen, a developer and operator of green hydrogen refuelling stations, inaugurated its first refuelling location on the.
Chart: Global clean energy manufacturing, by the numbers
Canary Media
MAY 17, 2024
The overwhelming majority of the world's clean energy technologies — from solar panels to heat pumps — are manufactured in China. The Biden administration, as well as several European countries, are trying to change that.
ZO Motors and ITD Industries Announce Canadian Distribution and Local Manufacturing Agreement
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
ITD Industries Named Exclusive Canadian Distributor for ZM Trucks’ Electric and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles TORRANCE, Calif.— ZO Motors North America and ITD Industries have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding.
Institutional investors seek bigger stakes in climate assets in private markets
Impact Alpha
MAY 17, 2024
The California Public Employees Retirement System, or CalPERS, this week announced it would allocate more than $25 billion to green private markets assets. The post Institutional investors seek bigger stakes in climate assets in private markets appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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.
JERA, Japan’s Largest Power Company to Invest Billions to Secure a Supply of Seven Million Tons of Hydrogen and Ammonia by 2035
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
JERA Co. Inc., Japan’s leading power company, has unveiled an ambitious strategy to invest more than $6 billion to secure seven million tonnes of hydrogen supply by 2035. This investment.
EVgo confirms plan to begin NACS deployments in 2024
Charged
MAY 17, 2024
US public fast charging network EVgo plans to start deploying North American Charging Standard (NACS) connectors—in the process of being standardized as SAE J3400—on its network later this year. Charging stations included in the rollout will serve vehicles that use CCS and NACS connectors. Deployments will begin in markets with high NACS vehicle penetration, enabling the company to maximize charger utilization.
DORIS, ROSEN and SPIECAPAG Announce the Pipeline Transition Alliance Providing Full Services Capability to Re-Purpose Natural Gas Infrastructure to Hydrogen Service
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
DORIS, ROSEN and SPIECAPAG announce the formation of the Pipeline Transition Alliance, a partnership dedicated to re-purposing Natural Gas Infrastructure to Hydrogen Service. Broad adoption of hydrogen as a new.
SEIA: over quarter of solar systems installed since IRA passage in US
PV Tech
MAY 17, 2024
Currently, over 50% of US solar installations, including residential, C&I and large scale ground mounted solar, have come online since 2020.
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.
NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen Unveil Clean Hydrogen Production, Carbon Capture Project in Portland
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
Innovative methane pyrolysis technology, which is online at NW Natural’s Central Portland facility, produces clean hydrogen and captures solid carbon. PORTLAND, Ore–NW Natural and Modern Hydrogen welcomed more than 100.
DOE to Invest $71M in Domestic Solar Manufacturing, Development
Solar Industry
MAY 17, 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is making a $71 million investment, including $16 million from President Biden’s infrastructure law, in R&D and demonstration projects aimed at increasing the network of domestic solar manufacturers. The department selected projects it felt addressed gaps in the domestic solar manufacturing supply chain capacity, including equipment, silicon ingots and wafers, as well as silicon and thin-film PV cell manufacturing.
Snam: Five Winning Startups Selected to Participate in Decarbonisation Nexus, the Third Edition of HyAccelerator
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
San Donato Milanese (Milan)– Snam has chosen the five winning startups for the third edition of HyAccelerator, a global corporate accelerator focused on hydrogen and decarbonisation technology. This project intends.
EV Infrastructure Virtual Conference: Registration now open
Charged
MAY 17, 2024
New session topics for the June 2024 Charged Virtual Conference on EV Infrastructure are out now. This virtual event will span all things EV charging in two main tracks: Track 1: Deploying EV Infrastructure & Fleets Content for fleet/facility managers, charging network operators, public transport planners, etc. Track 2: Design & Manufacturing of Charging Systems Content for engineers who are building, testing, and manufacturing charging systems.
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?
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vans for Teesside
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
Innovators in the north-east are looking at the retrofit of hydrogen fuel cell power to replace diesel engines in vans across the region. Sustainable vehicle manufacturer Innervated Vehicle Engineering (IVe).
Manhattan to JFK in 7 Minutes in ‘Affordable’ Electric Air Taxi
BloombergNEF
MAY 17, 2024
Joby Aviation is on track to launch electric air taxis in 2025, with planned service expansion in UAE, Korea and Japan. The post Manhattan to JFK in 7 Minutes in ‘Affordable’ Electric Air Taxi appeared first on BloombergNEF.
MissionH24 and Symbio Extend Partnership for Even More Performing Zero Emission Hydrogen Mobility
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
Saint-Fons– MissionH24 and Symbio, long-standing partners in the deployment of zero-emission hydrogen mobility that performs even under the demanding conditions of motor racing, are stepping up their collaboration to shape.
Is hydrogen fuel about to get way cheaper from this one discovery?
Hydrogen Fuel News
MAY 17, 2024
Scientists have found a way to produce H2 using 95% less iridium, a rare and expensive metal RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) researchers in Japan have announced that they may have discovered the secret to being able to produce hydrogen fuel far more cheaply than the currently used methods. The key is a vast reduction in the need for expensive metals Among the cleanest and most effective ways to produce hydrogen fuel involves the use of rare, expensive metals.
Study Reveals Low Cost of Nuclear H2
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
ULC-Energy has announced the results of a study – supported by 12 external organisations – which assessed the cost of hydrogen produced by a Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) combined.
Pitch Deck Teardown: Goodcarbon’s $5.5M seed deck
TechCrunch: Climate
MAY 17, 2024
Decks are all about telling a compelling story and Goodcarbon does a good job on that front. But there's important information missing too. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Versogen to Receive Federal Funds for Hydrogen Research
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
NEWARK– Versogen, a startup based in Newark, has secured a share of $4.7 million in federal funds aimed at advancing clean hydrogen production. The company is collaborating with prestigious academic and.
Toshiba introduces motor control driver IC with built-in microcontroller and gate driver
Charged
MAY 17, 2024
Toshiba Electronics has launched a motor control driver IC that implements a gate driver and a CPU core together for driving three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motors and permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) more efficiently. The TB9M003FG is the first device in Toshiba’s Smart Motor Control Driver (SmartMCD) family, designed for applications including electric pumps, fans, body control and thermal management systems in automotive.
Hydrogen Europe CEO Jorgo Chatzimarkakis Receives Gold Medal from Mission H2
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, CEO of Hydrogen Europe, expressed gratitude after receiving a gold medal for promoting hydrogen from Ulco Vermeulen, representing the Dutch consortium Mission H2, during an event in the.
Can electric woks produce great stir-fry?
Canary Media
MAY 17, 2024
This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Eater. The first thing you notice walking up to a dai pai dong , one of Hong Kong’s signature open-air street food stalls, is the smoke.
Rheinmetall Acquires Subsidies Totaling Around €7.7 Million for Hydrogen and Electrification Projects
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
Rheinmetall acquires subsidies of around €7.7 million for cutting-edge technologies Neuss, Berlin and Hartha sites set to benefit Hydrogen and electrification projects supported by German federal government and state of.
New partnership formed for geothermal heating in Burgwedel, Germany
ThinkGeoEnergy
MAY 17, 2024
The City of Burgwedel in Lower Saxony, Germany has created a partnership with Norddeutsche.Erdwärme.gewinnungsgesellschaft GmbH (NDEWG) and regional utility enercity to jointly explore and develop geothermal heating in Burgwedel, along with the development of a local heating network in the Großburgwedel district. When completed, this will become the first municipality in the State of Lower Saxony to have local heating from deep geothermal energy.
HY2GEN USA and Ocean Connect Energy Sign MoU for Wind-Powered Renewable Hydrogen
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
Hy2gen USA Inc. and Ocean Connect Energy Inc. will explore offshore wind locations to supply renewable fuel production with wind energy A collaborative working group is set to investigate opportunities.
FCL Components introduces switching relay for automotive
Charged
MAY 17, 2024
Netherlands-based FCL Components has introduced the FTR-E1-HC, a lightweight higher-voltage switching relay for automotive and power applications. As there is no specific polarity requirement for the connection of load terminals, and a low power consumption of approximately 1.2 W at rated coil voltage, the FTR-E1-HC removes the need to reduce the voltage applied to the coil to the holding voltage.
WATT Fuel Cell’s Advanced Manufacturing Plant Expands Capacity and Capabilities as the Company Prepares for Commercial Growth
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 17, 2024
WATT Fuel Cell expands its U.S. additive manufacturing capabilities and footprint at its Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania headquarters.
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