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EDP Brings 300 MW of Solar Power Online in Southern California

POWER Magazine

Renewable energy developer EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) said two solar farms with a combined 300 MW of generation capacity are now operating in Kern County, California. The two-phase […] The post EDP Brings 300 MW of Solar Power Online in Southern California appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Ascend Elements to increase US lithium carbonate production

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US battery materials manufacturer Ascend Elements is commissioning a new lithium carbonate recovery line at its battery recycling facility in Covington, Georgia in 2025 to start producing 99% pure lithium carbonate (LiCO) recovered from used lithium-ion batteries. The company plans to produce up to 3,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate annually. Its Hydro-to-Cathode direct precursor synthesis technology produces new cathode material from spent lithium-ion cells more efficiently than traditional

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Nuclear startup Deep Fission plans to bury micro-reactors to power data centers

TechCrunch: Climate

Deep Fission's small modular reactors would be lowered on cables down a 30-inch, one-mile deep borehole. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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10-Year Deal to Shape Europe’s Hydrogen Economy—Inside the Major Partnership

Hydrogen Fuel News

Hydrogen Transport Collaboration to Bridge Nordic Countries and NW Europe Provaris Energy, in partnership with Uniper Global Commodities and Norwegian Hydrogen, has signed a key conditional term sheet to establish a green hydrogen supply chain from the Nordics to North-Western Europe. This agreement sets the stage for a binding sale and purchase agreement (SPA), with a target completion date of June 2025.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Electrokinetic rare earth mining technique gets upscaled to industrial levels

TechXplore

A team of metallurgists and geochemists at Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, working with a mechanical engineer from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has improved their previous electrokinetic mining technique by scaling it up to industrial levels. In their paper published in Nature Sustainability, the group describes the changes they made to their system, and the results of testing they conducted at a mine.

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Idaho Power seeks regulatory approval of 100MW additional BESS after offtake agreement with Savion falls through 

Energy Storage News

Idaho Power is seeking approval from the state regulator to deploy an additional 100MW of BESS to plug the gap left within its portfolio following the cancellation of a deal with IPP Savion.

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WEX partners with Qmerit for EV charger installation at fleet drivers’ homes

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Global commerce platform WEX has formed a partnership with EV charger installation provider Qmerit to streamline the installation of chargers at the homes of commercial fleet drivers. Qmerit will provide end-to-end home EV charging installation and integration services from its national network of more than 23,000 electricians. WEX EV At-Home provides access to WEXs fleet management software portal using a single WEX credit line and unified billing and now also includes Qmerits charger installat

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Agrivoltaics paired with sheep production makes nearly 100% of land grazable

TechXplore

While herding sheep is an age-old adage for leadership, breeding and raising sheep is where the money is, according to a new study led by Western University.

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Octopus Energy’s software platform is emerging from parent’s shadow

Financial Times: Energy

Kraken now has over 60mn accounts and forecasts that it will win tens of millions more

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German testing agency finds EV batteries last longer than expected

Charged

One of the beloved bugaboos bruited by EV boo-birds is that EV batteries will quickly wear out. Now that there are significant numbers of high-mileage EVs on the road, this deceitful dirge has been definitively debunked. Car and Driver (among many other sources) estimates that a typical EV battery should last between 10 and 20 years (the average new car in the US is expected to last 12.5 years).

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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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ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY

Energy Central

BACKGROUND: Atmosphere which comprises nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon etc. and a layer that surrounds a planet has different layers – troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. This atmosphere of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.93% argon and 0.04% carbon dioxide protects us from harmful UV radiation emitted by the Sun. Atmosphere that scatters the sunlight.

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Alta Resource breaks down e-waste for rare earth metals that electronics need

TechCrunch: Climate

Nvidia, Apple, and the Pentagon want more rare earth metals. Alta says it can capture more of the critical minerals from low-grade sources than other methods. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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BLM publishes scoping letter for planned Idaho geothermal lease sale

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Bruneau Field Office has published a scoping letter to inform interested and affected parties of a proposed geothermal lease sale covering 50,126 acres in Owyhee County, Idaho. Analysis of the proposal is ongoing and will be documented in an Environmental Analysis (EA) which is targeted to be completed by September 2025.

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Silk-based nanofiltration membrane can purify water 10 times faster than commercial methods

TechXplore

A research team led by Professor Chuyang Tang, Chair Professor from the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has developed a novel nanofiltration membrane using natural silk that could transform the process of water purification and treatment.

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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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🌏 $30bn and 14% fall as market finds new normal in ‘24

Climate Tech VC

Happy New Year 🎉 We’re glad to be back in your inbox after a little R&R over the holiday break, and we’ve got one last gift for you: our 2024 Climate Tech Investment Trends report, live now. 👉 Access it here : Our brand new report tracking venture capital and growth investment in climate tech over the past year. It’s our fourth (!

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Jackery’s Solar Roof announced alongside a fast car charger and new solar generator

The Verge: Energy

A house fitted with Jackerys Solar Roof using curved terra-cotta red panels and a HomePower ES battery backup system installed outside. | Image: Jackery Jackery is expanding its lineup of energy products for home use and outdoor adventures at CES 2025 with the launch of its new Solar Roof tiles, a mid-sized solar generator, and a high-powered charger for vans, pickups, and RVs that can keep its giant portable batteries at the ready.

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Big buildings are a climate problem. These policies aim to fix that.

Canary Media

Hulking, aging buildings pose a huge climate problem for the United States biggest cities and innovative laws meant to address that challenge are coming into full force this year. In the U.S.

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Ramping up the scale of climate and energy technology: Experts recommend technical risk assessment strategies

TechXplore

One of the biggest challenges in implementing energy and climate technologies is actually scaling them up to deploy. While scale-up has largely been the domain of industrial R&D teams, advances in modeling and experimental techniques increasingly allow early-stage researchers like those at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to contribute to the process.

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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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Tackling gender inequality will uplift sustainability efforts

Business Green

Partner Insight: Equans' head of DEI and wellbeing, Dr Helen Woolnough, highlights the vital connection between gender equality and sustainability, focusing on the importance of systemic change, inclusive leadership, and empowering women to drive progress toward global goals like net zero and the UN Sustainable Development Goals We've all heard the adage ‘ignorance is bliss'.

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New study opens the door for waste-derived organic redox flow batteries

TechXplore

The batteries used in our phones, devices and even cars rely on metals like lithium and cobalt, sourced through intensive and invasive mining. As more products begin to depend on battery-based energy storage systems, shifting away from metal-based solutions will be critical to facilitating the green energy transition.

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'Local action means big impact': New campaign to highlights potential for localised climate action

Business Green

Carbon Copy's new campaign, delivered in partnership with WWF-UK, The Carbon Literacy Project, and Climate Emergency UK, aims to boost local climate and nature initiatives

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Method can detect harmful salts forming in nuclear waste melters

TechXplore

A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world.

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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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Toyota Sequoia 1794 Edition 2025: Test Drive Results

Green Living Guy

A Texas-Sized Leap in SUV Evolution The 2025 Toyota Sequoia 1794 Edition roars onto the scene, redefining the full-size SUV landscape. This mild hybrid behemoth doesn’t just turn heads; it revolutionizes the driving experience. With its cowboy-chic aesthetics and cutting-edge technology, the Sequoia 1794 Edition proves that size and efficiency can coexist harmoniously.

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New York utility Con Edison launches RFP for bulk energy storage projects

Energy Storage News

Consolidated Edison Company (ConEd) and Orange and Rockland utilities (O&R) have issued a joint Request for Proposals (RFP) for bulk energy storage and dispatch rights in New York, US.

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Western Australia awards AU$16 million to clean energy projects

PV Tech

The Western Australian government has awarded AU$16 million in funding to bolster clean energy projects, including solar PV and BESS projects.

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Lightsource bp, Acen Australia progress 550MW of solar-plus-storage in New South Wales

Energy Storage News

Global solar developer Lightsource bp and Acen Australia have seen each of their respective solar-plus-storage projects in New South Wales, Australia, totalling 550MW of generation capacity, progress.

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Experimental membrane captures more than 99% of aluminum ions from waste

TechXplore

Used in everything from soda cans and foil wrap to circuit boards and rocket boosters, aluminum is the second-most-produced metal in the world after steel. By the end of this decade, demand is projected to drive up aluminum production by 40% worldwide. This steep rise will magnify aluminum's environmental impacts, including any pollutants that are released with its manufacturing waste.

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Deriva commissions 140MW Spanish Peaks Solar portfolio in Colorado

PV Tech

US renewable project developer Deriva Energy has commissioned its 140MW Spanish Peaks Solar portfolio in the US state of Colorado.

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Navigating the rigid world of energy storage warranties

Energy Storage News

Valentin Lorscheid and Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies of ACCURE Battery Intelligence propose ways in which BESS warranties can be reformed as the industry matures.

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Novel composite improves performance in solid-state lithium-ion batteries

TechXplore

Lithium-ion batteries are widely viewed as a necessity for meeting our growing energy demands while reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. So far, however, their commercial rollout has been hindered by safety issues relating to their use of liquid electrolytes: including the possibility for the harmful chemicals they contain to leak into the environment, or even explode if they become too hot.

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'A record-breaking year': NESO confirms grid reached lowest carbon intensity on record in 2024

Business Green

Flurry of clean power records announced, as last coal power station closes and wind energy generation surges

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Hithium, Samsung C&T claim 10GWh pipeline for global BESS project partnership

Energy Storage News

Chinese battery manufacturer Hithium and Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction (Samsung C&T) have penned a new agreement targeting around 10GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity globally.