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Solar reaches record 120 per cent of electricity demand in South Australia

Renew Economy

South Australia sets a new record with solar providing 120 per cent of it electricity demand. The post Solar reaches record 120 per cent of electricity demand in South Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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‘Culture war’ threatens to undermine green energy transition

Financial Times: Energy

Despite recent reports suggesting solar power is a cheaper source of energy, people remain the biggest block to implementation

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Nuclear energy remains weapon of choice for climate deniers and coal lobby

Renew Economy

The Coalition is declaring a new "war on wind and solar" as it uses the nuclear debate to disguise the fact it intends to do nothing about climate action. The post Nuclear energy remains weapon of choice for climate deniers and coal lobby appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renewables connection times higher than desired in Europe – E.DSO

Smart Energy International

A survey by E.DSO has found multiple factors determining renewables connection lead times with different approaches by DSOs to tackle these. With grid connection lead times a key issue in accelerating the scale up of renewables, top factors identified include the pre-occupied capacity of the grid although not yet physically congested, permitting, materials shortages and poor qualification of plant connection technical project designers and errors in the projects.

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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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How Australia’s largest fossil fuel subsidy could decarbonise mining

Renew Economy

New modelling shows fuel tax credits paid to the mining sector will cost the economy a cumulative $37bn out to 2030. This money should be reinvested in decarbonisation. The post How Australia’s largest fossil fuel subsidy could decarbonise mining appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Battery storage takes central role in powering net zero

Financial Times: Energy

State backing for renewable investments fuels growth but western nations remain dependent on Asia for supply

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UK bosses flocking to Labour conference as business walks away from Tories

The Guardian: Energy

Keir Starmer’s party has put company chiefs on a waiting list after a special conference event – costing £2,520 a head – sells out Labour is having to turn away business leaders who want to attend special events at its party conference in Liverpool next month because too many have applied in the belief that Keir Starmer will form the next government.

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Shell’s about-face on green energy continues, with battery maker sonnen tipped next to go

Renew Economy

German home battery maker sonnen looks to be the next sale item as Shell fades back to black and unwinds its interests in clean green electricity. The post Shell’s about-face on green energy continues, with battery maker sonnen tipped next to go appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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G20 ‘missing in action’ on fossil fuels even as it boosts green energy goals

Financial Times: Energy

Leaders declaration avoids critical issue of ending the use of polluting oil and gas

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Morrison steals a march on Sun Cable with Singapore solar and battery supply mandate

Renew Economy

Consortium backed by New Zealand investment firm Morrison & Co wins key mandate to deliver solar to Singapore via a sub-sea cable, with operations to start in four years. The post Morrison steals a march on Sun Cable with Singapore solar and battery supply mandate appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Decarbonisation

Financial Times: Energy

Many governments and business leaders have made commitments to reduce carbon emissions in response to the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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Tandem solar cells are the next big thing in PV – but first, some roadblocks must be cleared

Renew Economy

Tandem solar cell technology promises to fast-track the global transition away from coal and gas. But there’s a major catch. The post Tandem solar cells are the next big thing in PV – but first, some roadblocks must be cleared appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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What is the “Right” Form of Climate Protest?

Andrew Winston

Hi all. Let me cut to the chase and say I don’t have the answer to the question I pose here. I don’t think anyone does. Below is a LinkedIn post I put up a few days ago about the climate protest at the (tennis) US Open. If you have a few minutes, please check out the dialog on LinkedIn about it (and add your thoughts) — unlike in most social media, the discussion is almost entirely civil.

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Hearts and minds is more than just a slogan as NSW manages coal exit

Renew Economy

The real news in the NSW supply and reliability checkup is not Eraring: It’s the recognition that government needs to do a much better job of turning renewable energy zones into reality. The post Hearts and minds is more than just a slogan as NSW manages coal exit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Former rubbish dump in Essex becomes UK’s third largest solar farm

The Guardian: Energy

Ockendon solar farm to generate enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of 15,000 homes The largest solar farm in Europe to be built on a closed landfill site has begun generating renewable electricity from a former rubbish dump in Essex. The Ockendon solar farm, the third largest in the UK, includes more than 100,000 solar modules covering 70 hectares (173 acres) of land.

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Iron ore billionaire clashes with executives over Fortescue’s green future

Financial Times: Energy

Founder Andrew Forrest urges investors to keep faith as tensions emerge over decarbonisation

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Investors and unions press Labor to invest $100bn to compete in global green economy

The Guardian: Energy

Exclusive: Stakeholders at Australian Renewables Summit hope to influence government before decisions are taken on clean energy investments in mid-year update Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government is being pushed to provide an extra $100bn over 10 years to boost jobs and reduce emissions including through investments in clean industries and manufacturing of renewable energy compone

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‘PV Ultra and Thermal Hydro’: 17-hour duration dispatchable solar and thermal storage plant opens in Victoria, Australia

Energy Storage News

RayGen, a startup with a novel high-temperature thermal energy storage tech, has marked opening of a 50MWh plant in Victoria, Australia.

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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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Technology Trending: Bitcoin mining, generative AI, hydrogen vehicle

Smart Energy International

Bitcoin mining energy consumption revised downwards, Samsung to add generative AI to home appliances and a hydrogen-powered van doubling the range of an EV are on the week’s technology radar. Bitcoin mining energy consumption revised down The Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index, one of the key resources in this area, has had its first major revision since its launch in 2019, leading to a reduction, albeit relatively small, in consumption.

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Climate protestors step up their game as climate action falters

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 11 – Tomato soup on Van Gogh’s sunflowers. A blockade of Burning Man. This weekend, climate protestors staged their latest stunt. The post Climate protestors step up their game as climate action falters appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Gresham House ‘remains positive’ on UK BESS market potential despite revenue drop

Energy Storage News

Gresham House has released annual accounts for the first half of 2023, showing lower H1 2023 revenues and a drop in share value.

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Cornish Lithium - Landmark US$67 million Investment for Cornish Lithium

Global Renewable News

Highlights Cornish Lithium to receive US$67 million in funding from the UK Infrastructure Bank, The Energy & Minerals Group and TechMet UK Infrastructure Bank's direct equity.

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Hydrogen demand, Ammonia, Refineries and the Chemical Sector

Energy Central

Hydrogen demand, Ammonia, Refineries and the Chemical Sector [link] [link] Ammonia and Hydrogen.

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Dominica - Budget 2023: Dominica to invest in renewable energy, commercialize geothermal resources

Global Renewable News

The government of Dominica is on the drive to commercialize geothermal resources with the construction of the power plant and the new high-capacity transmission network. Last year, the country mad.

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A Letter from Malaysia APAC | Hydrogen, and the Energy Transition.

Energy Central

A Letter from Malaysia APAC | Hydrogen, and the Energy Transition.

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Marine Energy Wales - Over 22MW of Tidal Stream projects win contracts in Wales

Global Renewable News

Marine Energy Wales has welcomed today's announcement that four tidal stream projects based in Welsh waters, have been given the green light to provide electricity to the National Grid, as part of.

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High Seas Gas Stations

Energy Central

High Seas Gas Stations [link] [link] Offshore Wind and Hydrogen.

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Exergy - Exergy Signs New Contract with EDC for Mahanagdong Geothermal Power Plant in the Philippines

Global Renewable News

Highlights The project will deliver 28 MWe through a brine recovery ORC unit to ramp up the capacity of the existing steam power plant With this second repeated order following the Mindanao 3.

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‘No magic bullet’: Financial institutions say Malaysia still searching for right mechanism to de-risk green energy investments

Eco-Business

The emergence of energy transition mechanisms like the JETP is an interesting development that Malaysia is exploring, says a Bank Negara Malaysia representative at the 'Unlocking capital for sustainability' Malaysia event.

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Geothermal Development Company - GDC and Power Africa launch Community Engagement Strategy

Global Renewable News

Geothermal Development Company (GDC) in collaboration with Power Africa East Africa Energy Programme (EAEP) on Tuesday, 18th July 2023, launched GDC's nine-year Community Engagement Strategy at Ka.

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‘We do not just adopt global standards, we respond to domestic challenges’: Philippine central bank exec Lyn Javier

Eco-Business

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas assistant governor tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the regulator’s maiden sustainability report that features an empirical study of climate impacts on banks as well as the nation’s first taxonomy.

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UK Marine Energy Council - MEC Welcomes News that 11 tidal Stream Projects Have Secured Contracts in the Government's Latest Renewable Auction

Global Renewable News

The Marine Energy Council (MEC) has welcomed today's (Sept 8) news that 11 tidal stream projects have secured contracts in the Government's latest renewable auction. Over 50MW of tidal strea.

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A new financing pact for climate-vulnerable countries

Eco-Business

Debt relief and reforming multilateral financing are key measures to avoid “a cycle of futile, incremental actions” in tackling climate change.