Why you shouldn't go net zero this year
GreenBiz
JANUARY 23, 2024
Sponsored: You want to move the needle on climate change? Stop trying to achieve net zero.
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Comment: “A move away from ‘fabric first’ is a step in the wrong direction”
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 23, 2024
Paul Spence is Technical Manager with heatly, a firm developing an app for the heat pump sector. Paul Spence calls for caution when it comes to promoting the idea that heat pumps should be installed regardless of a property’s energy efficiency credentials. Following a new report from Nesta (“Insulation impact: how much do UK houses really need?
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Sustainable Value Creation: Closing the Gap Between Commitments and Operational Realities
GreenBiz
JANUARY 23, 2024
Corporate sustainability has emerged in recent years as a key priority for commercial enterprises. But many have yet to successfully derive tangible value from their sustainability commitments. New research conducted by sustainability experts Dr. Robert Eccles and Alison Taylor, in partnership with GlobeScan and Salesforce, identifies a major barrier to value creation: most enterprises have not yet fully integrated sustainability across all the C-suite functions.
A bundle of tech can replace gas boilers and help millions of homes go off-grid, says study
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 23, 2024
Destined for the dumpster? The researchers say the proposal offers “a pragmatic approach to achieving zero-energy homes by harnessing wind and solar power”. Inefficient UK homes, which were built decades ago, can do away with their gas boilers and get all their energy needs off-grid by retrofitting a combination of existing renewable energy technologies, new research seemingly shows.
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.
The world’s clothing boom is a climate changer
GreenBiz
JANUARY 23, 2024
What will it take to redress the textile industry’s devastating environmental impact?
Survey will shape 2050 Water Innovation Strategy
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 23, 2024
The UK water sector should give more focus to the themes of delivering resilient infrastructure systems and protecting and enhancing natural systems, according to a survey about the UK 2050 Water Innovation Strategy. Spring, the water innovation centre of excellence, launched the sector-wide survey in July 2023. The aim was to seek views to inform the future direction of the Water Innovation Strategy, which was published in 2020 by all UK water and wastewater companies and contains seven key the
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What DC Water's Boil Advisory Fumble Teaches Us About Lead
NRDC onEarth
JANUARY 23, 2024
DC Water put customers at risk. Safeguards being considered by the EPA for the new Lead and Copper Rule could help—if the agency gets it right.
The State of the Voluntary Carbon Market
GreenBiz
JANUARY 23, 2024
Limiting global warming to 1.5 ℃ above pre-industrial levels requires significant carbon reductions and 6 to 10 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide removal per year by 2050. The voluntary carbon market (VCM) is a key mechanism to scale those solutions. The 2023 edition of the State of the Voluntary Carbon Market report from Carbon Direct provides carbon credit buyers, carbon project developers, and policymakers with an analysis of key trends and market developments.
Rio Tinto signs contract for Australian grid’s first gigawatt scale solar project
Renew Economy
JANUARY 23, 2024
Rio Tinto signs contract to buy all the output for what will be the biggest solar project on Australia's main grid, and will help power its smelters and refineries. The post Rio Tinto signs contract for Australian grid’s first gigawatt scale solar project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Plug Has Started Operation of the Largest Liquid Green Hydrogen Plant in the U.S. Market
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 23, 2024
The largest electrolytic liquid hydrogen production plant, and largest PEM electrolyzer deployment operating in the U.S., representing a landmark achievement in Plug’s build-out of a vertically integrated hydrogen ecosystem.
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.
Scientists Discover the World’s Largest Deep-sea Coral Reef Habitat
NRDC onEarth
JANUARY 23, 2024
The U.S. Southeast’s Blake Plateau is a biodiversity hotspot and a world-class treasure in our own backyard.
Hydrogen Mobility: The Next Leap in Europe’s Sustainable Transport Revolution
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 23, 2024
In the dynamic and ever-evolving world of sustainable transport, hydrogen mobility is emerging as a promising contender, poised to redefine the ecosystem of eco-friendly transportation. Amidst the gradual shift towards.
Havas CEO Yannick Bolloré Staked His Brand on Caring About the Climate. So Why Is His Company Working for Shell?
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 23, 2024
In a June 2023 video interview, Yannick Bolloré looks relaxed. The rolled-back cuffs of his rumpled blue button-down reveal an array of mismatched wristbands. His collar is open just enough to glimpse a gold pendant gleaming in the early summer sunshine. Bolloré, the chair and CEO of the Havas Group , is on the French Riviera to attend the annual Cannes Lions festival, “a week of world-class networking, learning, and history-making creativity” that draws thousands of PR and marketing professiona
Quantron Contributes 14 Trucks in the First Large-Scale Deployment of Fuel Cell Electric Commercial Vehicles in the UK
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 23, 2024
In collaboration with Novuna Vehicle Solutions and together with fuel cell electric vehicle manufacturer Electra Commercial Vehicles, QUANTRON will deploy FCEV trucks in different categories in the Tees Valley region.
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.
Planet, Microsoft, and Researchers Build New AI-focused Resource for Environmental Reporting
Planet Pulse
JANUARY 23, 2024
Authors: Seamus Lombardo and Amy Rosenthal As a Public Benefit Corporation, we think a lot about sustainability and the solutions our customers, partners, and the world need. These solutions require an up-to-date, close-up view of the Earth, as well as the deep analytics that provide reliable, quantitative insights about how Earth’s surface is changing.
Nikola Corporation Announces Date for Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2023 Results and Webcast and Q&A Platform for Shareholders
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 23, 2024
PHOENIX— Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, via the HYLA brand, today announced it will report is fourth quarter and full year ended December 31,
‘They’re Destroying Our Coastline’: Activists at the Americas Energy Summit Protest Fossil Fuel Expansion
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 23, 2024
On a frigid but sunny Tuesday afternoon outside New Orleans’ Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, a small but dedicated group of environmental activists affiliated with Sunrise Movement New Orleans protested the start of the 20th edition of the Americas Energy Summit & Exhibition. The conference was originally scheduled for the end of October of 2023.
Cipher Neutron’s Research Division Receives Funding From Molymet, to Accelerate the Development of Rhenium-Based Aem Electrolysers
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 23, 2024
TORONTO– Canadian company Cipher Neutron Inc. (“Cipher Neutron” or “CN”) received funding from Molibdenos y Metales S.A. (“Molymet”) to accelerate the development of Rhenium-Based Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) Electrolyser Technology.
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?
Waste and Plastic Reduction Is Necessary to Protect Our Health
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JANUARY 23, 2024
Why New York’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act is a critical step forward.
Air Liquide Participates in HYGUANE Project for a Greener Space Center
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JANUARY 23, 2024
Air Liquide, a global leader in gases, technologies, and services for industry and health, has announced its active involvement in the HYGUANE project, a collaborative effort supported by the European.
Ten Things to Watch in Global Carbon Markets in 2024
BloombergNEF
JANUARY 23, 2024
BloombergNEF expects the prices of some carbon markets around the world to begin to converge. The post Ten Things to Watch in Global Carbon Markets in 2024 appeared first on BloombergNEF.
Infinium and Amogy Team Up to Spearhead Green Ammonia and eFuels Solutions
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 23, 2024
SACRAMENTO, Calif. and BROOKLYN, N.Y— Leading eFuels provider Infinium and Amogy Inc. (“Amogy”), a pioneer of carbon-free, energy-dense power solutions, have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore opportunities to integrate their technologies and.
JinkoSolar on the importance of investing capex into TOPCon, its Shanxi plant and module products
PV Tech
JANUARY 23, 2024
PV Tech spoke with Jinko’s Victor Wei and Wally Zang, Senior IR Director and Technical Service Centre General Manager respectively, about the company’s investment in TOPCon, its fully vertically integrated plant currently being built in China’s Shanxi province and how it is looking at module products for deployment in offshore solar projects subject to hail conditions.
Connecticut regulators more than double incentive cap for residential battery scheme
Energy Storage News
JANUARY 23, 2024
Up to US$16,000 in upfront incentives are available per customer for residential battery purchases in Connecticut after changes were made to a utility scheme in the US state.
Webinar: Mitigating thermal runaway risk in battery electric vehicles with ENTERA™ Aerogel
Charged
JANUARY 23, 2024
Aerogel is emerging as a superior, performance-enabling material in thermal barriers designed to mitigate thermal runaway risk and reduce the risk of fires occurring in lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles (EV). Discover how Cabot’s ENTERA aerogel offers efficient insulation performance for cell-to-cell thermal management requirements, and how its distinctive properties enable the creation of thin product forms that help mitigate thermal runaway risk in electric vehicles.
World's first major green steel project locks down $5B in funding
Canary Media
JANUARY 23, 2024
The first step to removing fossil fuels from steelmaking is to build facilities that can produce the all-important alloy with little to no carbon emissions. And the first step to building those new facilities is to lock down billions and billions of dollars in project financing.
GridBeyond and Monta to offer EV charging software for enhancing grid stabilization
Charged
JANUARY 23, 2024
Dublin energy-as-a-service company GridBeyond and Copenhagen EV charging software provider Monta have partnered to offer software designed to reduce stress on the electrical grid. By working with GridBeyond, Monta’s managed EV chargers will be enabled to provide grid contribution during times of imbalance resulting from dips in power generation or surges in demand across local distribution networks or the wider grid.
Italy generates record 30.6TWh of electricity from solar projects in 2023
PV Tech
JANUARY 23, 2024
Italy generated record-breaking volumes of both solar PV and wind power in 2023, producing 30.6TWh and 23.4TWh of electricity, respectively.
Study finds recovering materials instead of shredding improves battery recycling
Charged
JANUARY 23, 2024
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) researchers and industry partners including PowerCo, Umicore, Weber Ultrasonics and Siemens are working together to improve spent battery recycling by recovering active components while maintaining functionality. The consumption of energy and chemicals in current recycling processes is high. The new approaches are based on the direct recycling of active materials from spent batteries or production waste.
EnergyAustralia plans to build massive four hour battery in South Australia
Renew Economy
JANUARY 23, 2024
EnergyAustralia plans massive four-hour battery in wind and solar dominated South Australia, to be built next to an existing gas fired power station. The post EnergyAustralia plans to build massive four hour battery in South Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.
TotalEnergies Joins Greentown Labs as a Terawatt Partner
Greentown Labs
JANUARY 23, 2024
TotalEnergies’s Extensive Energy-industry Expertise to Help Climatetech Startups Commercialize and Scale Innovations Somerville, Mass., and Houston, Texas, Jan. 23, 2024 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech incubator in North America, today announced global multi-energy company TotalEnergies as its newest Terawatt Partner—the highest level of engagement with the incubator.
Why floating solar PV will play a “critical role” in land-constrained south-east Asia
Renew Economy
JANUARY 23, 2024
Floating solar plants emerge as a game-changer for Southeast Asia, by maximizing its solar resources and overcoming limited land availability. The post Why floating solar PV will play a “critical role” in land-constrained south-east Asia appeared first on RenewEconomy.
QuantumScape and 24M: Solid state, ‘SemiSolid’ battery tech not yet primed for ESS applications
Energy Storage News
JANUARY 23, 2024
Semi-solid battery technology firm 24M expects to sell its latest product into the ESS market starting in 2025, while Quantumscape is ‘not revealing a commercialisation roadmap for non-automotive applications’ for its solid state battery, the companies told Energy-Storage.news.
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