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US automakers need to make up their minds already

TechCrunch: Climate

Ford and GM are hedging their bets on EVs. In times of transition, that can be a terrible way to run a business. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Westinghouse Opens Plant to Build eVinci Microreactor

Energy Central

Westinghouse Opens Manufacturing Plant for eVinci Microreactor X-Energy Inks MOUs with DOE & DOD for Mobile Micro Reactor Design Work Newcleo, Nuclear & UK AMRC Collaborate on LFR fabrication Zeno Completes Demonstration of its First Strontium-90 Radioisotope Heat Source INL’s Marvel Project Manager Joins Startup Aalo Atomics Westinghouse Opens Manufacturing Plant.

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Will Bangladesh come to regret its dash for gas?

Financial Times: Energy

The country is one of several that regarded LNG as a cleaner short-term alternative to coal, but prices have soared following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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Consortium Exploring Ammonia Retrofit to GE Gas Turbines in Singapore

POWER Magazine

Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries, GE Vernova, and Japanese heavy industry firm IHI Corp. will jointly examine potentially retrofitting two GE 9F gas turbines at an 815-MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant […] The post Consortium Exploring Ammonia Retrofit to GE Gas Turbines in Singapore appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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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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Big Oil’s transatlantic strategy gulf has never been wider — and that is OK

Financial Times: Energy

Mega-deals in the US make sense, but it’s not obvious why European groups should scale up too

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California’s Omnitrans orders 18 battery-electric and 4 fuel cell buses from New Flyer

Charged

Omnitrans of San Bernardino Valley, which provides public transit services to 15 cities and unincorporated San Bernardino County, has placed orders for 18 battery-electric Xcelsior CHARGE NG buses and 4 fuel cell Xcelsior CHARGE FC models with NFI subsidiary New Flyer of America. “Since 2000, NFI has delivered 300 buses to Omnitrans, and we are excited to continue supporting their transition to zero-emission mobility,” said Chris Stoddart, President, North American Bus and Coach, NFI.

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‘Qatar can be a major hydrogen producer’

Energy Central

Doha: Qatar has the potential to become a major producer of hydrogen due to an abundance of solar energy in the country Dr. Samer Fikry, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Qatar University College of Engineering, told The Peninsula that despite hydrogen’s unavailability naturally, which makes it an expensive fuel, rapid developments in its processing make its.

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‘Jewel in the crown’: Chevron follows Exxon to Guyana’s oil riches

Financial Times: Energy

US supermajors open a controversial fossil fuel frontier in one of Latin America’s poorest nations

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Sainsbury's toasts opening of 50MW onshore wind farm in Scotland

Business Green

Retailer to buy all renewable electricity produced by eight 'state of the art' turbines at Longhill Burn Wind Farm for next 15 years

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Malaysia’s Petronas to invest $1.6bn in Indian green ammonia

Financial Times: Energy

Deal aims to produce 5mn tonnes by 2030 in five Indian states, with exports within two years

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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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Aspen Power - Aspen Power Completes 14 New Solar Projects in Georgia

Global Renewable News

Projects totaling 49.4 MW-dc to be interconnected as part of Georgia Power's 2020 Distributed Generation RFP Aspen Power, a distributed generation platform with the mission.

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EU and UK seek ban on subsidies for foreign fossil fuel projects

Financial Times: Energy

Move would target oil and gas infrastructure as well as coal mining

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Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. - Mitsubishi Power Delivers First Shipment of Equipment to ACES Delta Hub for Clean Hydrogen Production at One of the Largest Systems in Construction

Global Renewable News

Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. has delivered the first shipment of major equipment for its HydaptiveTM integrated hydrogen production plant forming part of the Advanced Clean Energy Storage Hub (ACE.

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The Autumn Statement can rebuild confidence in offshore wind

Business Green

The Chancellor should grasp the opportunity to enact measures that can maximise investment in offshore wind, writes RenewableUK's Ana Musat

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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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Xerion Advanced Battery Corp. - Xerion Wins U.S. Department of Energy's American-Made Geothermal Lithium Extraction Prize for Groundbreaking Lithium Extraction Technology

Global Renewable News

Highlights Award recognizes revolutionary redox membrane technology for low-cost lithium extraction from geothermal brine Novel lithium-ion manufacturing platform aims to reshape the battery.

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The carbon-offset market’s broken promises

Eco-Business

As businesses come under pressure to meet net-zero targets, they are investing in forest-protection projects to cancel their carbon emissions. But what could be a viable climate-mitigation option has become a licence to pollute.

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Geomachine - Geothermal Energy Capture Increased Over 60 Times

Global Renewable News

Thanks to the new geothermal solution introduced in March 2023, geothermal heat is now being captured from depths exceeding 2000 metres. The developer behind this solution is the technology co.

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Dent to brand credibility: Asian comms professionals on dangers of hiring agencies that lack sustainability knowhow

Eco-Business

Every agency is jumping on the sustainability bandwagon, but few have a solid grasp of the subject matter, said industry professionals at a Clean Creatives event.

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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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Finland - Kiilto Ventures invests in Voltan Energy, a distributed geothermal energy scaleup

Global Renewable News

Kiilto Ventures invests in Voltan Energy, a Finnish scaleup that designs, constructs, finances and operates geothermal energy infrastructure. Compared to traditional heating sources, Voltan's ene.

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How can sustainable agriculture make the fashion industry greener?

Eco-Business

Brands and designers are turning to regenerative cotton farming as they look for ways to reduce their carbon footprint.

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Energy Development Corporation - EDC planning to drill new geothermal wells

Global Renewable News

GEOTHERMAL company Energy Development Corp. (EDC), a subsidiary of listed renewable energy (RE) firm First Gen Corp., said Monday that it was planning to spend about $1 billion (approx.

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Youth activist John Leo Algo named national coordinator for NGO group Aksyon Klima Pilipinas

Eco-Business

The 29 year-old environmentalist brings a decade of experience in various green groups to the role, as well as being the youngest author of the country’s first climate change assessment report.

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European Investment Bank - Ireland and EIB Group confirm support for new low-cost Home Energy Upgrade Loan Scheme

Global Renewable News

Highlights Government-backed 500 million scheme will encourage homeowners to invest in energy efficiency. Homeowners will be able to borrow from 5 000 to 75 000 on an unsecured basis for a ter.

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Isuzu Unveils Its 1st Electric Bus

CleanTechnica

Isuzu just unveiled the Erga EV bus, claiming it to be the world’s first battery electric flat-floor route bus. It was unveiled at the first Japan Mobility Show (formerly known as the Tokyo Motor Show) on October 25. It is scheduled to launch in Japan in 2024.

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Alaska Energy Authority - AEA Awarded $1.6 Million in U.S. DOE Funds for Clean Energy Projects in Alaska

Global Renewable News

The Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) was awarded $1.6 million from the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) Program through the Office of State and Community Energy Programs at the Unit.

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Why BP Bought $100 Million Worth of Tesla Charging Hardware

CleanTechnica

Normally, when someone talks about Tesla’s Superchargers, it’s assumed that they’ll live at a Tesla station. So far, that assumption has held true, because the company has been too busy building out its own charging network to even consider selling any of the stations.

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RenewableUK - RenewableUK announces winners of the Global Offshore Wind Awards 2023

Global Renewable News

RenewableUK has announced the winners of the Global Offshore Wind Awards 2023 at a ceremony last night (Oct 26) at the Royal Lancaster London. The thirteen main awards were made last night acro.

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California Is Sending NEVI Money Out To Contractors

CleanTechnica

In a recent press release from California’s Office of Governor, the state announced that it’s time to cut some checks for 270 EV chargers at 26 stations along the state’s highways.

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Generac Power Systems - U.S. Department of Energy Selects Generac for $50 Million in Federal Funding to Increase Power Grid Resilience in Massachusetts

Global Renewable News

Generac's program will focus on enhancing grid flexibility and improving the resilience of the power system against growing threats of extreme weather and climate changeGenerac Grid Services,

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The Weights & Dimensions Law Is Crucial To Accelerating Zero-Emission Truck Sales

CleanTechnica

The weights and dimensions law is crucial to accelerating zero-emission truck sales In a new position paper on the Weights & Dimensions

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OCI Solar Power - OCI Solar Power named one of San Antonio's 2023 Top Workplaces

Global Renewable News

OCI Solar Power, the first and only utility-scale solar and battery energy storage system developer headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, has been named one of the city's Top Workplaces. And among.

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Something Is Afoot With Green Hydrogen From Wastewater

CleanTechnica

Natural gas is sitting in the hydrogen catbird seat for now, but new green hydrogen technologies are knocking at the door.

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Alaska Energy Authority - AEA and DOT&PF Announce First Round of Alaska NEVI Funding

Global Renewable News

On September 25th, 2023, at the Alaska Infrastructure Development Symposium, the Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) and the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) announced thei.

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