Wed.Jul 31, 2019

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Net Zero Natural Gas Plant -- The Game Changer

Jim Conca

An actual game changing technology is being demonstrated as we speak by Net Power. The Allam cycle involves burning gas with oxygen instead of air to generate electricity without emitting any CO2 or NOx. It also produces pipeline-ready CO2 and even water. At a cost below any other energy source.

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Steps some of the most sustainable countries are taking to protect our oceans

The Environmental Blog

Marine conservation is vital. Our oceans cover around 70 percent of the earth’s surface. According to the Oceanic Institute, oceans make up around 99 percent of the available living space on the planet, and studies suggest they could be home to over 100 million species. Due to their abundance of natural resources, oceans play a vital role in the sustenance of ecosystems both on land and at sea.

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5 Advantages of Solar Power

Sunrun

How Residential Solar Can Bring Freedom and Choice to Households As the cost of renewable energy continues to fall, more and more households are switching to clean, renewable electricity sources. Among the most affordable and abundant of these is residential solar. According to the Solar Energy Industries Association,1solar generated $17 billion in investments for the U.S. economy in 2018.

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How Satellite Imagery Can Help Predict Volcanic Eruptions

Planet Pulse

Recently, the Ubinas volcano erupted in Peru, leading to the evacuation of thousands due to explosions and ash. And earlier this month, the Stromboli eruption killed one hiker and caused vegetation to catch fire. Both instances are a sobering reminder that volcanic activity can wreak havoc on surrounding areas. But while it’s impossible to prevent eruptions, we may be able to better predict volcanic eruptions, prepare for them and reduce impending destruction.

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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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Impossible Foods teams up with OSI to ramp up production in busy week for plant-based meat

AFN Sustainable Protein

Plant-based protein maker Impossible Foods — which designs vegan burgers that simulate the oozing, bleeding effect you get with rare meat — today unveiled a co-manufacturing collaboration with global food provider OSI Group. The news follows fellow plant-based meat producer Beyond Meat’s mixed earnings results earlier this week that sent stock of the New York Stock Exchange-listed company down 15% yesterday , and now has investors betting against it.

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BNEF: Energy to storage increase 122X by 2040

Renewable Energy World

According to the latest forecast by BloombergNEF (BNEF), energy storage installations (not including pumped hydropower) around the world will multiply exponentially, from 9GW/17GWh deployed as of 2018 to 1,095GW/2,850GWh by 2040.

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Energy industry mourns the death of Global Wind Energy Council’s Steve Sawyer

Renewable Energy World

Steve Sawyer, 63, Senior Policy Advisor and former Secretary General of the Global Wind Energy Council, passed away on July 31, 2019 of a sudden and aggressive lung cancer.

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T-REX Shortlisted for 2019 SaaS Awards

T Rex Group

International Software Awards Program Announces Finalists. New York, NY, July 31, 2019 – T-REX , a leading data services and software provider for complex markets, has been named a finalist in the 2019 SaaS Awards program in the Best SaaS Product for Analytics category. Now in its fourth year, the prestigious SaaS Awards program celebrates excellence in software innovation across the globe.

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Energy storage sites provide unique wholesale market participation

Renewable Energy World

ENGIE Storage has announced it will supply and operate a 19 MW/38 MWh portfolio of six energy storage sites that will contribute to the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target Program and participate in ISO-New England wholesale markets.

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Sun Setting on Open California

Planet Pulse

When we launched the Open California program almost 3 years ago , it was an open data initiative and the first time we showcased our data to the world with images from our first Doves. At that time, we didn’t have trials or programs that matched the needs of the majority of our users (and we know that most of you don’t live in California!). Since then, we’ve created an Education and Research program and a 14-Day Global Trial that continues to let users see imagery from around the world within ou

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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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DPU Technical Conference Addresses Issues Related to DG Interconnection Tariff and National Grid “Cluster Study”

Energy and Cleantech Council

Distributed generation (DG) projects across the Commonwealth have been stalled in the midst of the “ Cluster Study ” impacting National Grid’s service territory in central and western Massachusetts. National Grid describes the study’s purpose as determining the impacts on the transmission system of interconnecting over 900 MW in DG projects—mostly solar—to its distribution system.

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In Michigan, Consumers sees strong interest in charging station rebates

Renewable Energy World

Consumers Energy says it’s happy with the launch of its electric vehicle charging station program and open to expanding the three-year, $10 million pilot.

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See the crazy visuals coming out of Greenland’s heat wave right now

Grist

Earlier this month, an ice chunk the size of lower Manhattan broke off Greenland and melted into the sea. That’s not even the most alarming thing that’s happened in Greenland this summer. Greenland does melt in the summer, but this year it started early: by May , temperatures were already breaking records and sea ice was retreating faster than usual.

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Sustainability Guide For Restaurants: 5 Tips on Saving Energy in Your Restaurant

Green Business Bureau

Running a profitable eco-friendly restaurant is no easy task, but there are many green tips for saving energy in your restaurant that not only reduce your energy consumption but also save you money. No one business can go completely green overnight, but there are small changes that are not difficult to make that will make an enormous impact. A few of these green initiatives include switching to more energy-efficient lighting such as LED lights, motion sensors, and upgrading appliances to more en

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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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July Cleantech Roundup: Cheap Solar, Scooter Funding, fuel from manure, and More!

Clean Energy Trust

Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, from policy changes to technology updates and investment news. Cleantech News The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is in the process of procuring new solar plus storage for $38 per megawatt-hour, with solar under $20 on its own. These new record low bids are from 8 Minute Energy, which is known for extremely aggressive bids but is still an eye-popping figure ($38 per megawatt-hour for solar plu

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Democratic debate 2019 takeaways

Renewable Energy World

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders stuck together, Pete Buttigieg took the middle path, Marianne Williamson took on racism and Beto O’Rourke faded into the background.