The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Key Takeaways Proper breeding strategies can significantly improve herd productivity. A balanced nutrition program is essential for the health and productivity of cows. Regular veterinary check-ups and vaccinations are critical for herd health. Breeding Strategies Implementing effective breeding strategies for your cow herd is crucial. Artificial insemination (AI) allows for selective breeding and improves genetic diversity.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Spanish energy giant starts construction on its biggest solar project in Australia, to be paired with a big battery to help dodge negative prices. The post Spanish energy giant starts building new solar and big battery hybrid project in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Environmental Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Garden tub has become a staple in modern bathrooms, offering a luxurious and relaxing experience that elevates the ordinary bath. Unlike standard bathtubs, garden tubs are designed with comfort and style in mind, often becoming the centerpiece of a well-appointed bathroom. If you’re considering adding a garden tub to your home, or just curious about what makes them so special, this guide is for you.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Comprehensive new report puts renewables at the centre of all plausible pathways to meet Australia's climate targets – including 10 years early. Nuclear, meanwhile, won't get us there by 2050. The post Nuclear won’t cut it: CCA says Australia must go all in on renewables to meet climate targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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

Energy

Charged

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

C-BATT, a joint venture between US lithium-ion battery components producer X-BATT and carbon and graphite products manufacturer CONSOL Innovations—a wholly owned subsidiary of US-headquartered CONSOL Energy—has launched the next phase of development and commercialization of Obsidia, its tunable silicon-carbon composite battery anode material made with domestically sourced carbon.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Australia has committed to reducing carbon emissions to net zero. The Climate Change Authority report is the most important analysis to date on how to get there. The post Yes, we can reach net zero by 2050: New report maps path in more detail than ever before appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Australia's two biggest wind projects have injected their first power into the grid, as other wind and solar farms work quickly through the commissioning process, and others stumble. The post Australia’s two biggest wind projects inject first power into the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Wright Electric , a US developer of ultra-lightweight motors, generators and batteries for the aerospace and military sectors, along with its partners, which include NASA, DOE and DOD, has been awarded a $3.34-million grant from the FAA’s Fueling Aviation’s Sustainable Transition (FAST) program. The funding will be used to develop a new class of batteries for large electric aircraft accommodating 100+ passengers—the segment of the aerospace industry that accounts for more than 90% of its carbon

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BloombergNEF

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Texas is poised to become the leader in solar power capacity in the US by the end of the decade, as a tripling of installed capacity vaults it above California. But that record build could be eclipsed by the expected growth in power demand, driven by the electrification of oil and gas production, and rapid expansion of data centers. The post Texas Tug of War: Grid Juggles Solar Boom and Power-Hungry Data Centers appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Airport ground support equipment (GSE) presents a perfect use case for EVs. The specialty vehicles that service aircraft on the ground travel short distances, and can conveniently charge right on the airport apron. Goldhofer, a German-headquartered global provider of specialty vehicles, unveiled an electric version of its AST-2 towbarless aircraft tow tractor (aka Phoenix E) in 2019.

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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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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Australia has a time-critical opportunity to catalyse investment into this potential export behemoth at speed and scale. The clock is ticking. The post Australia must keep its eyes on the green iron prize – the cost of inaction is untenable appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Charged

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The City of Pueblo has installed solar-powered EV charging systems for use by the general public as well as the Pueblo Police Department, Parks and Recreation and the Fleet Department. The systems are from Beam Global , a San Diego EV charging infrastructure and technology company. Beam’s wireless, grid-independent EV ARC units, which generate and store electricity using solar power, are equipped with its BeamTrak system that follows the sun to produce up to 25% more energy than a fixed solar ar

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The City Fix

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In the face of rapid urbanization, evolving mobility patterns and the looming climate crisis, the Sustainable Cities Challenge emerges as a pioneering initiative providing a catalytic approach to drive progress. Launched by the Toyota Mobility Foundation in collaboration with WRI.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Greetings Agents of Impact! No, we haven’t launched a specialized ImpactAlpha Africa newsletter – yet. But today’s full package of stories highlights the. The post The Brief: African capital for African infrastructure appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Construction has begun on the 3.6 MW Constable Solar project, developed by Citrine Power and acquired by Encore Renewable Energy, who will be the owner and operator of the project. Constable Solar is Encore’s first solar project in New York State. Under New York’s NY-Sun Initiative and VDER program, NYSEG will compensate the project for the electricity produced from the new array and deliver the energy to their customers.

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Energy Storage News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Augmentation and end-of-life disposal look set to grow in significance in the next few years in the US, with nearly 1.5GW/3GWh of BESS projects now four years old or more.

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Canary Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

There's a bit of a disturbing trend in the automotive world right now. Several traditional automakers are suddenly easing off the electrification accelerator in response to a perceived slowdown in EV interest and sales.

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PV Tech

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Residential solar installer Lumio has filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

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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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CleanTech Group

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

As investment into fusion energy has risen dramatically over the last few years, developments in the fusion process, materials, and supply chain are. The post Powering Tomorrow: Breakthroughs in Fusion Have Transformative Impacts on Other Industries appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A government backed floating wave energy demonstration project is set to launch in the King George Sound off the southern coast of Western Australia. The post Wave energy device ready for launch in Albany’s King George Sound appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Nuclear power is too costly and risky, Ramana says. Why then, he asks in his new book, do governments still back it? You’d be forgiven for thinking that the debate on nuclear power is pretty much settled. Sure, there are still some naysayers, but most reasonable people have come to realise that in an age of climate crisis, we need low-carbon nuclear energy – alongside wind and solar power – to help us transition away from fossil fuels.

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POWER Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has doubled down on its stance that carbon capture is “adequately demonstrated” in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court as part of a […] The post Supreme Court Showdown: EPA Defends Carbon Capture Amid Power Industry Backlash appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Kenyan startup Chpter integrates an AI-powered conversational tool with WhatsApp and Instagram to help consumers and entrepreneurs leverage social selling. The new venture. The post Kenya’s MarketForce founders help secure $1.2 million for new e-commerce venture appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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POWER Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The Texas Energy Fund (TEF), a flagship loan program designed to boost the state’s dispatchable generation, faced its first setback on Sept. 4 when the Public Utility Commission of Texas […] The post Major Project Rejected in Texas’ Flagship Dispatchable Power Loan Program appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Energy Storage News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The Q3 2024 edition of our downstream solar PV and energy storage journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download.

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POWER Magazine

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

A project near Basin Electric’s Dry Fork Power Station, a 405-MW coal-fired power plant near Gillette, Wyoming, has become the first of four Department of Energy (DOE) selections to receive […] The post Dry Fork Secures Federal Funding Under $1B Large-Scale Carbon Capture Pilot Program appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Canary Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

After the courts squashed its first-in-the-nation natural gas ban, the city of Berkeley, California, has emerged with a new strategy to curb the planet-warming fossil fuel: taxing large buildings that use it.

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TechCrunch: Climate

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

European regulators are pushing hard for greener energy. The REPowerEU plan calls for 10 million additional heat pumps to be added by 2027, and solar panels are also on the rise. But most installations are done by small businesses that could be more productive with better work processes. This is where German startup Reonic comes […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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PV Tech

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

JA Solar has supplied 1.1GW of modules for two animal husbandry and what it calls “PV complimentary” projects in the Latuo County of Tibet.

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TechCrunch: Climate

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

New climate tech VC firms have emerged in recent years, but existing ones are also raising larger funds. Founded in 2007, Dutch firm SET Ventures is one of the latter. Its fourth fund, which just closed at €200 million, is twice the size of its previous one, and will be deployed into 20 to 25 […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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PV Tech

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In total 93 ground-based solar PV projects were awarded Contracts for Difference in the sixth auction round (AR6).

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The Verge: Energy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The new Tado X lineup of products is coming to the UK in November. | Image: Tado The Tado X range of heating products, which launched in Europe earlier this year with support for the Matter smart home protocol, is coming to the UK in early November. As a refresher, the Tado X lineup includes wired and wireless versions of the new thermostat, a smart radiator thermostat, a wireless temperature sensor, and a heat pump optimizer that interoperate to create a smart heating system in your home.

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PV Tech

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Arevon said that the transaction made use of the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) tax credit transferability scheme.

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