5 clean energy trends businesses shouldn’t ignore
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Sponsored: As you tackle decarbonization and measure your climate risk, these are five clean energy trends to account for in your future strategy.
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‘No evidence’ that the Government is on track to meet crucial 2030 nature target
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Image credit: Marc Barrot , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. The Government has claimed that it is “on track to reach its target to protect 30% of UK land and sea for nature 2030”, but the department responsible cannot provide any evidence to back-up these assertions, as new findings reveal, which were published on 10 October by environmental groups. The 30×30 target is a leading international commitment that the UK spear-headed at COP-15.
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Survey: Majority of CEOs committed to improving ESG performance, despite economic headwinds
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 10, 2023
A KPMG survey of over 1,300 leaders of some of the world’s largest companies highlights the growing threat to business posed by political instability and climate impacts.
Research finds only one in five British SMEs are investing in green energy solutions
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2023
YouGov research commissioned by energy company ScottishPower seems to have found that only one in five (20%) of the nation’s small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) have invested in green energy solutions including solar panels, battery storage, heat pumps and electric vehicle charging points. The survey of senior decision makers found an intention among some SMEs to invest in sustainable tech with 23% confirming they have sustainability targets in place for the next five years or are working t
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.
How building bridges within supply chains can unlock opportunities in regenerative agriculture
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Land to Market’s Wyatt Ball discusses building bridges between brands and farmers, and turning land into a force for good.
Michigan Adopts Filter First Protections for Kids
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Michigan lawmakers approve Filter First bills providing the nation’s strongest protections against lead in drinking water at schools and childcare centers.
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Gas Executive ‘Lobbying to Slow Climate Action’ At Labour Party Conference
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 10, 2023
LIVERPOOL – A senior executive at the UK’s largest gas distributor has been accused of lobbying to slow down climate action after pushing for the use of hydrogen in heating at a Labour Party conference panel on net zero. Tony Ballance, Cadent’s chief strategy and regulation officer, told a packed event on Monday to ignore a growing body of scientific evidence that finds the fuel to be expensive, resource intensive and inefficient at heating homes.
The problem with making green hydrogen to fuel power plants
Canary Media
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Today, utility Florida Power & Light will begin operations at its Cavendish NextGen Hydrogen Hub, one of the country’s first green hydrogen facilities.
Blue Whale Materials to build Li-ion battery recycling facility in Oklahoma
Charged
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Battery recycling firm Blue Whale Materials plans to build a Li-ion battery processing facility in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The new plant will be located within a 35-acre campus including 150,000 square feet of warehouse space at the Bartlesville Industrial Park, and encompasses multiple lots designed to facilitate comprehensive battery processing, testing, dismantling and storage.
Hydro-Québec’s BESS subsidiary EVLO wins 60MWh project supply contracts in Ontario
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 10, 2023
EVLO Energy Storage, a battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator and manufacturer, has been selected to provide 4-hour duration battery storage solutions to three projects in Ontario, Canada.
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.
GoodWe Debuts Utility-Scale String Inverter
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 10, 2023
GoodWe, a provider of solar products and energy solutions, has launched its new three-phase 1,500 V utility string inverter, the UT (320/350 kW). The inverter is designed to meet the demands of large-scale power plants, offering high power efficiency, streamlined operation and maintenance (O&M), and reliable system stability, the company says. With this addition, GoodWe strengthens its utility portfolio by providing increased capacity and significantly reducing the levelized cost of energy (
First Power Flows from World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm
POWER Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The massive Dogger Bank Wind Farm, which will be the world’s largest offshore wind installation when completed, has begun sending power to the UK grid. GE officials on Oct. 10 […] The post First Power Flows from World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm appeared first on POWER Magazine.
itselectric to use SWTCH software to optimize its curbside charging network
Charged
OCTOBER 10, 2023
itselectric , a Brooklyn-based curbside EV charging company, has partnered with SWTCH Energy, which specializes in EV charging solutions for multi-tenant buildings. SWTCH will provide software to itselectric for managing, maintaining and optimizing its charging network. “Today, the biggest barrier to deployment is the cost and complexity of connecting an EV charger directly to the utility’s main in the roadway,” said Tiya Gordon, COO and co-founder of itselectric.
GeoEnergy Discovery Centre launched in Northern Ireland
ThinkGeoEnergy
OCTOBER 10, 2023
A new mobile GeoEnergy Discovery Centre in Northern Ireland as part of the GeoEnergy NI project , which is being delivered by the Department for the Economy (DfE) with scientific support from the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI). The facility aims to help inform the public about the potential for geothermal energy in Northern Ireland as a renewable and sustainable energy source.
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.
Ascendum Machinery electrifies job sites with the Voltstack mobile site power and EV charger
Charged
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Ascendum Machinery, which has represented Volvo Construction Equipment in the US for over 65 years, and claims the title of the country’s largest Volvo dealer, has partnered with Portable Electric to offer the latter’s Voltstack line of portable electric construction equipment chargers (e-Chargers) and power stations (e-Generators). Voltstack mobile electric equipment chargers offer a versatile solution for on-site power at construction sites.
European Council adopts increased renewables directive, passes into law this month
PV Tech
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The EU will now meet 42.5% of its energy demand with renewables by 2030, up from the 40% originally included in the REPowerEU scheme.
Wind energy powerhouse Iowa seeing a spike in grassroots opposition
Canary Media
OCTOBER 10, 2023
This story was first published by Distilled. In April, the Facebook group "Protect Our Aviation & Eagles, Inc. – Palo Alto County, Iowa" posted a meme to share with its followers. “I SAW SATAN LAUGHING WITH DELIGHT,” the meme begins. The text is laid over the image of a man in red face paint with horns.
Developer Hexagon selling 2GW standalone ERCOT BESS pipeline
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Developer Hexagon is talking to investment bankers with a view to selling a portfolio of battery storage projects in the ERCOT, Texas market, totalling 2GW.
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?
Powering AI could use as much electricity as a small country
TechXplore
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Artificial intelligence (AI) comes with promises of helping coders code faster, drivers drive safer, and making daily tasks less time-consuming. But in a commentary published October 10 in the journal Joule, the founder of Digiconomist demonstrates that the tool, when adopted widely, could have a large energy footprint, which in the future may exceed the power demands of some countries.
‘It’s not our job to pick winners’: How Jigar Shah and the DOE Loan Programs Office is backing the energy transition
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Jigar Shah, the clean energy industry veteran leading the US Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, speaks with Energy-Storage.news.
Undersea pipeline damage appears to be deliberate, says Finland
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Media cites intelligence sources saying Russian sabotage suspected after unusual drop in pressure Extensive damage to an undersea gas pipeline and communications cable connecting Finland and Estonia “could not have occurred by accident” and appears to be the result of a “deliberate … external act”, Finnish authorities have said. “It is likely that the damage to both the gas pipeline and the communication cable is the result of external activity,” the Finnish president, Sauli Niinistö , said on X
GE Vernova Seals Deal for 1.7-GW Combined Cycle Plant in China
POWER Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2023
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business and Harbin Electric announced that Chinese State Development & Investment Corp. Ltd. (SDIC) Jineng (Zhoushan) Gas Power Generation Co. Ltd. has ordered two GE 9HA.02 […] The post GE Vernova Seals Deal for 1.7-GW Combined Cycle Plant in China appeared first on POWER Magazine.
?oconut shells can make concrete more durable
TechXplore
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Scientists have found that concrete's compressive strength can be increased by 4.1% and its flexural strength by 3.4% by adding a small amount of coconut shell (only 5%). The material's performance increased by 6.1% compared to clear concrete. This effect is due to the fact that the cement paste—the bridge between all solid concrete particles—penetrates into the pores of the shell, firmly binding it with other components.
Keir Starmer promises Labour would 'speed ahead' with green investment plans
Business Green
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Labour leader hits back at government's decision to roll back key decarbonisation policy, as he places green investment and planning reform at heart of pitch to the country
NLC India to develop 810MW solar plant in Rajasthan
PV Tech
OCTOBER 10, 2023
NLC India has won a tender to develop an 810MW solar photovoltaic project in the northern state of Rajasthan.
Heura adds ‘York ham style slices’ to its 100%-plant-based vegan mix
TechCrunch: Climate
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Barcelona-based Heura, a disrupter in the plant-based protein space since 2017, has a product hitting shelves shortly in Spain and France that it reckons will have the most committed meat eaters sitting up in disbelief. These new 100% plant-based “Jamón York style” slices are not actual ham.
Dogger Bank: World's largest offshore wind farm starts exporting power
Business Green
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Giant North Sea offshore wind farm reaches major milestone on path to delivering clean power for six million homes a year
Solar-powered everything with Giovanni Fili of Exeger
TechCrunch: Climate
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Giovanni Fili, the founder and CEO of Exeger, a startup that creates flexible solar cells that can create electric energy off of any light condition.
The Growing Pains of the Green Hydrogen Market
CleanTech Group
OCTOBER 10, 2023
The green hydrogen market is forecast to reach $1T by 2050 compared to just $260M in 2023 according to Deloitte, but despite the.
Total accused of involuntary manslaughter over 2021 Mozambique attack
Financial Times: Energy
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Survivors of Palma terror assault say French company failed to take measures to ensure safety of subcontractors
Modular dam design could accelerate the adoption of renewable energy
Science Daily: Renewable Energy
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Scientists have developed a new modular steel buttress dam system designed to resolve energy storage issues hindering the integration of renewable resources into the energy mix. The new modular steel buttress dam system facilitates the rapid construction of paired reservoir systems for grid-scale energy storage and generation using closed-loop pumped storage hydropower, cutting dam construction costs by one-third and reducing construction schedules by half.
Czech minister warns over attacks by newspaper co-owned by K?etínský
Financial Times: Energy
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Jozef Síkela accuses billionaire of using his media assets to criticise government’s acquisition of gas pipeline operator
The Brief: Today’s Call: The State of the Field, moving beyond financialization, LeapFrog’s emerging consumers, mitigating wildfire risk, child-lens investing
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Greetings, Agents of Impact! ?️ Join today’s Call: The State of the Field. ImpactAlpha is pleased to host this year’s “State of the. The post The Brief: Today’s Call: The State of the Field, moving beyond financialization, LeapFrog’s emerging consumers, mitigating wildfire risk, child-lens investing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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