Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

Aerial view of the abandoned industrial gas leakage site at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, in February 2022 (image credit: Paulose NK / Shutterstock.com). The failure of the US-based chemical company Dow to provide remedy to victims of a deadly gas leak from a pesticide plant in India that resulted in the deaths of more than 22,000 people has created a “sacrifice zone” in which 500,000 more continue to suffer, Amnesty International has said in a new report published on 28 March ahead of the 40 th anniv

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NRDC onEarth

APRIL 16, 2024

After officials repeatedly dismissed claims that Flint’s water was making people sick, residents took action. Here’s how the lead contamination crisis unfolded—and what we can learn from it.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 30, 2024

Internal documents revealed by committee show companies lobbied against climate laws they publicly claimed to support Big oil has privately acknowledged its efforts to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels, a US Senate committee has found. Major fossil-fuel firms have also pledged support for international climate efforts, but internally admit these efforts are incompatible with their own climate plans.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 28, 2024

At current installation rates, solar will pass fossil gas in 2024 and coal in 2025. Technologies like nuclear would require "magical growth rates" to compete. The post Solar is now being installed faster than any technology in history 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

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TechXplore

APRIL 19, 2024

Sodium (Na), which is over 500 times more abundant than lithium (Li), has recently garnered significant attention for its potential in sodium-ion battery technologies. However, existing sodium-ion batteries face fundamental limitations, including lower power output, constrained storage properties, and longer charging times, necessitating the development of next-generation energy storage materials.

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FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 23, 2024

Oslo, Norway– Hexagon Purus, a world leading manufacturer of zero-emission mobility and hydrogen infrastructure solutions, has received an order worth approximately EUR 3.8 million for hydrogen storage systems from the German.

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NRDC onEarth

APRIL 23, 2024

Study shows that plastic production could be nearly one third of the global carbon budget and emits four times more greenhouse gases than the airline industry.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 8, 2024

G20 countries spent $142bn in three years to expand operations despite a G7 pledge to stop doing so, study finds The world’s biggest economies have continued to finance the expansion of fossil fuels in poor countries to the tune of billions of dollars, despite their commitments on the climate. The G20 group of developed and developing economies, and the multilateral development banks they fund, put $142bn (£112bn) into fossil fuel developments overseas from 2020 to 2022, according to estimates c

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Renew Economy

APRIL 30, 2024

Big day for Australia's offshore wind ambitions with six potential projects awarded feasibility licences and another six to follow. Altogether, a potential 25GW of new capacity. The post Six projects named to start feasibility studies for Australia’s first offshore wind farms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Grist

APRIL 29, 2024

About a year ago, the seas got unusually hot , even by our current, overheated standards. Twelve months of broken records later, the oceans are still more feverish than climate models and normal fluctuations in global weather patterns can explain. When the seas turn into bathwater, it threatens the survival of the planet’s coral reefs, home to a quarter of all marine life and a source of sustenance for many people living along the world’s coasts.

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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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FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 19, 2024

Torghatten Nord has chosen the Norwegian Myklebust Shipyard for the construction of two hydrogen ferries, which will carry up to 120 cars on Norway’s longest ferry route between Bodø and.

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Canary Media

APRIL 10, 2024

The Texas clean energy juggernaut hit a new milestone as the state’s solar production outpaced coal-fired generation over an entire month for the first time. For years, coal and fossil gas ruled the competitive ERCOT market, which supplies power to almost all of Texas.

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NRDC onEarth

APRIL 11, 2024

The Southeast is facing a spike in electric load growth projections. Utilities are proposing a massive gas buildout to meet it—we can do better.

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PV Tech

APRIL 24, 2024

India has installed a record 6.2GW of new solar capacity in March 2024, nearly doubling the previous record for all renewables, according to a report from Rystad Energy.

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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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Renew Economy

APRIL 28, 2024

One state has found the solution to replace the coal fired generators that are about to close: Build more and bigger batteries. The post Neoen’s Collie battery to be Australia’s biggest after winning new contract to flatten solar duck appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 30, 2024

Natron Energy has started commercial-scale operations at its sodium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Michigan, US, and elaborated on how its technology compares to lithium-ion in answers provided to Energy-Storage.news.

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FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 8, 2024

Lysaker, Norway– TECO 2030 (OSE: TECO, OTC: TECFF, ISIN: NO0010887516) has, in connection to the HyEkoTank project, received an Approval in Principe (AIP) from the Norwegian classification society DNV for.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 2, 2024

This story was originally published by ExxonKnews. When Bucks County, Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit last week against major oil and gas companies for climate damages, Commissioner Chair Diane Ellis-Marseglia pointed to “unprecedented weather events here in Bucks County that have repeatedly put residents and first responders in harm’s way, damaged public and private property and placed undue strain on our infrastructure.

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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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NRDC onEarth

APRIL 23, 2024

Wetlands cover just 6 percent of the planet’s land area but provide habitat for 40 percent of wildlife.

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PV Tech

APRIL 4, 2024

Arizona-based solar technology company Erthos has signed a master agreement with developer Sky Community Solar (SCS) on a 180MW community solar portfolio in Texas, US.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 23, 2024

The owners of Australia's largest solar project say the site now plays host to a record 6,000 plus sheep. The post More than 6,000 sheep now call Australia’s largest solar farm home appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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POWER Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) is forming a group of qualified supply chain companies to help ensure the deployment of its BWRX-300 small nuclear modular reactor (SMR). The move comes […] The post Nuclear Supply Chain for the BWRX-300 SMR Takes Shape appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 16, 2024

VANCOUVER, CANADA– Ballard Power Systems today announced multiple purchase orders totaling 70 FCmove®-HD hydrogen fuel cell engines from its customer Wrightbus ([link] a UK-based bus manufacturer deploying hydrogen-powered buses in.

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Grist

APRIL 16, 2024

As ocean water heats up, swaths of once-technicolor coral reefs have begun turning white, putting ecosystems across the globe at risk. Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the International Coral Reef Initiative announced on Monday that the world is undergoing its fourth global coral bleaching event, marking the second such occurrence in the last decade.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 8, 2024

The noise of battery energy storage system (BESS) technology has "exploded" as a concern in the last six months, an executive from system integrator Wartsila ES&O said.

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Canary Media

APRIL 9, 2024

With their roaring diesel engines, tugboats push, pull and guide much larger vessels into port and out to sea. They are small but mighty — and incredibly dirty , spewing huge amounts of toxic exhaust and planet-warming emissions every year. Now, however, the humble harbor craft is going electric.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 30, 2024

Opposition energy spokesman Ted O'Brien prompts walkout at solar events after claiming Australia's renewable energy plans lead to regular blackouts. The post Coalition’s O’Brien prompts walkout at solar event after claiming renewables will lead to blackouts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Charged

APRIL 11, 2024

The market share of fully electric trucks and buses is growing at an impressive pace in Europe, according to a new report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). The news comes to us via the Australian EV news site The Driven. Writer Daniel Bleakley laments that his country is so far behind the curve (a report by The Australia Institute found that a paltry 0.2% of Australia’s bus fleet is electric).

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FuelCellsWorks

APRIL 18, 2024

Albuquerque, NM, USA— BayoTech, Inc. (“BayoTech”), an innovator in hydrogen production and transportation solutions, is proud to announce the appointment of Brian Kellar as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). With.

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POWER Magazine

APRIL 9, 2024

Molten salt reactors (MSRs) represent a fascinating intersection of nuclear history and modern innovation. The concept of using molten salts as both a coolant and fuel carrier dates back to […] The post Molten Salt Reactor Technology Solves Several Nuclear Industry Problems appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 25, 2024

Proposed global treaty to curb production represents challenge to producers of fossil fuels, from which most plastics are made The number of fossil fuel and petrochemical industry lobbyists at UN talks to agree the first global treaty to cut plastic pollution has increased by more than a third, according to an analysis. Most plastic is made from fossil fuels, via a chemical process known as cracking, and 196 lobbyists from both industries are at the UN talks in Ottawa, Canada, where countries ar

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TechCrunch: Climate

APRIL 1, 2024

The modern world is dependent on a vast network for extracting, processing, transporting and ultimately consuming hydrocarbons like crude oil and natural gas. But these resources come with a cost: they’re finite, difficult to extract and take carbon dioxide out of the ground and release it into the air. Instead of reducing humanity’s dependence on […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 17, 2024

Battery storage becomes biggest supplier to California's grid in evening peak for first time. The post Battery storage becomes biggest source of supply in evening peak in one of world’s biggest grids appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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