Amazon, Google and Microsoft signal growing interest in nuclear, geothermal power
GreenBiz
MARCH 25, 2024
Rising demand from artificial intelligence is forcing big technology companies to look beyond wind and solar for clean energy.
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Powering the Future: Women Leading the Charge Towards Net-Zero
CleanTech Group
MARCH 7, 2024
Reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 requires both concerted policy and funding efforts to scale up clean technologies. Most importantly, it requires a diverse. The post Powering the Future: Women Leading the Charge Towards Net-Zero appeared first on Cleantech Group.
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130+ Organizations Urge Accountability on Forest Protection
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 21, 2024
In a joint statement to international leaders , groups from around the world call for global accountability as essential to delivering on forest commitments.
Stadler’s Hydrogen-Powered Train FLIRT H2 Achieves a New Guinness World Records Title
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 25, 2024
Stadler is proud to announce that the FLIRT H2 has been entered into the Guinness World Records database for the longest distance of 1,741.7 miles (2,803 kilometers) achieved by a.
The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing
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
Ohio greenlights massive solar, storage and agrivoltaics project
Canary Media
MARCH 21, 2024
The Ohio Power Siting Board has given the go-ahead to what will be one of the largest solar farms in the United States, despite the opposition of local governments and citizens.
No Doubt About It: EVs Really Are Cleaner Than Gas Cars
BloombergNEF
MARCH 21, 2024
As electric vehicles become a bigger part of the global car fleet, a contrarian take seems to surface every few months: are electric vehicles really that clean? The post No Doubt About It: EVs Really Are Cleaner Than Gas Cars appeared first on BloombergNEF.
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Nuclear ranks last on list of good investments by big institutions
Renew Economy
MARCH 24, 2024
The vast majority of investors do not see nuclear power as a good investment, with less than one in 10 exploring this technology, new survey finds. The post Nuclear ranks last on list of good investments by big institutions appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Five Things to Watch for in Biden’s State of the Union Address If You Care About the Climate Crisis
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 5, 2024
This is an important moment to rally the country around the climate progress of the past three years—and show the way to build on those gains going forward.
Innovative Liquid Hydrogen Storage Systems Set to Revolutionize Energy Sector
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 24, 2024
Liquid hydrogen is currently transported and stored using ball storage devices. However, these are not optimal for large-scale use. A European consortium led by the Federal Institute for Materials Research.
Federal Highway Administration requests comments on incorporating Tesla’s NACS connector into federal requirements
Charged
MARCH 15, 2024
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has announced a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit feedback from stakeholders on updating FHWA’s minimum standards and requirements for EV charging stations to allow for new technology and continued innovation. The RFI focuses on the types of connectors used at federally funded EV chargers. Current requirements allow for alternative types of connectors so long as there is also a CCS connector.
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.
Eavor reports drilling to 7000m measured depth at Geretsried project, Germany
ThinkGeoEnergy
MARCH 11, 2024
Eavor Deutschland (Eavor) has provided an update on the progress of the geothermal project in Geretsried, Germany that serves as the first commercial-scale deployment of the company’s Eavor-Loop technology. According to the update, Eavor has now drilled down to 7000 meters measured depth, while power plant construction is also ongoing. Drilling for the project officially started in July 2023.
Microsoft, P&G, Unilever and Walmart among 239 companies to miss net-zero deadline
GreenBiz
MARCH 13, 2024
A sweeping status update by the Science Based Targets initiative downgrades some big corporate names.
Farmers double the value of back paddocks with renewable power deals
Renew Economy
MARCH 23, 2024
Some farmers are getting almost double the value of back paddocks in land deals struck with renewable energy and storage developers. The post Farmers double the value of back paddocks with renewable power deals appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Right Whale Calf Succumbs to Vessel Strike Injuries
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 15, 2024
The months-old calf of Juno has died from the injuries it sustained after being struck by a vessel in early January.
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.
Ferrari Patents a Strange Hybrid Hydrogen Car With an Upside-Down Engine
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 29, 2024
It’s strange on the face of it, but Ferrari has some practical reasons for inverting this hybrid engine. It appears the attention of the automotive world has been captured by.
Australia: Construction begins at biggest battery storage project so far
Energy Storage News
MARCH 17, 2024
Construction has kicked off at the largest battery project in Australia to date, with a storage capacity equivalent to the entire country’s fleet of projects in construction at the end of 2022.
Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial
Grist
MARCH 8, 2024
It’s been six years since cities in California started the trend of taking Big Oil to court for deceiving the public about the consequences of burning fossil fuels. The move followed investigations showing that Exxon and other companies had known about the dangers of skyrocketing carbon emissions for decades, but publicly downplayed the threat. Today, around 30 lawsuits have been filed around the country as cities, states, and Indigenous tribes seek to make the industry pay for the costs of clim
Lego invests $2.4 million in direct-air capture carbon removal
GreenBiz
MARCH 26, 2024
Toymaker signs 9-year deal with Climeworks of Switzerland.
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?
Market operator explains why the lights won’t go out with wind, solar and storage
Renew Economy
MARCH 19, 2024
The federal Coalition insists the lights will go out in transition to wind and solar. AEMO has now released a video explaining why they won't, following CSIRO's defence of science. The post Market operator explains why the lights won’t go out with wind, solar and storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Drax Makes a Mockery of International Day of Forests
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 21, 2024
Biomass producer Drax marked today’s International Day of Forests with a report extolling the logging and burning of forests for energy.
ITM power and sumitomo complete installation of first of its kind demonstration electrolyser in japan
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 26, 2024
ITM Power is pleased to announce a milestone in its collaboration with Sumitomo Corporation. ITM Power is pleased to announce a milestone in its collaboration with Sumitomo Corporation: the delivery.
Inside the right-wing conspiracy to thwart the clean energy transition
Canary Media
MARCH 15, 2024
This story was first published by Sierra , the Sierra Club magazine. Last July, a small group of rabble-rousers boarded a trio of powerboats, banners and bullhorns in hand. They were headed for the massive floating construction site of an offshore wind farm 35 miles from the eastern tip of Long Island, New York.
2024 Dodge Charger Daytona: the ‘Brotherhood of Muscle’ goes electric
Charged
MARCH 5, 2024
The Charger sedan and Challenger coupe exuded testosterone, courtesy of snarling V-8s. Dodge says the EVs that replace them will be just as noisy. The 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona is a Detroit anomaly: it’s a passenger car in an age of trucks and SUVs, it’s battery-electric when U.S. makers seem to be in an EV lull … and it resolutely, defiantly sneers at social convention and environmental concerns.
This grass has toxic effects on US livestock, and it’s spreading
Grist
MARCH 27, 2024
This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network , a nonprofit news organization. America’s “fescue belt,” named for an exotic grass called tall fescue, dominates the pastureland from Missouri and Arkansas in the west to the coast of the Carolinas in the east. Within that swath, a quarter of the nation’s cows — more than 15 million in all — graze fields that stay green through the winter while the rest of the region’s grasses turn brown and go dormant.
Chart of the Day: California surges beyond 100 pct renewables
Renew Economy
MARCH 17, 2024
Wind, water and solar produce more than state demand in California, the world's fifth biggest economy, in nine out of last 10 days. The post Chart of the Day: California surges beyond 100 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
EPA Enters the Clean Car Era
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 20, 2024
EPA’s latest clean car rules will provide over $2 trillion in air quality, health, climate, and economic benefits.
TECO 2030 Receives AIP From DNV for Onboard Compressed Hydrogen Fuel Systems
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 19, 2024
Lysaker, Norway–TECO 2030 is proud to announce that it has received an additional Approval in Principle (AiP) from DNV regarding compressed hydrogen fuel systems. This milestone achievement marks a significant.
Bill Gates’ TerraPower Ready to Build New U.S. Nuclear Power Plant
POWER Magazine
MARCH 19, 2024
A group established by Microsoft founder Bill Gates is preparing to begin construction of a new generation of nuclear power plants in June, according to the company’s chief executive. Chris […] The post Bill Gates’ TerraPower Ready to Build New U.S. Nuclear Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Geothermal is the hottest thing in clean energy. Here’s why
Canary Media
MARCH 25, 2024
Earth’s interior contains an inexhaustible supply of heat, its many layers continuously warmed by the furnace-like core of our planet. For millennia, humans have tapped into this abundance for cooking food and keeping warm.
EPA’s new partners plot a $27 billion path to a US green bank
Impact Alpha
MARCH 28, 2024
The announcement of the winners of “green bank” funding under the Inflation Reduction Act is so close at hand that the Environmental Protection. The post EPA’s new partners plot a $27 billion path to a US green bank appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
CSIRO defends GenCost – and science – as Coalition and Murdoch go nuclear against key institutions
Renew Economy
MARCH 14, 2024
Coalition's repeated attacks prompts CSIRO boss to publish an open letter defending GenCost report, and science in general. The post CSIRO defends GenCost – and science – as Coalition and Murdoch go nuclear against key institutions appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The public health risks of PFAS-related immunotoxicity are real
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 26, 2024
It is time to stop downplaying the potential for harm to the immune system posed by PFAS
Nel ASA and Partners Receive About USD 90 Million in Funding From DOE for Hydrogen
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 13, 2024
OSLO, Norway — Nel, (OSE:NEL). Today, Nel and its partners received around 90 USD million from the Department of Energy (DoE) for seven research and development projects. Nel is the leading partner on.
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