Google reports 13% emissions increase fueled by AI
GreenBiz
JULY 2, 2024
The company is struggling to add carbon-free energy fast enough, CSO Kate Brandt told GreenBiz.
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California eyes central procurement of 2GW of LDES to help scale novel technologies
Energy Storage News
JULY 23, 2024
The CPUC has proposed the procurement of over 10GW of new energy resources, including 1GW of multi-day long-duration energy storage (LDES) and another 1GW of 12-hour-plus LDES.
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New carbon storage technology is fastest of its kind
TechXplore
JULY 9, 2024
A new way to store carbon captured from the atmosphere, developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, works much faster than current methods without the harmful chemical accelerants they require.
Bring your WEEE collection ideas…
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 11, 2024
Small Electricals Recycling banks were installed in seven locations across the Scottish Highlands in ILM Highland’s project (image credit: ILM Highland). Material Focus has reopened its Electricals Recycling Fund, offering £750,000 of funding to support projects that make it easier for people to reuse and recycle small household electricals. Previous rounds of funding have provided £1.8 million to fund over 40 UK projects, some of which are described here.
Precision in Motion: Why Process Optimization Is the Future of Manufacturing
Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management
In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.
California Calls on Congress to Fix Common Food Waste Problem
NRDC onEarth
JULY 2, 2024
The California legislature has passed a resolution calling on the federal government to pass legislation to address confusion over food date labels.
Innovate or Stagnate: Cleaning Up the Manufacturing Sector
CleanTech Group
JULY 25, 2024
It’s Time to Clean Up Industrial cleaning of manufacturing and process equipment typically employs the use of hydrocarbon solvents, caustic solutions and heated. The post Innovate or Stagnate: Cleaning Up the Manufacturing Sector appeared first on Cleantech Group.
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World’s largest sodium-ion BESS comes online in China as it seeks to diversify away from lithium
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JULY 4, 2024
The first phase of the world's largest sodium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS), in China, has come online.
Researchers create bio-inspired 3D-printed solar steam generators for desalination
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JULY 23, 2024
Faced with the world's impending freshwater scarcity, a team of researchers in Singapore turned to solar steam generators (SSGs), which are emerging as a promising device for seawater desalination. Desalination can be a costly, energy-intensive solution to water scarcity.
Passage of the Circular Economy Bill “could be a turning point for Scotland”
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JULY 1, 2024
Image credit: David Ridley / Shutterstock.com. The Scottish Circular Economy Bill was passed unanimously on 26 June, following a final debate and vote the previous evening. It was welcomed by environmental groups, and while most observers said its ambition remained unfulfilled, it still appeared a significant advance. Friends of the Earth Scotland’s circular economy spokesperson Kim Pratt said the new law “could be a turning point for Scotland as we make the necessary shift away from our current
Governor Hochul’s Opportunity to Help New York Farmers
NRDC onEarth
JULY 22, 2024
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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
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AI data centers are undermining climate solutions
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JULY 8, 2024
The scrutiny of data centers has intensified because of tech company secrecy, energy consumption and societal impacts on customers, policymakers and communities.
Science Based Targets initiative CEO resigns, citing personal reasons
GreenBiz
JULY 2, 2024
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A lesson in collective buying power: How to use your voice to drive climate policy
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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.
Supreme Court ruling on the Chevron deference won’t change corporations’ climate obligations, for now
GreenBiz
JULY 9, 2024
Federal agencies now have less power to drive climate policy.
Regulations are fueling the sustainability agenda, experts say
GreenBiz
JULY 3, 2024
Legislation on sustainability, followed by disclosure standards, is viewed by experts as the most significant positive development in the last year, according to a GlobeScan/ERM survey.
Greece national wildfire monitoring system provides a model for other countries – and for companies in fire-ravaged regions
GreenBiz
JULY 8, 2024
Orbital thermal imaging technology promises to aid not only Greece’s firefighters, but also major U.S. utilities like PG&E.
Spanish regions allocating grid capacity to 829MW of renewables and storage to replace coal plants
Energy Storage News
JULY 18, 2024
The Spanish government has progressed plans to launch a competitive auction for renewable generation and energy storage in two regions where coal plants have been retired, totalling 829MW of capacity.
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.
How Seventh Generation got Unilever to take a closer look at its banks
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The company discovered that the cash on its balance sheet was generating 9,000 metric tons of CO2.
Lego sets stricter emissions reductions requirements for suppliers
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JULY 10, 2024
The toymaker’s partners will need to share reduction targets starting in 2026.
3 essential building blocks for businesses aiming to protect biodiversity
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As the destruction of nature accelerates, companies are taking critical initial steps to develop effective nature and biodiversity programs.
Amazon cut emissions 3% in 2023, enabled by renewable energy purchases
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JULY 10, 2024
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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control
Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives
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Tesla signs 15.3GWh Megapack BESS supply deal with US developer
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JULY 19, 2024
Tesla has agreed to supply US solar PV and energy storage developer Intersect Power with 15.3GWh of its Megapack battery storage solution.
US DOE opens US$100 million call for non-lithium long-duration energy storage pilots
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JULY 5, 2024
The US federal Department of Energy (DOE) will offer up to US$100 million for pilot-scale long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects utilising non-lithium technologies.
Highly efficient and stable solar cells can now be mass produced like printing newspapers
TechXplore
JULY 8, 2024
Scientists at the City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) have developed highly efficient, printable and stable perovskite solar cells to achieve carbon neutrality and promote sustainable development.
Deals with Microsoft, Shopify and Stripe fail to keep carbon removal startup alive
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In June, Running Tide announced plans to dissolve despite high-profile early customers including Microsoft and Stripe.
How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES
Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions
Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.
Study employs image-recognition AI to determine battery composition and conditions
TechXplore
JULY 2, 2024
An international collaborative research team has developed an image recognition technology that can accurately determine the elemental composition and the number of charge and discharge cycles of a battery by examining only its surface morphology using AI learning.
‘US’ largest’ solar-plus-storage project, Gemini, comes online in Nevada
Energy Storage News
JULY 19, 2024
Project owners Quinbrook and Primergy have put their 1.4GWh Gemini solar-plus-storage project in Nevada online, claiming it is the largest such project in the US.
'Nearly sustainable' hydrogen could cut ammonia production emissions by 95%
TechXplore
JULY 2, 2024
Whether sustainably produced hydrogen needs to be 100% green is currently under debate. Using the production of ammonia and artificial fertilizer as examples, researchers have calculated that "nearly sustainable" hydrogen would be better in the end.
Scientists develop new electrolytes for low-temperature lithium metal batteries
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Electric vehicles, large-scale energy storage, polar research and deep space exploration all have placed higher demands on the energy density and low-temperature performance of energy storage batteries. In recent years, lithium metal batteries with a high specific capacity of lithium metal anode have become one of the most promising high energy density batteries.
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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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