TechXplore

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Historically, access to geothermal energy has hinged on real estate's famously three most important factors: location, location, and location. Because conventional geothermal power plants require hot, permeable rocks and plenty of underground fluid, use of the technology has been limited mostly to places with recent volcanism, such as Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, Kenya, El Salvador, Iceland, and the western United States.

Real Estate 343

Real Estate Geothermal power Energy Energy 343

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Lord Bamford pictured with JCBs hydrogen combustion engine. JCB has seemingly cleared significant hurdles in its development of the worlds first hydrogen combustion engine after securing rulings from licensing authorities allowing it to be used commercially in machines, the company announced in January. JCB says it is the first construction equipment company to develop a fully working combustion engine fuelled by hydrogen and the group said a team of 150 engineers had been working on the 100 mil

Hydrogen 296

Hydrogen Europe Construction Agriculture 296

Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Luma Energy, the US-Canadian joint venture (JV) responsible for the Puerto Rican electricity distribution network will build nine energy interconnection points with Linxon US LLC and their partner AtkinsRalis Caribe, to integrate renewable energy projects.

Energy 196

Energy Energy Electricity Investment 196

ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Work is now ongoing for what is set to become the largest geothermal system for heating, cooling, and domestic hot water supply in India at the Kushok Bankula Ripoche Airport in Leh (“Leh Airport”). The system will specifically serve the new domestic terminal building, which is still under construction. When completed, the system will have a thermal capacity of 2500 kW, delivered by 457 boreholes, each drilled to 110-120 meters depth.

Building Energy Monitoring 141

Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Cooling 141

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.

Sustainability

Charged

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Chinese EV manufacturer NIO, which specializes in battery swapping stations, has collaborated with the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE (DKE) to draft a new industry standard for battery swapping systems. The latest version of the international DIN standard (E DIN EN IEC 62840-2 VDE 0122-40-2:2024-12, Battery Replacement Systems for Electric Vehicles) is designed to aid in the planning, installation and testing of electrical systems.

Batteries 143

Batteries Technology Europe Cooling 143

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Scotlands First Hydrogen Homes Open, Leading the Transition to Clean Energy The unveiling of Scotland’s first hydrogen homes marks a crucial step forward in the nation’s ambition to achieve net-zero emissions. Known as the H100 Fife project, this groundbreaking initiative is set to transform the way hundreds of households cook and heat their homes, using hydrogen as a clean and carbon-free energy source.

Home Energy Monitoring 137

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 137

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The Salar de Uyuni covers an area of over a million hectares on a high plateau in Bolivia (image credit: Avner Vengosh/Duke University). A US group has conducted the first thorough chemical analysis of wastewater associated with mining the lithium brine at the Salar de Uyuni, in Bolivia. Their findings could inform strategies to manage future mining operations and avoid the groundwater depletion and other problems that have affected sites like the Salar de Atacama in Chile.

Lithium 195

Lithium Health Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 195

Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Trina Storage has agreed a deal with Pacific Green to support the development of the 250MW/500MWh Limestone Coast North Energy Park battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia.

Batteries 167

Batteries Energy Energy 167

TechXplore

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

A new way of creating hydrogen, which eliminates direct CO2 emissions at source, has been developed by an international team of scientists.

Hydrogen 338

Hydrogen Energy Energy 338

Renew Economy

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The rate of grid registrations for wind, solar and battery projects has surged in the last six months, with the capacity of projects given the go-ahead to connect to the grid double that of the previous 12 months. New data released by the Australian Energy Market Operator shows that with 1.7 gigawatts (GW`) of new […] The post AEMO reports surge in grid registrations for wind, solar and battery projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Batteries 144

Batteries Energy Energy Policy 144

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

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Meeting AIs Energy Demands with Innovative Solutions Artificial intelligence has seen explosive growth over the past few years, with generative AI tools like ChatGPT igniting the demand for powerful computing infrastructure. However, the reality is starktraditional energy grids are struggling to keep up. Enter ECL, a California-based startup led by Yuval Bachar, which is charting an innovative path with hydrogen-powered data centers.

Hydrogen 117

Hydrogen Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Demand 117

Charged

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Los Angeles is a hub of freight activityand (not coincidentally) the home of the worst ozone pollution in the nation. Electrifying trucks in La-la Land will deliver an outsize benefit in emissions reduction. The city needs many more chargers suitable for medium- and heavy-duty EVs, and managed charging, which maximizes the number of trucks that can charge for a given grid connection, will be a critical part of the ecosystem.

Energy Monitor 120

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Ozone 120

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

UK startup Generational has unveiled a strategy to supercharge car-dealers and consumers confidence in used EVs. The solution seemingly resides with a novel battery-health assessment technology, which the group says is intuitive and state-of-the-art. The proprietary battery assessment tool is said to provide simple, seamless battery-health checks for pre-owned EVs allowing dealers to provide consumers with peace of mind, achieve sales at a faster rate, and reduce vehicles time on the forecourt.

Health 147

Health Batteries Electric vehicle Retail 147

Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Energy software and consulting group Ascend Analytics CEO Gary Dorris discusses changes to ancillary services in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market and what asset optimisers need to do to stay ahead of the curve.

Electricity 157

Electricity Energy Energy Batteries 157

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.

Transportation

TechXplore

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Recycling lithium-ion batteries to recover their critical metals has significantly lower environmental impacts than mining virgin metals, according to a new Stanford University lifecycle analysis published in Nature Communications. On a large scale, recycling could also help relieve the long-term supply insecurityphysically and geopoliticallyof critical battery minerals.

Lithium 344

Lithium Recycling Recycling Batteries 344

POWER Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed its draft safety evaluation (SE) a month ahead of schedulealbeit with open itemsfor TerraPower’s Kemmerer Power Station Unit 1, a pioneering 345-MW […] The post Kemmerer 1TerraPower’s Pioneering Fourth-Generation Nuclear ProjectHits Key NRC Milestone Ahead of Schedule appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Nuclear Power 141

Nuclear Power Cooling Technology Energy 141

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

A Clearer Future for Glass Manufacturing Understanding the Glass Industrys Environmental Impact Glass surrounds us, from the windows in our homes to the screens on our devices. Yet, few are aware of the environmental price tag attached to its production. The glass industry is a major energy consumer, with furnaces operating at over 1,500C to melt raw materials such as silica, soda ash, and limestone.

Hydrogen 131

Hydrogen Recycling Recycling Natural gas 131

Charged

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Electricity distributor UK Power Networks and Falco Construction, an English multi-utility contractor, are trialing electric diggers for underground work in London. Falco is currently deploying two of the diggers, and hopes to eventually replace all of its 120 diesel-powered excavators with the zero-emission Takeuchi TB20e mini-excavators, which would directly remove over 200 tonnes of carbon emissions each year, Falco said.

Electricity 118

Electricity Construction Pollution Carbon 118

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.

Sustainability

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Improvements in water quality have supported freshwater invertebrates such as damselfly. (image credit: Steve Thackeray). An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in Englands rivers was linked to reductions in pollution of zinc and copper, largely due to the decline of coal burning and heavy industry, say researchers. Invertebrates are used as an important measure of a rivers biodiversity and health, and Environment Agency data show there was a widespread, significant increase in species richne

Biodiversity 130

Biodiversity Pollution Organic Health 130

Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Although last year saw a dip in installations and projects submitted for planning, the BESS market in the UK continues to steam ahead with over 8GWh online and nearly 20GWh being built.

Construction 363

Construction Investment 363

TechXplore

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

University of Leicester scientists have developed a technique for sustainably extracting valuable metals from a waste product of used batteries with a mix of water and cooking oil.

Batteries 326

Batteries Lithium Recycling Recycling 326

POWER Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Texas A&M University System has unveiled four nuclear developers with which it plans to explore building and operating small modular reactor plants (SMRs) at its Texas A&M-RELLIS campus near College […] The post Texas A&M Launches SMR Energy Proving Ground with Selection of Four Nuclear Firms appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Energy 142

Energy Energy Power grid Demand 142

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?

Carbon

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Bosch Shifts Focus to Hydrogen Production, Ending Solid-Oxide Fuel-Cell Development Bosch , a global engineering and technology company, has announced a significant strategic realignment that underscores its commitment to hydrogen technology. The company will cease its development of solid-oxide fuel-cell technology, a decision rooted in the slower-than-expected market adoption of these systems.

Hydrogen 137

Hydrogen Innovation Europe Policy 137

TechCrunch: Climate

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Proxima Fusion, a two-year-old, German nuclear fusion startup, has published plans for a working fusion power plant in a peer-reviewed journal, in what is being touted as a step-change in the race to generate limitless energy. Todays nuclear fission reactors create radioactive waste, whereas nuclear fusion releases vast amounts of energy, with zero carbon emissions and […] 2024 TechCrunch.

Startups 123

Startups Waste Waste Carbon 123

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Construction of a large multi-storey building on a hill in Lynmouth, Devon in April 2022 (image credit: Armands Photography / Shutterstock.com). Growth must not come at the expense of an already fragile environment, warned the Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA), following the Chancellor’s announcement last week of plans to replace Environmental Impact Assessment with a new system in an effort to cut red tape and speed up planning application approvals.

Government 130

Government Biodiversity Sustainability Climate change 130

Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Developer-operator TransGrid Energy has successfully secured over US$1.4 billion in financing for two battery energy storage (BESS) projects located in Arizona, US, with a combined capacity of 450MW/1,800MWh.

Energy 319

Energy Energy Batteries 319

TechXplore

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

There's a lot of untapped potential in our homes and vehicles that could be harnessed to reinforce local power grids and make them more resilient to unforeseen outages, a new study shows.

Power grid 328

Power grid Resilience Electricity 328

POWER Magazine

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The pursuit of energy from fusion technology has taken another step forward, with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) entering into a cooperative agreement with Type One Energy to jointly develop […] The post TVA, Type One Energy Ink Deal to Develop Commercial Fusion Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Energy 128

Energy Energy Technology 128

Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Aviation Technology – Bertrand Piccards Climate Impulse and the Power of Liquid Hydrogen Bertrand Piccard, a name synonymous with pioneering feats in aviation, has set his sights on redefining the future of flight with his Climate Impulse project. Known for his historic solar-powered flight around the world in 2015, Piccard is now tackling an even greater challenge: non-stop, global flight powered entirely by liquid green hydrogen.

Aviation 126

Aviation Hydrogen Fossil fuels Technology 126

Grist

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The poor things cant help it, but cows are really gassy, and thats really bad for the planet: Microbes in their guts produce methane a greenhouse gas up to 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide which comes out as burps. Consequently, livestock is responsible for 30 percent of humanitys methane emissions. But its not just bovine belching that makes agriculture drive so much warming.

Methane 105

Methane Soil Agriculture Organic 105

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Palamte Newt (Lissotriton helveticus) on moss near a pond in Poole, Dorset. There was widespread misinformation blaming nature as a blocker to growth in the run up to the Chancellors speech last week, writes Joe Keegan, public affairs officer at The Wildlife Trusts. In 2021 Rachel Reeves announced her ambition to become Britains first green chancellor however, recent announcements on planning and airport expansion put this aspiration in jeopardy.The irony of Rachel Reeves’s crusade for gr

Government 130

Government Policy Sustainability Climate change 130

Energy Storage News

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

LG ES will begin production of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells for stationary energy storage applications in the US this year.

Lithium 313

Lithium Investment Energy Energy 313