Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 30, 2025

The governments flagship Planning and Infrastructure Bill could be in breach of international law, according to new legal advice from a leading KC. Planning and environmental law barrister, David Elvin KC of Landmark Chambers, found Part 3 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to be regressive and potentially in breach of international law. Mr Elvins legal opinion is that the approach adopted in Part 3 is a significantly laxer approach to protection, which allows issues of mitigation/offsettin

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TechXplore

APRIL 26, 2025

Over the past few decades, solar cells have become increasingly widespread, with a growing number of individuals and businesses worldwide now relying on solar energy to power their homes or operations. Energy engineers worldwide have thus been trying to identify materials that are promising for the development of photovoltaics, are eco-friendly and non-toxic, and can also be easily sourced and processed.

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Grist

APRIL 17, 2025

Throughout the Yangtze River Delta, a region in southern China famed for its widespread rice production, farmers grow belts of slender green stalks. Before they reach several feet tall and turn golden brown, the grassy plants soak in muddy, waterlogged fields for months. Along the rows of submerged plants, levees store and distribute a steady supply of water that farmers source from nearby canals.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 13, 2025

Samsung C&T Renewable Energy Australia, a regional energy division of South Koreas Samsung Group, has submitted plans for a 320MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales to Australias Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.

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Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 19, 2025

The energy secretary has accused Reform UKs leader of peddling dangerous falsehoods about renewable power Tories and Reform use the steel crisis to knock clean energy. Theyre wrong: it will secure all our futures Ed Miliband has torn into Nigel Farage and the Tories for peddling dangerous nonsense and lies by suggesting the UKs net zero target is responsible for destroying Britains businesses, including its steel industry.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2025

The BBC has stopped Evan Davis, one of its senior presenters, from hosting a personal podcast informing the public about heat pumps, a flagship clean heating solution. Speaking on the final episode of the show, launched in January, Davis said that the BBC had become concerned that the podcast was somehow treading on areas of public controversy. He added: I take their shilling; they dictate the rules.

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TechXplore

APRIL 30, 2025

Lightweight lithium metal is a heavy-hitting critical mineral, serving as the key ingredient in the rechargeable batteries that power phones, laptops, electric vehicles and more. As ubiquitous as lithium is in modern technology, extracting the metal is complex and expensive. A new method, developed by researchers at Penn State and recently granted patent rights, enables high-efficiency lithium extractionin minutes, not hoursusing low temperatures and simple water-based leaching.

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POWER Magazine

APRIL 21, 2025

A new report from GlobalData, a data and analytics group, projects global nuclear power capacity will hit 494 GW by 2035. The group said capacity gains will be tied to advancements in deployments of small modular reactors (SMRs), along with the continuing worldwide shift to cleaner forms of energy. The post Group Projects 100-GW Rise in Global Nuclear Power Capacity Across Next Decade appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Solar Power World

APRIL 2, 2025

This past year has been the season for intellectual property (IP) battles within the solar panel space. Most global solar panel manufacturers are involved in patent infringement lawsuits in U.S. courts in some way either suing or being sued over tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) technology. Who has the right to produce advanced n-type… The post While China scales high-efficiency solar panel manufacturing, the US is stuck with PERC appeared first on Solar Power World.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 20, 2025

From nationalising gas plants to boosting renewables, how soaring prices could be tackled One of Labours key election promises was to cut energy bills by 300 a year by 2030 while making Britain a clean energy superpower. The job is already halfway complete: renewable energy made up more than half the UKs electricity for the first time last year. So why does Britain continue to have one of the most expensive electricity markets in the world?

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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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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 15, 2025

As part of the buildup to this year’s Global Sustainable Islands Summit 2025 , James Ellsmoor, CEO of Island Innovation, did an interview with Hon. Konris Maynard of the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis. The insights from that conversation have been published below. The Caribbean twin-island Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis is embarking on an ambitious journey that could transform it into the Western Hemisphere’s first fully sustainable independent nation.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 28, 2025

Slag deposits at Derwent Howe, in Cumbria, have formed cliffs of waste material which are being eroded by coastal waves and tides, revealing the suprising rock formations. An aluminium tab from a drinks can found encased in a new form of rock on the Cumbrian coastline has helped provide scientists with a shocking insight into the impact of human activity on the Earths natural processes and materials.

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TechXplore

APRIL 11, 2025

Using electrodes in a fluid form, researchers at Linkping University have developed a battery that can take any shape. This soft and conformable battery can be integrated into future technology in a completely new way. Their study has been published in the journal Science Advances.

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BloombergNEF

APRIL 15, 2025

BloombergNEFs New Energy Outlook 2025 maps out how the global energy transition could progress, driven by competitive economics, investment decisions to meet rising energy demand and existing short-term policy settings The reports base case, the Economic Transition Scenario, finds robust adoption of clean power and electrification in road transport, growth in natural gas demand, and […] The post Power Generation from Renewables Set to Jump 84% in Next Five Years as Demand from New Data Cen

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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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Energy Storage News

APRIL 15, 2025

With over 9GWh of operational grid-scale BESS (battery energy storage system) capacity in the UK - and a strong pipeline - it's worth identifying the regional hotspots and how the landscape may evolve in the future.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 7, 2025

Thinktank says solar has been fastest-growing energy source for last 20 years, but remains dwarfed by hydro power The world used clean power sources to meet more than 40% of its electricity demand last year for the first time since the 1940s, figures show. A report by the energy thinktank Ember said the milestone was powered by a boom in solar power capacity, which has doubled in the last three years.

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Charged

APRIL 30, 2025

As anyone who makes long drives in an EV will tell you, we need more public DC fast charging. Well, help is on the way. Back in 2023, Walmart announced plans to install chargers at thousands of Walmart and Sams Club locations by 2030. Now the company has opened up three locations on a pilot basistwo in Texas and one in Arkansasand revealed some more details of its plans in an interview with State Of Charge s Tom Moloughney.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 30, 2025

Aerial image of Grangemouth site from 2018. Unite, one of the UK’s largest trade unions, representing workers in construction, energy and engineering, has today (30 April) called on the UK government to fundamentally rethink its approach to net zero policies and industrial strategy. Unites intervention comes a day after it was announced that the Grangemouth oil refinery has ceased refining oil and former prime minister Tony Blair warned that the present policy is doomed to fail.

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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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TechXplore

APRIL 9, 2025

A Cornell-led collaboration has hit the trifecta of sustainability technology: The group developed a low-cost method to produce carbon-free "green" hydrogen via solar-powered electrolysis of seawater. A happy byproduct of the process? Potable water.

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BloombergNEF

APRIL 27, 2025

BloombergNEFs (BNEFs) Energy Transition Supply Chains 2025 report examines the state of global clean-tech manufacturing, how policy environments are incentivizing onshoring and changing clean-tech global trade patterns Some 76% of global clean-tech factory investment in 2024 went to support manufacturing in mainland China, far surpassing other markets despite various other governments efforts to support onshoring […] The post China Dominates Clean Technology Manufacturing Investment as Tar

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 7, 2025

Opportunities for commercial and industrial (C&I) energy storage are growing, and customers need safe, reliable battery systems that maximise value throughout their lifecycle, says Cubenergy's Chris Wu.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 29, 2025

The countries boast high levels of wind and solar on their grids, leading to speculation about the robustness of the technology Europe live latest updates Pedro Snchez vows to find the cause of huge power cut in Spain and Portugal Spain and Portugal suffered the worst blackout in living memory in Europe this week. About 55 million people were affected and it lasted more than half a day.

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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.

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Charged

APRIL 21, 2025

The Ford Power Promise focuses on drivers who can most easily charge at homestill the low-hanging fruit for EV sales. Its working. Selling electric vehicles was always going to be a challenge, especially for established U.S. brands like Ford and Chevrolet. They require a lot of explanation by salespeople unfamiliar with EVs; not every shopper lives where charging will be easy and convenient; and misperceptions and myths abound.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 21, 2025

The River Dart in Totnes (image credit: Phil Gayton , CC BY 2.0 license ). The Rivers Trust Annual Conference in early April highlighted the need for urgent, joined-up solutions to tackle harmful algal blooms and the surrounding issues affecting the health of rivers and communities. Hosted online, the conference titled A Bloomin Disaster: The Causes and Costs of Blue-Green Algae brought together experts from across Ireland, UK, Europe and beyond to examine the rising threat of blue-green algal

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TechXplore

APRIL 17, 2025

The exponential miniaturization of electronic chips over time, described by Moore's law, has played a key role in our digital age. However, the operating power of small electronic devices is significantly limited by the lack of advanced cooling technologies available.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 2, 2025

Air Liquide and cutting-edge advancements in hydrogen fuel cells and steel pipeline technology are paving the way for a revolution in clean energy transport across China. Recent developments in the hydrogen space have grabbed the spotlight with the enhancement of steel pipelines designed to safely transport hydrogen and the launch of Chinas first 300-bar hydrogen filling center.

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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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Energy Storage News

APRIL 22, 2025

Subsidiary of the AES Corporation, AES Indiana, has announced the opening of the 200MW/800MWh Pike County Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Pike County, Indiana, US.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 29, 2025

Any strategy based on either phasing out fossil fuels in the short term or limiting consumption is a strategy doomed to fail, says former PM Severin Carrell is the Guardians Scotland editor. Keir Starmer is not expected to campaign in the Hamilton byelection, a critical contest for Scottish Labour which takes place in early June, Anas Sarwar has confirmed.

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Charged

APRIL 30, 2025

Volvo Trucks and German manufacturer Putzmeister have developed an electric concrete pump truck to be delivered to the Swedish construction company Swerock. The concrete pump was developed in response to a request from Swerock, which is a long-time customer of Volvo Trucks. The four-axle electric pump truck has a total weight of 32 tonnes and a reach of 42 meters.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2025

Once constructed, the Plymouth plant will produce intermediate battery materials. (The plant is titled “ACT3” within the group’s published scale-up pathway). Lithium-ion battery recycling technology firm Altilium says it has commenced construction of the UKs first at-scale EV battery recycling facility with integrated chemical refining capabilities, located in Plymouth, Devon.

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TechXplore

APRIL 3, 2025

Researchers at Northwestern University have expanded the potential of carbon capture technology that plucks CO2 directly from the air by demonstrating that there are multiple suitable and abundant materials that can facilitate direct air capture.

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