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How sustainability professionals can use their collective voice to speed climate progress

GreenBiz

Sustainability professionals can take meaningful action to push companies to align their policy goals and climate objectives.

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Advanced inverters ‘push boundaries’ of how batteries can replace fossil fuel plants on power grid

Energy Storage News

The inverters at an upcoming 300MW/600MWh project in Scotland, UK, will enable the asset to deliver inertia that is “essential for the grid to function efficiently”.

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Comment: The Energy sector will continue to thrive through HPC, even as Moore’s Law comes to an end

Envirotec Magazine

High-Performance Computing (HPC), has become critical in assisting the energy sector, offering the capability to analyse complex data, simulate intricate processes, and optimise operations. While immensely powerful, HPC faces several challenges as it continues to evolve and respond to exponential demands for computational power. With the end of Moore’s Law looming ever closer, Owen Thomas, founder of Red Oak Consulting, argues that the energy sector will continue to thrive as HPC invariably move

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The Definition Of PFAS Should Be Science Based

NRDC onEarth

Attempts to weaken the PFAS definition threaten public health and the environment

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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.

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Why North Face is changing where it gets its rubber and cotton

GreenBiz

With its latest cotton and rubber sourcing efforts, the retailer is pursuing regenerative materials.

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Queensland launches battery strategy, vanadium flow factory announced in Australian state

Energy Storage News

The government of Queensland has published its official battery strategy as part of the Australian state’s major Energy and Jobs Plan and policies to invigorate its industries.

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Building a More Sustainable, Affordable Colorado with Thoughtful Housing Strategies

NRDC onEarth

Land use reform proposed by Colorado leaders could deliver a triple victory for climate, air quality, and housing affordability.

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CEO Doug McMillon: Walmart’s supply chain cut 1 billion tons of emissions 6 years ahead of schedule

GreenBiz

The world’s largest retailer persuaded 5,200 suppliers to improve their energy efficiency and redesign their packaging, among other measures.

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The evolving BESS market in 2024: A key year for safety, new technologies, and long-duration energy storage

Energy Storage News

The way we think about battery storage tech is evolving as quickly as the industry is, writes Dr. Matthias Simolka, product manager at battery data analytics provider TWAICE.

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Pet food manufacturer saves big with a small switch

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Veolia Water Technologies. Veolia Water Technologies says the firm’s organic coagulant has helped to optimise the Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) at a large scale pet food production facility in the Northwest. By switching to Hydrex 62930 the facility is estimated to make a cost saving of over £65K p/a on chemicals for the ETP, says Veolia, combined with reduced chemical handling and a safer low-hazard product.

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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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New Analysis Shows Widespread PFAS Contamination of Tap Water in CA

NRDC onEarth

Estimate of Californians with PFAS in drinking water jumps to 25 million - highlights need for proposed bill SB 903 to end unnecessary use of forever chemicals.

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Tapping capital markets for corporate climate action

GreenBiz

Two tools funding decarbonization: Green bonds and supply chain financing programs.

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Dutch developer Lion Storage planning 1.5GWh BESS for 2026 operation

Energy Storage News

Battery energy storage system (BESS) project developer Lion Storage is planning a 364MW/1,457MWh project in the Netherlands for operation in two years' time.

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Adler and Allan acquires specialist water and drainage company

Envirotec Magazine

Mike Williamson, Managing Director, Water Division, Adler and Allan. Environmental risk reduction services business, Adler and Allan, has acquired specialist water and drainage company, Public Sewer Services (PSS). PSS has been providing an in-house one stop solution for all aspects of water and drainage including specialist drain lining, traditional open cut excavation, tankering, CCTV, blockage clearance and root cutting for over 25 years.

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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.

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Reading the News: Highway Widenings Are Undermining Climate Goals

NRDC onEarth

National, state and local news outlets have picked up on a key theme: reaching our ambitious climate goals requires rethinking how we invest in transportation.

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Want to stop greenhushing? Make sustainability a strategic growth decision

GreenBiz

Purpose plays an important role, too.

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UK BESS owners ready to ride out low revenue period, handle increasing complexity of market

Energy Storage News

Battery storage systems are “perhaps the most complex energy asset to optimise” from a market perspective, but the UK industry is handling those challenges.

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EU agrees to establish carbon removals certification framework

Envirotec Magazine

Coal-fired power plant on the Maasvlakte, the industrial harbour district of Rotterdam. The EU has reached a provisional agreement to establish the first EU-level certification framework for the technologies that will be used for permanent carbon removals, and long-term carbon storage. Announced on 20 February, the voluntary framework is presented as an advance in the effort to support deployment of carbon removal and soil emission reduction activities across the EU.

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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.

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Chart: Nearly all new US power plants built in 2024 will be clean energy

Canary Media

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Not long ago, people called wind, solar and batteries “alternative energy.” That old moniker has now lost its meaning: In 2024, the U.S.

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How Klarna put an internal price on carbon

GreenBiz

Establishing a system of internal payments for greenhouse gas emissions builds a shared sense of responsibility and puts downward pressure on emissions, practitioners say.

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Rolls-Royce and Latvian TSO to deploy 80MW/120MWh of BESS

Energy Storage News

The TSO of Latvia has selected Rolls-Royce Solutions for two battery storage projects totalling 80MW of power and 160MWh of capacity.

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One in five in the UK negatively affected by noisy roads

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Richard M Lee / Shutterstock.com. Traffic noise is disrupting the daily lives of Britons with 81% able to hear road noises around their property and one in seven (17%) UK adults completely unable to escape the sound, according to a poll commissioned by GRIDSERVE, a firm with a focus on sustainable energy technology. 1 The research also found that one in five (20%) of those affected by the noise say it has a negative impact on their life.

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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?

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Liebreich: Net Zero Will Be Harder Than You Think – And Easier. Part II: Easier

BloombergNEF

Welcome to the second part of my two-part article exploring the bull and bear cases for the net-zero transition. The post Liebreich: Net Zero Will Be Harder Than You Think – And Easier. Part II: Easier appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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5 climate policy updates you need to know this week

GreenBiz

Chicago sues ExxonMobil, European executives call for new industrial deal, Senate to examine microplastics in water, and more

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System-level issues account for nearly half of BESS production defects, says CEA

Energy Storage News

A recent report from the Clean Energy Associates found that system-level defects accounted for nearly half of all defects found in battery energy storage systems (BESS), of which two issues related to increased risk of fire.

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Generating electricity using low-grade heat recovered from lignin-derived membranes

Envirotec Magazine

Lignin is traditionally considered a waste product by the pulp and paper industries. A new study explores an apparently sustainable method of efficiently converting waste heat into electricity using certain wood products, while minimising costs and environmental impact. The study, led by researchers at University of Limerick in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Valencia, has demonstrated a method of generating electricity using low-grade heat recovered from lignin-derived membra

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Massive NSW wind and battery project gets federal approval to replace coal, drought-proof farms

Renew Economy

The biggest wind farm in New South Wales and one of the biggest on the NEM has the green light from the federal government to go ahead. The post Massive NSW wind and battery project gets federal approval to replace coal, drought-proof farms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The multiplier effect: 5 tips to create effective partnerships

GreenBiz

Organizations must work in tandem toward common goals to achieve scalable transformation and amplify sustainability impact.

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The growing popularity of degrowth

Grist

The vision It’s a five-minute bike ride to the train station. On brisk mornings like this, I wear gloves and pack a warm coffee for the commute. My work buddy Lucy gets on two stops down, always with a pair of scones, wheeling her bike next to mine in the locker downstairs before joining me in the sunny coach section. Half an hour later, we unload the bikes and race each other along the greenway to our office.

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EVs are one step closer to becoming roaming grid batteries

Canary Media

University of Delaware professor Willett Kempton is a pioneer of vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology.

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Australian researchers make water battery breakthrough

Renew Economy

Researchers at RMIT University find a way to replace the electrolyte in lithium-ion batteries with water, an innovation that could remove the fire risk entirely. The post Australian researchers make water battery breakthrough appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Kroger, Whole Foods adopt buying policies that protect bees

GreenBiz

Big grocery chains are embracing procurement guidelines that prohibit the use of nitroguanidine neonicotinoids, which are toxic to bees.

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