Tech must lead on carbon neutrality
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Sponsored: The tech industry is far from the biggest polluter, but it’ll be a key leader in solving the most pressing issue of our time: saving our planet.
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Proposed Hydrogen Tax Credit Rules a Win for Climate, Industry, Electricity Consumers
NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 22, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Department of Treasury released its proposed guidance for the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) federal clean hydrogen tax credits, which are expected to amount to several hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies for the emerging.
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CSIRO says wind and solar much cheaper than nuclear, even with added integration costs
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 20, 2023
CSIRO's GenCost report updated to include near term transmission costs for wind and solar, and finds that the case for nuclear has been blown out of the water by the collapse of US SMR project. The post CSIRO says wind and solar much cheaper than nuclear, even with added integration costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Revealed: Ads Urging Canadians to Oppose Climate Laws Paid for by Gas Industry
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 21, 2023
A national industry group representing gas producers is quietly paying for digital advertisements urging Canadians to “speak up” to their elected officials against laws addressing climate change and public health, DeSmog can reveal. “Voice of Energy” is a new ad campaign and website featuring photos of diverse and well-dressed young people, explainers making the case for natural gas while downplaying its massive contribution to climate change, and videos urging viewers to join in an effort to “p
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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.
Timeline 2024: 28 sustainability policies, guidelines, and targets to track
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The business of sustainability continues to evolve rapidly. Here are the most important changes to expect in the coming year.
What’s on Caltrans’s $16B Holiday SHOPP-ing List
NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 20, 2023
The $15.7 billion State Highway Operations and Protection Program is one of the state’s biggest infrastructure packages. But what’s really in the 599 projects?
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Nikola and Firstelement Fuel Forge 10-Year Strategic Partnership to Advance Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure
FuelCellsWorks
DECEMBER 20, 2023
FirstElement Fuel named authorized Fueling Solutions Partner for Nikola Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks. PHOENIX — Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and.
Smart travel policies are keeping corporate flights below pre-COVID levels
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 22, 2023
Nearly half the world's largest corporations kept levels of flying to less than half pre-COVID levels last year, a study found.
Governor Hochul Signs First-in-the-Nation Bill to Limit Neonic Pesticides
NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 22, 2023
A coalition of farmers, health professionals, and environmental groups are celebrating today after Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Birds and Bees Protection Act (S1856-A/A7640).
Batteries are getting bigger and longer, and helping wind and solar push coal out the door
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 19, 2023
Wholesale electricity prices declined across the grid in 2023, and batteries are having a growing influence over the market as their numbers and length of storage grows. The post Batteries are getting bigger and longer, and helping wind and solar push coal out the door appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
TotalEnergies Inaugurates H2Benelux Hydrogen Refueling Stations in Rotterdam and Utrecht
FuelCellsWorks
DECEMBER 18, 2023
TotalEnergies yesterday inaugurated new public hydrogen refueling stations in the Rotterdam region, in Capelle aan den IJssel, and in Utrecht, the Netherlands, in the presence of Robert Joore, Managing Director.
3 steps to secure buy-in for your sustainability strategy
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Gaining support from a range of stakeholders is necessary to deliver on sustainability goals and achieve scalable change.
New EV availability standard will reduce wait times and help Canadians unlock cost savings
Clean Energy Canada
DECEMBER 19, 2023
OTTAWA — Joanna Kyriazis, director of public affairs at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s final electric vehicle availability standard : “With record numbers of Canadians choosing an EV over a gas car in recent months, it’s clear that they want electric vehicles. And today’s new regulations, which will require automakers to make an increasing percentage of EVs available for sale en route to 100% by 2035, will make it a lot easier to g
Climate authority confirms Australia has been fudging its methane emissions data
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 17, 2023
Federal government urged to act "immediately" as major report finds Australia well behind international best practice on measurement and reporting of methane emissions. The post Climate authority confirms Australia has been fudging its methane emissions data appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
SunHydrogen Enters Consulting Agreement With 3 of Japan’s Most Esteemed Green Hydrogen Production Experts
FuelCellsWorks
DECEMBER 18, 2023
CORALVILLE, IA– SunHydrogen, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology to produce renewable hydrogen using sunlight and water, today announced that the Company has entered into a consulting agreement with.
Engaging stakeholders can help deliver sustainability strategy, create value for the company
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Businesses must map and assess the importance and influence of stakeholder groups to implement their sustainability goals.
Researchers find they can stop degradation of promising solar cell materials
TechXplore
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Georgia Tech materials engineers have unraveled the mechanism that causes degradation of a promising new material for solar cells—and they've been able to stop it using a thin layer of molecules that repels water.
World’s biggest eight-hour lithium battery wins NSW long duration storage tender
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Two huge lithium-ion batteries, and the Broken Hill compressed air storage project, win storage tender in result that may lead to rethink of what long duration storage technologies will look like. The post World’s biggest eight-hour lithium battery wins NSW long duration storage tender appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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?
Isuzu and Honda Begin Demonstration Testing Today of Fuel Cell-Powered Heavy-duty Truck on Public Roads in Japan
FuelCellsWorks
DECEMBER 22, 2023
TOKYO, Japan– Isuzu Motors Limited and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. today began demonstration testing on public roads in Japan of the GIGA FUEL CELL, a fuel cell (FC)-powered heavy-duty truck.
From kicks to compost: Puma’s playbook for circular sneakers
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 18, 2023
The RE:SUEDE project attempts to give old sneakers new life as agricultural compost.
Inaction on Climate Change Is a Death Sentence for Emperor Penguin Chicks
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 21, 2023
My fellow cruise ship passengers toasted to their luck for being able to partake in a celebratory barbeque on the ship’s deck after visiting Snow Hill — a remote island in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea that is home to an emperor penguin colony. While it was warm enough to dine outdoors that evening on November 21, I couldn’t bring myself to raise a glass.
NSW secures another $4.2 billion of wind, solar and storage to help shift from coal
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 18, 2023
NSW lands another $4.2 billion in wind, solar and storage projects, including big wins for Andrew Forrest and Neoen, and three ground-breaking long duration storage projects. The post NSW secures another $4.2 billion of wind, solar and storage to help shift from coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Estonia Initiates €40 Million Tender for a Revolutionary Hydrogen-Fueled Zero-Emissions Ferry
FuelCellsWorks
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Estonia has embarked on an innovative project, calling for tenders to build a €40 million ferry, which will be uniquely powered by hydrogen fuel. This zero-emission initiative is set to.
Nature tech got $1.6 billion in VC funding last year. It's poised to take off in 2024
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Get ready to see more tech innovations that aim to protect, restore, measure and report on nature.
Alberta Premier’s Statements on Batteries ‘Ideologically Motivated,’ Inaccurate, Experts Say
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recent comments about the use of batteries for renewable energy infrastructure surprised experts, one of whom described the premier’s comments as possibly ideologically motivated misinformation. Smith was the keynote speaker addressing the Pembina Institute’s Alberta Climate Summit in Calgary on October 26th. The Pembina Institute is a Canadian think tank and registered charity that focuses on clean energy and energy policy.
Massive 1500 MW wind project gets planning approval, first in NSW in nearly three years
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 21, 2023
A 1500 MW wind project, to be built with an 800 MW battery, has won planning approval in NSW, the first wind project to do so since early 2021. The post Massive 1500 MW wind project gets planning approval, first in NSW in nearly three years appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Australian Government Announces Shortlisted Applicants for the $2 Billion Hydrogen Headstart Program
FuelCellsWorks
DECEMBER 21, 2023
Hydrogen Headstart is the government’s largest investment in renewable hydrogen to date. It was announced in the 2023-24 budget. Headstart will catalyse Australia’s hydrogen industry. The Program takes advantage of.
Climate policies sustainability executives need to track in 2024
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 22, 2023
2024 is likely to continue the momentum of 2023 when it comes to climate policy.
Suddenly, US electricity demand is spiking. Can the grid keep up?
Canary Media
DECEMBER 20, 2023
For the past two decades, demand for electricity across the United States has hardly increased. But those dynamics appear to have dramatically reversed — and U.S. electric utilities, regulators and power grid planners aren’t prepared to deal with this new paradigm of surging electricity demand.
Filling Eraring gap: Giant Waratah Super Battery project to receive more than $700m
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 16, 2023
The Waratah Super Battery project, designed to help fill the gap left by the closure of Eraring by creating a type of giant "shock absorber", will receive more than $700m. The post Filling Eraring gap: Giant Waratah Super Battery project to receive more than $700m appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Fuel Cell Trucks: Daimler Truck Builds Customer-Oriented Test Fleet of Mercedes-Benz GENH2 Trucks
FuelCellsWorks
DECEMBER 19, 2023
The companies Amazon, Air Products, Holcim, INEOS and Wiedmann & Winz are expected to gain initial experience with fuel cell vehicles from mid-2024. The five articulated trucks will be used.
How Calvin Klein, L’Occitane, Lush and others are waging war on excess Christmas packaging
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 22, 2023
The holiday season has a dirty little secret: lots of waste.
Battery technology achieves record high sodium-metal cycling rates
TechXplore
DECEMBER 20, 2023
While lithium-ion batteries currently dominate the industry, serious concern remains about the limited availability of lithium used in these batteries. Conversely, sodium-ion batteries provide a more sustainable alternative due to the tremendous abundance of salt in our oceans, thereby potentially providing a lower-cost alternative to the rapidly growing demand for energy storage.
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