California’s battery storage installations grow to almost 16GW
Energy Storage News
MAY 21, 2025
Installed battery storage capacity in California, US has grown from 771MW in 2019 to more than 15,500MW as of 31 January, 2025.
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Traffic noise: Time to get serious?
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 20, 2025
The developers of noise cameras insist there’s a case for them, and the public seem to agree. So far, a number of localities worldwide are either trialling the technology or moving to the implementation phase of issuing fines to the public. Why isn’t it taking off in the UK? Seemingly more than two-thirds of UK motorists back the use of noise cameras to implement penalty fines for noisy vehicles. 1 Theyve been trialled in a handful of places, with Londons borough of Kensington and Ch
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Anti-Net Zero Reform Mayor Andrea Jenkyns Urges Offshore Wind Investment
DeSmogBlog
MAY 23, 2025
A Reform UK mayor who claims net zero madness is bankrupting Britain has called for investment in an offshore wind project to boost growth in the local economy. Dame Andrea Jenkyns , who was elected as Greater Lincolnshire Mayor in the 1 May local elections, has been a vocal opponent of climate action and renewable energy projects, vowing to oppose new solar farms and electricity pylons in her county.
A new approach could fractionate crude oil using much less energy
TechXplore
MAY 22, 2025
Separating crude oil into products such as gasoline, diesel, and heating oil is an energy-intensive process that accounts for about 6% of the world's CO2 emissions. Most of that energy goes into the heat needed to separate the components by their boiling point.
How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control
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
ESS Inc. bets on gigawatt-hour scale long-duration flow batteries to turn cash burn into profitability
Energy Storage News
MAY 19, 2025
Flow battery energy storage manufacturer ESS Inc. could achieve profitability in the next few years, if its new product is a success, the companys CFO has said.
AI bridges the olfactory gap: Exploring the implications of the digitization of odour
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 18, 2025
A race is on to reverse-engineer the nose, and more broadly, the entire olfactory system, which is incredibly complex, still not fully understood, and extremely underutilized by technology, compared to sight and sound. Quite apart from the novel possibilities opened up by being able to “design” scent, or give robots “a sense of smell”, the results could reshape fields like environmental monitoring, as Envirotec discovers.
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New legal challenge emerges as Woodside gas plan declared worse than all Australia’s coal plants
Renew Economy
MAY 22, 2025
Analysis finds emissions from Woodsides Burrup Hub gas expansion would be greater than the combined emissions from all of Australias coal power stations. The post New legal challenge emerges as Woodside gas plan declared worse than all Australia’s coal plants appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Lightshift Energy to build Vermont’s largest BESS
Energy Storage News
MAY 23, 2025
US storage and solar developer-operator Lightshift Energy will build Vermonts largest battery energy storage system (BESS) project to date.
The Key to Lowering a Building's Carbon Footprint? Embodied Carbon.
NRDC onEarth
MAY 19, 2025
Reducing the greenhouse gas emissions of construction materials is critical to achieving full building decarbonizationand states can lead the way.
Research will investigate risk of hidden microbial impact on CO2 storage
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 18, 2025
The North Sea Transition Authority requires all carbon capture and storage sites to have a comprehensive Measurement, Monitoring and Verification strategy, but microbial monitoring is not yet included in these frameworks. A new research project aims to explore how microbes in deep underground storage sites could impact the success of carbon capture and storage (CCS).
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
Electric houses with solar use much less energy than gas, but home batteries critical in some states
Renew Economy
MAY 21, 2025
Electric homes are far more efficient than those that rely on fossil gas, and cleaner and healthier too. But they will require storage to avoid surges in peak demand. The post Electric houses with solar use much less energy than gas, but home batteries critical in some states appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Meridian brings online New Zealand’s first grid-scale battery storage system
Energy Storage News
MAY 22, 2025
Meridian Energy, a New Zealand state-owned energy company, has completed the development of its 100MW/200MWh 2-hour duration Ruakk BESS.
Scientists use AI and X-ray vision to gain insight into zinc-ion battery electrolyte
TechXplore
MAY 22, 2025
A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University (SBU) used artificial intelligence (AI) to help them understand how zinc-ion batteries workand potentially how to make them more efficient for future energy storage needs.
Conservation targets exceeded with the help of geospatial technology, says National Trust
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 21, 2025
A ranger collecting data. The UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world. One of the countrys largest landowners, National Trust says it is doing everything it can to help reverse this decline. Digital transformation and new workflows using geospatial technology from Esri UK are helping it to restore nature across the country, as the group explains here.
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.
Queensland LNP approves huge, giga-scale wind farm after putting it on ice at start of year
Renew Economy
MAY 18, 2025
A massive Queensland wind farm proposal that was put on ice by the newly elected Liberal National Party government at the start of the year has been given all-clear. The post Queensland LNP approves huge, giga-scale wind farm after putting it on ice at start of year appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Largest BESS in Denmark complete, could power island if Sweden interconnector fails
Energy Storage News
MAY 22, 2025
Utility EWII has connected a 30MW/43MWh BESS unit to the grid on the island of Bornholm in Denmark, which has the potential to act as an emergency backup in case a nearby interconnector to Sweden fails.
Metal fleeces boost battery energy density by enabling thicker, faster-charging electrodes
TechXplore
MAY 21, 2025
Batteries are becoming more and more powerful. A discovery by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg could now give them a significant energy boost.
Views from across the plastics value chain were aired at the RECOUP Summit
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 18, 2025
Plastic recycling charity RECOUP said its inaugural summit on 30 April in Leeds was a resounding success. The event, sponsored by WRAP and Ecosurety, appeared to affirm the message that the necessary technology is available, but what’s needed is “more innovation and collaboration with industry and government support to ensure we deliver on the promise of a plastic circular economy” Focused on developments in technology that will help to drive improvements in the plastics recycl
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.
Solar farm with four-hour battery wins state development approval, awaits federal decision
Renew Economy
MAY 18, 2025
A 90 megawatt solar farm and four-hour big battery proposed for construction on cattle grazing land in NSW has won state development approval. The post Solar farm with four-hour battery wins state development approval, awaits federal decision appeared first on RenewEconomy.
NYSERDA offers funding to advanced and long-duration energy storage tech in New York
Energy Storage News
MAY 23, 2025
Through a competitive solicitation, over US$5 million is being made available for developers of advanced energy storage technologies in New York.
Hydrogen Fuel Cells Power Up New York’s Warehouse Revolution
Hydrogen Fuel News
MAY 20, 2025
A quiet shift in warehouse energy is picking up serious momentumquiet, unless you’ve got a hydrogen fuel cell running at full tilt. In upstate New York, something big is quietly unfolding in the world of clean energyand its kicking off with forklifts. The Raymond Corporation , a longtime player in warehouse systems and a Toyota subsidiary, is making a bold move into the zero-emissions space.
Lime-free soil treatment product can cut brownfield remediation costs, says group
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 20, 2025
A new remediation technology, ReBind, is claimed to offer a cost-effective, on-site solution for handling contaminated soil on brownfield redevelopment sites, according to the group behind it. Developed by SMR UK, the patented binder is said to enable developers to stabilise and reuse up to 100% of contaminated ground, avoiding escalating landfill costs and reducing environmental impact.
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.
Australia’s biggest DC-coupled solar battery hybrid to push PV output into evening peaks
Renew Economy
MAY 19, 2025
The biggest DC-coupled solar hybrid project in Australia has received grid approval - a landmark that will help push solar output into evening peaks, where it is needed most. The post Australia’s biggest DC-coupled solar battery hybrid to push PV output into evening peaks appeared first on RenewEconomy.
AEMO to streamline NEM connection standards for generators and BESS in Australia
Energy Storage News
MAY 22, 2025
AEMO has released a determination to help simplify the technical requirements for renewables and BESS connecting to Australia's NEM.
Laser-powered fusion experiment more than doubles its power output
TechCrunch: Climate
MAY 17, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energys National Ignition Facility increased the yield of the experiment in recent attempts.
Some of the most polluted US cities are home to coal-based steel plants
Canary Media
MAY 21, 2025
The United States hasnt built a new coal-burning steel mill in nearly half a century. Stricter environmental regulations shifted some of that production overseas, while the latest steel plants adopted newer and cleaner technologies.
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?
Coal mine methane is a big problem for Australia, but technology exists to help cut it
Renew Economy
MAY 18, 2025
New report presents a set of scalable, self-funding policy measures to cut fugitive emissions from coal mines by around half, with low to negative net cost to industry. The post Coal mine methane is a big problem for Australia, but technology exists to help cut it appeared first on RenewEconomy.
CATL raises US$4.5 billion in Hong Kong IPO, ‘deepens integration into global capital markets’
Energy Storage News
MAY 22, 2025
The world's largest lithium-ion battery company CATL has completed its secondary listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX), raising US$4.5 million.
Biogas grass silage additive proves value after two difficult seasons
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 18, 2025
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with FM BioEnergy Following successful trials in 2023/24 at Evesham-based Vale Green Energys biogas plant, a new grass silage additive from FM BioEnergy has further proved its value and adaptability this year (2024/25). Silasil Energy SG has delivered impressive results across a range of situations from high dry matter grasses in the West Midlands to wet fourth-cut silage in Northern Ireland.
Maine is training an army of HVAC pros to meet its heat pump goals
Canary Media
MAY 23, 2025
Powering Rural Futures: Clean energy is creating new jobs in rural America, generating opportunities for people who install solar panels, build wind turbines, weatherize homes, and more.
Carbon offsets to be dumped as energy giant concedes they don’t “undo harms” from fossil fuels
Renew Economy
MAY 18, 2025
EnergyAustralia to dump use of carbon offsets after acknowledging they "do not prevent or undo harms" caused by burning fossil fuels. The post Carbon offsets to be dumped as energy giant concedes they don’t “undo harms” from fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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