The Global Plastics Treaty: It’s Time to Clean Up Our Mess
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 6, 2024
Negotiations are underway to finally slow this endless stream of plastic waste into our environment, food, and bodies.
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Cello-playing climate activist arrested at New York Citibank protest as crackdown escalates
The Guardian: Energy
AUGUST 8, 2024
Second activist also arrested during ‘summer of heat’ protest against second largest financier of fossil fuels A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York.
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“Power on:” Queensland flicks the switch on its first publicly owned big battery
Renew Economy
AUGUST 8, 2024
CS Energy's 100MW/200MWh Chinchilla Battery has commenced commercial operations at its site next to the largest remaining coal plant in Australia. The post “Power on:” Queensland flicks the switch on its first publicly owned big battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Nikola Trucks Join HTEC’s Canadian Fleet Following Successful Testing
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 9, 2024
The Vancouver-based firm HTEC announced on Thursday that Nikola trucks have passed its vehicle acceptance tests and will now integrate its Pilot Trucks fleet in Canada. Nikola has recently opened the first commercial hydrogen.
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
Does Political Decentralization Improve Urban Governance? Balancing Efficacy and Representation in Rajasthan’s Small Towns
The City Fix
AUGUST 6, 2024
“Hum faltu hai [in English, “We are useless”] …I don’t even know what the budget of the council is. Nobody tells me about the procurement process [or] the number of tenders that have gone public…I don’t have enough knowledge about.
Biden admin announces $2.2B in grants to boost US power grid
Canary Media
AUGUST 6, 2024
The U.S. power grid is overburdened and under-resourced — and the Biden administration just announced a major investment aimed at helping solve those problems. The Department of Energy has offered $2.2 billion to eight projects across 18 states that could expand and strengthen the grid.
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Nikola Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2024 Results
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 9, 2024
Reported strongest topline in the history of the company, Q2 2024 revenue was $31.3M, up 318% from Q1 Wholesaled 72 hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles in Q2, exceeding the high-end of.
New Pipes Equal Safer Family
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AUGUST 5, 2024
I just had my lead service line replaced, and I couldn’t be happier.
Roofing highways with solar panels could cut carbon emissions and improve road safety
TechXplore
AUGUST 6, 2024
Covering the world's highways with solar panel roofs could dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions and road accidents, according to new research. The ambitious estimate, which calculated the costs and benefits of installing solar roofs over highways globally, could reduce the world's carbon emissions by approximately 28% by curtailing the need for fossil fuels.
Batteries step in as coal plant trips amid heatwave and near record demand in Texas
Renew Economy
AUGUST 8, 2024
Big batteries step in as coal unit trips in Texas at peak time in midst of heatwave. "Always on" baseload needs back-up just as much as renewables. The post Batteries step in as coal plant trips amid heatwave and near record demand in Texas 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.
Dutch Government Grants €80 Million to Djawels for Green Hydrogen Production
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 6, 2024
The Netherlands has allocated an €80 million grant to Djawels BV for a new green hydrogen production project, reflecting a significant commitment to renewable energy initiatives. This funding, intended to.
‘Dark oxygen’ discovered on the seafloor raises stakes for deep-sea mining negotiations
The Verge: Energy
AUGUST 5, 2024
Polymetallic nodules rich in nickel, manganese, and cobalt that could be used for batteries. | Photo by Pallava Bagla / Corbis via Getty Images Scientists discovered ‘dark oxygen’ in the ocean’s abyss, where companies want to mine battery metals. The discovery of “dark oxygen” in the ocean’s abyss is raising the stakes in negotiations over whether to mine the seafloor for battery materials — and how to protect sensitive marine life in the process.
Shell to Invest $15B in Hydrogen and Green Energy by 2025
Hydrogen Fuel News
AUGUST 6, 2024
Shell’s Ambitious Green Energy Investment Strategy Shell has announced plans to invest between $10 and $15 billion from 2023 to 2025 to develop low-carbon energy solutions. This investment highlights Shell’s strategy to transition to a sustainable energy future, with $5.6 billion allocated in 2023 alone, accounting for 23% of its total capital spending.
I’m an Illawarra-based marine ecologist. I want an honest discussion about offshore wind
Renew Economy
AUGUST 5, 2024
Yes, there are uncertainties about offshore wind. But uncertainty is not an excuse to delay climate action or to derail productive discussions with myths and unsupported claims. The post I’m an Illawarra-based marine ecologist. I want an honest discussion about offshore wind 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.
World First at Schiphol: Testing of Hydrogen GPU Developed by Delft Scale-Up
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 6, 2024
Schiphol is conducting tests with the first hydrogen-powered GPU at the airport. The unit in question is the H2-GPU, a hydrogen-powered Ground Power Unit (GPU) that supplies stationary aircraft at.
Jahi Wise, Environmental Protection Agency: Architecting a green bank for the US.
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 9, 2024
When the $27 billion in Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund starts rolling out any day now, it will kick off an inclusive green energy. The post Jahi Wise, Environmental Protection Agency: Architecting a green bank for the US. appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
A huge landfill in Oregon is spewing methane. Its owners want to expand.
Canary Media
AUGUST 6, 2024
In rural Benton County, brigades of waste-collection vehicles lumber through forested hills and wheat fields, each truck trailed by an acrid stench. They’re hauling trash from across the western half of the state to Coffin Butte Landfill.
Electricity from large solar arrays with batteries now cheaper than from fossil plants in Germany
Renew Economy
AUGUST 7, 2024
Electricity from large ground-mounted solar PV systems combined with batteries has become cheaper than that generated from fossil power sources in Germany, researchers say. The post Electricity from large solar arrays with batteries now cheaper than from fossil plants in Germany 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?
Suzuki Hydrogen-Powered Scooter Latest Patent Reveals New Details
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 5, 2024
This new patent design comes after the Japanese brand revealed the prototype last year. Suzuki has unveiled a new patent application for its hydrogen-powered scooter, showcasing significant improvements over last.
‘Big Bets’ in Energy Targeted by the Bezos’s $10 Billion Earth Fund
BloombergNEF
AUGUST 6, 2024
Set up by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2020, the fund is focused on nature and climate challenges, and aims to give out all the $10 billion as grants by the end of the decade. Projects it is backing include the electrification of the entire US fleet of 480,000 school buses and bulk procurement of solar panels and batteries in Africa – both with partners.
Newly developed loop heat pipe transports 10 kW of waste heat: No electricity required
TechXplore
AUGUST 5, 2024
A team of researchers from Nagoya University in Japan has developed a loop heat pipe (LHP) that can transport up to 10 kW of heat without the need for electricity. This heat transport capability is the largest in the world.
“Disgraceful:” Bowen demands answers as social media giants remove EV and nuclear articles
Renew Economy
AUGUST 4, 2024
Federal climate and energy minister Chris Bowen demands response from Meta as social media giants continue to remove articles favourable to EVs and critical of Coalition nuclear policies. The post “Disgraceful:” Bowen demands answers as social media giants remove EV and nuclear articles appeared first on RenewEconomy.
University of Nottingham Launches £5.3 Million Programme to Enable Cryogenic Hydrogen-Electric Propulsion Flight
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 7, 2024
The University of Nottingham has kicked-off a £5.3 million programme of research to support the development, manufacture and test of a revolutionary cryogenic hydrogen-electric propulsion system. This is part of.
Is the dream of nuclear fusion dead? Why the international experimental reactor is in ‘big trouble’
The Guardian: Energy
AUGUST 3, 2024
The 35-nation Iter project has a groundbreaking aim to create clean and limitless energy but it is turning into the ‘most delayed and cost-inflated science project in history’ It was a project that promised the sun. Researchers would use the world’s most advanced technology to design a machine that could generate atomic fusion, the process that drives the stars – and so create a source of cheap, non-polluting power.
Xcel Colorado’s new clean heat plan is a big deal. Here’s why.
Canary Media
AUGUST 8, 2024
A hefty chunk of U.S. emissions comes from the energy used to heat buildings. That means millions of homes must be converted to electric heating in order to meet climate targets.
Treasure, not trash: Solar panels have huge value beyond first use
Renew Economy
AUGUST 7, 2024
The SEC's head of stewardship explains why solar recycling is not a waste management story, but a story of reuse and recovery that will be critical to the shift to renewables. The post Treasure, not trash: Solar panels have huge value beyond first use appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Plug Power Announces Key Developments and Strategic Milestones in Second Quarter 2024
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 8, 2024
SLINGERLANDS, N.Y– Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a global leader in comprehensive hydrogen solutions for the green hydrogen economy, today announced significant progress and strategic initiatives in the second quarter.
Nikola’s Earnings Report Triggers Swift and Positive Market Reaction
Hydrogen Fuel News
AUGUST 9, 2024
Nikola Reports Earnings and Achieves Notable Stock Recovery In a remarkable turnaround, Nikola Corp., the electric and hydrogen-fuel-cell truck maker, reported a significant narrowing of losses and more than doubled its revenue, marking a financial uplift that investors had been eagerly anticipating. This news fueled a 10.1% surge in Nikola’s stock (NKLA) during morning trading on Friday, extending a rebound from its record-low closing of $7.33 just two days prior.
Prices just spiked in the biggest US power market. Blame the grid backlog.
Canary Media
AUGUST 6, 2024
Electricity prices are set to spike for roughly 65 million Americans — and rules that keep new clean energy from being built are largely to blame. Last week, PJM, which manages the power grid serving Washington, D.C.
Germany may take another 50 years to find final repository for waste from shuttered nuclear power
Renew Economy
AUGUST 8, 2024
Experts say it could be more than 100 years before Germany finds a final repository for its highly radioactive waste from nuclear power, and then builds it and transports it to the site. The post Germany may take another 50 years to find final repository for waste from shuttered nuclear power appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Murchison Green Hydrogen Awarded Major Project Status
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 8, 2024
The awarding of Major Project Status is alongside the project’s State Lead Agency Status. The Murchison Green Hydrogen project has been awarded Major Project Status by the Hon. Ed Husic MP, the.
Global BESS landscape became less consolidated in 2023, Tesla takes top spot
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 9, 2024
Research firm Wood Mackenzie has released its latest global battery energy storage system BESS integrator report, for 2023, showing the market became more competitive with a smaller share by the top five.
DOE backs Qcells with US$1.45 billion loan for Georgia manufacturing hub
PV Tech
AUGUST 9, 2024
The 3.3GW nameplate capacity facility will produce silicon ingots, wafers, cells and modules in what will be the largest vertically integrated solar manufacturing hub in the US.
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