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Study: Younger generations drive consumption of plant-based food, while baby boomers lag behind

GreenBiz

Younger age groups are driving the consumption of vegetarian and vegan food, according to an EAT-GlobeScan survey. This trend presents a significant opportunity for sustainable food brands.

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Atmospheric sulphur dioxide levels hit historic high in Scotland following Icelandic volcanic eruption

Envirotec Magazine

An eruption on the Reykanes peninsula, Iceland. Edinburgh, no stranger to an occasional haze, experienced an unprecedented atmospheric event on 31 May, unlike any seen over the past 30 years. While sea haar from the North Sea often blankets Scotland’s capital, the haze observed that Friday felt distinctively different. UKCEH researchers are currently investigating if this haze can be attributed to a volcanic plume that transited the UK following an eruption in Iceland.

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Colorado takes a giant stride toward clean and healthy buildings

NRDC onEarth

Colorado hit it out of the park again in implementing its nation-leading Clean Heat law. In its decision on Xcel Energy’s inaugural Clean Heat Plan yesterday, the state’s Public Utility Commission approved the investment of $440 million dollars, mostly in.

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Mapped: The Tory Network of Climate Denial and Fossil Fuel Funding

DeSmogBlog

Speaking outside Downing Street on 23 May, announcing a general election for 4 July, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took a swipe at what he dubbed “environmental dogma”. It was a sign of how much has changed since 2021, when the UK hosted the flagship COP26 UN climate summit with a promise to “irrefutably to turn the tide and to begin the fightback against climate change”.

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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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Pact including Coca-Cola, Nestlé moves 2025 plastic reduction goals to 2030

GreenBiz

The absence of federal standards is hindering the progress of the U.S. Plastics Pact, according to the group.

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Grants for home batteries could “save billions” in shift to renewables

Renew Economy

Incentivising households and landlords into renewable tech such as batteries and solar would save billions on large-scale infrastructure, new report says. The post Grants for home batteries could “save billions” in shift to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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A Western US energy market would boost clean energy. Will it happen?

Canary Media

Canary Media’s Down to the Wire column tackles the more complicated challenges of decarbonizing our energy systems. Utilities, policymakers, and clean energy advocates across the U.S. West have long agreed that a region-wide electricity trading market would be a win-win.

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Nel ASA Announces Share Distribution in Cavendish Hydrogen

FuelCellsWorks

On June 10, 2024, Nel ASA, a prominent player in the hydrogen technology sector, declared a strategic distribution of shares in Cavendish Hydrogen ASA. According to the announcement, shareholders of Nel.

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Tests show 30 year-old solar panels still operating at 79.5 per cent of original capacity

Renew Economy

A rooftop solar system installed more than 30 years ago in France is still operating at just under 80 per cent of its original output, a new report has found. The post Tests show 30 year-old solar panels still operating at 79.5 per cent of original capacity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Pennsylvania Takes a Crack at Making Virtual Power Plants a Reality

NRDC onEarth

Linking EVs, smart homes, and other resources to the grid takes work from PJM and states. Pennsylvania is beginning to do its part.

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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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Tesla Megapack battery storage system enters Japan’s ancillary services market

Energy Storage News

A battery energy storage system (BESS) comprising Tesla Megapacks with output of 10.8MW and 43MWh storage capacity has gone into operation in Sendai, Japan.

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Hydrogen Hyundai Xcient Fleet Reaches 10 Million Kilometers Driven

FuelCellsWorks

Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility AG: the world’s only series-produced hydrogen trucks have exceeded the 10 million kilometer mark in Switzerland. That’s more than 6,700 tonnes of CO2 emissions saved.

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Snowy 2.0 boring machine Florence now stuck for a month in hard rock

Renew Economy

Snowy 2.0's trouble-laden tunnel boring machine still stuck in hard rock a month after coming to latest halt, as contractors try to blast their way through with high pressure water jets. The post Snowy 2.0 boring machine Florence now stuck for a month in hard rock appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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California’s hydrogen refueling network to gain much-need support from Air Products

Hydrogen Fuel News

Air Products plans to span permanent, commercial hydrogen stations across the state. The Pennsylvania-based, world-leading industrial chemicals company and supplier of liquid hydrogen and compressed hydrogen gas announced it intends to expand California’s hydrogen refueling network. Its plan is to build a network of commercial-scale multi-modal hydrogen refueling stations to connect northern and southern California.

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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: Clean energy set to attract double investment spent on fossil fuels

Canary Media

In 2024, about $2 trillion will be invested in clean energy projects — a first for the rapidly expanding sector. The amount is nearly double what will be invested in oil, coal, and gas this year, according to the International Energy Agency’s new report “World Energy Investment 2024.

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Germany Launches “Projekt Hydax” to Innovate Hydrogen and Hydrides Transportation Technologies

FuelCellsWorks

Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) has unveiled a new initiative aimed at pioneering advancements in hydrogen and hydrides transportation technologies. The tender, titled “Projekt Hydax –.

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“Global laughing stock:” Dutton’s threat to tear up Paris climate target labeled a disaster

Renew Economy

Peter Dutton's threat to pull out of the Paris agreement while the country waits two decades for nuclear would make Australia a "global laughing stock", activists say. The post “Global laughing stock:” Dutton’s threat to tear up Paris climate target labeled a disaster appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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First-of-Its-Kind Solar-Driven Ethylene and Hydrogen Production Revealed

Hydrogen Fuel News

A groundbreaking research collaboration between Hydrofuel Canada Inc. and the Solar Fuels Group at the University of Toronto has yielded a pioneering method for producing ethylene and hydrogen from ethane using sunlight. This innovative approach, detailed in a recent paper published in Nature Energy , offers a sustainable alternative to the conventional energy-intensive and carbon-emitting process of steam cracking.

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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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Real-time data show the air in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ is even worse than expected

Grist

Since the 1980s, the 85-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that connects New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been known as “ Cancer Alley.” The name stems from the fact that the area’s residents have a 95 percent greater chance of developing cancer than the average American. A big reason for this is the concentration of industrial facilities along the corridor — particularly petrochemical manufacturing plants, many of which emit ethylene oxide, an extremely potent toxin that is consid

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New Zealand’s First Green Hydrogen Fast Refuelling Station Begins Commercial Operation

FuelCellsWorks

To develop a hydrogen supply chain in the country OBAYASHI CORPORATION (hereinafter referred to as the “Company,” Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Kenji Hasuwa) commenced operations of a green.

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Offshore wind zone shrunk and pushed further out to sea to protect penguins, reefs and whales

Renew Economy

A new offshore wind farm zone will be just two-thirds of its original proposed size and further off the coast to protect little penguins, rocky reefs and the southern right whale. The post Offshore wind zone shrunk and pushed further out to sea to protect penguins, reefs and whales appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Yara International jumps on the green hydrogen decarbonization bandwagon

Hydrogen Fuel News

The largest fertilizer maker in Europe has opened a water electrolysis plant in Norway. Yara International ASA, the top fertilizer maker in Europe, opened a green hydrogen production plant in Norway as part of its efforts to decarbonize the fertilizer production process, which typically uses natural gas as a feedstock. Renewable hydrogen can help cut emissions.

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This coal-heavy rural co-op utility is buying its first solar plants

Canary Media

Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, one of the largest rural cooperative utilities in the U.S., is bringing the energy transition home to its massive western service territory.

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UAE’s ADDED Partners With Broaden Energy to Establish $272.2 Million Hydrogen Manufacturing Hub in Abu Dhabi

FuelCellsWorks

The new investment will create new job opportunities and stimulate economic development through innovative industrial solutions. The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) has partnered with Broaden Energy to launch the.

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Why the AFR economics editor is wrong on GenCost, nuclear and “always on” power

Renew Economy

The AFR is a fine newpaper, but on electricity and decarbonisation, it's been garbage from the beginning. And it's very wrong on nuclear and its attacks on the CSIRO. Here's why. The post Why the AFR economics editor is wrong on GenCost, nuclear and “always on” power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenPower’s EV Star REEFERX electric refrigerated truck

Charged

Canadian electric truck and bus manufacturer GreenPower Motor has unveiled its EV Star REEFERX refrigerated medium-duty truck. The EV Star REEFERX is designed for mid- to last-mile refrigerated delivery and catering applications with a range of up to 150 miles. The vehicle features a seamless interior wall structure for improved sanitation, durability and consistency of insulation, which is provided by standard three-inch-thick closed-cell PET foam.

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Hydrogen fuel production project could bring ocean dead zones back to life!

Hydrogen Fuel News

A scientists is hoping to use the Canada and Germany H2 collaboration for another benefit Canada and Germany recently announced that they would be working together on hydrogen fuel production, and as they take the initial steps forward, a scientist has spotted another potential idea to support environmental wellness. This green H2 project could improve dead zones in the ocean The Canada-Germany hydrogen alliance between the countries was announced in Stephenville, Newfoundland, Canada, as the to

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Everfuel Submits Project Proposal for Large H2 Production Project, Uniquely Positioned for the Coming Danish-German H2 Pipeline

FuelCellsWorks

Herning, Denmark–Everfuel A/S is pleased to announce that it has submitted a project proposal for the phased development of up to 2 GW green hydrogen production capacity at the Revsing.

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Dutton confirms nuclear push and climate denial go hand in hand: The pretence has gone

Renew Economy

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has confirmed that his Coalition's push for nuclear energy is inextricably linked with his party's implacable denial of climate science. The post Dutton confirms nuclear push and climate denial go hand in hand: The pretence has gone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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ABB launches energy-efficient motor and inverter package for electric buses

Charged

Swedish-Swiss electrical equipment maker ABB has launched a motor and inverter package tailored to electric buses. The AMXE250 motor and HES580 three-level inverter were developed together to maximize efficiency, offering up to 12% less motor losses on typical drive cycles compared to previous two-level inverters, according to the company. Unlike two-level inverters, which switch between DC+ and DC- voltage levels, the HES580 introduces a third, neutral voltage step.

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Is it safe for hydrogen cars to travel through tunnels?

Hydrogen Fuel News

While H2 is being called a safe clean fuel, it is also an explosive one It’s widely believed that hydrogen cars and other vehicles will be an important part of the decarbonization of transportation. Questions about the safety of H2-powered vehicles are common One of the main things that people know about H2 is that it is flammable and that, under the right circumstances, it can also be explosive.

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Ronn Inc. to Begin Discussions in Geneva About Its New Hyper-Hydrogen Vehicle to Be the Successor to Its Scorpion Hydrogen Hybrid

FuelCellsWorks

SCOTTSDALE, AZ– RONN Inc. (OTC:RONN) announced today that while in Geneva the company is set to engage with potential investors, industry leaders, and the press to discuss their plans for.

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Cattle among the trackers and all-electric cherries: The shift to solar and fossil fuel free farming

Renew Economy

Farmers are going all electric and grazing cattle under solar arrays. It's an antidote to claims that renewables and agriculture cannot exist. The post Cattle among the trackers and all-electric cherries: The shift to solar and fossil fuel free farming appeared first on RenewEconomy.