TechXplore

MAY 24, 2025

Alex de Vries-Gao, a PhD candidate at VU Amsterdam Institute for Environmental Studies, has published an opinion piece about the results of a simple study he conducted involving the possible amount of electricity used by AI companies to generate answers to user queries. In his paper published in the journal Joule, he describes how he calculated past and current global electricity usage by AI data centers and how he made estimates regarding the future.

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Energy Storage News

MAY 30, 2025

Developer Leeward Renewable Energys (LRE) 126MW/504MWh Antelope Valley battery energy storage system (BESS), located in Kern County, California, has reached commercial operations.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 29, 2025

Offshore platform and wind generators at Rampion wind farm off the coast of Brighton, Sussex. A recently published study from the University of Aberdeen presents a new approach to evaluating the ecological impacts of offshore activities. By integrating a dynamic ecosystem model with a comprehensive ecosystem services database, the team, which includes researchers from the Plymouth Marine Laboratory, aims to accurately forecast the environmental consequences of fisheries displacement and broader

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Renew Economy

MAY 28, 2025

Siemens wins highly lucrative contract to install seven syncons - huge spinning machines that do not burn fuel - to support rollout of wind and solar projects in NSW. The post Seven massive spinning machines to support grid in first major renewable zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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

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TechXplore

MAY 25, 2025

U.S. consumer demand for renewable energy continues to grow, with more solar panel capacity installed in 2024 than in 2023, which saw more than in 2022. But U.S. trade policy is in flux, and high tariffs have been imposed on imported solar panels, which may cause shortages.

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Energy Storage News

MAY 27, 2025

FlexBase Group will start construction on a data centre plus 800MW/1,600MWh flow battery in Switzerland the coming weeks, the firm claimed, explaining to Energy-Storage.news how and why.

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Renew Economy

MAY 24, 2025

NSW is pitching state's first "urban" renewable energy zone in the Illawarra, in a new approach to the transition that focuses on rooftop PV, home batteries and EVs. The post NSW pitches first “urban” renewable zone based around rooftop PV, batteries and EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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MAY 29, 2025

Stäubli has signed an agreement to establish a new manufacturing facility in Bangalore, India, dedicated to producing renewable energy connectors. This expansion marks Stäubli’s commitment to delivering high-value solutions tailored to the growing demands of the Indian renewable energy market.

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Energy Storage News

MAY 27, 2025

Japanese manufacturer NGK Insulators proprietary battery tech features in a large-scale project that has just come online in its home country, as a pilot begins in the US.

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TechXplore

MAY 27, 2025

Batteries are nearing their limits in terms of how much power they can store for a given weight. That's a serious obstacle for energy innovation and the search for new ways to power airplanes, trains, and ships. Now, researchers at MIT and elsewhere have come up with a solution that could help electrify these transportation systems.

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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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Renew Economy

MAY 26, 2025

State Electricity Commission signs up to supply all Victorian government operations with 100 per cent renewable energy, starting in July. The post SEC leaps into Victoria’s electricity market with “100 pct renewables” deal for government operations appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2025

Small firms are keen to become more energy-efficient, says the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), but they are being held back by the high upfront cost of green investment. A new report from the group attempts to present practical pathways for progress, and to tailor sustainability advice to small business needs. Undertaken in partnership with Zurich UK, New Growth: How to support small businesses to cut carbon and costs on the road to Net Zero , published on 27 May, reports that half of smal

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Energy Storage News

MAY 27, 2025

According to market intelligence firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA), 72% of battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing defects were at the system level.

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TechXplore

MAY 29, 2025

Lightweight, powerful lithium-ion batteries are crucial for the transition to electric vehicles, and global demand for lithium is set to grow rapidly over the next 25 years. A new analysis from the University of California, Davis, published May 29 in Nature Sustainability, looks at how new mining operations and battery recycling could meet that demand.

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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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Renew Economy

MAY 29, 2025

Local council approves third big solar project for the island state of Tasmania, which has till now focused only on hydro and wind. The post Another big solar farm approved in Tasmania, on grazing land next to smelter appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 27, 2025

Wind turbine tower installation by crane. The CCC pathway envisages a more than tripling of the capacity of solar and wind by 2045. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) published its advice on the recommended level of Scotlands forthcoming four carbon budgets (covering the period 2026 to 2045) on 21 May, presenting what it suggested was a good news story about how Scotland can decarbonise.

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Energy Storage News

MAY 30, 2025

Zinc hybrid cathode battery and storage system maker Eos has secured an order with Faraday Microgrids to deploy a 3MW/15MWh system on tribal land in California, US.

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TechXplore

MAY 26, 2025

A research team affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel surface processing technique that prolongs the lifespan of lithium-metal batteries (LMBs) while reducing explosion risk.

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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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Renew Economy

MAY 28, 2025

20 years ago, the town of Denmark in WA's south decided a community wind farm was the sensible solution to outages. Now it wants to double that and add a battery. The post Tiny town at the end of the line wants to double its community wind farm, and add a big battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2025

Following investigations by OFWAT, Thames Water has received two penalties totalling 122.7m, in effect the largest fine ever handed to a water company in history, according to Environment Secretary Steve Reed. Announced on 28 May, the fines issued over environmental breaches involving sewage spills were welcomed by Mark Lloyd, Chief Executive of The Rivers Trust as a welcome sign that the regulators are finally showing their teeth in tackling poor performance in the water industry.

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Energy Storage News

MAY 28, 2025

The US state of Massachusetts has taken steps to further its goal of procuring 5,000MW of energy storage by 2030.

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Canary Media

MAY 29, 2025

The global chemicals industry is big, and its dirty. Chemical plants consume lots of fossil fuels, both to power the high-temperature, high-pressure processes involved and often as a feedstock for the chemicals produced. And to maximize production, those plants are typically built to be as large as possible.

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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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Renew Economy

MAY 25, 2025

Queensland wind farm celebrated as the first to be approved by newly elected LNP government becomes the first to be retrospectively rejected using extraordinary planning powers. The post LNP reverses approval of Brookfield-backed wind farm in stunning about-face appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2025

The testing evaluated thermal treatment of fire-fighting foam in addition to PFAS-contaminated soil and other media. Resource recovery firm Veolia has published reportedly comprehensive testing on the incineration of PFAS compounds. The tests appear to demonstrate that high temperature incineration is a proven and reliable disposal solution for high concentrations of targeted PFAS, destroying greater than 99% of targeted substances, including up to 99.9999% of PFOS and PFHxS.

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Energy Storage News

MAY 28, 2025

The Clean Energy Council (CEC) have deemed Q1 2025 the second-best quarter on record for large-scale BESS investment in Australia.

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PV Tech

MAY 30, 2025

The US added 7.4GW of new renewable energy capacity in the first three months of 2025, with deployments and planned projects concentrated in Republican-voting states.

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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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MAY 27, 2025

A solar and battery project proposed for the site of the country's oldest open pit coal mine has been approved, with conditions. The post Contested Hunter Valley solar and battery project next to shuttered open pit coal mine is approved appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2025

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Bradshaw Electric Vehicles. Bradshaw Electric Vehicles, one of the UKs leading manufacturers and suppliers of electric vehicles and waste management solutions, has launched a new range of Refuse Collection Vehicles which are specifically engineered to tackle the challenges of urban and food waste collection.

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Energy Storage News

MAY 29, 2025

Sumitomo Electric has inaugurated a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) system at a community solar microgrid in southern Japan.

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Canary Media

MAY 29, 2025

A new state law aimed at expanding gas and nuclear power plants in Ohio may also provide opportunities for solar developers if they can overcome other policy and political barriers. Solar industry advocates say House Bill 15 , signed by Republican Gov.

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Renew Economy

MAY 28, 2025

New quarterly data details a flying start to what promises to be a big year for big battery investment, and the investment in wind and solar is also rebounding. The post Big battery splurge sets cracking pace for 2025, as wind and solar investment has best year since 2018 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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