Food decarbonization comes of age at COP28
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 7, 2023
Governments, funders and businesses are rolling up their sleeves at the climate summit to transform food systems.
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Confusion reigns as Whitehall briefing contradicts PM’s net zero speech
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
There are increasing concerns that civil servants in the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) are attempting to undermine the Prime Minister’s attempts to reset the UK’s net zero policies, says trade body the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA). In a briefing issued to the heating industry only hours after the PM’s net zero speech officials outlined their continuing approach to “encouraging” households to fit heat pumps, retaining unrealistic targets for heat pump installations
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COP28 Climate Fund Pledge Tracker
NRDC onEarth
DECEMBER 1, 2023
At COP28, countries will pledge to UN climate funds that help developing countries reduce greenhouse emissions and address the impacts of climate change. Keep track here.
2023: A Transformative Year for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
POWER Magazine
DECEMBER 28, 2023
The small modular reactor (SMR) concept has long been viewed by many within the nuclear sector and by policymakers as somewhat of an arriviste—an upstart with bold promises but lacking […] The post 2023: A Transformative Year for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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.
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.
Liebreich: Clean Hydrogen’s Missing Trillions
BloombergNEF
DECEMBER 13, 2023
90 million tons of clean hydrogen by 2030 would be enough to sustain claims that the world is on track to limit warming to 1.5C over pre-industrial levels. The post Liebreich: Clean Hydrogen’s Missing Trillions appeared first on BloombergNEF.
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America's first 'enhanced' geothermal plant just got up and running
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
A next-generation geothermal plant backed by Google has started sending carbon-free electricity to the grid in Nevada, where the tech company operates some of its massive data centers.
24/7 solar towers could double energy output
TechXplore
DECEMBER 6, 2023
If you want to improve the output of solar energy systems, why not also run them at night? That's the question researchers in Qatar and Jordan addressed as they successfully devised a system that promises to more than double energy output of current solar power stations.
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.
Spain awards contracts to 1.9GWh energy storage in first PERTE tender
Energy Storage News
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The government of Spain, through the Institution for the diversification and energy savings (IDAE) has awarded 880MW/1809MWh in its first tender for energy storage to be co-located with renewables.
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.
ExxonMobil’s $10 billion plan to boost plastics production in China
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
A new climate agreement with the U.S. disregards China’s plans to increase plastics production.
Google’s new geothermal energy project is up and running
The Verge: Energy
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Google partnered with clean energy startup Fervo on a new geothermal project in Nevada that will send electricity to the grid that serves two of Google’s data centers. | Image: Google A first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now up and running in Nevada, where it will help power Google’s data centers with clean energy. Google is partnering with startup Fervo, which has developed new technology for harnessing geothermal power.
California Is Short-Changing Climate-Friendly Mobility
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 4, 2023
A new NRDC report finds that California only allocates 18.6% of transportation funds to low-carbon mobility choices. Read the full report here.
Westinghouse Secures First Customer for eVinci Nuclear Microreactor
POWER Magazine
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Westinghouse’s first customer for its eVinci microreactor—a flagship 5-MWe/13-MWth “nuclear battery”—is poised to be the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC), Canada’s second-largest research and technology organization. The commercial laboratory that provides […] The post Westinghouse Secures First Customer for eVinci Nuclear Microreactor appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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.
German nuclear plant to be replaced by Europe’s biggest battery
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Shuttered German nuclear plant could be replaced by Europe's biggest battery under proposal from site owners. The post German nuclear plant to be replaced by Europe’s biggest battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook: COP28 Edition
BloombergNEF
DECEMBER 4, 2023
By Colin McKerracher, Head of Advanced Transport, BloombergNEF While the climate and energy world gather in Dubai this week for COP, BloombergNEF has published its annual zero emission vehicle factbook. The report was first launched at COP26 in Glasgow and provides a comprehensive picture on where we are on the journey to cleaning up road […] The post Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook: COP28 Edition appeared first on BloombergNEF.
Chris Bowen’s bold and sudden movement on climate sent the Coalition clutching at its pearls
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
The existential battle against global heating requires connecting science, politics and community life, often much harder than it looks Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A lot of the time, politics feels incremental. But every now and again, a big thing happens suddenly. Chris Bowen made it clear this week the government intends to transform the fundamentals of Australia’s energy grid.
Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
One recent autumn afternoon, I watched the Atlantic gusts collide with the cliffs that rise above Nazaré, Portugal. Rain pelted down, and the world-renowned swells rose into walls of water that even the most death-defying surfers reach only via Jet Ski.
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?
A new system for producing green hydrogen cheaply and efficiently
TechXplore
DECEMBER 13, 2023
What does it take to produce green hydrogen more efficiently and cheaply? Apparently, small ruthenium particles and a solar-powered system for water electrolysis. This is the solution proposed by a joint team involving the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology, IIT) of Genoa, and BeDimensional S.p.A. (an IIT spin-off).
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.
LFP cell average falls below US$100/kWh as battery pack prices drop to record low in 2023
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
After a difficult couple of years which saw the trend of falling lithium battery prices temporarily reverse, a 14% drop in lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery pack cost from 2022-2023 has been recorded by BloombergNEF.
The struggles of the offshore wind industry
Financial Times: Energy
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Governments around the world have set ambitious targets to tackle climate change, but developers say power prices will have to rise to pay for it
Microsoft is going nuclear to power its AI ambitions
The Verge: Energy
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, speaks during an interview in Redmond, Washington, on Wednesday, March 15th, 2023. | Image: Chona Kasinger / Bloomberg via Getty Images Microsoft thinks next-generation nuclear reactors can power its data centers and AI ambitions, according to a job listing for a principal program manager who’ll lead the company’s nuclear energy strategy.
Europe to add record 56GW of new solar capacity in 2023
PV Tech
DECEMBER 12, 2023
A new report from SolarPower Europe demonstrates that Europe is on track to install a record 56GW of new solar capacity in 2023.
China Will Guarantee Financial Support for Coal-Fired Power Plants
POWER Magazine
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
A government agency in China announced that operators of coal-fired power plants will receive guaranteed payments based on the installed capacity of their units, part of a program to ensure […] The post China Will Guarantee Financial Support for Coal-Fired Power Plants appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Australia’s richest person says solar panels are an eyesore: Here’s why that matters
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 19, 2023
AFR's choice of business heroes - mostly those who have fought quick action on net zero - underlines the tough road ahead for the green energy transition. The post Australia’s richest person says solar panels are an eyesore: Here’s why that matters appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Prices Hit Record Low of $139/kWh
BloombergNEF
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
BloombergNEF’s annual battery price survey finds a 14% drop from 2022 to 2023 New York, November 27, 2023 – Following unprecedented price increases in 2022, battery prices are falling again this year. The price of lithium-ion battery packs has dropped 14% to a record low of $139/kWh, according to analysis by research provider BloombergNEF (BNEF). […] The post Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Prices Hit Record Low of $139/kWh appeared first on BloombergNEF.
Sellafield: ‘bottomless pit of hell, money and despair’ at Europe’s most toxic nuclear site
The Guardian: Energy
DECEMBER 4, 2023
Described as a nuclear Narnia, the site is a source of economic support for Cumbria – and a longstanding international safety concern Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China Ministers who visit Sellafield for the first time are left with no illusions about the challenge at Europe’s most toxic nuclear site. One former UK secretary of state described it as a “bottomless pit of hell, money and despair”, which sucked up so much cash that it drowned out many other projects
Chart: The US installed more solar in 2023 than ever before
Canary Media
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. This has been a record-shattering year for U.S. solar power.
World may have crossed solar power 'tipping point,' study suggests
TechXplore
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The world may have crossed a "tipping point" that will inevitably make solar power our main source of energy, new research suggests.
World’s First Series-Production Vehicles Mercedes-Benz Ecitaro G Fuel Cell Delivered to Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr Gmbh
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (rnv) received first three of 48 fully electric eCitaro articulated buses with a 60 kW fuel cell as range extender NMC3 high-performance batteries and fuel cell increase range.
'Large gaps still need to be bridged': UN chief returns to COP28 as climate talks remain on knife edge
Business Green
DECEMBER 11, 2023
With crunch climate talks' scheduled close less than 24 hours away, negotiators are still wrangling over the future of fossil fuels, finance pledges, and climate adaptation goals
India’s dream of green energy runs into the reality of coal
Financial Times: Energy
SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
The fossil fuel accounts for around three-quarters of power generation and demand is expected to grow, despite an ambitious renewables plan
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