What to Expect in the EPA’s New Lead in Tap Water Rule
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 3, 2024
The EPA will soon issue a major new rule to control lead in tap water. We expect it will finally take a big step toward addressing this public health scourge.
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Rooftop PV propels renewables to 75 pct share for first time, sends coal and grid demand to record lows
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 20, 2024
Australia's main grid reached 75 per cent renewables for the first time on Sunday, propelled by rooftop solar which also sent coal power and grid demand down to record lows. The post Rooftop PV propels renewables to 75 pct share for first time, sends coal and grid demand to record lows appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Google Bets Big on Nuclear: Inks Deal with Kairos Power for 500-MW SMR Fleet to Power Data Centers
POWER Magazine
OCTOBER 14, 2024
In a deal that marks the first corporate agreement to deploy multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) in the U.S., Kairos Power and Google have signed a Master Plant Development Agreement […] The post Google Bets Big on Nuclear: Inks Deal with Kairos Power for 500-MW SMR Fleet to Power Data Centers appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Carbon Mapper Releases First Emissions Detections from the Tanager-1 Satellite
Planet Pulse
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Tanager-1 is made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition , a philanthropically-funded effort to develop and deploy satellites designed to detect and track methane and CO2 super-emitters at a level of granularity needed to support direct mitigation action. Tanager-1 combines Planet’s cutting-edge agile aerospace and smallsat bus technology with the state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer design developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). ### PUBLISHED ARTICLE FROM CARBON MAPPER Pasadena,
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
Stop pushing heat pumps or face major backlash, green energy magnate tells Labour
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 12, 2024
Party donor Dale Vince warns that urging homeowners to switch to clean-power technology risks political storm bigger than Ulez The government risks a huge political backlash if it keeps pushing the public to install heat pumps to replace their boilers, one of Britain’s leading green entrepreneurs has warned. Dale Vince , a major Labour donor and renewable energy advocate, called on Keir Starmer to rethink national programmes, championed by Boris Johnson , pushing the technology.
From Cars to Kitchens: Toyota’s Hydrogen Cartridges Transform Energy Use
Hydrogen Fuel News
OCTOBER 9, 2024
Unveiling Toyota’s Portable Hydrogen Cartridges: A New Era in Sustainable Energy Toyota is set to showcase its groundbreaking portable hydrogen cartridges for the first time in Japan, October 15th to the 18th, at the Japan Mobility Bizweek event. These innovative cartridges are crafted to revolutionize the future of hydrogen energy by providing a swappable power source for next-generation fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).
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Integer addition algorithm could reduce energy needs of AI by 95%
TechXplore
OCTOBER 12, 2024
A team of engineers at AI inference technology company BitEnergy AI reports a method to reduce the energy needs of AI applications by 95%. The group has published a paper describing their new technique on the arXiv preprint server.
Renewables Off Pace for Global Tripling, but the Goal Is Still Within Reach
BloombergNEF
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
● Following a record $623 billion being invested in renewables in 2023, BNEF estimates this must climb to an average of $1 trillion per year (in 2023 dollars) between 2024 and 2030. ● An average of $193 billion per year is also required for battery storage over this period and $607 billion for electricity grids. […] The post Renewables Off Pace for Global Tripling, but the Goal Is Still Within Reach appeared first on BloombergNEF.
Microsoft wants Three Mile Island to fuel its AI power needs
The Verge: Energy
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images Microsoft just signed a deal to revive the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. If approved by regulators, the software maker would have exclusive rights to 100 percent of the output for its AI data center needs. Constellation, the owner of the Three Mile Island plant, announced a power purchase agreement with Microsoft earlier today, which should see the site coming back online in 2028, assuming regulators approve it.
Jordan Peterson’s Online Class Compares Climate Activists to Mass Shooters
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The killers who committed horrific mass shootings in Norway, New Zealand and Texas are examples of “extreme environmentalists” who want to reduce the Earth’s population to conserve resources, according to a class taught at Peterson Academy , the new online school from conservative influencer Jordan Peterson. These mass shooters are “people who don’t rely on persuasion, or government action, but instead take matters into their own hands and start to kill the members of the human race at least in
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.
Solar farms don't hurt nearby property values, new research finds
Canary Media
OCTOBER 7, 2024
A newly published study examining property values near dozens of large Midwest solar farms has found no significant negative impact — and even a slight positive effect — from the projects, according to the data.
Rooftop solar reaches stunning new record of 112.9 per cent of state demand
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 19, 2024
Rooftop solar smashes its previous peak in Australia's most renewable state, setting a new record share of 112.9 per cent of state demand. The post Rooftop solar reaches stunning new record of 112.9 per cent of state demand appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Google Could Use Small Nuclear Reactors to Power Data Centers
POWER Magazine
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Google’s top executive confirmed the company is working on large-scale data centers that would use more than 1 GW of power. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, in a […] The post Google Could Use Small Nuclear Reactors to Power Data Centers appeared first on POWER Magazine.
First Light Images from Tanager-1 Hyperspectral Satellite
Planet Pulse
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
Today, we are thrilled to release our first light images from our Tanager-1 hyperspectral satellite. Our first set of imagery is of Karachi, Pakistan, and was taken on September 19th, 2024, from an altitude of 522 km. In the following months, our partners, including Carbon Mapper and customers are expected to use the data to monitor and mitigate point-source methane and CO2 emissions, two potent greenhouse gasses.
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.
New evidence says gas exports damage the climate even more than coal. It’s time Australia took serious action | Adam Morton
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 14, 2024
A US study estimates the total climate pollution from LNG was 33% greater than that from coal over a 20-year period. This should have major ramifications for emissions policy Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The claim that Australian gas exports are “clean” and needed to drive the transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions has become an article of faith for significant parts of the country’s industry, media and political classes – often repeated, only occasionall
Microsoft taps Three Mile Island nuclear plant to power AI
TechCrunch: Climate
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The data centers that train the large language models behind AI consume unimaginable amounts of energy, and the stakes are high for big tech companies to ensure they have enough power to run those plants. That’s why Microsoft is now throwing its weight behind nuclear power. The tech giant on Friday signed a major deal […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
Alaska’s Chugach Electric commissions 80MWh Tesla Megapack BESS
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 11, 2024
US-based utility Chugach Electric Association has successfully commissioned a new 40MW/80MWh 2-hour duration battery energy storage system (BESS) in Anchorage, Alaska.
How US utility companies could double electric transmission capacity by 2035
TechXplore
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Utility companies in the United States could double electric transmission capacity by 2035 by replacing existing transmission lines with those made from advanced materials, according to a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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?
Australian government approves AAPowerLink project to export solar to Singapore
PV Tech
AUGUST 20, 2024
Renewable energy developer Sun Cable has secured approval from the Australian government for the Australian element of its Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink) interconnector.
The Plastics Industry’s Latest Deception: “Mass Balance”
NRDC onEarth
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
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Kemi Badenoch Accepts £10,000 From Chair of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 19, 2024
Conservative Party leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch received £10,000 towards her campaign from the chair of a climate science denial group, DeSmog can reveal. Neil Record , a millionaire Tory donor and founder of the investment firm Record Financial Group, is chair of Net Zero Watch (NZW), the campaign arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF).
Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids
Canary Media
OCTOBER 18, 2024
For years, Duke Energy has studied the threats that climate change poses to its power grid. It has produced tomes forecasting the risk to its power lines, substations, and power plants from fires, heat waves, and floods.
How the world’s biggest isolated grid is dealing with the growing “potential” of 100 pct wind and solar
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The world's biggest isolated grid - in Western Australia - is experiencing growing number of periods of "potential" 100 per cent renewables. How is it handling it? The post How the world’s biggest isolated grid is dealing with the growing “potential” of 100 pct wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Amazon Backs Massive Nuclear SMR Deployment: 5 GW with X-Energy, Agreements With Energy Northwest, Dominion
POWER Magazine
OCTOBER 16, 2024
In yet another major set of deals spearheaded by a tech giant in support of nuclear power development, Amazon will back the deployment of 5 GW of new X-energy small […] The post Amazon Backs Massive Nuclear SMR Deployment: 5 GW with X-Energy, Agreements With Energy Northwest, Dominion appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Liebherr and Fortescue to expand zero-emission equipment partnership
Charged
OCTOBER 18, 2024
German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer Liebherr and Australia-headquartered metal mining company Fortescue have announced a deal for the development and supply of zero-emission technologies that, once they enter series production, will become available for mining companies worldwide. The partnership features a total of 475 zero-emission Liebherr machines that include 55 electric excavators, 60 battery-powered dozers, and approximately 360 autonomous T 264 trucks that will commence on-
Are heat pumps the future or just a lot of hot air?
The Guardian: Energy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
After 250,000 installations across the UK, we look at the devices central to Labour’s vision of a ‘home upgrade revolution’ Heating the UK’s 28m homes creates almost a fifth of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions, so after decades of relying on gas and oil boilers, households will need to break their addiction to fossil fuels if the government hopes to meet its climate targets.
Google signed a deal to power data centers with nuclear micro-reactors from Kairos — but the 2030 timeline is very optimistic
TechCrunch: Climate
OCTOBER 14, 2024
With the deal, Google joins Microsoft and Amazon in turning to nuclear power to satiate its thirst for electricity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Arizona’s biggest battery storage system goes online to feed Meta data centre demand
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Danish renewable energy company Ørsted and US utility Salt River Project (SRP) have confirmed that their 300MW solar-plus-storage project in Pinal County, Arizona, has commenced operations.
Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Projects Reach Key Milestones
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 30, 2024
NAMIBIA’s active green hydrogen projects are making significant progress, with the largest among them, the Hyphen Green Hydrogen Project, already employing 400 people. In addition to the Hyphen project, seven.
Rooftop solar panels impact temperatures during the day and night in cities, simulation study shows
TechXplore
OCTOBER 11, 2024
Widespread coverage of building rooftops with conventional photovoltaic solar panels may increase temperatures on hot days and lower them at night, says new modeling.
World’s biggest banks pledge support for nuclear power
Financial Times: Energy
SEPTEMBER 22, 2024
Names including Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs boost COP28 goal of tripling capacity by 2050
COP16: How countries are failing to deliver promised national nature plans
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
WWF publishes tracker assessing quantity and quality of national nature plans submitted by governments ahead of upcoming Biodiversity Summit - and finds just 20 nations have submitted updated plans
US solar manufacturing capacity has quadrupled thanks to climate law
Canary Media
SEPTEMBER 8, 2024
The U.S. solar manufacturing industry is going through an unprecedented growth spurt. In the two years since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was passed, domestic capacity for producing solar modules has nearly quadrupled, according to the U.S.
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