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Do these 4 things to set yourself up for success in your first 90 days as CSO

GreenBiz

When stepping into the role of chief sustainability officer, those first 3 months can be crucial and daunting. Here’s what to do to lay the groundwork for future success.

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“40 Percent Market Share” – Car Giant Wants to Build 100,000 Hydrogen Vehicles Per Year

FuelCellsWorks

The European-American car company Stellantis plans to significantly expand its production capacity for commercial vehicles with hydrogen fuel cells. Jean-Michel Billig, head of the group’s hydrogen program, said this in.

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Power Plant Carbon Rules: What’s Changed Since the 2023 Proposal?

NRDC onEarth

The EPA's finalized rules for carbon emissions from the power sector have just been released. Here's how they've evolved.

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Solar is now being installed faster than any technology in history

Renew Economy

At current installation rates, solar will pass fossil gas in 2024 and coal in 2025. Technologies like nuclear would require "magical growth rates" to compete. The post Solar is now being installed faster than any technology in history appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

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India installs record 6.2GW of solar PV in March 2024

PV Tech

India has installed a record 6.2GW of new solar capacity in March 2024, nearly doubling the previous record for all renewables, according to a report from Rystad Energy.

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Tesla deployed 4.1GWh BESS in Q1, storage and generation is highest-margin business line

Energy Storage News

Tesla made 'all-time high' energy storage deployments in the first quarter of this year, 'leading to record profitability' for its energy business line, CEO Elon Musk has said this week.

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Neoen’s Collie battery to be Australia’s biggest after winning new contract to flatten solar duck

Renew Economy

One state has found the solution to replace the coal fired generators that are about to close: Build more and bigger batteries. The post Neoen’s Collie battery to be Australia’s biggest after winning new contract to flatten solar duck appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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FuelCell Energy Announces Debt Financing for Derby Power Projects

FuelCellsWorks

DANBURY, Conn– FuelCell Energy, Inc., (Nasdaq: FCEL) today announced that the Company closed on a project debt financing transaction with Liberty Bank and Connecticut Green Bank for the company’s two.

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Methane Rising: Three questions investors in the food sector should ask their portfolio companies

EDF + Business

By Josh Torres and Andrew Howell, CFA Starbucks and Clover Sonoma said this week they would track and disclose methane emissions within their dairy supply chains, joining the Dairy Methane Action Alliance in the latest sign of accelerating action on food sector methane emissions. Launched in December at COP28, the Alliance has quickly grown to include eight global food and dairy companies representing over $230 billion in annual global sales.

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Fears grow over rising number of oil lobbyists at UN plastic pollution talks

The Guardian: Energy

Proposed global treaty to curb production represents challenge to producers of fossil fuels, from which most plastics are made The number of fossil fuel and petrochemical industry lobbyists at UN talks to agree the first global treaty to cut plastic pollution has increased by more than a third, according to an analysis. Most plastic is made from fossil fuels, via a chemical process known as cracking, and 196 lobbyists from both industries are at the UN talks in Ottawa, Canada, where countries ar

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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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New Rule Ups Big Oil’s Financial Responsibility for Offshore Clean-up

NRDC onEarth

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s new rule takes a meaningful step towards holding industry accountable for the true costs of oil and gas drilling.

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Site for huge battery sold to owners of South Australia’s largest solar farm

Renew Economy

The owners of the biggest solar farm in South Australia have bought a neighbouring site that could host a giant battery. The post Site for huge battery sold to owners of South Australia’s largest solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Amid Elon Musk’s Visit to Beijing for FSD Push, China Is Eyeing ‘Economical’ Hydrogen-Powered Vehicles as Next Alternative for Green Energy Transition

FuelCellsWorks

CEO Elon Musk recently wrapped up his visit to China, sparking speculation about the introduction of the full-self driving (FSD) system in the country. However, this visit comes at a.

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Vogtle Unit 4 Achieves Commercial Operation, Now Largest Nuclear Power Plant in the U.S.

POWER Magazine

The road was long and the challenges difficult, but Plant Vogtle is now the largest nuclear power plant in the U.S., as Unit 4 was declared commercially operational on April […] The post Vogtle Unit 4 Achieves Commercial Operation, Now Largest Nuclear Power Plant in the U.S. appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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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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NovaCHARGE adds cloud-based EV charger power management

Charged

NovaCHARGE has expanded its cloud power management capabilities by introducing Virtual Circuit Technology (VCT) to distribute the load from EV chargers. VCT provides multi-level power management for utilities, fleets, multi-dwelling units, and any other location with limited available power to control the use of open standard OCPP-compliant chargers using ChargeUP, its charging platform management system.

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Let’s Commit to Saving Workers from Heat, Not Killing Them

NRDC onEarth

Recent actions by state government officials increase the urgency for a federal workplace heat standard.

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Batteries smash more records as they shift solar to evening peak in one of world’s biggest grids

Renew Economy

California's 10 GW of big battery capacity is now dominant player in evening peaks, and soaking up solar in middle of the day. The post Batteries smash more records as they shift solar to evening peak in one of world’s biggest grids appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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RONN Inc. Signs Joint Venture LOI With Hydrogen Horizons

FuelCellsWorks

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.– RONN, Inc. announced today that it has signed an LOI to form a joint venture with its long-time friends at Hydrogen Horizons. The purpose of the Joint Venture is.

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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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US DOE $10m grant to support nation’s first regional cybersecurity center for grids

Smart Energy International

A $10 million Department of Energy (DOE) grant will help create a pilot regional cybersecurity research and operations centre meant to help protect the power grid against cyber attacks. Auburn University’s McCrary Institute for Cyber and Critical Infrastructure Security was awarded the grant, in partnership with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

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New York launches 42.5MW of BESS projects including like-for-like gas turbine replacer

Energy Storage News

The New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA) has approved five BESS projects while governor Kathy Hochul has announced groundbreaking on a sixth, all in all totalling around 42.5MW of capacity.

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Energy Vault, NV Energy Bring Reid Gardner BESS Project Into Operation

Solar Industry

Energy Vault and NV Energy have completed the Reid Gardner BESS in Moapa, Nev., and put the project into commercial operation. Built on the site of a decommissioned coal-fired electric generating facility, the 220 MW grid-tied BESS is a two-hour energy storage system. Operating at full capacity by NV Energy, the system utilizes Energy Vault’s integration platform and energy management system.

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Renewables cover 56 pct of Germany electricity use in March quarter

Renew Economy

Renewables account for 56 per cent of Germany electricity use in first quarter of 2024. The post Renewables cover 56 pct of Germany electricity use in March quarter appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Fallback Friday Story: Nikola Celebrates Grand Opening of First Hyla Refueling Station in Southern California

FuelCellsWorks

Ontario-based station marks a significant step forward in establishing comprehensive hydrogen refueling network for Class 8 trucks. PHOENIX– Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply.

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Megawatt Charging System from Siemens delivers 1 MW charge during testing

Charged

As the Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a new charging standard for heavy-duty EVs, enters the final stages of standardization, automakers and EVSE manufacturers are busily putting the new system through its paces. Commercial implementations of MCS, which industry experts are calling a game-changer for electric trucks, are expected to begin later this year.

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5 Opportunities for Micro-Greening in Low-Income Urban Settlements

The City Fix

Climate-change-induced events such as heat waves and floods severely impact quality of life in urban areas. It can be financially disruptive and even fatal, disproportionately impacting settlements most vulnerable to climate risks. Greening of open spaces can be an important.

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The Brief: Making labor’s case to shareholders

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Worker Power Better brew: Josh Gotbaum on what the Starbucks fight means for labor –. The post The Brief: Making labor’s case to shareholders appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Bowen says Coalition’s nuclear push would put grid reliability at risk due to delays in coal plant closures

Renew Economy

Bowen says Coalition nuclear plan will put grid reliability at risk because it will stop renewables and storage and force ageing and unreliable coal power plants to stay open. The post Bowen says Coalition’s nuclear push would put grid reliability at risk due to delays in coal plant closures appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Hexagon Purus Receives Order to Deliver Hydrogen Storage Systems to HPS Home Power Solutions

FuelCellsWorks

Oslo, Norway– Hexagon Purus, a world leading manufacturer of zero-emission mobility and hydrogen infrastructure solutions, has received an order worth approximately EUR 3.8 million for hydrogen storage systems from the German.

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Nissan to use solid-state batteries, gigacasting in its next-gen EVs

Charged

Nissan , Japan’s third-biggest automaker by volume, plans to begin producing solid-state batteries for EVs at scale by early 2029, and will also use Tesla-style gigacasting machines in order to increase efficiency and drive down costs on its future EV models. Solid-state batteries are expected to deliver faster charging and longer lifespans than current Li-ion designs.

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Welcome to Texas: The new Solar Valley The state is opening its arms to solar manufacturers, but will they find success?

Solar Power World

Perhaps capitalizing on the recognized technological prowess of “Silicon Valley,” an industrial area in eastern Germany dubbed itself “Solar Valley” in the early 2000s after several solar manufacturers employed thousands just off main road Sonnenallee (“Sun Avenue”). Two decades later, Solar Valley in Thalheim, Germany, has lost its desirability, with companies leaving the area just… The post Welcome to Texas: The new Solar Valley <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight

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The Brief: Upskilling lenders for the Great Deployment

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Deploy! Lenders face a steep learning curve in deploying capital for green community infrastructure. Green. The post The Brief: Upskilling lenders for the Great Deployment appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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China’s quiet energy revolution: The switch from nuclear to renewable energy

Renew Economy

China has wound back its ambitious nuclear targets and turned instead to the deployment of solar and wind energy at unprecedented rates. The post China’s quiet energy revolution: The switch from nuclear to renewable energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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HRS Obtains the Support of the BPI With a EUR 1.35 Million Grant for Innovation and International Development

FuelCellsWorks

Grenoble– HRS, a French designer and manufacturer and European leader in hydrogen refueling stations, is proud to announce that it has received exceptional funding of €1.35 million from Bpifrance. This strategic.