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Death spiral: Network blows up renewable gas claims, wants to hit consumers for cost of stranded assets

Renew Economy

Network operators want consumers to pay more for gas pipeline access, because they fear accelerated switch to all electric homes will leave their assets stranded. The post Death spiral: Network blows up renewable gas claims, wants to hit consumers for cost of stranded assets appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Machine learning method for early fault detection could make lithium-ion batteries safer

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The safe use of lithium-ion batteries, such as those used in electric vehicles and stationary energy storage systems, critically depends on condition monitoring and early fault detection. Failures in individual battery cells can lead to serious issues, including fires.

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Ontario’s huge nuclear debt and other things Dutton doesn’t understand about cost of electricity

Renew Economy

Ted O’Brien and Peter Dutton don’t seem know much about electricity costs and pricing. Contrary to their claims, Australian consumers actually pay less than their Ontario counterparts. The post Ontario’s huge nuclear debt and other things Dutton doesn’t understand about cost of electricity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Student develops award-winning method to desalinate water

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Tayia Oddonetto was an undergraduate student when her professor inspired her to solve water scarcity. "During class, the professor said that if someone discovered how to turn brine, water with a high salt concentration, into something of value, it'd be revolutionary for the planet," said Oddonetto. "At that moment, I told myself I was going to be the one who found the solution for brine, and that thought has never left me.

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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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Norway’s Equinor Admits It “Over-Reported” Amount of Carbon Captured At Flagship Project for Years 

DeSmogBlog

This story is the fifth part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has admitted over-reporting the performance of a flagship carbon capture and storage project by about 30 percent due to defective monitoring equipment, underscoring risks associated with plans to scale the technology as a climate solution, DeSmog can reveal.

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Major Microreactor Developer Enters Bankruptcy Amid Nuclear Industry Surge

POWER Magazine

Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp. (USNC), a developer of much-watched microreactor technology and advanced nuclear fuel, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The move signals a critical restructuring phase through which […] The post Major Microreactor Developer Enters Bankruptcy Amid Nuclear Industry Surge appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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First stage of Australia’s biggest battery project switched on, well ahead of schedule

Renew Economy

Neoen formally opens first stage of what will be Australia's biggest battery, soaking up rooftop solar and helping ease the last coal generators out of the grid. The post First stage of Australia’s biggest battery project switched on, well ahead of schedule appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Mapped: How Big Ag, Pharma, Pesticides and Other Industries Hope to Sway the UN Biodiversity Talks

DeSmogBlog

Under thundery tropical skies, and amid ever more dire warnings on the precarious state of the world’s ecosystems, the United Nations Biodiversity Conference is unfolding in Colombia. This year’s summit, known as COP16, follows on from the last biodiversity conference held in Montréal in 2022, when negotiators struck an historic deal – the equivalent of the Paris Agreement on climate change – to “halt and reverse” nature loss.

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Generative AI could cause 10 billion iPhones worth of e-waste per year by 2030

TechCrunch: Climate

The immense and quickly advancing computing requirements of AI models could lead to the industry discarding the e-waste equivalent of over 10 billion iPhones per year by 2030, researchers project. In a paper published in the journal Nature, researchers from Cambridge University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences take a shot at predicting just how […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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AEMO: Australia’s NEM surpasses 45GW of renewable energy projects in grid connection process

PV Tech

The Australian Electricity Market Operator (AEMO) has signalled that solar PV, energy storage and wind projects looking to connect to the National Electricity Market (NEM) at the end of Q3 2024 surpassed 45GW.

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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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Big batteries lead renewable charge as record 45 gigawatts of new capacity seeks grid connection

Renew Economy

AEMO reports significant increase in the capacity of new wind, solar and storage projects seeking a grid connection, with the total now exceeding 45 gigawatts for the first time. The post Big batteries lead renewable charge as record 45 gigawatts of new capacity seeks grid connection appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Driving the on-board charger revolution with innovative power switches

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Sponsored by Infineon. Join our expert on-demand webinar to discover the game-changing potential of Infineon’s newly introduced CoolSiC Automotive MOSFET 750 V G1 family. Learn how these innovative power switches can simplify, robustify, and optimize your on-board charger, HV-LV DC/DC converter, and battery disconnect applications. Don’t miss out on the latest trends in top-side cooling and how to unlock the full potential of your automotive power conversion systems.

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Failure of a California almond grower shows the unsustainability of some sustainable agriculture investments

Impact Alpha

Trinitas Partners had plans to transform the world with almonds. The world had other ideas. When we last saw the Redwood City, Calif., The post Failure of a California almond grower shows the unsustainability of some sustainable agriculture investments appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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SpiralWave’s pulsing plasma towers transform carbon dioxide into liquid fuel

TechCrunch: Climate

If there’s anything that came from one of the worlds that was promised to us in “Back to the Future” or “The Jetsons” or innumerable other sci-fi franchises, it’s what SpiralWave co-founder and CEO Abed Bukhari showed me on a video call. Purple-tinged waves of white plasma rhythmically rose and vanished within a metal-screened column, […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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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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Queensland, Australia, elects new right-wing government prompting fears over renewable energy targets

PV Tech

The Queensland, Australia, state election result has seen David Crisafulli’s right-wing Liberal National Party (LNP) of Queensland elected to lead the government, raising questions about legislated renewable energy targets, coal-fired power, and nuclear energy.

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One shipment of solar PV is worth more to the grid than 10 ships of coal: IEA says fossil fuels losing race

Renew Economy

One container ship of solar PV modules can make the same amount of electricity as 100 ships of coal, according to the IEA's latest report. The post One shipment of solar PV is worth more to the grid than 10 ships of coal: IEA says fossil fuels losing race appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs

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As it did in previous decades, Honda has used another maker’s car to enter a new US segment. Honda is often known as the world’s largest maker of internal combustion engines—more than 14 million of them a year. It sells those engines in a variety of containers, from home generators and lawn mowers to ATVs and automobiles. Over the years, the company has pioneered a number of advanced powertrain technologies, including both natural gas and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles.

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Electrochemical reactor could make direct air capture more energy efficient

TechXplore

Rice University researchers have developed an electrochemical reactor that has the potential to drastically reduce energy consumption for direct air capture, the removal of carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere.

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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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CATL to supply Grenergy 1.25GWh BESS for ‘world’s largest energy storage project’ in Chile

Energy Storage News

Spanish independent power producer (IPP) Grenergy has secured a 1.25GWh energy storage supply agreement with CATL for its Oasis de Atacama project in Chile.

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Toyota’s Portable Hydrogen Cartridges Debut

Hydrogen Fuel News

Toyota Unveils Portable Hydrogen Cartridges at Japan Mobility Show 2024 Toyota has once again demonstrated its commitment to pioneering carbon-neutral technologies by unveiling a revolutionary portable hydrogen energy cartridge at the Japan Mobility Show Bizweek 2024 in Tokyo. This innovative technology promises to significantly impact the future of hydrogen-powered vehicles and energy consumption in everyday life.

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One ship load of solar PV is worth more to the grid than 100 ships of coal: IEA says fossil fuels losing race

Renew Economy

One container ship of solar PV modules can make the same amount of electricity as 100 ships of coal, according to the IEA's latest report. The post One ship load of solar PV is worth more to the grid than 100 ships of coal: IEA says fossil fuels losing race appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Three French transit operators order hydrogen and battery-electric buses from Iveco Bus

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Italian bus manufacturer Iveco Bus, a brand of Iveco Group , has received three new contracts in France for a total of 31 hydrogen fuel cell buses and 20 battery electric buses. Cannes Lérins Urban Community has ordered twelve GX 337 H2 LINIUM BRT hydrogen fuel cell buses, Lorient Agglomération has ordered nineteen GX 337 H2 LINIUM buses, and Grand Reims Mobilités has ordered twenty GX 437 ELEC LINIUM BRT battery-electric buses, with an option for an additional nine.

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Photoswitch approach paves the way for harvesting and storing solar energy efficiently

TechXplore

As stated by the International Energy Agency (IEA), approximately 50% of global final energy consumption is dedicated to heating. Yet, the utilization of solar power in this sector remains relatively low compared to fossil energy sources. An inherent problem limiting the widespread usage of solar energy is the intermittency of its direct availability.

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US finalises 45X advanced manufacturing tax credit for batteries, solar

Energy Storage News

The US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have finalised the rules and process for the 45X advanced manufacturing tax credit, which effectively provides a subsidy to domestic clean energy technology manufacturing, including batteries.

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Fracking Pioneer Gwyn Morgan Gave $530K to Anti-Climate Website ‘True North’

DeSmogBlog

A far-right Canadian website whose contributors have disputed the extent to which fossil fuels are warming our atmosphere, attacked the science demonstrating that climate change leads to more destructive wildfires and suggested climate advocates are “the real conspiracy theorists,” is quietly getting large donations from a former oil and gas executive.

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Graph of the Day: The massive wind and solar project pipeline the LNP may abandon

Renew Economy

Queensland has more than 120 gigawatts of wind, solar and storage projects in the pipeline. Will the newly elected LNP abandon them all? The post Graph of the Day: The massive wind and solar project pipeline the LNP may abandon appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The tax code change unleashing $25B in clean energy investment

Canary Media

Tax credits are the driving force behind the Inflation Reduction Act’s unprecedented investment in clean energy. But there’s a catch to relying on tax credits: The amount of money a company can receive from them is limited to what it pays in taxes each year.

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Scout Motors unveils EV Terra truck, Traveler SUV concepts, including Harvester range extender

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Heavy on heritage and light on details, the launch event showed Scout’s concepts for an EV 4×4 that’s every bit the equal of Jeep or Bronco. Scout Motors, the startup electric-truck maker owned by Volkswagen, took the wraps off concepts for its first two 4×4 models outside Nashville on Thursday evening. The Terra truck and the Traveler SUV share most design and interior cues, with the truck riding on a longer wheelbase.

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Electrifying ships could be cost effective by 2035, study says

TechXplore

Retrofitting a portion of the US shipping fleet from internal combustion engines to battery-electric systems could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be largely cost effective by 2035, according to a new study from Berkeley Lab researchers recently published in Nature Energy.

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Virtual power plants offer faster deployment for data centres needs, says Sunrun

PV Tech

With talks of repowering nuclear power plants in the US for data centres, VPPs can be an immediate alternative to cover data centres needs.

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Australia’s first commercial solar thermal heat plant to slash gas use at Mars factory

Renew Economy

Australia’s first commercial concentrated solar thermal heat plant will be built at the Mars Petcare facility in Wodonga, joining the recently installed "thermal battery." The post Australia’s first commercial solar thermal heat plant to slash gas use at Mars factory appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Industrial Fishing Undermines World’s Greatest Carbon Sink, Experts Warn

DeSmogBlog

Fish is often sold as the perfect climate-friendly dinner: highly nutritious and lower carbon than other forms of protein. But new research is increasingly bringing some of these eco marketing claims into question. In part, because industrial fishing – scientists and campaigners say – is weakening the ocean’s ability to act as a carbon sink. Over the last 60 years, the ocean, forests and other natural carbon sinks have absorbed over half of all man-made emissions, slowing down global warming.

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A Breakdown of Cuba’s Grid Collapse and Recovery Efforts

POWER Magazine

Cuba is in the throes of a severe energy crisis, driven by fuel supply disruptions and compounded by obstacles in securing vital technologies and supplies needed to modernize and operate […] The post A Breakdown of Cuba’s Grid Collapse and Recovery Efforts appeared first on POWER Magazine.