Business should take these 3 actions to bolster the global plastics treaty
GreenBiz
MAY 10, 2024
Fresh from the treaty talks in Ottawa, two new reports outline a path forward in the fight against plastic pollution.
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24 Hours of Le Mans: The Ligier JS2 RH2 Hydrogen Powered Prototype Racecar, An Illustration of the Sustainable Future of Motorsport
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 13, 2024
Racing performance: The Ligier JS2 RH2 passes high-speed tests at over 280 km/h. The robustness and continued performance of the hydrogen systems have been validated over a distance of more.
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6 ways banks can drive EV adoption — and grab a big slice of the growing industry pie
GreenBiz
MAY 7, 2024
Accelerating the growth of the electric vehicle market requires capital to fund manufacturing, infrastructure and innovation.
Harmony on the grid: Wind, solar and battery projects made to pay for sins they could not commit
Renew Economy
MAY 12, 2024
Expensive filters imposed on wind, solar and battery projects weakened rather than strengthened the grid. Politicians want to make the same mistake with their obsession for "baseload". The post Harmony on the grid: Wind, solar and battery projects made to pay for sins they could not commit appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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
Unveiling Big Oil's Campaign of Lies
NRDC onEarth
MAY 10, 2024
An explosive hearing held by the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget has unveiled more details of Big Oil’s campaign to block climate action.
Making batteries takes lots of lithium: Almost half of it could come from Pennsylvania wastewater
TechXplore
MAY 10, 2024
Most batteries used in technology like smartwatches and electric cars are made with lithium that travels across the world before even getting to manufacturers. But what if nearly half of the lithium used in the U.S. could come from Pennsylvania wastewater?
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China’s First 100-Kilogram Vehicle-Mounted Liquid Hydrogen System Was Successfully Developed
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 13, 2024
China Launches “Track 1000” Liquid Hydrogen System to Boost Heavy Truck Range New System Aims to Transform Hydrogen Transport with Extended Range and Cost Efficiency On May 10, in Beijing,
Batteries are taking on gas plants to power California's nights
Canary Media
MAY 9, 2024
California spent the last decade building up a massive fleet of batteries to help clean up its electrical grid. This spring, those storage plants passed a major threshold, and now are visibly reshaping the state’s power grid — just as clean energy advocates said they would.
Scientists convert chicken fat into energy storage devices
TechXplore
MAY 10, 2024
The global move toward more sustainable, green energy has increased power reserves and the demand for energy storage devices. Unfortunately, some materials for these devices can be expensive and environmentally problematic. Producing alternative energy storage devices from things that are usually thrown away could help resolve these challenges.
BP and Shell ‘Shaped’ UK Carbon Tax Proposals, Private Emails Show
DeSmogBlog
MAY 8, 2024
Fossil fuel giants BP and Shell were given “ample opportunity” to privately influence proposals for taxing oil and gas companies that were later backed by the government, new documents reveal. Internal BP emails show that its UK executives were reassured by a controversial oil industry group that they could “shape [the] internal thinking” of a 2018 report on carbon taxes produced by the right-wing think tank Policy Exchange.
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.
Australian fossil fuel producer subsidies jump 31 pct to $14.5 billion
Renew Economy
MAY 12, 2024
Government subsidies to fossil fuel producers have risen sharply in the past year, triggering calls for the Commonwealth to scrap the concessions. The post Australian fossil fuel producer subsidies jump 31 pct to $14.5 billion appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Horizon Achieves Scientific Breakthrough in new AEM Technology: It’s a Game-Changer for the Cost of Green Hydrogen
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 13, 2024
Singapore– After close to 20 years of scientific research into both fuel cell and electrolyser membranes, Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies is announcing a scientific breakthrough in Anion Exchange Membrane technology.
B.C.’s extended heat pump program meets the moment
Clean Energy Canada
MAY 13, 2024
VICTORIA — Evan Pivnick, clean energy program manager at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the announcement of B.C.’s extended heart pump program. “The cost of living in B.C. is feeling higher than ever, and the energy bills British Columbians pay for fossil fuels are no small part of this. That is why today’s announcement of up to $255 million in joint federal and provincial funding to help make heat pumps more accessible is such welcome news.
Why VC investors need a 1.5°C goal for responsible tech
Impact Alpha
MAY 13, 2024
Like the 1.5°C goal for climate, responsible tech needs a clear North Star to guide investments and innovations. To build an ecosystem of. The post Why VC investors need a 1.5°C goal for responsible tech appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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.
Andrew Coyne Helped Run Charity That Gave $6.4M to Climate Crisis Denial Groups
DeSmogBlog
MAY 7, 2024
One of Canada’s top political journalists and pundits served on the board of a foundation that gave $6.4 million to national groups denying climate change is a crisis, according to federal tax data reviewed by DeSmog. Records from the Canada Revenue Agency show that Andrew Coyne , currently a columnist at Canada’s national newspaper of record, the Globe and Mail, spent a decade as a director at the Toronto-based Aurea Foundation.
A rule change on transmission losses for wind and solar farms could save billions for consumers
Renew Economy
MAY 12, 2024
A ruling that effectively charges wind and solar farms for twice actual transmission losses represents a large risk to developers of new generation assets, and consumers. The post A rule change on transmission losses for wind and solar farms could save billions for consumers appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Maris Fiducia Team Up With HAV Hydrogen, Norwegian Hydrogen and Ankerbeer for Zero Emission Bulk Shipping
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 13, 2024
Maris Fiducia Norway has entered into cooperation agreements with maritime technology company HAV Hydrogen and the hydrogen producer and distributor Norwegian Hydrogen with the objective of developing, building and operating.
Forest Carbon Diligence: Breaking Down the Validation and Intercomparison Report
Planet Pulse
MAY 9, 2024
Mapping trees from space is a technically challenging endeavor. It may seem straightforward at times — what’s so hard about counting all those round green things in satellite images? It may also seem like a solved problem, since the foundations of forest monitoring were established in the 1980s. But like the history of most technologies, the story of mapping forests from space is the story of uncovering layer after layer of complexity in the patterns we find.
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 rare geomagnetic storm is heading to Earth — here’s what it means for critical infrastructure
The Verge: Energy
MAY 10, 2024
An aurora borealis glows a faint purple in the night sky in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in East Brandenburg. | Photo: Getty Images The National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) issued a rare “severe” geomagnetic storm watch for the US for Friday night. The Met Office weather service also issued a similar watch for the UK for Friday and Saturday.
US DOE seeks feedback on energy storage safety training, manufacturing challenges
Energy Storage News
MAY 13, 2024
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued Requests for Information (RFIs) on safety training for energy storage systems, and how to tackle manufacturing design challenges.
“Gas shortage? Yeah, nah.” A Fact Check on Labor’s fossil gas future strategy
Renew Economy
MAY 9, 2024
Federal resources minister Madeleine King says “evidence and data” underpin the Albanese government's Future Gas Strategy. Experts in gas markets and climate disagree. The post “Gas shortage? Yeah, nah.” A Fact Check on Labor’s fossil gas future strategy appeared first on RenewEconomy.
QUANTRON Announces a New Strategic Partnership With R&B AbfallTechnik During IFAT 2024
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 13, 2024
Quantron AG and R&B AbfallTechnik GmbH Co. KG join forces in sustainable transportation and waste collection logistics to pioneer advanced clean solutions for alternatively fuelled waste collection vehicles The partnership.
How Texas became the hottest grid battery market in the country
Canary Media
MAY 13, 2024
On the warm spring night of April 28, Houston had a problem. Denizens of the most populous region in Texas were cranking up air conditioning to beat the early burst of summery heat.
Tesla’s profitable Supercharger network is in limbo after Musk axed the entire team
TechCrunch: Climate
MAY 11, 2024
After Elon Musk fired Tesla's Supercharger team, the fate of the EV charging network is unknown. There are 25,000 charging ports in the U.S. alone.
New free analysis platform shines light on how solar energy projects will affect utilities' power systems
TechXplore
MAY 13, 2024
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with three other national labs, have developed a free online platform to help utilities understand how solar energy projects will affect the operation of their power systems. This capability can increase utilities' confidence in expanding their solar portfolios, protecting reliable delivery of electricity while supporting U.S. efforts to slow climate change.
Gigawatt-scale solar and battery project near Queensland coal plant wins federal green tick
Renew Economy
MAY 10, 2024
Gigawatt scale solar and battery project near large coal fired power station gets green tick from federal government. The post Gigawatt-scale solar and battery project near Queensland coal plant wins federal green tick appeared first on RenewEconomy.
ITM Launches NEPTUNE V: A Cutting-Edge 5MW PEM Electrolyser Plant Priced at £4.35 Million
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 10, 2024
ITM Power has launched the NEPTUNE V, a 5MW containerized PEM electrolyser, priced at GBP 4,350,000, designed to meet the high demand in mid-size green hydrogen projects. The plant, boasting.
Banks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal, report reveals
The Guardian: Energy
MAY 12, 2024
Among world’s top 60 banks those in US are biggest fossil fuel financiers, while Barclays leads way in Europe The world’s big banks have handed nearly $7tn (£5.6tn) in funding to the fossil fuel industry since the Paris agreement to limit carbon emissions, according to research. In 2016, after talks in Paris, 196 countries signed an agreement to limit global heating as a result of carbon emissions to at most 2C above preindustrial levels, with an ideal limit of 1.5C to prevent the worst impacts
Mullen’s Class 3 electric truck receives approval for California incentive
Charged
MAY 9, 2024
EV maker Mullen Automotive has received approval under the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) from the California Air Resources Board for its Class 3 2024 Mullen THREE. The Mullen THREE model is a cab-forward truck featuring a 125-mile range and designed for urban last-mile delivery and such applications as construction, landscaping, and catering.
Vermont is on the cusp of mandating 100% clean electricity by 2035
Canary Media
MAY 10, 2024
Vermont state lawmakers just passed a measure that would require all utilities to provide 100 percent clean energy by 2035. The bill would put the state on track to be among the first to fully decarbonize, outpaced only by Rhode Island, which requires utilities to provide all-renewable power by 2033.
Labor caves in to fossil fuel cartel as it locks in gas beyond 2050 amid deepening climate crisis
Renew Economy
MAY 8, 2024
On the same day that scientists warned of a deepening climate catastrophe, Labor declares gas is good and announces a plan to "lock it in" beyond 2050. The post Labor caves in to fossil fuel cartel as it locks in gas beyond 2050 amid deepening climate crisis appeared first on RenewEconomy.
New Mexico Governor Seeks Hydrogen Investment With Trip to Netherlands
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 13, 2024
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The governor of New Mexico has announced plans to court new investments in hydrogen fuel development at a business summit in the Netherlands over the.
Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Climate Conspiracy Theories
DeSmogBlog
MAY 7, 2024
The broadcasting regulator Ofcom will not be opening an investigation into GB News after one of its guests spread misinformation about climate action, DeSmog can reveal. Appearing on the Neil Oliver Show on 14 April, journalist Jasmine Birtles made a series of outlandish claims about climate action leading to mass deaths. She claimed a “depopulation agenda” exists that seeks to “remove seven and a half billion people from the world”.
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