Coca-Cola changes bottle shapes to cut virgin plastic use by 800 million bottles in 2025
GreenBiz
MAY 14, 2024
Switchover will cost bottlers and the Coca-Cola distribution network about $52 million across the U.S. and Canada.
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Piasecki Targets First Crewed Flight of Hydrogen-Powered Helicopter This Fall
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 14, 2024
Piasecki Aircraft said it is on schedule to achieve its first crewed test flight of a hydrogen-powered helicopter this fall. The flight will be carried out using Piasecki’s hydrogen coaxial.
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Battery storage is about to overtake global capacity of pumped hydro
Renew Economy
MAY 13, 2024
Battery storage is often dismissed as an "immature" technology, not ready for a renewables dominated grid. But within a year it is likely to overtake pumped hydro, and still has big advances ahead. The post Battery storage is about to overtake global capacity of pumped hydro appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
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
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?
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.
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.
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.
How Lowe's is using supplier education to tackle Scope 3 emissions
GreenBiz
MAY 13, 2024
The home improvement giant has doubled the number of suppliers reporting emissions
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.
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.
Hyzon Reports Strong Start to 2024 with Significant Advances in Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle Trials and Expansion Plans
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 14, 2024
Hyzon Motors reveals a successful first quarter in 2024, marked by a sharp increase in revenue and strategic advances in vehicle trials, partnerships, and government support, positioning the company for.
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.
SiAT partners with CSAC to launch carbon nanotube-coated aluminum foil for battery electrodes
Charged
MAY 14, 2024
SiAT, a Taiwanese battery nanomaterials manufacturer, has partnered with Taiwan C.S. Aluminum Corporation (CSAC) to introduce carbon nanotube (CNT) coated aluminum foil for faster charging and extended lifespan in lithium-ion batteries, sodium batteries and supercapacitors. The foil uses CNT carbon coating, which conducts ten times better than carbon black, according to SiAT.
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.
Puerto Rico: Regulator approves 360MW plan to accelerate battery storage deployments
Energy Storage News
MAY 14, 2024
Puerto Rico Electricity Board (PREB) has approved a plan to accelerate the adoption of battery energy storage system (BESS) technology in the US island territory.
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.
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,
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?
Japan’s NEDO chooses IHI to develop tech for aircraft electrification
Charged
MAY 14, 2024
Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) has chosen engineering firm IHI Technology’s initiative to develop electric power control and thermal and air management system technology for the Next-Generation Aircraft Development Project under its Green Innovation Fund program. NEDO created the ¥2-trillion ($12.96-billion) Green Innovation Fund to invest in the energy and industrial sectors to achieve carbon neutrality.
Presidio County, Texas shows promise for geothermal development
ThinkGeoEnergy
MAY 13, 2024
Researchers from the the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at the University of Texas, Austin has identified the the border region of Presidio County in Texas as a promising site for geothermal development. The results of the study were presented to the Presidio Municipal Development District (PMDD), whose members expressed excitement over the findings and encouraged progress to the project’s next steps.
Renewable energy averages 95 per cent share in Portugal in April
Renew Economy
MAY 12, 2024
Wind, solar and hydro provide 95 per cent of Portugal's power needs in April, hailed as "historic" by the grid operator. The post Renewable energy averages 95 per cent share in Portugal in April 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.
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.
Australia’s Sicona plans US silicon anode manufacturing facility
Charged
MAY 14, 2024
Australian battery materials producer Sicona Battery Technologies plans to expand into the US battery component market by developing a commercial production facility somewhere in the southeastern US. The company recently completed front-end engineering design studies and is advancing its plans for the phased development of a silicon-carbon anode materials plant that would produce 6,700 tons annually, near a growing battery and EV manufacturing hub.
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.
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.
First Hydrogen Provides On-Road Trial Update
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 14, 2024
First Hydrogen Corp. reports progress in its fourth hydrogen vehicle trial and is finalizing further trials after a successful track day event. The company is discussing upgrades with a Mexican.
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.
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.
Toyota invests billions in EV production at Indiana and Kentucky plants
Charged
MAY 14, 2024
Automakers often say one thing and do the opposite, or make contradictory statements for different audiences. Usually this sort of cognitive dissonance is considered a bad thing, but in Toyota ’s case it may be otherwise—the company’s leaders have long been the auto industry’s most prominent anti-EV voices, even as the company itself has quietly but steadily prepared for the electric future.
“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.
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.
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.
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