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What is COP? Here’s a practical explainer

GreenBiz

Everything you need to know about attending COP (this year, or any other): What it is, how to get access, what actually happens, and more.

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Removing nanoplastics from water using ‘Prussian blue’ pigment

Envirotec Magazine

Microplastics can be removed by 99% with flocculants alone, without any additional equipment, by irradiating them with sunlight, according to new research Plastic waste breaks down over time into microplastics (<0.1 μm). Microplastics smaller than 20 μm cannot be removed in currently operating water treatment plants and must be agglomerated to a larger size and then removed.

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New coalition sets course for Transatlantic Clean Hydrogen Corridor

GreenBiz

The Mission Possible Partnership's new initiative aims to deliver the first shipment of clean hydrogen from the US to Europe by 2026.

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How to Find Out If Your Home Has Lead Service Lines

NRDC onEarth

A step-by-step guide to help you check for lead pipes—and the questions to ask of your local water utility.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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White House: American Climate Corps jobs will ‘reach every community’

GreenBiz

A new federal work program aims to train 20,000 young Americans in technical skills for the climate tech marketplace.

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After 43 Years, My Parents Finally Have Lead-Free Water

NRDC onEarth

In Chicago, an environmental justice advocate recounts what it took to get the lead pipes dug up in her childhood home.

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This National Seafood Month, Support Fair Seafood

NRDC onEarth

This National Seafood Month, much work remains to tackle illegal fishing and labor abuses that pervade the global seafood industry.

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More than 130 companies including Ikea, Volvo ask world leaders to ‘phase out’ fossil fuels

The Verge: Energy

A “Together Towards Zero” projection during the Volvo AB news conference at the IAA Transportation show in Hanover, Germany, on Monday, September 19th, 2022. | Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi / Bloomberg via Getty Images More than 130 companies, including Volvo Cars, Ikea, Unilever, Nestlé, and AstraZeneca, signed a letter calling on governments to adopt a global plan to phase out fossil fuels without carbon capture during upcoming international climate negotiations.

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It is time we paid nature back

Financial Times: Energy

New financial tools are at hand to help us invest in the value of the economic benefits the natural world provides

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IRA-fueled domestic solar inverter manufacturing takes off

Solar Power World

Although the solar industry is still awaiting final rules on IRA manufacturing incentives, inverter companies are working ahead to anticipate what the Dept. of the Treasury will require in the end. For some inverter-makers, this includes moving manufacturing operations stateside, while others already operating here consider expanding their facilities to meet new demand.

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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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DOE Picks Nuclear Designs for First Microreactor Experiments at INL’s New Test Bed

POWER Magazine

The Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled three nuclear microreactor developers that will design the first experiments at Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL’s) new Demonstration of Microreactor Experiments (DOME) test bed, […] The post DOE Picks Nuclear Designs for First Microreactor Experiments at INL’s New Test Bed appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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New tanker to ease South West septic tank woes

Envirotec Magazine

In a nod to the septic-tank-emptying problems being encountered by many in Cornwall and Devon, waste management company CSG is announcing its investment in a new tanker to help with the issue. The firm has added a 1,000 gallon tanker to its fleet to assist desperate households. There are thousands of homes not connected to the sewer network across the two counties – but there is a severe lack of disposal facilities in the area.

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How IoT transforms power distribution management

Smart Energy International

A new set of integrated technologies has been introduced by Huawei to manage the increasing complexities of utility distribution networks. New energy resources in the form of renewables, new loads such as electric vehicles, new energy storage technologies and the new integrated service models to accompany these are characterising the evolving power networks of today.

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Why dispatchable plants are playing a vital role in Britain’s electricity system transition

Envirotec Magazine

Andy Normand is Business Development Director at consultancy firm Encora Energy. By Andy Normand Net zero is back in the headlines after a series of announcements on both sides of the political aisle. Recent changes to government strategy are seen by some to be damagingly regressive and others as necessary pragmatism, but it’s important to understand where we are in the energy transition and focus on what we still need for the current system and the changes that are yet to come.

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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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The huge climate problem of cement, steel and chemicals, visualized

Canary Media

Cement, steel and chemicals are some of the most extensively produced materials in the world. They’re also among the largest global sources of carbon emissions — manufacturing them releases more CO 2 into the atmosphere each year than all of the emissions generated by the United States.

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New guide to synthetic turf recycling facilities in Europe

Envirotec Magazine

For those looking to dispose of synthetic turf in an environmentally-sensitive way, the EMEA Synthetic Turf Council (EMSTC) has launched a new guide to recycling facilities across Europe. ESTC members have invested over €55 million in new responsible waste management facilities over the last 10 years, says the group. Recognising these developments, the guide – Recycling Facilities for Synthetic Turf Systems in Europe – is intended to help identify and access services (pinpointed in m

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Cleaning up steel, cement and chemicals is tough — and entirely doable

Canary Media

Three essential materials — steel, cement and chemicals — fortify and infuse our modern world. Though we may not think about them much, they are everywhere: in the walls that surround us, the roads we travel on and most of the everyday products we use.

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Building Resilience, BRIC by BRIC: BRIC’s Fourth Year

NRDC onEarth

FEMA has released the fourth Notice of Funding Opportunity for BRIC. Let's take a look at what's new for this grant cycle.

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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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Contractor’s Corner: Vibe Solar California residential contractor adapts to NEM 3.0 with more storage and new services.

Solar Power World

After a drawn-out battle, the new NEM 3.0 net billing regime is officially in place in California. Residential contractors are learning to adapt their businesses to ensure homeowners see adequate savings through their investments. Lancaster, California-based Vibe Solar has pivoted its business to adapt to the new normal, adding full roofing services to its offerings… The post Contractor’s Corner: Vibe Solar <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-size:15p

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The Brief: From DEI to equitable wealth-building, climate tech innovation, community-based healthcare, crowdfunding $2 billion, green bonds vs. fossil fuels

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Ownership Economy SOCAP23: From DEI to equitable wealth-building to shared prosperity. The annual SOCAP conference kicks off today. The post The Brief: From DEI to equitable wealth-building, climate tech innovation, community-based healthcare, crowdfunding $2 billion, green bonds vs. fossil fuels appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Luxury EV maker Rimac officially launches ‘advanced’ BESS solution with integrated PCS

Energy Storage News

The energy storage subsidiary of Croatia-headquartered electric vehicle (EV) company Rimac has officially launched its modular battery energy storage system (BESS) product.

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Back-contact cells highly competitive compared to other cell technologies

PV Tech

LONGi has chosen to develop back-contact (BC) cells, again based on n-type technology, announcing plans to invest RMB3.92 billion (US$536 million) on production. Future cells will be based on the company’s HPBC ‘PRO’ high-efficiency technology, with roll-out expected to gradually commence from November 2024, reaching full capacity a year later.

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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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Ontario forges ahead to use hydrogen fuel as clean alternative power

Hydrogen Fuel News

The Canadian province’s government has invested millions in hydrogen innovation. Moving forward with its commitment to expand the use of hydrogen fuel as a clean and low-carbon alternative fuel, the Ontario government announced the first projects that will receive funding via the Hydrogen Innovation Fund. The projects will focus on various aspects of using hydrogen, including electricity grid services and transportation.

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Clearway inaugurates 482MW solar-plus-storage project in California

Energy Storage News

US independent power producer Clearway Energy has started commercial operations at its Daggett solar-plus-storage facility, which includes 482MW of solar capacity and 280MW of battery storage.

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First fully hydrogen gas turbine in world tested in France

Hydrogen Fuel News

The project’s initial testing took place in Saillat-sur-Vienne at a paper packaging plant. The HYFLEXPOWER consortium led by Siemens Energy has now successfully tested the first 100 percent hydrogen gas turbine. The turbine is capable of running on natural gas, H2, or a combination of both fuels. The HYFLEXPOWER project is a European consortium with funding from the EU Horizon 2020 program.

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New York regulator approves 110MW BESS as state stands poised for major battery storage rollout

Energy Storage News

A 110MW/440MWh battery storage project in New York has been given the green light by regulators, ahead of the launch of tenders which could create a significant market opportunity in the state.

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The region at the heart of Germany’s economic stagnation

Financial Times: Energy

Facing higher energy costs and the transition to electric vehicles, once prosperous industrial districts are struggling to adapt

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Malaysia’s first battery storage-integrated EV charging system opens with seven more to follow

Energy Storage News

Malaysia’s minister of works has inaugurated the country’s first battery energy storage system linked to an electric vehicle charging station

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Chevron to buy US oil producer Hess for $53bn

Financial Times: Energy

All-stock deal comes after ExxonMobil acquired Pioneer Natural Resources earlier this month

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Protected: Debunking 3 common myths about electric vehicles

Smart Energy International

Mel Gander, OVO Group Chief Operating Officer, highlights why three of the most common things she hears about electric vehicles aren’t true.

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New Zealand’s ‘first grid-scale battery storage project’ in commissioning phase

Energy Storage News

Electric power distribution company WEL Networks and developer Infratec have launched their grid-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) in New Zealand.

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Dealmakers see Chevron-Hess tie-up as the start of oil ‘arms race’

Financial Times: Energy

The $53bn deal has sparked speculation that BP and Shell may feel forced to respond

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