‘Endineering’ solves a missing link for the circular economy
GreenBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
Closing the “end gap” once consumers are finished with a product is a big opportunity.
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The Significance of Chevron Deference
NRDC onEarth
JANUARY 12, 2024
Two new SCOTUS cases, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Relentless Inc. v. Dept. of Commerce, may impact federal agencies’ ability to perform their duties.
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How mounting demand for rubber is driving tropical forest loss
GreenBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
The growing market for rubber for is a major and overlooked cause of deforestation, and the transition to electric vehicles could accelerate rubber use.
From nuclear decommissioning to drone design, engineers are taking inspiration from nature
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
Dandelion seeds’ ability to remain airborne is being mimicked by one project, Dandidrone, which hopes to overcome the challenges involved in using airborne sensors to investigate disaster sites. Bio-inspired Engineering has grown in profile in recent years, and is being used to address traditionally intractable problems, as Envirotec discovered. Engineers have been borrowing ideas from nature for a long time.
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.
Gov. Newsom's budget cuts threaten to delay California's new environmental disclosure laws
GreenBiz
JANUARY 12, 2024
Businesses were required to start reporting emissions and risks in 2026 but a budget proposal would push that back.
Contintental complexity
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
Cairo, Egypt (image credit: Leshiy985/Shutterstock.com). There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the problem of Africa’s declining air quality. A new report in Nature Geoscience argues that international action is needed to combat it. Over the last 50 years African nations have suffered from rapidly deteriorating air quality, making their cities some of the most polluted in the world.
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Data-driven revamp in Northampton
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
The project aims to help identify pollution hot spots caused by traffic. A network of air quality monitors has been installed by West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) at key locations in Northampton, as part of a long-term plan to improve sustainability and air quality, and to enhance Northampton’s smart town status. Until recently, there was just a single continuous air quality monitoring station in or near Northampton.
Hertz is selling its EVs because it botched the rollout for ride-share drivers
TechCrunch: Climate
JANUARY 12, 2024
Hertz said in an SEC filing that it would be selling 20,000 of its EVs and replacing them with fossil fuel-powered vehicles. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Warsaw votes for Clean Transport Zone
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
One of the most polluted cities in the EU, Warsaw has voted to adopt the city’s first ever Clean Transport Zone in July 2024, following evidence submitted by environmental consultancy Ricardo, on the health impacts and economic case for such a measure. Warsaw has one of the highest vehicle ownership rates (859 per 1,000 people) in Europe and has seen a growing influx of vehicles from outside of the city.
Volvo Group Accelerates Hydrogen Research With PhD Scholarships for the Internal Combustion Engine
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 12, 2024
GOTHENBURG, Sweden— Volvo Group is further developing the internal combustion engine with hydrogen as a propulsion technology by initiating PhD scholarships dedicated to hydrogen combustion engine technology. Two PhD students will be.
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
Biohybrid alchemy: Transforming wastewater contaminants into chemicals
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
Researchers have proposed a novel method for transforming wastewater contaminants into valuable chemicals using sunlight, offering an avenue for sustainable and circular chemical manufacturing. Conventional chemical manufacturing relies on energy-intensive processes. Semiconductor biohybrids, which combine efficient light-harvesting materials and living cells, have emerged as an exciting possibility for those seeking to use solar energy to produce chemicals, say the authors of this new study.
Calpine Corporation closes US$1 billion financing for 680MW California BESS
Energy Storage News
JANUARY 12, 2024
Gas and geothermal plant developer and operator Calpine Corporation has closed a syndicated financing for what could be one of the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the US.
Study establishes £37 million saving from pollution measures
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
EarthSense Zephyr monitors were employed in the study. A recent project appears to demonstrate how measures introduced by Sandwell Borough Council will improve air quality that could potentially save an estimated £37 million in future NHS costs over the next decade Air quality monitoring expert EarthSense announced the results of the pilot study, which was undertaken in collaboration with Enjoy the Air, an air quality intelligence company; Health Lumen, a disease data modelling specialist; and i
Hyundai calls hydrogen fuel a key factor in decarbonization by 2050
Hydrogen Fuel News
JANUARY 12, 2024
The automaker recently announced that H2 will “play a prominent role” in its achievement of carbon neutrality. Hyundai has announced that hydrogen fuel will “play a prominent role” in its strategy for becoming carbon neutral by 2050. The company pointed to H2 as a fuel that should be readily available for everyone to cleanly use.
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.
Off-grid trail blazer
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
(From left) Caroline Leigh, Property Director at Westmoreland; Anne Buckingham, Managing Director, SIS, part of SWARCO Smart Charging; and Matt Barney, Business Debelopment Manager, Geo Pura. Cairn Lodge Services in Lanarkshire has opened an electric vehicle (EV) charging facility powered by hydrogen. The launch, on 18 December, marks a first-of-its-kind deployment in the UK: A hydrogen-powered generator connected to EV chargers at a service station.
Hyundai’s upcoming IONIQ 2 EV could sell for as low as $22,000
Charged
JANUARY 12, 2024
Forget about range anxiety and charging—the real barrier to EV adoption is affordability. The market badly needs a better selection of lower-priced EVs, but they’re mighty slow in coming. Hyundai has several more affordable EVs in the pipeline—the new 2024 Kona Electric is expected to have a starting price under $33,000. The IONIQ 3 is now expected to hit the streets in 2027.
Safety and efficiency through proactive action
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Stonegate Instruments. Given the stringent health and safety and environmental regulations in place, businesses are looking to system suppliers who know the value – both in terms of safety and efficiency – of early gas detection. At the cutting-edge of these systems is Stonegate Instruments, a leading designer and manufacturer of solutions to reduce refrigerant gas leaks and ensure safety in cold storage and industrial refrige
EVs and Clean Transport: 10 Things to Watch in 2024
BloombergNEF
JANUARY 12, 2024
These 10 things to watch are a snapshot of what we think will be some of the most noteworthy developments in 2024. The post EVs and Clean Transport: 10 Things to Watch in 2024 appeared first on BloombergNEF.
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.
Instant access to real-time airborne asbestos data
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Alert Technology. Alert Technology writes: The award-winning ALERT PRO Connect is the world’s first and only real-time airborne asbestos monitor and alarm. Designed to reduce the risk of prolonged exposure, its patented design represents the biggest technological step change in asbestos safety management for decades.
UK Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Meets And Praises Climate Science Denier Reform Candidate
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 12, 2024
The UK government’s most senior climate minister has publicly celebrated a petrol campaigner who wants to “scrap net zero” and claims “man is not responsible for global warming”. In a post from her official X account on Tuesday, Claire Coutinho, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), endorsed the “persistence” of Howard Cox , director of the FairFuelUK lobby group that campaigns against charges on motorists.
Turbine flow meters help dispense clean fuel
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Titan. KOKO Networks in East Africa has created a scalable solution to the dirty fuels problem. The clean ethanol specialist’s distribution model uses bioethanol as an ultra-clean, cheap and safe alternative to the more traditional cooking fuels of charcoal and paraffin. And its solutions incorporate Titan’s NSF-Approved 800 series flowmeters.
Cape Hardy Hydrogen Hub of South Australia Update
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 12, 2024
ADELAIDE, Australia— Amp Energy (“Amp” or the “Company”) announced today a three-month extension to the Strategic Framework Agreement with Iron Road Ltd, as Lead Developer for the Cape Hardy Green.
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?
Trade effluent monitoring in Essex
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM). Pollution & Process Monitoring (PPM) has engineered a bespoke analytical water quality system, to continuously measure the trade discharge, for the Basingstoke production facility in Hampshire. Effluent quality is proactively managed via site telemetry, which connects to the output signals from each instrument.
eFrancisco Motors and HDEX Announce Partnership in The Hydrogen Sector
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 12, 2024
HDEX and eFrancisco Motor Corporation proudly unveil a transformative alliance that will reshape the hydrogen landscape. MANILLA, PHILIPPINES– HDEX and eFrancisco Motor Corporation proudly unveil a transformative alliance that will reshape the hydrogen landscape.
Katronic KATflow 150 achieves MCERTS approval
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 12, 2024
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Katronic. Katronic’s KATflow 150 Advanced clamp-on flowmeter has gained approval through the UK Environment Agency’s MCERTS scheme for measurement of effluent and other wastewater flows in industrial and wastewater company applications after an extensive programme of testing both in the lab and on site.
India Takes Action To Address Mounting Heat Risks in Cities
NRDC onEarth
JANUARY 12, 2024
At a workshop convened by India's National Disaster Management Authority, experts discuss actions to strengthen heat preparedness in India.
APM Terminals Pipavav to Develop Green Hydrogen Ecosystem
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 12, 2024
APM Terminals Pipavav has today signed a series of Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) to develop a complete green hydrogen ecosystem and port infrastructure. The first-move advantage of this initiative will.
New collaborations advance large-scale solar development 2024 Trends in Solar
Solar Power World
JANUARY 12, 2024
The complexities of deploying utility-scale solar are not new to developers and other industry stakeholders. These can range from issues around environmental impacts and equity to challenges regarding land-use, permitting and policy. Given the importance of large-scale solar on our country’s clean energy transition, many are seeking new collaborators to address these difficulties and facilitate… The post New collaborations advance large-scale solar development <br><span style=&
Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher and Congressman Colin Allred Announce Federal Funding To Build Hydrogen Fueling Stations Across Texas
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 12, 2024
Today, Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07) and Congressman Colin Allred (TX-32) announced that Texas municipalities will receive $70 million from the Charging and Fueling Infrastructure Corridor Program to build hydrogen fueling.
24M says its new separator tech eliminates dendrites in Li-ion batteries
Charged
JANUARY 12, 2024
Battery manufacturing technology provider 24M has unveiled a new battery separator tech called 24M Impervio, which the company says can make EV batteries substantially safer by inhibiting the growth of dendrites (rootlike metal growths that can build up on the anode surface, potentially causing a short-circuit that can lead to a fire). 24M’s Impervio technology foils dendrites in two ways: a proprietary separator technology impedes the growth of dendrites; and the system continuously monitors ea
Parker to Showcase Hydrogen Purification Solutions at Hyvolution 2024
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 12, 2024
Paris, France– Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, will be present at the Hyvolution 2024 Exhibition at the Porte de Versailles in Paris to showcase its wide.
Apex and Microsoft sign PPA for 125MW Ohio solar project
PV Tech
JANUARY 12, 2024
Apex and Microsoft have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) that will see the latter buy electricity from the Wheatsborough solar project
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