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The year ahead in ESG: Assurance, transition finance and natural capital

GreenBiz

3 hot topics for 2024: regulations for ESG assurance; international agreements for transition finance; and new ways to measure investment in nature and biodiversity.

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Could 2024 be a breakout year for the transmission grid?

Canary Media

Canary Media’s Down to the Wire column tackles the more complicated challenges of decarbonizing our energy systems. It’s hard to solve a challenge as sprawling and complex as doubling or tripling the scale of the transmission grids across the U.S. in a little over a decade.

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Only 7% of US climate tech venture capital funding went to female founders in 2023

GreenBiz

VC investment for female founders dropped in 2023.

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Germany’s coal power production drops to lowest level in 60 years in 2023 after nuclear exit

Renew Economy

Germany's coal power production drops to lowest level in 60 years in 2023, even after closure of the last of its nuclear generators. The post Germany’s coal power production drops to lowest level in 60 years in 2023 after nuclear exit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Satellite imagery analysis shows immense scale of dark fishing industry

TechCrunch: Climate

Satellite imagery and machine learning offer a new, far more detailed look at the maritime industry, specifically the number and activities of fishing and transport ships at sea. Turns out there are way more of them than publicly available data would suggest, a fact that policymakers should heed. As a shared global resource, the oceans […] © 2023 TechCrunch.

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First Solar cashes in with sale of IRA tax credits worth up to $700M

Canary Media

A wonky new process that’s meant to help clean energy firms maximize Inflation Reduction Act subsidies is starting to gain traction. First Solar , the biggest U.S.-based manufacturer of solar panels, has entered into two deals to sell up to $700 million worth of tax credits, just a week after the U.S.

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Battery Belt communities fight for a fair shake as projects get underway

Canary Media

This story was first published by Grist. "BlueOval City” sounds like some kind of fantastic utopian megalopolis of the future. In reality, it’s a massive automotive-manufacturing complex that will provide several links in the electric-vehicle supply chain.

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Commodities 2024: Hydrogen Developers Hope Funding Support Will Unlock Financing Queue in 2024

FuelCellsWorks

Progress despite higher costs, supply chain issues First auctions awarded 2023, more to follow in 2024 Manufacturing bottlenecks, politics remain concerns The nascent European clean hydrogen market has faced significant.

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Revisited: Weight of the world, the climate scientists who hold out hope – podcast

The Guardian: Energy

Science Weekly revisits episode three of this 2023 mini-series from Full Story. In the final part of this three-part series, the Australian climate scientists Lesley Hughes, Ove Høegh-Guldberg and Graeme Pearman take stock as they look back on their life’s work. How does it feel for them to carry this burden of knowledge? Could they have done more? And what hope do they hold for the future?

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Gotion’s first ‘Made in USA’ ESS battery packs roll off Silicon Valley production line

Energy Storage News

China-headquartered lithium-ion battery maker Gotion High-Tech has produced the first battery pack at its new factory in California’s Silicon Valley.

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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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Change of Management at QUANTRON

FuelCellsWorks

Andreas Haller took over the operational management of QUANTRON AG as CEO Michael Perschke will take over as Managing Director of the ROQIT joint venture Reorganization in time for QUANTRON’s.

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HV switchgear in the digital age: Advancements and opportunities

Smart Energy International

High voltage switchgear is an integral part of the electricity grid which is used to control, protect and isolate electrical equipment in a power system. Saifa Khalid, Analyst-II at PTR Inc. explores the critical technology and how it has evolved in the digital age of energy. Recently, it has been observed that the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have integrated digital technologies with the traditional analog switchgear, which has in turn improved the performance and reliability of the

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Clean Energy Group Statement on Treasury Department Hydrogen Tax Credit Guidance

FuelCellsWorks

The rules set forth by the Treasury will require that clean hydrogen be produced via electrolysis supplied with power from zero-emission clean energy resources that are located within the same.

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Dutch municipality backs 250MW/1,000MWh BESS

Energy Storage News

The Dutch municipality of Noordoostpolder has submitted a draft zoning plan for one of the first gigawatt-hour scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in the Netherlands.

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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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UK Energy Secretary Advances Hydrogen Strategy, Designates Low Carbon Contracts Company for Revenue Support

FuelCellsWorks

On January 2, 2024, the UK Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero took a significant step in advancing the country’s hydrogen energy strategy by designating the Low Carbon Contracts.

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Uber Freight and Greenlane to deploy public electric truck charging stations

Charged

Freight management and logistics company Uber Freight and commercial truck charging network Greenlane are collaborating on the development and installation of public charging infrastructure for heavy-duty battery-electric vehicles. The aim is to augment Greenlane’s data analysis with Uber Freight’s network data to determine corridors that are prime candidates for electric truck deployment, as well as charging infrastructure needs and the suitability of shipping lanes for electrification.

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Pengfei Group Launches 100 New Hydrogen-Powered Heavy-Duty Trucks with Kunhua Technology’s Support

FuelCellsWorks

Pengfei Group, a leader in clean energy solutions, recently celebrated the launch of its second batch of 100 hydrogen-powered heavy trucks in Xiaoyi, Shanxi.

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Japanese automakers team up to use waste hydrogen in data center power test

Hydrogen Fuel News

Honda and Mitsubishi plan to test a small data center as part of decarbonization project. The two companies plan to test a small data center powered by waste hydrogen from an industrial electrolysis plant as well as use retired automotive fuel cells in a stationary application. The electrolysis plant is run by Tokuyama Corporation. Located in Shunan City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, the waste hydrogen will be pumped from the Tokuyama electrolysis plant.

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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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China’s Sinopec Says World-Leading Green Hydrogen Project Will Take Longer Than Expected to Ramp Up

FuelCellsWorks

The Kuqa project in Xinjiang province will take nearly two years longer than expected to reach its full capacity, the refiner says Problems at the plant would be a blow.

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Year in Review: Grid-scale BESS developer Key Capture Energy’s outgoing CEO Jeff Bishop

Energy Storage News

Jeff Bishop, co-founder and CEO of US developer Key Capture Energy joins our series looking back at 2023 and looking ahead to 2024.

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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners Signs Mou With Mexican Authorities for Helax Istmo, a Green Hydrogen Project

FuelCellsWorks

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Growth Markets Funds II and Energy Transition Fund I, will develop Helax Istmo, a green hydrogen and green maritime fuels project in the Isthmus.

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Versinetic launches ISO 15118 hardware and EV charger software

Charged

Versinetic , a UK smart charging consultancy, has launched three new products: the Remora PLC Module, BalanSea software and White Label Installer App. The Versinetic Remora PLC Module is a new EV charging communication solution that meets ISO 15118-3 and DIN SPEC 70121 standards. The HomePlug Green PHY (HPGP) powerline communication (PLC) module offers versatile interfaces.

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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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Big oil ‘fully owned the villain role’ in 2023, the hottest year ever recorded

The Guardian: Energy

Fossil fuel firms ‘took the mask off’ as they reneged on climate pledges and doubled down on expansion of planet-heating energy Throughout 2023, the hottest year in recorded history, fossil fuel giants doubled down on their planet-heating business models. The moves flew in the face of oil and gas companies’ promises to tamp down their emissions and prioritize cleaner forms of energy.

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BP and Equinor scrap New York offshore wind contract as costs rise

Financial Times: Energy

Plan to reset deal follows inflation, higher interest rates and supply chain problems

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US’s first large-scale offshore wind project produces power for first time

The Guardian: Energy

Vineyard Wind development, off Massachusetts coast, starts to deliver power to New England grid in moment hailed as ‘historic’ The US’s first large-scale offshore wind project, located off the coast of Massachusetts, has started producing power for the first time, delivering a boost to Joe Biden’s ambitions of a proliferation of coastal wind turbines to help combat the climate crisis.

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Wang Chuanfu, the driving force behind BYD’s rise

Financial Times: Energy

The former professor has turned the Chinese carmaker into the world’s best-selling EV manufacturer within a decade

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Australian homes three times more likely to have solar panels than a pool as energy prices surge

The Guardian: Energy

Data shows 2023 had second-highest record of rooftop solar installations as small-scale solar continues to grow Quarterly installations of new solar panels reached a record at the end of 2023, with Australian households more than three times as likely to have a photovoltaic system as a back yard swimming pool. Households and businesses added 921 megawatts of solar photovoltaic capacity in the December quarter, according to SunWiz, an industry data group.

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Carbon emissions from research are the price we must pay to understand the world

Financial Times: Energy

Without scientific endeavour, we won’t have the tools we need to measure the planet’s pulse

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Nextracker finalises split from Flex and becomes independent company

PV Tech

Nextracker has finalised its split from Singapore-headquartered electronics firm Flex after eight years of Flex ownership.

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EU adds Russia’s largest diamond maker to sanctions list over Ukraine war

Financial Times: Energy

Alrosa’s assets in the bloc will be frozen along with those of its chief, who will also be subject to a travel ban

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Three Combustion Turbines Added to TVA’s Paradise Site, More to Come at Other Locations

POWER Magazine

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) said three new natural gas–fired units entered commercial operation on Dec. 31 at the Paradise Combined Cycle Plant near Drakesboro, Kentucky (Figure 1). “Natural gas […] The post Three Combustion Turbines Added to TVA’s Paradise Site, More to Come at Other Locations appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Algorithm developed for smart grid autonomy during emergencies

Smart Energy International

Researchers from Greece’s Centre for Research and Technology (CERTH) have developed an algorithm to maximise the autonomy of the smart grid under emergency conditions. The algorithm, developed by CERTH as part of the EU-funded microgrid project TIGON, prioritises renewable energy sources (RES) and utilises artificial neural networks to provide forecasts related to intermittent RES production.

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