Wed.May 08, 2024

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Biomass, captured carbon and plastic waste can help 'defossilize' chemicals, report says

GreenBiz

Policy briefing sets out how industry can move away from fossil fuel feedstocks and embrace low carbon and sustainable alternatives

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The role of greywater recycling in ecological conservation

Envirotec Magazine

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Castle Water. Greywater recycling systems are being used in homes and businesses all over the UK in an effort to reduce water usage. These innovative yet simple systems offer significant savings and help minimise your environmental impact. Get the 101 on greywater reuse systems, including the key regulations and guidelines.

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KFC’s recipe for cutting restaurant emissions by 46%

GreenBiz

Decarbonization measures including optimizing exhaust hoods and food warming equipment will be required for new and existing franchisees.

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Queensland quadruples size of Stanwell Tesla battery to make it biggest in the state

Renew Economy

Queensland quadruples storage capacity of Stanwell battery to make it the biggest in the state as it seeks to lock in renewable transition. The post Queensland quadruples size of Stanwell Tesla battery to make it biggest in the state appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Future-proof carbon removal strategies that make an impact

GreenBiz

Carbon removal—especially durable solutions—will be increasingly essential to meet global climate targets, but today’s voluntary carbon market lacks the supply of high-quality, durable solutions needed to meet climate goals.

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BP and Shell ‘Shaped’ UK Carbon Tax Proposals, Private Emails Show

DeSmogBlog

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.

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Labor caves in to fossil fuel cartel as it locks in gas beyond 2050 amid deepening climate crisis

Renew Economy

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.

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Nikola Expands Hydrogen Network with Inauguration of Second HYLA Refueling Station in Southern California

FuelCellsWorks

New Long Beach station advances Nikola’s commitment to sustainable transportation solutions. PHOENIX — Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, via the HYLA brand, proudly.

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A $100 million carbon-removal competition enters its final stage

Canary Media

Over 1,000 companies and research teams are now working to remove carbon dioxide from the sky or ocean and permanently lock it away — up from just a handful of ventures a decade ago.

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H2 MOBILITY and BASF Are Pushing Ahead With the Construction of a Hydrogen Filling Station

FuelCellsWorks

Frankenthal– H2 MOBILITY Deutschland and BASF are investing together in the construction of an H2 filling station in Frankenthal. With the delivery of important core components, a milestone has been.

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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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Here’s where the Biden admin wants to build new power lines — ASAP

Canary Media

The Biden administration has unveiled its latest effort to expand the country's overburdened power grid: identifying 10 swaths of the country where it plans to wield a never-before-used federal authority to fast-track and fund major transmission grid projects. On Wednesday, the U.S.

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Australian Startup Mimics Trees to Make Cheaper Green Hydrogen

FuelCellsWorks

Hysata raised $111 million from investors including BP to scale its technology, which could help lower the cost of the clean-burning fuel. For emissions-free hydrogen to become a widespread climate.

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Mycocycle uses mushrooms to upcycle old tires and construction waste

TechCrunch: Climate

The startup's fungi use their mycelium to consume oil-based rubbers and plastics, creating new bio-based materials in the process. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Everfuel Signs Letter of Intent With German Industrial Offtaker for Initial Supply of 10,000 Tons of Green Hydrogen Per Year

FuelCellsWorks

Herning, Denmark– Everfuel A/S is pleased to announce the signing of a Letter of Intent (LoI) with a large industrial offtaker in Germany for the supply of up to 10,000.

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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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McKnight Foundation’s Tonya Allen: Philanthropy has the right and responsibility to counter attacks on DEI (Q&A)

Impact Alpha

Tonya Allen won’t take the bait. The president of Minnesota-based McKnight Foundation isn’t retreating in the face of right-wing attacks on diversity, equity. The post McKnight Foundation’s Tonya Allen: Philanthropy has the right and responsibility to counter attacks on DEI (Q&A) appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Intelligent Energy Supplies Fuel Cells for US Department of Defence Microgrid Project

FuelCellsWorks

Intelligent Energy to provide 600kW of PEM fuel cells for US Department of Defence microgrid project IE’s US partner, BWR Innovations, will lead project located at Hickam Air Force Base.

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Energy giants burst market limits as 3GW of coal goes missing, and consumers pay the price

Renew Economy

Energy utilities push NSW prices to the market limit after more than 3GW of unplanned coal outages, even though there was no risk of a shortfall. The post Energy giants burst market limits as 3GW of coal goes missing, and consumers pay the price appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Peru Launches $2.5 Billion Green Hydrogen Plant in Arequipa

FuelCellsWorks

The Peruvian government, in collaboration with South Africa’s Phelan Green Energy, has commenced the construction of a green hydrogen production facility in Arequipa. This initiative, announced by Presidential Office spokesman.

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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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Go-Station hosts electric drayage truck pull and EV demo event at Georgia port

Charged

Charging company Go-Station will host an electric drayage truck pull at the Port Fuel Center (PFC), located at the twin container ports Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal, near Savannah, Georgia. Garden City Terminal is the fourth busiest container handling facility in the US. The truck pull, organized by Go-Station in partnership with PFC and commercial EV provider Current , will take place on the first day of Demo Days 2024, which runs from 6 am to noon EST on May 9th and 10th.

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PosHYdon: Onshore Test Kicks Off Successfully

FuelCellsWorks

The PosHYdon pilot kicked off the onshore test successfully at the premises of InVesta in Alkmaar. PosHYdon aims to produce green hydrogen on an operational gas platform in the Dutch.

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Japan: 1.67GW of energy storage winners in inaugural low carbon capacity market auction

Energy Storage News

Over a gigawatt of bids from battery storage project developers have been successful in the first-ever competitive auctions for low-carbon energy capacity held in Japan.

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Hydrogen in Steelmaking – John Cockerill Extends Its Metals Product Portfolio to Iron & Steel Making in Support of the Steel Value Chain’s Decarbonization Efforts

FuelCellsWorks

With the iron and steel industry being one of the most energy-consuming industries, all major players are committed to address the pressing need for climate action and are to make.

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Australian electrolyser start-up gets huge global backing in country’s biggest ever clean tech fund raising

Renew Economy

Wollongong-based Hysata attracts big global players to its ground-breaking electrolyser tech in biggest fund raising of its type in Australia. The post Australian electrolyser start-up gets huge global backing in country’s biggest ever clean tech fund raising appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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SANY’s Strategic Cooperation Catalyzes Australia’s National Hydrogen Strategy

FuelCellsWorks

SHANGHAI– SANY Group (SANY) recently established a partnership with a customer from Australia for electrolyzer hydrogen production equipment and hydrogen refueling equipment, catalyzing Australia’s National Hydrogen Strategy, which sets a vision for a clean,

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How Grid Enhancing Technologies Are Expanding Electric Power Transmission System Capabilities

POWER Magazine

It’s no secret that power grids around the world need to expand to accommodate more renewable energy and the so-called “electrification of everything.” The latter, of course, refers to the […] The post How Grid Enhancing Technologies Are Expanding Electric Power Transmission System Capabilities appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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H2scan Launches Four Critical New Hydrogen Monitoring and Sensing Solutions

FuelCellsWorks

VALENCIA, CALIFORNIA– H2scan, a leader in hydrogen sensing and industrial monitoring solutions, today announced the launch of four new products designed to drive significant efficiencies and performance improvements in transformer.

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The Brief: McKnight Foundation’s Tonya Allen on countering the attacks on DEI

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Returns on Inclusion McKnight Foundation’s Tonya Allen: Philanthropy has the right and responsibility to counter. The post The Brief: McKnight Foundation’s Tonya Allen on countering the attacks on DEI appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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AFC Energy Partners With Illuming Power to Scale S Series Fuel Cell Plate and Stack Manufacture

FuelCellsWorks

AFC Energy (AIM: AFC), a leading provider of hydrogen power generation technologies, is pleased to announce the appointment of North America’s Illuming Power (“Illuming”) as the Company’s first scaled manufacturer.

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Iberdrola launches AI innovation project to optimise power grids

Smart Energy International

Iberdrola is leading the AI Innovation Data Space (i-DS) project to improve value extraction from data to optimise power grids. Specifically, the aim is to apply AI to speed up and enhance the extraction of value from the data to improve the service of distribution networks. Collaborating in the project, which is being undertaken within Iberdrola’s Global Smart Grids Innovation Hub, is the Basque government’s Basque Centre for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), which will participate in the development

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New REA Report Reinforces Freeport East’s Lead Role in Driving UK’s Transport Decarbonisation and Stresses Need for Grid Investment

FuelCellsWorks

Freeport East’s evolution to a ‘Green Transport Hub’ is bringing opportunities to innovate and exploit new technologies along with significant economic benefits to the area and the wider UK economy.

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New report explores learning from other countries to aid Dutch geothermal sector

ThinkGeoEnergy

Invest-NL , the National Promotional Institute of the Netherlands, that looks into the experiences of other countries (Denmark, Germany, and France) with large-scale geothermal projects and how the lessons in these countries can be used to scale geothermal energy in the Netherlands. The report was prepared by the European Geothermal Energy Council (EGEC) and Well Engineering Partners (WEP).

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Solar PV was world’s fastest-growing source of electricity generation in 2023

PV Tech

For the second year in a row, solar PV outpaced wind in global electricity growth generation in 2023, according to energy think tank Ember.

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Alexander Battery Technologies commissions EV Flex laser welder

Charged

Manufacturing firm Alexander Battery Technologies has commissioned an IPG Photonics EV Flex advanced laser welding machine at its UK facility. The equipment enables the company to produce large custom battery packs for on-highway vehicles and similar high-voltage applications. It features data logging and weld inspection capabilities to meet industry standards.