28 courses to boost your ESG, sustainable finance skills
GreenBiz
MAY 9, 2024
Whether you want to learn how to make more sustainable investment choices or improve your company’s ESG performance, these 28 courses can help.
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Queensland to build 1,200MWh publicly-owned battery storage asset at Stanwell coal power station
Energy Storage News
MAY 9, 2024
The state of Queensland, Australia, has committed to investing AU$448 million into battery storage technology at a coal power plant.
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Corporations buy into sustainable fuel certificates to address air travel emissions
GreenBiz
MAY 9, 2024
More companies are purchasing certificates to offset their Scope 3 emissions, a tactic that critics see as a potential new landscape for greenwashing.
Manganese sprinkled with iridium reduces need for rare metal without altering rate of green hydrogen production
TechXplore
MAY 9, 2024
As the world is transitioning from a fossil fuel-based energy economy, many are betting on hydrogen to become the dominant energy currency. But producing "green" hydrogen without using fossil fuels is not yet possible on the scale we need because it requires iridium, a metal that is extremely rare.
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.
Discover the Top Ten Clean Technolgy Trends in 2024
GreenBiz
MAY 9, 2024
Discover the top cleantech trends in 2024! This comprehensive report provides valuable insights into the future of the clean energy industry. With solar and wind power projected to account for nearly 50% of capacity and 30% of electricity generation in Europe by 2025, staying informed about these rapidly growing sectors is crucial. Additionally, the increasing demand for low-carbon products presents both challenges and opportunities for manufacturers.
How Duluth, Minnesota, is preparing for the EV future
TechXplore
MAY 9, 2024
Nearly 33 million electric vehicles (EVs) nationwide—that is the number of vehicles the United States should be prepared to support through a national charging network by the year 2030, researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) estimated in a recent study. Improving reliable, equitable, and widespread access to electric vehicle charging infrastructure in all communities will be critical to ensuring the continued success of the EV revolution.
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Colorado Legislative Roundup: 2024
NRDC onEarth
MAY 9, 2024
This legislative session, Colorado once again solidified its place as a climate leader by taking on new and innovative approaches to reduce emissions and protect the environment.
Fluence revenue drop, new 5MWh 20-foot product and US-made modules for domestic content in 2024
Energy Storage News
MAY 9, 2024
Global battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Fluence saw an 11% revenue drop in revenues in the three months ending 31 March, 2024, while it is also launching a higher energy density product and US module production this year.
How plasma technology can reduce the environmental impact of disposable vapes
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 9, 2024
David Deegan is CTO at Tetronics. Disposable e-cigarettes or vapes are big business, they are also a big problem for the environment. David Deegan of Tetronics suggests a solution that’s based on plasma technology. Single-use, disposable e-cigarettes or vapes are a big problem for the environment, one that is toxic. Since their introduction in 2003, initially as a ‘healthy’ alternative to tobacco, they have created a whole new contaminated e-waste stream.
Regulator approves Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet’s first project in 1GW India BESS pipeline
Energy Storage News
MAY 9, 2024
Regulatory approval has been granted in India for what is claimed to be the country's first commercial standalone battery storage project.
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
104,000 panel solar farm set to power The University of Manchester
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 9, 2024
The University of Manchester has signed a landmark new deal that will see up to 65% of its electricity demand supplied through a brand-new renewables project. In a major move towards achieving its 2038 zero carbon ambitions, the University has partnered with leading UK clean energy company Enviromena to buy electricity generated from its brand-new solar farm based in Medebridge, Essex.
Eaton and Endurant Energy deploying 150MWh of BESS in New York City
Energy Storage News
MAY 9, 2024
Power management tech company Eaton and developer/IPP Endurant Energy are deploying 150MWh of BESS across 10 projects in New York City.
Flood risk proven by groundwater monitor
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 9, 2024
The OTT ecoLog 1000 water level logger in situ. West Oxfordshire District Council (WODC) in the UK recently refused a planning application on the grounds of flood risk. The proposed development included the construction of just a single dwelling within the village of Standlake. However, local campaigners were able to argue against the proposal with the benefit of groundwater level data provided by a continuous level logger that had been installed in the garden of an adjacent property.
Stem Inc continues to guide for EBITDA positive 2024 despite Q1 revenue and bookings dip
Energy Storage News
MAY 9, 2024
Stem Inc has reaffirmed guidance of positive adjusted EBITDA for 2024, despite starting the year with a 62% year-on-year decrease in reported revenues and a fall in bookings.
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.
$3.7m crop lab will create food for ‘tomorrow’s atmosphere today’
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 9, 2024
Professor Tracy Lawson examines the plants being grown in the vertical farm (image credit: University of Essex). A new $3.7m facility at the University of Essex aims to make it possible to adapt plants for a hotter drier climate, preventing threats to food security, according to the group behind it. It incorporates a vertical farm, an indoor field that replicates real environments anywhere in the globe, and suites that imitate a warming world – with researchers able to raise CO2 concentration an
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.
Endotoxin detection technology drastically cuts time for assessing water quality, says group
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 9, 2024
An important advance is claimed for a technology that allows water quality to be assessed in a matter of minutes. The new Bacterisk technology was developed by Molendotech ([link] a spin-out from The University of Plymouth. It gives an accurate running water quality assessment in the field, seemingly for the first time, with results available in 15 minutes.
“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.
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.
Solaris at Next Mobility 2024 in Milan Presents a Hydrogen Bus
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 9, 2024
During the international trade fair Next Mobility, taking place from May 8-10 in Milan, Solaris Bus & Coach is showcasing the Urbino 12 hydrogen bus. Public transport operators are increasingly opting for hydrogen technology, and the model on display is currently.
W.A. to spend big on new transmission to connect more wind and solar
Renew Economy
MAY 9, 2024
W.A. allocates $324 million to transmission infrastructure for the state's main electricity grid to connect more renewable energy. The post W.A. to spend big on new transmission to connect more wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Victoria and Tasmania get allocations as details released for Australia’s biggest renewable tender
Renew Economy
MAY 9, 2024
Victoria and Tasmania gets allocations in big renewable tender, NSW is capped, and projects will have to manage own negative price risk. The post Victoria and Tasmania get allocations as details released for Australia’s biggest renewable tender appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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?
Contigo Mobility and Emirates Transport Forge Strategic Partnership to Introduce Hydrogen-Powered Motorcycle Pilot Fleets in the UAE
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 9, 2024
Underscores a shared commitment to driving innovation and sustainability in the transportation sector Dubai– Contigo Mobility, a pioneering force in sustainable transportation solutions, is thrilled to announce a momentous Memorandum.
Big batteries smash records in biggest oil and gas state in US
Renew Economy
MAY 9, 2024
Battery storage smashes output records in biggest oil and gas state in US, while milestones continue to tumble in California. The post Big batteries smash records in biggest oil and gas state in US appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Need help electrifying your home? This startup has an app for that
Canary Media
MAY 9, 2024
Addressing climate change means getting fossil fuels out of about 115 million U.S. homes — ASAP. But right now, that shift is happening at a snail’s pace; by one expert’s estimate , it would take about 200 years to electrify all homes at the current rate.
Gravity storage pioneer to build two batteries next to Australia’s biggest solar farm
Renew Economy
MAY 9, 2024
Gravity storage pioneer Energy Vault chosen to build two big batteries next to Australia's biggest solar farm. The post Gravity storage pioneer to build two batteries next to Australia’s biggest solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Are hydrogen pickup trucks Toyota’s key to the H2 passenger vehicle market?
Hydrogen Fuel News
MAY 9, 2024
The automaker’s execs see Tundra-sized vehicles as ideal for using fuel cells Toyota has been making some strong moves in H2 recently, and its execs are now pointing to hydrogen pickup trucks as a notable opportunity for the company’s zero-emission lineup. H2 provides the power and range these vehicles need According to Toyota, hydrogen pickup trucks would be able to match the range of a fossil fuel-powered vehicle, only without the greenhouse gas emissions.
Bramble Energy Achieves Milestone in Hydrogen Fuel Cell Production, Advancing UK’s Electrified Automotive Future
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 9, 2024
Cleantech and Hydrogen fuel cell tech specialist completes £1.8 million SuRV project, accelerating the journey to a net zero future in transportation. Bramble Energy has successfully completed a project aimed at accelerating the.
Risen Energy posts 20.2% year-on-year increase in revenue in 2023
PV Tech
MAY 9, 2024
Risen Energy has published its financial results for 2023, led by revenues of RMB35.3 billion (US$4.9 billion), a 20.2% year-on-year increase.
Kleenex Moving to Green Hydrogen Production at Millicent Tissue Mill
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 9, 2024
entX Limited Announces Strategic Partnership with DGA Energy Solutions to Advance Green Hydrogen Production entX Limited is thrilled to announce a significant development in its sustainability initiatives through a new.
Plug Power and AGA team up for green ammonia production in Australia
Hydrogen Fuel News
MAY 9, 2024
Plug will supply its electrolyzers to be used at a world-class facility. US-based green hydrogen solutions leader, Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Australian company, Allied Green Ammonia (AGA), which excels at producing green ammonia. The collaboration will see Plug Power supply as much as 3 gigawatts (GW) of electrolyzer capacity for a hydrogen to ammonia facility that AGA currently has in the works.
The Gulf Coast is home to one of the last healthy coral reefs. It’s surrounded by oil.
Grist
MAY 9, 2024
While the Gulf of Mexico is a region known for oil, it’s also home to something far less expected. Nestled among offshore oil platforms, about 150 miles from Houston, is one of the healthiest coral reefs in the world: the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Marine researchers who have visited the Flower Garden Banks describe it with awe in their voices.
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