Pact including Coca-Cola, Nestlé moves 2025 plastic reduction goals to 2030
GreenBiz
JUNE 13, 2024
The absence of federal standards is hindering the progress of the U.S. Plastics Pact, according to the group.
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Kimberly-Clark is on a roll with new forest policy and goals
NRDC onEarth
JUNE 13, 2024
The maker of Kleenex, Cottonelle, and Scott tissue products just committed to go beyond its biggest competitors.
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Study: Younger generations drive consumption of plant-based food, while baby boomers lag behind
GreenBiz
JUNE 13, 2024
Younger age groups are driving the consumption of vegetarian and vegan food, according to an EAT-GlobeScan survey. This trend presents a significant opportunity for sustainable food brands.
National grid operator expands grid flexibility, so households can earn more
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2024
National grid operator ESO announced on 11 June that it will expand its existing Demand Flexibility Service (DFS), and pay UK households who turn down their electricity at any time of the year, not just winter. Renewable energy firm Octopus Energy described it as “a revolutionary change for the UK energy system.” In effect it means that households can earn “up to hundreds of pounds a year”, in Octopus’s explanation, via simple measures like turning off appliances at
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.
Inside Microsoft’s Panama tropical forest carbon offtake deal
GreenBiz
JUNE 13, 2024
8 months of due diligence and tens of millions in early-stage financing will help restore 10,000 hectares of tropical forest in Panama.
Trade show will spotlight growing importance of jetting industry
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2024
A new trade show dedicated to the industrial and commercial applications of water jetting is to be held in London in September. The Water Jetting Association, the member organisation for the water jetting industry in the UK, is organising the free-to-attend event at the StoneX Stadium, North West London, on 12 th September 2024. The WJA Trade Show has already captured significant interest with almost all the exhibition stands available already snapped up.
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Trade groups call for solar funding reprieve in Scotland
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2024
Scotland’s solar sector and the Scottish Government’s net-zero targets are at serious risk if solar is not reinstated to the Home Energy Scotland (HES) grant and loan scheme, according to warnings from trade groups in the construction and renewables sectors. The Scottish Government recently opted to discontinue funding for solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage under the scheme, with the effect, as Scottish Renewables put it, of “undermining Scotland’s solar sector and removing any in
This coal-heavy rural co-op utility is buying its first solar plants
Canary Media
JUNE 13, 2024
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, one of the largest rural cooperative utilities in the U.S., is bringing the energy transition home to its massive western service territory.
Social housing ground source heating project scoops renewables award
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2024
Image credit: Kensa Group Media Centre, David Dean. At the 12 June Business Green awards in London, heat pump specialist Kensa Contracting picked up the Renewable Energy Project of the Year accolade for its retrofit project for Thurrock Council, which saw Networked Heat Pumps installed in 273 high-rise social housing flats. Part-funded by Wave 1 of the Government’s Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF), the flagship project, delivered by Kensa Contracting and Thurrock Council, saw ageing
Why the AFR economics editor is wrong on GenCost, nuclear and “always on” power
Renew Economy
JUNE 13, 2024
The AFR is a fine newpaper, but on electricity and decarbonisation, it's been garbage from the beginning. And it's very wrong on nuclear and its attacks on the CSIRO. Here's why. The post Why the AFR economics editor is wrong on GenCost, nuclear and “always on” power appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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
Concerns about credibility of carbon offsetting schemes expressed in UK environmental services survey
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2024
Businesses across the UK environmental services industry have seemingly expressed concern at the credibility and transparency of carbon credit offsetting schemes. In a report presenting the outcomes of the National Environmental Services Survey [1] – run in association with the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), The Environmental Services Association (ESA), Groundwork, and ESS Expo (Environmental Services and Solutions Expo) – 80% of respondents stated that they had serious conce
Australia’s biggest battery proposed to soak up Brisbane rooftop solar
Renew Economy
JUNE 13, 2024
Plans for a huge rooftop solar-soaking battery with up to four hours of storage have been submitted for approval by a local developer. The post Australia’s biggest battery proposed to soak up Brisbane rooftop solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Long-awaited offshore wind hub breaks ground in Brooklyn
Canary Media
JUNE 13, 2024
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Elizabeth Yeampierre stood near the edge of the Brooklyn waterfront earlier this week. A vast concrete lot stretched out before her, riddled with weeds and rain puddles, as the Manhattan skyline sparkled in the distance.
Will I need to spend a lot insulating my home to get a heat pump?
The Guardian: Energy
JUNE 13, 2024
Many people fear the UK’s draughty old properties are too great a challenge for the technology Can heat pumps be installed in older properties? Do heat pumps work at freezing temperatures? Are heat pumps more expensive to run than gas boilers? Heat pumps could be the single largest step a household can take to reduce their carbon emissions while saving money on their bills.
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.
Ember: World on pace to have nearly 4TW of surplus solar manufacturing capacity by 2030
PV Tech
JUNE 13, 2024
A new report from Ember Climate has found that cumulative global solar manufacturing capacity will almost double solar deployment by 2030.
Hydrogen Hyundai Xcient Fleet Reaches 10 Million Kilometers Driven
FuelCellsWorks
JUNE 13, 2024
Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility AG: the world’s only series-produced hydrogen trucks have exceeded the 10 million kilometer mark in Switzerland. That’s more than 6,700 tonnes of CO2 emissions saved.
“Mind blowing for the utility industry:” Elon Musk has another big surprise in battery storage
Renew Economy
JUNE 13, 2024
Elon Musk flags "mind blowing" development for the utility industry in next generation of Megapack battery storage technology. The post “Mind blowing for the utility industry:” Elon Musk has another big surprise in battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Coming soon to a lake near you: Floating solar panels
Grist
JUNE 13, 2024
A reservoir is many things: a source of drinking water, a playground for swimmers, a refuge for migrating birds. But if you ask solar-power enthusiasts, a reservoir is also not realizing its full potential. That open water could be covered with buoyant panels, a burgeoning technology known as floating photovoltaics, aka “floatovoltaics.” They could simultaneously gather energy from the sun and shade the water, reducing evaporation — an especially welcome bonus where droughts are getting worse.
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.
Rio Tinto backs world’s largest liquid air energy storage plant, with eyes on Australia
Renew Economy
JUNE 13, 2024
Rio Tinto backs major fund raising for what will be the world's biggest liquid air energy storage plant in the UK, amid plans to take technology to Australia. The post Rio Tinto backs world’s largest liquid air energy storage plant, with eyes on Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Sludge project is developing biochar-based filter to tackle algal blooms
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2024
Researchers in Scotland are investigating the potential of converting sewage sludge into a mineral-rich material that could be used to treat water impacted by eutrophication and algal blooms – a phenomenon increasingly affecting lochs and rivers, associated with climate change. In a project funded by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) and Scottish Water, a consortium of partners is assessing the viability of a water filter derived from biochar – a charcoal-like substance cre
Enel Green Power lands finance for first solar and battery hybrid project
Renew Economy
JUNE 13, 2024
Enel Green Power lands finance for first paired solar and battery project since new rules that allow single connection point. The post Enel Green Power lands finance for first solar and battery hybrid project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
New £20m plant producing aggregates from incinerator ash opens in Midlands
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2024
Gen Kitchen MP with Owen Michaelson of Encyclis and Adam Day of Day Aggregates. The UK’s newest aggregate manufacturing plant has been officially opened in Wellingborough, providing low-carbon secondary aggregate to help meet the Midlands’ construction needs. The plant will transform around 200,000 tonnes per year of incinerator bottom ash (IBA) left over from the energy-from-waste (EfW) process into EcoBlend, a sustainable manufactured aggregate for use in the built environment.
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?
UK’s Meld Energy Receives Approval for 100 MW Green Hydrogen Plant
FuelCellsWorks
JUNE 13, 2024
Plans approved for pioneering hydrogen production facility in Hull Green hydrogen developer Meld Energy has received approval from the East Riding of Yorkshire Council to construct a £250 million, 100.
Continuous metals monitor reveals environmental improvement opportunities
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 13, 2024
The transportable monitoring equipment. A new continuous metals monitoring technology was recently trialled at a river by a Talc production plant in central Finland. The trial was conducted to assess the possibility of avoiding the need to sample and analyse large numbers of environmental water samples. “The results were extremely enlightening,” explains Jari Sirviö, Development Engineer for Elementis, the plant’s owner.
Can natural gas fields be converted into hydrogen fuel production facilities?
Hydrogen Fuel News
JUNE 13, 2024
Scientists have suggested that heading directly to the fields is an efficient way to create H2 Researchers from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology university in Moscow, Russia claim to have discovered a method of hydrogen fuel production using natural gas. Their description said the production method had a 45 percent efficiency The scientists’ method is meant to be used at the natural gas fields themselves.
Belgium Launches Tender to Develop Hydrogen Governance and Infrastructure in Wallonia
FuelCellsWorks
JUNE 13, 2024
The Walloon Administration in Belgium has announced a tender to assist in establishing robust governance and infrastructure for a hydrogen valley in the Wallonia region. Titled “Marché de services visant.
Electrolyzers for water electrolysis are playing a growing role in American hydrogen fuel
Hydrogen Fuel News
JUNE 13, 2024
US developers are increasingly using this method of producing green H2 for decarbonization Developers across the United States are creating and implementing plans for broadening green hydrogen production using methods such as water electrolysis powered by renewable energy. The goal is to reduce reliance on fossil fuel By choosing water electrolysis for hydrogen production, other hydrocarbon-based strategies reliant on fossil fuels will become less necessary in years to come.
Smoltek Has the Technology to Make Production of Green Hydrogen Profitable and Is Seeking Financially Strong Partners to Scale Up Manufacturing of Its Nanomaterial
FuelCellsWorks
JUNE 13, 2024
Smoltek Nanotech Holding AB (“Smoltek”) has developed a new material that solves the major technical challenge that threatens to halt the fast-growing industry for green hydrogen produced by intermittent energy.
STMicroelectronics to build SiC facility for EV power devices and modules in Italy
Charged
JUNE 13, 2024
Switzerland-based semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics plans to build a new high-volume silicon carbide (SiC) manufacturing facility for power devices and modules, as well as test and packaging, alongside its SiC substrate manufacturing facility in Catania, Italy. The two facilities will form ST’s Silicon Carbide Campus, fulfilling the company’s strategy to create a fully vertically integrated manufacturing facility for the mass production of SiC on one site.
Brazil Set to Host Largest Solar Project to Boost Green Hydrogen Production
FuelCellsWorks
JUNE 13, 2024
Solatio, in collaboration with the government of Piauí, is set to launch Brazil’s largest solar project, poised to drive green hydrogen production for the European market. The $1.98 billion, 4.
IoTecha wins $27-million grant for grid-friendly EV charging in California
Charged
JUNE 13, 2024
V2G specialist IoTecha has been awarded a grant of up to $27 million by the California Energy Commission’s (CEC’s) Clean Transportation Program. During Phase I of this initiative, IoTecha will deploy a network of 120 new EV smart charging stations at single- or multi-family homes. For Phase II, IoTecha intends to extend this network to 12,000 homes.
Vast and Mabanaft Advance Port Augusta Green Methanol Project to Unlock Australia’s Green Fuels Industry
FuelCellsWorks
JUNE 13, 2024
SYDNEY– Vast (Vast Renewables Limited) (Nasdaq: VSTE), a renewable energy company planning to power green fuels production with its concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) energy systems, today announced it has.
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