Tue.Mar 25, 2025

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Methane emissions from Queensland mine may be gross underestimates, UN research finds

The Guardian: Energy

Data collected by two planes suggests large open-cut coalmine in Bowen Basin is releasing methane at higher rates than official estimates Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane at a Queensland coalmine were likely between three and eight times higher than officially reported, according to UN-backed research that flew aircraft over the site.

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PGE’s 900MWh BESS will be first to use LG’s ESS batteries produced in Poland

Energy Storage News

LG Energy Solution has confirmed that it will manufacture the batteries for a 263MW/900MWh BESS project in Poland at its plant in Wroclaw, in the southwest of the country.

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Orange EV introduces 7.5 year, 30,000-hour warranty for its electric terminal trucks

Charged

Orange EV , a manufacturer of Class-8 electric terminal trucks, has introduced a new 7.5-year, 30,000-hour warranty. The expanded warranty not only covers the trucks battery, but also the powertrain, motors, controllers, wire harnesses, cables and key electric components. Delivering the highest-quality terminal trucks has always been our priority, said Kurt Neutgens, President and CTO of the Kansas City, Kansas-based company.

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Qcells, Nofar Energy to develop two Texas BESS totalling 350MW/700MWh

Energy Storage News

Subsidiary of Nofar Energy, Nofar USA and subsidiary of Hanwha Qcells, Qcells, USA, have signed an agreement to develop and construct 2 battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Texas totalling 350MW/700MWh.

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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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Exploring the effect of sulfur composition on tin sulfide for improving solar cell performance

TechXplore

Solar cells convert sunlight into clean energybut if the solar cells themselves are made of toxic materials, it almost defeats the purpose. That's where tin sulfide (SnS) comes in. SnS is an environmentally friendly, naturally abundant, and relatively inexpensive semiconductor material that is a promising candidate for use in solar cells and thermoelectric conversion devices.

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Gentari picks Fluence’s optimisation platform for 172MW/408MWh hybrid solar-storage project in Australia

Energy Storage News

Fluence will use its AI-powered bidding optimisation software Mosaic to co-optimise Gentaris 172MW Maryvale solar+BESS site in Australia.

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India’s NTPC ‘wanted something that behaves like pumped hydro’ in selecting Energy Dome CO2 Battery

Energy Storage News

ESN Premium speaks with Ben Potter of Energy Dome about NTPC's adoption of the startup's long-duration energy storage technology.

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Study documents impacts of large-scale entry of rooftop solar panels on competition

TechXplore

Fossil-fuel plants are increasingly being forced to stop and start production in response to changes in output from renewables. In a new study, researchers developed a dynamic competitive benchmark that accounts for startup costs and other unit-level operating constraints. They apply their framework to Western Australia, a setting where rooftop solar capacity more than doubled between 2014 to 2018 to world-leading rooftop solar penetration rates.

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US proposes new critical minerals deal to Ukraine, says Zelenskyy

Financial Times: Energy

Kyiv says Washingtons proposal would be grand agreement but does not include taking over nuclear power plants

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More Natural Gas-Fired Plants Planned to Support Ohio Data Centers

POWER Magazine

An Ohio town known as a hub for the burgeoning data center industry may soon have one or more new natural gas-fired power plants to support the area's need for energy. The post More Natural Gas-Fired Plants Planned to Support Ohio Data Centers appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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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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Copper to hit $12,000 this year, say major trading groups

Financial Times: Energy

Threat of US tariffs and growing global demand seen as likely to support prices

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Earth AI’s algorithms found critical minerals in places everyone else ignored

TechCrunch: Climate

The startup uses AI to quickly search for minerals over wide areas, identifying promising potential deposits for exploration.

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Giyani ramps up to produce battery-grade manganese at demonstration plant in South Africa

Charged

Giyani Metals, developer of the K.Hill Battery-Grade Manganese Project in Botswana, has started production at its demonstration plant in Johannesburg, South Africa. The company has developed a hydrometallurgical process to produce battery-grade manganese (HPMSM), a lithium-ion battery cathode precursor material. The production ramp-up has commenced and the plant is working towards initial production of battery-grade manganese.

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Solar, wind and batteries set records in Texas as thermal plants the size of Australia’s entire coal fleet sit idle

Renew Economy

A thermal fleet the size of Australia's entire coal generation fleet has been offline in Texas. Time for solar, wind and batteries to step forward. The post Solar, wind and batteries set records in Texas as thermal plants the size of Australia’s entire coal fleet sit idle appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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SK Enmove obtains international certification for new EV refrigerant

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SK Enmove, a lubricant supplier for the automotive industry, has developed a next-generation refrigerant for vehicles to improve heating and cooling efficiency. Two of its products have received an R-Number, an international refrigerant certification, from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). They are also expected to meet the European Unions expected regulatory standards for perfluorocarbons (PFAs).

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Offshore wind applications reveal 375 metre towers and epic size of the job facing project developers

Renew Economy

Massive offshore wind project in Gippsland wants to erect turbines that are 375m tall, but that is just one small part of the work ahead. The post Offshore wind applications reveal 375 metre towers and epic size of the job facing project developers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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'A real breakthrough': Volvo Trucks unveils electric HGV with 600 kilometre range

Business Green

Auto giant to start taking orders for Volvo FH Aero Electric from the fourth quarter of 2025

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Explainer: Why are wind turbines so big – and could smaller be better?

Renew Economy

Several new wind projects have had their turbine sizes scaled back after community feedback. But why do they have to be so big in the first place? The post Explainer: Why are wind turbines so big and could smaller be better? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Hyundai to make ‘low-carbon’ steel at $6B plant in Louisiana

Canary Media

Hyundai Motor Group unveiled plans Monday for a $6 billion steel plant in Louisiana to provide the metal needed for its auto factories in Alabama and Georgia. The announcement came as part of a broader $21 billion investment into U.S. manufacturing facilities including EV factories.

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Election Watch: The grid doesn’t need more gas to go clean; beer drinkers to pay more tax than gas

Renew Economy

Politicians claim we need to dig up more gas to run a clean power grid. It ain't true. The post Election Watch: The grid doesn’t need more gas to go clean; beer drinkers to pay more tax than gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Inside Russia’s Gazprom: can the ailing energy giant be revived?

Financial Times: Energy

The gas and oil company is struggling to recover from record losses after Putins full-scale invasion of Ukraine destroyed its business model

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“Really terrible:” Bad location could triple cost of pumped hydro project favoured by LNP

Renew Economy

Energy expert says massive pumped hydro project favoured by successive state governments is in a bad location, and alternative sites could be much cheaper. The post “Really terrible:” Bad location could triple cost of pumped hydro project favoured by LNP appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Span’s new smart electrical panel can plug right into utility meters

Canary Media

Five years ago, San Franciscobased startup Span debuted a smartphone-controllable electrical panel that allows homeowners to manage their solar panels, backup batteries, EV chargers, HVAC systems, and other major household appliances in real time. It was a high-end product for a high-end market.

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Can we power both humanity and machines with cheap renewables?

Renew Economy

Humans, AI and robots will compete for the same energy resources and now is the time to rethink energy allocation itself. We need a tiered system to protect the humans. The post Can we power both humanity and machines with cheap renewables? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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High Court gives government until Autumn to produce new UK climate plan

Business Green

The government has been granted an additional six months to rewrite the Carbon Budget Delivery Plan that the High Court last year ruled was unlawful

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Methane from giant Queensland coal mine could be eight times more than reported, says new study

Renew Economy

The UN-backed study used aircraft-based measurements to extrapolate what the Hail Creek coal mine may have actually emitted in FY2023. The post Methane from giant Queensland coal mine could be eight times more than reported, says new study appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Should shipping giants pay more tax to help combat their climate impacts?

Business Green

Analysis shows the world's biggest shipping firms are raking in multi-billion dollar profits - and driving up carbon emissions - while paying a fraction of the taxes other industries face

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Biggest generator in New Zealand presses go on first solar farm, next to big battery

Renew Economy

The biggest generation company in New Zealand presses go on its first big solar farm, and reveals some interesting data around its output and pricing. The post Biggest generator in New Zealand presses go on first solar farm, next to big battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Environment Agency facing risk of legal action over tyre waste exports

Business Green

Campaign group Fighting Dirty puts watchdog on notice of legal proceedings over alleged failure to adequately police exporting of used car tyres

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Shell slashes costs and clean energy investment to boost shareholder payouts

Financial Times: Energy

FTSE 100 group slashes target for low-carbon energy investment

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Germany awards 315MW in latest rooftop solar tender

PV Tech

The German auction for solar installations on buildings and noise barriers once again ended up oversubscribed, this time by 1.2 times.

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Schneider Electric set to invest more than $700mn in US energy sector

Financial Times: Energy

Also in todays newsletter, the four themes dominating the discussion at the FTs Commodities Global Summit