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4 best practices for using AI to reduce carbon emissions

GreenBiz

Deploying artificial intelligence applications to cut greenhouse gases requires deep planning and prep work.

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EPA Unveils Game-Changing Insights on Food Waste

NRDC onEarth

New reports confirm prevention is the best solution for food waste

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How Google tackles food waste

GreenBiz

Michiel Bakker makes Google a magical place to work. Here’s his advice on food waste.

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Super battery: Biggest machine to be connected to Australian grid starts to take shape

Renew Economy

Waratah Super Battery will involve the biggest single connection to Australia's main grid, and is being built on top of an old coal stockpile next to a shuttered coal plant. The post Super battery: Biggest machine to be connected to Australian grid starts to take shape 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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US large-scale BESS installations in 2023 already exceed whole of 2022

Energy Storage News

The amount of large-scale battery energy storage systems completed in the US as of Q3 2023 already exceeds the whole of 2022, American Clean Power said.

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Is nuclear the answer to Australia’s climate crisis?

Renew Economy

Short answer: no. Should we lift the ban? It would have no practical effect on electricity markets, but the political fallout could be tragic for Australia. The post Is nuclear the answer to Australia’s climate crisis? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Record month delivers all-time high for wind and solar generation, 20-year low for gas

Renew Economy

October delivers yet another record contribution to the generation mix from large-scale wind and solar and pushes gas to its lowest share in decades. The post Record month delivers all-time high for wind and solar generation, 20-year low for gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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New Report Issues Damning Verdict on Food’s Fossil Fuel Addiction

DeSmogBlog

Food systems are responsible for at least 15 percent of all global fossil fuel consumption, according to a major report launched ahead of the COP28 climate summit. The analysis shows that the production, transport, and storage of food are driving greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to those of the EU and Russia combined. Ultra processed foods like snacks, drinks and ready meals, along with chemical fertilisers made from natural gas, are singled out as major sources of pollution.

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Campaigners take Environment Agency to court over microplastics spread on land

Envirotec Magazine

The campaign group, Fighting Dirty, has launched legal action against the Environment Agency (EA) and the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, over a lack of testing for microplastics and harmful ‘forever chemicals’ in sewage sludge spread on land. The group announced the action on 2 November. In documents filed at the High Court, the group argue that the EA acted unlawfully by abandoning a previous commitment to legislate on toxic sewage sludge by 2023 – a problem t

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SSE Renewables kicking off ‘largest under-construction BESS’ in UK at 640MWh

Energy Storage News

The renewable energy IPP arm of UK utility SSE is to start building a 320MW/640MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), which could be the largest under-construction in the country.

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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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Record year for rooftop solar growth? October installation data bodes well

Renew Economy

Nationwide rooftop solar installations jumped 11 per cent in October, putting Australia on track to beat the 2021 record for small-scale PV growth. The post Record year for rooftop solar growth? October installation data bodes well appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Why solar companies are finding a natural fit in EV infrastructure

Solar Power World

In the midst of America’s booming energy transition, the solar industry once again faces growing pains. Recent net-metering policy changes have created a tough market for rooftop solar, with residential installations expected to contract nearly 40% next year in California, the country’s largest residential solar market. At the same time, solar installers are struggling to… The post Why solar companies are finding a natural fit in EV infrastructure appeared first on Solar Power World.

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America's low-carbon transition could improve employment opportunities for all

TechXplore

The U.S. is likely to see consistent job growth from the transition to net zero, but the gains will be unevenly distributed, shows a new analysis. The analysis, conducted by Imperial College London researchers and published today in Nature Climate Change, shows that some states will need new policies to ensure a 'just' transition.

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The US offshore wind industry faces a moment of reckoning

Canary Media

Up and down the U.S. Northeast coast, the once-promising prospect of a burgeoning offshore wind power industry is facing a moment of reckoning.

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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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Two million European households could abandon the electrical grid by 2050, say energy researchers

TechXplore

Researchers report that 53% of European freestanding homes could have supplied all their own energy needs in 2020 using only local rooftop solar radiation, and this technical feasibility could increase to 75% in 2050.

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IRA may not incentivize residential and commercial solar racking, but the products still get market boost

Solar Power World

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) aims to expand both solar manufacturing and installation in the United States, with most provisions geared toward large-scale solar projects and the components used in them. Solar trackers are the only type of solar racking included in the Sec. 45X manufacturing production tax credits in the IRA, leaving out other… The post IRA may not incentivize residential and commercial solar racking, but the products still get market boost appeared first on Solar Powe

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“Extremely significant:” Genex hails Kidston pumped hydro tunnelling milestone

Renew Economy

Genex Power hails "extremely significant" milestone as it moves one step closer to starting fit-out works for its pumped hydro power station in Queensland. The post “Extremely significant:” Genex hails Kidston pumped hydro tunnelling milestone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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While rare, why do batteries sometimes catch fire and explode?

TechXplore

How likely would an electric vehicle battery self-combust and explode? The chances of that happening are actually pretty slim: Some analysts say that gasoline vehicles are nearly 30 times more likely to catch fire than electric vehicles. But recent news of EVs catching fire while parked have left many consumers—and researchers—scratching their heads over how these rare events could possibly happen.

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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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Indonesia plans to install 264.6GW of solar capacity by 2050

PV Tech

Indonesia aims to reach net-zero and expand the country’s installed solar capacity to 264.6GW by the middle of the century.

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AirLoom has a plan to halve the cost of wind power

TechCrunch: Climate

The Wyoming-based startup thinks the traditional three-bladed turbine is played out and has a new design to bring wind energy to more places. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Phoenix Motorcars and Fermata Energy enable V2G capability for electric buses and trucks

Charged

EV OEM Phoenix Motorcars , in collaboration with Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) pioneer Fermata Energy , has integrated Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) capabilities into its medium-duty EVs. All Phoenix electric school buses, shuttle buses and trucks, from the first-generation vehicles delivered in 2014 to the company’s current-generation vehicles, can now be equipped with V2G capability, enabling fleets to send excess energy back to the grid via Fermata Energy’s FE-20 bidirectional chargers.

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Advances in machine learning for nuclear power operations spell a brighter future for carbon-free energy

TechXplore

In an impressive combination of nuclear technology and machine learning (ML), a team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has unveiled a significant finding in maintaining safety and efficiency in a type of next-generation nuclear reactor, known as a sodium-cooled fast reactor (SFR).

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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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Plus Power ‘driving energy storage into mainstream’ with US$1.8 billion financing

Energy Storage News

Developer Plus Power's recent financing for BESS projects in Arizona and Texas shows it "driving energy storage into the mainstream of capital markets", executive chairman Brandon Keefe told Energy-Storage.news.

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Wind and solar average stunning 87 pct of South Australia’s demand over month of October

Renew Economy

South Australia sets stunning new record of 86.7 per cent wind and solar averaged over month of October, while Australia's main grid averaged record 45.1 pct renewables over the month. The post Wind and solar average stunning 87 pct of South Australia’s demand over month of October appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Longroad Energy Starts Construction on 377 MW Arizona Project

Solar Industry

Longroad Energy, a U.S. based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, has closed financing and started construction on Sun Streams 4, a 377 MW DC PV and 1,200 MWh storage project. Sun Streams 4 is Longroad’s largest solar and storage project to date and is the company’s third project in its Sun Streams complex, based in Maricopa County, Ariz.

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In impact investing, failure is good – if we learn and share the lessons

Impact Alpha

In the US, venture backed investments are failing at rates not seen since the Great Recession. The market forces slamming these companies are. The post In impact investing, failure is good – if we learn and share the lessons appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Researchers develop solid-state thermal transistor for better heat management

TechXplore

A team of researchers from UCLA has unveiled a first-of-its-kind stable and fully solid-state thermal transistor that uses an electric field to control a semiconductor device's heat movement.

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Isle of Wight energy system to demonstrate digital twin potential

Smart Energy International

A digital twin is to be developed for the Isle of Wight’s electricity system as a demonstrator for Britain’s National Digital Twin Programme. The demonstrator aims to model the island’s electricity network from the 132kV interconnectors to local 400V transformers to serve as a test to see how digital twin-related technologies and processes can facilitate delivery of long-term policy objectives.

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Making electric vehicles last: Team develops polymer binder to extend dual-ion battery lifespan

TechXplore

In the realm of electric vehicles, powered by stored electric energy, the key lies in rechargeable batteries capable of enduring multiple charge cycles. Lithium-ion batteries have been the poster child for this application. However, due to limitations in energy storage capacity and other associated challenges, the focus has shifted to an intriguing alternative known as dual-ion batteries (DIBs).

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Drones used for first time to take ‘x-ray’ assessments of health of solar farms

Renew Economy

Drone-based technique can analyse every single panel on a solar farm, rooting out faulty or damaged modules which look fine on the surface. The post Drones used for first time to take ‘x-ray’ assessments of health of solar farms appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Creating efficient p-type transparent conductors

TechXplore

Transparent conductors are essential for many devices, such as touch screens and solar cells. Copper iodide (CuI) can conduct electricity while staying see-through but is not as good as some other materials. Researchers from the University of Twente managed to improve the conductivity of CuI while keeping 75% of its transparency. By adding a tiny bit of sulfur, their new material moves us one step closer to fully transparent electronic devices.

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Squadron unveils major wind farm plans proposed for Victoria

Renew Economy

Andrew Forrest’s Squadron Energy now has major wind energy projects under development in all three of mainland Australia's east-coast states. The post Squadron unveils major wind farm plans proposed for Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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