Mon.Dec 04, 2023

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Nature risk reporting lags far behind climate disclosures, CDP finds

GreenBiz

The CDP calls for more comprehensive environmental risk reporting as hundreds of organizations back ISSB’s sustainability disclosure standards.

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The Cool Way to Heat: CA is poised to encourage “smart” AC units

NRDC onEarth

Proposed regs encourage new AC installs to be heat pumps, enabling customers to access heating and cooling in one clean appliance.

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Why more big consumer health companies should become B Corps

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Sanofi Consumer Healthcare North America’s new B Corp certification enables millions of people to take part in the growing global movement for positive change.

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Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook: COP28 Edition

BloombergNEF

By Colin McKerracher, Head of Advanced Transport, BloombergNEF While the climate and energy world gather in Dubai this week for COP, BloombergNEF has published its annual zero emission vehicle factbook. The report was first launched at COP26 in Glasgow and provides a comprehensive picture on where we are on the journey to cleaning up road […] The post Zero-Emission Vehicles Factbook: COP28 Edition appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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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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Assessing Corporate DEI+J Maturity

GreenBiz

Diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice (DEI+J) has become a top priority for US businesses in recent years. While companies have invested heavily in top-down initiatives like workforce development and recruitment, many have yet to implement the deeper, structural changes needed to make a lasting impact. And now with growing political backlash and risk of litigation, progress that has been made is under threat as businesses consider muting or even pausing their DEI+J efforts.

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Sellafield: ‘bottomless pit of hell, money and despair’ at Europe’s most toxic nuclear site

The Guardian: Energy

Described as a nuclear Narnia, the site is a source of economic support for Cumbria – and a longstanding international safety concern Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China Ministers who visit Sellafield for the first time are left with no illusions about the challenge at Europe’s most toxic nuclear site. One former UK secretary of state described it as a “bottomless pit of hell, money and despair”, which sucked up so much cash that it drowned out many other projects

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Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists get access to Cop28 climate talks

The Guardian: Energy

UAE-hosted summit admitted at least 2,456 people affiliated with oil and gas industries, analysis finds See all our Cop 28 coverage At least 2,456 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop28 climate negotiations, according to an analysis. The figure calculated by the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition is a record number that raises further questions about the fossil fuel industry’s influence over this year’s UN summit, which is being run by the president of the United Arab E

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California regulators cut incentives for rooftop solar even further

Canary Media

The California Public Utilities Commission has insisted that its decision last year to slash the compensation that households can receive from rooftop solar systems comes with a silver lining — a financial incentive for households to add batteries to their solar systems.

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Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels to hit record high

The Guardian: Energy

Projected rate of warming has not improved in past two years, analysis shows Cop28 president forced into defence of fossil fuel phase-out claims See all our Cop28 coverage Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels reached record levels again in 2023, as experts warned that the projected rate of warming had not improved over the past two years. The world is on track to have burned more coal, oil and gas in 2023 than it did in 2022, according to a report by the Global Carbon Project , pumping 1.1%

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Updated Green Hydrogen Standard Welcomed by Industry Leaders at COP28; Includes Green Methanol and Synthetic Methane Requirements

FuelCellsWorks

DUBAI– Today at the COP28 climate summit the Green Hydrogen Organisation launched an updated version of its Green Hydrogen Standard. The Green Hydrogen Standard defines what renewable electricity can be.

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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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COP28: 118 countries sign pledge to treble renewables by 2030 to 11TW

PV Tech

118 countries have signed the ‘Global Renewables and Energy Efficiency Pledge’ on Saturday (2 December) at COP28 in Dubai to treble global installed capacity by 2030.

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JCB Unveils Hydrogen-Powered Backhoe Loader In India

FuelCellsWorks

Developed as a response to the urgent need for carbon reduction, this hydrogen combustion engine is a major stride toward achieving sustainability goals in construction. JCB’s ambitious £100 million project, focused.

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Solar Power World editors pick their Top Solar Products of 2023

Solar Power World

With increased consumer interest and more investment dollars entering the market, solar power is so hot right now in the United States. All that increased activity also brings improved ideas to a maturing market. From advanced solar panel technologies to multitasking inverters, the solar industry is still aiming to make things better, stronger, faster for… The post Solar Power World editors pick their Top Solar Products of 2023 appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Denyo Unveils Innovative Fuel Cell Portable Generator, A Leap Towards Sustainable Power in Singapore

FuelCellsWorks

SINGAPORE– In the bustling landscape of Singapore, innovation is not a choice; it’s a necessity. As the city-state charts its course towards achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, one innovation that’s.

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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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Can AI Help Your Cleantech Brand?

Michael Grossman

We all know a picture is worth a thousand words, but your images bore your audience. Could generating images with AI increase interest for your brand? Are Your Cleantech Brand’s Images Set To ‘Snooze?’ By definition, if your company is in cleantech/climate tech, your mission is revolutionary. So why would you upend all that work by putting your viewers’ neurons into sleep mode?

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Proposed aluminum import duties could further impact solar manufacturing

Solar Power World

A new set of antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) could affect more segments of solar manufacturing later this month. The Dept. of Commerce is considering imposing AD/CVD tariffs on aluminum extrusions imported from 15 countries, including China, Mexico, Turkey, India, Italy and South Korea. Organizations that petitioned for the AD/CVD investigation on aluminum are the… The post Proposed aluminum import duties could further impact solar manufacturing appeared first on Solar Power

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Next-gen green hydrogen tech splits water using concentrated solar

Hydrogen Fuel News

An Australian company has successfully demonstrated its green H2 production tech prototype. Sparc Hydrogen has announced the successful testing of its prototype photocatalytic water-splitting reactor, a water-splitting green hydrogen tech that uses concentrated solar as an alternative to the conventional electrolysis method. The prototype was demonstrated at a CSIRO facility in Australia.

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New Australian developer unveils plan for what would be biggest wind farm in NSW

Renew Economy

New Australian developer founded by ex Neoen staff unveils plans for what would be the biggest wind farm in NSW in the state's south-west. The post New Australian developer unveils plan for what would be biggest wind farm in NSW 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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Up Catalyst draws €4M seed round to make battery graphite from carbon dioxide

TechCrunch: Climate

Up Catalyst can tweak the basic process to also manufacture carbon nanotubes for paint or reinforced concrete, as well as graphite tailored to hydrogen fuel cells. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Solar’s stunning year: BNEF says 413GW of new PV capacity to be installed in 2023

Renew Economy

Leading researcher says solar industry will install a stunning 412 GW of new capacity this year, with production also growing and pushing module prices to record lows. The post Solar’s stunning year: BNEF says 413GW of new PV capacity to be installed in 2023 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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CALSSA: California could lose 17,000 solar jobs by end of 2023 due to NEM 3.0

PV Tech

The solar industry in California “has experienced devastating results in the form of business closures and depression-level layoffs”.

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Not so fast: Origin and AusSuper vow to continue slow pace of green energy switch

Renew Economy

Australia's biggest energy utility and the country's biggest super fund promise to maintain status quo and continue their not-so-fast switch to green energy. Australians should be appalled. The post Not so fast: Origin and AusSuper vow to continue slow pace of green energy switch 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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Ministers pressed by Labour over cyber attack at Sellafield by foreign groups

The Guardian: Energy

Ed Miliband asks for urgent assurances about government and regulators’ actions after vulnerabilities at nuclear site are revealed Ministers are under pressure to explain the actions of the government and regulators over cyber security at Europe’s most hazardous nuclear site after a Guardian investigation revealed disturbing vulnerabilities in its networks.

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Carbon credits from landfill gas projects are on the nose

Renew Economy

Integrity issues have arisen with landfill gas projects because baselines have been set too low – and do not properly account for two drivers of methane combustion. The post Carbon credits from landfill gas projects are on the nose appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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COP28: Sharjah to Launch World’s Premier Super Green Hydrogen Facility in Collaboration With Beeah, Chinook Hydrogen, and Air Water Gas Solutions

FuelCellsWorks

The demonstration plant benefits from Chinook Hydrogen’s RODECS pyrolysis technology. SHARJAH– Building on several breakthroughs achieved in its waste-to-hydrogen demonstration plant, BEEAH, the Middle East’s sustainability pioneer, Chinook Hydrogen, a.

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‘Sadly neglected’: UK’s new Battery Strategy misses potential of BESS, trade group says

Energy Storage News

A national solar energy industry association has criticised the UK government's newly-released Battery Strategy for paying “insufficient attention” to opportunities presented by battery energy storage systems (BESS).

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Accelera by Cummins Announces Global Emobility and Electrolyzer Business Leaders in the Pursuit of a Zero-Emissions Future

FuelCellsWorks

COLUMBUS, Ind.– Accelera™ by Cummins, the zero-emissions technology business segment of Cummins Inc. [NYSE: CMI], has named Brian Wilson as General Manager – eMobility and Andreas Lippert as Vice President.

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GCL SI on the solar industry’s role towards a sustainable supply chain at COP28

PV Tech

Solar manufacturer GCL SI is among the companies that will be present at COP28 and with whom PV Tech was able to speak with Zhang Kun, executive president of GCL SI about what it expects from COP28, the pledge to treble renewable generation capacity and what the solar industry can bring to the conversation in Dubai.

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Today’s EV infrastructure webinar schedule: Monday, December 4th

Charged

Charged is hosting a virtual conference on EV infrastructure that’s free to attend , and it starts today. The conference includes live webinar sessions with interactive Q&As and on-demand webinars. View the daily session schedule online here. All of the live sessions will be recorded and available to view after the broadcasts. You can access the recorded videos on each session’s registration page.

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From nets to nacelles: A day in the life of an offshore wind technician

Renew Economy

Bridie Salmon has gone from slicing fish on the docks of Grimsby to becoming a team leader on the world's biggest offshore wind farm. The post From nets to nacelles: A day in the life of an offshore wind technician appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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European green hydrogen suppliers can apply for official fixed price support

Hydrogen Fuel News

The European Hydrogen Bank is supporting the first auction of its kind for renewable H2 producers. The European Union has announced the launch of the first green hydrogen auction for the bloc, capping the price of renewable H2 at about $4.91 per kilogram (€4.50). Applicants whose projects are approved will receive ten years of subsidies through this program.

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Masdar Roundup: UAE sate-owned developer makes flurry of deals during COP28

PV Tech

UAE state-owned renewable energy developer Masdar has signed a number of solar PV and renewables agreements in small and emerging global solar markets.

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