‘World’s largest’ 30MW flywheel energy storage project connects to grid in China
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
A project in China, claimed as the largest flywheel energy storage system in the world, has been connected to the grid.
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What the Newest Energy Jobs Report Says About the Clean Energy Economy
NRDC onEarth
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Market forces and government incentives are creating a growing number of renewable energy jobs.
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Construction starts on Canada’s first indigenous-led ESS factory
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Energy Plug Technologies and the Malahat Nation have confirmed that construction has started on Canada’s first indigenous-led energy storage gigafactory in Mill Bay, British Columbia.
Affordable nuclear? Dutton’s plan would add nearly $1,000 a year to the power bill of a family of four
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
A major new report finds the Coalition's nuclear plan would add $665 to the average household's annual electricity bill, while a family of four would pay nearly $1,000 more a year. The post Affordable nuclear? Dutton’s plan would add nearly $1,000 a year to the power bill of a family of four appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Saft to deliver 200MWh BESS at New Zealand’s biggest electricity generation site
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Saft, a subsidiary of French energy giant TotalEnergies, will provide Genesis Energy in New Zealand with a 100MW/200MWh utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS).
South Australia joins Denmark in elite club of two, “pushing the boundaries” of renewable energy integration
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
IEA report lists South Australia alongside Denmark as the only other energy system in the world successfully managing significant volumes of surplus variable solar and wind – and facing huge challenges in the final leg. The post South Australia joins Denmark in elite club of two, “pushing the boundaries” of renewable energy integration appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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People power: How rooftop PV now rules roost over coal in the midday sun
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The gap between rooftop solar and coal hits new peak, with output from homes and businesses almost double that of the country's remaining coal generators at times. The post People power: How rooftop PV now rules roost over coal in the midday sun appeared first on RenewEconomy.
US DOE backs US$72.8 million loan for solar, LDES microgrid on Tribal lands in California
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will guarantee a loan from U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance for a project pairing 15MW of solar PV with 70MWh of long-duration energy storage (LDES) on Tribal Lands in California.
All 108 Tesla Megapacks delivered, as new big battery takes shape south of Brisbane
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
One of Queensland's original big batteries, announced as part of the post-Callide energy storage blitz, is powering ahead, on track to switch on in 2025. The post All 108 Tesla Megapacks delivered, as new big battery takes shape south of Brisbane appeared first on RenewEconomy.
ROUNDUP: Large-scale BESS moves in Germany, Sweden and Romania from Return/SemperPower, Flower and CIS
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Investor Return has acquired an energy storage development platform in Germany, Swedish optimiser Flower has bought another large-scale BESS project, while Romania's CIS Group has revealed a flurry of solar and storage projects.
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
“Catastrophic:” Coalition plan to stop renewables and push nuclear will result in massive supply gaps
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Bowen says Coalition nuclear plan could be catastrophic for industry because of huge supply gaps as the Coalition seeks to stop renewables and "sweat" coal while waiting for reactors to be built. The post “Catastrophic:” Coalition plan to stop renewables and push nuclear will result in massive supply gaps appeared first on RenewEconomy.
ERCOT clears 480MW of BESS for operations in August, including Tesla-owned unit at factory
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has cleared a further 480MW of battery storage capacity for commercial operations during the month of August, according to the system operator’s most recent generator interconnection status (GIS) report published September 3, 2024.
Coalition’s nuclear power plan will add $665 to average power bill a year, report warns
The Guardian: Energy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Opposition disputes costings in study and accuses authors of cherrypicking ‘worst-case scenario projects’ from around the world Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Coalition’s plan for seven nuclear power plants would lift power bills for average households by $665 a year based on estimated costs of six overseas nuclear projects, according to an Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis report.
India’s Delectrick launches 10MWh vanadium flow battery-based ESS product
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Indian battery manufacturer Delectrick Systems has launched a new 10MWh vanadium flow battery-based energy storage system (ESS) to support large-scale and utility-scale projects.
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.
Micropollutant removal pilot plant aims to pioneer new wastewater technology
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The new micropollutant removal plant at Frankton, under constrution in August 2024. What’s described as the UK’s first pilot plant aimed at assessing the impact of different combinations of technology for micropollutant removal from wastewater will start operating at Cranfield University’s campus in Bedfordshire this year. The new pilot plant will be built and operated by water treatment experts Curio Water and will analyse samples of wastewater from the site, which produces effluent from
Under the sea: Running Tide’s ill-fated adventure in ocean carbon removal
Canary Media
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
For the “OK, Bye” climate conference in Reykjavík, Iceland, in May 2023, participants flew in from Silicon Valley, London, Copenhagen, and Berlin. The event’s theme was the ocean, so the stage, decorated to look like a ship, was slung with crates, ropes, and red buoys, and the backdrop an immense fishing net.
Clean Energy Council adopts new IEC PV module testing standard in Australia
PV Tech
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Modules will need to pass the 2021 version of the IEC 61215 testing series if they are to be approved by the CEC.
More solar companies in Germany cut jobs amid weakening rooftop demand
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Despite a strong performance over the past two years, Germany’s solar sector is facing declining demand and a weakening market, leading to major cutbacks among PV companies. The post More solar companies in Germany cut jobs amid weakening rooftop demand 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.
Australia: Rooftop solar PV to overtake coal-fired power by the end of 2024
PV Tech
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Non-profit organisation Climate Council has signalled that Australia, the global leader in rooftop solar PV installations, could add a further 26.4GW by the end of the decade, bringing its total to 49.4GW.
MIT develops recyclable 3D-printed glass blocks for construction
TechCrunch: Climate
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The team points to glass’ optical properties and its “infinite recyclability” as reasons for turning to the material. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Global solar additions to hit 593GW in 2024, says Ember
PV Tech
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The world is on pace to add 593GWM of new solar power capacity in 2024, a 29% increase over the capacity added in 2023.
‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating
The Guardian: Energy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The country, which has more 300 days of sunshine a year, has embraced rooftop systems that harness the sun’s energy The Thriamvos company truck pulls up at noon outside the four-storey building in the heart of Nicosia. It’s the third rooftop installation of a solar-powered water heating system that Petros Mihali and his assistant, Soteris, have made in the Cypriot capital since their working day began at 7am.
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?
Global status report highlights parlous state of nuclear power sector
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Latest global status report for the nuclear industry shows investment remains stalled, far from the "renaissance" claimed by Peter Dutton and co. The post Global status report highlights parlous state of nuclear power sector appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Elite US universities rake in millions from big oil donations, research finds
The Guardian: Energy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Student-led analyses raise concerns of conflict of interest at six universities, including Princeton, Columbia and Cornell Prestigious US universities are raking in millions of dollars from fossil fuel interests, raising concerns about conflicts of interest. And one university even appears to have owned a petroleum company from which it has earned millions of dollars, according to a spate of new reports produced by student organizers.
Indonesia, New Zealand sign 5-year partnership for geothermal development
ThinkGeoEnergy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The long-established relationship between Indonesia and New Zealand was one of the focal points highlighted during the 2024 Indonesia International Geothermal Convention and Exhibition held in Jakarta. This culminated in the announcement of the Indonesia-Aotearoa New Zealand Geothermal Energy Programme / Kerjasama Panas Bumi Indonesia – Aotearoa New Zealand (PINZ).
Phlair’s carbon sucking technology could lower direct air capture’s costs
TechCrunch: Climate
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The startup is taking a different approach to removing carbon dioxide from the air than most of its competitors. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Is hydrogen combustion in natural gas plants still a thing?
Hydrogen Fuel News
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Headlines have been drifting away from the subject, but have researchers? Natural gas, despite is clean-sounding name, is a fossil fuel compound made primarily of methane, so many researchers and utilities have been looking into using hydrogen combustion as an alternative in order to substantially shrink the carbon emissions resulting from their operations.
Zeno emerges from stealth to crib Tesla’s master plan for Africa and beyond
TechCrunch: Climate
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The startup has been methodically exploring how batteries might transform life in emerging markets © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Canada opens new critical minerals hub in push to end China’s dominance
Financial Times: Energy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Saskatchewan facility marks small step in North America’s drive to challenge Beijing’s control of processing rare earths
Knowing polluting impact of home fires could modify behaviour, study finds
The Guardian: Energy
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Voluntary regulations for burning wood and coal to heat homes could help tackle impact on air pollution While traffic and industry have been the focus of air pollution controls for the past two decades , the old issue of pollution from home heating has crept up again. Wood- and coal-burning homes in the UK now produce more particle air pollution than the vehicles on our roads.
Climate change is sending ticks into new areas. Georgia researchers are on it.
Grist
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
On a blisteringly hot, sunny day this summer, Emory University researcher Arabella Lewis made her way through the underbrush in a patch of woods in Putnam County, Georgia, about an hour southeast of Atlanta. She was after something most people try desperately to avoid while in the woods: ticks. “Sometimes you gotta get back in the weeds to get the best ticks,” she explained, sweeping a large square of white flannel along the forest floor.
How is a Just Transition Showing up on Your Ballot in Washington State?
Front And Centered
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The election is almost upon us, and what feels shared across federal and state elections this year is that climate justice is on defense. Elections are a critical component of our work to move what’s politically possible towards what we really need: a Just Transition. But in Washington State, we face a suite of ballot initiatives backed by wealthy donors acting solely in their own self-interests.
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