New Ways to Protect Water After Supreme Court Disaster
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 18, 2024
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Liebherr and Fortescue to expand zero-emission equipment partnership
Charged
OCTOBER 18, 2024
German-Swiss multinational equipment manufacturer Liebherr and Australia-headquartered metal mining company Fortescue have announced a deal for the development and supply of zero-emission technologies that, once they enter series production, will become available for mining companies worldwide. The partnership features a total of 475 zero-emission Liebherr machines that include 55 electric excavators, 60 battery-powered dozers, and approximately 360 autonomous T 264 trucks that will commence on-
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Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids
Canary Media
OCTOBER 18, 2024
For years, Duke Energy has studied the threats that climate change poses to its power grid. It has produced tomes forecasting the risk to its power lines, substations, and power plants from fires, heat waves, and floods.
California now has more than 13GW of battery storage
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Installed battery storage capacity in California has grown from just 500MW in 2018 to more than 13,300MW at the latest count.
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.
Chart: The policy push to electrify lawn equipment, visualized
Canary Media
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Clean Energy Counsel for its support of the column.
Vale and Green Energy Park partner on green hydrogen in Brazil
Hydrogen Fuel News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
The companies are working together to examine production opportunities in South America Vale and integrated European H2 company Green Park Energy (GEP) have teamed up to look into the opportunities Brazil has to offer for the production of green hydrogen. The efforts are a component of Vale’s “Mega Hubs” initiative The “Mega Hubs” project at Vale is a strategy for the production of hot briquette iron (HBI) in addition to other steel-based products through the u
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Primergy bags further US$350 million for 408MW Texas solar project
PV Tech
OCTOBER 18, 2024
US solar project developer Primergy Solar has closed US$350 million in tax equity financing for a 408MWac solar project in Hill County, Texas.
Queensland’s reliance on coal is back on the agenda and conservationists are firing up
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 18, 2024
The Liberal National party’s reluctance to say how it would meet the state’s emissions reduction targets while backing coal-fired power has become an election issue Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Two years ago, former US vice-president and climate change campaigner Al Gore took to a pre-Elon Musk Twitter to congratulate Queensland for plotting a route to get the state off coal-fired power by the end of the next decade.
New York hits 6GW of distributed solar, one year ahead of schedule
PV Tech
OCTOBER 18, 2024
New York governor Kathy Hochul has announced that the state has reached its target of installing 6GW of distributed solar capacity.
Pylons rule and rural beauty is up for sale. Why do those in power so hate the countryside? | Simon Jenkins
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Ed Miliband seems happy to see the landscape blighted. We value townscape – everywhere else has to fend for itself Does Labour believe in beauty? The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, celebrated his arrival in office this summer by permitting three of the largest solar panel arrays in Britain. One, a Suffolk array covering nearly 2,800 acres, was described by a county councillor as “the poorest infrastructure application that I have ever dealt with”.
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
BASF unveils new PPA housing material for IGBT semiconductors
Charged
OCTOBER 18, 2024
The world’s largest chemical producer, Germany’s BASF , has developed a polyphthalamide (PPA) for manufacturing housings of insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) semiconductors for next-generation power electronics. The Ultramid Advanced N3U41 G6 is designed to meet the growing demand for high-performance, reliable electronic components for EVs, as well as high-speed trains, smart manufacturing and renewable electricity generation.
Orion Solar Projects Commence Commercial Operation
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 18, 2024
SB Energy Global ’s Orion I, Orion II and Orion III solar projects (Orion Solar Belt), located in Milam County, Texas, have reached commercial operation. The projects total 875 MW and utilize 1.3 million modules, manufactured by First Solar at its Perrysburg, Ohio facility. The 22,800 tons of structural steel for the project is sourced from Gerdau steel mills located in Midlothian, Texas and Cartersville, Ga.
Registration & sponsorship open – 1st Ecuadorian geothermal forum, 21 November 2024
ThinkGeoEnergy
OCTOBER 18, 2024
The Ecuadorian Geothermal Association (AGE), together with WING-Ec , Flor Bustamante Pizarro & Hurtado and the College of Engineers of CIGMIPA , is pleased to present the first Ecuadorian geothermal forum entitled “Geotermia Ecuador 2024: Promoting the Development of the New Energy Industry / Impulsando el Desarrollo de la Nueva Industria Energética”.
‘Significant uncertainties’ slashed $7 billion from solar corporate finance in Q1-3 2024
PV Tech
OCTOBER 18, 2024
At the end of September, total global corporate funding for the sector stood at US$22.3 billion, down from US$28.9 billion at the same point in 2023.
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.
Fuel duty expected to rise by up to 7p a litre after the budget
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Campaigners point out it is often cheaper to drive or even fly within the UK than take the train Fuel duty is expected to rise by up to 7p a litre after the budget, with speculation intensifying that the chancellor will restore inflationary rises as well as ending the temporary cut. Environmental and transport campaigners have urged Rachel Reeves to bring the cost of motoring more in line with other forms of transport, after more than a decade of fuel duty freezes at the pumps and heavy increase
How US fossil fuel companies could be left holding an unexpectedly large bill
Financial Times: Energy
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Investor group alleges that US oil and gas groups are breaking the rules on corporate financial disclosure
Improving livelihoods with ‘productive use appliances’ and other off-grid innovations
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 18, 2024
More than half a billion people. A decade and a half into the off-grid solar revolution, the impact is increasingly visible. Nearly one. The post Improving livelihoods with ‘productive use appliances’ and other off-grid innovations appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Anti-fossil fuel comic that went viral in France arrives in UK
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 18, 2024
World Without End topped bestseller lists but was criticised for embracing nuclear power In 2019, France’s best known climate expert sat down to work with its most feted graphic novelist. The result? Perhaps the most terrifying comic ever drawn. Part history, part analysis, part vision for the future, World Without End weaves the story of humanity’s rapacious appetite for fossil fuel energy, how it has made possible the society people take for granted, and its disastrous effects on the climate.
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.
West Virginia Solar Site Generates Clean Energy
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Mon Power and Potomac Edison have completed their second utility-scale solar site in West Virginia, with 14,000 solar panels producing 5.5 MW at the Rivesville site in Marion County. The new solar facility is situated on 27 acres of company-owned property along Morgan Ridge Road. The site had gone unused since the Rivesville Power Station was deactivated in 2012.
Why Alberta Should Scrap Its Misleading $7 Million Ad Blitz
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 18, 2024
The Alberta government just launched a $7 million ad campaign against the proposed federal emissions cap. Newspapers from Edmonton to Halifax featured a front page wrap warning Canadians across the country that capping emissions from the oil sands could take hard-earned money directly from the pocketbooks of taxpayers. The stark black-and-white Scrap the Cap website warns in doomsday font, “a production cap will make groceries, gas and all of life’s necessities even more expensive… A prod
DOE Selects Four Companies to Boost U.S. HALEU Enrichment for Advanced Nuclear
POWER Magazine
OCTOBER 18, 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded contracts with a total potential value of $8 million to four nuclear fuel companies to further U.S. enrichment capabilities for high-assay, low-enriched […] The post DOE Selects Four Companies to Boost U.S. HALEU Enrichment for Advanced Nuclear appeared first on POWER Magazine.
The Week in impact investing: Misplaced risk
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 18, 2024
TGIF, Agents of Impact! Help us help you amplify your impact. Join other Agents of Impact and ImpactAlpha’s team of editors and journalists. The post The Week in impact investing: Misplaced risk appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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?
Thames Water bondholders fall out over emergency loan
Financial Times: Energy
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Lower-ranking creditors complain to utility they have been cut out of debt negotiations
Experts Discuss Advancing Affordable, Energy-Efficient, and Locally Produced Ceiling Fans in India
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 18, 2024
As India moves to increase cooling access while reducing energy consumption, NRDC and partners hosted a workshop to support advancing affordable, domestically produced and high-efficiency ceiling fans.
Cuba’s power went out across the island on Friday
The Verge: Energy
OCTOBER 18, 2024
People cross a street while a traffic light is off in Havana on October 18, 2024, during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure. | Photo: Getty Images Cuba lost power across the nation on Friday after a major power plant failed, according to the country’s energy ministry. Blackouts have been a recurring problem for Cuba’s aging power grid, the New York Times reported, noting the country has lacked fuel to run the gird fully for weeks.
How farmers can use solar power without damaging the rest of their operation
TechXplore
OCTOBER 18, 2024
As the world races to meet net-zero targets, emissions from all industrial sectors must be reduced more urgently than ever. Agriculture is an important area of focus as it contributes up to 22% of global greenhouse gas emissions—almost as much as the energy sector.
Italy to hold first MACSE energy storage capacity auctions in H1 2025
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Minister of the Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto has signed a decree allowing Italy to proceed with its energy storage capacity market auction, known as MACSE, in the first half of 2025.
Trina Solar’s development arm signs 15-year PPA with EGO in Italy
PV Tech
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Trina Solar has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to sell electricity generated at a 69MW Italian portfolio to EGO.
Dominion Energy Virginia IRP includes 12GW of solar PV, 4.5GW energy storage
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 18, 2024
US utility Dominion Energy Virginia has outlined options for meeting future power demand, including an additional 12GW of PV and 4.5GW of battery storage.
Joel Rogers on taking the high road to sustainable and equitable development
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 18, 2024
“High road development is essentially about prospering better together in places forever,” explains Joel Rogers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the latest. The post Joel Rogers on taking the high road to sustainable and equitable development appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Can AI eliminate the Sustainability Reporting burden? with Louis Frank
Terra Infirma
OCTOBER 18, 2024
With booming numbers of reporting regimes – CSRD, EU Taxonomy, Double Materiality, SFDR etc – Sustainability teams increasingly find themselves slogging in the data mines rather than delivering the Net Zero wins they actually want to report on. Given the sudden blossoming of AI, can this new technology alleviate the reporting burden and, if so, at what cost?
The Week’s Jobs: October 18, 2024
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Impact jobs that came across our desk this week: US Jobs In New York: Rabobank is looking for a portfolio management associate for. The post The Week’s Jobs: October 18, 2024 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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