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How global plastic policies could slash virgin plastic production by 30 percent by 2040

GreenBiz

A new report highlights 15 policies that could drive a major decrease in plastic use around the world — but will governments adopt them as part of a new global plastics treaty?

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Leaders Call for Forest Accountability in Climate Week Event

NRDC onEarth

Leading voices call for global accountability on protecting the world's climate-critical forests in NRDC's Climate Week panel event.

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The top carbon-credit rating agencies are often inconsistent and inaccurate, watchdog claims

GreenBiz

Rating the raters: Carbon Market Watch said agencies don't accurately reflect the benefits they’re supposed to be reviewing.

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Populism could derail the green transition

Financial Times: Energy

Western politicians are scared of a backlash against climate change policies that have been sold as good for the economy

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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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Chart: The remarkable rise of California’s grid battery capacity

Canary Media

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Grid batteries are the latest crop to flourish in the California sunshine: The state’s energy storage capacity has surged tenfold in just the past three years.

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Fossil Fuel Firms Flock to Conservative Party Conference

DeSmogBlog

A number of oil and gas firms have been announced as the hosts of stands and events at this year’s Conservative Party conference. The conference, which is being held from 1 to 4 October in Manchester, will play host to the likes of BP, British Gas’ parent company Centrica, petrochemical giant Valero, and Drax – the UK’s largest CO2 emitter. Events hosted by the companies will cover a range of energy and climate issues, and will feature senior Conservative MPs and ministers.

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The Week in Impact Investing: Legacy

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? Catalyst at large. When you put capital into the hands of women – as fund managers, as entrepreneurs, The post The Week in Impact Investing: Legacy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Maersk Introduces 15,000 TEU Ammonia-Powered Container Ship Design Concept

FuelCellsWorks

As the shipping industry moves towards decarbonization, ammonia has emerged as a promising low-carbon alternative to conventional fossil-based marine fuels. However, considerable work is still needed to make widespread implementation.

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Southern Power acquires 200MW Millers Branch solar project in Texas

PV Tech

US energy company Southern Power has acquired the 200MW Millers Branch solar farm in the US state of Texas from EDF Renewables.

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Long-duration storage gets big boost with $325M from DOE

Canary Media

On Friday, the Department of Energy announced that it has selected nine proposals for long-duration energy storage test projects to receive a collective $325 million in funding.

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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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First Solar breaks ground on fifth US thin film manufacturing plant

PV Tech

US thin-film cadmium telluride (CadTel) solar PV manufacturer First Solar has broken ground on a new, 3.5GW fully integrated manufacturing plant in Iberia Parish, Louisiana.

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Press Release: Elyse Energy Signs E-Fuels Financing Deal With Hy24 and Mirova

FuelCellsWorks

Elyse Energy, one of the leading European players in e-fuels, today announces a financing transaction with Hy24 and Mirova to support the development of its e-methanol and sustainable aviation fuels.

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Maxeon buys shingled solar cell IP from Complete Solaria for US production

PV Tech

Solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies has acquired selected assets from California-headquartered solar company Complete Solaria.

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How to assess ‘sustainable’ products and your own impact as a consumer

The Verge: Energy

Some of Apple’s new watches will be carbon neutral, the company announced this month. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge These days, brands are all about selling you something more sustainable. In just the past week, we’ve seen Apple launch its first carbon-neutral products and Amazon start to share pollution reports for individual devices.

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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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ESMC demands ban on selling modules made with forced labour

PV Tech

The European Solar Manufacturing Council offers several recommendations for the EU and solar companies to address forced labour in the supply chain.

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Peregrine Hydrogen Announces Financing to Accelerate the Development of Its Co-Production Technology for Clean Hydrogen and Valuable Commodity Chemicals

FuelCellsWorks

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.– Peregrine Hydrogen Inc, a climate technology company pioneering a dual production method for green hydrogen and valuable chemicals, today announced an oversubscribed $7.8M seed financing round. The.

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MoU leads to expansion of key hydrogen partnership in the City of Lancaster

Hydrogen Fuel News

The partnership continues to blossom between the City and Element Resources. The City of Lancaster, California, recently announced the formalization of its hydrogen partnership with Element Resources via a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which expands upon the partners’ Lancaster Clean Energy Center. This center is one of California’s largest green H2 production facilities.

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Mercedes-Benz’s eActros 600 electric truck excels in hot-weather testing

Charged

Mercedes-Benz Trucks recently tested a prototype of its long-range electric truck, the eActros 600 , in extreme heat in Andalusia, Spain. For five weeks, Mercedes engineers shook down every system on the truck, from itss electric powertrain and battery thermal management to its air conditioning system, to its fast charging capabilities, in summer temperatures of up to 111° F.

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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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The future of hydrogen planes comes with advantages and challenges, says MIT

Hydrogen Fuel News

Among the hurdles to be overcome include H2 production, general safety, and the logistics of refueling. The aviation industry has, to a not insignificant degree, been investing in hydrogen planes in the effort to decarbonize as the world battles with the impact and progression of climate change. This includes efforts to develop the aircraft themselves as well as what will be needed on the ground.

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Next generation dielectric insulation solutions for EV battery packs (Webinar)

Charged

As global demand surges for EV battery packs, engineers across the product’s value chain continue to seek new ways to address crucial design challenges. These include choosing materials that provide dielectric insulation. Such choices can significantly impact pack energy density, vehicle reliability and safety. In this session at the Fall Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, Max VanRapphorst and Scott Krusinski of Avery Dennison Performance Tapes will discuss emerging technologies for dielectri

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LimeLoop’s sleek reusable mailers seek to replace cardboard boxes

TechCrunch: Climate

The startup’s smart mailers are reusable dozens of times, reducing the carbon footprint by 90% compared with cardboard boxes.

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New York State passes law to facilitate deeper geothermal drilling

ThinkGeoEnergy

New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into legislation S6604 which, along with companion bill A6949, removes outdated regulatory requirements that place geothermal boreholes under regulations designed for oil and gas drilling. With the change in regulations, many barriers have been removed that enables drilling at depth greater than 500 feet for geothermal systems.

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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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Autel Energy launches MaxiCharger AC Ultra EV charger for European markets

Charged

Charging hardware manufacturer has added a new Level 2 EV charger to its product range. The MaxiCharger AC Ultra is an IEC-certified, dual-socket commercial AC charger, and is now available worldwide as a European-standard 22 kW charger. “MaxiCharger AC Ultra can output 22 kilowatts of power simultaneously, meaning two vehicles can charge at the same time, each receiving 22 kW,” says Kelvin Cao, Autel’s VP of Global Marketing.

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Sunak spikes the punch at Climate Week

Financial Times: Energy

Also in today’s newsletter, California’s catalytic role in climate action

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ubitricity to deploy 1,050 public EV charge points in Southwest London

Charged

UK EV charging network ubitricity , a wholly owned Shell subsidiary, has been appointed by the councils of the London boroughs of Richmond and Wandsworth to install and maintain a network of 1,050 public EV charge points. There will be 525 in each borough. “The current surge in EV sales is driving increased demand for charging facilities, and this can create issues for drivers who don’t have access to off-street charging where they live,” noted Toby Butler, ubitricity’s UK Managing Director.

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Stabilizing the energy system with energy storage

Smart Energy International

Jeff Perry, executive vice president of Asset Management for Agilitas Energy, writes on how energy storage technology can improve grid and renewables reliability, taking pressure off grid operators at peak demand periods. At the start of the summer, the North American Energy Reliability Corporation (NERC) issued a warning that two-thirds of North America would be at risk of energy shortfalls during periods of extreme demand.

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GM invests in battery materials innovator Mitra Chem

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GM has invested $60 million in a Series B financing round for Mitra Chem, a Silicon Valley-based battery materials innovator. GM and Mitra Chem will develop new iron-based cathode active materials (CAM), namely lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP), to power EV batteries compatible with GM’s Ultium Platform EV propulsion architecture. GM’s funding will help Mitra Chem scale up and bring its new battery materials formulation to market.

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1.5 million smart meters for Puerto Rico

Smart Energy International

Puerto Rico utility Luma plans island-wide smart meters among smart grid and other initiatives to improve reliability and services for customers over the next three years. The initiative, which is planned to get underway within the next few months, is aimed at improving reliability and resiliency, enabling faster and more efficient billing, shortening restoration times and supporting the modernisation of the grid.

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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm takes an EV road trip, deals with charging challenges

Charged

US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm recently took an EV road trip from Charlotte, North Carolina to Memphis, Tennessee in order to draw attention to the billions of dollars in funding the White House is making available to promote electric vehicles. Granholm addressed audiences at town hall stops along her road trip. “Things are happening fast.

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Global Hydrogen Projects | IEA

Energy Central

Global Hydrogen Projects | IEA [link] Global Hydrogen Insight

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Climate policy rollback risks Tory seats: Poll reveals 'climate majority' in Blue Wall and key marginals

Business Green

Three new polls suggest the government's watering down of climate policies could backfire with voters

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Why Isn’t Every Building and Homeowner Switching to Heat Pumps?

Energy Central

Heat pumps are more efficient than conventional furnaces or baseboard electric heating. Their output is measured in coefficients of performance (COP), which is typically 4 times greater than the energy needed for their operation, outperforming conventional fossil-fuel heating systems that use natural gas or oil. And if the electricity used to power them comes from renewable sources, heat pumps.

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