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IT assets’ place in your sustainability plans

GreenBiz

Sponsored: While chasing the big moonshot goals, don’t miss the opportunity for more immediate sustainability wins by rethinking your organization’s IT Assets.

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Climate authority confirms Australia has been fudging its methane emissions data

Renew Economy

Federal government urged to act "immediately" as major report finds Australia well behind international best practice on measurement and reporting of methane emissions. The post Climate authority confirms Australia has been fudging its methane emissions data appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Protesters vs critical minerals: Panama copper fiasco shows risks to green transition

Financial Times: Energy

Project shutdowns are environmental coups but can be ‘crippling’ for developing economies

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Dates and details firm up for launch of Australia’s first offshore wind auction

Renew Economy

Victorian government sets the stage for first round of offshore wind energy auctions, with plan to call for expressions of interest in late 2024 and to award contracts in 2026. The post Dates and details firm up for launch of Australia’s first offshore wind auction 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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UK Network Association calls for operators and authorities to collaborate on net zero plans

Smart Energy International

The UK’s Energy Networks Association (ENA), in partnership with non-profit market insights provider Regen, has outlined how and why electricity and gas network operators should work more closely with local authorities to develop and deliver net zero plans. The partners, in their report, Collaborating for Local Net Zero Planning and Delivery, set out how local authorities and energy networks currently work together to plan and deliver decarbonisation and outlines potential next steps to foster fu

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EU gives Fortescue’s Norway green ammonia project a huge leg-up with $331m

Renew Economy

One of Fortescue's major green hydrogen and ammonia projects gets access to more than $330 million in funds from the EU - if the project goes ahead. The post EU gives Fortescue’s Norway green ammonia project a huge leg-up with $331m appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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1,000MW extra demand from nowhere: What happens when solar PV output falls off a cliff

Renew Economy

The energy transition faces many large challenges – buy there are plenty of fascinating smaller ones, too. Like, what happens when a summer thunderstorm hits Brisbane? The post 1,000MW extra demand from nowhere: What happens when solar PV output falls off a cliff appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Climate groups begin legal actions against Rosebank North Sea oil project

The Guardian: Energy

Greenpeace UK and Uplift are seeking a judicial review in the Scottish courts to stop opening of huge new oilfield Climate campaigners have launched two separate legal challenges to government plans to open a massive new oilfield in the North Sea. Greenpeace and the campaign group Uplift argue that the decision to press ahead with the Rosebank development – the UK’s biggest untapped oilfield – is incompatible with the UK’s legally binding climate commitments, and say ministers’ original analysis

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New solar project in Victoria lands off-take deal with Japanese owned retailer

Renew Economy

New solar project in Victoria lands off-take deal with retailer specialising in commercial and industrial customers. The post New solar project in Victoria lands off-take deal with Japanese owned retailer appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Santos given approval for gas drilling in Timor Sea despite Tiwi Islanders’ objections

The Guardian: Energy

Santos marks key regulatory win for its $5.8bn Timor Sea Barossa project, but other court battles threaten to derail project Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Santos has been given the green light to begin drilling works in the Timor Sea, although the Barossa project’s gas pipeline is still the subject of a court dispute.

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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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Central banks and financial supervisors failing to integrate environmental risk, WWF warns

Business Green

Analysis finds obvious environmental and social risks remain unaccounted for in many countries' central banking and supervision regulation

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Best of 2023: Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site – podcast

The Guardian: Energy

Every Monday and Friday for the rest of December we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2023, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it. From January: Nothing is produced at Sellafield any more. But making safe what is left behind is an almost unimaginably expensive and complex task that requires us to think not on a human timescale, but a planetary one Continue reading.

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Britain’s proposed hydrogen village trial scrapped

Smart Energy International

The British government has announced that the proposed hydrogen heating village trial in Redcar cannot go ahead as the main source of hydrogen supply will not be available. As such, the government in a statement says it is not in a position to provide support for the trial, which was being advanced by gas operator Northern Gas Networks. Nevertheless, the statement continues, the government believes that low carbon hydrogen may have a role to play in heat decarbonisation, alongside heat pumps and

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Flexibility is key to reach a more sustainable future GridBeyond’s energy report says

Renew Economy

Energy Trends 2024 looks at how some markets have taken action to further expand the flexibility available from the demand side to support the grid during peak periods. The post Flexibility is key to reach a more sustainable future GridBeyond’s energy report says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Aquaductus | North Sea Hydrogen Backbone

Energy Central

[link] [link] [link] The North Sea, Offshore Wind and Hydrogen.

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Unreliable renewables: The challenge of metering intermittent energy sources

Smart Energy International

With the continued growth of renewable energy sources, traditional methods of electricity metering are becoming less effective. Unlike traditional power sources, renewable sources such as solar and wind power are intermittent, which means that they do not produce a consistently reliable output. This presents significant challenges in accurately measuring and billing for these energy sources, as traditional metering methods designed for predominantly stable energy use patterns and limited electri

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Australian Energy Regulator - AER publishes total revenue determination for Transgrid's Waratah Super Battery project

Global Renewable News

The Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has published determinations on two elements of the Waratah Super Battery project: Paired generation services (contestable) SIPS control system and.

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Volumetric and Gravimetric Hydrogen Densities

Energy Central

Volumetric and Gravimetric Hydrogen Densities

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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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COP28 is over - now the work begins

Business Green

Business leaders, citizens and governments must work together to slash consumption of fossil fuels, writes Solar Impulse Foundation's Bertrand Piccard

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CNX Resources Corporation - CNX Provides Update on Hydrogen Project Location and 45V Hydrogen Production Tax Credit Rules

Global Renewable News

Citing delays and increasing uncertainty over implementation rules guiding the use of the 45V hydrogen production tax credit provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and an inability to reach f.

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How green subsidy reforms are struggling to improve 'poor and polluting' farms

Business Green

Onward report warns payments on offer to farmers through Defra's new agricultural subsidy regime are too small and complicated to access

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Statkraft - Statkraft to acquire major Loch Ness pumped storage hydro project from Intelligent Land Investments Group

Global Renewable News

The acquisition demonstrates Statkraft's latest commitment to helping Scotland meet its renewable energy targets and strengthening UK energy securityStatkraft, Europe's largest renewab.

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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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NRC OKs Construction Permit for Kairos Research Reactor

Energy Central

NRC OKs Construction Permit for Kairos Research Reactor South Africa Plans 2500 MWe Nuclear Reactor Procurement Urenco to Expand Netherlands Enrichment Plant Microsoft Plans Use of Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Plant Projects Illinois Governor Signs Legislation to Allow SMRs NRC OKs Construction Permit for Kairos Research Reactor The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory.

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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - Biofuels and Carbon Crops Take Flight

Global Renewable News

By Anya BreitenbachEvery year, airplanes crisscrossing U.S. skies burn 23 billion gallons of fuel, leaving contrails and 8% of the nation's transportation-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emis.

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Lessons from Colombia's low-carbon transition plan

Business Green

WTW's Matt Huxham looks at the risks and opportunities presented by the Latin American nation's ambitious environmantal agenda

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Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland - Ireland's energy demands increasing and emissions are not reducing fast enough

Global Renewable News

SEAI has today (Dec 13) published two separate energy reports, the Energy in Ireland 2023 report and the first report from the Behavioural Energy and Travel Tracker. Energy in Irel.

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Fewer women in parliament spells trouble

Eco-Business

Changes to Indonesia's gender quota rules are set to result in fewer women running for office in 2024. It could set Indonesia's democracy into deeper backslide.

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Scatec - Scatec prepares for Botswana solar plant construction after reaching financial close

Global Renewable News

Scatec ASA, a leading renewable energy provider, has reached financial close on the first 60 megawatt (MW) of the 120 MW Mmadinare Solar Complex in Botswana and is preparing for construction start of.

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No finance? No fossil fuel phase-out

Eco-Business

An exit from coal, oil and gas must happen equitably, or it will not happen at all.

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New York Power Authority - Governor Hochul Announces New York's First National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funded Fast Charging Station Now Operating in the Hudson Valley

Global Renewable News

Highlights City of Kingston Site Hosts Four High-speed Chargers Built Under NY's first National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funded Project; New York Expected to Receive $175 Million.

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My country needs climate finance now to face difficult years ahead

Eco-Business

Bangladesh needs international support to protect its people from worsening climate change impacts and build out renewable energy.

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Ilmatar Energy - Ilmatar uses an innovative TCI-contracting model to construct one of Finland's biggest wind farms

Global Renewable News

Ilmatar, a Nordic energy company and Independent Power Producer (IPP), has made a final investment decision to build a 30-turbine wind farm in Pahkakoski, in municipality of Ii, approximately 60 kilom.