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Kimberly-Clark pledges to stop cutting down 'natural forests' for tissues, diapers

GreenBiz

New strategy centers on Canada and Alaska, which have 25 percent of the world’s remaining primary forests.

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AGL plans huge solar recycling plant at retired coal site that Dutton wants for nuclear

Renew Economy

AGL signs MoU to explore feasibility of recycling up to half a million solar panels a year at a new facility at its Hunter Energy Hub in New South Wales. The post AGL plans huge solar recycling plant at retired coal site that Dutton wants for nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How the food industry is working to protect freshwater ecosystems

GreenBiz

Food powerhouses are crafting strategies to tackle the intertwined challenges of water and nature.

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“Stick to the facts, stick to the plan:” Energy minister urges industry to ignore nuclear “fantasy”

Renew Economy

Victorian energy minister says the state will be 95 pct renewable by the time Dutton delivers his "fantasy" nuclear projects. The post “Stick to the facts, stick to the plan:” Energy minister urges industry to ignore nuclear “fantasy” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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The Coalition says the rest of the G20 is powering ahead with nuclear – it’s just not true | Adam Morton

The Guardian: Energy

The opposition claims Australia is an outlier in the developed world in not having nuclear, yet Germany and Italy have closed their plants Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast So much has been said by the Coalition about what nuclear energy could do for Australia, with so little evidence to back it up, that it can be hard to keep up with the claims.

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Bowen says massive capacity scheme for renewables may came at no cost to taxpayers

Renew Economy

Bowen says the massive auctions for large scale wind and solar under the Capacity Investment Scheme may come at no cost to taxpayers because of the number of projects competing for a contract. The post Bowen says massive capacity scheme for renewables may came at no cost to taxpayers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Researchers engineer AI path to prevent power outages

TechXplore

University of Texas at Dallas researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that could help electrical grids prevent power outages by automatically rerouting electricity in milliseconds.

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Elessent Clean Technologies Unveils Brink® ezSEP™ Solution for Green Hydrogen Producers

FuelCellsWorks

Premier aqueous electrolysis separation system for maximum efficiency and performance. ST. LOUIS–Elessent Clean Technologies (Elessent) is proud to announce the launch of the Brink® ezSEP™ high-efficiency separation system poised to set.

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Peter Dutton says nuclear power plants “burn energy.” No they don’t

Renew Economy

Peter Dutton says nuclear power plants burn energy. Er, no they don't. Is this why the Coalition nuclear policy makes no sense? The post Peter Dutton says nuclear power plants “burn energy.” No they don’t appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Equatic’s Pioneering Ocean Carbon Removal Plant to Halve Hydrogen Production Costs

FuelCellsWorks

LOS ANGELES — Carbon removal company Equatic, with Canadian carbon removal project developer Deep Sky, today announced that engineering has commenced on North America’s first commercial-scale ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) plant. This.

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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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New York regulator signs off state roadmap to achieve 6GW energy storage target by 2030

Energy Storage News

The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved plans to guide the state to its 2030 energy storage policy target, including solicitations for large-scale battery storage.

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Atom-thin graphene membranes make carbon capture more efficient

TechXplore

Scientists at EPFL have developed advanced atom-thin graphene membranes with pyridinic-nitrogen at pore edges, showing unprecedented performance in CO2 capture. It marks a significant stride toward more efficient carbon capture technologies.

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Australia politics live: Julian Assange expected to plead guilty in espionage case in deal that may end imprisonment and allow return to Australia

The Guardian: Energy

US prosecutors filed criminal paperwork against Assange that is typically a preliminary step before a plea deal. Follow today’s news headlines live ‘It’s just a lazy delay’ Bill Shorten says a further delay of the Senate vote on the NDIS bill won’t actually lead to any changes: There’s no good reason on God’s green earth to have another eight weeks of review, which isn’t actually eight weeks.

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Hamburg’s Electrolyser for Hydrogen Production Taking Shape

FuelCellsWorks

Former Moorburg coal-fired power plant to become “Hamburg Green Hydrogen Hub” The Hamburger Energiewerke (HEnW) and the Hamburg-based energy consultant Luxcara have formed a consortium to turn the decommissioned Moorburg.

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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 Brief: Surdna Foundation’s Don Chen on finding ‘impact alpha’

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Returns on Inclusion Surdna Foundation’s Don Chen: High-risk, high-reward impact investments are paying off (Q&A). The post The Brief: Surdna Foundation’s Don Chen on finding ‘impact alpha’ appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Superalloy to make 100% hydrogen combustion engines a reality

Hydrogen Fuel News

Researchers have developed a new alloy combining aluminum and nickel A team of engineering researchers from the University of Alberta Engineering in Canada has developed a new superalloy made of aluminum and nickel and believe it will be highly beneficial for hydrogen combustion engines. The superalloy is promising for high-temperature applications The superalloy is better known as a “complex concentrated alloy.

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How heat pumps can turn wasted energy into low-carbon whisky

Canary Media

You can't make whisky — or vodka or gin or any other liquor — without generating some heat. The heat required to produce the billions of liters of liquor consumed each year typically comes from fossil fuels, and much of it ends up as wasted energy.

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“Catastrophic missile:” Report blames coal power plant explosion on safety breaches

Renew Economy

A coal-fired power plant explosion described as a "catastrophic missile event" and one of the state's greatest scandals could have been avoided, a report has found. The post “Catastrophic missile:” Report blames coal power plant explosion on safety breaches 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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Ingeteam’s First Renewable Hydrogen Project in Belgium Is a Great Success

FuelCellsWorks

Operational testing was conducted over the last few months and provided Ingeteam with confirmation of the technology developed for the green hydrogen sector. The project has a capacity of over.

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Multi-Hundred Million Dollar Clean-Up of Penobscot River Begins

NRDC onEarth

The court-appointed Trustee directing work to remediate mercury in the Penobscot River Estuary has announced thirteen Beneficial Environmental Projects (BEPs) that will receive funding to begin delivering tangible benefits to affected communities and ecosystems.

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Circontrol’s new eHome5 home charger features PV integration, intelligent energy use optimization

Charged

Circontrol launched its new eHome5 home charger, the fifth generation of its EV charger designed specifically for homes and condominiums, at the recent Power2Drive trade show In Germany. The 22 kW wall charger features a “customizable aesthetic” designed to help the unit to fit in with the user’s garage décor. EV drivers can choose one of three charging modes: Just Green, which charges with 100% solar energy; Boost, which uses power from the grid; and Smart Mix, which combines solar and grid pow

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IEG:KEY– The Energy Transition Expo and Hannover Messe the Hydrogen Show Supported by Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Is Born in Rimini

FuelCellsWorks

A cooperation agreement has been signed for the joint organisation of the Show as part of the next editions of KEY. For the first time at Rimini Expo Centre from.

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Lithium Australia to recycle Volvo’s bus batteries in Australia

Charged

Lithium Australia’s subsidiary Envirostream Australia has signed an exclusive agreement with Volvo Group Australia’s bus division to recycle end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from its electric and hybrid fleet. Volvo manufactures and supplies electric and hybrid buses to customers across Australia, including Public Transport Authority in Western Australia and Transdev in Queensland.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Sustainability

Energy Central

In continuation to my earlier contribution to ‘Sustainable Design’, Sustainable product design has proven to be critical in attempting solution to such problems based on entire life-cycle (creation to disposal). Artificial Intelligence (AI) seems to revolutionize many industries rendering them more efficient, effective and sustainable. AI is simply a computer system that.

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Atlante to bring 130 DC fast EV charging stations to Groupe Duval malls in Europe

Charged

Fast charging network operator Atlante and shopping center operator Groupe Duval have announced plans to deploy new 130 fast and ultra-fast charging stations as part of their long-term partnership. The announcement was made as the first site—located in Saint-Chamond in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Central France—was powered on. That site now offers 188 fast charging ports.

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Perovskite, manufacturing woes and quality control – Intersolar Europe 2024 takeaways

PV Tech

The Intersolar Europe 2024 trade show closed its doors for another year on Friday (21st June). Ahead of further coverage and interviews from the conference, this piece will collate a few of the key takeaways that we saw on the ground at the show last week.

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Gas stoves are a health problem. Could warning labels help?

Canary Media

A growing body of research documenting air pollution exposure from gas stoves has spurred efforts to regulate or even ban the appliances. Now consumer advocates and state lawmakers across the country are trying a new tack: forcing companies to put warning labels on gas stoves.

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Adaptation and Resilience – Part I

CleanTech Group

At the beginning of this year, Cleantech Group made an intentional effort to put a stronger focus on innovation for adaptation to and. The post Adaptation and Resilience – Part I appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Salzgitter AG Now Inviting Tenders for Hydrogen Requirements for the First Time

FuelCellsWorks

Further step initiated for the production of “green steel” Transformation within the SALCOS® framework necessitates a timely connection to the hydrogen core network Salzgitter AG is now inviting tenders for the.

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Greenpeace Turns to Italy’s Highest Court in Lawsuit Against Oil Giant Eni

DeSmogBlog

Italy’s Supreme Court will decide on a landmark lawsuit brought by Greenpeace Italy and advocacy group ReCommon against oil and gas company Eni, according to the two groups. Both nonprofits said on June 21 that their Supreme Court appeal was to expedite the trial, by showing that the Italian judiciary is the right jurisdiction to decide on climate lawsuit cases like this one.

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First Hydrogen Corporate Update FCEV Expansion

FuelCellsWorks

Vancouver, British Columbia– First Hydrogen Corp. (“FIRST HYDROGEN” or the “Company“) is pleased to provide an update on North American, South American and European corporate developments. Following the success of.

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Two-thirds of green energy projects in Great Britain fail to clear planning stage

The Guardian: Energy

Speculative applications for renewables schemes are slowing clean electricity transition, study finds Business live – latest updates Two-thirds of applications to build renewable energy projects in Great Britain have failed to get through the planning stage over the past five years, hampering efforts to shift towards clean electricity generation. A study of Britain’s “renewables pipeline” found that 63% of mooted projects were either abandoned, refused planning permission, or an application was

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Wärtsilä unveils world-first 100 pct hydrogen-ready power plant

Renew Economy

Finish technology group Wärtsilä has unveiled what it says the world’s first large-scale 100% hydrogen-ready engine power plant. The post Wärtsilä unveils world-first 100 pct hydrogen-ready power plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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