Tue.Jun 25, 2024

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ESG can make or break a merger: Here’s what dealmakers are looking for

GreenBiz

Miscalculating climate risk — or being unprepared for legal changes — can reduce M&A prices.

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AEMO locks in renewables and storage to replace coal, as Australia urged to go faster

Renew Economy

AEMO planning blueprint confirms that renewables and storage the cheapest and smartest way to replace coal, and nuclear would be too slow and costly. But is the rapid transition quick enough? The post AEMO locks in renewables and storage to replace coal, as Australia urged to go faster appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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'Mission 2025': Corporations, mayors call for more ambitious national climate plans

GreenBiz

The next round of climate plans due under the Paris Agreement can galvanize the green economy, business leaders and mayors argue.

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Siemens Mobility and Tyczka Hydrogen Cooperate in the Hydrogen Railway Sector to Provide End-to-End Solutions for Fuel Cell Trains

FuelCellsWorks

Partnership of Siemens Mobility, Tyczka Hydrogen and Smart Train Lease will pave the way for a successful transformation of railways towards hydrogen mobility Customers to be offered hydrogen trains plus.

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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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New Greens senator, former head of Greenpeace Australia, wants more climate ambition

Renew Economy

Australia must heed Pacific calls for a more ambitious climate strategy as the region faces an existential threat, a former environmental lawyer turned Greens senator says. The post New Greens senator, former head of Greenpeace Australia, wants more climate ambition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Plug Reaches 7.5 GW in BEDP Contracts for Global Electrolyzer Projects

FuelCellsWorks

Company’s BEDP Offering Propels Growth of Electrolyzer Business. LATHAM, N.Y.– Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a global leader in comprehensive hydrogen solutions for the green hydrogen economy, has achieved a.

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Hyzon Realigning Company Strategy to Focus on Core North American Markets and Refuse Industry

FuelCellsWorks

Company reviewing international markets for consolidation while advancing strategic alternatives assessment. BOLINGBROOK, Ill– Hyzon (Hyzon or the Company), a U.S.-based manufacturer and global supplier of high-performance hydrogen fuel cell systems.

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Households to be “driving force” of energy transition with solar, batteries and EVs

Renew Economy

Households - and their rooftop solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles - will be driving force of the green energy transition, and will could mean less need for grid scale investments. The post Households to be “driving force” of energy transition with solar, batteries and EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Toyota Showcases Hydrogen-Powered GR Yaris at 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed

FuelCellsWorks

Focus on future potential for internal combustion engines with European-built, hydrogen-powered GR Yaris Race, rally and road cars to show the breadth of Toyota’s multi-path technologies towards delivering ultimate carbon.

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Kazakhstan Leverages Planet Data for Agriculture, Resource Management, and Disaster Response

Planet Pulse

Spanning over a vast expanse of 2.7 million square kilometers, Kazakhstan stands as the world’s largest landlocked country–a colossal landmass characterized by its diverse geography, ranging from bustling urban centers, to sprawling steppes and rugged mountain ranges. For authorities tasked with monitoring land use and environmental change, both the scale of the country and the diversity of its environments present a considerable challenge.

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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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MAN Cryo Supplies Fuel System for World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Superyacht

FuelCellsWorks

Newbuilding features below-deck liquid-hydrogen tanks and vaporization system in other industry first MAN Cryo has supplied a liquid-hydrogen gas-fuel supply system to a 118.8 m superyacht constructed by Feadship, the.

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Honda and Mitsubishi form EV joint venture

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Japanese automotive manufacturers Honda Motor and Mitsubishi have announced plans to establish a new 50/50 joint venture (JV) company called ALTNA in July 2024. The new JV is based on an agreement the two companies signed in October 2023 to collaborate on new EV businesses. ALTNA will combine Honda’s control and connected technologies for EVs and batteries and Mitsubishi’s power-generation knowledge, which includes battery storage systems and smart charging operations.

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Government of Canada Launches the First Clean Economy Investment Tax Credits

FuelCellsWorks

As countries around the world race to seize the economic opportunities associated with a net-zero future, the Government of Canada is taking bold action to ensure Canadian workers and industry.

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Rolls-Royce Spearheads Groundbreaking Hydrogen Engine Project

Hydrogen Fuel News

In a groundbreaking move towards sustainable energy solutions, Rolls-Royce has launched the Phoenix project, a collaborative initiative involving five companies and research institutes. The project aims to develop the technologies necessary for a highly efficient, first-of-its-kind hydrogen combustion engine to power combined heat and power (CHP) systems.

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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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Pure Hydrogen Cancels Capital Raise, Eyes Growth

FuelCellsWorks

Pure Hydrogen Corporation Limited has decided to terminate its recent capital raising efforts, citing unfavorable revised terms. The company remains financially stable and is focusing on advancing its hydrogen hub.

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Daimler Buses and ESWE Verkehr open electrified e-bus depot

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Daimler Buses has delivered an electric bus fleet for the German transport company ESWE Verkehr in Wiesbaden and supplied a total of 120 battery-electric eCitaro buses since the start of the project in 2019. Daimler Buses supervised all construction measures and oversaw the installation of a total of 120 charging stations. The company deployed charged management technology and oversaw the installation of an electrical substation for converting the current from medium to low voltage.

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Dubai: RTA and Swaidan Partner to Trial Eco-Friendly Hydrogen Bus

FuelCellsWorks

The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has signed an agreement with Swaidan Trading Company to trial an environmentally friendly hydrogen bus in Dubai’s climate and operational conditions. The agreement was.

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Evonik’s new fire-resistant coatings for EV battery housings

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German chemical company Evonik is expanding its TEGO Therm product range to provide heat protection and fire-resistant coatings for EV battery housings and covers to prevent thermal runaway. The range includes TEGO Therm HPG 4000 granules, which have a microporous silica core for low thermal conductivity, high hydrophobicity, and reduced flammability.

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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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HYDS Becomes New Owner of Green Hydrogen Production Initiative at Fjord Base

FuelCellsWorks

Hydrogen Solutions AS (HYDS) has acquired a 33 percent stake in HyFuel AS. An investment decision of a 20MW green hydrogen production plant is planned in Q1 2025 together with.

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Next-generation geothermal will soon power Southern California's grid

Canary Media

California already gets some of its clean electricity from geothermal power plants, which harness the heat and steam found naturally near the earth’s surface.

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ExxonMobil Adds Air Liquide to World’s Largest Low-Carbon Hydrogen Project

FuelCellsWorks

Agreement aims to advance low-carbon hydrogen market, driving toward a cleaner energy future Enables transportation of low-carbon hydrogen from ExxonMobil’s facility through Air Liquide’s existing pipeline network Air Liquide supplies.

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Miniaturized connector solutions for battery development: Watch now

Charged

Sponsored by TE Connectivity. The battery management system (BMS) is critical for optimum battery performance and safety within an EV. It must operate with a high degree of accuracy and reliability. It must be robust enough to withstand the environment it occupies yet remain compact and lightweight and limit any additional bulk to the overall battery pack.

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Charbone Hydrogen is More Than Doubling its Phase 1 Electrolyzer Capacity to Power Up Green Hydrogen Production at the Sorel-Tracy, Quebec Plant

FuelCellsWorks

Company now gearing up and actively enhancing its supply chain of fully integrated electrolyzers with capacities up to 2.5 MW, 5.0 MW and 10.0 MW for all of its projects.

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The U.S. Data Center Energy Train Wreck

Energy Central

The U.S. and the world are using innovative technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) to use data more efficiently, along with an increasing demand for electricity. This article will describe the upcoming data center electricity supply shortfall, and potential train wreck in the U.S. Current Data Center Electricity Demand: Globally, data centers consume 1-2% of overall energy.

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Regulators Must Clear the Runway for U.S. Clean Hydrogen to Take Off – Report Finds

FuelCellsWorks

Report from Troutman Pepper law firm says transparency on tax credits, and standards for hydrogen certification, are needed to unlock clean hydrogen’s ceiling Domestic manufacturing, infrastructure investment, and export markets.

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Engineered Materials Solutions acquires micro-component specialist Thin Metal Parts

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Engineered Materials Solutions (EMS), a Wickeder Group company that produces functional clad metals for the Li-ion battery, electrical distribution, thermal control, consumer electronics and automotive markets, has acquired Colorado-based Thin Metal Parts , a provider of micro-components to the defense, aerospace, medical and audio industries. TMP uses its photochemical etching, electroforming and laser cutting technologies, combined with rapid prototyping services, to supply high-precision part

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VINSSEN Deploys Innovative Marine Class Approved Hydrogen Fuel Cell System for Commercial Maritime Use

FuelCellsWorks

VINSSEN Co., Ltd, a maritime decarbonization technology specialist focused on hydrogen fuel cells and supporting systems, has successfully passed BV’s rigorous performance tests, a key step towards demonstrating the feasibility.

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Commercial green hydrogen and ammonia production to become a reality in Canada

Hydrogen Fuel News

The country is set to get its first production facility with the help of McDermott. McDermott, a Houston-based, fully-integrated provider of engineering and construction solutions to the energy industry, is set to construct Canada’s first commercial green hydrogen and ammonia production facility. The facility will be located in Central Newfoundland and is part of the Exploits Valley Renewable Energy Corporation (EVREC) project.

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GreenRock Energy and Solarvest to build 1GW solar projects in Malaysia and Taiwan

PV Tech

GreenRock Energy has formed a partnership with Malaysian solar company Solarvest to develop 1GW solar PV projects in Taiwan and Malaysia.

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Coal push damps hopes of China’s climate ambition

Financial Times: Energy

Momentum behind net zero pledges could be fading as Beijing prioritises economic growth and energy security

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Doping 3D perovskites could be way to add durability, efficiency

Renew Economy

Researchers say they have a possible solution for perovskite solar cell instability that could jettison the technology from lab to market: a new way of designing the cell itself. The post Doping 3D perovskites could be way to add durability, efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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NRDC Report: How Retailers are Selling Forest Destruction 

NRDC onEarth

WASHINGTON — U.S. retailers are failing their customers and the planet by selling toilet paper, paper towels, and other goods sourced from climate-critical forests, according to a new NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) report. Selling the World’s Forests details how.

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Adaptation & Resilience: Part II

CleanTech Group

In Part I, I discussed how adaptation remains a side topic in climate and I focused on innovation for wildfires and flooding. Now, The post Adaptation & Resilience: Part II appeared first on Cleantech Group.