The week ahead in climate policy
GreenBiz
APRIL 22, 2024
This week’s most important ongoing climate policy stories.
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Why We Need to, Have to, Want to Act on Climate Change
Andrew Winston
APRIL 22, 2024
Need to explain the “why” of climate change action? Here’s a three-part framing to convince businesses and their leaders to respond. The battle to get companies to take sustainability seriously is essentially over. Even in the face of the “anti-ESG” movement — a very American phenomenon — there are vanishingly few large organizations around the world that really question the need to address environmental and social issues.
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Salesforce to lobby for new rules on AI’s environmental impact
GreenBiz
APRIL 22, 2024
Computing uses up to 3 percent of global power consumption and AI could triple that, the company believes.
Nationals threaten to tear up wind and solar contracts as nuclear misinformation swings polls
Renew Economy
APRIL 22, 2024
Nationals threaten to tear up wind and solar contracts with government, as the push against renewables and for nuclear gains traction in polls. The post Nationals threaten to tear up wind and solar contracts as nuclear misinformation swings polls appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Data centers want clean electricity. Can Georgia Power deliver it?
Canary Media
APRIL 22, 2024
Last week, Georgia Power won regulatory approval to fast-track construction of 1.4 gigawatts of fossil-fueled power plants and to contract for nearly a gigawatt more power from coal- and fossil-gas-fired power plants owned by other utilities. The reason?
Record wind and solar push down prices across grid, except for most coal dependent state
Renew Economy
APRIL 22, 2024
Record output of renewable energy pushed prices down across the main grid in the first quarter, with the exception of the most coal dependent state grid. The post Record wind and solar push down prices across grid, except for most coal dependent state appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Surge in battery storage capacity changing dynamics of the grid
Renew Economy
APRIL 22, 2024
The rapid growth in big batteries is changing the dynamics of Australia's main grid, and will help usher out fossil fuels. The post Surge in battery storage capacity changing dynamics of the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Three NY offshore wind projects unravel after GE scraps turbine plans
Canary Media
APRIL 22, 2024
A month ago, officials in New York celebrated the completion of South Fork Wind, the first utility-scale offshore wind farm to operate in the state — and nationwide.
Pure Hydrogen Secures Sales Contract for Hydrogen-Powered Waste Collection Vehicle
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
Pure Hydrogen has executed a sale agreement with waste management company Solo Resource Recovery for the supply of a hydrogen fuel cell (‘HFC’) powered waste collection vehicle The vehicle will.
An ultralow-concentration electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries
TechXplore
APRIL 22, 2024
Lithium salts make batteries powerful but expensive. An ultralow-concentration electrolyte based on the lithium salt LiDFOB may be a more economical and more sustainable alternative. Cells using these electrolytes and conventional electrodes have been demonstrated to have high performance, as reported by a research team in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
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
General Galactic emerges from stealth to make methane from carbon dioxide
TechCrunch: Climate
APRIL 22, 2024
The stealthy new startup hopes a fully integrated approach, from direct air capture to electrolysis and methane generation, will let it drive prices down for so-called e-fuels. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Plasma treatment enhances electrode material for fuel cells in industry, homes and vehicles
TechXplore
APRIL 22, 2024
Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues have improved the properties of a carbon-based electrode material by exposing it to air plasma. Such treatment turned out to enhance electrode performance, which is the limiting factor for high-tech energy sources—particularly fuel cells.
What might the new global climate finance goal look like?
NRDC onEarth
APRIL 22, 2024
Back in 2015, governments in the UNFCCC agreed to negotiate a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) for climate finance prior to 2025. What are the key elements that countries need to agree on?
New Depot for Alternative Drives: Public Hydrogen Filling Station in Heidelberg Starts Operation
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
Heidelberg– Today, the public hydrogen filling station of H2 MOBILITY was officially put into operation as part of the company performance for buses with an alternative drive of Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH.
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.
Solar Sunshot: First bids for making PV modules in Australia due in August
Renew Economy
APRIL 22, 2024
Federal Labor's $1 billion Solar Sunshot program could be put to work as early as August with a tender for PV module manufacturing projects. The post Solar Sunshot: First bids for making PV modules in Australia due in August appeared first on RenewEconomy.
BMW iX5 Puts Hydrogen Power To Use In Acceleration Test: Video
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
You’ve likely seen your fair share of acceleration tests done with cars that had combustion engines and/or large batteries. Well, this 0 to 124 mph (200 km/h) is different because.
Poles and wires: Is there a better way to get consumers to pay for using the grid
Renew Economy
APRIL 22, 2024
We should rethink the way we charge consumers to use the grid. The post Poles and wires: Is there a better way to get consumers to pay for using the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
All-Energy & Dcarbonise caring for the environment
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 22, 2024
All Energy Exhibition 2023 SEC, Glasgow This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Reed Exhibitions. All-Energy 2024, the UK’s largest renewable and low energy exhibition and conference, brings together key stakeholders actively involved in engineering a net zero future. Held 15-16 May at Glasgow’s SEC the exhibition features 270 exhibitors embracing all sources of renewable energy and, increasingly, the grid and networks as grid modernisation moves ever closer.
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.
Amazon-backed solar farm powers up in Queensland’s Western Downs
Renew Economy
APRIL 22, 2024
The 125MW solar farm underpinned by a power purchase agreement with online retail giant Amazon has completed commissioning. The post Amazon-backed solar farm powers up in Queensland’s Western Downs appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Topsoe Announces Plans for New State-of-the-Art Us Electrolyzer Factory for Clean Hydrogen
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
Federal tax credits from the Department of Energy under the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Credit (48C) will support construction of Topsoe’s second Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cell (SOEC) factory. The new.
“Solar for all:” Biden tips $US7 billion into rooftop PV for low-income households
Renew Economy
APRIL 22, 2024
More than 4GW of rooftop solar will be rolled out across nearly 1 million low-income and disadvantaged households as part of a $US7 billion Biden administration program. The post “Solar for all:” Biden tips $US7 billion into rooftop PV for low-income households appeared first on RenewEconomy.
NZ’s first Green Hydrogen Express Refueller Supported by Coregas
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
Coregas NZ is proud to be a project partner to Halcyon, for the Halcyon Green Hydrogen launch of New Zealand’s first green hydrogen fast refuelling station at Wiri, South Auckland.
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?
Australian battery materials upstart sets up shop in US, promises longer range electric cars
Renew Economy
APRIL 22, 2024
Sicona takes University of Wollongong technology global, with a factory in the US to produce ingredients it says will make EV batteries charge faster and last longer. The post Australian battery materials upstart sets up shop in US, promises longer range electric cars appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Ecosia launches a cross-platform browser, starts an affiliate link program
TechCrunch: Climate
APRIL 22, 2024
Tree planting search engine Ecosia launched a new cross-platform browser today to increase its online footprint. The new browser, available for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android, is built on top of Chromium. That’s why there aren’t many feature differences from Chrome. The company sees that as a good thing as people might be tempted to […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. Announces Participation in Consortium Awarded US Department of Energy Funding for Study of Zero Emission Methanol Production Technology
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
Verde Clean Fuels’ proprietary STG+® process could be utilized to turn carbon, captured directly from the air, and green hydrogen into methanol. HOUSTON–Verde Clean Fuels, Inc. (NASDAQ: VGAS) (“Verde” or.
Hydrogen fuel cells get more efficient from a dose of caffeine too
Hydrogen Fuel News
APRIL 22, 2024
People aren’t the only ones whose performance can benefit from being caffeinated New research has shown that by adding caffeine to hydrogen fuel cells, efficiency can improve, reducing the need for platinum in their electrodes. Platinum is an expensive rare metal, so requiring less reduces overall cost When less platinum is required to produce efficient hydrogen fuel cells, the cost associated with making them is significantly reduced, said Japanese researchers.
SGN Updates on H100 Fife: An End-to-End Green Hydrogen Network Powering Homes in Buckhaven and Denbeath
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
With our world-first H100 Fife project well into its construction phase we wanted to share our latest updates on our progress. H100 Fife is an end-to-end green hydrogen network which will power.
Wind farm gets state planning approval, months after concrete poured and first turbines erected
Renew Economy
APRIL 22, 2024
How do you approve a wind farm that is already being built? Enel Green Power has found a way with its Flaty Rocks project in WA. The post Wind farm gets state planning approval, months after concrete poured and first turbines erected appeared first on RenewEconomy.
They Achieve Affordable and Non-Polluting Green Hydrogen. Brings Us Closer to the Hydrogen Car
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
The cars of the future could run on hydrogen, but there are multiple ways to get it. The hydrogen car is one of the most coveted dreams today. It allows.
US to announce US$7 billion rooftop solar programme on Earth Day 2024
PV Tech
APRIL 22, 2024
The US government will announce US$7 billion in grants for residential solar projects to power more than 900,000 low-income households.
Oman Bets on Green Hydrogen to Fuel Clean Transportation Future
FuelCellsWorks
APRIL 22, 2024
Construction of Oman’s first hydrogen fuelling station to commence shortly. MUSCAT–The foundation stone for the first green hydrogen station in the Sultanate of Oman will be laid later this month.
Has CATL cracked the battery ageing code? Industry reacts to ‘zero-degradation’ BESS claims
Energy Storage News
APRIL 22, 2024
Lithium-ion battery OEM CATL's claim that its latest BESS product has no degradation for the first five years of use has provoked much discussion across the industry, with some sceptical of its merits.
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