The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 7, 2024

Report finds users even in Victorian properties and older rural homes are noticing cheaper bills and warmer homes Gillian Woodward, 50, says her house has been “completely transformed for the better” by installing an air source heat pump. Woodward, a community nurse in north Wales, was “astounded” to discover that she was eligible for a government-backed means-tested grant that covered the whole cost of insulating and installing a heat pump in her home.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 7, 2024

Form Energy has been awarded a $30 million grant from the California Energy Commission to deploy the state’s first multi-day energy storage system. Form Energy, a pioneer of iron-air energy storage, is to deploy a 5MW/500MWh system at the site of a Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) substation in Mendocino County. The project, which is expected to come online by 2025, is aimed to demonstrate the effectiveness of multi-day energy storage to help California meet its renewable energy and zero carb

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 7, 2024

Mooted project in West Yorkshire could cause ‘heartbreaking’ disruption for wildlife and harm local tourist industry, say critics “Heathcliff! It’s me, Cathy, I’m up by the wind turbines.” It’s not quite what Kate Bush had in mind, and probably not what Emily Brontë imagined when she wandered the bleak West Yorkshire moors and created Wuthering Heights.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 7, 2024

Renewables combined to supply an average share of nearly 40% across Australia's main grids for the year. We look back at the stats and records. The post 2023 in review: Australia nears half-way mark to 82% renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 7, 2024

Environment minister says ‘large areas of [wetland] will be destroyed or substantially modified’ by the proposal for windfarm development Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Tanya Plibersek has blocked plans by the Victorian government to build a plant to assemble wind turbines for offshore windfarms because of “clearly unacceptable” impacts on internationally important wetlands.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 7, 2024

The path to 100% renewables is charted. How quickly we get there depends on how we price surplus wind and solar and who controls demand management. The post How to stop wasting cheap renewables – and drive a faster transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 7, 2024

Australia's first and only homegrown solar panel manufacturer wants to go giga-scale – but says the right federal government support will be crucial. The post Big new push for Australian made solar as Tindo pitches $100m module gigafactory appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Financial Times: Energy

JANUARY 7, 2024

Harold Hamm is trying to dispel younger generation’s negative outlook over climate change concerns

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Renew Economy

JANUARY 7, 2024

The new year delivers a major blow to Australia's nascent offshore wind industry, with plans for a critical port hub ruled out by the federal environment minister. The post Major blow to offshore wind as critical port project ruled environmentally “unacceptable” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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POWER Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2024

In the face of unprecedented weather events driven by climate change, the global electrical utilities sector is grappling with disruptions, and the state of Texas in particular has been significantly […] The post What Texas Can Learn from Australia—How VPPs Are Saving Renewable Energy appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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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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Renew Economy

JANUARY 7, 2024

Aqueous rechargeable zinc battery technology inches closer to leaving the lab, after Australian researchers find a way to solve a major corrosion issue. The post Zinc battery breakthrough as researchers fix spiky crystal problem appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 7, 2024

Environmentalists condemn news of higher forecast production which is also seen as a conservative forecast Azerbaijan, which is hosting this year’s UN climate talks, plans to increase its fossil fuel production by a third over the next decade, according to an analysis shared exclusively with the Guardian. The forecast indicates the Cop29 host will grow its annual gas production by about 12bn cubic metres (bcm) over the next 10 years, which is considered a crucial period in which global leaders m

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Financial Times: Energy

JANUARY 7, 2024

This is a win-win: helping the planet, lowering costs and boosting profitability and competitiveness

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Econaur

JANUARY 7, 2024

The construction of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya stands not only as a testament to cultural and religious significance but also as a beacon of sustainable architectural marvel. This article delves into the sustainable features, design intricacies, and construction details of the new Ram Mandir, highlighting its commitment to environmental preservation and self-sufficiency.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2024

World Economic Forum and PwC report sets out host of energy efficiency actions it claims are 'doable today, at attractive returns with no need for new technology'

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Ideas 4 Sustainability

JANUARY 7, 2024

Biodiversity loss, land degradation and climate change. Not a rosy outlook for 2024… Nevertheless, researchers are tirelessly searching for solutions. To that end, Joern Fischer is the coordinator of a DFG funded research unit entitled “A Social-Ecological Systems Approach to Inform Ecosystem Restoration in Rural Africa”.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2024

Up to 60,000 street cabinets could help tackle shortfall in EV charging infrastructure, Group claims

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Energy Central

JANUARY 7, 2024

Some Quick Thoughts on SMRs for Data Centers In recent months a lot of attention has been given to the concept of using small modular reactors (SMRs) to provide reliable 24 X7 conditioned power to the many large data centers that power cloud computing including all aspects of the Internet. Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, among others, own and operate hundreds of data centers.

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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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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2024

Bright Blue's Bartek Staniszewski makes the climate case for planning policy to promote buildings built in more traditional fashion

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POWER Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2024

Operators of utility-scale commercial solar farms know the importance of predictive maintenance for their installations. Being proactive when it comes to developing operations and maintenance (O&M) programs can help operators […] The post The POWER Interview: Predictive Maintenance Key for Solid Solar Performance appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Business Green

JANUARY 7, 2024

ECIU analysis adds to growing body of evidence showing how new North Sea oil and gas projects will do little to boost domestic energy security

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2024

On December 7th, the Industry, Energy & Research (ITRE) Committee of the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of Professor Krasnodębski's Own-Initiative Report on geothermal.�.

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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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Energy Central

JANUARY 7, 2024

CO2 | Shipping Among the technologies for climate change mitigation, carbon capture and storage is considered as a technically and economically viable option to reduce CO2 emissions from hard-to-abate industrial sectors. When it comes to CO2 logistics, ship-based chains are emerging as an attractive alternative to other CO2 transport modes (e.g., pipelines), as these could.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2024

Bess Power Corporation ("BESS Power" or.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 7, 2024

In the capital Dhaka and beyond, transport and industry emissions continue to blight the ‘most polluted country in the world’ despite strong words from the government.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2024

Globeleq, the leading independent power company in Africa, has completed its acquisition of a 52.5 % stake and a 22.5% stake in the 41 MW Central Solar de Mocuba solar PV power plant (Mocuba) in Mozam.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 7, 2024

We asked experts what they think might spur effective climate action in 2024. Here are their ideas.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2024

The Connecticut Green Bank is pleased to announce the closing of C-PACE financing for a solar PV system and roof upgrade project at Air Realty Group LLC's 78,450 square foot property at 236 New Ha.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 7, 2024

This was a rough year. The world’s biggest challenges generally got worse, or at least more complicated. Our biggest existential threat, climate change, is no longer a scientific model of the future; it’s now a relentless daily challenge. This year, yet again, heat records were shattered , wildfires and dangerous air spread over unprecedented areas, and flooding and storms destroyed thousands of lives.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2024

Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) and SK ecoplant, an engineering and energy solutions provider and subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate SK Group, today (Dec 22) announced they have extended the terms of the.

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Eco-Business

JANUARY 7, 2024

The markets are seeing enhanced climate disclosures, but there’s a need for more consistent reporting and uniform application of rules across market sectors.

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Global Renewable News

JANUARY 7, 2024

Helax Istmo ("Helax"), a wholly owned.

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