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JCB’s hydrogen combustion engine approved for use

Envirotec Magazine

Lord Bamford pictured with JCBs hydrogen combustion engine. JCB has seemingly cleared significant hurdles in its development of the worlds first hydrogen combustion engine after securing rulings from licensing authorities allowing it to be used commercially in machines, the company announced in January. JCB says it is the first construction equipment company to develop a fully working combustion engine fuelled by hydrogen and the group said a team of 150 engineers had been working on the 100 mil

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A 'local electricity market': Rooftop panels, EV chargers, and smart thermostats could boost power grid resilience

TechXplore

There's a lot of untapped potential in our homes and vehicles that could be harnessed to reinforce local power grids and make them more resilient to unforeseen outages, a new study shows.

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Reduced heat losses reported for new mortar building material

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Kaniaw Marof. A mortar made from recycled plastic and silica aerogel improves insulation and finds a use for plastic waste. The team behind this new building material – from Newcastle University – hope it could reduce heating and cooling bills while being environmentally friendly. They developed the cement mortar mix by replacing sand with silica aerogel and recycled PET plastic which they then showed improved thermal insulation and weighs less.

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Rotterdam’s Zeevonk Hydrogen Facility: A Blueprint for Global Sustainability

Hydrogen Fuel News

Wood Secures Role in Designing Zeevonk Hydrogen Facility to Propel Net-Zero Ambitions Wood, a global leader in engineering and consulting, has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) scope for the Zeevonk hydrogen facility in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This state-of-the-art project represents a key step toward delivering low-carbon energy solutions while advancing Europes push for net-zero emissions by 2050.

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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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NRC Proposes Deep Fee Cuts for Advanced Nuclear

POWER Magazine

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed to sharply reduce its hourly service feesby more than 50%for advanced nuclear reactor applicants and pre-applicants in a move designed to incentivize innovation […] The post NRC Proposes Deep Fee Cuts for Advanced Nuclear appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Researchers 3D print high-performance, sustainable thermoelectric materials

TechXplore

Rapid, localized heat management is essential for electronic devices and could have applications ranging from wearable materials to burn treatment. While so-called thermoelectric materials convert temperature differences to electrical voltage and vice versa, their efficiency is often limited, and their production is costly and wasteful.

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Hybrid transparent electrodes enhance efficiency and longevity of perovskite solar cells

TechXplore

Bifacial perovskite solar cells are known for their ability to harness sunlight from both sides. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) recently made significant strides in their development with a novel NiO/Ag/NiO transparent electrode that helps to achieve high efficiency, durability, and infrared transparency, promising significant advances in solar energy applications.

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Webinar: Revolutionary xEV power conversion saving cost and space

Charged

In the pursuit of efficient and cost-effective power conversion, the industry is witnessing a paradigm shift towards the adoption of new technologies and innovative topologies. The increasing pressure to reduce system costs has led to the emergence of game-changing solutions, such as Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) power devices. These wide-bandgap semiconductors offer superior performance, enabling higher power density, faster switching speeds, and reduced losses.

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Valar Atomics comes out of stealth with $19M and a pilot reactor site

TechCrunch: Climate

Companies developing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) have raised more than $1.5 billion in the past year, as tech companies hunger for power to train AI models and governments decide to commit to the industry. For example, X-energy raised $700 million this month, and Paris-based Newcleo raised $151 million last year, and one would be […] 2024 TechCrunch.

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UK: over 17GWh of BESS due to connect to grid in 2025, 9GWh consented so far

Energy Storage News

Despite a 12% year-on-year fall in the capacity of newly submitted planning applications in 2024, there is still a strong interest in the UK energy storage market as a whole.

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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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Switching to electric vehicles will push the power grid to the brink

TechXplore

The UK's pledge to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 hinges on replacing millions of petrol and diesel vehicles with cleaner alternatives. But transitioning to electric transport isn't just about manufacturing new cars, installing chargers and so on. It's a gargantuan energy generation challenge that could push the power grid to its limits.

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Last Energy Secures UK Nuclear Licensing Milestone for South Wales SMR Project

POWER Magazine

Last Energy has formally launched the UKs nuclear site licensing (NSL) process for plans to develop four 20-MWe microreactors in South Wales, becoming the first small modular reactor (SMR) developer […] The post Last Energy Secures UK Nuclear Licensing Milestone for South Wales SMR Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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How the Insurance Sector Can Further Enable Cleantech Scaling

CleanTech Group

The insurance sector is the leading authority on risk, while scaling cleantech requires a deep understanding of risk and risk mitigation. As such, The post How the Insurance Sector Can Further Enable Cleantech Scaling appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Sodium-ion batteries face greater safety hazards due to sodium clusters, study finds

TechXplore

A new study led by the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified significant safety risks in sodium-ion batteries (SIBs), especially compared to lithium-ion batteries (LIBs).

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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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Longroad signs toll PPA for hybrid solar-BESS project in California with Marin Clean Energy

Energy Storage News

Longroad Energy has secured a power purchase agreement for one of its hybrid solar and BESS projects in California with Marin Clean Energy.

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Humans generate 62 million tons of e-waste each year. Here's what happens when it's recycled

TechXplore

In 2022, humans generated roughly 62 million tons of electronic wasteor e-waste. That's enough to fill more than 1.5 million garbage trucks. And by 2030, that figure is expected to rise to 82 million tons.

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FRV submits 1.6GWh, 4-hour BESS for approval to Australia’s EPBC Act

Energy Storage News

A 1,600MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales, Australia, has been submitted to the federal governments EPBC Act.

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LACI Advances City Climate Innovation Challenge for Zero Emissions Delivery with New Grant from The Rockefeller Foundation

LA CleanTech Incubator

$500,000 Funding Supports Technology, Business Model, and Policy Pilot Projects to Reduce Congestion and Pollution, While Strengthening the American Economy and Entrepreneurship 9 U.S. cities in CA, FL, KY, NY, PA, OR, and D.C. participating, representing 1 in 6 Americans Los Angeles, February 20, 2025 The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) announced today that […] The post LACI Advances City Climate Innovation Challenge for Zero Emissions Delivery with New Grant from The Rockefeller

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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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Modo: BESS in Australia’s NEM see revenues drop 7% in January despite Queensland’s surge

Energy Storage News

Modo Energy has said that revenue for BESS in Australias NEM fell by 7% month-on-month in January, despite revenue tripling in Queensland.

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How refugee entrepreneurs are supplying sustainable energy to the camps where they live

TechXplore

Refugees are providing energy within camps home to millions of displaced people around the world, my research has found.

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Brazil Requires Over $6 Trillion in Energy Investment by 2050 to Reach Net Zero, According to BloombergNEF

BloombergNEF

New Energy Outlook: Brazil details the decarbonization pathways for Brazils energy transition to 2050 Brazil requires multiple technology pathways to reach net zero, including electrification, carbon capture, hydrogen, bioenergy and clean power BNEF sees electrification as the key driver of carbon abatement, mainly in road transport and in hard-to-abate industries Sao Paulo, February 20, 2025 […] The post Brazil Requires Over $6 Trillion in Energy Investment by 2050 to Reach Net Zero, Acco

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What can electrifying your ride do to the grid?

TechXplore

Around 1 in 5 cars sold last year were electric vehicles (EVs). While they offer benefitsincluding zero tailpipe emissions, minimizing noise pollution, and reducing reliance on imported fossil fuelsthey could also include drawbacks. EVs may strain the power grid.

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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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Elon Musk’s Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it

Renew Economy

Musk's big battery tweets set Australia on a path to a renewables revolution in 2017. His utterings on X in this election could help shape the future of energy in Australia. The post Elon Musk’s Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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US community solar adds record 1.7GW in 2024, up 35% YoY

PV Tech

US community solar has installed a record of 1.7GW in 2024, a 35% increase from 2023, according to a report from Wood Mackenzie and trade body the Coalition for Community Solar Access.

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Peter Dutton’s nuclear accounting trick #3: Hide the costs of keeping coal

Renew Economy

The Coalitions nuclear plan takes a gamble with our electricity system that old coal will last the distance. Itdoesnt account for the risks and extreme costs if that gamble fails. The post Peter Dutton’s nuclear accounting trick #3: Hide the costs of keeping coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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SCHURTER introduces super-thin supercapacitors

Charged

Swiss electrical and electronic components manufacturer SCHURTER has launched a range of super-thin prismatic supercapacitors for high switching loads. Supercaps in the SCPA family are just 0.4 mm thick, and offer high power density as well as low Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) and low self-discharge. They are well suited to applications that require high capacitance in the most compact dimensions.

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Green iron fund will lay foundations for Australia to become renewable energy superpower

Renew Economy

A Green Iron Investment Fund is exactly what Australia needs to lay the foundations for Australia becoming a Renewable Energy Superpower. The post Green iron fund will lay foundations for Australia to become renewable energy superpower appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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China’s state energy actors embrace DeepSeek AI to accelerate digital transformation

PV Tech

Chinese state-owned energy enterprises have been quick to integrate the DeepSeek AI platform into their operations, reports Carrie Xiao.

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Mount Isa turns to wind, solar and gravity storage to save city as big mines close

Renew Economy

Mount Isa is looking to green energy and gravity storage in its disused mine shafts to secure a future for the city once its big mines close. The post Mount Isa turns to wind, solar and gravity storage to save city as big mines close appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Anglo American writes down De Beers value by $2.9bn

Financial Times: Energy

Mining group hopes to offload diamond unit as part of restructuring plan

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For one Minnesotan, a new heat pump brings comfort and savings

Canary Media

Kathy Palmer was intrigued when her neighbor, an environmental lawyer shed met while volunteering on a Minneapolis climate committee, sang the praises of the new heat pump he had installed in his home. Now, Palmer is enjoying the warmth of her own heat pump.

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Risen Energy claims 30.99% ‘record’ HJT-perovskite cell efficiency

PV Tech

Risen said the cell was certified by the Chinese National Photovoltaic Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Center.

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