Thu.Sep 28, 2023

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Public Storage is backing 130 community solar projects. Here’s why

GreenBiz

The portfolio will bring renewable electricity to low- and moderate-income communities in Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey.

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Confusion reigns as Whitehall briefing contradicts PM’s net zero speech

Envirotec Magazine

There are increasing concerns that civil servants in the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) are attempting to undermine the Prime Minister’s attempts to reset the UK’s net zero policies, says trade body the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA). In a briefing issued to the heating industry only hours after the PM’s net zero speech officials outlined their continuing approach to “encouraging” households to fit heat pumps, retaining unrealistic targets for heat pump installations

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Amazon, IKEA and Patagonia have joined a group to buy zero-emissions maritime shipping fuel

GreenBiz

The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance is looking to decrease emissions from ocean shipping by 90 percent.

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Managing information flow

Envirotec Magazine

Lillestrom in southeast Norway. An AI analytics platform has had a transformational impact on water management in a Norwegian municipality, writes Marco Westergren, chief analytics officer at technology firm InfoTiles. The water-rich municipality of Lillestrøm was looking for a way to acquire more useful data to ensure decision-making and use of resources were as efficient as possible.

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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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Why your company should retire its 'carbon neutral' food claims

GreenBiz

Rather than serving as a tool for better consumer purchases, such claims are an excuse for inaction.

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How Exactly Does Lead Exposure Harm the Brain?

NRDC onEarth

The metal is highly toxic to neural development in children. Here’s why—and what the country can do to prevent it.

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The Need for Stronger Fuel Economy Standards

NRDC onEarth

More efficient vehicles on our roads not only help to save consumers money at the pump but importantly help to cut our reliance on oil.

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Why you should give a ship

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Shipping may seem like a dull industry, but it plays a significant role in two of the biggest issues of our time — climate change and inequality.

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UK streamlines planning for £20bn plan to bring power from Morocco

Financial Times: Energy

Xlinks project seeks 25-year contract with government to guarantee a fixed electricity price

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“Embarrassingly Wrong” Tufton Street Net Zero Report Gets Widespread Coverage

DeSmogBlog

A report from the Tufton Street group Civitas on the supposed cost of net zero was featured in several major newspapers today despite serious data errors. Authored by management consultant Ewen Stewart, the report claimed that achieving net zero emissions will cost the UK £4.5 trillion, or £6,000 per household, by 2050. The report was covered in the the Times, Daily Express, Daily Mail, the Spectator, and the influential conservative blog Guido Fawkes through both news reports and opinion pieces

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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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US warns green transition raises ‘complex’ China security concerns

Financial Times: Energy

Beijing is prepared to weaponise its control of mineral sectors vital to renewable power, says energy secretary Jennifer Granholm

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“Largest” urban solar farm and battery planned to power university campus

Renew Economy

La Trobe University has announced plans to install what it claims to be the largest "urban solar farm" in Victoria, a 2.9MW ground-mounted PV array and 2.5MW battery. The post “Largest” urban solar farm and battery planned to power university campus appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Will Hyundai really follow through with its retro look hydrogen car?

Hydrogen Fuel News

The automaker has successfully unveiled its N Vision 74 concept, suggesting it could see production one day. Last year, Hyundai unveiled its N Vision 74 concept hydrogen car to a great deal of positive response, suggesting that there is a chance it might one day head to production. The unveiling was met with massive enthusiasm from vehicle enthusiasts due to its substantial detail.

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Bouldercombe battery back on line just 48 hours after fire destroyed Tesla Megapack

Renew Economy

The Bouldercombe battery has been re-energised and charged and discharged into the grid just 48 hours after a fire destroyed one of its Tesla Megapack modules. The post Bouldercombe battery back on line just 48 hours after fire destroyed Tesla Megapack appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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These 25 utilities are united by one big goal: 80% less CO2 by 2030

Canary Media

A new cohort is forcefully pushing back on the doubters who don’t think rapid utility-sector decarbonization is feasible: the utilities themselves. A decade after the utility industry balked at the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan regulations , just about every large utility in the U.S.

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Will Britons accept burying nuclear waste in their backyard?

Financial Times: Energy

People in Lincolnshire are divided about the case for an underground disposal facility for radioactive material

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Study analyzes microplastics’ effect on clouds

Envirotec Magazine

A new study sheds light on the quantity and type of microplastics present in clouds. It offers insight into how these airborne particles influence cloud formation and their negative impact on the climate. The researchers analyzed cloud water samples from high-altitude mountains in Japan to ascertain the amount of microplastics in them. While most studies on microplastics have focused on aquatic ecosystems, few have looked at their impact on cloud formation and climate change.

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PV Data: sustained growth in US solar capacity

PV Tech

The US Energy Information Administration has published its latest monthly report into the country’s energy mix.

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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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Report details progress with four trailblazing circularity projects, one year on

Envirotec Magazine

A new impact report details the progress of four projects that were awarded funding as part of the Circular Future Fund, created to find pioneering circular economy ideas. In 2022, four projects were each awarded grants of between £150,000 – £300,000, from 245 applications, to develop their innovative solutions that challenged the ‘make…use…throw-away’ culture of modern society.

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Belgium Prepares Harbours for Massive Green Hydrogen Imports

FuelCellsWorks

Belgium has launched a call for proposals to prepare its ports to import massive amounts of green hydrogen as part of its efforts to become a ‘hydrogen gateway’, Belgian Energy.

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Sponsored content: Protection for submerged and shoreline pipelines

Envirotec Magazine

Sections of the pipe were wrapped in the contractor’s yard (inset) then transported to site, whilst others were wrapped in-situ. For over 50 years, SeaShield corrosion control systems have provided enduring protection on jetty piles and marine structures from the devastating effects of corrosion. The recent addition of the SeaShield 70/80 System is a response to the industry’s need for a robust, UV-stable, easy-to-apply system designed specifically for submerged and shoreline pipelines situated

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Asm. Carrillo and over 100 organizations call on Governor Newsom to sign AB 1167, the Orphan Well Prevention Act

NRDC onEarth

Today, Assemblymember Carrillo and over a dozen advocates with climate, community and environmental justice organizations held a press conference to call on Governor Gavin Newsom to hold oil companies accountable by signing the Orphan Well Prevention Act, AB 1167, into law.

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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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Australian hydrogen terminal capacity will need to increase tenfold to meet ambition

Renew Economy

New analysis concludes that Australia must expand its export terminal capacity tenfold to have any hope of fulfilling its renewable hydrogen ambitions. The post Australian hydrogen terminal capacity will need to increase tenfold to meet ambition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Iberdrola completes first hybrid solar-wind project in Spain

PV Tech

Spanish utility Iberdrola has completed construction of its first hybrid solar-wind plant in Spain and is working towards commissioning it.

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Satellite Data on the Go: Planet and the onX suite of apps Enable Your Outdoor Adventures

Planet Pulse

Across the United States, outdoor enthusiasts are packing their backpacks, lacing up their shoes, and filling their water bottles for long, nature-filled weekends. As summer moves into fall, they are trading in their baseball caps for their wool flannel shirts, and checking their weather app in the process. These recreationists are also swiping through their phones and preparing for their trips with onX’s suite of recreation apps which deliver detailed geospatial information about wilderness adv

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Community battery message plugs solar powered tram into energy debate

Renew Economy

Group behind Victoria's first inner-urban community battery turns to public transport to raise awareness of vital role of shared energy storage in shift to renewables. The post Community battery message plugs solar powered tram into energy debate appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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INOVYN at Runcorn to Ramp Up Hydrogen Supply to Fuel Trucks Buses and Power Generator Sectors

FuelCellsWorks

INOVYN, a subsidiary of INEOS, is to upgrade existing low-carbon hydrogen supply to fuel transport in the UK and drive the country’s green transition to net-zero by 2050. This is.

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Two new big batteries in South Australia sign connection deals, including first for Zen Energy

Renew Economy

Two new big battery projects in South Australia have obtained transmission connection agreements, including the first big battery for Zen Energy. The post Two new big batteries in South Australia sign connection deals, including first for Zen Energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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LR approves first methanol fuel cell system to be installed on an Italian yacht

FuelCellsWorks

Lloyd’s Register (LR) has awarded Sanlorenzo approval for its methanol fuel cell system and type-C containment tank, designed to use methanol to supply power to onboard hotel systems. LR presented.

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Q Energy starts building 35MW/44MWh BESS in France

Energy Storage News

The European renewable energy IPP arm of Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, Q Energy, has started building one of the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in France.

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The importance of effective motor circuit protection (Whitepaper)

Charged

Sponsored by TTI and Littelfuse. The importance of effective motor and motor circuit protection cannot be over-emphasized. Motors are consistently the largest single cause of industrial and commercial fires, and in today’s highly automated commercial and industrial facilities, the failure of even one relatively minor motor may shut down an entire installation.

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Sunak’s electricity network plans aim to break the gridlock

Financial Times: Energy

The current approach to designing, approving and building the UK’s grid is too fragmented