Wed.Oct 04, 2023

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12 training resources for measuring and managing greenhouse gas emissions

GreenBiz

Greenhouse gas accounting is the foundation upon which all other organizational climate work rests.

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Fluorescent approach aims to combat honey fraud

Envirotec Magazine

A new technology based on fluorescence is being developed to detect if honey has been blended with cheaper additions such as sugar syrup. The brainchild of Aston University and The Scottish Bee Company – With help and support from the British Beekeepers Association and the Honey Authenticity Network UK – the approach appears to offer a solution to this, the second most prevalent form of food fraud worldwide (after milk-related fraud).

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The DOE has $97 billion in available funds. Here’s how to compete

GreenBiz

Seeking a share of the government’s historic funding for renewable energy projects? First, explain how your project will benefit community members.

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Net zero legal challenge to be heard by High Court in February

Envirotec Magazine

Good Law Project, Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth will bring their legal challenge of the Government’s threadbare net zero strategy to the High Court, in a hearing due on 20-22 February 2024. This multi-pronged challenge takes on the Government’s strategy to reach net zero in carbon emissions, which was published earlier this year in response to a previous legal challenge from the same three groups.

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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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What it takes to pop the ESG job bubble

GreenBiz

Headlines abound around the growth of ESG jobs. Why does it seem so hard to get one?

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California Is Short-Changing Climate-Friendly Mobility

NRDC onEarth

A new NRDC report finds that California only allocates 18.6% of transportation funds to low-carbon mobility choices. Read the full report here.

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Energy Efficiency and Electrification Take Center Stage in New Jersey

NRDC onEarth

With historic commitments from Governor Phil Murphy, backed by robust programs, New Jersey is becoming a leader in clean, efficient buildings.

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UK firm presents “game-changing” solution to monitoring indoor air quality

Envirotec Magazine

Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) is a global concern for health, wellbeing and productivity as people spend 90% of their time indoors, where IAQ can be up to 7 times worse than outdoor air quality. Poor air quality in indoor spaces can lead to pathogen transmission, high CO2 levels that worsen cognitive function, and can cause respiratory issues. Butterfly is an innovative and patented IAQ monitoring system including a suite of beautifully designed hardware with integrated software that has been develop

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$4.3 Billion on the Table

NRDC onEarth

EPA’s recent announcement of $4.3 billion in competitive funding for the Climate Pollution Reduction Grants provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in our homes and buildings, to win big on public health and reduce both housing energy costs and climate.

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Comment: We’ll be digging up landfills within a decade

Envirotec Magazine

The earth has finite resources, and at some point, society will run low or even run out entirely of certain resources that it currently takes for granted. When that happens, materials discarded into landfills as waste are set to become a valuable commodity. That’s why the waste industry should be talking more about landfill mining, says Chris Williams, founder and CEO of ISB Global, a UK-based software and solutions provider for the global waste management and recycling sector.

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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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Fact Check: Wind turbine energy claim is all spin and no power

Renew Economy

Social media posts are full of hot air in claiming wind turbines take years of operation to make up for the energy needed to manufacture them. This is false. The post Fact Check: Wind turbine energy claim is all spin and no power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Call for emissions measuring and monitoring technologies to shape groundbreaking roadmap

Envirotec Magazine

The Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC) and North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) have today [4th October] launched a call for emissions measuring and monitoring technologies, giving companies the opportunity to have their technology featured in a new roadmap. The roadmap, developed as a collaborative initiative between NZTC and NSTA, will provide asset operators of both fixed and floating installations and onshore terminals with data on the emissions measuring and monitoring technologies currentl

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Russia says it will oppose plan to phase out fossil fuels

Financial Times: Energy

Moscow sets up clash with EU and US as UN report sets out countries’ positions ahead of COP28 climate summit

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Stanwell signs major deal for Australian-made long duration iron flow batteries

Renew Economy

Queensland's Stanwell signs deal for long duration "iron flow batteries" as it seeks different storage solutions for the switch from coal to green energy. The post Stanwell signs major deal for Australian-made long duration iron flow batteries 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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California looks to add solar and transmission along highways

Canary Media

There’s a lot of empty land along California’s highways — and the state will soon be looking at how it can fill some of it up with solar panels, batteries and power lines to help meet its clean energy targets.

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Morocco’s carmaking sector revs up for EV era

Financial Times: Energy

The country is solidifying its position as Africa’s largest auto-manufacturing hub

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Australia rejoins global climate fund initiative, reversing Morrison snub

Renew Economy

Australia has signed back up to a global climate change fund for developing countries after an almost five-year absence, reversing a Morrison-era snub to international community. The post Australia rejoins global climate fund initiative, reversing Morrison snub appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Navigating the ban on single-use plastics

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Marco Verch Professional Photographer , CC BY 2.0 license. By Samantha Osborne, Commercial lawyer at national law firm Freeths With the ban on single use plastics now here, businesses must ensure that they understand the regulations and take steps to mitigate the impact the ban might have on their day-to-day activities. In this article, we recap the changes that are coming into force, which take effect from October 2023, remind businesses of what they should be doing now, and consi

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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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Cost of keeping coal alive “considerable,” says AER, as market factors in emissions

Renew Economy

"Considerable maintenance expenditure” will be needed to keep old coal plants running, the regulator says, as it contemplates what price to put on emissions. The post Cost of keeping coal alive “considerable,” says AER, as market factors in emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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SEPA appeals for information to tackle waste crime in North Lanarkshire

Envirotec Magazine

SEPA was appealing to the public for information (on 28 September) to help with an investigation into potential illegal activity in North Lanarkshire in late September, at a location linked to waste vehicles. Officers from SEPA, North Lanarkshire Council and Police Scotland were gathering information on the range of businesses operating in the area, the size and scale of operations, the number of vehicles present and the risk of harm to the environment.

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Enapter AG Sees Strong Demand for New Electrolyser Aem Flex 120

FuelCellsWorks

Rapid global response: 25 orders secured from Europe, Asia, and Africa just days after unveiling, pushing order backlog to an impressive 27 million euros. Berlin– Enapter AG (ISIN: DE000A255G02) reports.

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Australia leads pack as wind and solar drive structural shift in power sector emissions

Renew Economy

Global emissions from energy generation stalled in the first half, and 2023 could be the first year of a structural decline in pollution. The post Australia leads pack as wind and solar drive structural shift in power sector emissions appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Toyota to Provide Sustainable Mobility for All at the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024

FuelCellsWorks

Toyota’s Hydrogen Mobility Highlights for Paris 2024: Hydrogen central to Toyota’s sustainable, low-carbon vision. Toyota to display an expansive hydrogen mobility concept during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 500 Toyota.

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Revealed: Meetings Blitz Between Big Ag and Anti-Green Lawmakers in Europe

DeSmogBlog

Agriculture lobby groups have been in constant contact with a small group of influential European politicians, holding an average of over two meetings a week while the bloc negotiated flagship reforms to protect nature and climate, DeSmog can reveal. Between January 2020 and July 2023, over 400 meetings took place between industry and key members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who have been at the forefront of efforts to stall reforms since the Farm to Fork strategy launched in 2020.

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King Willem-Alexander Starts Construction of First Part National Hydrogen Network

FuelCellsWorks

His Majesty the King will perform the starting ceremony for the construction of the first part of the national hydrogen network on the Tweede Maasvlakte in Rotterdam on the afternoon.

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Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Have Committed £41 Million to UK Universities Since 2022

DeSmogBlog

Major fossil fuel firms have committed tens of millions in finance to UK universities since 2022, DeSmog can reveal. Many of these commitments have been accepted by institutions that have actively pledged to divest from oil and gas companies. According to freedom of information requests submitted by DeSmog, more than £40.9 million has been pledged to 44 UK universities by 32 oil, coal and gas companies since 2022 in the form of research agreements, tuition fees, scholarships, grants, and consult

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Guest column: Saying ‘yes’ to clean energy means telling the truth about solar NIMBY-ism

Solar Power World

More communities are saying “not in my backyard” to clean energy projects. The Jefferson County Commission in Tennessee recently said “not now” to a new 250-MW energy storage project, passing a moratorium on permitting such projects until January 2024. Ten rural Ohio counties have banned new solar and wind installations under a state law that… The post Guest column: Saying ‘yes’ to clean energy means telling the truth about solar NIMBY-ism appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Philippines’ Lopez Group installing 40MW of battery storage at geothermal power plants

Energy Storage News

A renewable energy subsidiary of the Philippine conglomerate Lopez Group has contracted for the deployment of battery energy storage system (BESS) resources at three geothermal sites.

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The Brief: Today’s Plugged In: Black Farmer Fund, deep climate tech, solar power in Texas, integrated impact and financial analysis

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Call Preview Plugged In: Road to justice for Black farmers leads through flexible finance. More than 150 years. The post The Brief: Today’s Plugged In: Black Farmer Fund, deep climate tech, solar power in Texas, integrated impact and financial analysis appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Round-trip efficiency is key metric for assessing non-lithium energy storage alternatives, EPCs say

Energy Storage News

Round-trip efficiency of alternative storage technologies is the standout metric for assessing their potential versus lithium-ion.

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CS Energy takes 50% stake in its first wind farm, in big step away from coal

Renew Economy

Queensland coal utility makes first major wind investment, in a deal to own half the 372MW Boulder Creek wind farm – and buy all of its energy once complete. The post CS Energy takes 50% stake in its first wind farm, in big step away from coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Fortescue Invests in Electric Hydrogen Electrolysers to Support Green Hydrogen Project Plans

FuelCellsWorks

Fortescue has today announced it has taken the lead investor role in Electric Hydrogen’s (EH2) US$380 million Series C funding round. Fortescue has today announced it has taken the lead.