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Companies are slowly realizing their banks are adding to their carbon emissions

GreenBiz

Palo Alto Networks, Burton Snowboards, Lush Cosmetics and Seventh Generation are scrutinizing the impact financial services have on their climate goals.

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Removing Lead Pipes Would Save Lives—and Money

NRDC onEarth

Over the next 35 years, removing lead service lines would result in significant cost savings—$786 billion—from avoided health impacts.

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The future of sustainable aviation fuel depends on the 2023 Farm Bill

GreenBiz

Sustainable aviation fuel is emerging as the most viable path forward for a decarbonized aviation industry, if the 2023 Farm Bill provides adequate funding.

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The Biden Administration’s Risky Offshore Leasing Plan

NRDC onEarth

The Biden administration's offshore oil and gas leasing plan places communities and environments at risk.

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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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Ultra high pressure jetting a concrete removal ‘gamechanger’

Envirotec Magazine

A specialist team from drainage and wastewater specialist Lanes Group plc has prevented the need to partially demolish three houses by using a water jet to remove concrete from a sewer pipe. The ultra-high pressure (UHP) jetting system, which powers the water jet to over the speed of sound, was deployed after the foundation concrete in the pipe proved too tough for conventional robotic cutting.

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Happy Heat Pump Water Heater Day!

NRDC onEarth

This Heat Pump Water Heater Day, and every day, consider a highly efficient heat pump for your home!

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“Staggering” Health Benefits from Replacing Lead Water Pipes Could Save As Much as $6 Billion in California from Avoided Health Impacts

NRDC onEarth

Removing lead pipes will bring massive savings in public health costs – nearly 90% due to links between lead exposure and cardiovascular disease, new state-by-state analysis finds

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Sensor-equipped system saves millions of litres of water

Envirotec Magazine

The logger in the ground. The UK’s largest water and wastewater company, Thames Water, has selected Ovarro’s end-to-end service LeakNavigator to deliver a three-year leakage reduction contract, writes Tony Gwynne, global leakage solutions director at Ovarro. Thames Water is working to achieve a 20.5% reduction in leakage across London and the Thames Valley, region to meet regulatory targets.

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When You Poison Our Lands, You Poison Us

NRDC onEarth

The granddaughter of a Navajo uranium miner stands with the Standing Rock Sioux against DAPL.

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Climate “Australia’s next big employer:” Cannon-Brookes joins push for net zero workforce

Renew Economy

Cannon-Brookes joins industry led campaign to populate the millions of new climate and energy roles required for Australia to meet net zero by 2050. The post Climate “Australia’s next big employer:” Cannon-Brookes joins push for net zero workforce appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Why ditching hydrogen heating for homes makes sense 

Financial Times: Energy

Keeping too many options open may slow progress to net zero

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Queensland solar farm locks in supply deal for Australia’s biggest green hydrogen project

Renew Economy

Stanwell signs 15-year off take deal for all the output of another major solar project to supply its green hydrogen plans, in the second such deal of the past two weeks. The post Queensland solar farm locks in supply deal for Australia’s biggest green hydrogen project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Report: PA Clean Trucks Program Could Save 140 Lives, Create 3,524 Jobs

NRDC onEarth

A new report finds that adoption of the Advanced Clean Trucks standard in Pennsylvania can avoid 140 premature deaths and create 3,524 new jobs.

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“The SEC is back:” Victoria flicks switch on state-owned utility in push to 95 pct renewables

Renew Economy

Victoria re-boots the publicly owned State Electricity Commission, with plans to build 1.2GW of renewables and storage by 2025, generate thousands of green jobs. The post “The SEC is back:” Victoria flicks switch on state-owned utility in push to 95 pct renewables 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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Mazda Unveils ‘MAZDA ICONIC SP’ Hydrogen Ready Compact Sports Car Concept

FuelCellsWorks

HIROSHIMA, Japan—Mazda Motor Corporation today unveiled the MAZDA ICONIC SP, a new concept car for the first time at Japan Mobility Show 2023.*1 MAZDA ICONIC SP MAZDA ICONIC SP is.

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Fortescue produces first “home grown” electrolysers as it lines up green hydrogen deals

Renew Economy

Fortescue producing first of its "home grown" electrolysers at new Gladstone gigafactory, which it sees as key to success in Hydrogen Headstart program after missing out on Whyalla tender. The post Fortescue produces first “home grown” electrolysers as it lines up green hydrogen deals appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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John Cockerill Advances Us Expansion of Hydrogen in Houston Area With Launch of Gigafactory in Baytown

FuelCellsWorks

Site expected to produce 1GW of electrolyzers annually, creating 200 jobs and bolstering Houston’s position as a hydrogen hub. HOUSTON, Texas– John Cockerill Hydrogen, a world leading electrolyzer manufacturer announced.

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Can America’s south-east unseat Detroit as ‘Motown’ of the EV age?

Financial Times: Energy

A war for investment pits the sunbelt region against the automotive heartland of the Midwest

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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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Could Toyota’s ammonia engine bring the end of EVs?

Hydrogen Fuel News

The automaker’s groundbreaking sustainable technology could change the shape of transportation. Toyota is accustomed to making headlines about emission-free vehicle designs and has caught headline attention recently with its ammonia engine innovations. The technology is the result of a collaboration with the GAC Group Chinese state-owned manufacturer.

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Yara and Navigator Holdings Ltd. Lead Investment Into Azane Fuel Solutions To Realize World’s First Ammonia Bunkering Solution

FuelCellsWorks

Yara Growth Ventures and Navigator Holdings Ltd. lead investment round of 5.4 million EUR (around 5.7 million USD) in Azane Fuel Solutions AS ammonia bunkering startup, to commence construction of.

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Germany hits acceleration button on hydrogen infrastructure development

Hydrogen Fuel News

The country plans to fast-track developing its H2 grid network in clean energy push. Germany is striving to make the switch to clean energy and developing hydrogen infrastructure as quickly as possible is one of its goals to make the transition as fast as possible. The country is working on making a “hydrogen acceleration law” a reality.

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Spain’s Enagas Sees Sufficient Green Hydrogen Volumes to Supply H2med Pipeline

FuelCellsWorks

Proposed H2Med pipeline would link Portugal, Spain, France and Germany January call for interest to give clear idea of likely 2030 supply volume: CEO Spanish TSO ‘convinced’ green hydrogen supply.

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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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Heraeus Group invests in PV startup Holosolis’ 5GW French manufacturing plant

PV Tech

German technology group and PV component manufacturer Heraeus has acquired an undisclosed stake in French PV manufacturing startup Holosolis to support the development of its planned 5GW module assembly plant in Hambach, France.

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The trillion-dollar quest to make green steel

Canary Media

OSCEOLA, Arkansas — On a hot, dry morning in mid-October, dozens of visitors gathered in a former cotton field turned dusty compound, before a cluster of blue rectangular buildings. In the far distance, an earthen levee snaked along the banks of the drought-stricken Mississippi River.

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EU Launches a Team Europe Initiative to Develop Green Hydrogen in Mauritania and Accelerate Its Energy Transition

FuelCellsWorks

Today, on the eve of the Global Gateway Forum taking place in Brussels on 25 and 26 October, European Commission President Von der Leyen and the Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani have.

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TotalEnergies turns on solar-plus-storage project in Texas with 255MWh BESS

Energy Storage News

Oil and gas major TotalEnergies has put a 380MW solar PV, 255MWh battery storage project into commercial operation in the ERCOT, Texas market.

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Rubis Photosol to build 200MWp solar project at former air base in France

PV Tech

French renewable company Rubis Photosol has announced a plan to develop a 200MWp solar PV project in France.

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Electric Vehicle Containment Unit can squelch EV fires even as they’re still burning

Charged

No, despite what you’ve seen in a thousand Facebook posts, EVs are not more prone to catching fire than are legacy vehicles (according to several studies— take your pick —the reverse is the case). However, like any energy storage system, an EV battery can catch fire in the case of a collision or a malfunction, and there are a couple of troublesome aspects to battery fires—they can’t be put out with water, and they can reignite hours after it seems the fire has been put out.

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Time Picks UCLA Engineering Climate Solution as One of 2023 Top Inventions

FuelCellsWorks

Tech leverages seawater to capture and store atmospheric carbon dioxide while producing green hydrogen. Time magazine has named the carbon-removal Equatic process developed at UCLA’s Institute for Carbon Management (ICM) one.

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Current policies only enabling half of energy storage deployment needed by 2030, says IEA

Energy Storage News

Only half of the energy storage needed to properly integrate the potential solar PV additions globally by 2030 will be deployed based on current policies, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its World Energy Outlook report for 2023.

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Brazil’s Ceara State Govt Signs MoU for Green Ammonia Production, Ahead of World Hydrogen Latin America 2023

FuelCellsWorks

With huge ambition and potential, Latin America has an exceptional opportunity to become a global clean hydrogen powerhouse. The planned facility will be capable of producing 40 tonnes per day.

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Australia’s “biggest” green hydrogen project given $69m in new round of funding

Renew Economy

Federal government tips $69.2 million into the 2.2GW Central Queensland Hydrogen Hub, described by the state government as the biggest in Australia. The post Australia’s “biggest” green hydrogen project given $69m in new round of funding appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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