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Listen up, utilities: The EV industry is telling you what it needs

GreenBiz

Utility queuing challenges, standardizing charging equipment and improving financing mechanisms are driving the conversation on EVs.

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Review finds half of Britain’s “crown jewels of nature” at risk of extinction

Envirotec Magazine

Nothophantes horridus (image credit: (c) John Walters). A new report by conservation charity Buglife appears to find that half of the UK’s most special species are at risk of global extinction. The report brings together knowledge on twenty invertebrate species which are endemic to Great Britain. Endemic species are those which are only found in Britain, and nowhere else in the world – they are the crown jewels of our biodiversity.

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Financing the end of plastic pollution

GreenBiz

Sponsored: The Global Plastics Treaty must include a financing plan that supports the countries most impacted by plastic pollution and least equipped to deal with it.

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Conveyor drive technology boosts energy efficiency of Lapland mine

Envirotec Magazine

LKAB is running a conveyor system that carries 15 million tons of iron ore every year. LKAB has awarded ABB a contract to install two ABB Gearless Conveyor Drives (GCDs) on the existing conveyor belt system at its Malmberget mine near Gällivare, Norrbotten County, Lapland, the most northern province in Sweden. The existing setup already carries up to 15 million tons of iron ore every year, using a 2,800kW wound rotor induction motor (WRIM) with gearbox to drive the conveyor.

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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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Boosting the Power of Corporate Investment in the Fight Against Climate Change

GreenBiz

The American Forest Foundation’s new report, Boosting the Power of Corporate Investment in the Fight Against Climate Change, explores how investment in forests, specifically family-owned forests in the United States, is a critical yet underutilized tool in the fight against climate change—and how innovative programs and financing models are essential for building and scaling a voluntary carbon market that maximizes real climate impact.

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‘Hot mess’ as Earth heads for warmest year on record in 2023

Financial Times: Energy

Temperature peak in October follows four months in succession of exceptional weather

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FERC decides if LNG facilities benefit the public. Is it doing its job?

Canary Media

Sometime in the next few weeks, a government agency that most Americans know little about could approve a new fossil-fuel project that would have lasting consequences for the climate.

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BlackRock set to invest $550mn in Occidental direct air capture project

Financial Times: Energy

Move is a sign of support for the world’s largest venture deploying nascent climate technology

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Georgia Power updated IRP ups targets for renewable energy, battery storage

Energy Storage News

Georgia Power update to its integrated resource plan (IRP) would see the company procure up to 1GW of battery storage resources.

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Kauai became a clean energy leader. Its secret? A publicly owned grid

Canary Media

LIHUE, Hawaii — It’s hard to find anywhere in the United States that has greened its electricity supply as quickly as verdant Kauai.

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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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Hyundai Engineering & Construction Finalizes Design for Korea’s Largest Water Electrolysis Hydrogen Plant

FuelCellsWorks

The company is accelerating the enhancement of its core competencies to lead the global clean energy market and to achieve carbon neutrality. By developing technology for clean energy sources and.

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Making money green: Australia takes first steps towards a net zero finance strategy

Renew Economy

Australia’s financial system must urgently transform itself to meet the climate challenge. The post Making money green: Australia takes first steps towards a net zero finance strategy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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US Bureau of Land Management brings online two California PV projects, advances on 13 other renewables projects

PV Tech

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the Department of Interior, has advanced on 15 clean energy projects across the West, with two solar PV and storage plants operational in California.

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“Marvel of engineering:” Giant wind turbine transporters find their way to Australia

Renew Economy

New turbine blade transport technology deployed at the 923MW MacIntyre wind farm will drastically reduce the impact on farmland and vegetation. The post “Marvel of engineering:” Giant wind turbine transporters find their way to Australia 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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Taking to the Skies, Powered by Hydrogen

FuelCellsWorks

Hydrogen will be a major lever for the decarbonization of air transport, which is committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. It’s a major challenge, and one that requires.

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ARENA backs husband and wife team developing world’s first hydrogen vertical lift off plane

Renew Economy

AMSL Aero has already developed a battery electric vertical take off aircraft, now it is looking at hydrogen power to cover long distances suitable for emergency services and regional Australia. The post ARENA backs husband and wife team developing world’s first hydrogen vertical lift off plane appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Top Tory Think Tank’s North Sea Oil and Gas ‘Vested Interests’

DeSmogBlog

The influential Conservative-linked Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) has been pushing for further North Sea oil and gas drilling while several of its board members hold financial interests in the industry, a DeSmog investigation has found. The news follows the government’s approval of the major Rosebank oilfield and the issuing of new North Sea licences, which the government intends to turn into a mandatory annual process, as announced in this week’s King’s Speech.

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Australia’s big batteries: What do they do and how do they make money?

Renew Economy

Battery storage is changing the grid: Neoen provides insight into how they make money, including three new revenue streams. The post Australia’s big batteries: What do they do and how do they make money? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Thermal potting for EV components (Whitepaper)

Charged

Sponsored by Henkel. With the dramatic growth anticipated in the electric vehicle industry, manufacturers and component suppliers alike are vying for position in performance, range, cost efficiency, durability and reliability. Thermal potting materials, while often unseen, play an important role in heat management – a significant factor in achieving these objectives.

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Battery materials: What is the battery of the future made of?

TechXplore

The Empa research group led by Maksym Kovalenko is researching innovative materials for the batteries of tomorrow. Whether it's fast-charging electric cars or low-cost stationary storage, there's a promising material or a novel manufacturing process for every application.

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China’s complete solar manufacturing supply chain can meet annual global demand by 2032

PV Tech

China will account for 95% of the announced global n-type cell capacity in 2026, while the solar market is switching its focus to n-type cells

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EVBox begins North American production of its charging stations

Charged

Amsterdam-based EVSE manufacturer EVBox has started production of its EVBox Troniq Modular charging station in Libertyville, Illinois. Customer deliveries are expected to commence before the end of the year. The EVBox Troniq Modular’s power module output is upgradable from 90 kW to 240 kW in increments of 30 kW. It is designed to scale as demand for EV chargers expands.

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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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Strata Clean Energy bags US$300 million to develop 17GW US pipeline

PV Tech

US solar and storage developer Strata Clean Energy has secured a US$300 million revolving loan and letter of credit facility to develop its diversified project pipeline of over 17GW.

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Commentary: Don’t let utilities hijack your EV battery Why V2H, not V2G, is the best way to use your EV battery.

Solar Power World

It’s estimated that there are over 3 million EVs on the road in the United States, driving between home and work every day. The current utility-based EV charging paradigm is based on using home-based bidirectional EV chargers to support the electric grid in late afternoons and evenings. Alas, this vehicle-to-grid (V2G) setup is an inefficient… The post Commentary: Don’t let utilities hijack your EV battery <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-size:15px;'

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Sembcorp targets 25GW of installed renewables capacity by 2028

PV Tech

Singapore-based energy company Sembcorp Industries has targeted 25GW of installed renewables capacity by 2028.

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HGenium Unveils First-Of-Its-Kind Technology for Green Hydrogen Production

FuelCellsWorks

PASADENA, Calif.– HGenium, Inc., an exciting new technology entrant in the rapidly growing green hydrogen industry, today announced that Dr. Casper Brady, HGenium Senior Scientist, presented insights on the company’s.

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TotalEnergies and Soltec authorised to construct 200MW solar project in Spain

PV Tech

French energy giant TotalEnergies and Spanish solar tracker manufacturer have received construction authorisation for a 200MW solar PV project in Murcia, Spain.

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SERMA signs new testing partnership with Renault for EV development

Charged

French electronics company SERMA has signed a new partnership with the French carmaker Renault for EV development in France. SERMA has opened a 3,500-square-meter testing center inside Renault’s Lardy Technical Centre as part of a seven-year cooperation. This infrastructure will support Renault’s electrification efforts by providing sufficient capacity for electrical and abuse testing across its vehicle portfolio.

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Volvo Cars Energy Solutions plans to leverage ‘ample spare battery capacity’ for vehicle-to-grid

Energy Storage News

Volvo Cars has launched a new business division focused on smart and bi-directional charging solutions for electric vehicles (EVs).

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Holman launches new suite of fleet electrification solutions

Charged

Holman provides a wide variety of automotive-centric services, from fleet management to vehicle fabrication and upfitting to component manufacturing to retail auto sales. Now the company has introduced a comprehensive collection of fleet electrification solutions designed to simplify the transition to EVs for fleet operators. Holman’s suite of fleet electrification solutions include: home charging management; driver reimbursement; depot management; telematics; workplace charging planning and adm

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Northwestern Is Part of National Effort to Develop Hydrogen Fuel Economy

FuelCellsWorks

Plan is to produce hydrogen by leveraging diverse and abundant energy sources, including renewable energy, natural gas and low-cost nuclear energy. Northwestern University is a key partner in the Midwest.

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Rishi Sunak is harming the UK’s climate reputation

Financial Times: Energy

Mandating North Sea oil and gas licensing is not a good use of parliament’s time

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