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Why North Face is changing where it gets its rubber and cotton

GreenBiz

With its latest cotton and rubber sourcing efforts, the retailer is pursuing regenerative materials.

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ChatGPT Helps Me Write a New Narrative for Society

Andrew Winston

[A fun exercise in storytelling and uncovering the core narrative we live in. Published first on LinkedIn. Some good discussion about it here.] For 20 years, I’ve worked to change how companies see their role in society, and help leaders embrace the vast potential in solving environmental and social challenges. Much of my work is writing, speaking, and other forms of storytelling.

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5 climate policy updates you need to know this week

GreenBiz

Chicago sues ExxonMobil, European executives call for new industrial deal, Senate to examine microplastics in water, and more

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Chart: Nearly all new US power plants built in 2024 will be clean energy

Canary Media

Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Not long ago, people called wind, solar and batteries “alternative energy.” That old moniker has now lost its meaning: In 2024, the U.S.

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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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Blended portfolios can help scale carbon removal

GreenBiz

Sponsored: A portfolio approach to carbon removals can unlock the scale we need to meet global net zero goals.

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Nikola Sets Big Delivery Target After First Revenue From Hydrogen Big Rigs

FuelCellsWorks

Nikola (NKLA.O), opens new tab set a target to deliver as many as 350 hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric trucks in 2024, after cost controls and its first revenue from the vehicles.

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Toyota Offering $40,000 Off Mirai Hydrogen Fuel Cell EVs

FuelCellsWorks

Toyota is offering its biggest discount yet on the hydrogen-powered Mirai. According to a bulletin sent to dealers today, the 2023 Toyota Mirai now features a rebate worth up to.

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Universal Hydrogen completes full demo of its unique H2 technology at airport

Hydrogen Fuel News

The hydrogen fuel services provider demonstrates its AmpCart H2 product. Universal Hydrogen has successfully completed the first full operational demonstration of its AmpCart H2, the company’s latest product that uses its H2 technology, built to decarbonize airport ground operations. The AmpCart H2 demonstration. The AmpCart H2 is a hydrogen fuel cell-powered mobile battery charger designed for existing electrified airport ground support equipment (GSE).

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EU Commission Approves Joint Venture for Japanese Liquefied Hydrogen Supply Chain

FuelCellsWorks

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture by INPEX Corporation, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (‘Kawasaki’) and Iwatani Corporation, all of Japan.

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I lived it: Litigator provides his perspective on solar warranty claims

Solar Power World

This article explores practical steps a solar array owner or operator can take now to better position itself to make warranty-related claims five, 10 or even 25 years into the future. These tips are based on my experience over the past year, during which I’ve handled two solar disputes — one that culminated in a… The post I lived it: Litigator provides his perspective on solar warranty claims appeared first on Solar Power World.

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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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Fallback Friday Story: FORVIA Starts Deliveries of Hydrogen Tanks From First Mass Production Plant in France

FuelCellsWorks

Type IV Hydrogen tanks* have started rolling out from FORVIA’s groundbreaking mass production plant in Allenjoie, France. This first-of-its-kind facility in Europe and North America aims to produce 100,000 tanks.

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Charging Up: This Birkenstock-wearing venture capitalist means business

Canary Media

Canary Media’s Charging Up column chronicles gender diversity and notable career moves in the climatetech sector. Got a person or event you’d like to see us cover or a hot job tip? Let us know ! Victoria Beasley: A nature-loving venture capitalist Victoria Beasley is a partner at Gigascale Capital.

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NTT Japan and Jepico Launch Pilot GenCell Box Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cells

FuelCellsWorks

NTT Japan and its system integration partner Jepico have successfully initiated the pilot phase of the GenCell Box, a hydrogen fuel cell-powered unit, at an NTT-AT test site in Tokushima,

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The Week in Impact Investing: Collaboration

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: ? Winning combinations. Teamwork makes the dream work. In San Antonio and other cities, a new. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Collaboration appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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Vietnam Aims to Produce 100,000–500,000 Tons of Hydrogen a Year by 20

FuelCellsWorks

HANOI–Vietnam aims to produce 100,000-500,000 metric tons of hydrogen a year by 2030 as part of its energy transition efforts, according to the country’s hydrogen development strategy adopted earlier this.

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3ti installs pop-up solar EV charging hub at Scottish hospital

Charged

UK solar car park company 3ti has installed its Papilio3 pop-up solar car park and EV charging hub at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness, Scotland. Made from a recycled shipping container, the unit integrates solar and existing local power to fast charge up to 12 EVs simultaneously at 7, 11 or 22 kW, including those in operation at the hospital. 3ti says Papilio3 can be installed in less than eight hours.

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Brazil “Hyundai Motor Group Plans to Invest More Than 1.1 Billion Dollars by 2032 in Technology and Green Hydrogen”

FuelCellsWorks

Hyundai Motor Group Expands Opportunities in Brazil, Focusing on Progress-Driven Mobility, Eco-Friendly Innovation SAO PAULO– Euisun Chung, Executive Chair of Hyundai Motor Group (the Group), is currently visiting Brazil, and.

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Scientists Condemn Last Minute Push to Overturn EU Nature Law

DeSmogBlog

At the eleventh hour, right-wing politicians have launched a bid to block the passing of the EU’s flagship nature protection law, which scientists have described as a “cornerstone of food security and human health”. The pro-nature plan, which could see as much as 90 percent of damaged ecosystems repaired across the bloc, is due for final sign off in Parliament on Tuesday (27 February).

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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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Investment Update – Clean Hydrogen Technologies Now Moved From Proof of Concept to Production

FuelCellsWorks

Perth– Clean Hydrogen Technologies Corp (CHT), a 15.6% and 3.9%, BPH Energy Limited (ASX:BPH) and Advent Energy Limited investment respectively, has moved from proof of concept to production. CHT cracks.

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EST-Floattech delivers Octopus Series battery system for SFK’s ferry Laboe

Charged

Dutch battery manufacturer EST-Floattech has supplied its Octopus Series battery system to German ferry operator SFK for its ferry Laboe, which was recently delivered to SFK by Holland Shipyards Group. The Laboe will transport commuters around the city of Kiel. It is capable of switching between use of generators and EST-Floattech’s 560 kWh Octopus High Energy battery system.

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Axpo and SGV Plan Hydrogen Passenger Vessel on Lake Lucerne

FuelCellsWorks

Axpo is participating in the H2Uri company in Bürglen, central Switzerland. The regionally produced hydrogen will be used to power a passenger vessel on nearby Lake Lucerne, operated by the.

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PV Tech Power 38 out now: PV module quality under the spotlight, risk mitigation in floating PV and the likely effect of carbon pricing policies

PV Tech

The Q1 2024 edition of our downstream solar PV journal, PV Tech Power, is now available to download. This issue focuses on looming PV module quality issues in the face of an extreme price crunch. As is so often the case, things have come full circle over the past decade.

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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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Global Hydrogen Vehicle Sales See Downturn as South Korea Cedes Market Lead to China

FuelCellsWorks

Hyundai Motor’s Nexo Experiences Sales Dip, While China’s Market Share Surges The global market for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs) experienced a significant downturn last year, with a 30% contraction.

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Meyer Burger calls meeting to finalise funding for new US manufacturing plants

PV Tech

Meyer Burger has called an emergency general meeting to approve final funding for its Colorado and Arizona manufacturing plants.

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Hydrogen: SPIE Handles Automation of a Pilot System for a Research Project Led by the Dresden University of Technology in Germany

FuelCellsWorks

SPIE has been commissioned by the Chair of Energy Process Engineering at the Dresden University of Technology for the automation of a pilot unit that can produce a hydrogen-rich synthesis.

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European gas price falls to pre-energy crisis level

Financial Times: Energy

Regional benchmark trades at lowest rate since Russia began curtailing supplies to Europe in 2021

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Energy Vault Begins Construction of the Largest Green Hydrogen Long Duration Energy Storage System in the U.S.

FuelCellsWorks

Hybrid Green Hydrogen plus Battery energy storage system will be capable of powering approximately 2,000 electric customers within PG&E’s Calistoga microgrid for up to 48 hours (293 MWh of carbon-free.

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US landowners sue to force oil company clean-up of abandoned wells

Financial Times: Energy

Colorado case claims assets once owned by Chevron escaped decommissioning after new owner filed for bankruptcy

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ExxonMobil’s Blue Hydrogen Ambitions Hang in the Balance Amid US Tax Credit Uncertainties

FuelCellsWorks

US Tax Incentive Disputes Threaten Hydrogen Project ExxonMobil’s strategic endeavor to pioneer the foremost blue hydrogen initiative globally at its Baytown refinery, Texas, is subjected to meticulous evaluation due to.

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Abandoned pipelines could release poisons into North Sea, scientists warn

The Guardian: Energy

Researchers say toxic chemicals pose a pollution risk as oil and gas companies are allowed to leave pipelines to rot Decaying oil and gas pipelines left to fall apart in the North Sea could release large volumes of poisons such as mercury, radioactive lead and polonium-210, notorious for its part in the poisoning of Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko , scientists are warning.

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BP employee’s husband pleads guilty to insider trading after overhearing deal calls

Financial Times: Energy

Authorities say man took advantage of working from home to make $1.

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Kamojang geothermal power plant in Indonesia starts green hydrogen production

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Kamojang geothermal power plant in West Java, Indonesia has officially started producing geothermal-based green hydrogen and will now supply the Senayan Hydrogen Refueling Station. The green hydrogen plant (GHP) was built by state-owned electricity company PT PLN , making this the 22nd GHP that the company has built. Green hydrogen, in this case, is produced from the condensation water coming from the Kamojang geothermal power production process.