Inside Microsoft's record-breaking carbon removal contract
GreenBiz
MAY 22, 2024
The company signed a contract for 3.3 million metric tons of offsets over 10 years from a facility in Stockholm.
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Can coal mines be tapped for rare earth elements?
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 22, 2024
Deposits of designated critical minerals needed to transition the world’s energy systems away from fossil fuels may, ironically enough, be co-located with coal deposits that have been mined to produce the fossil fuel most implicated in climate change. Research led by the University of Utah has documented elevated concentrations of a key subset of critical minerals, known as rare earth elements, or REEs, in active mines rimming the Uinta coal belt of Colorado and Utah.
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Make the internal business case for sustainability investment
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MAY 22, 2024
The ROSI framework provides a 5-step approach to unlock investment in sustainability initiatives.
Morrisons is first UK supermarket to roll-out coffee pod recycling scheme
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 22, 2024
In an effort to make coffee pod recycling easier and accessible for the UK, Morrisons has announced a nationwide roll-out of dedicated coffee pod collection points in more than 350 stores nationwide in partnership with Podback, the pod recycling service. Roll out of the new recycling points will start in June. Customers are already able to pick up free Podback recycling bags from Morrisons customer service desks.
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.
Investors push for more disclosure on corporate lobbying
GreenBiz
MAY 22, 2024
Resolutions related to lobbying and political spending have so far received the most support of socially-oriented proposals this proxy season.
Blower timers significantly reduce packaged treatment energy cost
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 22, 2024
Following a successful two-year trial of interval timers on packaged wastewater treatment plant blowers has resulted in an average 50% energy reduction at a site in Cornwall. The partnership between WCS Environmental Engineering (WCSEE) and Juliots Well Lodge Retreat has set a precedent for ongoing design and energy-saving standards on the wastewater treatment specialist’s HiPAF – high-performance aeration filter – system.
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Engineering interventions that could reduce exposure of open-water swimmers to human faecal matter
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MAY 22, 2024
Image credit: Martin Charles Hatch / Shutterstock.com. Wastewater treatment must be improved to reduce exposure to human faecal pathogens in treated effluent, according to a new report published on 21 May by the National Engineering Policy Centre. Led by the Royal Academy of Engineering, the report’s findings are based on risk-based assessments and consultations with more than 100 engineers, wastewater experts, the water industry, campaign organisations and policymakers.
Eraring coal closure delayed two years, possibly four, “to keep the lights on”
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MAY 22, 2024
NSW secures deal to extend life of Australia's biggest coal generator by two years. The post Eraring coal closure delayed two years, possibly four, “to keep the lights on” appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Join the hybrid Beyond Gas Sensing panel discussion
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MAY 22, 2024
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With the Coalition’s nuclear fantasy demolished by CSIRO, Labor must get cracking on renewables
Renew Economy
MAY 22, 2024
CSIRO's latest demolition of nuclear power means we can focus on the urgent shift to firmed renewables. The climate clock is ticking. The post With the Coalition’s nuclear fantasy demolished by CSIRO, Labor must get cracking on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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
The True Power of the Climate Movement Is Now to Admit Our Own Powerlessness
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MAY 22, 2024
Six years ago, I gave a public lecture at Churchill College Cambridge, called This Civilisation is Finished. Many students were in the audience. It’s far and away the most viral climate talk I’ve ever given. What explains its success? I’m quite certain that the most significant factor is that I began the talk with the following words: “Your leaders have failed you.
Bowen says Australia could make 20 per cent of its solar panel needs
Renew Economy
MAY 22, 2024
After visiting SA solar companies 5B and Tindo, energy minister says Australia should be able to supply 20% of its own PV demand if the Sunshot policy goes to plan. The post Bowen says Australia could make 20 per cent of its solar panel needs appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Hyundai to Launch the World’s First Hydrogen Supercar in 2026
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 22, 2024
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Eraring clunker deal may do little to keep the lights on, but it might bail out the state government
Renew Economy
MAY 22, 2024
NSW deal with Origin will reward Australia's biggest utility to have its coal generators trundle through the night, but is there any guarantee they will operating when really needed? The post Eraring clunker deal may do little to keep the lights on, but it might bail out the state government appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Hyundai Motor Drives Sustainable Clean Logistics in U.S. With Vision for Hydrogen Society
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MAY 22, 2024
Hyundai Motor joins its third straight Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo to share its hydrogen vision, HTWO, and introduce its U.S. hydrogen commercial vehicle business At its press conference, Hyundai Motor.
China should be seen as partner, not a threat, to Australia’s green manufacturing plans, says Sims
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MAY 22, 2024
Australia must treat China as a partner in its $22.7 billion manufacturing push towards net-zero emissions, ex-ACCC chair says. The post China should be seen as partner, not a threat, to Australia’s green manufacturing plans, says Sims appeared first on RenewEconomy.
SwRI’s H2-Ice Consortium Demonstrates Ultra-Low Emissions From Hydrogen-Fueled Heavy-Duty Engine
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MAY 22, 2024
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has successfully completed development of a hydrogen-fueled Class-8 demonstration vehicle, built as part of its industry-supported H2-ICE consortium. The central focus of the demonstration includes development.
Bloomberg report: Urgent deployment of existing technology can get world close to net zero
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 22, 2024
Although prevailing wisdom holds that time is running out, BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook 2024 seemingly shows how the world could still achieve the major goal of the Paris Agreement – holding global warming to well below 2°C and avoiding the worst impacts of climate change – and what it would take to get there. The new report indicates that the speed with which clean technologies and decarbonization of the power sector are scaled up is crucial.
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.
Meet the Finnish biotech startup bringing a long lost mycoprotein to your plate
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MAY 22, 2024
The best known mycoprotein is probably Quorn, a meat substitute that’s fast approaching its 40th birthday. But Finnish biotech startup Enifer is cooking up something even older: Its proprietary single-cell fungus-based protein, branded Pekilo, was originally developed in the 1960s and ’70s — by, of all things, the local paper industry.
Hyundai Motor and Plus Announce Collaboration to Demonstrate First Level 4 Autonomous Fuel Cell Electric Truck in the U.S.
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MAY 22, 2024
Hyundai Motor and Plus collaboration aims to enhance road safety and freight efficiencies by demonstrating benefits of XCIENT Fuel Cell truck equipped with Plus’s Level 4 autonomous driving software Hyundai.
Ore Energy emerges from stealth to build utility-scale batteries that last days, not hours
TechCrunch: Climate
MAY 22, 2024
Where Aytac Yilmaz lives in the Netherlands, the sun might not appear for days on end, which can really crimp the output of the country’s solar panels. Wind turbines might make up some of the shortfall, but what if the wind disappears at the same time? Enter long-duration energy storage, or massive batteries tailored to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved.
Once too soft, now too hard: Snowy 2.0 tunnelling machine Florence comes to a stop again
Renew Economy
MAY 22, 2024
Snowy 2.0's luckless Florence tunnel boring machine is stopped again, this time after reportedly taking a wrong turn and getting stuck in hard rock. The post Once too soft, now too hard: Snowy 2.0 tunnelling machine Florence comes to a stop again appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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?
Testing on ‘world’s largest’ 10MWh concrete thermal energy storage unit complete
Energy Storage News
MAY 22, 2024
EPRI, Southern Company and Storworks have completed testing of a concrete thermal energy storage pilot project at a gas plant in Alabama, US, claimed as the largest of its kind in the world.
Air Liquide Opens Japan’s Largest Hydrogen Refueling Station in Mitomiya, Fukushima
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 22, 2024
Air Liquide is proud to announce the inauguration of Japan’s largest hydrogen refueling station, located strategically in Mitomiya, Fukushima prefecture. The Motomiya IC Hydrogen Station, which began operations on May.
“We want to make more things here:” Albanese outlines plan to grab share of battery supply chain
Renew Economy
MAY 22, 2024
"If we mine it here, we should make it here." Federal Labor unveils National Battery Strategy, to make Australia a globally competitive part of the supply chain by 2035. The post “We want to make more things here:” Albanese outlines plan to grab share of battery supply chain appeared first on RenewEconomy.
McCulla Transport (Ireland) Ltd Partners With Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS) for Groundbreaking Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Trial
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 22, 2024
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Households lock in small discount on electricity as network costs eat into solar savings
Renew Economy
MAY 22, 2024
Regulators say electricity price cuts being delivered by cheap renewables – mostly consumer owned rooftop solar – are being diminished by network and other costs. The post Households lock in small discount on electricity as network costs eat into solar savings appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Portland, Maine, could launch a 'trust fund' to fight climate change
Canary Media
MAY 22, 2024
This story was originally published by Energy News Network. A climate trust fund proposed in Portland, Maine, would use money from the sale of city-owned renewable energy credits to kickstart further efforts to cut local carbon emissions. Portland is among the hundreds of U.S.
CEFC makes biggest investment yet to help “close looming gaps” in NSW grid
Renew Economy
MAY 22, 2024
CEFC commits $490 million to the "large and complex investment task" of equipping the grid in NSW's first REZ to connect 4.5GW of solar, wind and storage. The post CEFC makes biggest investment yet to help “close looming gaps” in NSW grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Syzygy Plasmonics Demonstrates Groundbreaking CO2-to-Fuel Solution With RTI International
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 22, 2024
Joint project delivers drop-in fuel that can be used in today’s engines. HOUSTON– Syzygy Plasmonics announced today that it along with the nonprofit research institute RTI International have successfully demonstrated.
How Vertiia is Revolutionizing Aviation Technology in Australia
Hydrogen Fuel News
MAY 22, 2024
In a significant stride for the advancement of aviation technology in Australia, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has announced the testing of Vertiia, a pioneering aircraft that combines the best features of both helicopters and fixed-wing planes. Described by CASA as an “exciting yet daunting” task, Vertiia represents a groundbreaking venture in the realm of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) services.
Microgrids and EV infrastructure: A comprehensive guide to DER design and operation (Webinar)
Charged
MAY 22, 2024
Join this webinar at the June Virtual Conference on EV Infrastructure, presented by XENDEE, to learn more about: How distributed energy resources (DER)-powered EV fast charging stations can take the burden off local utility operators Case studies on charging stations and understanding new Microgrid Fast Charging Station design capabilities How modeling platforms can help designers, developers, and financiers deliver bankable, reliable microgrids Reserve your spot—it’s free!
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