Science Based Targets Network taps independent reviewer for nature-related goals
GreenBiz
MAY 30, 2024
Companies can submit strategies for addressing biodiversity loss in the second half of 2024.
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Swedish start-up launches air purification material for the art industry
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 30, 2024
A cellulose-based material protects artwork and sensitive objects from degradation by air pollutants, explains research-based startup firm Adsorbi AB (originating from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden), which launched its first commercial product on 30 May. The adsorbing material is said to combine a long product lifetime with high security, making it ideal for museums and archives. “Our research stems from art conservation where paintings, artifacts, and other sensitive objects
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Health and climate top consumers’ concerns about the food system, report finds
GreenBiz
MAY 30, 2024
Consumers rank malnutrition, pesticides, obesity and diet-related health issues, and plastic waste from packaging as the most concerning aspects of the food system, according to an EAT-GlobeScan survey.
Environmental Groups Challenge Highway Expansion Project in Court
NRDC onEarth
MAY 30, 2024
Environmental groups filed suit today to challenge the Yolo I-80 highway expansion project. Citing a flawed environmental impact report that understates the true impacts to traffic, climate and air quality, the groups petitioned the courts to require Caltrans to redo.
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.
Window on the problem: CPD addresses retrofitting’s role in decarbonising UK social housing sector
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 30, 2024
Polymer window manufacturer REHAU is launching a new CPD for sector stakeholders covering the fenestration considerations when retrofitting the housing stock. Social housing providers must currently meet net zero emissions targets by 2050, with an intermediary target of a 68% reduction by 2030 compared with 1990 levels. Yet with the Climate Change Committee’s 2023 Report to Parliament suggesting reduction rates must almost quadruple to achieve 2030’s target[1], pressure is on specifiers to ident
Nel ASA: Receives Purchase Order From Alperia Greenpower SRL for Hydrogen Fueling Equipment in Italy
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 30, 2024
Oslo–A subsidiary of Cavendish Hydrogen ASA, itself a subsidiary of Nel ASA (Nel, OSE: NEL) has received a purchase order from Alperia Greenpower SRL for hydrogen fueling equipment for one.
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White House Launches Initiatives to Bolster New Nuclear Deployments
POWER Magazine
MAY 30, 2024
The White House has unveiled a suite of new measures aimed at slashing risks associated with new nuclear reactor development and construction, underscoring its policy push to champion nuclear. At […] The post White House Launches Initiatives to Bolster New Nuclear Deployments appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Beneath the surface: Sonar technology revolutionises sludge and silt mapping
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 30, 2024
The sonar catamaran ready to lift into the water. Peter Smith, Sludge Treatment expert at waste management company CSG, lifts the lid on the new sonar technology the company is using to accurately calculate how much sludge or silt is present in a body of water before removal. Lagoons, oxidation ditches and settlement ponds are established methods of clarifying waste waters from a variety of industries.
Lithium-Ion Batteries are set to Face Competition from Novel Tech for Long-Duration Storage: BloombergNEF Research
BloombergNEF
MAY 30, 2024
Study shows that long-duration energy storage technologies are now mature enough to understand costs as deployment gets under way New York/San Francisco, May 30, 2024 – Long-duration energy storage, or LDES, is rapidly garnering interest worldwide as the day it will out-compete lithium-ion batteries in some markets approaches and as decarbonization plans become more ambitious. […] The post Lithium-Ion Batteries are set to Face Competition from Novel Tech for Long-Duration Storage: Bloomber
How will climate change affect microplastics already in the environment?
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 30, 2024
Understanding why climate change might contribute to increasing plastic pollution is the focus of a new research project starting this month at the University of Portsmouth. The three-year PhD project seeks to determine whether future environmental conditions – such as higher UV radiation levels, increased temperatures and acidity in the oceans – will cause plastics to shed more microplastics than they do now.
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
NSW formally opens its biggest energy storage tender amid questions over duration
Renew Economy
MAY 30, 2024
NSW formally opens its biggest tender for battery storage, and for access rights to the coveted south-west renewable energy zone. The post NSW formally opens its biggest energy storage tender amid questions over duration appeared first on RenewEconomy.
California regulators torpedo popular plan to boost community solar
Canary Media
MAY 30, 2024
Over the past three years, an unusually broad coalition has come together to champion a new way to finance and build community-solar-and-battery projects in California.
New wind output record breaks drought that posed most challenging week for renewable model
Renew Economy
MAY 30, 2024
Australia's wind "drought" broken in spectacular style by a new record output. But modelling shows scaled up renewables would still have met most demand. The post New wind output record breaks drought that posed most challenging week for renewable model appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Sublime Systems’ low carbon cement goes commercial
Canary Media
MAY 30, 2024
In early May, Leah Ellis, CEO of startup Sublime Systems , stood watch as crews poured and raked concrete at a construction site in Boston. Her company’s fossil-fuel-free cement had been used to make that concrete, and the moment marked an important milestone.
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.
The Hydrogen Electric SUPERCAR That’ll Blow Your Mind
Hydrogen Fuel News
MAY 30, 2024
The South Korean automaker is reportedly starting development on the new H2-powered car A recently released report from South Korea suggests that Hyundai Motor Group is taking its first steps into creating a new hydrogen electric supercar design based on the N Vision 74 concept it created in 2022. Production could start as soon as 2026 Before production of the hydrogen electric car can begin, the automaker is working on a development mule.
Is adding a battery to your rooftop solar worth it? Here’s how to decide
Canary Media
MAY 30, 2024
Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. During a power outage or in the evening hours, a home battery can have your back.
Air Products Announces Plans to Build Network of Commercial-Scale Multi-Modal Hydrogen Refueling Stations Connecting Northern and Southern California
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 30, 2024
The New Multi-Modal Hydrogen Refueling Stations will have Capacity to Fuel as many as 200 Heavy-Duty Trucks or 2,000 Light-Duty Vehicles Per Day. Air Products (NYSE:APD) today announced it intends.
New method makes hydrogen from solar power and agricultural waste
TechXplore
MAY 30, 2024
University of Illinois Chicago engineers have helped design a new method to make hydrogen gas from water using only solar power and agricultural waste, such as manure or husks. The method reduces the energy needed to extract hydrogen from water by 600%, creating new opportunities for sustainable, climate-friendly chemical production.
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.
Home energy upgrade plan finally kicks off, with $60m of low cost loans for solar, batteries and electrification
Renew Economy
MAY 30, 2024
Days after getting the hurry along in Senate Estimates, federal Labor's Home Energy Upgrades Fund is a go, with a first allocation to discounted green loans through Plenti. The post Home energy upgrade plan finally kicks off, with $60m of low cost loans for solar, batteries and electrification appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Iyris makes fresh produce easier to grow in difficult climates, raises $16M
TechCrunch: Climate
MAY 30, 2024
Agritech company Iyris helps growers across eleven countries globally increase crop yields, reduce input costs, and extend growing seasons. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Europe passes Net-Zero Industry Act amidst mixed fortunes for local battery gigafactories
Energy Storage News
MAY 30, 2024
The European Council has formally adopted the EU's support package for its clean energy manufacturing industry, the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), amidst mixed fortunes for local battery gigafactory projects.
Norwegian Hydrogen Signs Contract With Cyan Energy
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 30, 2024
Ålesund, Norway– Norwegian Hydrogen has signed a contract with Cyan Energy for the supply of green hydrogen to Cyan Energy’s newly developed hydrogen-based charging stations. Hellesylt Hydrogen Hub, opening production.
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?
Mauritius energy minister inaugurates 20MW Siemens battery storage project
Energy Storage News
MAY 30, 2024
The government of Mauritius has welcomed the commissioning of a 20MW battery storage project which will provide frequency regulation to the East African island nation’s grid.
Romania’s Tender for Hydrogen-Powered Trains Fails Due to Lack of Bids
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 30, 2024
Romania’s Railway Reform Authority (RRA) has faced another setback with the cancellation of its tender for twelve hydrogen fuel cell-based electric trains, valued at approximately 868.9 million lei.
Launch of the Antelope Valley Circular Hydrogen Initiative (AVCHI)
Hydrogen Fuel News
MAY 30, 2024
The City of Lancaster California (Lancaster) ( [link] ) and ReCarbon, Inc. (ReCarbon), ( [link] ) announced the launch of The Antelope Valley Circular Hydrogen Initiative (AVCHI). The AVCHI Initiative is a multi-stakeholder, public-private partnership with the goal of transforming waste biogases into clean hydrogen to help fuel the growth of the local clean energy economy and provide energy and economic resilience in the Antelope Valley.
Hydrogène de France Inaugurates Innovative Fuel Cell Factory in Gironde
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 30, 2024
Hydrogène de France (HDF Energy) has inaugurated a new fuel cell manufacturing plant in Blanquefort, Gironde, aiming to lead in the production of high-capacity fuel cells primarily for maritime, rail.
Microgrids could help solve challenges of renewable energy
TechXplore
MAY 30, 2024
Renewable energy is the way of the future, but issues such as variability and surplus generation have so far created headaches in the move to fully utilizing these energy solutions. New research led by Murdoch University, School of Engineering and Energy, Associate Professor Ali Arefi has found that using interconnected scattered microgrids may be the answer.
City of Newcastle Backs Zero Emissions Future With Hydrogen Truck Trial
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 30, 2024
Bin morning will become quieter and cleaner for Newcastle residents after Councillors voted to add a hydrogen-powered truck to the City of Newcastle waste collection fleet. City of Newcastle will.
ChargePoint to supply EV chargers to Airbnb hosts
Charged
MAY 30, 2024
US-based EV charging provider ChargePoint is partnering with accommodation platform Airbnb to make it easier for Airbnb hosts in the US to install EV chargers at their listings. ChargePoint is providing Airbnb hosts a discounted package that includes a dedicated website offering ChargePoint hardware, charger management software, installation, and support services.
MAN Cryo to Design Hydrogen Supply for Net-Zero Norwegian Ferries
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 30, 2024
Torghatten to employ company’s expertise within detail design for bunkering systems, hydrogen piping and vent masts for newbuild vessels. MAN Cryo has been contracted by Torghatten Nord A/S, the Norwegian.
LBNL: Wind and solar installations cut carbon emissions, generate US$249 billion between 2019 and 2022
PV Tech
MAY 30, 2024
A new report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that new solar and wind capacity drove US$249 billion of economic benefits.
Portugal: Government Launches Auction of 140 Million for Green Hydrogen and Biomethane
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 30, 2024
Environmental Fund finances the production of renewable gases with 14 million euros per year for a decade, protecting companies from price fluctuations The Minister of Environment and Energy announced this.
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