Google reports 13% emissions increase fueled by AI
GreenBiz
JULY 2, 2024
The company is struggling to add carbon-free energy fast enough, CSO Kate Brandt told GreenBiz.
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California Calls on Congress to Fix Common Food Waste Problem
NRDC onEarth
JULY 2, 2024
The California legislature has passed a resolution calling on the federal government to pass legislation to address confusion over food date labels.
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More money, more solutions: We must rethink finance to power the circular economy revolution
GreenBiz
JULY 2, 2024
To fully capture the circular economy opportunity and trigger catalytic unlocks for the entire market, finance must break out of silos and think innovatively.
“Off the charts:” Solar is about to leave nuclear and everything else in the shade
Renew Economy
JULY 2, 2024
Solar is on track to become the biggest source of electricity on the planet by the mid-2030s. The Economist says to bet against that is to bet against capitalism. The post “Off the charts:” Solar is about to leave nuclear and everything else in the shade appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Science Based Targets initiative CEO resigns, citing personal reasons
GreenBiz
JULY 2, 2024
Luiz Amaral’s resignation is the latest development in a challenging time for the validation organization.
“The world is changing:” Labor targets solar and battery industries in $22 billion green deal
Renew Economy
JULY 2, 2024
Labor says the world is changing, and its $22 billion Future Made in Australia deal is essential to protect its future in a low carbon world. The post “The world is changing:” Labor targets solar and battery industries in $22 billion green deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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In Michigan, homeowners associations can’t stop rooftop solar anymore
Canary Media
JULY 2, 2024
When a homeowner decides to get solar panels, it sets off a series of to-dos. They have to find a contractor, make sure their roof is ready, and — for some of the millions of Americans living under homeowners’ associations (HOAs) — make sure their neighbors won't complain about the shiny new additions to their roof.
The UK’s last coal fired power plant takes final delivery of old fossils
Renew Economy
JULY 2, 2024
The last coal-fired power station in the UK is entering its final days and has received its last load of coal ahead of its planned closure on September 30. The post The UK’s last coal fired power plant takes final delivery of old fossils appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Nikola Wholesales 72 Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks for North American Customers in Q2 2024, Exceeds Sales Guidance
FuelCellsWorks
JULY 2, 2024
PHOENIX– For Q2 2024, Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, via the HYLA brand, wholesaled 72 Class 8 Nikola hydrogen fuel cell trucks, above.
Google’s environmental report pointedly avoids AI’s actual energy cost
TechCrunch: Climate
JULY 2, 2024
Google totally dodges the question of how much energy is AI is using — perhaps because the answer is "way more than we'd care to say." © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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
Every Third Car Sold in US Could Be Electric by 2027
BloombergNEF
JULY 2, 2024
The slowdown in US electric vehicle sales may be a mere blip as they could make up almost a third of new car sales by 2027, according to BloombergNEF’s latest electric vehicle outlook. The post Every Third Car Sold in US Could Be Electric by 2027 appeared first on BloombergNEF.
NSW gives top priority to new transmission links and pumped hydro plans for old coal facilities
Renew Economy
JULY 2, 2024
NSW seeks to fast track transmission lines and pumped hydro projects proposed for coal sites targeted by the Coalition for large scale nuclear. The post NSW gives top priority to new transmission links and pumped hydro plans for old coal facilities appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Toyota Develops Hydrogen Vehicle at Derbyshire Plant
FuelCellsWorks
JULY 2, 2024
Staff at Toyota’s factory in Derbyshire have been part of a team that have designed and developed a new hydrogen-powered pick up truck. It is the first time employees at.
Rooftop PV will soon eliminate demand in world’s biggest isolated grid. It needs a bigger battery
Renew Economy
JULY 2, 2024
W.A. may seek longer duration battery storage as it manages unexpectedly strong growth in rooftop solar, and the impending closure of its coal generators. The post Rooftop PV will soon eliminate demand in world’s biggest isolated grid. It needs a bigger battery 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.
Zanskar acquires Lightning Dock geothermal power plant, New Mexico
ThinkGeoEnergy
JULY 2, 2024
Zanskar Geothermal & Minerals, Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of Lightning Dock Geothermal, including the Bruce Levy geothermal power plant in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, from Cyrq Energy, LLC. The entity sale transaction was completed on May 29, 2024. Lightning Dock is notable as the easternmost geothermal power plant in the United States and as the only utility scale geothermal power plant operating in New Mexico , having replaced the original Dale Burgett power plant in 2019.
EU surpasses 50 pct renewable power share for first time in first half of 2024, Germany at 65 pct
Renew Economy
JULY 2, 2024
Electricity industry association Eurelectric has released figures showing that 50 per cent of public electricity generation in the EU came from renewables for the first time in the first half of 2024. The association said Europe was decarbonising at an unprecedented pace, with 74 per cent of power coming from “renewable and low-carbon energy sources,” which includes […] The post EU surpasses 50 pct renewable power share for first time in first half of 2024, Germany at 65 pct ap
Leading hydrogen aircraft startup is suddenly grounded
Canary Media
JULY 2, 2024
Around this time last year, Universal Hydrogen was flying high. The startup had successfully flown a 40-passenger aircraft using primarily hydrogen over a series of trips from central Washington down to Mojave, California.
Study employs image-recognition AI to determine battery composition and conditions
TechXplore
JULY 2, 2024
An international collaborative research team has developed an image recognition technology that can accurately determine the elemental composition and the number of charge and discharge cycles of a battery by examining only its surface morphology using AI learning.
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.
As the AI boom gobbles up power, Phaidra is helping companies manage datacenter power more efficiently
TechCrunch: Climate
JULY 2, 2024
Electricity demand is booming on account of AI. In a May 2024 report, Goldman Sachs predicted that data centers will use 8% of the U.S.’s total power supply by 2030, up from 3% in 2022, as cloud service providers expand to meet the demand for AI infrastructure. Assuming the current trend holds, U.S. utilities will need to […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
'Nearly sustainable' hydrogen could cut ammonia production emissions by 95%
TechXplore
JULY 2, 2024
Whether sustainably produced hydrogen needs to be 100% green is currently under debate. Using the production of ammonia and artificial fertilizer as examples, researchers have calculated that "nearly sustainable" hydrogen would be better in the end.
With Diesel, Electricity, and Hydrogen, MAN Presents Its Entire Range of Truck Drives for the First Time
FuelCellsWorks
JULY 2, 2024
200 journalists are testing the latest electric, hydrogen and diesel drive systems in Tyrol ahead of the IAA Transportation MAN eTrucks with over one million configuration variants fit for decarbonisation.
Scientists develop new electrolytes for low-temperature lithium metal batteries
TechXplore
JULY 2, 2024
Electric vehicles, large-scale energy storage, polar research and deep space exploration all have placed higher demands on the energy density and low-temperature performance of energy storage batteries. In recent years, lithium metal batteries with a high specific capacity of lithium metal anode have become one of the most promising high energy density batteries.
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?
ClassNK Grants Approval in Principle for Innovative Hydrogen-Fueled Oil Tanker Design
FuelCellsWorks
JULY 2, 2024
Japan’s Classification Society ClassNK issued an Approval in Principle Design (AiP) for a 5,000KL hybrid electric propulsion oil tanker with hydrogen fuel engines jointly developed by Ueno Transtech Co., Ltd.
Statistical physics and network science reveal factors behind 2021–2022 energy crisis in Europe
TechXplore
JULY 2, 2024
An energy crisis hit Europe in 2021–2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which sent electricity prices skyrocketing—even within countries that don't rely on Russian gas. It begs the question: Was there more to it?
SK E&S Unveils South Korea’s First Liquid Hydrogen Refueling Station in Gyeonggi Province
FuelCellsWorks
JULY 2, 2024
SEOUL– In a significant step towards a hydrogen-powered future, SK E&S announced on June 27 the completion of South Korea’s first liquid hydrogen refueling station in Gyeonggi Province.
Energy storage is the real game changer in Greece
PV Tech
JULY 2, 2024
Stelios Psomas, policy advisor at HELAPCO looks at the current state of the solar PV market in Greece and what role energy storage plays.
Fraunhofer Researcher Develop Compact Power Plants for Green Hydrogen
FuelCellsWorks
JULY 2, 2024
Hydrogen generated with the power of the sun could largely replace fossil fuels in the future, helping to lower carbon emissions. In the Neo-PEC joint research project, Fraunhofer specialists have.
Innovative hydrogen fuel project from NovaSpark wins DIU contract
Hydrogen Fuel News
JULY 2, 2024
Groundbreaking tech for next-gen defense applications and mobility. NovaSpark Energy Corporation announced that the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has awarded them with a contract to develop a hydrogen fuel project. The project – a collaboration with DIU – is a mobile hydrogen fuel generation solution that will focus on leveraging NovaSpark’s “Air-to-Power” technology for next-generation defense applications and mobility.
The Demand for Renewable Hydrogen in Poland Will Amount to 514.5 Thousand Tons in 2035
FuelCellsWorks
JULY 2, 2024
The demand for renewable hydrogen Germany in Poland will amount to approx. 270 thousand tons in 2030, approx. 514,500 tons in 2035 and even 934 thousand tons in 2040, according.
New ink-based method offers best recipe yet for thermoelectric devices
TechXplore
JULY 2, 2024
Power plants, factories, car engines—everything that consumes energy produces heat, much of which is wasted. Thermoelectric devices could capture this wasted heat and convert it into electricity, but their production has been prohibitively costly and complex.
LR Signs MoU With H2Terminals and Partners on UK Green Hydrogen
FuelCellsWorks
JULY 2, 2024
The offshore project will power Thames Estuary industries and support the region’s re-development. Lloyd’s Register has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with H2Terminals Limited and its supply chain.
Lithuania to join the few to ever build a hydrogen fuel ship
Hydrogen Fuel News
JULY 2, 2024
The country’s shipping industry is about to join a very exclusive club The shipping industry in Lithuania is stepping up to the opportunity to become one of the very few in the world to build a hydrogen fuel ship that can operate carbon emission-free. This technology is viewed as highly promising for decarbonizing shipping Still, as promising as it is, there have been only a small number of players that have taken on this tech by building a hydrogen fuel ship for inclusion in a fleet.
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