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The Journey of Organic Brown Rice: From Farm to Table

The Environmental Blog

Organic brown rice is whole grain rice with the inedible outer hull removed, but unlike white rice, the bran layer and germ are left intact, giving it its brown color and higher nutritional value. This layer is rich in essential nutrients, including fiber, vitamins, and minerals, making brown rice a healthier option compared to its more processed counterpart, white rice.

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TECO 2030 Releases Its Annual Report 2023 and ESQ Report 2023

FuelCellsWorks

Lysaker, Norway– TECO 2030 ASA (OSE: TECO, OTCQX: TECFF, ISIN: NO0010887516) releases its Annual Report 2023 and ESG Report 2023. Main Operational Highlights in 2023 Fuel Cell Modules Development In.

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Commonly asked questions about Pre-emergent Herbicides

The Environmental Blog

Pre-emergent herbicides are a crucial tool in crop protection, helping farmers manage weeds effectively before they become a problem. This guide addresses ten commonly asked questions by farmers regarding the use of pre-emergent herbicides. What are pre-emergent herbicides? Pre-emergent herbicides are chemicals applied to the soil before seeding to prevent the germination of weed seeds.

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Nuclear power plan puts thousands of farms in “radiation alert zone”

Renew Economy

Farmers will have to take on expensive responsibilities in the event of an emergency if the Coalition's nuclear policy comes to fruition, the government says. The post Nuclear power plan puts thousands of farms in “radiation alert zone” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Cleaner steelmaking is actually starting to happen

Canary Media

A shift toward greener steel production is starting to happen globally, giving experts a glimmer of hope that one of the world’s dirtiest industries might eventually decarbonize.

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Spain Launches €2.3 Billion Initiative to Boost Green Hydrogen and Renewable Energy

FuelCellsWorks

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced a substantial €2.3 billion funding package aimed at accelerating the country’s transition to renewable energy and green hydrogen. This initiative, funded through European.

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Significant Growth Expected in Hydrogen Workforce by 2030

FuelCellsWorks

A new report from the Hydrogen Skills Alliance predicts a substantial expansion in the hydrogen workforce by 2030, with over 90,000 jobs expected to be created. This growth is driven.

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Shell Canada Drops 2050 Climate Goal from Website

DeSmogBlog

Shell Canada has deleted a “net-zero” goal by 2050 from its website. The description of Shell’s Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project was edited in recent weeks, and no longer includes the heading “Achieving Net Zero by 2050.” That language appeared on Shell Canada’s website as recently as June 18, according to the Internet Archive. Shell further removed the phrase “Shell’s target is to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050, and we know that our business plans need to chan

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Offshore wind: Gippsland zone fills out as more licences awarded for massive projects

Renew Economy

A total of 10 projects are moving to the next stage of development in Australia's first offshore wind zone after another batch were granted feasibility licences. The post Offshore wind: Gippsland zone fills out as more licences awarded for massive projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Fortescue Cuts Jobs and Delays its Green Hydrogen Ambitions

FuelCellsWorks

Fortescue plans to cut 700 jobs, reducing its global workforce by 4.5%, and is delaying its green hydrogen ambitions due to high electricity prices. The company remains committed to green.

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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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Energy retailers cash in and send customer bills soaring as coal plants fail again

Renew Economy

The bidding activities of some of Australia's biggest utilities was so blatant, even the regulator took notice. Can they really be trusted on consumer energy resources? There's a problem here. The post Energy retailers cash in and send customer bills soaring as coal plants fail again appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Messer and District of Düren to Build Green Hydrogen Plant in Joint Venture

FuelCellsWorks

Messer, the world’s largest privately owned specialist for industrial, medical and specialty gases, will build a plant for the production of green hydrogen in the inter-municipal Brainergy Park Jülich industrial.

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Tires wear out fast on EVs. This startup wants to fix that

Canary Media

Electric vehicles cruise quietly and cleanly down streets, unencumbered by a rumbling and dirty gas engine. But while they lack the tailpipe emissions of gas-powered cars, EVs do pollute from another source: their tires. EVs are heavier than conventional cars due to their batteries.

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Lhyfe and Elyse Energy Plan to Produce E-methanol From Green Hydrogen to Decarbonise Maritime Transport

FuelCellsWorks

Elyse Energy becomes Lhyfe’s first project partner following its selection under a call for expression of interest by Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port in November 2023 Nantes and Lyon (France) –Lhyfe (EURONEXT:

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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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Generac Receives DOE Award to Supply Renewable Power to Puerto Rico

Solar Industry

Generac Power Systems has been awarded a $200 million grant, spread over five years, by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund. Under the fund’s Programa Acceso Solar, the company and its local project affiliates are expected to facilitate installation of residential solar and BESS for disadvantaged households in areas that experience frequent and prolonged power outages.

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Ryze Partners With Zeroavia as Hydrogen Demand Increases

FuelCellsWorks

Hollister, CA & Kemble, UK — Clean fuel supplier Ryze today announced that it is partnering with ground-breaking zero-emission aviation firm ZeroAvia to provide hydrogen for use in engine and.

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The Brief: How a dose of pragmatism can redeem tech’s optimism

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Venture Capital Optimist? Pessimist? How a dose of techno-pragmatism can make tech the good guys. The post The Brief: How a dose of pragmatism can redeem tech’s optimism appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Pure Hydrogen Announces Sales Contract With Barwon Water for the Taurus Hydrogen Fuel Cell Prime Mover

FuelCellsWorks

Sydney– Australian clean energy company Pure Hydrogen Corporation Limited (ASX: PH2 or ‘Pure Hydrogen’) is pleased to announce that its majority-owned subsidiary, HDrive International, has confirmed the sale of a.

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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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itselectric secures $6.5 million in seed funding, will bring curbside charging to 7 US cities this year

Charged

Millions of drivers rely on on-street parking, and have no possibility of installing their own home charging stations. This situation, which your correspondent has dubbed the Plight of the Drivewayless , was long seen as a difficult dilemma, but nowadays a visit to Oslo or London makes the solution plain: plenty of on-street public chargers. Brooklyn-based itselectric offers a simple curbside charging solution with a twist: the company’s behind-the-meter approach simplifies the installation proc

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Renewable Hydrogen-Powered EU: Auditors Call for a Reality Check

FuelCellsWorks

2030 goals for renewable hydrogen production and demand were overly ambitious Chicken-and-egg problem: supply depends on demand, and vice versa Risk of less competitive key industries and new strategic dependencies.

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Study finds deploying EVs isn’t enough—reaching emission goals requires early retirement of polluting trucks

Charged

Various countries and US states have set target dates for ending the sale of new ICE vehicles. California has developed what is perhaps the world’s most comprehensive plan. The state’s Advanced Clean Cars II legislation requires that all passenger vehicles and light trucks sold in the state be ZEVs by 2035, with interim sales targets along the way. The Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) regulation has similar but less stringent sales targets for heavy-duty vehicles, and the Innovative Clean Transit (IC

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Offshore wind energy farms are a top focus for clean hydrogen production

Hydrogen Fuel News

Researchers worldwide are looking into this renewable power for greener H2 It isn’t news that hydrogen production needs to be cleanly powered for the fuel to be considered green, so wind energy has become an important focus in ensuring that the clean electricity is available to power technology such as electrolyzers. Scientists are looking to offshore production to make this happen Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have been examining the opportunities along

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Saudi Arabia signs deals for 30GW domestic solar PV manufacturing

PV Tech

Saudi Arabia's PIF has signed two solar PV manufacturing agreements with Chinese manufacturers JinkoSolar and TCL Zhonghuan Renewable Energy.

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First hydrogen fuel powered ferry in the word to provide SF passengers with free rides

Hydrogen Fuel News

The MV Sea Change is the first H2 commercial passenger ferry and operates in San Francisco Bay The first ever hydrogen fuel powered ferry in the world for commercial passengers is now in the water and ready for operation in San Francisco Bay, with the intention of providing people with clean, free rides. The vessel is a part of a decarbonization strategy The MV Sea Change hydrogen fuel powered ferry can transport as many as 75 passengers at a time and travels along San Francisco Bay’s wat

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Germany adds 7.5GW solar PV in H1 2024, reaches 90GW

PV Tech

Germany has been consistently adding over 1GW of solar PV capacity every month since March 2023, and has passed a total of 90GW capacity.

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Bloom Energy and CoreWeave Partner to Revolutionize AI Data Center Power Solutions

FuelCellsWorks

SAN JOSE, Ca– Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE: BE), a global leader in solid oxide fuel cell technology, announced today a strategic partnership with CoreWeave, Inc. This win underscores Bloom’s ability.

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Shifting from Coal to Gas: One Co-op’s Award-Winning Journey

POWER Magazine

In 2018, Cooperative Energy, a generation and transmission co-op headquartered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, had an issue to deal with. Several years earlier, it had joined the Midcontinent Independent System Operator […] The post Shifting from Coal to Gas: One Co-op’s Award-Winning Journey appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Ukrainian telecom to expand industrial generator fleet to mitigate blackouts

Smart Energy International

Ukrainian telecommunications operator Kyivstar is planning to deploy an additional 848 industrial generators and 61,766 batteries to enable service continuity in the country during extended blackouts caused by attacks on energy infrastructure. The plans were announced by Kyivstar parent company VEON, an Amsterdam-based global digital operator that provides converged connectivity and online services.

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Shell quietly backs away from pledge to increase ‘advanced recycling’ of plastics

The Guardian: Energy

Energy giant promised to turn 1m tonnes of plastic waste into oil each year, but now says goal is unfeasible The energy giant Shell has quietly backed away from a 2022 pledge to rapidly increase its use of “advanced recycling”, a practice oil and petrochemical producers have promoted as a solution to the plastics pollution crisis. “Advanced” or “chemical” recycling involves breaking down plastic polymers into tiny molecules that can be made into synthetic fuels or new plastics.

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Hithium plans 10GWh BESS assembly facility in Texas

Energy Storage News

Hithium has become the latest overseas player to seek to onshore production of battery energy storage system (BESS) equipment and components in the US.

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Renewable hydrogen: Superpower, or green mask for fossil super villains?

Renew Economy

Either the federal government needs to boost its subsidies by tens of billions a year, or plans for renewable hydrogen to replace fossil fuels are just greenwash. The post Renewable hydrogen: Superpower, or green mask for fossil super villains? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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SECI tender a ‘game changer’ for low-cost renewables and energy storage in India

Energy Storage News

Winning bids as low as IR3.41/kWh (US$0.041/kWh) have been registered in a tender for solar PV paired with battery storage hosted by the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI).

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Intellihub receives AU$50m loan for smart meter tech in Australia

Smart Energy International

Australia’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has made an AU$50 million (US$34 million) loan commitment to Intellihub for smart meters and smart behind the meter devices. The loan is aimed for Intellihub to ramp up the deployment of its smart meters and also lift investment in smart behind the meter devices and thereby give consumers more control over their energy consumption.