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Court of Appeals Rejects Chemours’s Attempt to Void EPA Health Advisory for GenX in Drinking Water

NRDC onEarth

WASHINGTON, DC – The Third Circuit Court of Appeals today rejected arguments by Chemours Company that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) acted unlawfully when it issued a health advisory about the risks of exposure to the PFAS forever chemical.

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California eyes central procurement of 2GW of LDES to help scale novel technologies

Energy Storage News

The CPUC has proposed the procurement of over 10GW of new energy resources, including 1GW of multi-day long-duration energy storage (LDES) and another 1GW of 12-hour-plus LDES.

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Costly gas, coal outages and generator bidding lead to big jump in electricity prices in June quarter

Renew Economy

Surge in wholesale electricity prices in June quarter highlights the problem of digging in with ageing coal plants and fossil gas generation. The post Costly gas, coal outages and generator bidding lead to big jump in electricity prices in June quarter appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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EnBW to Invest €1 Billion in German Hydrogen Network

FuelCellsWorks

Important first step into a future hydrogen economy / EnBW subsidiaries secure connection of several federal states / Effective investment incentives needed. Karlsruhe– EnBW initially intends to invest around one.

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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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Equis wins connection deal for a 4 hour battery in Queensland

Renew Economy

Newly approved four hour battery is located near 1.6GW of wind, solar and other BESS projects that are either underway or operating in Queensland. The post Equis wins connection deal for a 4 hour battery in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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REFIRE Spearheads Decarbonization in Ports With Hydrogen Fuel Cell Power

FuelCellsWorks

REFIRE has recently operationalized a fleet of seven 49-tonne heavy-duty trucks powered by its PRISMA hydrogen fuel cell systems at Qingdao Port, one of the world’s top ten busiest ports,

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Researchers create bio-inspired 3D-printed solar steam generators for desalination

TechXplore

Faced with the world's impending freshwater scarcity, a team of researchers in Singapore turned to solar steam generators (SSGs), which are emerging as a promising device for seawater desalination. Desalination can be a costly, energy-intensive solution to water scarcity.

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Massive solar and battery hybrid project – dubbed first of its kind – secures grid approval

Renew Economy

Big solar and battery project - flagged as first hybrid to be connected to Victoria's transmission lines - says it has AEMO connection approval. The post Massive solar and battery hybrid project – dubbed first of its kind – secures grid approval appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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India Pledges Support for Nuclear, Coal, and Pumped Storage Projects

POWER Magazine

Officials in India said that country’s energy transition plan will focus on developing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs), pumped energy storage projects, and more efficient coal-fired power plants. Finance Minister […] The post India Pledges Support for Nuclear, Coal, and Pumped Storage Projects appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Coal Plants Earned $1 Billion For Knocking Cheaper Midwest Wind Offline

NRDC onEarth

CARMEL, IN – New analysis commissioned by the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) shows that customers throughout the central United States paid more than $1 billion in excess energy costs and lost out on nearly 400 megawatts of wind capacity.

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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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Keeping US carbon cuts on track will hinge on the upcoming election

Canary Media

The U.S. still has a chance to cut greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to meet its 2030 climate commitments. But that chance rests on keeping key clean energy incentives and climate regulations in place — something that will itself depend on which party wins control of the federal government in November.

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Automotive Rehabilitation for the HYCERAIL Green Hydrogen Project Is Progressing as Planned

FuelCellsWorks

Hycerail is the CIUDEN project dedicated to the adaptation of a railcar for the integration of an internal combustion engine with green hydrogen as fuel The agreement for the rehabilitation.

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New names take top spots on Solar Power World’s 2024 Top Solar Contractors List

Solar Power World

The United States installed more solar in 2023 than ever before — 32.4 GW total and 51% more than the previous year. That significant expansion of the installation market is acknowledged this year in the 2024 Top Solar Contractors List released today by Solar Power World. The Top 5 solar contractors each installed more than… The post New names take top spots on Solar Power World’s 2024 Top Solar Contractors List appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Pivotal Role Secured in $3.72M Project to Develop Hydrogen Storage Solution

FuelCellsWorks

HyPStore project launched to accelerate low-carbon hydrogen production and safe storage for transportation FGR joins nine-member consortia to lead production of graphene enhanced material applied to strengthen cryogenic hydrogen storage.

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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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CSIRO says Australia must act quickly to secure share of global minerals market for wind, solar and EVs

Renew Economy

Australia could stake a massive claim on the world's booming critical minerals market, a report has found, but only if policymakers, researchers, mining firms and investors act quickly. The post CSIRO says Australia must act quickly to secure share of global minerals market for wind, solar and EVs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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UK: Hydrogen Aviation Gets Major Boost with £61 Million Funding

FuelCellsWorks

In a landmark announcement, Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds revealed over £100 million in funding aimed at advancing green aerospace technologies, with a substantial focus on hydrogen-powered flight. Unveiled.

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Farmers vote in favour of nuclear plants, but oppose ban on new wind and solar

Renew Economy

Updated: Farmers vote in favour of nuclear power plants at two NSW sites, but reject move to stop new solar and wind projects. The post Farmers vote in favour of nuclear plants, but oppose ban on new wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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KBR’s Blue Ammonia Technology Selected for Shell Blue Horizons Project in Oman

FuelCellsWorks

HOUSTON– KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today its blue ammonia technology has been selected by Shell for its Blue Horizons low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia project in Duqm, Oman. The facility will.

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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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West Virginia solar installer uses Cesar Chavez connection to promote community kindness

Solar Power World

Having a positive impact on the communities in which its employees live and work has been a key pillar of Mountain View Solar’s mission since the very beginning. Now in its 15th year serving the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia and surrounding area in the Appalachian Mountains, mtvSolar (No. 239 on the 2024 Top Solar… The post West Virginia solar installer uses Cesar Chavez connection to promote community kindness appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Rolls-Royce and easyJet to Perform Hydrogen Testing at NASA’s Stennis Space Center

FuelCellsWorks

Rolls-Royce today announced it has broken ground on a truly unique engine test site to perform outdoor, full-scale gas turbine hydrogen testing. The development of the site and engine testing.

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Battery Storage Stands the Heat in California and the West

NRDC onEarth

California’s fleet of batteries helped the grid not only survive the recent heat wave, but support neighbors in the broader West.

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Germany awards 260MW of PV in latest rooftop tender

PV Tech

119 bids were successfully awarded contracts, for a total of 258.5MW capacity. Successful bids ranged between €0.0795/kWh and €0.1019/kWh, with a volume-weighted average price of €0.0894/kWh.

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Battery storage doubles its influence in morning and evening peaks

Renew Economy

The influence of big batteries on the grid doubled in morning and evening peaks, and revenue also grew, helped along by being paid to charge when prices fall below zero. The post Battery storage doubles its influence in morning and evening peaks appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Creating loops of liquid lithium for fusion temperature control

TechXplore

Fusion vessels have a Goldilocks problem: The plasma within needs to be hot enough to generate net power, but if it's too hot, it can damage the vessel's interior. Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) are exploring ways to draw away excess heat, including several methods that use liquid metal.

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Avangrid Begins Solar Grazing Operation in the Pacific Northwest

Solar Industry

Avangrid has partnered with a local rancher to graze sheep at two solar farms in Oregon and Washington, launching what it calls the largest “solar grazing” operation in the region. The company began employing the vegetation management method using grazing livestock last year with a pilot project at Pachwáywit Fields, Ore. It has since expanded the pilot into a full operation at the site and launched a similar operation at its Lund Hill solar farm in Klickitat County, Wash.

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EU’s hydrogen fuel targets are unrealistic, says European Court of Auditors

Hydrogen Fuel News

Despite pouring billions of euros into an H2 economy, the targets aren’t realistic says the ECA According to an assessment conducted by the European Court of Auditors (ECA), the European Union’s (EU) goals to produce and import green hydrogen fuel to help decarbonize and boost energy security are not realistic. The ECA said that the goals are unlikely to be met The European Commission committed to targets for the production of as much as 10 million metric tons of renewable hydrogen

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Hydrogen Storage Market to Reach USD 6.8 Bn by 2031 at 23% CAGR | Air Liquide, Air Products

FuelCellsWorks

The global hydrogen storage market is estimated to be valued at USD 1.6 Bn in 2024 and is expected to reach USD 6.8 Bn by 2031.

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Ohio EPC replenishes Northern Bobwhite quail habitat with native grass solar array

Solar Power World

The United States is losing an average of 2 million acres of grasslands annually, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Many of the animals that call these habitats home are diminishing in kind. Energy projects typically aren’t seen as part of the solution to conservation. But a ground-mount solar array using native groundcover has… The post Ohio EPC replenishes Northern Bobwhite quail habitat with native grass solar array appeared first on Solar Power World.

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McPhy Energy: McPhy Announces the New Organization of Its Executive Committee

FuelCellsWorks

Paris, France– McPhy, designer, manufacturer and integrator of pressurised alkaline electrolyzers, announces a new organization of its executive committee as part of its strategic refocusing on the manufacture of electrolyzers. Bertrand Amelot has.

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Bringing big city solar experience back home

Solar Power World

Kids from small communities often leave to find something their hometowns can’t offer. There’s a whole world out there filled with opportunities for new careers, education and perspectives. For Tony Martin, co-founder of Sonne Energy Solutions (No. 382 on the 2024 Top Solar Contractors List), leaving and learning was a necessary part of returning to… The post Bringing big city solar experience back home appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Edify trucks in 100 Tesla Megabucks for final leg of landmark battery project

Renew Economy

One hundred Tesla Megabucks trucked in for installation at landmark battery project in north-west Victoria. The post Edify trucks in 100 Tesla Megabucks for final leg of landmark battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Framatome Will Supply Fuel for VVER Nuclear Reactors in Slovakia

POWER Magazine

Framatome and Slovak utility Slovenské elektrárne on July 23 announced the companies have signed a major contract for the long-term supply of nuclear fuel to the Bohunice and Mochovce VVER […] The post Framatome Will Supply Fuel for VVER Nuclear Reactors in Slovakia appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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The Brief: Reclaiming tech’s pro-innovation, pro-social narrative

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Political Impact Politics is a proxy battle for the soul of tech, innovation and social. The post The Brief: Reclaiming tech’s pro-innovation, pro-social narrative appeared first on ImpactAlpha.