Arevon puts 800MWh California BESS into operation
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 6, 2024
IPP Arevon Energy has started operations on its 200MW/800MWh Condor BESS project in San Bernadino County, California.
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Roofing highways with solar panels could cut carbon emissions and improve road safety
TechXplore
AUGUST 6, 2024
Covering the world's highways with solar panel roofs could dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions and road accidents, according to new research. The ambitious estimate, which calculated the costs and benefits of installing solar roofs over highways globally, could reduce the world's carbon emissions by approximately 28% by curtailing the need for fossil fuels.
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Energy Vault and municipality developing gravity-plus-BESS project at coal mine in Italy
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 6, 2024
Energy Vault and a coal mining company owned by the local government in Sardinia, Italy, have signed a land lease agreement to deploy a project combining gravity energy storage and BESS technology.
New substrate material for flexible electronics could help combat e-waste
TechXplore
AUGUST 6, 2024
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is a rapidly growing global problem, and it's expected to worsen with the production of new kinds of flexible electronics for robotics, wearable devices, health monitors, and other new applications, including single-use devices.
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.
EMS: Wärtsilä’s new GEMS 7 platform, Generac buys microgrid controls specialist
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 6, 2024
System integrator Wärtsilä has launched its newest energy management system (EMS) platform, while power solutions manufacturer Generac has acquired a company that makes them.
Researchers use machine learning to optimize the design of perovskite tandem solar cells
TechXplore
AUGUST 6, 2024
As the most abundant energy source on earth, solar energy is a promising alternative in the pivot toward clean energy. However, current commercial solar cells are only 20% efficient in converting light into usable energy.
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Instead of competing for land, some farmers and solar developers want to work side by side
TechXplore
AUGUST 6, 2024
Matt Riggs' family has been farming in Urbana since 1874. But, his parents had to work second jobs to cushion themselves from the volatile corn and soybean markets that dominate Illinois' agricultural sector.
Spanish island Menorca investing in 18MWh of distributed battery storage
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 6, 2024
The Council of Menorca, one of Spain's Balaeric islands, has detailed its energy transition plan for the next four years including 18MWh of distributed battery energy storage systems (BESS).
Why relying on technology to keep ASEAN's coal plants running is risky
TechXplore
AUGUST 6, 2024
A recent ASEAN Center for Energy (ACE) report emphasized that to contribute to tackling climate change, ASEAN countries don't need to immediately phase out all of their coal fleet.
The Global Plastics Treaty: It’s Time to Clean Up Our Mess
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 6, 2024
Negotiations are underway to finally slow this endless stream of plastic waste into our environment, food, and bodies.
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
Current forecasts of the amount of renewable energy that can be generated are too optimistic, according to study
TechXplore
AUGUST 6, 2024
Holding the increase in the average global temperature to less than 2ºC above pre-industrial levels and limiting this increase to 1.5ºC is the challenge that 190 countries signed in the Paris Agreement for the year 2050. To make this possible, each state must present national plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ensure that they are updated every five years.
Canadian Solar supplying BESS for FRV Australia’s first standalone storage project
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 6, 2024
Canadian Solar subsidiary e-STORAGE has been selected to supply the 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) for Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) Australia’s Terang project.
Soft plastics, glass bins, bans on compostable liners: Will Victoria's new recycling proposal be a step forward?
TechXplore
AUGUST 6, 2024
In recent years, the question of what to do with our household waste has become more pressing. In 2018, China stopped accepting many types of recyclable plastic waste from Australia. Four years later, Australia's main soft plastics recycling scheme, REDcycle, collapsed, leaving behind big stockpiles. Food scraps or non-recyclable plastics in recycling bins slash the value of these waste streams.
Ausgrid launches energy storage-as-a-service offering as community BESS goes online in NSW, Australia
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 6, 2024
Australian network company Ausgrid has launched a new energy storage-as-a-service (ESaaS) offering alongside Origin Energy and EnergyAustralia whilst launching its ninth community battery energy storage system (BESS) in Bondi, the eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales.
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.
New tool simulates real-world vehicle traffic to predict large-scale energy impact
TechXplore
AUGUST 6, 2024
From a city's rush-hour commute to the operations of a cross-country transport fleet, a new tool from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory can paint a picture of how vehicles are using energy on a large scale.
Firm wins £1m+ contract to provide demineralised water for new EfW plant in Glasgow
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 6, 2024
South Clyde Energy Centre, as it will look. Water and wastewater treatment expert Envirogen Group has been awarded a £1m+ contract by Fortum Glasgow to demineralise water for the boilers at its new South Clyde Energy Centre (SCEC) in Glasgow. This EfW sector project will deploy two of Envirogen’s compact Eco MultiPro units, complemented by pre-treatment and polishing vessels, as the group explains here.
Work begins on world-first megawatt-scale wave energy project
Renew Economy
AUGUST 6, 2024
Swedish-Israeli wave energy developer launches construction of a a 1MW generator in waters off the city of Porto in Portugal. The post Work begins on world-first megawatt-scale wave energy project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Biden admin announces $2.2B in grants to boost US power grid
Canary Media
AUGUST 6, 2024
The U.S. power grid is overburdened and under-resourced — and the Biden administration just announced a major investment aimed at helping solve those problems. The Department of Energy has offered $2.2 billion to eight projects across 18 states that could expand and strengthen the grid.
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.
First stage of what will be Australia’s biggest wind project gets ready to inject power into grid
Renew Economy
AUGUST 6, 2024
The first stage of what will be the country's biggest wind farm when completed enters grid management system, a lot faster than its "biggest" rival. The post First stage of what will be Australia’s biggest wind project gets ready to inject power into grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Does Political Decentralization Improve Urban Governance? Balancing Efficacy and Representation in Rajasthan’s Small Towns
The City Fix
AUGUST 6, 2024
“Hum faltu hai [in English, “We are useless”] …I don’t even know what the budget of the council is. Nobody tells me about the procurement process [or] the number of tenders that have gone public…I don’t have enough knowledge about.
The windfall contract that will underpin the cost of building Australia’s biggest battery project
Renew Economy
AUGUST 6, 2024
AEMO reveals windfall contract details that will underpin the cost of building the biggest battery project in Australia. The post The windfall contract that will underpin the cost of building Australia’s biggest battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Prices just spiked in the biggest US power market. Blame the grid backlog.
Canary Media
AUGUST 6, 2024
Electricity prices are set to spike for roughly 65 million Americans — and rules that keep new clean energy from being built are largely to blame. Last week, PJM, which manages the power grid serving Washington, D.C.
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?
Two-Thirds of People in Climate Denier Nigel Farage’s Constituency Are Worried About Rising Temperatures
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 6, 2024
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is at odds with his own constituents over the issue of climate change, according to new polling. A majority (68 percent) of voters in Clacton, Essex, are concerned about the effects of rising temperatures, according to a poll by More in Common, and the think tank E3G. Clacton voters are even more concerned about climate change than the national average, with 65 percent of people across the UK saying they are worried about the issue.
Dutch Government Grants €80 Million to Djawels for Green Hydrogen Production
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 6, 2024
The Netherlands has allocated an €80 million grant to Djawels BV for a new green hydrogen production project, reflecting a significant commitment to renewable energy initiatives. This funding, intended to.
SunPower, a solar icon once valued in the billions, files for bankruptcy
Canary Media
AUGUST 6, 2024
SunPower , a Silicon Valley solar pioneer, filed for bankruptcy in Delaware yesterday , marking the collapse of a onetime icon of American solar.
World First at Schiphol: Testing of Hydrogen GPU Developed by Delft Scale-Up
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 6, 2024
Schiphol is conducting tests with the first hydrogen-powered GPU at the airport. The unit in question is the H2-GPU, a hydrogen-powered Ground Power Unit (GPU) that supplies stationary aircraft at.
China will use wind farm cameras to spy on people, cows and crops, say opponents in new conspiracy theory
Renew Economy
AUGUST 6, 2024
China will apparently use cameras mounted at wind farms to spy on Australian people, cows and crops, according to one group of opponents. The post China will use wind farm cameras to spy on people, cows and crops, say opponents in new conspiracy theory appeared first on RenewEconomy.
A huge landfill in Oregon is spewing methane. Its owners want to expand.
Canary Media
AUGUST 6, 2024
In rural Benton County, brigades of waste-collection vehicles lumber through forested hills and wheat fields, each truck trailed by an acrid stench. They’re hauling trash from across the western half of the state to Coffin Butte Landfill.
Provaris Energy, Norwegian Hydrogen Sign MoU With Uniper Global for Nordic Hydrogen Supply Development
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 6, 2024
Highlights: • Uniper, Provaris and Norwegian Hydrogen to partner in the supply of Green Hydrogen from the Nordics to Germany using Provaris’ proprietary compressed hydrogen H2Neo carriers. • Partnership to.
‘Big Bets’ in Energy Targeted by the Bezos’s $10 Billion Earth Fund
BloombergNEF
AUGUST 6, 2024
Set up by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in 2020, the fund is focused on nature and climate challenges, and aims to give out all the $10 billion as grants by the end of the decade. Projects it is backing include the electrification of the entire US fleet of 480,000 school buses and bulk procurement of solar panels and batteries in Africa – both with partners.
AI-powered water heater could banish cold showers and carbon pollution
TechCrunch: Climate
AUGUST 6, 2024
Cala Systems’ water heater pairs an advanced heat pump with an AI-powered control system to forecast hot water demand. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
UK: Wastewater to Hydrogen: New Power Revolution
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 6, 2024
With the help of DASA funding, Wastewater Fuels have developed a unique innovation to harness energy from wastewater The system uses stainless steel mesh rods in wastewater to break down.
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