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The Global Plastics Treaty: It’s Time to Clean Up Our Mess

NRDC onEarth

Negotiations are underway to finally slow this endless stream of plastic waste into our environment, food, and bodies.

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Firm wins £1m+ contract to provide demineralised water for new EfW plant in Glasgow

Envirotec Magazine

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.

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Work begins on world-first megawatt-scale wave energy project

Renew Economy

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.

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Biden admin announces $2.2B in grants to boost US power grid

Canary Media

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.

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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.

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First stage of what will be Australia’s biggest wind project gets ready to inject power into grid

Renew Economy

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.

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Prices just spiked in the biggest US power market. Blame the grid backlog.

Canary Media

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.

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SunPower, a solar icon once valued in the billions, files for bankruptcy

Canary Media

SunPower , a Silicon Valley solar pioneer, filed for bankruptcy in Delaware yesterday , marking the collapse of a onetime icon of American solar.

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Arevon puts 800MWh California BESS into operation

Energy Storage News

IPP Arevon Energy has started operations on its 200MW/800MWh Condor BESS project in San Bernadino County, California.

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A huge landfill in Oregon is spewing methane. Its owners want to expand.

Canary Media

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.

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Does Political Decentralization Improve Urban Governance? Balancing Efficacy and Representation in Rajasthan’s Small Towns

The City Fix

“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.

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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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Dutch Government Grants €80 Million to Djawels for Green Hydrogen Production

FuelCellsWorks

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.

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China will use wind farm cameras to spy on people, cows and crops, say opponents in new conspiracy theory

Renew Economy

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.

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Roofing highways with solar panels could cut carbon emissions and improve road safety

TechXplore

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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World First at Schiphol: Testing of Hydrogen GPU Developed by Delft Scale-Up

FuelCellsWorks

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.

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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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New substrate material for flexible electronics could help combat e-waste

TechXplore

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.

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AI-powered water heater could banish cold showers and carbon pollution

TechCrunch: Climate

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.

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Provaris Energy, Norwegian Hydrogen Sign MoU With Uniper Global for Nordic Hydrogen Supply Development

FuelCellsWorks

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.

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‘Big Bets’ in Energy Targeted by the Bezos’s $10 Billion Earth Fund

BloombergNEF

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.

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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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Researchers use machine learning to optimize the design of perovskite tandem solar cells

TechXplore

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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UK: Wastewater to Hydrogen: New Power Revolution

FuelCellsWorks

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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Solar Spotlight: Supplying everything above the roof line — including PV

Solar Power World

ABC Supply is a prolific distributor in the North American roofing market and has expanded into solar component distribution as well. James Mason, VP of renewable energy at ABC Supply, is on this episode of Solar Spotlight to discuss the company’s history, motivations for entering the PV market and its ambition to reshape how solar… The post Solar Spotlight: Supplying everything above the roof line — including PV appeared first on Solar Power World.

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UK–France Hydrogen Research Exchange

FuelCellsWorks

Science and Innovation Network France (SIN France) brought together UK national hydrogen research hubs and their French equivalent to organise a brokerage event. A UK-France summit was held in Paris.

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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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Another non-China solar giant fails as American PV pioneer SunPower files for bankruptcy

Renew Economy

SunPower, once the darling of the American solar industry and its leading PV panel manufacturer, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The post Another non-China solar giant fails as American PV pioneer SunPower files for bankruptcy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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UK: Masterplan Released for Chapelcross Green Energy Hub That Includes Plans for Hydrogen

FuelCellsWorks

Masterplan published for the future of Chapelcross, showcasing the vision to develop the site into a Green Energy Hub.

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Solar developer FRV hits go on first big battery after landing $1.2 billion funding round

Renew Economy

FRV is building its first big battery project after landing a major funding deal. The BESS comes with a grant to install grid-forming inverters. The post Solar developer FRV hits go on first big battery after landing $1.2 billion funding round appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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SunPower files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, sells assets

PV Tech

SunPower also entered into an asset purchase agreement with residential solar company Complete Solaria to serve as the stalking horse buyer.

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Hydrogen Bikes Are Struggling to Gain Traction in China

FuelCellsWorks

Over a dozen Chinese cities are experimenting with hydrogen-powered shared bikes, partly because of safety concerns around lithium-ion batteries. If you are in China and looking to ride a shared.

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Energy Vault and municipality developing gravity-plus-BESS project at coal mine in Italy

Energy Storage News

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.

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Oriana Power Announces Plans for Gigawatt-Scale Electrolyser Factory in India

FuelCellsWorks

Oriana Power to Expand Green Hydrogen Production with New Factory Oriana Power Ltd, a pioneer in renewable energy, has disclosed plans to establish a gigawatt-scale manufacturing facility in India, aimed.

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From social license to community benefits: Are we losing nuance in race to renewables? 

Renew Economy

The focus on community benefits should not distract developers from the fact that people need to be heard and to have their concerns and contributions taken on board. The post From social license to community benefits: Are we losing nuance in race to renewables? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Instead of competing for land, some farmers and solar developers want to work side by side

TechXplore

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.

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EMS: Wärtsilä’s new GEMS 7 platform, Generac buys microgrid controls specialist

Energy Storage News

System integrator Wärtsilä has launched its newest energy management system (EMS) platform, while power solutions manufacturer Generac has acquired a company that makes them.

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