Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2024
A hydrogen fuel cell forklift truck from Toyota at the opening of a new hydrogen fuelling station at Teesside International Airport in January (image credit: Toyota UK). A report from logistics specialist Toyota Material Handling (UK) indicates priorities and directions for the logistics industry, given the required trajectory of emissions reduction.
Planet Pulse
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Tanager-1 is made possible by the Carbon Mapper Coalition , a philanthropically-funded effort to develop and deploy satellites designed to detect and track methane and CO2 super-emitters at a level of granularity needed to support direct mitigation action. Tanager-1 combines Planet’s cutting-edge agile aerospace and smallsat bus technology with the state-of-the-art imaging spectrometer design developed at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). ### PUBLISHED ARTICLE FROM CARBON MAPPER Pasadena,
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Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Ffestiniog pumped storage scheme in North Wales. The Department for Net Zero and Energy Security (DESNZ) has confirmed the go-ahead of a scheme intended to stimulate investment in the UK’s long-duration energy storage (LDES) sector. Announced on 10 October, DESNZ said the Long Duration Electricity Storage investment support scheme will “boost investor confidence and unlock billions in funding for vital projects” “This could see the first significant long duration energy storage
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Australia could create thousands of jobs and transition workers out of the fossil fuel industry if wind towers were produced at home, a research group says. The post Call for Australia to make wind turbine towers as well as solar PV and battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Ørsted and Salt River Project (SRP) have commenced operations at the Eleven Mile Solar Center, a 300 MW solar project and 300 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) in Pinal County, Ariz. The center is SRP’s largest co-located solar and BESS project, providing power to businesses, homes and Meta’s data center in Mesa, Ariz. “Solar energy paired with battery energy storage will be critical to the reliable delivery of power as the demand for electricity grows,” says David Hardy, Group EVP and CE
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The growth of rooftop solar is creating new headaches for the market operator in terms of minimum demand. But the first big battery in the country's most vulnerable state may have already fixed the problem. The post Big batteries have already put an end to minimum demand shocks in Australia’s most vulnerable grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Renew Economy
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Ikea owner signs up for another stake in Australia's biggest wind project as production ramps up. The post Ikea owner takes another slice of Australia’s biggest wind project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Hydrogen Fuel News
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Plug Power Advances Global Hydrogen Solutions with Strategic Partnerships Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG) is making significant headway in the global green hydrogen sector through strategic partnerships and impactful projects. The company has recently secured a pivotal framework agreement with Allied Green Ammonia in Australia, a move aimed at establishing one of the largest green ammonia facilities globally.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 10, 2024
State Coalition parties seem determined to stop renewables, with Victoria re-heating a decade-old wind buffer plan and Queensland vowing to burn coal for as long as it can. The post “All over the shop:” State Coalition leaders join push to stymie renewables, prop up fossil fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.
TechCrunch: Climate
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The startup, which already monitors the climate impact of digital advertising, is expanding to include artificial intelligence. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Wind propulsion technology today is as far removed from 18th century sailing ships as today's Formula 1 cars are from 18th century horse-drawn carts. The post Can wind propulsion technology really help power modern ships? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Charged
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Nissan Motor has received certification for its development and mass production of in-vehicle, lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in Japan. Nissan intends to establish a base in Japan by strengthening the supply chain of storage batteries, a Japanese government policy, and promoting the use of EVs fitted with LFP batteries, the company said.
TechXplore
OCTOBER 10, 2024
A new fabrication technique for substantially enhancing the prospects of commercializing perovskite solar cells through improved stability, reliability, efficiency and affordability is underway at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK).
Hydrogen Fuel News
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Alaska and Texas Eye New White Hydrogen Energy Frontier As the world pivots towards sustainable energy solutions, Alaska and Texas, two of America’s largest oil-producing states, are now setting their sights on hydrogen as the next frontier in energy production. Hydrogen, particularly in its “white” form, presents a potential gold rush for these states, promising to reshape the energy landscape much like oil once did.
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.
TechXplore
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Seemingly miraculous innovations have made it possible to slake the ever-growing thirsts of our industrial society. Need more energy? Frack it from deep-bedded rocks. Fresh water? Desalinate ocean flows. Precious metals? Leach them from low-grade ores that were previously unminable.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Construction begins at Hydrogen Park Murray Valley, where a 10MW electrolyser is expected to generate around 500 tonnes of renewable hydrogen a year for use in gas mains. The post First sod turned at Arena-backed renewable hydrogen project with green gas ambitions appeared first on RenewEconomy.
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 10, 2024
This article by ExxonKnews is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. For the first time, a gas utility could be on the hook for its role in deceiving the public about the climate crisis. Multnomah, Oregon, has added NW Natural — Oregon’s oldest and largest supplier of “natural” gas, also known as fossil or methane gas — to the list of defendants in a lawsuit that seeks to make fossil fuel companies pay $52 billion for their role in the deadly 2021
POWER Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has issued a G4-level severe geomagnetic storm watch, urging the North American power grid to prepare for a powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) […] The post Severe Solar Storm Threatens Power Grid Amid Hurricane Helene, Milton Recovery appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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.
TechCrunch: Climate
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The synthetic biology and precision fermentation space is a hotbed of entrepreneurial activity these days. But it’s not every day you come across a startup that’s using genetic engineering to produce natural rubber — a substance that’s challenging to reproduce in a lab because of how long its polymer is. Paris-based baCta has a proof […] © 2024 TechCrunch.
Canary Media
OCTOBER 10, 2024
This story was first published by Grist. By the time Hurricane Helene made its way hundreds of miles inland on September 27, it had been downgraded to a tropical storm. But Helene remained unusually expansive and strong, fueled by the warm waters in the Gulf of Mexico.
PV Tech
OCTOBER 10, 2024
JinkoSolar has signed a supply deal with Saudi Arabian power developer ACWA Power to provide 3GW of TOPCon PV modules.
Charged
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Oilfield services company SLB (aka Schlumberger), has proven its lithium production process at scale at its demonstration plant in Clayton Valley, Nevada. The Nevada demonstration plant integrates direct lithium extraction (DLE), concentration and conversion technologies to produce lithium from brine 500 times faster than conventional methods while using only 10% of the land, as well as less water and chemical reagents, according to the company.
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?
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 10, 2024
D3Energy has cut the ribbon on what it calls Utah’s first floating solar array, which the company developed at the Signal Hill Water Treatment Plant. Operated by Mountain Regional Water, the 600kW system, developed in collaboration with Ameresco, is expected to offset 90% of the plant’s power. The project utilizes Ciel & Terre’s Hydrelio floating system. “Water treatment plants, like Signal Hill, are ideal candidates for floating solar due to the large, often unused
Charged
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Researchers from Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU have teamed up with partners in the COOLBat joint research project to develop next-generation battery enclosures for EVs. The COOLBat project focuses on making lighter enclosures to reduce power consumption and increase driving range by combining individual systems, packing more functions into a smaller installation space and using new heat-conductive materials and bio-based flame-retardant coatings.
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Power management company Eaton has collaborated with Lunar Energy, with the aim of simplifying the installation and maximizing the functionality of home energy storage and solar systems. The company hopes that the integration of its AbleEdge smart breakers with the Lunar System will make it easier for installers and homeowners to deploy solar and storage, manage loads, optimize costs and extend the life of the solar battery system.
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 10, 2024
French energy firm reported to be in talks over potential investment to cover ballooning cost of nuclear project The French energy company EDF is reportedly in talks with investors to raise up to £4bn to finish the delayed Hinkley Point C project in Somerset, Britain’s first new nuclear reactors in a generation. The utilities company, owned by the French state, has approached investors to help cover the ballooning cost of constructing the nuclear plant , which is understood to have reached almos
POWER Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2024
A startup company whose investors include Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the group led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, said it has received about $14 million in new funding in support of […] The post Bill Gates-Backed Group Secures Funding for New Wind Energy Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Financial Times: Energy
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The boom in data centres for AI will raise prices for ratepayers and risks slowing the energy transition
POWER Magazine
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The U.S. electric grid is under more strain than ever to support exponential electricity demand due to artificial intelligence (AI), data centers, electric vehicles, and hotter temperatures. Its infrastructure is […] The post 3 Steps for Utility Companies to Get Started with Undergrounding appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 10, 2024
After decades of stable demand, global electricity usage is on a sharp upward swing. US electricity demand could soar an average of 9%. The post AI data centers tackle the sustainable energy challenge appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Financial Times: Energy
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Energy minister accuses Moscow of using military tactic that heightens risk of atomic accident
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Hunter Valley Operations, a joint venture of Glencore and Yancoal, indicates it will seek to resubmit plans to extend life of two mines Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Glencore and Yancoal have withdrawn a proposal for the largest coal mining project in New South Wales from consideration under federal environmental laws after state planning officials raised concerns about the development’s greenhouse gas emission
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