Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Recycling Association has said that now would be a perfect opportunity to abandon the unnecessary deposit return scheme (DRS) proposed by the UK government. Following the announcement yesterday that it is not possible for the Welsh Government to work with the rest of the UK on a DRS, and that it intends to introduce its own eventually, The Recycling Association said that DRS has been a disaster from start-to-finish.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Absence of more than 3 gigawatts of "always on" baseload fossil fuel generators, including at the country's newly subsidised biggest coal fired power station, leaves coal dependent grids vulnerable to heatwave. The post Extended outages of “always on” baseload power leaves coal states vulnerable to heatwave appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The centre of the town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire suffered significant flooding following extreme rainfall in June 2007 and November 2019, affecting hundreds of homes and businesses, writes Helen Wilson, industry & infrastructure sales manager at Xylem. In response, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is undertaking a significant package of flood defence measures to protect the community from future events and to reduce the risk of flooding from the River Don and its tributaries.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

South Australia chooses supplier of the world-first hydrogen capable turbines to support its charge towards a 100 per cent net renewables grid. The post South Australia orders world’s first 100 pct hydrogen-capable turbines for Whyalla appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Japanese knotweed. National trade body the Property Care Association has produced a 360° overview of all elements involved in the management of invasive weed control in its new Code of Practice. The ‘UK Code of Practice for the Management of Invasive Non-Native Plants’ offers a single point of reference for invasive weed control professionals, operating across a range of sites, including gardens, development sites, agriculture, forestry, infrastructure, local authority areas and river catchments

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Concentrated solar thermal company spun out of CSIRO has launched promising to deliver zero emissions, 24/7 heat and power that can compete with the cost of gas. The post CSIRO spin-off raises record amount to fund solar heat and power tech, get industry off gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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CleanTech Group

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Aviation emissions have doubled since 1990 (barring a sharp drop in emissions during the COVID pandemic) due to increased demand for both passenger. The post Next-Gen Aviation: High-Efficiency Aircraft Design and Technologies appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In what’s described as a landmark project for the construction industry, the first lower carbon concrete solution from sustainable technology firm, Recycl8 and construction materials company, Breedon, has been laid at Veolia’s Ling Hall Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA) processing site in Warwickshire. Veolia and Danish recycling firm Meldgaard’s joint operation at Ling Hall is processing IBA from the nearby Battlefield Energy Recovery Facility to produce 50,000 tonnes of secondary aggreg

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Government ministers consulted closely with Shell over its move to London to avoid embarrassment over the COP26 climate summit, new documents reveal. The cache of emails, memos and meeting minutes, obtained via Freedom of Information requests by climate advocacy group Culture Unstained, shine a light on private communications between officials and the oil company in the months running up to the flagship conference, which was hosted by the UK in Glasgow in November 2021.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A liquid hydrogen-powered Toyota GR Corolla Car manufacturer Toyota has developed a concept model that explores how hydrogen gas generated while driving – “boil off gas” (vaporised hydrogen) – can be used, potentially increasing the efficiency of liquid hydrogen as an engine fuel. The company is seeking partners to take on the challenge of developing the technology together.

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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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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Indonesia, with the fifth biggest fleet of coal power plants in the world, vows to end fossil fuel generation by 2040 and commits to 75 GW of new renewables to take its place. The post Indonesia targets 75 GW of renewables as it aims to end fossil fuel generation by 2040 appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

While an agreement on climate finance was eventually reached in Baku, many poorer countries were outraged The Lamborghini showroom and a Tiffany branch sit at either end of Baku’s long boulevards beside the Caspian Sea. Adorned with grand 19th-century mansions, all plaster nymphs and columned facades, that were built by the first oil millionaires, they are a testament to the enduring power of fossil fuels.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Vast Solar secures first tranche of promised Arena funding as it works towards the country's first big solar thermal project in Port Augusta and local manufacturing. The post Vast secures funds to advance Australia’s first big solar thermal project and local manufacturing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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POWER Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Officials with Kenya’s Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA) said the country is on track to start construction on its first nuclear power plant by 2027. The group at a […] The post Kenya Moves Forward With Plans for Country’s First Nuclear Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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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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PV Tech

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

RWE will acquire seven potential solar and energy storage projects on Peabody’s land and will partner with the mining firm on the remaining three.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Bowen announces expert panel led by Tim Nelson to set roadmap for complete rethink of electricity market. Will it be top down for utilities, or bottom up for consumers? The post Not fit for purpose: Labor kicks off rewrite of electricity market rules to keep pace with renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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PV Tech

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos Jr attended as construction began on what is thought to be the world’s largest power plant to combine solar PV and battery storage.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Advancing Industrial Heat with Hydrogen Burners: A Technological Breakthrough Industrial facilities worldwide rely on high-temperature burners to produce essential products like steel, glass, and chemicals. This necessity, however, has long been linked to energy-intensive processes contributing to significant carbon emissions. Recent innovations in hydrogen burner technology—a collaboration between global energy leader ExxonMobil and industrial combustion expert Zeeco—are set to reshape not only

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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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PV Tech

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Through its subsidiary, Toyo Solar, the company acquired 100% of membership interests in Houston-based Solar Plus Technology Texas.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

European battery company Northvolt has filed for Chapter 11 'reorganisation' bankruptcy in the US, which it said will allow it to restructure its debt to continue scaling the business.

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Science Daily: Renewable Energy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A new study warns that current plans to achieve zero emissions on the grid by 2050 vastly underestimate the required investments in generation and transmission infrastructure. The reason: these plans do not account for climate change's impacts on water resources. Specifically, changes in water availability caused by climate change could decrease hydropower generation by up to 23% by the year 2050, while electricity demand could increase by 2%.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Steve Fletcher from the University of Portsmouth sets out what's at stake as final negotiations aimed at brokering a landmark global treaty to end plastic pollution kick off this week in Korea

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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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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The latest survey into farming attitudes to renewables is that relationships with developers could use some work. The post Farmers plead for happier marriage with wind and solar project developers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Energy Storage Awards 2024 ceremony saw the European industry and its partners gather to celebrate the best technologies, brightest minds and sharpest business ideas.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Amprius Technologies , which produces lithium-ion batteries with silicon anodes , has shipped its SiMaxx A-Sample EV Cells to the United States Advanced Battery Consortium (USABC). Amprius’s internal testing of the A-Sample EV cell has shown specific energy of 360 Wh/kg at the beginning of its life—surpassing the USABC program target of 275 Wh/kg at end of life—while delivering specific power of 1,200 W/kg.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

TOYO has agreed, via its subsidiary TOYO Solar, to acquire 100% interest in Solar Plus Technology Texas, located in the Houston metropolitan area. The company has leased a 567,140 square-foot facility which is being planned to accommodate 2.5 GW of solar module manufacturing capacity, with a further 6.5 GW expansion planned by 2029. The factory construction of Phase 1 of the facility has been completed, and a portion of the required equipment is set to arrive by next year.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

For the past few years, we have been posting information on other platforms regarding our consumer side utility infrastructure technology. You will likely be curious enough to investigate more about what my company CoolWaters Energy Technology does. I do want to talk about some troubling observations I have seen regarding corporate leadership and how it is embracing bureaucratic.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Battery energy storage system (BESS) integrator Fluence will use its AI-powered bidding optimisation software Mosaic for 3.64GWh of Akaysha Energy BESS in Australia.

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R-Squared Energy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has transformed global energy markets, in large part because of U.S. emergence as a leading exporter. However, the environmental impact of LNG, particularly greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, remains contentious. A new study , Gas Pathing: Improved Greenhouse Gas Emission Estimates of Liquefied Natural Gas Exports through Enhanced Supply Chain Resolution , published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering , sheds new light on this issue.

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TechCrunch: Climate

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The write downs occurred throughout the current fiscal year as the situation at Northvolt deteriorated. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Australian energy major AGL Energy has received approval from the New South Wales government for its 500MW/2,000MWh Tomago battery energy storage system (BESS).

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Vast Solar secures first tranche of promised Arena funding as it works towards the country's first big solar thermal project in Port Augusta and local manufacturing. The post Vast Solar secures funds to advance Australia’s first big solar thermal project and local manufacturing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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