Wed.Dec 04, 2024

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Exploring the effects of offshore wind farms on ocean life

Envirotec Magazine

An ambitious new project aims to explore the consequences of floating offshore wind farms (FLOW) on life throughout the marine food chain. The Marine Biological Association (MBA) is participating in the work, and offers more detail here. The FRONTLINE project will employ state-of-the-art technologies – including autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), satellite remote sensing, digital video aerial surveys and seabird and fisheries tracking – to investigate how the rapid expansion of FLOW and clim

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Scientists produce world's first carbon-14 diamond battery with potential lifespan of thousands of years

TechXplore

Scientists and engineers from the University of Bristol and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have successfully created the world's first carbon-14 diamond battery.

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Four UK nuclear power plants to stay open longer than planned

Envirotec Magazine

Hartlepool nuclear power station (image credit: user:geni , CC BY-SA 4.0 license ). EDF has opted to continue generating power at four nuclear plants, in a bid to boost UK energy security and clean power targets. The French-owned energy firm announced the decision on 3 December, which will see extensions to the lifetimes of all four generating Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor stations.

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Seawater desalination advance could benefit billions of people

TechXplore

A novel approach to make seawater evaporate faster than freshwater has been hailed as a significant breakthrough in desalination technology that will benefit billions of people worldwide.

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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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Seafood product replaces plastic pallets with fibre-based solution

Envirotec Magazine

Sustainable and fibre-based packaging solutions firm DS Smith is replacing plastic pallets for canned products with corrugated cardboard in collaboration with Denmark’s largest industrial producer of shellfish and seafood, Vilsund Blue A/S. In collaboration with Vilsund Blue A/S, the DS Smith team of expert designers sought an innovative solution to eliminate the use of plastic and applied their unique and industry-first Circular Design Metrics (CDM) tool to rate and compare the circularity of p

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Donut Lab offers modular EV development platform

Charged

Donut Lab, a subsidiary of electric motorcycle company Verge Motorcycles, has created a modular electric vehicle development platform for applications on land, sea and air. The platform provides manufacturers with a library of compatible components they can use to produce EVs such as supercars, buses, drones or SUVs that are light and affordable to manufacture.

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ARRAY and RP Construction Services Notch 6 GW of Solar Projects

Solar Industry

Solar tracker specialist ARRAY Technologies says it has deployed more than 6 GW of solar projects in North America through its partnership with RP Construction Services (RP), a value-added distributor of solar construction materials. The ARRAY and RP teams have worked together since 2009 to serve solar developers and contractors across a range of portfolios and projects.

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North Dakota Carbon Capture Project in Limbo After Canada Group’s Exit

POWER Magazine

A Canada-based energy group reportedly has withdrawn from a $2 billion carbon capture project in North Dakota. Project Tundra, which aimed to capture carbon dioxide from flue gas from two […] The post North Dakota Carbon Capture Project in Limbo After Canada Group’s Exit appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Overcoming grid upgrade barriers when building EV charging sites (Webinar)

Charged

Today’s electric grid won’t be able to keep up with increasing demand from electrified fleets without significant upgrades. Given that grid upgrades can take years to implement, however, fleets, charging networks, transportation planners, utilities, and other stakeholders need to collaborate closely to ensure that fleet electrification continues to advance.

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New initiative launched to advocate for geothermal heating and cooling in the US

ThinkGeoEnergy

GeoExchange , the non-profit trade association for the geothermal heat pump industry in the United States, has just launched Mission Geo , a multi-faceted outreach and advocacy initiative to boost awareness, understanding, and adoption of geothermal heating and cooling through ground source heat pump technology. Mission Geo will provide information and insights to promote the advantages and benefits of ground source heat pump technology to builders and contractors, architects and designers, dril

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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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Making solar cells more weatherproof: Researchers discover why humidity causes perovskite cells to fail

TechXplore

Dr. Tim Kelly calls it "the magic of science"when what you think is going to happen doesn't, but what you learn in the process promises to inform advances in a new type of solar cell. Solar cells, which convert sunlight into electricity, are increasingly being used to power everything from buildings and electric cars, to watches and toys.

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From Satellite Data to Actionable Insights: Land Surface Temperature Based Tracking of Heatwaves and Urban Heat Island Effect: A Path to Cooler, Healthier Cities

Planet Pulse

Written by Maya Nolles, Yoann Malbeteau & Jasper Dijkstra Heatwaves are becoming more frequent and intense worldwide, with cities bearing the brunt of extreme temperatures. Urban areas, densely packed with heat-retaining concrete and limited green space, are highly vulnerable to these heatwaves through the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. Tracking where and when heat builds up and how it spreads is critical for protecting urban populations.

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Smart windows could be the next big thing in renewable heating

TechXplore

World energy demand is continuing to soar as cities grow, technology advances and industries develop. Buildings make up about 30%-40% of the totaleven more than industry or transport. This comes largely from heating, cooling and ventilation systems, with air conditioning especially energy-hungry.

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‘Climate bomb’ warning over $200bn wave of new gas projects

The Guardian: Energy

New liquefied natural gas projects could produce 10 gigatonnes of emissions by the end of the decade, close to the annual emissions of all coal plants A $200bn wave of new gas projects could lead to a “climate bomb” equivalent to releasing the annual emissions of all the world’s operating coal power plants, according to a report. Large banks have invested $213bn into plans to build terminals that export and import gas that is chilled and shipped on ocean tankers.

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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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Hydrogen Use Cases for the Power Industry

POWER Magazine

Hydrogen is becoming increasingly important to the electric power generation industry for several reasons. One is that hydrogen offers a promising pathway to decarbonize the power sector. When used in […] The post Hydrogen Use Cases for the Power Industry appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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How non-toxic and efficient solar cells can be produced

TechXplore

Large-scale production of organic solar cells with high efficiency and minimal environmental impact. This can now be made possible through a new design principle developed at Linkping University, Sweden. In the study, published in the journal Nature Energy, the researchers have studied molecule shape and interaction in organic solar cells.

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Delivering a fair household energy transition: learning and priorities

Energy Transition

The green technologies needed to rapidly cut our greenhouse gas emissions are already on the market. What’s more, they are, or very soon will be, cost effective. In other words, from the perspective of the household, it is, overall, cheaper to go green. However, there’s a catch: access to capital is king in the household energy transition.

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Vietnam pushes electric motorbikes as pollution becomes 'unbearable'

TechXplore

In Vietnam's heavily polluted capital Hanoi, teenage taxi driver Phung Khac Trung rides his electric motorbike through streets jammed with two-wheelers belching toxic fumes.

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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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AEMO: energy storage to play key role during Australia’s summer

Energy Storage News

AEMO said that new energy storage capacity that has come online will play a key role in grid stability throughout the 2024-25 summer months.

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Nonproliferation innovation makes international impact at Kazakh nuclear site

TechXplore

Kris Gaines is on a nonproliferation mission: to make it easier for more countries to eliminate highly enriched uranium, or HEU, thus neutralizing the inherent threat of its potential for nefarious use. As a nuclear nonproliferation specialist and project manager at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Gaines leads aspects of an important project designed to eliminate spent HEU fuel from Kazakhstan.

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Ørsted puts 300MW BESS at onshore substation for Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm in UK

Energy Storage News

A 300MW/600MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) developed by Ørsted will be co-located with its Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm onshore substation.

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Better ways to recover metals needed for technology from electronic waste could benefit the environment and human health

TechXplore

Our increasing reliance on technology is placing pressure on the global supply of materials that are essential for manufacturing electronic devices. Raw materials are being mined to cover the demand for smartphones, laptops, computer servers and electric vehicles, placing strain on the environment. A greater emphasis on renewable technology and on artificial intelligence will only add to this challenge.

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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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RWE purchases EnerVenue ‘30,000 cycle’ metal-hydrogen batteries for pilot project

Energy Storage News

RWE has purchased EnerVenue metal-hydrogen Energy Storage Vessels (ESVs) for a renewable energy storage pilot project in the US.

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Peter Dutton vows to scrap offshore wind zone, “rip up contracts” and sink $10 billion project

Renew Economy

Peter Dutton vows to scrap the NSW Hunter region offshore wind development zone and the $10 billion project that would be built there. The post Peter Dutton vows to scrap offshore wind zone, “rip up contracts” and sink $10 billion project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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HyperStrong: Innovative, Smart and Reliable Energy Storage for the US

Energy Storage News

HyperStrong, a global leader in providing energy storage solutions, launched its smart, reliable and innovative products into the US market in 2023.

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Baseload power generators not needed to guarantee supply, say science and engineering academies

Renew Economy

Group of science and engineering academies agree that baseload power plants not required to support a renewables dominated grid, and are likely to make it more expensive. The post Baseload power generators not needed to guarantee supply, say science and engineering academies appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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German TSO Amprion launches tender for ‘decentralised grid booster’ projects

Energy Storage News

A tender for the provision of BESS technology for a 'decentralised grid booster' deployment has been launched by Aprion, one of the four major transmission system operators (TSO) in Germany.

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Gillard-chaired fund snaps up Neoen’s wind, solar and battery assets in Victoria in billion-dollar deal

Renew Economy

A new energy transition fund chaired by Julia Gillard beats off other big players to snap up Neoen's wind, solar and battery assets in Victoria. The post Gillard-chaired fund snaps up Neoen’s wind, solar and battery assets in Victoria in billion-dollar deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Western Australia’s GreenTech Hub sets energy storage as first ‘challenge’

Energy Storage News

Western Australia’s GreenTech Hub, dedicated to supporting emerging green technologies, will explore advanced energy storage systems as its first challenge.

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Gradient to generate geothermal power in North Dakota oil and gas facility

ThinkGeoEnergy

Colorado-based Gradient Geothermal (Gradient) has announced that it will provide geothermal power generation and fluid cooling services to Chord Energy , an independent North American oil and gas exploration and production entity. Gradient’s proprietary technology removes heat from produced fluids and uses that heat to generate electricity. The company strives to help power the energy transition by harnessing electrical power for mass-distribution from existing oil and gas production infr

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Two First Nations-backed solar farms cleared to help power Pilbara and its huge iron ore mines

Renew Economy

Two First Nations-backed solar projects cleared for construction in the Pilbara, to power mining and industry and give back to Indigenous communities. The post Two First Nations-backed solar farms cleared to help power Pilbara and its huge iron ore mines appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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These high-tech windows fight climate change – and will save you money

Canary Media

When the founders of LuxWall look through a window, they see money. Windows offer sometimes-stunning views and natural light, but they also create a structural vulnerability that lets heat escape in winter and sneak in during summertime.