Energy Storage News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Renewable developer and IPP TagEnergy will soon start construction on the largest BESS project in France, a 240MW/480MWh project with Tesla providing BESS and EPC services.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Three low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Haringey are set to continue after monitoring data revealed motor traffic had fallen by more than 50 per cent within the schemes. The independently monitored and analysed data showed an average reduction in vehicle movements within the LTNs of 58%. There has been a minimal 3% on average traffic increase on boundary roads and overall, 80,000 fewer vehicles were counted per day, contributing to the council’s ambition to make local streets healthier, safer
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TechXplore
DECEMBER 5, 2024
A research team has developed a breakthrough technology that dramatically improves the durability of alloy catalysts, a critical component in fuel cells. By incorporating nitrogen into the alloy structure, the team addressed the high cost and low durability of platinum (Pt) catalysts, two major obstacles to commercializing proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) for eco-friendly vehicles.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Waterside Farm opposite RGU’s campus (image credit: RGU). A 55-acre site close to Aberdeen is to become one of the largest biodiversity projects on a university campus in Scotland. Robert Gordon University (RGU) plans to restore Waterside Farm into an area of biodiversity, enhancing its already high carbon-holding capacity, and providing a habitat for a range of threatened species.
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.
Charged
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Fleet charging management specialist Synop has been selected as the charging management solution for Bus2Grid’s Renew America’s Schools Grant. Under the project, 14 Illinois school districts will install campus microgrids with help from a $15-million grant from the DOE. The microgrids will include onsite solar generation and battery storage. Synop’s intelligent charging management platform will help to optimize the charging schedule for electric school buses, ensuring efficient and reliable oper
Energy Storage News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Strata Clean Energy announced the completion of the 70MW/280MWh Inland Empire Energy Storage project, located in Rialto, California, 4 December.
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Energy Storage News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
French independent power producer (IPP) Neoen has agreed to sell its operational and development projects in Victoria, Australia, including the 350MW/450MWh Victorian Big Battery, for AU$950 million (US$610 million).
TechXplore
DECEMBER 5, 2024
The Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and several collaborating institutions have successfully demonstrated a machine-learning technique to accelerate the discovery of materials for film capacitorscrucial components in electrification and renewable energy technologies. The technique was used to screen a library of nearly 50,000 chemical structures to identify a compound with record-breaking performance.
Charged
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Texas Best Smokehouse #10 in Grapevine, Texas is quite a place—it includes a barbecue restaurant and a large Texaco gas station, and has a very busy and highly visible location near Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. It’s a perfect spot for a fast EV charging station, and viveEV Charging Solutions has signed a contract to install several DC fast chargers. viveEV will deploy its flagship 600 kW Ultra Slim DCFC, which features a compact footprint of just 28.15 by 6.85 inches.
TechXplore
DECEMBER 5, 2024
A closer inspection of ash from burned rice hulls, the hard outer layer of rice grains, revealed a form of carbon that could nearly double the energy density of typical lithium-ion or sodium-ion batteries.
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
Charged
DECEMBER 5, 2024
The webinar will show the concept of the EV fast charging station supplied from renewable energy sources based on AC drives, presented by Lukasiewicz Research Network – Institute for Sustainable Technologies. Two important features of AC drives will be presented: as a unidirectional EV battery charger and for powering electric motors. Join this webinar , where we will discuss simulation and experimental results confirming the possibility of controlling the DC value of the EV battery charge
TechXplore
DECEMBER 5, 2024
A research team has developed a machine learning-based design of experiments (DOE) method that efficiently optimizes the performance and process conditions of organic thermoelectric devices.
Greentown Labs
DECEMBER 5, 2024
The partnerships-focused accelerator is accepting applications from startups with climatetech innovations for the personal-care industry Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas, Dec. 5, 2024 — Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech incubator in North America, and Evonik, a world leader in specialty chemicals, are now accepting applications for Greentown Go Make 2025.
TechXplore
DECEMBER 5, 2024
How can vehicle emissions be reduced without necessarily having to change cars? A new monitoring system, developed by Politecnico di Milano and described in a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, offers a concrete answer that makes sustainable mobility accessible to all.
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.
Energy Storage News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Australia’s Queensland government is set for crunch talks with Queensland Hydro to “save” the 2GW/48GWh Borumba pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) project, with its cost having increased to AU$18 billion (US$11.5 billion) and been delayed by three years.
TechXplore
DECEMBER 5, 2024
A team of researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory developed a magnetocaloric heat pump that matches current vapor-compression heat pumps for weight, cost, and performance.
Energy Storage News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Hawthorne Renewable Energy has commenced permitting for a 300MW solar project co-located with a 300MW/1,200MWh BESS in Grant County, Washington.
TechXplore
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Despite the massive hype surrounding Power-to-X (PtX), most of the world's announced green hydrogen projects lack financing. The market is deemed far too risky by stakeholders. And, there are many potential pitfalls. According to the authors of a study from the University of Copenhagen, actors must be "compelled" to invest in a genuinely green manner.
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.
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 5, 2024
South Australia has the highest wind and solar share in Australia and no baseload power - and is the only state in the main grid not facing a shortfall of "system strength." The post South Australia has the most wind and solar and no baseload: So why is it the only state not fretting about a vulnerable grid? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
TechXplore
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Today, indoor temperatures are generally controlled by deviceswhether they are smart, portable, or wedged in a window. Most heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems can be set to maintain the temperature of an indoor space within a few degrees. But has modern technology, like air conditioning, erased a time-tested body of knowledge about how best to design a well-ventilated, temperate building?
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 5, 2024
New report says gas consumers have suffered since being plunged into the international market - and created a direct transfer of wealth from households to gas producers. The post “Slow moving train wreck:” Gas prices triple since Woodside cut special deal with state government appeared first on RenewEconomy.
TechXplore
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Meta has signed contracts with renewable energy firm Invenergy for 760 megawatts of solar power capacity, the companies said on Thursday.
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?
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Dr Zhengrong Shi, the solar PV pioneer once dubbed the "sun king", has unveiled plans to build a big manufacturing centre in Australia to make his new Sunman flexible solar panels. The post “Time to come back:” Sunman unveils plans to make flexible solar panels in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.
PV Tech
DECEMBER 5, 2024
TotalEnergies has sold a 50% stake in a 2GW US solar and energy storage portfolio and acquired German renewable energy developer VSB Group.
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Volt Solar Tile has is half-way through an equity crowdfunding campaign that aims to raise around $3 million to expand into US market and take on Elon Musk's Solar Roof. The post Australian solar tile company raises funds to tap “absurdly large” US market, and take on Tesla appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Hydrogen Fuel News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Driving Innovation in Geologic Hydrogen Containment PureWave Hydrogen Corp. has signed a letter of commitment with the University of Wyoming’s Hydrogen Energy Research Center (H2ERC) to improve hydrogen containment technology significantly. This bold step positions the company at the forefront of efforts to address challenges in safely storing and harnessing naturally occurring H2 also referred to as White Hydrogen.
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Manufacturers of wind tower foundations, anchor cages and nacelle components are among the businesses Western Australia hopes to grow through a new government and industry support scheme. The post WA targets wind manufacturing supply chain with $8 million co-investment and advice scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.
TechCrunch: Climate
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Recently, Amp Robotics changed its business model to focus on running entire facilities that sort recyclables. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 5, 2024
This week, Australias government was forced to make a choice between its regional climate obligations and its fossil fuel trade in a very public forum. It chose fossil fuels. The post Trusted partner to the Pacific, or giant fossil fuel exporter? Australia chose thelatter appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Charged
DECEMBER 5, 2024
This webinar will explore the electrification of severe-duty vehicles across various industry sectors, emphasizing the importance of sustainability and efficiency in transitioning from traditional diesel models to electric options. From municipal to commercial use, David Klass, VP of Electric at Battle Motors, will provide practical strategies on the specific infrastructure considerations, safety, reliability and the unique requirements for EV adoption in industries with severe and heavy-duty ve
Financial Times: Energy
DECEMBER 5, 2024
UK investor is teaming up with French group as part of a bid for control of troubled utility
TechCrunch: Climate
DECEMBER 5, 2024
Turning sunflower seeds into sustainable, cocoa-free chocolate has netted Munich-based B2B food tech startup Planet A Foods (formerly QOA) a $30 million Series B funding round. Now, the Y Combinator alum is gearing up for industrialization, with the funds set to be deployed to scale its production capacity by around 7.5x. The round fast follows […] 2024 TechCrunch.
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