Scientists create hydrogen with no direct CO₂ emissions at source
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
A new way of creating hydrogen, which eliminates direct CO2 emissions at source, has been developed by an international team of scientists.
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New Terminal One at JFK Airport to deploy a fleet of all-electric ground service equipment
Charged
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
What will be one of the worlds greenest airline terminals when it opens in 2026 is about to get a little greener. The New Terminal One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York has selected ground support equipment provider TCR to outfit the new terminal with an all-electric ground service fleet. All ground service equipment at the terminal, including aircraft towing vehicles, passenger boarding stairs, aircraft refueling trucks, cargo handling equipment and baggage loaders, will be p
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Hybrid battery design: Lithium-hydrogen system offers high energy density
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
A research team from the University of Science and Technology of China has introduced a new chemical battery system which utilizes hydrogen gas as the anode. Their study is published in the Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
For energy storage fire safety, will perception become reality?
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The Moss Landing BESS fire has focused attention on safety, as Aaron Marks at Clean Energy Associates (CEA), takes a closer look.
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.
Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source.
‘Storage in GB really starting to benefit from renewables buildout’: Gore Street talks strategy, optimisation and LDES
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSD) was one of the early movers in the UK BESS industry and now has operational assets in Great Britain (GB), Ireland, Germany, Texas and California.
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Zevtron to support third-party EV charger locations’ migration from Shell Sky software
Charged
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Zevtron, an EV software and hardware provider based in Carlsbad, California, will offer support for third-party commercial chargers across Canada and the US that currently use the Shell Recharge EV system when Shell discontinues its Shell Sky Software on April 30. Shell, one of the largest oil and natural gas producers in the US, known for its ubiquitous gas stations, has decided to discontinue its service for third-party commercial chargers to focus our investments where we have a competitive e
Six applications under consideration for Chachimbiro geothermal consultancy, Ecuador
ThinkGeoEnergy
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The Electric Corporation of Ecuador (CELEC) is currently in the process of reviewing six applications for Phase 1 consultancy services for the construction of a geothermal power plant at the Chachimbiro site. This update comes after a prequalification stage that CELEC announced before the end of 2024. The project calls for a qualified consultant to carry out the engineering, support/provision/supervision/inspection of drilling services, construction and commissioning of a 5-MW pilot geothermal p
The role of distributed energy: Can it be a marriage of equals?
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
As an analyst, themes generally tend to emerge and hold court for a while. A few years ago it might be grid forming inverters, two years ago it was wind costs. This year, one of the ITK themes is the role of DER, or distributed energy resources. This note is not even a drive off […] The post The role of distributed energy: Can it be a marriage of equals?
Quantifying the 'hydrogen economy': Study finds relatively small, but critical, role for decarbonization
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
An international team of researchers have quantified the role of the "hydrogen economy" in making our society more sustainable. In a paper in Nature Communications, they present the results of extensive modeling of pathways to decarbonizing the European economy by 2050.
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
WestWind inks lease agreement for 1,500MWh wind-plus-storage site in New South Wales, Australia
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Wind developer WestWind Energy has signed a lease agreement with Australias New South Wales government for the development of a 1,500MWh wind-plus-storage site in the south-west of the state.
Overcoming challenges old and new to improve energy efficiency in Australian homes
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
As Australia moves towards a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, our researchers are working to fill a big missing piece of the puzzleexisting houses and apartments.
Bidfood Netherlands adds 25 Renault electric trucks to its fleet
Charged
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Food distributor Bidfood Netherlands operates a fleet of 25 Renault electric vehicles. Now, the company has ordered 25 more. The new e-trucks will be delivered by the end of the current year. Renault Trucks has been building medium-duty electric trucks (from 16 to 26 tonnes) since 2020 at its factory in Blainville-sur-Orne, France. The facility recently celebrated the production of its 2,000th electric truck.
Alkalinity on demand: AI and smartphones enable rapid water quality analysis
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Scientists have developed a technique for water alkalinity analysis that requires no specialized equipment, using only artificial intelligence and smartphone technology. This method allows for the rapid and accurate measurement of alkalinity levels across diverse water matrices, from freshwater to saltwater, making water quality monitoring more accessible and affordable.
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.
500MW Queensland BESS submitted to Australia’s EPBC Act
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
ACE Power has submitted a 500MW BESS in Queensland to Australias Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act.
How machine learning can boost accuracy of solar power forecasts
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
As solar energy plays an increasing role in the global power supply, ensuring accurate forecasts of photovoltaic (PV) power generation is critical for balancing energy demand and supply.
Over 11GWh of energy storage reaches financial commitment in Australia
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Australias Clean Energy Council (CEC) has said that energy storage saw a strong year in 2024 with a capacity of 4,029MW/11,348MWh having reached financial commitment.
Why are so many Western battery startups failing?
Charged
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
The US and Europe badly need to start manufacturing battery cells, and break the Chinese dominance of the market. But theres no joy in Batteryville these daysonce-promising startups are failing and/or scaling back their plans. Northvolt , a European company that was founded in 2017, and raised over $13 billion, has struggled for two years to ramp up production at its Swedish cell plant, and is now scrambling for funding to keep the plant open.
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.
China's 2024 coal projects threaten climate goals: report
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
China began construction last year on projects with the greatest combined coal power capacity since 2015, jeopardizing its goal to peak carbon emissions by 2030, according to a report published on Thursday.
Ex-sonnen team’s German BESS platform: ‘hype coming to an end, market is consolidating’
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
We caught up with the CEO and strategy director of 'green flexibility', a German BESS operator platform whose management team is largely made up of executives formerly from home energy and VPP firm sonnen.
'A house battery you can drive around': How a handful of Australians are selling power from their cars back to the grid
TechXplore
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Our cars sit unused most of the time. If you have an electric vehicle, you might leave it charging at home or work after driving it. But there's another step you could take. If you have a bidirectional charger, you can set it to sell power back to the grid when demand is high.
Apatura, Exagen, Firstway and others land 750MW of BESS planning consent in GB
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
A roundup of recent BESS development planning consent news in the Great Britain (GB) market this week, from the pages of our sister site Solar Power Portal.
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?
Australians want renewables to replace coal, but don’t realise how soon this needs to happen
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
New survey confirms majority of Australians support replacing fossil fuels with a mix of firmed renewables, but few realise how soon most coal plants will be shutting down. The post Australians want renewables to replace coal, but don’t realise how soon this needs to happen appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Habitat Energy signs optimisation agreement with Octopus for 50MW/100MWh Texas BESS
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Energy storage optimisation specialist Habitat Energy has signed an agreement with Octopus Energy US to optimise a 50MW/100MWh tolled battery energy storge system (BESS) in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market.
NSW green bank to target batteries, pumped hydro and VPPs to fill gaps in transition from coal
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
NSW announces interim CEO and investment mandate for newly formed "green bank", with the focus on big and community batteries, pumped hydro and VPPs. The post NSW green bank to target batteries, pumped hydro and VPPs to fill gaps in transition from coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.
BW ESS launches in Germany with 1GW BESS development partnership
Energy Storage News
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Energy storage developer-owner BW ESS has entered its fifth international market, partnering with developer MIRAI Power in Germany.
“War on woke banks:” Macquarie joins mass exit from net zero alliance. Will Australia’s Big Four follow suit?
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Two of the five Australian banks remaining in the Net Zero Bank Alliance are sending mixed signals about their future involvement after Macquarie pulled out. The post “War on woke banks:” Macquarie joins mass exit from net zero alliance. Will Australia’s Big Four follow suit? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The rise of green steel in Europe: Technologies, key players and other matters
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Europe is at the forefront of the global push towards sustainability, and the steel industry is no exception. As part of the broader effort to reduce carbon emissions and fight climate change, the concept of “green steel” is rapidly gaining traction. The European steel sector, traditionally one of the most carbon-intensive industries, is embracing innovative technologies and processes to revolutionize how steel is produced.
Australian company wins contract to design “hydrogen ready” high speed ferry
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Australian ship builder wins roughly $270 million contract to design a 130-metre, "hydrogen-ready" high-speed passenger ferry for a Swedish ferry line. The post Australian company wins contract to design “hydrogen ready” high speed ferry appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Solar-powered device captures carbon dioxide from air to make sustainable fuel
Science Daily: Renewable Energy
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
Researchers have developed a reactor that pulls carbon dioxide directly from the air and converts it into sustainable fuel, using sunlight as the power source.
Australia’s most coal dependent state takes title of world’s most volatile electricity market
Renew Economy
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
New research on electricity market volatility compares 43 markets including in the Americas, Europe, Asia and New Zealand. An Australian state takes the title. The post Australia’s most coal dependent state takes title of world’s most volatile electricity market appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Bloom Energy, Chart Industries Announce Partnership for Carbon Capture
POWER Magazine
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
California-based Bloom Energy, known for its fuel cell technology, announced a partnership with industrial gas company Chart Industries that will see the companies collaborate on carbon capture technology. Chart, a […] The post Bloom Energy, Chart Industries Announce Partnership for Carbon Capture appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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