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New electrolytes enable safe, stable and fast-charging lithium-metal batteries

TechXplore

In recent years, researchers have been trying to develop increasingly advanced battery technologies that can be charged faster and store more energy, while also remaining safe and stable over time. Lithium-metal batteries (LMBs), which contain a lithium-metal-based anode, have been found to be promising alternatives to lithium-ion batteries (LiBs), which are currently the most widely used rechargeable batteries.

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Vistra to write off US$400 million from Moss Landing BESS

Energy Storage News

Utility and power generation firm Vistra will write down the value of its Moss Landing BESS to the tune of US$400 million in depreciation expense, its entire remaining book value.

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Solar-powered reactor shows potential for creating jet fuel with net-zero carbon emissions

TechXplore

Increasing energy demands and problems associated with burning fossil fuels have heightened interest in more sustainable energy sources, such as sunlight. But there are still areas where carbon-based fuel remains the standard, such as in the aviation industry. To address this need, scientists have been working to devise a way to use sunlight to generate solar-thermal heating that could then drive the chemical reactions that are needed to make jet fuel with net-zero carbon emissions.

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ElectricFish’s microgrid EV charging solution installs quickly, cuts grid upgrade costs

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Microgrids are the coming thing in EV chargingincorporating battery storage can mitigate the need for high-power grid connections, making installations quicker and cheaper. ElectricFish has launched a new, fully redesigned version of its microgrid-based EV charger. Called the 350Squared, the system features battery integration and a proprietary power electronics design that the company says delivers faster EV charging and reduces the need for costly grid upgrades.

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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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Biodiesel wastewater treatment: Capturing carbon and valuable chemicals

TechXplore

While biodiesel provides a cleaner-burning alternative to petroleum diesel, it produces CO2 and hazardous wastewater during manufacturing, requiring extra steps to achieve sustainability. A diagnostic study led by University of Michigan researchers works to improve a process that captures CO2 while treating biodiesel wastewater and produces valuable co-products like fuels and green chemicals.

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California governor Gavin Newsom fast tracks 300MW solar-plus-storage project

Energy Storage News

California governor Gavin Newsom has taken steps to accelerate the 300MW Cornucopia Hybrid Project in Fresno County, California, US.

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Voltpost to demonstrate lamppost EV chargers in Connecticut

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Curbside EV charging is the solution to the problem of EV drivers who arent able to install chargers at their homes. Its a red-hot field, and one of the companies targeting this market is Voltpost , which makes an EV charging platform that can be retrofitted to existing lampposts. Now Voltpost has been selected by Connecticuts Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) to perform an 18-month project to demonstrate the feasibility of the Voltpost charging platform, in territories served by two

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At Block Island Wind Farm, researchers measure impact of wind reductions on energy production

TechXplore

Wind turbines are a key component of renewable energy infrastructure, converting wind energy into electricity to power homes and businesses.

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Pure Lithium receives funding from the US Department of Energy to scale recycled lithium metals

Charged

US battery technology company Pure Lithium has been awarded funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE)s Vehicle Technology Office to scale production of lithium metal anodes from recycled lithium metal, in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). Pure Lithium will work with ANL to recover lithium metal from waste streams. It will demonstrate and scale its technology to use recycled metal to produce pure lithium metal anodes for its lithium metal vanadium oxide batteries.

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A Growing Chorus of Concerns Signals Peril for the Biomass Industry 

NRDC onEarth

This International Day of Forests, we can celebrate the increasingly widespread recognition that the biomass industry is a bad bet for our forests and our communities.

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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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C-BATT demonstrates Obsidia anode material

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C-BATT , a joint venture between US lithium-ion battery components producer X-BATT and carbon and graphite products manufacturer CONSOL Innovations, has developed its US-sourced Obsidia high-capacity battery anode material, which is designed to increase battery energy density and cycle life. Silicon-carbon-based Obsidia and its blends hold more lithium per gram than graphite.

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BASF’s Green Hydrogen Giant Could Slash 72,000 Tons of CO2 Each Year

Hydrogen Fuel News

Europes Largest Electrolyzer Unveiled, Paving the Way for Green Hydrogen Revolution Breaking Ground in Green Hydrogen Production A major milestone in clean energy innovation unfolded this week as BASF, in partnership with Siemens Energy , unveiled Europes largest Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzer at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany. With the capability to churn out up to 8,000 tons of green hydrogen annually, this state-of-the-art, 54-megawatt powerhouse is designed to reshape industri

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High school in Alcala de Henares, Spain installs geothermal heating and cooling system

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Complutense Institute in Alcala de Henares has become the first high school in the Community of Madrid in Spain to install a geothermal system for heating and cooling. Drawing geothermal energy from a network of 36 wells drilling to a depth of 125 meters, the system delivers up to 80% of the building’s cooling capacity and up to 100% of its heating capacity.

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HyAxiom and Scale Microgrids Team Up for Bridgeport Energy Project

Hydrogen Fuel News

NuPower Sells Bridgeport Fuel Cell Project to Scale Microgrids in a Landmark Clean Energy Deal The renewable energy sector took another step forward as NuPower, a Connecticut-based developer of sustainable energy projects, finalized the sale of its 9.6-megawatt combined heat and power (CHP) fuel cell project in Bridgeport to Scale Microgrids, a New Jersey-based energy company.

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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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Marga Hoek on Capital, Technology & Inspiration: the 3 keys to unlock Sustainability

Terra Infirma

This week on the pod, I’m joined by Marga Hoek, entrepreneur, investor, and author of The Trillion Dollar Shift and Tech for Good. The former book sets out the trillion dollar investment opportunity presented by the Sustainable Development Goals while the latter looks at the Sustainability opportunities set out by innovations such as AI, blockchain and robotics.

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How BYD plans to make EV charging as fast as filling a gas tank

TechCrunch: Climate

What we found mostly supports the auto makers claims, with a few caveats.

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Webinar – Innovative coiled tubing drilling for shallow geothermal, 27 March 2025

ThinkGeoEnergy

Registration is currently open for a webinar to be hosted by the Australian Geothermal Association on “CoilRig – Innovative Coiled Tubing Drilling Rigs for Shallow Geothermal.” Attendance to this webinar is free for all. The details of the event are as follows: Date: 27 March 2025, 12:00pm 1:00 pm AWST Speaker: Soren Soe Registration: Register via this link In the latest installment of the Australian Geothermal Association’s webinar series, Soren Soe, founder of CoilRig

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Chart: These states get more power from clean energy than coal

Canary Media

See more from Canary Medias "Chart of the week column. The U.S. hit a major energy-transition milestone last year: For the first time ever, it produced more electricity from wind and solar than from coal. Over half of U.S.

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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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Call for Papers – 11th Indonesia International Geothermal Convention & Exhibition 2025

ThinkGeoEnergy

The call for papers is now open for the 11th Indonesia International Geothermal Convention & Exhibition (IIGCE), taking place in Jakarta, Indonesia on 17-19 September 2025. Those interested are advised to submit their abstracts to technicalpaper@iigce.com. Abstracts will be accepted only until 6 May 2025. Organized annually by the Indonesian Geothermal Association (INAGA), the theme of this year’s IIGCE is “Fostering Collaboration for a Green Economy in Indonesia: The Role of Geo

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Wang Chuanfu, the BYD founder with a battery obsession

Financial Times: Energy

Chinese EV makers five-minute charge puts the disrupter one step closer to conquering global markets

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Qualitas Energy, Mirova form JV to build 250MW renewables portfolio in Italy

PV Tech

Through the joint venture, Italian Renewable Platform, the partnership aims to own, develop, build and operate up to 250MW of renewable energy projects in Italy, including a portfolio of solar PV projects.

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French government ousts head of nuclear power group EDF

Financial Times: Energy

Exit of Luc Rmont comes after months of tensions over strategy and cost overruns

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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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Webinar – Designing efficient hybrid geothermal borefields, 28 March 2025

ThinkGeoEnergy

As part of the regular Focus on Geothermal Webinar series a partnership of Enerchange and ThinkGeoEnergy, we are proud to host Wouter Peere of Enead and GHETool for a webinar on From Potential to Performance: Designing Efficient Hybrid Geothermal Borefields.” The webinar details are as follows: Date: 28 March 2025 Time: 14:00 CET/ 08:00 ET Registration: Click here to register Speakers: Wouter Peere, Founder of GHETool & CEO of Enead As HVAC systems grow larger and more complex, desi

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Heathrow’s shutdown fuels questions about UK’s infrastructure resilience

Financial Times: Energy

Within hours of a fire at a power substation, one of the worlds busiest airports was closed to all flights

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Sainsbury's and Cranswick team up to deliver net zero pork by 2029

Business Green

New 10 year partnership to see over 60m invested in improving animal welfare standards and slashing emissions across the pork supply chain

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Damage from Thames Water debacle extends to the wider economy

Financial Times: Energy

Investors, as well as consumers, need regulators with teeth to ensure fair competition and rules

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'National Estate for Nature': Defra calls on landowners to accelerate nature recovery

Business Green

New government-led group comprising owners of 10 per cent of England aims to develop plans to help meeting UK's domestic and global biodiversity goals

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GM’s Electric Vehicle: The Journey to Electrification

Green Living Guy

EV1 Legacy Sparks New GM Electric Vehicle Ambitions General Motors stands at a crossroads in April 2014. The ghost of the EV1, GM’s pioneering electric vehicle from the late 1990s, still haunts the automaker. However, the company now looks to the future with renewed vigor. GM’s recent success with the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid signals.

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Debunking the myth of clean energy’s 'cost problems'

Canary Media

This analysis and news roundup comes from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. Speaking to fossil fuel executives and other energy leaders at the CERAWeek conference last week, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright made a bold claim.

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Thames Water had feared it might be left with just £39mn cash by month-end

Financial Times: Energy

UKs largest utility is facing a cash crunch weighed down by nearly 20bn in debt

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European Commission launches PV innovation partnership with up to €480 million investment

PV Tech

The European Commission, along with the private partners, target to invest up to 240 million (US$260 million) each until 2030.

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Carlyle’s $945mn Mediterranean energy deal collapses

Financial Times: Energy

US group had planned to buy portfolio of oil and gas projects from London-listed Energean

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