Wed.Nov 01, 2023

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Apple, Nike and others push Asian suppliers to buy clean energy

GreenBiz

The Clean Energy Procurement Academy will fund training for supply chain partners in Asia Pacific countries where renewable power is tougher to source.

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Electrifying Trucks: Tackling Inflation and Saving Americans Money

NRDC onEarth

In 2023, trucking is poised to carry nearly $15 billion in goods. Electrifying this sector is vital for combating inflation and bolstering economic resilience.

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The awesome opportunity of auditing retail waste

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Conducting a waste audit doesn’t come without its challenges; but the opportunities are just as high.

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Olkiluoto Unit 3 Provides Carbon-Free Nuclear Power and Energy Security for Finland

POWER Magazine

As a first-of-a-kind project, Olkiluoto Unit 3 took more time to build than was originally expected, but the end result has proven worth the wait. Calling it the “largest single climate action” in The post Olkiluoto Unit 3 Provides Carbon-Free Nuclear Power and Energy Security for Finland appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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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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Renewable Energy Procurement for Corporates

GreenBiz

As the global focus on decarbonization intensifies, corporations are increasingly recognizing the importance of transitioning to renewable energy sources to reduce their carbon footprint and meet ambitious environmental goals. Renewable energy procurement offers a vital pathway for companies to actively participate in the global shift towards clean energy and contribute to a greener future.

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How many jobs is the Inflation Reduction Act spurring? A lot

Canary Media

The Inflation Reduction Act will create a lot of new construction jobs for people building the electric-vehicle and battery factories and the wind and solar manufacturing and generation projects spurred by the law’s hundreds of billions of dollars in tax credits and incentives.

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Ukraine braced for attacks on its power grid as winter draws in

Financial Times: Energy

Cities rush to protect energy infrastructure from Russian missile and drone strikes as temperatures drop

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Another battery project underway to manage low loads and rooftop PV in W.A.’s main grid

Renew Economy

Another big battery begins construction in W.A. as the world's biggest standalone grid deals with the combined challenges of low midday demand and evening peaks. The post Another battery project underway to manage low loads and rooftop PV in W.A.’s main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Nuclear Industry Giants Collaborate on European Projects While Japan Expands Partnership with U.S. Reactor Designer

POWER Magazine

Westinghouse Electric Company and Bechtel have together proposed a deal to supply the Czech Republic with as many as four AP1000 nuclear reactors. The proposal aims to construct one or […] The post Nuclear Industry Giants Collaborate on European Projects While Japan Expands Partnership with U.S. Reactor Designer appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Ending the sale of gas appliances would address Victoria’s fossil dilemma and unlock savings

Renew Economy

Transitioning residential gas appliances to electric at end-of-life from 2025 is crucial for Victoria to meet emissions reduction targets and protect consumers. The post Ending the sale of gas appliances would address Victoria’s fossil dilemma and unlock savings appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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How generous subsidies helped Australia to become leader in solar power

The Guardian: Energy

Households have continued to use state help that was first created more than a decade ago For a brief period over several weekends this spring, the state of South Australia, which has a population of 1.8 million, did something no other place of a similar size can claim: generate enough energy from solar panels on the roofs of houses to meet virtually all its electricity needs.

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Global Hydrogen Pipeline Nears 1.2 TW as South America Leads Additions

FuelCellsWorks

Hydrogen electrolyser projects currently in development across the world total 1,190 GW, Aurora Energy Research’s latest global electrolyser database shows, with growth over the past six months slowing to 66.

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Carbon budget for 1.5°C will run out in six years at current emissions levels: new research

Renew Economy

New scientific study finds that if humanity wants a 50-50 chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, we can only emit another 250 gigatonnes of CO2. The post Carbon budget for 1.5°C will run out in six years at current emissions levels: new research appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Toyota and SMFG to Help Launch Japan Hydrogen Investment Fund

FuelCellsWorks

Consortium of 280 companies aims to advance technology for decarbonization. TOKYO — A consortium of Japanese companies including Toyota Motor and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group will team up with a.

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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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Norwegian startup uses solid hydrogen for solar energy storage breakthrough

Hydrogen Fuel News

Photoncycle claims it can store solar power from summer to winter cheaper than batteries. Photoncycle, a startup from Norway, is tackling interseason storage of solar energy, which could save the abundance of solar energy generated in sunny months to be used for heat and electricity in the winter. The company says solid hydrogen is the key to bringing the solution to the market in as little as a couple of years.

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Honolulu’s Climate Suit Against Big Oil Advances Towards Trial

DeSmogBlog

A lawsuit filed by the city and county of Honolulu against nearly a dozen fossil fuel companies is moving towards trial in Hawaii after the Hawaii Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the companies’ arguments for dismissing the case on appeal. Honolulu first sued 10 fossil fuel companies — including BP, Chevron, Shell, ExxonMobil, and Aloha Petroleum — in March 2020, in an attempt to hold these companies accountable for alleged deception over the climate risks of their products.

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SunPower sued for alleged inaccurate accounting

PV Tech

Class action lawsuits have been filed against US domestic solar company SunPower, amidst allegations that company misled investors by failing to disclose that it had inaccurately reported the cost of revenue and inventory metrics.

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Report: UK’s Green Hydrogen Push Could Generate a £11bn Boost

FuelCellsWorks

A new study supported by big companies like Tata Steel, Air Products, and Airbus says that the UK could make nearly £11 billion by focusing on green hydrogen. The study.

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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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Longroad achieves financial close on Arizona solar-plus-storage project acquired from First Solar

Energy Storage News

Longroad Energy has achieved financial close on a large-scale solar-plus-storage in Arizona acquired from solar manufacturer First Solar.

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2H 2023 US Clean Energy Market Outlook

BloombergNEF

A staggering 619 gigawatts (GW) of solar, wind and storage will come online between 2023 and 2030 in the US, according to BloombergNEF forecasts, up 19GW from the previous outlook. The post 2H 2023 US Clean Energy Market Outlook appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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Continental unveils new urban traffic tire concept for EVs

Charged

German automotive supplier Continental has introduced a new urban traffic tire concept for improved energy efficiency, which has the potential to increase EV driving ranges. Conti CityPlus boosts tire energy efficiency by 10% and passenger car range by 3%, corresponding to EV savings of 0.6 kWh per 100 km, the company said. Conti CityPlus uses Continental’s EcoContact 6 series tires and prevents tire deformation during braking and acceleration.

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EDF Turns to SOLARCYLE for PV Panel Recycling

Solar Industry

EDF Renewables North America has signed an agreement with SOLARCYCLE to recycle solar panels that are damaged or broken during construction and operation from their grid-scale, distribution-scale and on-site solar projects. “As a company, we have committed to developing the recycling capability of our clean energy assets, starting with solar,” says Edgar Puerto, associate director, strategic procurement, at EDF Renewables. “We view this as a key strategy for reducing our greenhouse

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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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Facility services specialist ABM rolls out its own EV charging network

Charged

ABM , a provider of facility services, infrastructure solutions and parking management, has extensive experience deploying charging stations—it has installed over 30,000 chargers to date. Now the company has rolled out its own proprietary EV charging network. ABM’s EV Charging Network, which is powered by its cloud-based ABM EV OS software in collaboration with Noodoe , will complement its existing turnkey EV infrastructure solutions, which include project planning, financing, charging hardware,

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H2B2 Electrolysis Technologies Unveils SoHyCal, the First Operational Green Hydrogen Plant in North America

Hydrogen Fuel News

Built in California’s Central Valley, H2B2’s facility is designed to produce up to three tons of green hydrogen per day, reducing carbon emissions and accelerating clean energy adoption.   Fresno, Ca lif. (November 1) – H2B2 Electrolysis Technologies, Inc. (H2B2), a global vertically integrated provider of green hydrogen energy solutions across the hydrogen value chain, today unveils SoHyCal – the largest operational green hydrogen production plant powered entirely

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Indian firm EAM to invest $650 million in North Carolina EV battery manufacturing facility

Charged

Epsilon Advanced Materials (EAM), an Indian battery materials company and a subsidiary of Epsilon Carbon, plans to build a $650-million graphite anode manufacturing facility in Brunswick County, North Carolina. The company plans to break ground in 2024 and begin manufacturing in 2026, reaching full capacity by 2031. EAM is already in discussions with local raw material suppliers and transportation partners.

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Indian Energy Producer AM Green Seeks $1 Billion Funding, Sources Say

FuelCellsWorks

AM Green, a hydrogen and ammonia producer owned by the founders of Indian renewable company Greenko Energy Holdings, is planning to raise around $1 billion to fund its growing business,

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Two Philippine geothermal exploration licenses awarded to EDC

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has been awarded the exploration licenses for two geothermal exploration sites for which it had submitted bids. The two sites are the Buguias-Tinoc Geothermal Power Project with a potential 100-MW capacity, and the Mt. Sembrano Geothermal Power Project with a potential 20-MW capacity. The two sites were offered during a competitive tender held by the Philippine Department of Energy a few months ago.

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Plagazi Announces Signing of LOI With Litra Gas for the Transport and Handling of Circular Hydrogen

FuelCellsWorks

The Letter-of-Intent (“LOI”) serves to state the intent for a commercial agreement between Plagazi and Litra, which would enable Litra to undertake the transport circular hydrogen from Plagazi to various.

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‘Massive increase’ in solar module defects poses ‘significant risk’ to PV industry – CEA

PV Tech

Undetected faults and damage in solar PV modules, like cracks, manufacturing errors and foreign material, pose a “significant risk” to the solar industry according to a new report from US renewables firm Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

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Solar Spotlight: Butyl mounts rooftop solar projects in a flash

Solar Power World

The shape of solar mounts is changing, and so too are how they’re attached to rooftops. K2 Systems, a solar racking manufacturer, has integrated a butyl sealant onto a new line of roof mounts. On this episode of Solar Spotlight, Brett Nielsen, VP of products and services at K2, is here to share the rationale… The post Solar Spotlight: Butyl mounts rooftop solar projects in a flash appeared first on Solar Power World.

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UK on track to add 1.7GWpdc of solar PV in 2023

PV Tech

The UK solar industry is set to add an additional 1.7GWpdc of new PV capacity in 2023, according to the Solar Media Market Research team.

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Material selection for EV battery pack assembly and thermal management

Charged

Sponsored by Dupont. DuPont Supports You from Concept to Commercialization You have many choices when it comes to suppliers and material selection when considering electric vehicle battery pack assembly and thermal management. DuPont sets itself apart by offering a wide portfolio of solutions along with R&D, application development expertise, in-house capabilities and technical service that will support you from concept to commercialization.

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