Wed.Jun 26, 2024

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Investors and activists demand an end to funding for lobby groups that oppose climate legislation

GreenBiz

They’re asking why companies with net-zero goals support the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which often opposes federal climate legislation.

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As the Coalition goes nuclear, Labor is free to ensure fossil fuels are burned with abandon and little scrutiny | Greg Jericho

The Guardian: Energy

How can Australia get to net zero by 2050 while approving projects that will run for decades beyond that date? Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The sham of Australia’s climate change policy has been made clear in the past two weeks. No, not nuclear power.

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Why Lime uses big electric trucks to haul its small electric scooters

GreenBiz

The company cut emissions by 16% with modular scooters and switching its operational fleet to electric trucks.

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Just how bad are gas appliances for your health?

Canary Media

Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips, and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. Canary thanks EnergySage for its support of the column.

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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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Preserving biodiversity to safeguard the planet and human prosperity

GreenBiz

Sponsored: In restoring the world’s declining biodiversity—an overlooked crisis—business, especially agriculture, must lead by example and nurture nature the same way it has nurtured us.

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Dutton compares wind turbines to 5G towers as he declares “huge support” for renewables

Renew Economy

Peter Dutton reportedly compares wind turbines to 5G towers as Coalition insists it is really a "huge" supporter of renewables, despite Nationals plan to bring them to a stop. The post Dutton compares wind turbines to 5G towers as he declares “huge support” for renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Australia will not come close to net zero by 2050 under Coalition’s nuclear plan

Renew Economy

Under the Coalition’s plan for nuclear power, emissions from the electricity sector in 2050 would be nearly 19 times higher than under Labor’s plan The post Australia will not come close to net zero by 2050 under Coalition’s nuclear plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Major Donor to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Owns Russian Assets

DeSmogBlog

One of the biggest donors to Nigel Farage ’s anti-net zero Reform UK during the general election campaign has significant Russian business interests, DeSmog can report. Natural resources investor David Lilley donated £100,000 to Reform on 10 June – a week after Farage announced that he was returning as the party’s leader. Lilley’s donation was the third largest to Reform during the campaign so far.

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Renewable and battery developers hope new connection rules will eliminate delays and cost blowouts

Renew Economy

New rules on the connection process for wind, solar and battery projects - the subject of numerous delays, cost blowouts and contractor failures, have finally been unveiled. The post Renewable and battery developers hope new connection rules will eliminate delays and cost blowouts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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HDF Energy Receives Up to EUR 172 Million in Public Funding for Its High-Power Hydrogen Fuel Cell Industrial Project

FuelCellsWorks

Bordeaux– HDF Energy (Hydrogène de France), manufacturer of high-power fuel cells and d eveloper of large-scale hydrogen infrastructure , announces that the European Commission has approved French financial support for.

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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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Fuel-free spinning machine to help ease more solar into Top End grid

Renew Economy

Ageing gas fired power station to have one of its units converted into a syncon to help accommodate more solar on the Top End grid. The post Fuel-free spinning machine to help ease more solar into Top End grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Argus Launches Index for Low-Carbon Hydrogen Products in Northeast Asia

FuelCellsWorks

LONDON– Global energy and commodity price reporting agency Argus has launched an index to assist companies trading low-carbon hydrogen products distributed to key markets in northeast Asia. The Argus Japan Korea.

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Lodestone Energy to build 220MW agriPV project in New Zealand

PV Tech

Lodestone Energy has announced a partnership with the Haldon Station farm to build a 220MW agriPV project on New Zealand’s South Island.

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Canada passes clean hydrogen investment tax credit law

Hydrogen Fuel News

The new law will provide developers with tax rebates as high as 40 percent on project costs Canada has just passed a major clean hydrogen investment tax credit (formerly known as the C-69 bill), which will provide H2 developers with tax rebates as big as 40 percent off their project costs when they develop within the country. This strategy has been in the works for quite some time.

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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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Gold Hydrogen Begins 2D Seismic Survey for Ramsay Project to Enhance Natural Hydrogen Exploration

FuelCellsWorks

Ramsay 2D regional seismic survey commenced over the Company’s flagship Ramsay Project, within PEL 687 on the Yorke Peninsula in South Australia. The seismic survey will be over approximately 650.

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First power sent to grid from Italian giant’s newest solar farm in Victoria

Renew Economy

New solar farm in northern Victoria has sent its first bursts of power to the grid, although it may not be fully operational until 2025. The post First power sent to grid from Italian giant’s newest solar farm in Victoria appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Subsidy Delays Hamper Spain’s Green Hydrogen Industry, Iberdrola Says

FuelCellsWorks

MADRID– Spain has the right conditions to be a global leader in green hydrogen but the development of the industry is being hindered by the slow allocation of subsidies, Jorge.

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Rinehart gas project expansion approved by Plibersek, sparks koala death fears

Renew Economy

Environmentalists to protest approval of expansion of Gina Rinehart coal seam gas field in same region that a solar farm was rejected just weeks ago. The post Rinehart gas project expansion approved by Plibersek, sparks koala death fears appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Microgrids Take Major Role for Reliability, Resiliency

POWER Magazine

An array of technologies, both thermal and renewable, are being used in the design of microgrids, supporting distributed power generation across several sectors. The use of microgrids to provide reliable […] The post Microgrids Take Major Role for Reliability, Resiliency appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Climate X’s founders mortgaged their house to stay afloat — now they’ve raised a $18M Series A

TechCrunch: Climate

U.K. startup Climate X has raised $18M to help financial services providers assess the impact of climate change on their physical assets. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The Transformer Crisis: An Industry on the Brink

POWER Magazine

Facing unprecedented lead times and skyrocketing costs, the transformer supply chain crisis threatens the backbone of the electric power industry, driving urgent calls for increased manufacturing capacity and innovative solutions. […] The post The Transformer Crisis: An Industry on the Brink appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Air Products Membrane Solutions Breaks Ground on $70 Million Expansion of Its Missouri Manufacturing and Logistics Center

FuelCellsWorks

Expansion Driven by Growing Interest in Energy Transition Technologies in the Biogas, Aerospace and Marine Industries Air Products (NYSE:APD), the global leader in the production of gas separation and purification.

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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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Worldwide support for climate change action is “stunning”

Energy Central

Yesterday’s topic discussed the faction of the population that continues to deny climate change. Largely falling along political lines, the opposition against actions to neutralize global warming seems counterproductive. A new UN poll illustrates that in many countries it may also be politically unwise. Except perhaps in the U.S. where the results indicate that the polarization runs.

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EU Approves €265M for H2 Green Steel’s AB’s Large-Scale Green Steel Plant in Sweden

FuelCellsWorks

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €265 million Swedish measure made available in part through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (‘RRF’) to support H2GS AB.

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Europe’s largest renewable producer scales back plans for wind and solar plants

Financial Times: Energy

Statkraft forced to cut growth because of lower electricity prices and higher costs

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JERA Completes Successful Ammonia Co-Firing Tests at Hekinan Power Station

FuelCellsWorks

JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”) hereby announces that demonstration testing of fuel ammonia substitution at Hekinan Thermal Power Station Unit 4 has concluded today. Together with IHI Corporation (“IHI”) and the.

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Sharp rise in number of climate lawsuits against companies, report says

The Guardian: Energy

About 230 cases filed against corporations and trade associations around world since 2015 The number of climate lawsuits filed against companies around the world is rising swiftly, a report has found, and a majority of cases that have concluded have been successful. About 230 climate-aligned lawsuits have been filed against corporations and trade associations since 2015, two-thirds of which have been initiated since 2020, according to the analysis published on Thursday by the Grantham Research I

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Goldenstone Acquisition Limited. And Infintium Fuel Cell Systems, Inc. Announce Definitive Business Combination Agreement

FuelCellsWorks

Infintium’s advanced hydrogen fuel cell technologies for material handling vehicles bring carbon-free and clean power source to major automotive, industrial, and retail companies Corporate net zero commitments expected to propel.

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Solar giants produce more useful energy than Big Oil, and fossil fuel spending is going to waste

Renew Economy

The world's biggest solar panel makers now produce vastly more useful energy than Big Oil. The post Solar giants produce more useful energy than Big Oil, and fossil fuel spending is going to waste appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The benefits of longer-duration storage and energy project co-location: Ireland’s first 4-hour grid-scale BESS

Energy Storage News

Statkraft's Rory Griffin writes about the challenges and opportunities encountered in developing Ireland’s first-ever 4-hour duration battery storage project, which is co-located with a wind farm.

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First-Ever Additively Manufactured Debris-Filtering Bottom Nozzles Installed at Farley Nuclear Plant

POWER Magazine

Southern Nuclear, a subsidiary of Southern Company and operator of more than 8.2 GW of nuclear power capacity, said it has completed the installation of lead test assemblies with additively […] The post First-Ever Additively Manufactured Debris-Filtering Bottom Nozzles Installed at Farley Nuclear Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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The Brief: New Ventures is going big by going niche in Latin America

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! The June edition of our specialty newsletter, ImpactAlpha Latin America, is out later today. As an ImpactAlpha subscriber, you. The post The Brief: New Ventures is going big by going niche in Latin America appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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