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Circular Fashion Index awards failing grades to apparel brands

GreenBiz

Clothes are complicated to make, difficult to recycle and have low resale value — and that’s holding back the industry’s green credentials.

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Firm showcases “next-level CHP control” at World Biogas Expo

Envirotec Magazine

Gen-C says its complete CHP support service allows operators to optimise their asset. CHP support experts Gen-C will showcase their range of engine control and optimisation solutions at the World Biogas Expo in July. Covering four key areas – parts, controls, upgrades, and asset supply – Gen-C and its network of engine partners will be on hand to explain to biogas plant operators how to cut CHP downtime, increase operational efficiency and “take full control of their own engine”.

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Lego sets stricter emissions reductions requirements for suppliers

GreenBiz

The toymaker’s partners will need to share reduction targets starting in 2026.

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U.S. Oil Production Develops Massive Lead Over Russia And Saudi Arabia

R-Squared Energy

In June, the Energy Institute released the 2024 Statistical Review of World Energy. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. Each year, I do a series of articles covering the Review’s findings. In two previous articles, I discussed the trends in global carbon dioxide emissions , as well as the overall highlights of the Review.

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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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Amazon cut emissions 3% in 2023, enabled by renewable energy purchases

GreenBiz

The company’s emissions are up 34.5 percent since 2019.

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Giant Brisbane battery trebles in size after Origin extends deal for life beyond baseload

Renew Economy

The already giant Supernode battery project in the north of Brisbane is to treble in size after the developer Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners extended its off-take deal with Australia’s biggest utility, Origin Energy. The first stage of the battery – sized at 250 MW and 520 MWh – is already under construction after the two companies […] The post Giant Brisbane battery trebles in size after Origin extends deal for life beyond baseload appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Plug Completes 13 Hydrogen Refueling Station Deployments Over Last Two Years in Europe

FuelCellsWorks

Installations Support Range of Material Handling and Mobility Applications, Highlighting Company’s Unparalleled Execution Capabilities SLINGERLANDS, N.Y. — Plug Power Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUG), a global leader in comprehensive hydrogen solutions for.

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Fossil fuel industry’s anti-climate and anti-renewables playbook goes back 57 years – they are still hard at it

Renew Economy

New report analyses deep origins of the fossil fuel industry's fight against climate action and renewables, and the key players in Australia. The post Fossil fuel industry’s anti-climate and anti-renewables playbook goes back 57 years – they are still hard at it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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First Hydrogen Applauds UK £500 Million Hydrogen Initiative

FuelCellsWorks

Vancouver, British Columbia — First Hydrogen Corp. (TSXV: FHYD) (OTC Pink: FHYDF) (FSE: FIT) (“First Hydrogen” or the “Company“) is encouraged with the recent announcement by incoming UK Prime Minister.

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Nikola beats predictions on Q2 deliveries of hydrogen fuel cell trucks

Hydrogen Fuel News

The H2-powered vehicle maker recently reported on its deliveries for the second quarter of this year Nikola recently announced that its deliveries of hydrogen fuel cell trucks exploded by 80 percent during the second quarter of this year when compared to the first. This indicates a considerable demand for H2-powered trucking While some have guessed that this may also reflect a move away from battery-powered rigs, it is definitely too early to tell whether that is in fact true.

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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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ZeroAvia Unveils AI Software to Slash Hydrogen Production Costs

FuelCellsWorks

Advanced algorithm designed to reduce cost and emissions for green H2 production Tested with real hardware, demonstrating over 20 percent reduction of levelized cost of hydrogen Hollister, CA & Kemble,

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Meet the Labour Government’s New Climate Team

DeSmogBlog

Labour has wasted no time in appointing its climate team, who are tasked with getting the UK back on track to meet its net zero targets. As a record 335 new MPs take tours of (and selfies in) their new place of work, we take a look at those responsible for getting the UK to net zero emissions by 2050, and protecting our environment. At the helm are former Labour leader Ed Miliband, heading up the UK’s net zero and energy security portfolio, and environment and farming secretary Steve Reed.

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Sacramento Regional Transit Receives $76.8M for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses and Modernization

FuelCellsWorks

The Sacramento Regional Transportation District will receive $76.8 million to buy up to 29 new hydrogen fuel cell buses to replace older buses, modernize a maintenance facility, and initiate a.

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Detentions of forced labour-linked solar imports to US drop in June 2024

PV Tech

Detention of electronics by US customs, which includes solar PV products, has dropped to its lowest since the implementation of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) in 2022.

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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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Enagás Divests U.S. Stake to Fund Ambitious EU Hydrogen Projects

FuelCellsWorks

MADRID – Enagás, the Spanish gas network operator, has announced the sale of its 30.2% stake in Kansas-based Tallgrass Energy to Blackstone Infrastructure Partners for $1.1 billion. This strategic move.

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Portuguese LV analytics company closes €10.5m in growth funding

Smart Energy International

Portugal’s Eneida, which develops low voltage analytics solutions, has completed a €10.5 million ($11.4 million) Series B financing round to further develop its technology for power grid operators. With the capital infusion, the company aims to strengthen its leadership in the low voltage network operational analytics space and expand into new markets.

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CIC Announces Groundbreaking Green Hydrogen Projects in Australia

FuelCellsWorks

Climate Impact Corporation (CIC) has unveiled plans to construct two groundbreaking green hydrogen facilities in central Australia, each boasting a capacity of 10GW. These developments, set to be the largest.

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Rondo's heat batteries will soon be cleaning up factories in US, Europe

Canary Media

Thermal energy storage uses cheap, clean electricity to bring rocks, bricks, or molten metals to red-hot temperatures, then taps that heat later to do all sorts of work.

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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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Detroit Advances Hydrogen-Powered Public Transit with New FTA Grant

FuelCellsWorks

The Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) is set to enhance its fleet with the addition of four hydrogen fuel-cell coaches, marking a significant step in its shift towards zero-emissions public.

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Solar Roundup: EDP Projects Highlight New Developments

POWER Magazine

EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) on July 10 marked the inauguration of Pearl River Solar Park in Scott County, Mississippi. Pearl River has an installed generation capacity of 210 […] The post Solar Roundup: EDP Projects Highlight New Developments appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Korea: Ulsan Unveils World’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Apartment Complex

FuelCellsWorks

Ulsan, South Korea, has introduced the world’s first “hydrogen apartment” complex, utilizing electricity and heat from hydrogen fuel cells, producing substantial energy cost savings.

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New Ceramic Reactor Revolutionizes Hydrogen Production: A Game Changer for Industrial Decarbonization

Hydrogen Fuel News

In a groundbreaking development poised to reshape the hydrogen production landscape, Utility Global has unveiled its innovative eXERO ceramic-based reactor. This cutting-edge technology promises to revolutionize the industry by producing hydrogen without the traditional need for electrolysis and electricity. How the Technology Works The eXERO reactor represents a significant step forward in hydrogen production technology.

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Airbus, Aena, Air Nostrum, Iberia, Exolum and Repsol Join Forces to Study the Creation of the First Aviation Hydrogen Hub in Spain

FuelCellsWorks

Madrid– Airbus, Aena, Air Nostrum, Iberia, Exolum and Repsol are partnering to study the creation of the first hydrogen airport hub located in Spain. The six companies have joined forces.

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Sakuu to collaborate with SK On to industrialize dry-process EV battery manufacturing platform

Charged

Sakuu , a provider of commercial-scale equipment and technologies to the battery manufacturing industry, has announced a joint development agreement (JDA) with EV battery manufacturer SK On. Central to the agreement is the industrialization of Sakuu’s dry-process Kavian platform. Sakuu says its dry-process manufacturing, together with its electrode printing technology, eliminates the use of solvents and enables the use of new processes in battery manufacturing that will enable cost-effective, hi

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Maire’s Subsidiaries Tecnimont and Nextchem Start- Up Gail’s First Green Hydrogen Plant at Vijaipur Site, India

FuelCellsWorks

The plant will produce 4.3 tons per day of green hydrogen via a 10-megawatt electrolysis unit The start-up of this facility marks a major step towards the supply of clean.

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Earths Energy provides updates on Australian geothermal projects

ThinkGeoEnergy

Australian geothermal developer Earths Energy (EE1) has provided updates on their South Australian projects following a review conducted both internally and by geothermal consultancy JRG Energy (JRG). The review highlights the potential of EE1’s project portfolio for commercial electricity production, and the projects’ significance not just by Australian geothermal project standards, but also for global development potential.

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SKR and voestalpine Innovate with Hydrogen DRI-Based Steel for Bearings

FuelCellsWorks

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — SKF and voestalpine Wire Technology, a subsidiary of the leading steel and technology group voestalpine, have successfully produced the first prototype bearing made from steel that contains.

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CEA: AD/CVD could raise US-made PV prices by 15 cents/watt

PV Tech

New antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) tariffs in the US could result in increased solar cell and module costs “to a level that significantly restricts solar supply and installations in the US”, according to new analysis from Clean Energy Associates (CEA).

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Sydrogen Enters International Maritime Market With 250 kW Hydrogen Fuel Cell Through Partnership

FuelCellsWorks

SINGAPORE– Sydrogen Energy Pte. Ltd. (Sydrogen), a Singapore-based fuel cell components and systems company, today announced its entry into the maritime market with a 250 kW fuel cell power module.

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We’re Going Underground: New Advent for Geothermal Drilling

CleanTech Group

It has been a pivotal year for the geothermal sector. Innovator Fervo Energy demonstrated a 70% reduction in drilling time at its campaign. The post We’re Going Underground: New Advent for Geothermal Drilling appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Is the world building far more battery factories than it will need?

Charged

Right now, the world is seeing the equivalent of what could only be termed a gold rush to build battery factories, and these plants will be able to produce many more cells than the global economy could conceivably need or use in the coming decade. That warning comes from a new report from BloombergNEF , but the writing on the wall has been clear for the past 18 to 24 months.

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US generates most power from solar among G7 countries

PV Tech

The US generated 236.12TWh of power last year, while in Germany over 12% of power was produced by solar, the highest among all G7 countries.

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Asahi Kasei Microdevices completes proof of concept for eFuse in 800 V EV applications

Charged

Japan-based Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) and Silicon Austria Labs (SAL), a European research center for electronics and software-based systems research, have completed a joint proof of concept of AKM’s eFuse technology in high-voltage applications using silicon carbide-based power devices. The growing use of power devices based on silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) in EVs and other high-voltage applications makes it necessary to replace mechanical fuses—which have been used with c