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Australian government approves renewables link to Singapore with up to 42GWh energy storage

Energy Storage News

Renewable energy developer Sun Cable has secured approval from the Australian government for the Australian element of its Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink) interconnector.

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New technology extracts lithium from brines inexpensively and sustainably

TechXplore

A new technology can extract lithium from brines at an estimated cost of under 40% that of today's dominant extraction method, and at just a fourth of lithium's current market price. The new technology would also be much more reliable and sustainable in its use of water, chemicals, and land than today's technology, according to a study published in Matter by Stanford University researchers.

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Jupiter Power puts Houston’s first large-scale BESS into action in Texas’ ERCOT market

Energy Storage News

Developer Jupiter Power has begun operating a battery storage project in Houston which CEO Andy Bowman claimed is “the first of its scale” in the Texas, US city.

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Engineers develop eco-friendly cooling device with record-breaking efficiency

TechXplore

Researchers at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed an eco-friendly refrigeration device with record-breaking cooling performance, setting the stage for transforming industries reliant on cooling and reducing global energy use.

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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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REV Renewables, NextEra settle with US regulator over alleged CAISO BESS market infringements

Energy Storage News

REV Renewables and subsidiaries owned by NextEra Energy have reached settlement agreements with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission relating to alleged BESS operating violations in CAISO.

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Hydropower generation projected to rise, but climate change brings uncertain future

TechXplore

In a new study assessing how climate change might alter hydropower generation across the continental United States, researchers show that except for some parts of the Southwest, hydropower generation is expected to rise in the future.

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Dormant capacity reserve in lithium-ion batteries detected

TechXplore

Lithium iron phosphate is one of the most important materials for batteries in electric cars, stationary energy storage systems and tools. It has a long service life, is comparatively inexpensive and does not tend to spontaneously combust. Energy density is also making progress. However, experts are still puzzled as to why lithium iron phosphate batteries undercut their theoretical electricity storage capacity by up to 25% in practice.

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“Purely phenomenal:” AEMO says world is watching as rooftop PV leads surge to 100pct renewables

Renew Economy

AEMO says world is watching as Australia leads in the penetration of wind and solar in the grid and addresses the engineering challenges. The post “Purely phenomenal:” AEMO says world is watching as rooftop PV leads surge to 100pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Energizing the future: AI innovations for longer-lasting lithium-ion batteries

TechXplore

We are excited to present an advancement in the management of lithium-ion battery performance, a critical component in the transition towards sustainable energy. Our team from the School of Engineering, Technology, and Design at Canterbury Christ Church University, U.K., has focused on utilizing machine/deep learning to enhance the State of Charge (SOC) estimation for lithium-ion batteries, particularly those being repurposed for second-life applications.

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“Energy transition in real time:” Texas grid hits demand records, and for solar and battery storage

Renew Economy

The Texas grid has many similarities to Australia, and this week it dealt with record demand in a searing heatwave with no problems, thanks to solar and battery storage. The post “Energy transition in real time:” Texas grid hits demand records, and for solar and battery storage 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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Better arrangements of molecules in organic solar cells can improve light absorption

TechXplore

In a paper published in Nature Chemistry, researchers from the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time how different arrangements of molecules in organic solar cells can improve light absorption, leading the way to better and cheaper solar panels.

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Tiny town in Victoria hits go on edgy community energy concept

Renew Economy

A "community" solar farm and 5MWh battery that was 16 years in the making will be switched on this week, and is unique in what it hopes to achieve. The post Tiny town in Victoria hits go on edgy community energy concept appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Sharing risk to avoid power outages in an era of extreme weather

TechXplore

This summer's Western heat waves raise the specter of recent years' rotating power outages and record-breaking electricity demand in the region. If utilities across the area expanded current schemes to share electricity, they could cut outage risks by as much as 40%, according to new research by the Climate and Energy Policy Program at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment.

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Dutch Government Announces Groundbreaking €1 Billion Hydrogen Subsidy Auction for October

FuelCellsWorks

The Dutch government is launching a significant €1 billion subsidy auction in October to promote green hydrogen projects, aiming to bridge the investment and operating cost gap compared to grey.

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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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Here’s how much cropland could be freed up if Americans ate half as much meat

Grist

A new report finds that the United States could more efficiently produce food if half the country’s protein supply came from plant-based or alternative proteins rather than meat or dairy. The analysis demonstrates how a shift toward a plant-based diet provides ample benefits for the environment and the climate. In its latest report, the Good Food Institute, or GFI — a nonprofit think tank that supports the growth of alternative proteins — calculates that if Americans replaced 50 percent of their

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The power grid is hard to understand. This startup is trying to help.

Canary Media

When Max Kanter bought an electric vehicle back in 2022, he didn’t expect it to be so hard to find accurate data on the cost and carbon-intensity of the electricity surging through the power grid.

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Opinion: NZ's electricity market is a mess—rolling out rooftop solar would change the game

TechXplore

Wholesale prices in the New Zealand electricity market have soared over recent weeks, climbing as high as NZ$1,000 per megawatt hour. North Island pulp and paper plants have temporarily closed down because of the spike in costs.

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Sun Cable still juggling tech options as it lays plans for world’s biggest renewable project

Renew Economy

Sun Cable is still juggling its technology options as prices for solar, battery storage and wind turbines move around. Its biggest challenge might be converter stations. The post Sun Cable still juggling tech options as it lays plans for world’s biggest renewable project 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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Mitsubishi Heavy, Chevron Eye U.S. Green Hydrogen Launch in 2025

FuelCellsWorks

HOUSTON– Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Chevron are preparing to make hydrogen in the U.S. using renewable energy, with commercial power generation using the fuel scheduled to start in mid-2025. ACES.

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Pension funds in pro-ESG ‘blue’ states outperform those in anti-ESG ‘red’ ones — to the tune of $159 billion

Impact Alpha

Pension funds in red states with an “anti-ESG” stance, including those with laws that ban ESG criteria when investing or using taxpayer dollars, have left $159 billion on the table over 12 years, a new study shows. The post Pension funds in pro-ESG ‘blue’ states outperform those in anti-ESG ‘red’ ones — to the tune of $159 billion appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Saudi Arabia’s NEOM Green Hydrogen Plant Launches Mass Recruitment Drive

FuelCellsWorks

NEOM Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) has initiated a major recruitment campaign for its world-leading green hydrogen plant in Saudi Arabia’s futuristic city NEOM, as the project moves closer to its operational.

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What does the hydrogen industry need from Labour to build a strong infrastructure?

Hydrogen Fuel News

A new Labour government opens up a raft of opportunities for our industry. Sir Keir Starmer made a manifesto pledge to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in green hydrogen, and vowed to make tackling climate change a key priority. But if the UK is to be world-leading in the hydrogen economy and the transition to a net zero future, we need to address the yawning gaps in our hydrogen infrastructure.

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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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Sichuan All In on Hydrogen Energy

FuelCellsWorks

Hydrogen energy companies in Sichuan province are ramping up efforts to promote the research and development, production and application of the industry, aligning with the province’s goal to further develop.

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Renewable energy sources for off-grid EV charging

Charged

In the previous article on off-grid EV charging , the focus was on the energy storage battery and the DC-AC inverter that supplies the EV charger (and all of the other AC loads). This time the focus will be on the renewable energy sources themselves. For reasons of practicality (and availability) the emphasis will be on solar, but wind and hydro will be briefly discussed as well for the rare cases in which they make sense.

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Clean Air Task Force: Allow Hydrogen Storage to Receive Credits Under 48E Regardless of Ultimate End Use

FuelCellsWorks

The Issue Limiting 48E eligibility to hydrogen storage used for power applications is not required by the statute and is difficult to administer. Hydrogen storage should qualify for the section.

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2024 Chevy Equinox EV: Is this the electric SUV for average Americans?

Charged

It took far too long to get here, but it may have been worth the wait. The 2024 Chevrolet Equinox EV, GM’s smallest and least expensive battery-electric vehicle, is finally rolling into dealerships across the country. Now we’ve driven it, and it’s good. You can view the electric Equinox as the anti-Tesla. Where the Silicon Valley startup’s Model Y is aggressively tech-forward, with few controls outside its central touchscreen, the Chevy is soothingly predictable, with knobs for climate control,

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UK Oil & Gas Secures Lease for Second Hydrogen Storage Site in Dorset

FuelCellsWorks

UK Oil & Gas PLC (London AIM: UKOG) is delighted to announce that, via its wholly owned subsidiary UK Energy Storage (“UKEn”), it has executed a heads of terms covering.

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Maine moves one step closer to floating offshore wind

Canary Media

Deep waters off the coast of Maine may soon host some of the nation’s first floating offshore wind turbines, an emerging but potentially essential technology in the clean energy transition.

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Hydrogen Mem-Tech and Arda Energy Form Strategic Alliance to Enhance Hydrogen Separation Efficiency

FuelCellsWorks

Partnerships are crucial for making gains in the green transition. Now, Hydrogen Mem-Tech and Arda Energy are partnering on several industrial gas-to-hydrogen projects. The strategic partnership between Hydrogen Mem-Tech and.

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Why solar racking is chasing UL 3741 compliance

Solar Power World

Since it was published by the Underwriters Laboratories in 2020, solar racking producers have been putting their structures through a gamut of testing to be compliant with UL 3741: Standard for Safety for Photovoltaic Hazard Control, one of the routes for making rooftop solar projects meet fire safety requirements. The first few companies to achieve… The post Why solar racking is chasing UL 3741 compliance appeared first on Solar Power World.

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H-Tec Systems to Launch Gigafactory in September to Scale Up Green Hydrogen Production

FuelCellsWorks

Hydrogen specialist H-TEC SYSTEMS becomes Quest One and starts series production of electrolyzers Official rebranding for the start of automated series production of electrolyzer stacks at new factory on September.

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Australian mine site home to its largest liquid hydrogen plant

Hydrogen Fuel News

Fortescue and Fabrum have commissioned the new facility, the biggest in Australia The largest liquid hydrogen plant in Australia, which is located at a mine site in the country, is now operational as a part of the green energy hub at Christmas Creek. The clean power hub is located in Western Australia The Christmas Creek liquid hydrogen facility comprises an H2 liquefaction plant, H2 storage, and a refuelling station, and was recently unveiled by Fortescue and Fabrum.

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