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Dissolving the plastic waste problem: Can new technology meet the challenge?

Envirotec Magazine

By James Kennedy, a technology analyst at market intelligence firm IDTechEx. The advanced recycling market for plastics predominantly focuses on technologies like pyrolysis and depolymerization (thermal, chemical, and enzymatic). To a lesser extent, methods such as gasification and hydrothermal liquefaction are also being explored. However, these technologies face increasing scrutiny and restrictions in some regions due to their environmental impact.

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Here’s a blueprint for building virtual power plants in every state

Canary Media

Rooftop solar, backup batteries, electric vehicles, and smart thermostats and appliances are all crucial to the energy transition in their own right.

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EcoClarity and Yorkshire Water join forces in fight against fatbergs

Envirotec Magazine

Trials of a cutting-edge fats, oils and grease (FOG) Recovery Hub at Yorkshire Water’s wastewater treatment works in Hull are helping the utility improve environmental performance while lowering costs, says Chris Clemes, chief executive of engineering technology company EcoClarity. Sewer blockages are a major concern in the UK, with an estimated 200,000 occurring annually, and FOG – fat, oil and grease – cited as the cause in around 75% of cases.

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More than 15GW of wind, solar and batteries and 2GW of long duration storage pile in to landmark NSW tenders

Renew Economy

Tenders for long duration energy storage and a spot in the South West Renewable Energy Zone have left NSW spoiled for choice on the best projects to replace its aging coal plants. The post More than 15GW of wind, solar and batteries and 2GW of long duration storage pile in to landmark NSW tenders appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Carbon calculus

Envirotec Magazine

Biocarbon might be emerging as an important ingredient in efforts to decarbonize all metallurgical production. Envirotec spoke to Sam Beardshaw of UK firm Invica Industries about how it fits into the menu of technologies being primed for a role. The pressure is on to decarbonize the metals industry, which alone contributes 7% of global CO2 emissions (5% in the EU).

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US faces ‘significant challenge’ to establish domestic battery cell supply for BESS market

Energy Storage News

Would-be battery manufacturers that could serve the US energy storage industry with domestically made cells are facing a “perfect storm,” Energy-Storage.news has heard.

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Bowen signs deal to help the ACT electrify everything, share lessons with rest of Australia

Renew Economy

Federal and ACT governments ink deal to collaborate on range of pilot projects and "practical actions" to bolster the territory's nation-leading electrification and energy efficiency efforts. The post Bowen signs deal to help the ACT electrify everything, share lessons with rest of Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Massachusetts cities embrace voluntary green building codes

Canary Media

This story was first published by Energy News Network. A year and a half since Massachusetts introduced an optional new building code aimed at lowering fossil fuel use, climate activists are heartened by how quickly cities and towns are adopting the new guidelines.

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Ireland backs 960MW of solar capacity in latest renewable energy support scheme

PV Tech

In the fourth round the Irish Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS 4), approximately 1,334 MW of onshore renewable electricity won support.

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Next-Gen and Siemens partner to make battery materials in Australia

Renew Economy

Australian start-up partners with German technology giant on a plan to build the first battery materials manufacturing plant outside of China. The post Next-Gen and Siemens partner to make battery materials in Australia 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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Volvo Trucks to launch electric truck with 600 km range

Charged

Volvo Trucks plans to launch a long-range variant of its FH Electric truck , with a range of up to 600 km (373 miles)—about twice the maximum range of the current-generation FH Electric. (North American VNR Electric models offer a range of up to 275 miles.) The new model is slated to go on salw in the second half of 2025. The extended range is mainly enabled by the use of an e-axle in place of the multiple motors and I-Shift gearbox used in the current FH and VNR models, which frees up space for

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Fortescue breaks ground on Gladstone PEM50 green hydrogen facility

Renew Economy

Fortescue has started construction on its $150 million PEM50 green hydrogen project in Gladstone, Queensland. The post Fortescue breaks ground on Gladstone PEM50 green hydrogen facility appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Mounting manufacturers standardize their structures at RE+ 2024 Day 1 impressions of solar racking from editor Billy Ludt

Solar Power World

Seemingly across market scales, mounting, racking and tracker manufacturers aren’t redefining what their systems do or look like, but are looking inward and seeing what can be improved on existing offerings or within their operations. The residential market has seen a sweeping adoption of mounts using pre-applied, peel-and-stick adhesives with a enough drilling points to… The post Mounting manufacturers standardize their structures at RE+ 2024 <br><span style='color:

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Atomico backs Tem to help businesses buy renewable energy directly from sources

TechCrunch: Climate

Tem wants to do for utilities what neobanks have done for the financial sector: disrupt an industry using tech, streamline it, and cut out the middlemen. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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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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Solar panel sights at RE+ 2024: Looking beyond TOPCon Module insights from editor Kelly Pickerel

Solar Power World

When it comes to the solar panel technology space, there’s honestly not a lot to talk about. Everyone seems fairly comfortable in the PERC and TOPCon camps, making sure they have a panel for every market. Every panel manufacturer booth at the RE+ tradeshow seemed to have at least one bifacial panel, one “smaller” module… The post Solar panel sights at RE+ 2024: Looking beyond TOPCon <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-size:15px;'>

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Inside Eraring, the giant coal-fired power station that escaped a 2025 death sentence

The Guardian: Energy

Shifts in the plant’s control room look a lot different now to what they did 20 years ago – largely because of the progress of renewables Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast When Jono Lawless began work in the control room of Origin Energy’s giant Eraring power station in 2006, his shifts were much less complicated. “We ran [the generator units] just about flat out through the day, and then about, say, 10 o’clock at night, we came down to our bottom,” Lawless told visiti

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Durapower to supply batteries for electric automated guided vehicles in South Korean ports

Charged

Singapore-headquartered lithium-ion battery manufacturer Durapower has announced that up to 60 units of its battery system will be used in automated guided vehicles (AGVs) made by VDL Steelweld, a contract manufacturing, engineering and prototyping services company headquartered in the Netherlands. The vehicles, expected to be deployed this year at a port in Busan, South Korea, will be used to transport shipping containers within the port facility.

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Shell and Worley Drive Sustainable Innovation with Base Oil and Hydrogen Projects in Germany

Hydrogen Fuel News

The Latest in Hydrogen Projects – Transformation at Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland. In a significant leap towards sustainability, Worley and Shell have embarked on a transformative journey at the Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland in Germany. This collaboration aims to convert a hydrocracker into a cutting-edge base oil production unit and establish a renewable hydrogen production facility, marking a pivotal step in reducing carbon emissions and advancing Shell’s net-zero ambit

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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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ChargeEuropa secures funding for Central European EV charging stations

Charged

Poland-based EV charging infrastructure company ChargeEuropa has announced the successful closure of its latest funding round, led by French impact investment fund Shift4Good, whose limited partners include Renault Group, BNP Paribas Group and the European Investment Fund. The round included co-investments and follow-on investments from Polish impact fund Simpact Ventures, German venture capital firm MobilityFund, US investment firm Canard Ventures and Swiss/Polish entrepreneur Alex Kostecki, co

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The Brief: Indigenous communities, the creative economy, and the future of finance in Latin America

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: ImpactAlpha Latin America Meeting of ‘impact minds’ in Oaxaca aims to catalyze capital for Latin. The post The Brief: Indigenous communities, the creative economy, and the future of finance in Latin America appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Vladimir Putin hints at curbing uranium exports

Financial Times: Energy

Move in retaliation over sanctions could affect western nuclear reactors, many of which rely on Russian supplies

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Low-carbon homes can save £1,341 in bills and should be compulsory, study shows

The Guardian: Energy

UK government urged to change regulations so new homes incorporate solar panels, heat pump, high-grade insulation and battery storage Building new homes to low-carbon standards would save the occupants thousands of pounds, new research has shown, as experts urged the government to change the regulations on housing development. People living in a typical three-bedroom, semi-detached newly built house would save an average of £1,341 a year if it was equipped with solar panels, a heat pump, high-gr

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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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Arava Power’s 270MW solar PV project in Texas begins commercial operations

PV Tech

Israel-based developer Arava Power has confirmed that its 270MW SUNRAY solar PV project in Ulvade County, Texas, has started commercial operations.

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ChargeGuru x Zeplug to use AMPECO’s software to power its European EV charging network

Charged

Paris-based EV charging infrastructure provider ChargeGuru x Zeplug has partnered with global EV charging management platform provider AMPECO , headquartered in Bulgaria, to power its network of charging stations in France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Italy, the UK and Ireland. ChargeGuru and Zeplug merged in 2023 to combine the two companies’ strengths: ChargeGuru’s network of local installation electricians and Zeplug’s charging stations designed for multifamily properties, shared offic

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Namibian utility signs financing and EPC deals for 100MW PV project

PV Tech

Namibian utility NamPower has secured financing and EPC contractors for its 100MW Rosh Pinah solar PV project.

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Webinar: Innovative testing solutions ror advanced energy storage and driver assistance systems

Charged

In this presentation, we will explore the cutting-edge advancements in energy storage systems, including batteries and fuel cells, which demand rigorous testing and certification throughout their development. Discover comprehensive solutions that range from precise measurement data recording to fully automated test procedures, ensuring reliability and efficiency in these new technologies.

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Inverter manufacturers highlight higher domestic content at RE+ 2024 Domestic inverter happenings from editor Kelsey Misbrener

Solar Power World

The IRA has been the primary topic of conversation at the solar + storage industry’s biggest tradeshow since its inception, but at this year’s trade show, I noticed the talk turned from ambiguous to much more concrete. Manufacturers are crunching the numbers and auditing products to help project owners meet domestic content bonus requirements with… The post Inverter manufacturers highlight higher domestic content at RE+ 2024 <br><span style='color:#404040;font-

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Six ways to improve ecosystem outcomes of renewable energy

Renew Economy

The rapid shift to renewables carries significant risks to already stressed ecosystems. Our research finds ways to minimise this risk, ranging from strategic planning to smart technology. The post Six ways to improve ecosystem outcomes of renewable energy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Role of Coal in a Renewable Economy - The Obstacle Becomes the Way

Energy Central

In a recent article, Dan Gearino commented that coal power is fading away but what is to replace it? Mr. Gearino's statement is both a reality and a challenge for us to perhaps to re-think a potential role for coal. To some that may be anathema, but to many others, it is a compelling and important reality that needs to be addressed or, at the very least, re-visited.

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US energy parks to get hydrogen and carbon capture technology from Nu:ionic and RW Energy

Hydrogen Fuel News

The companies are seeking to enhance the locations with H2 production and CO2 mitigation Nu:ionic Technology and RW Energy have announced their plans for the enhancement of energy parks using hydrogen production in combination with carbon capture technology. The companies have signed an MoU for the project Nu:ionic and RW Energy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to partner on hydrogen production and carbon capture technology.

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Reimagining disability investing: Lessons from an actually Autistic advocate

Impact Alpha

The week before the launch of Heading for Change, the legacy foundation founded by my late wife, Suzanne Biegel, of which I am. The post Reimagining disability investing: Lessons from an actually Autistic advocate appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Is there a future for steelmaking in the UK?

Financial Times: Energy

Tata Steel plans to replace its Port Talbot blast furnaces with a less-polluting electric arc furnace

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