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Electrokinetic rare earth mining technique gets upscaled to industrial levels

TechXplore

A team of metallurgists and geochemists at Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, working with a mechanical engineer from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has improved their previous electrokinetic mining technique by scaling it up to industrial levels. In their paper published in Nature Sustainability, the group describes the changes they made to their system, and the results of testing they conducted at a mine.

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EDP Brings 300 MW of Solar Power Online in Southern California

POWER Magazine

Renewable energy developer EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) said two solar farms with a combined 300 MW of generation capacity are now operating in Kern County, California. The two-phase […] The post EDP Brings 300 MW of Solar Power Online in Southern California appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Agrivoltaics paired with sheep production makes nearly 100% of land grazable

TechXplore

While herding sheep is an age-old adage for leadership, breeding and raising sheep is where the money is, according to a new study led by Western University.

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Ascend Elements to increase US lithium carbonate production

Charged

US battery materials manufacturer Ascend Elements is commissioning a new lithium carbonate recovery line at its battery recycling facility in Covington, Georgia in 2025 to start producing 99% pure lithium carbonate (LiCO) recovered from used lithium-ion batteries. The company plans to produce up to 3,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate annually. Its Hydro-to-Cathode direct precursor synthesis technology produces new cathode material from spent lithium-ion cells more efficiently than traditional

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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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Idaho Power seeks regulatory approval of 100MW additional BESS after offtake agreement with Savion falls through 

Energy Storage News

Idaho Power is seeking approval from the state regulator to deploy an additional 100MW of BESS to plug the gap left within its portfolio following the cancellation of a deal with IPP Savion.

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Silk-based nanofiltration membrane can purify water 10 times faster than commercial methods

TechXplore

A research team led by Professor Chuyang Tang, Chair Professor from the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has developed a novel nanofiltration membrane using natural silk that could transform the process of water purification and treatment.

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New study opens the door for waste-derived organic redox flow batteries

TechXplore

The batteries used in our phones, devices and even cars rely on metals like lithium and cobalt, sourced through intensive and invasive mining. As more products begin to depend on battery-based energy storage systems, shifting away from metal-based solutions will be critical to facilitating the green energy transition.

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New robotic tools handle toughest tasks on utility solar sites 2025 Trends in Solar

Solar Power World

Installing huge utility-scale solar projects usually requires large field crews performing tedious tasks hundreds of times across many acres of land. New AI and robotics inventions are simplifying some of these job duties, sometimes replacing human workers altogether. Companies like Moog Construction, the AES Corporation and Ozzie’s have all released new solutions that take over… The post New robotic tools handle toughest tasks on utility solar sites <br><span style='

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Novel composite improves performance in solid-state lithium-ion batteries

TechXplore

Lithium-ion batteries are widely viewed as a necessity for meeting our growing energy demands while reducing our dependence on fossil fuels. So far, however, their commercial rollout has been hindered by safety issues relating to their use of liquid electrolytes: including the possibility for the harmful chemicals they contain to leak into the environment, or even explode if they become too hot.

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🌏 $30bn and 14% fall as market finds new normal in ‘24

Climate Tech VC

Happy New Year 🎉 We’re glad to be back in your inbox after a little R&R over the holiday break, and we’ve got one last gift for you: our 2024 Climate Tech Investment Trends report, live now. 👉 Access it here : Our brand new report tracking venture capital and growth investment in climate tech over the past year. It’s our fourth (!

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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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Experimental membrane captures more than 99% of aluminum ions from waste

TechXplore

Used in everything from soda cans and foil wrap to circuit boards and rocket boosters, aluminum is the second-most-produced metal in the world after steel. By the end of this decade, demand is projected to drive up aluminum production by 40% worldwide. This steep rise will magnify aluminum's environmental impacts, including any pollutants that are released with its manufacturing waste.

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Generational Shift—Data Centers Bring Change to Energy Landscape

POWER Magazine

Deals involving the data center sector are occurring regularly, as tech companies make moves to ensure they have a reliable supply of power for their energy-intensive operations. Several generation types, […] The post Generational ShiftData Centers Bring Change to Energy Landscape appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Ramping up the scale of climate and energy technology: Experts recommend technical risk assessment strategies

TechXplore

One of the biggest challenges in implementing energy and climate technologies is actually scaling them up to deploy. While scale-up has largely been the domain of industrial R&D teams, advances in modeling and experimental techniques increasingly allow early-stage researchers like those at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to contribute to the process.

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New York utility Con Edison launches RFP for bulk energy storage projects

Energy Storage News

Consolidated Edison Company (ConEd) and Orange and Rockland utilities (O&R) have issued a joint Request for Proposals (RFP) for bulk energy storage and dispatch rights in New York, US.

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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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Method can detect harmful salts forming in nuclear waste melters

TechXplore

A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world.

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Lightsource bp, Acen Australia progress 550MW of solar-plus-storage in New South Wales

Energy Storage News

Global solar developer Lightsource bp and Acen Australia have seen each of their respective solar-plus-storage projects in New South Wales, Australia, totalling 550MW of generation capacity, progress.

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Researchers develop novel biochar material for CO₂ capture

TechXplore

In the ongoing battle against climate change, reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions remains a critical challenge. A study published in the journal Frontiers in Energy presents an advance in CO2 capture technology through the development of a novel biochar material.

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Navigating the rigid world of energy storage warranties

Energy Storage News

Valentin Lorscheid and Dr. Kai-Philipp Kairies of ACCURE Battery Intelligence propose ways in which BESS warranties can be reformed as the industry matures.

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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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Clean energy tax credit safeguards could save taxpayers $1 trillion

TechXplore

A study published in Environmental Research: Energy shows why new safeguards adopted by the U.S. Treasury Department are necessary to avoid substantial climate impacts and wasted taxpayer resources from a generous hydrogen production tax credit.

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Hithium, Samsung C&T claim 10GWh pipeline for global BESS project partnership

Energy Storage News

Chinese battery manufacturer Hithium and Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction (Samsung C&T) have penned a new agreement targeting around 10GWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity globally.

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National oil companies and the global methane opportunity

EDF + Business

By Paasha Mahdavi and Andrew Howell At the UNs annual climate conference, held last month in Azerbaijan, world leaders took the stage to promise a bold transition away from fossil fuels. But behind the scenes, the conferences chief executive a leader of Azerbaijans national oil company, Socar was brokering oil deals. The controversy reveals a paradox at the heart of climate diplomacy: recent hosts such as the United Arab Emirates last year and Azerbaijan this year acknowledge the reality of cl

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R.Power secures grant for 254MWh Romania BESS

Energy Storage News

Developer and IPP R.Power has received 15 million (US$15.6 million) in non-reimbursable state financing to build a 2-hour BESS project in Romania.

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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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Nuclear startup Deep Fission plans to bury micro-reactors to power data centers

TechCrunch: Climate

Deep Fission's small modular reactors would be lowered on cables down a 30-inch, one-mile deep borehole. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Big buildings are a climate problem. These policies aim to fix that.

Canary Media

Hulking, aging buildings pose a huge climate problem for the United States biggest cities and innovative laws meant to address that challenge are coming into full force this year. In the U.S.

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Alta Resource breaks down e-waste for rare earth metals that electronics need

TechCrunch: Climate

Nvidia, Apple, and the Pentagon want more rare earth metals. Alta says it can capture more of the critical minerals from low-grade sources than other methods. 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Toyota Sequoia 1794 Edition 2025: Test Drive Results

Green Living Guy

A Texas-Sized Leap in SUV Evolution The 2025 Toyota Sequoia 1794 Edition roars onto the scene, redefining the full-size SUV landscape. This mild hybrid behemoth doesn’t just turn heads; it revolutionizes the driving experience. With its cowboy-chic aesthetics and cutting-edge technology, the Sequoia 1794 Edition proves that size and efficiency can coexist harmoniously.

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Octopus Energy’s software platform is emerging from parent’s shadow

Financial Times: Energy

Kraken now has over 60mn accounts and forecasts that it will win tens of millions more

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German testing agency finds EV batteries last longer than expected

Charged

One of the beloved bugaboos bruited by EV boo-birds is that EV batteries will quickly wear out. Now that there are significant numbers of high-mileage EVs on the road, this deceitful dirge has been definitively debunked. Car and Driver (among many other sources) estimates that a typical EV battery should last between 10 and 20 years (the average new car in the US is expected to last 12.5 years).

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ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY

Energy Central

BACKGROUND: Atmosphere which comprises nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon etc. and a layer that surrounds a planet has different layers – troposphere, mesosphere, thermosphere and exosphere. This atmosphere of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.93% argon and 0.04% carbon dioxide protects us from harmful UV radiation emitted by the Sun. Atmosphere that scatters the sunlight.

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UK Green Business Awards launches for 2025

Business Green

The UK's most prestigious green business awards is back, as BusinessGreen once again looks to celebrate the very best of the green economy The UK Green Business Awards 2025 has officially launched today, offering green businesses, investors, and executives the chance to showcase Britain's burgeoning green economy. Now in its third year, the UK Green Business Awards is set to be bigger and better than ever in 2025, bringing together over 600 business leaders, entrepreneurs, campaigners, and polit

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Western Australia awards AU$16 million to clean energy projects

PV Tech

The Western Australian government has awarded AU$16 million in funding to bolster clean energy projects, including solar PV and BESS projects.

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Tackling gender inequality will uplift sustainability efforts

Business Green

Partner Insight: Equans' head of DEI and wellbeing, Dr Helen Woolnough, highlights the vital connection between gender equality and sustainability, focusing on the importance of systemic change, inclusive leadership, and empowering women to drive progress toward global goals like net zero and the UN Sustainable Development Goals We've all heard the adage ‘ignorance is bliss'.