Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The new guidance. RECOUP has updated its Recyclability by Design (RBD) publication, bringing things up to date with emerging requirements, and at a critical time for packaging recyclability with the impending increase of compliance costs associated with Extended Producer Responsibility. Originally released in 2006, the RBD document from the group – a leading UK independent authority on plastics resource efficiency and recycling – has been regularly updated.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Australian households could lower their bills by over two thirds if they fully electrify their home by cutting out gas and petrol according to a new report from AEMC. The post Australian homes could slash energy bills by two thirds by cutting out gas and petrol, AEMC says appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The team behind the “Birmingham Blade”: (left to right) Dr Kit Windows Yule, University of Birmingham, and Chief Scientific Officer, EvoPhase; Leonard Nicusan, Chief Technology Officer, EvoPhase; Dominik Werner, CEO, EvoPhase; David Coleman, CEO, University of Birmingham Enterprise; Jack Sykes, Chief Operating Officer, EvoPhase; John Cook, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, University of Birmingham Enterprise; Laura Bond, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, University of Birmingham Enterprise; Paul J

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Blackout featured prominently in media headlines this week, but not on the grid. But as the coal fleet gets older, there are smarter ways of responding to demand spikes. The post In the end, the only blackouts were in the media headlines: But there has to be a better way to do this appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

Sustainability

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

There has been a transformation in leakage technology over the past five years, with new systems now available that improve performance, keeping more water in supply, writes Roland Leslie, Ovarro’s UK & Ireland sales lead, ahead of the Annual Leakage Conference taking place in Birmingham, UK, 2-3 December 2024. The impact of emerging technologies, particularly in remote monitoring, artificial intelligence and data management, is reshaping leakage detection in the UK.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Greens make last minute commitment to vote for $22 billion Future Made in Australia policy under proviso no support would go to coal, oil and gas. The post Australia to reshape manufacturing base as Greens deal excludes fossil fuels from flagship industry policy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The phrase we’ve heard a hundred times is “we like renewables, but…”. The main problem is a lack of communication. Local energy hubs could be the answer. The post “We like renewables, but …” This is why industry is now calling for Local Energy Hubs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Aberdeen. Scotland needs to urgently change the way it heats its cities and towns if it is to meet the Scottish Government’s target of decarbonising heat by 2045, says a report published today (28 November) by Scottish Renewables, the industry body for renewable energy in Scotland. More than half of Scotland’s energy consumption is used for heating buildings and homes and the ‘ National Heat Networks: A Vision for Scotland’ has outlined how the Scottish Government can adopt key recommendations

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Australia has a strong pipeline of projects to meet its renewables targets. Things are starting to go well, and the CIS is having a major impact. Let's not stuff it up. The post Wind, solar and battery pipeline: Albanese better not stuff up Bowen’s excellent tenure appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Design-and-build firm Space Solutions has completed a project employing 100 refurbished desks (image credit: Recycle Scotland). Over 3 million tonnes of office furniture is sent to landfill annually across the world, explains Recycle Scotland as it announces a fresh new look to reflect its ambitions of widening its ‘reuse first’ service. Established in 2010, the firm’s primary work involves collecting and recycling unwanted office furniture to re-sell where possible and then recycling what

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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

Energy

Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The 1,680MWh Waratah Super Battery, which completed its energisation in early September, was called upon yesterday (27 November) to prevent widespread blackouts in New South Wales, Australia.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy seeks green tick for new wind and battery project in NSW as its biggest wind project to date injects first power into grid. The post Andrew Forrest seeks green tick for another wind and battery project as Clarke Creek powers up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A resolution aimed at rescinding access to the 45X manufacturing tax credit for companies with links to ‘adversarial foreign governments', primarily China, has been submitted in the US House of Representatives.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Tsuchiyu Onsen, a hot spring resort sixteen kilometers from Fukushima in Japan, is home to a geothermal power plant that successfully generates 400 kW of electricity , which is enough to power roughly 800 homes , as well as a local shrimp farm. It’s a binary-cycle plant that runs within an enclosed system, and therefore releases virtually zero carbon emissions.

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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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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A consortium of development finance institutions led by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and IPP Gulf Energy have signed a US$820 million loan agreement for a solar and storage portfolio in Thailand.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), in partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), today announced a call for commercialization partners to accelerate market-facing research, development, and deployment of cutting-edge hydrogen fuel cell technologies. The objective of this call is to leverage DOE’s Lab Innovator 2.0 Cooperative Research and.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

AP Renewables Inc. (APRI) has signed an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with Shandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute Co. Ltd (SDEPCI) for the Bay Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Bay, Laguna, Philippines. This project will provide battery storage for APRI’s Makban geothermal power plant, allowing it to support the power grid during periods of peak demand and power disruption.

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TechCrunch: Climate

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Decarbonizing our economies in the race to fight climate change demands a wholesale overhauling of all sorts of production processes to make them as sustainable as possible. Greening chemicals, which are used as ingredients in all sorts of products, is where U.K. startup Deep Blue Biotech is putting its energies. The biotech startup founded in […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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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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Green Living Guy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Hyundai Ioniq 9: Aerodynamic Marvel Meets Spacious Comfort Hyundai’s Ioniq 9 emerges as a game-changer in the electric SUV market. This three-row behemoth combines sleek aerodynamics, especially with family-friendly spaciousness. The ‘Aerosthetic’ design also boasts a drag coefficient of just 0.259 Cd. That’s also with optional digital side mirrors.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The EU-funded GEOTHERM FORA project has published a new report that looks at the research and innovation trends from the last five years (2019-2024) for geothermal systems for heating, cooling, generation of electricity, storage technologies, extraction of critical minerals from geothermal brine. The full document, “Report on major technological trends,” can be accessed via this link.

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Financial Times: Energy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Large-scale attack prompts emergency shutdowns and blackouts as temperatures fall to below zero

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Trinasolar and Mint Renewables have now both lodged planning applications for neighbouring big batteries in Victoria, but community opposition is fierce. The post Trina submits approval for Victoria big battery, as locals campaign against solar and storage projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A heatwave has hit eastern Australia. As Sydneysiders struggled through the heat, the premier, Chris Minns, asked residents to cut back on their power use to prevent parts of the city from plunging into a blackout. And while the grid strained to keep up with demand, an all-too-familiar debate erupted about the transition to renewable energy. Bridie Jabour talks to Guardian Australia’s head of newsroom, Mike Ticher , and deputy editor Patrick Keneally about the challenges the Labor government fac

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Highlights EBRD lends 18 million to support construction of a sustainable office building in Vilnius Investment promotes urban regeneration of the city State-of-the-art building to target BR.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Energy expert Gabrielle Kuiper on getting the best out of distributed energy resources in the new market design and as coal exits the grid. Plus, news of the week. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Getting the best out of the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Ideas 4 Sustainability

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The Social-Ecological Systems Institute at Leuphana University Lueneburg has decided to leave the social media platform X. Over the past year, X has undergone significant changes that have raised concerns about its reliability, ethical standards, and commitment to fostering healthy public discourse.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) is seeking regulatory approval of two Energy Storage Agreements and a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity covering 350MW of energy storage capacity across three projects.

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Batteries Energy Energy Investment 70

PV Tech

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Spanish inverter manufacturer Ingeteam and PV automation solutions company Quantified Energy Labs (QE-Labs) have performed a drone electroluminescence (EL) inspection on a PV plant.

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Energy Energy 64

Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Fengate Asset Management and Alpha Omega Power have closed a tax equity commitment with US Bancorp Impact Finance for a 400MWh BESS project in California, acquired from Origis Energy.

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Energy Energy Investment 67

PV Tech

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Chinese solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar has submitted plans for a 600MW solar-plus-storage project in Queensland, Australia, to the federal government.

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Terra Infirma

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

For the last two days I’ve been at the Net Zero North East England Summit, our regional annual get together. It was great to talk to so many people, old faces and new – at times it just felt I was segueing from one conversation to another with a series of people with hardly a moment to spare. Here’s some notes I took over the two days: Fascinating keynote from Prof Richard Dawson of Newcastle University on the need to build climate resilience into low carbon infrastructure and stress

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Doing nothing to adapt to worsening climate impacts will incur far higher costs in the future, writes Francis Heil from engineering firm AtkinsRéalis

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