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Deals with Microsoft, Shopify and Stripe fail to keep carbon removal startup alive

GreenBiz

In June, Running Tide announced plans to dissolve despite high-profile early customers including Microsoft and Stripe.

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Chart: The US battery market is on track for its best year yet

Canary Media

The U.S. battery boom is showing no signs of slowing down. In fact, the sector is off to its best-ever start to a year. In the first quarter of 2024, nearly 1.

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New fuel cell truck included in Walmart Canada fleet

Hydrogen Fuel News

The retail giant has added a new H2-powered semi-truck to its fleet as a decarbonization step Walmart Canada has announced that its transportation fleet now has a cleaner addition, as a fuel cell truck has been added to its fleet. The move is a part of a broader strategy to decarbonize its fleet The hydrogen fuel cell truck is a semi that is now in operation in Mississauga, Ontario.

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US DOE opens US$100 million call for non-lithium long-duration energy storage pilots

Energy Storage News

The US federal Department of Energy (DOE) will offer up to US$100 million for pilot-scale long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects utilising non-lithium technologies.

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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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Skeleton Will Invest EUR 33.7 Million to Develop Superbattery-Based Hydrogen Technology for Mobility Applications

FuelCellsWorks

Skeleton announced its participation in the Hydrogen IPCEI Hy2Move for the transportation sector, aiming to develop pioneering high-power energy storage solutions that address the functional shortcomings of hydrogen fuel cells.

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Battery storage at Glastonbury: technology helps power world’s largest festival

Energy Storage News

Battery storage technology well and truly arrived at this year's edition of Glastonbury, the world's largest music and arts festival, helping power numerous parts including the Arcadia stage.

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Larderello, Italy celebrates 120 years of geothermal electricity generation

ThinkGeoEnergy

A celebration was held in Tuscany, Italy to commemorate the 120-year anniversary since geothermal energy was first used to generate electricity in Larderello. Around 300 people attended the celebration which included the unveiling of a new photographic exhibition on geothermal, musical performances, and a speech from the President of the Tuscany Region Eugenio Giani.

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Saudi Arabia Mega-Plant to Produce Up to 600 TPD of Carbon-Free Hydrogen

FuelCellsWorks

Construction of the world’s largest green hydrogen plant at Oxagon City, in Neom, Saudi Arabia, is underway and full production is due to start by the end of 2026. The.

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Google emissions see massive spike and AI use is to blame

Hydrogen Fuel News

The tech giant’s efforts to lower its carbon footprint have been derailed by artificial intelligence. For years now, Google emissions have been dropping due to – among other things – the company switching to alternative and renewable energy sources to power its operations. In fact, Google reached its initial carbon neutrality level back in 2007 and has been aiming to achieve a lifetime net zero carbon footprint by 2030.

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Elogen Receives Certification From the Korean Gas Safety Corporation for the Stacks Used in Its Electrolysers

FuelCellsWorks

Elogen, a GTT company, announces the certification of its stacks, key components of its electrolysers for hydrogen production, by the Korean Gas Safety (KGS) Corporation. This certification, valid for a.

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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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Shell expects hit of up to $1bn on stalled biofuel plant

Financial Times: Energy

Oil major paused work on Rotterdam project this week amid difficult market

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Demeter Invests in H2 Green Steel

FuelCellsWorks

Demeter has invested in H2 Green Steel’s Boden plant via the Climate Infrastructure Fund (art 9 SFDR). Demeter is a major European player in venture capital, private equity and infrastructure.

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How investors should play the UK, French and US elections

Financial Times: Energy

Worry not if policies are discounted, they are sideshows versus fundamentals

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HH2E and BORSIG Announce Partnership to Advance Green Hydrogen Production in Germany

FuelCellsWorks

Berlin– In a significant move towards advancing the energy transition in Germany, BORSIG ZM Compression GmbH (BZM) and HH2E AG have agreed on a long-term partnership for the design and delivery.

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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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Gulf oil producers go global in pursuit of natural gas

Financial Times: Energy

State-owned companies still see a future for gas to fill any gaps left by renewable sources

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CWP Global and the Corner Brook Port Corporation Sign MoU to Explore Opportunities Related to 5 GW Green Hydrogen Hub Gwinya

FuelCellsWorks

CWP Global, a pioneer in renewable energy and green hydrogen projects, is thrilled to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Corner Brook Port Corporation (CPBC).

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New electrolyte design boosts lithium metal battery range while minimizing fluorine content

TechXplore

A new electrolyte design for lithium metal batteries could significantly boost the range of electric vehicles. Researchers at ETH Zurich have radically reduced the amount of environmentally harmful fluorine required to stabilize these batteries.

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Ricardo Hosts South Australian Government Minister for Discussions on Hydrogen, Transport and Environmental Projects

FuelCellsWorks

Ricardo’s Adelaide team in South Australia was honoured to host a visit by the Hon Tom Koutsantonis MP, the South Australian Minister for Energy and Mining, and Minister for Infrastructure.

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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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New contaminant-tolerant catalyst could help capture carbon directly from smokestacks

TechXplore

A newly designed catalyst created by University of Toronto Engineering researchers efficiently converts captured carbon into valuable products—even in the presence of a contaminant that degrades the performance of current versions.

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What Starmer’s clean energy strategy means for investors

Financial Times: Energy

Incoming UK government has made low-carbon growth an organising principle

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Is AI a major drain on the world's energy supply?

TechXplore

When Google announced this week that its climate emissions had risen by 48 percent since 2019, it pointed the finger at artificial intelligence.

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3 Reasons to Sell Solar with Roofing

Mosaic

Solar panels and roofing replacements go hand in hand — and both industry professionals and homeowners can benefit from combined projects. With new technologies like the solar shingles that combine solar and roofing materials, the popularity of bundling these two home improvements is only expected to rise. Whether you choose to become a certified expert in both solar and roofing — or partner with a company to share projects and leads, here are three reasons to sell solar with roofing.

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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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Labour has a bright green mandate, now it needs to use it

Business Green

The new government's climate plans are bolder and more radical than many people realise - it now has a duty to put them into action The battle for the narrative never ends. You would think that with 412 seats in his back pocket and having just orchestrated the heaviest ever defeat on the 'natural party of government' (citation very much needed), Keir Starmer's mandate to deliver on his sweeping agenda would be irreproachable.

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Houses and pylons: Labour’s biggest business challenges

The Guardian: Energy

The party’s targets of building 1.5m homes over five years and decarbonising the electricity grid by 2030 look a stretch • Business live – latest updates A landslide victory for Labour was also a satisfactory result for the vigilantes of the bond market. A Conservative administration that served up Liz Truss’s reckless budget of unfunded giveaways in 2022 has been punished.

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Novel smart solar-powered freezer truck unveiled in Hong Kong

TechXplore

The transport sector is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in Hong Kong, accounting for 19% of total emissions. Supporting the development of green transport can help reduce air pollutant emissions. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is committed to promoting research into green technologies to support Hong Kong's goal of reducing the City's total carbon emissions from the 2005 level by half before 2035 and achieving carbon neutrality before 2050.

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Why biodiversity loss is a bigger risk to businesses than carbon emissions

Business Green

Half the world’s GDP depends on nature but only five per cent of companies have goals for addressing biodiversity loss.

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SemperPower, Corre Energy and PowerField launch large-scale Netherlands BESS projects

Energy Storage News

A double-header of Netherlands news, with SemperPower and Corre Energy planning a 640MWh BESS at the latter's compressed air energy storage (CAES) site and Powerfield commissioning the country's largest co-located project.

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Why electric beats hydrogen in the race to decarbonize freight vehicles in Australia

TechXplore

Transport is Australia's third-largest and fastest-growing source of emissions, accounting for 23% of the total. Without intervention, transport is expected to be the leading source of emissions by 2030.

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Germany generates “record” share of renewable energy in first half of 2024

PV Tech

Germany generated more power from renewable energy sources in the first half of 2024 than at any other time in its history, according to a report from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE).

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French tech developer closes €215m for 1.4GWp demand response capacity

Smart Energy International

Demand response tech developer Voltalis has closed €215 million ($233 million) in loans to finance its infrastructure project of 1.4GWp of demand response capacity. According to the French tech company, the announcement marks the first non-recourse project financing structure dedicated to demand response. The company states in a release that this financing structure, a type of commercial lending that entitles the lender to repayment only from the profits of the project at hand, has more typicall

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Why inadequate grid infrastructure is causing delays in Indian renewables projects

PV Tech

India is still facing several challenges to increase its installed solar capacity, including financing and grid infrastructure.

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Equity in Action: Shaping Local Climate Solutions for All

The City Fix

Every three years, ICLEI hosts the ICLEI World Congress to showcase how subnational actors advance sustainable urban development worldwide. The most recent installment, ICLEI World Congress 2024, held June 18-21 in São Paulo, Brazil, converged over 1,500 global attendees to.