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WestWind unveils plan for massive 1.5GW wind farm in Sunshine State

Renew Economy

The originator of Australia's largest onshore wind farm has unveiled plans to go bigger again and build a 1.5GW wind farm in northern Queensland. The post WestWind unveils plan for massive 1.5GW wind farm in Sunshine State appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Mitti Labs aims to make rice farming less harmful to the climate, starting in India

TechCrunch: Climate

Mitti Labs aims to transform rice farming in India and other South Asian markets by reducing methane emissions by 50% and water consumption by 30%. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Huge finance deal and off-take landed for one of Australia’s biggest four-hour battery projects

Renew Economy

Funding deal means Akaysha can start building huge four-hour battery, which will be one of the biggest in Australia. The post Huge finance deal and off-take landed for one of Australia’s biggest four-hour battery projects appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Sceptics say EVs will overwhelm the grid. In fact, they could be part of the solution

The Guardian: Energy

Electric vehicles are ‘batteries on wheels’ that can put energy back into the National Grid when solar panels and windfarms do not provide much power Electric cars make some people afraid of the dark. While the batteries produce much less carbon, they require much more electricity to run. This has prompted ominous warnings that Great Britain and other wealthy countries set on banning new petrol and diesel cars risk plunging their populations into darkness.

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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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No room for nuclear power, unless the Coalition switches off your rooftop solar

Renew Economy

The only way to make nuclear work in Australia is to switch off cheap renewables, starting with from rooftop solar. Forget feed-in tarrifs. The post No room for nuclear power, unless the Coalition switches off your rooftop solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Thames Water owner to liquidate solar energy subsidiary amid debt crisis

The Guardian: Energy

Exclusive: solar developer Trinzic to voluntarily shut down as holding company seeks to recoup more than £25m A solar energy project developer linked to Thames Water is to be liquidated and its staff made redundant as the crisis engulfing the debt-laden water supplier puts strain on its complex corporate structure. Trinzic Operations Ltd, which is ultimately owned by Thames’s parent company Kemble Water Holdings, is to be voluntarily shut down, the Guardian can reveal.

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Europe’s battery problems show the governments need to up their game

Financial Times: Energy

Green tech is stalling because businesses lack confidence that leaders will follow up words with actions

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Rio Tinto signs up to power Pilbara iron ore operations with 80MW solar farm

Renew Economy

Mining giant signs another solar deal with another Pilbara Indigenous group, as it slowly replaces fossil fuels with renewables. The post Rio Tinto signs up to power Pilbara iron ore operations with 80MW solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Why do we love nature? The complexity of our appreciation for the environment

Ideas 4 Sustainability

Nature's appreciation is driven by intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values. A study in Germany found that diverse motivations influence people's love for nature, with demographic factors also playing a role. Understanding these varied reasons can enhance conservation efforts through targeted messaging, educational programs, and inclusive planning.

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Amazon hits 100% renewables “moment” seven years ahead of schedule

Renew Economy

Global online retail and cloud computing giant says it has achieved a "moment in time" milestone where all its electricity demand has been matched by renewables. The post Amazon hits 100% renewables “moment” seven years ahead of schedule appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Inside the quest for 'carbon negative' Weetabix

Business Green

BusinessGreen Intelligence unboxes Weetabix Food Company's efforts to source 75,000 metric tonnes of wheat per year from within 50 miles of its factory

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Return to service of damaged coal unit delayed yet again

Renew Economy

Return to service of the damaged C4 unit at Queensland's Callide C coal fired power station has been delayed yet again - for the ninth time by some counts. The post Return to service of damaged coal unit delayed yet again appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Next-gen 1MHz smart meter in development

Smart Energy International

Sense and Xylem’s Sensus team are collaborating on what is expected to be the first electricity meter capable of capturing and processing 1MHz data in North America. The collaboration is combining Sense’s real-time edge intelligence software in the Sensus electric meter. With the increase in fidelity to 1MHz sampling, Sense should be able to detect and locate anomalies on the grid, especially those near the home where operators have traditionally lacked visibility.

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Floating hydrogen export hub project wins “significant” new funding

Renew Economy

Australian made green hydrogen could power fuel cell vehicles across Asia within 10 years as a proposed floating export hub attracts major funding. The post Floating hydrogen export hub project wins “significant” new funding 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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Dominion Opens the Door to SMRs at North Anna

Energy Central

Dominion Opens the Door to SMRs at North Anna SMR Developers Submit Bids for UK Funding US Exim Bank Said to Be Ready to Fund AP100 Reactors in Bulgaria South Africa Sets Plans for 2,500MW Nuclear Power Station AtkinsRéalis to Design Fusion Plant for Type One Energy Dominion Opens the Door to SMRs at North Anna Dominion Energy Virginia (NYSE:D) announced this week it has.

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Oceania Biofuels pulls $500m Gladstone project as another bubble bursts

Renew Economy

Globally, the market for biofuels is not looking good as projects are dumped and at least one company is on the verge of going under. The post Oceania Biofuels pulls $500m Gladstone project as another bubble bursts appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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'Timely decision making': Government green lights 1.3GW of new solar farms

Business Green

Three major solar projects in east England receive development consent orders from Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband, as Labour prepares plans for revamped solar strategy

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Battery maker’s surge raises hope of turnaround for EV vehicles sales

Financial Times: Energy

QuantumScape’s deal with VW is a rare bright spot in a tough market for electric transportation

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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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British International Investment - Scatec's Egypt Green Hydrogen project signed 20 years offtake agreement with FertiglobeLandmark deal backed by BII's project finance team and welcomed by UK Ambassador to Egypt

Global Renewable News

Scatec ASA's Egypt Green Hydrogen project, in partnership with Fertiglobe, Orascom Construction, The Sovereign Fund of Egypt and the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company has reached a key.

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OVO beefs up green rewards scheme with free solar panel offer

Business Green

Energy giant announces expansion of Beyond reward scheme for household customers to encourage uptake of home battery and solar tech

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Orsted - Ørsted successfully pilots new technology that further optimises offshore wind monopile installation

Global Renewable News

Building on existing marine life protections, Ørsted has developed a new, lower-noise installation method that could potentially revolutionise the way offshore wind foundations are installed. The g.

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Job interviews: Over three in five employers see increase in sustainability-related questions from candidates

Business Green

New research suggests candidates are increasingly attracted to companies with impressive green credentials

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Iberdrola - Iberdrola's renewable energy production sets all-time highs in the first half of the year

Global Renewable News

Highlights With 3,100 MW installed in the last twelve months, the company exceeded 45,000 GWh of clean production during the first half of the year, 5.3% more than in the same period of the pr.

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Agriculture ‘major driver’ of rise in nitrous oxide emissions over past 40 years

Eco-Business

Nitrogen fertilisers, manure and other agricultural sources drove almost three-quarters of human-caused nitrous oxide emissions in recent years.

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Baseload Capital - Turning up the heat: students compete in geothermal business challenge! Baseload Power Japan and Waseda University's Global Management Program team up for energy and sustainability

Global Renewable News

Baseload Power Japan Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Sweden-based Baseload Capital, recently co-hosted a business case competition with Waseda University's Global Management Program. The event focused.

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The race to save glacial ice records before they melt away

Grist

When Margit Schwikowski helicoptered up to Switzerland’s Corbassière glacier in 2020, it was clear that things weren’t right. “It was very warm. I mean, we were at 4,100 meters and it should be sub-zero temperatures,” she says. Instead, the team started to sweat as they lugged their ice core drill around, and the snow was sticky. “I thought, ‘This has never happened before.

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European Commission - EU URGENT project launched to reduce costs for urban seismic geothermal exploration

Global Renewable News

Fact SheetObjectiveEurope needs URGENT solutions to decarbonize its heating sector. Geothermal energy can play a prominent role in this transition, providing heat in urban areas as an altern.

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Climate litigation can power China’s low-carbon transition

Eco-Business

Climate litigation is steadily growing in China, but a different approach from the Global North, involving the proactive role of state agencies, could be more effective in ensuring compliance with climate policies across local governments.

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American Clean Power Association - NEW REPORT: Offshore Wind Momentum Grows with Sector to Invest $65 Billion and Create 56,000 U.S. Jobs by 2030

Global Renewable News

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) today (July 9) released the 2024 Offshore Wind Market Report, showing the clean power industry is projected to invest $65 billion in offshore wind projects b.

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The Duck Curve & Solutions For It

CleanTechnica

In the US, the “duck curve” is a California phenomena. It’s a change to the legacy way of operating generation on the grid. The last time there was a signifiant change, and all of this was predicted long before it happened, there was too much solar during the middle of. [continued] The post The Duck Curve & Solutions For It appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult - New report highlights supply chain opportunities from effective wind turbine decommissioning

Global Renewable News

A new report issued today (17 June 2024) by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult highlights supply chain opportunities and economic value linked to decommissioning end-of-life offshore wind.

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Another Tesla With Over 400,000 Miles On One Battery

CleanTechnica

A week ago, I wrote an article about a guy in the UK with two high-mileage Tesla Model S sedans that are still using their original batteries. One has about 430,000 miles on its battery and the other has around 375,000 miles, also on one battery. They are both still. [continued] The post Another Tesla With Over 400,000 Miles On One Battery appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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WindEurope - EU Member States must take urgent action on NECPs and overriding public interest

Global Renewable News

On 30 June two significant deadlines passed. First, Member States had to submit their revised National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) to the European Commission. Second, Governments had to implement.