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Researchers say chemical cocktail of micropollutants amplified the effect of algal toxins causing mass fish mortality on the River Oder in 2022

Envirotec Magazine

International research team say they have identified more than 120 organic micropollutants and investigated their role in damaging aquatic organisms Tonnes of dead fish, mussels and snails were seen floating on the River Oder (Germany) in early August 2022. It soon became clear what was causing the environmental disaster in the German-Polish border river: a mixture of excessive salinity, high water temperatures, low water levels and excessive inputs of nutrients and wastewater triggered a bloom

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Chart: The UK is about to stop using coal to produce electricity

Canary Media

The country that once boasted the world’s first coal-fired power plant is now set to eliminate the highly polluting fossil fuel from its power grid. In late September, the United Kingdom will shutter the Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, the country’s last operational coal-fired power plant.

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C-Zero is raising $18M to make emission-free hydrogen using natural gas, filings reveal

TechCrunch: Climate

By using readily available natural gas as the feedstock, C-Zero hopes to produce emission-free hydrogen for less than other green hydrogen startups. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Colorado’s plan to cut carbon from big buildings gets a $20M boost

Canary Media

Colorado just got a big boost to help slash planet-warming emissions from commercial buildings. Last week, the U.S.

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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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GM BrightDrop division to be merged into Chevrolet, Zevo EV to be renamed Chevrolet BrightDrop

Charged

General Motors is merging its BrightDrop division, which designs and manufactures light electric commercial vehicles, into Chevrolet, in order to leverage the latter’s sales and service network. BrightDrop was founded by GM in 2021. Chevrolet was founded 112 years ago in 1911. The move is intended to provide commercial customers with greater convenience when it comes to fleet maintenance and acquisition, by making the Chevrolet BrightDrop vehicles available through select Chevrolet dealerships.

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Texas outpaces California as US state with most utility-scale PV capacity

PV Tech

A report from American Clean Power Association shows that Texas has nearly 22GW of installed solar PV capacity after adding 1.6GW in Q2 2024.

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The Week in Impact Investing: Sustaining the surge in entrepreneurship and ownership

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! We’re getting out and about. Connect with ImpactAlpha’s Amy Cortese, who will be sniffing out signs of the sustainability. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Sustaining the surge in entrepreneurship and ownership appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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FUSO Europe receives order from two Greek cities for 89 waste-collection trucks

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The cities of Athens and Thessaloniki in Greece have ordered 89 FUSO eCanter trucks from Portugal-headquartered truck maker FUSO, which is owned by Daimler Truck, for waste collection in their metropolitan areas. Forty of the trucks are expected to be deployed in November, and the rest will be delivered over the course of 2025. The trucks are configured with bodies and rotating drum compaction technology from Greek refuse-collection equipment manufacturer Kaoussis.

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Could California’s residential solar fortunes turn despite NEM 3.0?

PV Tech

US-based inverter producer Enphase Energy has released a product that it claims can increase access to solar for legacy net energy metering (NEM) customers in California.

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Wind and solar farms power Great Britain’s grid to greenest ever summer

The Guardian: Energy

Exclusive: Reliance on fossil fuels fell in August to less than one-fifth of all electricity generated across country Great Britain’s electricity system has recorded its greenest ever summer after growing numbers of wind and solar farms cut the need for gas power plants to fresh lows. Analysis of energy generation data, commissioned by the Guardian, revealed that Britain’s reliance on fossil fuels fell in August to less than one-fifth of all electricity, or 4 terawatt hours (TWh), its lowest eve

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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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Terbine introduces new digital twin for EV charging networks

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US-based Terbine has launched its Mission Control system for EV infrastructure to provide monitoring and management of complex, multi-vendor charging networks. Combined with the company’s cloud-based Charging Network Management Platform (CNMP), Mission Control is designed to make operating and maintaining charging systems more straightforward by giving network operators automatic detection, diagnosis and remedies for field problems.

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Adapture Renewables, Alberici Break Ground on Cooks Mill Solar Energy Project

Solar Industry

Adapture Renewables , owner and operator of the 128 MW Cooks Mill Solar Energy Project in Mattoon, Ill., celebrated the project’s groundbreaking with local leaders as well as Alberici Constructors, EPC contractor for Cooks Mill. The project is the first of two solar projects Adapture Renewables is developing in central Illinois. Through the project’s construction, Alberici will provide high school students with educational opportunities on jobs in the skilled trades through central Illinois’ Lea

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Shining light on how solar power and farming can coexist

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

Scientists have developed a new tool to help identify optimal photovoltaic (PV) materials capable of maximizing crop growth while generating solar power.

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Webinar: Increasing battery cooling system reliability and safety with engineered fluids and polymers

Charged

How can science help OEMs to meet electric vehicle safety regulations and improve cooling system reliability? This webinar will look in detail at how engineered fluids and polymers can help OEMs to meet these new regulations. Presented by Lubrizol, a team of experts will discuss how dielectric fluids can be used in place of water glycol fluids in cold plate cooling systems.

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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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Understanding Truck Engine Parts: The Heart of Heavy-Duty Performance

Hydrogen Fuel News

When it comes to trucks, whether they are used for long-haul freight, construction, or agriculture, the engine is the heart of the vehicle. Truck engine parts are fundamental to ensuring these heavy-duty vehicles operate efficiently , reliably, and safely. For those who drive trucks for a living, manage fleets, or simply have a passion for heavy machinery, understanding the different components of a truck engine, their uses, and their importance is key to maintaining performance and longevity.

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First Shipment of Tandem Solar Panels Sent to U.S.

Solar Industry

Oxford PV has started the commercialization of its tandem solar technology with the company’s first shipment to a U.S.-based customer. The 72-cell panels, comprised of Oxford PV’s perovskite-on-silicon solar cells, can produce 20% more energy than a standard silicon panel, the company says. The panels are slated to be used in a utility-scale installation, with the hope of reducing the levelized cost of electricity and contributing to more efficient land use by generating more electricity from th

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'We are way off-track': Europe tops 1.5C temperature rise in record-breaking summer

Business Green

Latest data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms last month was the joint warmest August globally on record

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Wärtsilä joins 5MWh club with latest BESS product

Energy Storage News

System integrator Wärtsilä has launched a 5MWh, 20-foot container battery energy storage system (BESS) product.

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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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'Another step in the right direction': UK's largest solar farm given green light

Business Green

Cottam Solar Project on border between Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire set to deliver 600MW of clean power capacity

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Sungrow signs supply deal with UK developers for 1.7GWh BESS project

Energy Storage News

PV inverter and battery energy storage system (BESS) provider Sungrow has signed an agreement with two major developers to supply BESS systems for an upcoming UK storage project.

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Patagonia vows to stop sourcing fibres from endangered forests

Business Green

US apparel company becomes latest brand to sign up to forest protection initiative from Canopy

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Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Edition: Test Drive Results

Green Living Guy

The future of driving is here, and it’s electric. The 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Edition is not just a car. For it’s a statement of innovation, performance, and sustainability. As the Green Living Guy, I had the thrilling opportunity to test drive this remarkable vehicle. So and I’m excited to share the experience with. The post Hyundai Ioniq 5 N Edition: Test Drive Results appeared first on green guy, green living, electric vehicle consultants, Companies, Car Expert, Electric Car

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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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Nevados launches all-terrain tracker to broaden usable land for solar

PV Tech

Nevados said the TRACE All-Terrain Tracker can be deployed on slopes of up to 37% and includes 75% hail stowing.

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Yokogawa’s new OpreX Battery Web Gauge ES-5 reduces emissions and improves productivity in production of battery electrode sheets

Charged

Measurement and control specialist Yokogawa Electric will release a new online sheet thickness gauge—the OpreX Battery Web Gauge ES-5—as part of the OpreX Quality Control System family, in January 2025. Since the release of its first online thickness gauge for sheet manufacturing equipment in 1962, Yokogawa has been delivering ever-newer versions of these products, which are used in final processes on production lines to continuously measure and control thickness, weight and other characteristic

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Tigo Energy files lawsuit against Zhejiang Benyi for rapid shutdown copyright infringement

PV Tech

Tigo Energy has filed a lawsuit against the Zhejiang Benyi New Energy Company, for allegedly infringing on a rapid shutdown technology patent.

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NuQuest Energy Submits 800MW to MISO Queue

Solar Industry

NuQuest Energy has announced that the company’s 800 MW portfolio of originated solar and wind projects was submitted to the April MISO queue, building on its track record of 1 GW portfolio submitted in the 2022 MISO queue. The company has extended its origination efforts to the ERCOT and SERC markets where it is developing a pipeline of hybrid solar and standalone energy storage projects for its next round of projects.

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Singapore grants conditional approval to import 400MW of solar PV generation from Indonesia

PV Tech

Vena Energy and Shell Eastern Trading have secured conditional approval from the Energy Market Authority of Singapore (EMA) to export 400MW of solar PV from the Riau Islands in Indonesia to Singapore.

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The KJ Show Episode #101: #Climate Contradictions

Energy Central

Every week, I host 'The KJ Show,' which offers a mix of breaking news and practical advice on how the energy industry affects the consumer. During this fast-paced show, I combine weekly energy updates with conversations with leaders in the energy efficiency community. After each show, I'll share it here with the Energy Central Community in case you were unable to join me.

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Iberdrola Australia breaks ground on 376MW solar-plus-storage site in Queensland

PV Tech

Iberdrola Australia, a sub-division of utility giant Iberdrola, has commenced construction of a 376MW solar-plus-storage project in Queensland.

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Could Fusion Reactors Use Lithium Vapour Caves As Chamber Coolants?

Energy Central

A lithium liquid-to-vapour exchange built into a commercial fusion reactor vessel could keep hot plasma from eroding its walls to make fusion energy a reality.

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PVEL, PI Berlin publish recommended pass/fail metrics for PV module testing

PV Tech

The Kiwa Group has published a report into PV module testing, which includes recommendations for a number of pass/fail module testing metrics.

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Green Infrastructure's Role in Responding to Fossil Fueled Global Warming

Energy Central

By Michael Shank and US Congressman Lloyd Doggett This year we’re headed for a very hot summer. The National Weather Service predicts hotter-than-normal conditions almost everywhere. And that’s saying something, given that last year was the hottest year on record. So, be sure to look for shade and water—lots of it. With a drastic spike of heat-related deaths in the U.S.