Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In a new report released on 24 September, close to 50% of global businesses surveyed say they are prepared to pay a premium for lower emission steel and concrete, signaling a powerful and growing demand for more sustainable materials. With steel and concrete emissions said to be responsible for 15% of global emissions, their urgent decarbonization is critical to meeting the goals outlined in the Paris Agreement.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The electricity workforce will need to double in five years to achieve Australia’s 2030 renewable energy target. Jobs in energy storage alone will overtake domestic coal and gas jobs. The post Energy storage jobs will soon overtake those in coal and gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Pledge to Net Zero, an environmental sector programme to facilitate action on greenhouse gas emissions, has published (on 23 September) a resource detailing practical ways for environmental and engineering professionals to estimate greenhouse gases in their designs and advice. Currently, the designs and advice provided by the environmental and engineering sectors represent the largest greenhouse gas impact of the sector.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Andrew Forrest unveils detailed plans to eliminate gas and diesel at his giant iron ore operations by 2030. "When will companies stop burning fossil fuels," he said. The post “Net zero is a con:” Forrest outlines how Fortescue mines will eliminate fossil fuels by end of decade 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.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Bulky carpet waste. A new online resource aims to facilitate the safe disposal of carpets and other textile flooring waste. Carpet Recycling UK’s new database – said to be the first of its kind – provides users with information on local authority Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) across the country which accept carpet and other textile flooring waste.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Work has begun on a 364 metre "high altitude" wind turbine, using a four-legged lattice structure to tap into higher wind speeds. The post Construction begins on world’s tallest wind turbine in German lignite region appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Utility companies in the United States could double electric transmission capacity by 2035 by replacing existing transmission lines with those made from advanced materials, according to a new study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV is to implement the UK’s first-ever Kaumera pilot plant to extract biopolymers from sewage sludge, in Blackburn, Lancashire. It is part of a seemingly groundbreaking circular economy-inspired project funded by Ofwat’s Innovation Fund. Under the leadership of United Utilities, UK water companies, partners and potential customers will join forces to assess the technology to recover biopolymers and their viability for use in a host of commercial applications from

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

How does a massive coal push lasting decades line up with what it has pledged? Leaders of low-lying Pacific nations might appreciate some answers Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The most obvious point to make about Tanya Plibersek’s approval of three coalmine expansions on Tuesday is the most important. The potential climate impact is substantial, and far beyond anything else we have seen approved so far by the Albanese government.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Monsoon rains cause flooding in Baco, Philippines on 23 July, 2021 (image credit: Wirestock Creators / Shutterstock.com). A new analysis of satellite data appears to find that the record surge in atmospheric methane emissions from 2020 to 2022 was driven by increased inundation and water storage in wetlands, combined with a slight decrease in atmospheric hydroxide (OH).

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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

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Canary Media

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Landfills are the third-largest source of methane, a super-pollutant greenhouse gas that traps 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. While the EPA places caps on methane and other emissions from landfills, experts say that monitoring and enforcement is largely on an honor system.

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TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Large expansion of carbon capture and storage is necessary to fulfill the Paris Climate Agreement. Yet a new study led by Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden and University of Bergen, in Norway, shows that without major efforts, the technology will not expand fast enough to meet the 2°C target and even with major efforts, it is unlikely to expand fast enough for the 1.5°C target.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Alinta and Parkwind awarded first feasibility licence in Southern Ocean offshore wind zone for 1.2 GW project that could help power the local smelter. The post Alinta, Parkwind snag first offshore wind licence in Southern Ocean zone that could power smelter appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Finding a needle in a haystack is the quintessentially impossible task. But what if new tools could make it straightforwardly achievable? Imagine if, instead of searching through everything by hand, you could portion out small piles of hay and use magnets.

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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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BloombergNEF

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

• US set to cut just 22% of its emissions by 2030 at its current pace of decarbonization, rather than the 50% required to be on track to meet its Paris Agreement goals • Net zero in the US by 2050 requires 20% more investment than what’s seen in BNEF’s base case • Electrification emerges […] The post BloombergNEF: US Falling Behind on its Climate Goals; Faster Adoption of Low-Carbon Technologies Needed to Get it on Track appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Buildings account for about 90% of Hong Kong's electricity consumption and over 60% of carbon emissions. Energy conservation in buildings is crucial for achieving climate mitigation goals. Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) researchers have developed an environmentally friendly solar-driven adaptive radiative cooling (SARC) coating for building roofs and walls.

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Renew Economy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A decision on a dispute billion-dollar wind project off north-west Tasmania has been delayed again, for the third time amid ongoing legal battles. The post Plibersek delays federal decision on disputed billion-dollar wind project in Tasmania appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Thermoelectric generators that can convert waste heat to clean energy could soon be as efficient as other renewable energy sources, like solar, according to a team led by Penn State scientists.

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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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POWER Magazine

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Groundbreaking has kicked off at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where Project Pele—the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) full-scale transportable microreactor prototype—will be placed for testing in 2026. When operational, the reactor […] The post Project Pele, DOD’s HTGR Mobile Nuclear Microreactor, Breaks Ground appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Energy Storage News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Adam Shinn, Michael Cosgrave and Ross Kiddie report on efforts to mitigate the risks of thermal runaway and the future of BESS insurance.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

It was a warning shot picked up by seismometers around the world. Last September, a melting glacier collapsed, sending the mountaintop it propped up careening into the Dickson Fjord in East Greenland. The impact created a 650-foot tall tsunami — twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty — which crashed back and forth between the steep, narrow walls of the channel, booming so loud that the vibrations wrapped the globe in a 90-second interval pulse for 9-straight days.

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TechCrunch: Climate

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Marvel Fusion is one of several companies pursuing what’s known as inertial confinement fusion. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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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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Energy Storage News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

IPP Hecate Energy has advanced one of its standalone battery storage facilities, located in Essex County, Massachusetts.

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TechXplore

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Two American energy companies are each preparing to bring a nuclear power station back into service, an unprecedented operation which should help meet the growing need for electricity in the United States.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Greetings, Agents of Impact! September’s edition of ImpactAlpha Latin America drops later today. As an ImpactAlpha subscriber, you get the top stories first. The post The Brief: Backing female founders to find climate solutions in Latin America appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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TechCrunch: Climate

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As the universe’s lightest gas, hydrogen is tricky to contain. But there’s an alternative: attaching hydrogen atoms to a carrier molecule that’s easier to move. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Impact Alpha

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The voluntary market for carbon credits has been haunted by low quality projects and greenwashing. Prices for the credits, which enable companies to. The post Carbon markets fall short as a climate solution, but go far in financing sustainable development appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Financial Times: Energy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Kingdom prepares to raise output from December as it resigns itself to lower global prices

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

‘Opaque’ recording system means recorded volume of everyday oil pollution over the past decade should be increased by 43%, according to Oceana report The true extent of oil pollution released into UK waters by the fossil fuel industry has been “significantly underestimated” and it is putting marine wildlife at risk, according to a report released today.

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Financial Times: Energy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Two-thirds of all new solar and wind power projects are based in the country.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Letter says technologies to produce blue hydrogen and capture CO 2 are unproven and could hinder net zero efforts Leading climate scientists are urging the government to pause plans for a billion pound investment in “green technologies” they say are unproven and would make it harder for the UK to reach its net zero targets. Labour has promised to invest £1bn in carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) to produce blue hydrogen and to capture carbon dioxide from new gas-fired power stations – with

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Financial Times: Energy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Threat of drought and water shortages is pushing UK utility to make contingency arrangements

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