Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Responsible Electronics and Circular Technologies Centre (REACT) was announced on 7 October, one of five new centres to share in £25m from a new UKRI programme intended to support the innovation necessary for net zero. Described as the UK’s first sustainable electronics centre, REACT aims to address both the environmental and economic challenges of achieving net zero in the electronics arena, while promoting the adoption of green technologies.

Waste 147

Waste Waste Innovation Sustainability 147

Canary Media

OCTOBER 14, 2024

One of California’s biggest sources of methane pollution — its massive dairy industry — operates almost entirely without regulation. In fact, not only do the state’s largest dairies face no penalties for emitting methane, they can actually profit handsomely from those emissions.

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Methane Pollution 145

Renew Economy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Plans to build more than a gigawatt of solar on sugar cane farming land in north Queensland have been cleared for construction by the local council. The post Solar proposal gets green light to build “de facto renewable energy precinct” in north Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Construction 144

Construction Energy Energy Policy 144

Canary Media

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In 2024, global carbon emissions will peak — reaching their highest levels ever — then, they’ll begin to decline.

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Carbon Energy Energy 144

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

TechCrunch: Climate

OCTOBER 14, 2024

With the deal, Google joins Microsoft and Amazon in turning to nuclear power to satiate its thirst for electricity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Nuclear Power 142

Nuclear Power Electricity Startups 142

Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Nikola’s (NKLA) 19th US Dealership Launches in California In Nikola news headlines today, the zero emission truck manufacturer has recently expanded its sales and service locations to nineteen across the United States. The latest addition is the “Next Generation Truck” (NGT) division of GTS Group in Fontana, Southern California. This new dealership will not only offer Nikola’s innovative trucks but also assist customers in accessing local, state, and federal incentives.

Transportation 128

Transportation Sustainability Logistics Hydrogen 128

Canary Media

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The power needs of Google’s insatiable data centers might eventually be met by small modular nuclear reactors — emphasis on might and eventually.

Startups 135

Startups 135

Renew Economy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Sweden's OX2 follows up its 2023 purchase of a large solar portfolio in Australia with the acquisition of a gigawatt scale wind and battery project. The post Sweden’s OX2 makes first move into wind power in Australia with purchase of gigawatt scale project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Wind power Batteries 133

BloombergNEF

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Competition among automakers and battery manufacturers is driving innovations in batteries for lower cost and better performance. BloombergNEF expects a variety of companies to bring battery breakthroughs to the market throughout this decade. The post New Lithium Battery Technology Set to Disrupt Storage Market appeared first on BloombergNEF.

Lithium 128

Lithium Batteries Technology Innovation 128

Renew Economy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Inquiry told the emerging green hydrogen sector is "frustrated" by delays to the introduction of a mechanism to track and verify emissions associated with hydrogen, renewable electricity and other resources. The post Green hydrogen guarantee of origin scheme urgently needed, inquiry told appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Hydrogen Electricity Policy 130

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

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2024

An Airly Orbital on a car roof. AI and air quality expert Airly launched ‘Airly Orbital’ on 9 October – a compact, low-power device with built-in GPS and cellular communications to allow mobile air quality monitoring. “Traditional air quality monitors are fixed in one location,” explains Airly CEO Wiktor Warchalowski. “But air quality does not just change all the time; it also changes spatially, so we developed Airly Orbital to provide air quality practitioners with the ability to effectively hu

Energy Monitor 130

Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Ozone Pollution 130

Renew Economy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Queenslanders will be asked to vote in a plebiscite on nuclear energy at the next federal election if Labor Premier Steven Miles is re-elected. The post Premier vows to hold vote on Coalition nuclear power plan ahead of federal election appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Nuclear Power 128

Nuclear Power Energy Energy Policy 128

PV Tech

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Construction of the cell plant in Ethiopia is expected to start in November 2024, with the start of production aimed at the end of the first quarter of 2025.

Construction 124

Construction Africa 124

POWER Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2024

In a deal that marks the first corporate agreement to deploy multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) in the U.S., Kairos Power and Google have signed a Master Plant Development Agreement […] The post Google Bets Big on Nuclear: Inks Deal with Kairos Power for 500-MW SMR Fleet to Power Data Centers appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Demand Sustainability Technology 143

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.

Transportation

TechXplore

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A research team has developed a bismuth telluride (Bi-Te) based thermoelectric material with artificially formed atomic-scale defects and proposed a solution to improve its properties in order to harness wasted thermal energy. This is a semiconductor technology applied to thermoelectric power generators that generate electricity by recycling waste heat below 200℃ from industrial and transportation sectors such as factories, automobiles, and ship engines.

Waste 122

Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 122

POWER Magazine

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Chinese state-owned manufacturer Dongfang Electric announced the company has completed production of a 26-MW offshore wind turbine, continuing a trend of ever-more-powerful turbines from that country. The turbine’s nacelle, shown […] The post Offshore Wind Milestone: China’s Dongfang Unveils 26-MW Turbine appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Electricity 122

Electricity Technology 122

TechXplore

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Google on Monday signed a deal to get electricity from small nuclear reactors to help power artificial intelligence.

Nuclear Power 122

Nuclear Power Startups Electricity 122

TechCrunch: Climate

OCTOBER 14, 2024

To cut direct air capture's costs, the startup has developed a material that, in a two-step process, absorbs carbon dioxide and transforms it into another compound. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Startups 122

Startups Carbon Transportation 122

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.

Sustainability

Solar Industry

OCTOBER 14, 2024

SolarBank plans to develop a 7 MW ground-mount solar power project, known as the Stauffer project, on a site located in Lancaster County, Pa. This project is in addition to the recently announced 13.8 MW project, both of which are part of a portfolio expected to total 24.8 MW. In March, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed House Bill 1842, enabling the potential development of community solar projects in the state.

North America 119

North America Solar Power Construction Sustainability 119

PV Tech

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Huasun is to supply 1.5GW of its heterojunction (HTJ) PV modules to one of Malaysia’s largest EPC contractors, ITRAMAS.

Asia 119

Asia 119

TechXplore

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Green fields are opening around the world as researchers make inroads into improving efficiencies in new and emerging sustainable vehicles as well as a novel biofuel and power generation from the sea.

Sustainability 115

Sustainability Energy Energy 115

PV Tech

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The world will need to invest US$1.5 trillion per year until 2030 to meet the target of tripling clean power capacity by 2030.

Investment 118

Investment Technology Energy Energy 118

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?

Carbon

Energy Transition

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Tough decisions lie ahead for the UK government as it tries to decarbonise electricity generation by 2030. Several key decisions have been made but much remains unknown, particularly on reform of the electricity market and the detail of collaboration with the EU. Ros Taylor reports. At the end of September 2024, the UK’s last coal-fired power station shut down.

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Energy Energy Government Electricity 114

TechXplore

OCTOBER 14, 2024

A University of Sheffield professor has contributed to a new report calling for a national materials strategy that addresses the rising demand for critical materials.

Demand 112

Demand Lithium Recycling Recycling 112

Financial Times: Energy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Bloc officials overcome deep divisions on atomic power but finance goal commitment remains unresolved

Energy 112

Energy Energy 112

TechXplore

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Researchers from UCLA's Institute for Carbon Management have developed a method that could eliminate nearly all of of the carbon dioxide emitted during the process of cement production, which accounts for about 8% of global atmospheric CO2 emissions.

Carbon 111

Carbon 111

Financial Times: Energy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Tech group signs deal with Kairos Power to build up to seven small facilities to meet its energy needs

Energy 112

Energy Energy 112

The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Poorly maintained and uninsured vessels transporting up to 70% of country’s seaborne oil, says report Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers is expanding, according to research, transporting up to 70% of the country’s seaborne oil despite western efforts to curb Moscow’s wartime energy revenues. The volume of Russian oil being transported by poorly maintained and underinsured tankers has almost doubled in a year to 4.1m barrels a day by June, according to a report published on Monday by the Kyiv S

Transportation 110

Transportation Energy Energy Fossil fuels 110

Financial Times: Energy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Pressure rises on agriculture and industry to reduce pollution and cut its share of use from 59 per cent

Agriculture 111

Agriculture Pollution 111

ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Preparatory work is set to begin at a plot of land in the Lahe district in the city of Hanover, Germany, for a geothermal project to be developed by Eavor GmbH (Eavor). Surveys for explosive ordnance and a preliminary subsoil investigation will start within October 2024, with extensive seismic surveys expected to be carried out by spring of 2025. The drill site is then to be prepared by autumn 2025 for planned drilling by mid-2026.

Innovation 110

Innovation Technology Construction Sustainability 110

The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Energy crisis panel warns country is ‘dangerously unprepared’ and must shift away from gas quickly Britain is at risk of experiencing a repeat of the sharp increase in energy costs which has fuelled the continuing cost of living crisis because it relies too heavily on gas, according to an expert panel of industry leaders. The Energy Crisis Commission has warned that the UK is still “dangerously underprepared” for another crisis because it continues to rely on gas for its power plants and home he

Energy 110

Energy Energy Fossil fuels 110

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Author’s note: As an undergraduate studying economics and entrepreneurship, I was surprised to discover that very few people were leveraging the power of. The post Stuck in the mud: When impact gets complicated appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Investment 104