TechXplore
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Wind turbines and photovoltaics (PVs) are becoming increasingly widespread worldwide, which could contribute to reducing air pollution caused by fossil fuel emissions. To produce energy, however, these renewable energy solutions rely on specific weather conditions (e.g., the presence of wind and sufficient hours of sunlight).
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
A succession of fires in recent years has sharpened people’s awareness of the need to handle lithium-ion batteries correctly. It’s just one of many situations where the storage and handling of a material can’t be left to chance, as Envirotec discovered in conversation with Paul Smith of Emtez, an expert in the area. “Every material that a company stores or handles will present its own set of moral, environmental, and legal obligations”, explains Paul, who describes his own firm as a specialist i
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Charged
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
General Motors (GM) has entered into a new investment agreement with Lithium Americas to establish a joint venture (JV) to fund, develop, construct and operate the Thacker Pass lithium carbonate project in Humboldt County, Nevada. GM will provide $430 million of direct cash funding and a $195 million letter of credit facility to support the construction of Phase 1 of Thacker Pass alongside a conditional commitment for a $2.3 billion US Department of Energy (DOE) loan announced earlier this year.
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
CATL is the world's largest lithium-ion manufacturer, and a major player in BESS too, and made headlines earlier this year when it claimed five years of 'zero degradation' for its new grid-scale product Tener.
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.
Charged
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Lithium-ion battery technology developer 24M has released new testing data for its Impervio battery separator. The testing was related to the issue of battery-fire risk in EVs, energy storage systems and consumer applications. The company’s Impervio battery separator was designed to reduce the risk of overcharging that can cause metallic dendrite formation and internal shorts, which can result in a battery fire and/or explosion.
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The newly elected Queensland government has pulled the plug on what would have been the world’s largest pumped hydro energy storage project (PHES) with a capacity of 120GWh.
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Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The US government's launch of the Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program, with a staggering $7 billion investment, marks a critical moment for the green hydrogen industry.
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Expert analysis backs our policy and its benefits for the country. Defeatist critics should take note Ed Milband is secretary of state for energy security and net zero Labour fought and won the last election on the argument that every family and business in the country was paying the price of the previous government’s failure to deliver clean homegrown energy for Britain.
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Saudi Arabia’s government entity tasked with procuring electricity generation projects has commenced the qualification process for a 2GW/8GWh battery storage tender.
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Researchers at University of Tsukuba have investigated the internal properties of low-cost materials used in perovskite solar cells, which are attracting attention for their high efficiency, using electron spin resonance (ESR) to analyze these materials at a microscopic level.
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 Storage News
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
ACWA Power has agreed to deploy wind energy and battery capacity to help power what is claimed will be the Middle East and Africa region’s 'first battery gigafactory.
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Energy storage is an essential part of many rapidly growing sustainable technologies, including electric cars and renewable energy generation. Although lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) dominate the current market, lithium is a relatively scarce and expensive element, creating both economic and supply stability challenges. Accordingly, researchers all over the world are experimenting with new types of batteries made from more abundant materials.
CleanTech Group
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Turning waste-wood into skyscrapers; mycoprotein for fish farming; saving landfill-bound products from the hangman’s noose– Recent deals worth looking at: Agriculture & Food. The post Recent Deals – 5 November 2024 appeared first on Cleantech Group.
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
EDF Renewables North America has signed a utility power purchase agreement (PPA) for a new battery storage project in Arizona.
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.
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The Hydrogen Electric Research Team at the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed the world's first integrated system capable of producing liquid hydrogen and evaluating the performance of safety valves in a single step.
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Battery energy storage developer Eku Energy has reached a financial close for 250MW/500MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Canberra, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
NRDC onEarth
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Across the world, thawing landscapes, seascapes, and freshwater reserves are reshaping environments and lives for the communities that rely on them.
Solar Industry
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Westbridge Renewable Energy has closed the sale of its 75% owned, Special Area 2, 332 MW Alberta solar power plant project to a subsidiary of METLEN Energy & Metals for CA$41 million. The transaction was completed by way of the sale of all the issued and outstanding shares of Sunnynook Solar Energy. Westbridge satisfied the conditions for the transaction, including regulatory approvals from the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC), for the construction, operation and interconnection of the pro
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.
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Both major parties in Australia see a significant role for gas as the world shifts to clean energy in a bid to avert dangerous climate change.
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
New pathways to clean power outlined by UK grid operator including three fold increase in wind and solar, and a reduction in nuclear. The post UK maps out pathways to clean grid by 2030: Three-fold increase in wind and solar, and no new nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.
TechCrunch: Climate
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The hydrogen industry, which has relied on oil and gas companies both financially and through lobbying efforts, is preparing for a grim outcome. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Solar PV infrastructure company Desert Technologies intends to build a solar cell and module assembly plant in Saudi Arabia.
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?
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Australian long duration energy storage hopeful says it can deliver a grid-scale vanadium flow battery with up to eight hours of storage capacity that can compete, on costs, with current lithium-ion batteries. The post Vanadium flow battery hopeful says long duration vanadium storage can compete with li-ion on costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Plenty of visionaries have extolled the benefits of putting old electric-car batteries to work instead of throwing them away. Moment Energy is bringing something new to this concept: large-scale manufacturing. In late October, the startup won a $20 million grant from the U.S.
TechCrunch: Climate
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The new AI hub will support research into Arab language AI models and “Saudi-specific AI applications.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Eku Energy has achieved financial close on its big ACT battery after doing a revenue share deal with the government and securing debt funding. The post Eku seals funding for $400 million ACT big battery after landing unique revenue deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Charged
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
InductEV , a pioneer in inductive wireless vehicle charging, today announced that its technology solution has been named as a TIME Best Invention for 2024. TIME’s editors selected the Pennsylvania-based company’s technology for its annual list of 200 groundbreaking inventions, based on a number of factors, including originality, efficacy, ambition and impact.
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
One of Australia's leading wind farm developers may switch to Chinese made turbines, saying it is not happy with quality, service and prices of western suppliers. The post “Not always a great quality:” Leading wind developer may switch from western to Chinese turbines appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Financial Times: Energy
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Who will clean up the environmental mess when Shell and others pull out of the Niger Delta?
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Squadron Energy confirms 15 turbines currently out of action at Murra Warra 1 wind farm in Victoria as part of "staged maintenance" to replace failed bearings. The post Turbine shut downs at Victoria wind farm part of “staged maintenance,” says Squadron appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Charged
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Rincon Power has introduced its RXX50 Series compact, energy-dense contactor for electric vehicles, electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) and aviation applications. The 500 A contactor offers a 3 MW interrupt rating (1,000 VDC/3,000 A), fast-break actuation technology and a hermetic ceramic seal with gas fill rated up to 170° C. The RXX50 operates in a -40° C to 85° C range.
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
BP is dumping 18 hydrogen projects and pausing two biofuels refineries, as it focuses on more profitable fossil fuels. The post BP dumps 18 early stage hydrogen projects as it retreats to oil and gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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