Inside Allbirds’ mission to make a shoe with no carbon footprint
GreenBiz
MAY 3, 2024
As of its most recent progress update, the shoemaker is more than halfway toward its goal to cut its per-product footprint in half by 2025.
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Blake Plateau: A Biodiversity Refuge in a Warming World
NRDC onEarth
MAY 3, 2024
As ocean temperatures rise, parts of the Blake Plateau will likely provide crucial refuge for deep-sea, reef-building corals and marine species.
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The week in climate policy: 4 updates you need to know
GreenBiz
MAY 3, 2024
Florida bans lab-grown meat; the G-7 nations double down on their intention to phase out fossil fuel-powered utilities.
Chart: One-in-five new cars sold this year will be battery-powered
Canary Media
MAY 3, 2024
Despite the steady drumbeat of negative headlines about the electric vehicle market, EVs are breaking sales records across the globe. This year, around 17 million new fully electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEV) will be sold worldwide, according to new estimates from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
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.
Climate tech investment roars back with an $8.1B start to 2024
TechCrunch: Climate
MAY 3, 2024
Companies focused on reducing CO2 emissions raised big sums, second only to Q3 2023. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
A year in, New York’s pioneering public power law makes uneven progress
Canary Media
MAY 3, 2024
One year ago, New York state passed one of the country’s most ambitious clean energy and climate justice laws. The Build Public Renewables Act authorized the New York Power Authority, a state-owned public power utility, to build and own clean energy projects for the first time.
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CleanCapital’s Zoe Berkery has no time to waste
Canary Media
MAY 3, 2024
Canary Media’s Charging Up column chronicles gender diversity and notable career moves in the climatetech sector. Got a person or event you’d like to see us cover or a hot job tip? Let us know! Zoe Berkery: On staking a claim Zoe Berkery is chief operating officer at CleanCapital.
Air Products Postpones $4 Billion Green Hydrogen Plant Pending Regulatory Approval
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 3, 2024
Air Products has deferred its final investment decision on a planned $4 billion green hydrogen production facility in Texas, awaiting final rules under the Inflation Reduction Act. Air Products has.
Fortnum sells remaining stake in 185MW Indian solar portfolio to Gentari
PV Tech
MAY 3, 2024
Fortnum has sold its remaining share in a 185MW solar portfolio in India to the clean energy arm of Petronas subsidiary Gentari.
Benelux’s First E-Methanol System: Hygear Provides Pem-Elektrolyser for Sustainable Fuel Production
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 3, 2024
HyGear will deliver a 1,25MW elektrolyser with Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) technology for the production of hydrogen that will be used in the E-Methanol project TANDEM: ‘Towards Acceleration and Demonstration of.
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
Plug Power to deliver more green hydrogen electorlyzers in 2024 than its total to date
Hydrogen Fuel News
MAY 3, 2024
The company will deliver more of the units this year than it has in its entire history US green hydrogen electrolyzer company Plug Power has announced that it intends to deliver more units this year alone than it has in its entire history. So far, only 50 MW of its PEM units are operating As of yet, only 50 MW of Plug Power green hydrogen electrolyzers are currently operating.
Why I Changed My Mind About Hydrogen Vehicles
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 3, 2024
Trains, ships and maybe even planes could be candidates for liquid hydrogen fuel too, and for all the same reasons: range, energy density and refueling time. I know every reason.
Ecoprogetti installs 250MW automated module production line at Bulgarian plant
PV Tech
MAY 3, 2024
Italian solar manufacturing machinery producer Ecoprogetti has installed a new, 250MW automated production line at a facility in Bulgaria.
Hexagon Purus ASA: Results for the First Quarter 2024
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 3, 2024
In the first quarter of 2024, Hexagon Purus ASA experienced unprecedented growth, with revenues reaching NOK 407 million, a 67% increase year-over-year, driven by advancements in hydrogen infrastructure and mobility,
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.
OIL to evaluate India geothermal potential in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam
ThinkGeoEnergy
MAY 3, 2024
Oil India Limited (OIL) will be working with the Centre for Earth Sciences and Himalayan Studies (CESHS) to carry out research studies on the abundant deep and shallow oil wells in the Arunachal Pradesh and Assam in India to evaluate the region’s geothermal resource potential. Additionally, OIL and the CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) will conduct an MT survey at potential geothermal sites in Arunachal Pradesh and will help in mobilizing a rig for drilling operations.
Provaris Energy Secures AU$3 Million Facility From Macquarie Bank and Launches AU$2 Million Share Purchase Plan
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 3, 2024
Provaris Energy, a leader in the green hydrogen sector, is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of a two-year, AU$3 million ($2.08 million USD) convertible bond facility from Macquarie Bank.
Nordic Solar powers 100MW solar PV in Lithuania
PV Tech
MAY 3, 2024
Danish solar developer Nordic Solar has powered a 100MW PV plant in Lithuania, the country’s largest operational solar project.
Pacific Power Source launches new regenerative sources and loads for EV charger testing
Charged
MAY 3, 2024
Pacific Power Source, a global provider of AC and DC power testing solutions, has announced a new Regenerative product line of bidirectional sources and loads. The new products, including the All-in-1 AGX Regenerative AC/DC Source, 2-in-1 RGS Regenerative Grid Simulator and RLS Regenerative Load Simulator, emulate real-world power flows, and are designed for testing EV chargers, V2X hardware, Solar PV inverters, home energy storage systems and more.
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.
UK government’s climate action plan is unlawful, High Court rules
Financial Times: Energy
MAY 3, 2024
Judgment upholds four of five grounds for legal challenge brought by campaign groups against net zero strategy
6K’s cathode active material for EV batteries to meet IRA requirements
Charged
MAY 3, 2024
US battery materials producer 6K has confirmed that its cathode active material (CAM) will meet US government mandates for compliance with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) for both lithium iron phosphate (LFP) and nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) materials for EV batteries. The company’s 6K Energy subsidiary is delivering large quantities of critical materials from its Battery Center of Excellence facility to customers for qualification. 6K’s UniMelt production system is capable of producing
V2G to surpass stationary storage as virtual power plant asset finds study
Smart Energy International
MAY 3, 2024
The virtual power plant (VPP) integrated capacity of vehicle to grid (V2G) is forecast to surpass that of energy storage assets ahead of 2040. This is according to US-based consultancy Rethink Energy who in a report hail VPP technology as the core of future power grids. According to the company in Virtual Power Plant (VPP) Forecast to 2040 , V2G’s capacity will surpass that of stationary energy storage even when including the minority of stationary batteries that won’t be VPP-aggregated come 204
Utah FORGE grants $44m funding for 9 EGS research project awardees
ThinkGeoEnergy
MAY 3, 2024
The Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) at the University of Utah has announced the completion of contract negotiations with 9 of the 13 project selectees for the FORGE Solicitation 2022-2. A combined total of up to $44 million over the next three years is available for research projects. With their contracts signed, these awardees will begin their research immediately.
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?
National Grid innovates on advanced power flow controllers in Britain
Smart Energy International
MAY 3, 2024
National Grid is partnering with technology provider Smart Wires to develop a tool to coordinate the dispatch of advanced power flow control devices. The project, which is being supported from Ofgem’s Network Innovation Alliance, is aimed to make better use of advanced power flow controllers and other so-called ‘grid enhancing technologies’ to reduce network congestion and maximise the potential of the existing infrastructure.
How do I get people to forget quick wins and focus on Sustainability stuff that matters?
Terra Infirma
MAY 3, 2024
This week on the Net Zero Business Podcast, I have another Q&A session, this time on the balance between step changes and incremental changes. The relative importance of the two is more nuanced than you might think. Do you have a Sustainability dilemma for me? These Q&A sessions are proving popular, but I need to Qs to A. Go to the Contact Us page and fire one through.
The EV charging companies who dominated Q1 VC smart grid financing
Smart Energy International
MAY 3, 2024
In this edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook, Yusuf Latief looks into Q1 financing results within the smart grid sector, highlighting the top five deals made, all of which revolve around EV charging companies. In the first quarter of 2024 smart grid venture capital funding reached a solid $686 million across 14 deals, a staggering 134% increase year-over-year.
The big banks still backing coal
Financial Times: Energy
MAY 3, 2024
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Virginia passes law to allow third-party solar financing
PV Tech
MAY 3, 2024
The Virginia General Assembly has passed a bill to allow rooftop solar leasing with a third-party in the state,
Breaking communication barriers between asset management and O&M is essential for ESS operations
Energy Storage News
MAY 3, 2024
Asset management and operations & maintenance (O&M) teams should be able to work collaboratively to ensure project success, writes Cellect Energy's Venkateshwer Acharya.
Sunnova Q1 customer additions decrease, to rely on ‘lease and PPA customers’ in 2024
PV Tech
MAY 3, 2024
Sunnova's new customer additions continued to drop in the first quarter in 2024, but its adjusted EBITDA increased by over 200%.
Habitat Energy to optimise 730MW ERCOT battery storage portfolio for UBS
Energy Storage News
MAY 3, 2024
Optimiser Habitat Energy has secured a deal with UBS Asset Management to handle the energy market activity of four BESS projects totalling 730MW in ERCOT, Texas.
Inspiring impact at Mission Investors Exchange 2024 national conference
Impact Alpha
MAY 3, 2024
This article is part of a partnership between ImpactAlpha and Mission Investors Exchange (MIE) to present new ideas and perspectives in impact investing. The post Inspiring impact at Mission Investors Exchange 2024 national conference appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
VIDEO: Augment your expectations, not your battery, with 30,000-cycle metal-hydrogen technology
Energy Storage News
MAY 3, 2024
Energy-Storage.news proudly presents this sponsored webinar with Enervenue, on the market potential of 30,000-cycle metal-hydrogen batteries for short- to long-duration energy storage applications.
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