How (and why) to develop a credible deforestation policy in 2024
GreenBiz
JANUARY 11, 2024
Limiting land conversion is a notoriously difficult challenge that requires alignment between companies, governments, farmers and other stakeholders.
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New trial aims to make paper from agricultural waste
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 11, 2024
A new trial aims to create paper-based packaging from ‘second harvest’ materials. According to one of the firms involved – DS Smith – second harvest materials like straw and brewers’ spent grain have the potential to save up to 10% of the virgin fibres used in the papermaking process and therefore present an important and viable means to supplement traditional sources.
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The commercial building industry faces a milestone year in 2024
GreenBiz
JANUARY 11, 2024
The industry needs to decarbonize much faster in 2024 to achieve global greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Hydrogen is back. At least, CES 2024 suggests it is
TechCrunch: Climate
JANUARY 11, 2024
Hydrogen vehicles never really caught on, and yet at CES 2024 fuel-cell vehicles of all sizes litter the show floor. What gives? © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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.
What you need to know to access the $14 billion from the EPA’s National Clean Investment Fund
GreenBiz
JANUARY 11, 2024
The 'national green bank' will prioritize underinvested projects and communities to support clean energy projects.
UK Lays Out Fourfold Nuclear Power Expansion in Comprehensive Roadmap
POWER Magazine
JANUARY 11, 2024
A roadmap released by the UK government on Jan. 11 aimed at quadrupling the country’s nuclear power capacity by 2050 sets out a series of goals and actions that could […] The post UK Lays Out Fourfold Nuclear Power Expansion in Comprehensive Roadmap appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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Catalytic combo converts CO? to solid carbon nanofibers while offsetting emissions
TechXplore
JANUARY 11, 2024
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Columbia University have developed a way to convert carbon dioxide (CO2), a potent greenhouse gas, into carbon nanofibers, materials with a wide range of unique properties and many potential long-term uses. Their strategy uses tandem electrochemical and thermochemical reactions run at relatively low temperatures and ambient pressure.
The fight over US solar tariffs hasn't gone away — it's just hibernating
Canary Media
JANUARY 11, 2024
Auxin , a small California-based builder of solar panels, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Customs and Border Protection in late December, claiming that President Biden’s 2022 order to pause import tariffs on a range of solar products has harmed domestic companies.
Bulky additives could make cheaper solar cells last longer
TechXplore
JANUARY 11, 2024
An insight into preventing perovskite semiconductors from degrading quickly, discovered at the University of Michigan, could help enable solar cells estimated to be two to four times cheaper than today's thin-film solar panels.
Denmark’s 1GW Green Hydrogen Production Facility Receives Important Environmental Approval From Authorities
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 11, 2024
The approval is a key step in establishing an European hydrogen industry, ensuring its safety and benefits to the local community H2 Energy Europe announces that it has received environmental.
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
Australia called out for grid queues, policy gaps in race to triple global renewables
Renew Economy
JANUARY 11, 2024
IEA says COP28 goal of tripling renewables within reach after unprecedented global growth in 2023. But Australia among countries holding back the pace. The post Australia called out for grid queues, policy gaps in race to triple global renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
LFP price falls ‘make first life batteries more attractive’ than second life ones, firm says
Energy Storage News
JANUARY 11, 2024
The increasing cost-competitiveness of LFP battery cells has made first life batteries more attractive than second life ones, Finland-based BESS solutions firm Cactos told Energy-Storage.news after a €26 million (US$28.5 million) fundraise.
Scientists unveil blueprint for affordable solar cells to power Saudi Arabia and beyond
TechXplore
JANUARY 11, 2024
Scientists have unveiled a roadmap for bringing perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells to market, paving the way for a future powered by abundant, inexpensive clean energy in Saudi Arabia and the world.
Australian Open goes 100% renewable in wind energy deal with Pacific Blue
Renew Economy
JANUARY 11, 2024
Pacific Blue signs deal to power Tennis Australia's Melbourne precinct with renewables for a year, including the three weeks of the 2024 Australian Open. The post Australian Open goes 100% renewable in wind energy deal with Pacific Blue appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
New York-focused distributed BESS developer NineDot raises US$225 million equity investment
Energy Storage News
JANUARY 11, 2024
Energy storage developer NineDot Energy has secured financing from investors including Manulife Investment Management to progress its pipeline of New York projects.
Draft laws usher in compulsory climate risk disclosure
Renew Economy
JANUARY 11, 2024
Draft laws for mandatory reporting of climate-related risks have been released by federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers. The post Draft laws usher in compulsory climate risk disclosure appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Will fuel cell cars be relevant at all in 20 years?
Hydrogen Fuel News
JANUARY 11, 2024
IDTechEx predicts that by 2044, hydrogen passenger vehicles will be a “very small portion” of the market. UK-based analyst IDTech has predicted that by 2044, hydrogen fuel cell cars will represent only about 4 percent of the total zero-emission passenger vehicles market. The same analyst predicted that a much larger proportion of zero-emission trucks will be H2 powered.
Twenty years on, how is Australia’s first batch of wind farms performing?
Renew Economy
JANUARY 11, 2024
As Challicum Hills turns 20, we look at the long-term technical and commercial performance of the NEM’s first batch of utility-scale wind farms. The post Twenty years on, how is Australia’s first batch of wind farms performing? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Bidirectional EV chargers to finally materialize in 2024 2024 Trends in Solar
Solar Power World
JANUARY 11, 2024
As expected, the bidirectional EV charger market is taking off. The device that can both charge and export an EV battery’s power into a home or onto the grid has been excitedly touted for the last few years without any actual products available on the market. That’s starting to change, as Delta Electronics recently joined… The post Bidirectional EV chargers to finally materialize in 2024 <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-size:15px;'>2024 Trends i
All-electric precinct in the works for Melbourne suburbs
Renew Economy
JANUARY 11, 2024
Two Melbourne suburbs to be used as a template for how the City of Yarra can electrify the community and get rid of gas by 2030. The post All-electric precinct in the works for Melbourne suburbs appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Hyundai’s hydrogen Hail Mary
TechCrunch: Climate
JANUARY 11, 2024
Hyundai said in its CES 2024 keynote it will produce 3 million tons of hydrogen for its steel mills by 2030. That's not particularly impactful, even if it follows through. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Forrest backtracks on “filthy” fossils, supports development of gas terminal
Renew Economy
JANUARY 11, 2024
Having once pledged not to “mangle the process” by using anything but renewables to fuel his energy plans, Andrew Forrest says some imported gas is necessary. The post Forrest backtracks on “filthy” fossils, supports development of gas terminal appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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?
Tranter to Supply Heat Exchangers to Carbon Capture Application in a New Blue Hydrogen Plant in Texas, United States
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 11, 2024
Pune, India–Tranter recently won a large order for post combustion carbon capture application. The order is for six (6) large plate and frame heat exchangers in stainless steel and 254.
Amp buys time on massive 5GW green hydrogen and ammonia project
Renew Economy
JANUARY 11, 2024
Amp Energy wins a three-month extension to an agreement underpinning the 5GW Cape Hardy Green Hydrogen, to get it to the next stage of development. The post Amp buys time on massive 5GW green hydrogen and ammonia project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Five key takeaways from COP28 Dubai for the global solar industry to leverage for 2024
PV Tech
JANUARY 11, 2024
Sonia Dunlop and Alyssa Pek of the Global Solar Council reflect on how solar's inclusion in the COP28 agreement can spur the industry to new growth.
States boost solar installation on former landfills 2024 Trends in Solar
Solar Power World
JANUARY 11, 2024
A handful of states, mostly based in the Northeast, have incentivized, or at the very least encouraged, solar development on decommissioned landfills within their borders. These plots of land are often untouched and otherwise unfit for commercial development that requires even minor civil work because their soil is capped and should not be penetrated.
Yanmar Progresses with Development of 4-Stroke Hydrogen Engine for Emission-Free Vessels
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 11, 2024
Osaka, Japan – Yanmar Power Technology Co., Ltd. (YPT), a subsidiary of Yanmar Holdings Co., Ltd., has embarked on the development of a hydrogen-fueled 4-stroke high-speed engine for power generation.
Overcoming Decarbonization Barriers in Los Angeles’s Affordable Housing
NRDC onEarth
JANUARY 11, 2024
Affordable housing is among the most vulnerable and underfunded of building sectors but thoughtful design and flexible financing could help provide cleaner, healthier buildings for all.
Parallel Carbon Secures $3.6 Million Seed Funding to Advance Hydrogen and Direct Air Capture Hardware Platform
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 11, 2024
Parallel Carbon recently announced that they closed a $3.6 million Seed funding round amidst COP28. The financing, led by Aramco Ventures, backs Parallel Carbon’s groundbreaking process of utilizing renewable energy.
UK unveils plans for 'biggest nuclear power expansion in 70 years'
TechXplore
JANUARY 11, 2024
The UK government on Thursday announced plans for what it said was the country's "biggest expansion of nuclear power for 70 years" to bolster its energy independence and meet carbon emission targets.
ENEOS Invests in MVCE Gulf Coast, LLC to Develop Clean Hydrogen Supply Chain Between Japan and the U.S.
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 11, 2024
Equity Participation for Building Hydrogen Supply Chain Between Japan and the U.S. Clean Hydrogen to be Produced in the Gulf of Mexico ENEOS Corporation announces that it has made an.
Video: Bobcat introduces new electric skid steer loader
Charged
JANUARY 11, 2024
From job sites to farms to mines , off-road vehicles are steadily electrifying. Bobcat , an American manufacturer of compact farm and construction equipment, has introduced what it calls the world’s first all-electric skid steer loader, a follow-up to the electric track loader Bobcat introduced two years ago (a skid steer, as opposed to a tracked vehicle, has 4 wheels, which can rotate in opposite directions to steer the machine).
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