Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Professor Kumar. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has recognised Professor Prashant Kumar with the prestigious Haagen-Smit Clean Air Award – an honour widely considered to be the “Nobel Prize” in air quality achievement. Professor Kumar, Founding Director of the University of Surrey’s Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) , has been recognised for his contribution to international education.
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Australian zinc-bromide flow battery manufacturer Redflow has ceased operations with administrators unable to find a buyer.
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Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Lee Todd is Head of Advisory Services, ABB Electrification Services. Efforts to ensure the continuity of today’s mission-critical industrial operations are blunted by the burden of aging and increasingly complex electrical systems. ABB’s Lee Todd explains how forward-looking approaches to equipment maintenance can reward organizations with optimized business continuity and greater sustainability as well as reduced costs.
TechXplore
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Misinformation about wind energy—such as "turbines are harmful to health and are economically inefficient"—undermines the social acceptance of wind power. However, these statements are widespread and met with great approval. More than a quarter of respondents in representative studies involving the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart agree with a variety of misinformation.
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.
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The world has a strategic plan to reverse global biodiversity loss. We must follow through by working with each other to address the critical issues and build a new relationship with nature.
TechXplore
OCTOBER 21, 2024
A team of engineers, chemists and materials scientists at Stanford University, has found that applying short duration voltage to some types of anodes in Li–Si batteries, can restore some of their capacity. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describes how they experimented with batteries by applying an electrical charge to several types of silicon anodes.
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TechXplore
OCTOBER 21, 2024
A team of engineers at China's LONGi Central R&D Institute, working with colleagues from Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, reports that its heterojunction back contact (HBC) solar cell has achieved efficiencies as high as 27.09% during testing.
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Developer and IPP Elevate Renewables will deploy a grid-forming BESS at a fossil fuel peaker plant in Connecticut, US, with US$27.5 million from the Department of Energy (DOE).
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Singapore grid gives conditional approval to import electricity as part of SunCable's massive Australia-Asia PowerLink project in major step forward to $30 billion project. The post SunCable: Singapore gives nod to imports from world’s biggest solar and battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Australia’s energy minister, Chris Bowen, confirmed yesterday (21 October) that the government is seeking around 4GW of dispatchable power, such as energy storage, and 6GW of renewable energy generation in the next Capital Investment Scheme (CIS) tender round.
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
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Solar power will grow four-fold by 2030, overtaking nuclear, hydro and gas, and then coal by 2033. By 2050, it will produce more than all these technologies combined. The post Solar will leap four-fold by 2030, ending the rule of King coal and overtaking all other grid supplies appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Gore Street Energy Storage Fund will provide a Goldman Sachs subsidiary with power from its Big Rock BESS in California via a 12-year, fixed price Resource Adequacy (RA) contract.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Australia continues to set records in solar power, but it has dropped out of the top 10 countries in new installations as the rest of the world surges ahead. The post Australia drops out of world’s top ten countries for new solar installs for first time in three decades appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Energy storage developer Energy Vault has inked a new partnership with Enervest Group to supply a 1GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in New South Wales, Australia.
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
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Mercedes-Benz inaugurated Monday a plant for recycling electric vehicle batteries in Germany, with the luxury carmaker's boss hailing a "key milestone" in boosting the sector's sustainability.
Canary Media
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Donna Ballinger has lived in the shadows of Ohio’s Middletown steel mill her entire life. The hulking furnaces surrounding Ballinger’s home have long been an economic engine for this city just north of Cincinnati.
PV Tech
OCTOBER 21, 2024
SB said the "Orion Solar Belt", located in Milam County, northwest of Houston, is expected to qualify for the domestic content bonus credit included under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Australia is being urged to follow other countries and encourage smarter air con systems that can deliver savings to homes and the overall grid. The post Australia needs smarter air con systems to save money for homes and the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The main stage at Circular Lighting Live 2024. The lighting sector is embracing verified data on its sustainability claims, including Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). That was certainly one of the impressions conveyed by Circular Lighting Live 2024, held in London on 9 October. The conference and exhibition was reportedly packed with new information, initiatives and updates on all things sustainability-and-lighting, as organizer Recolight explains.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Australia's next storage tender - the country's biggest - will have key design changes, but still will not include VPPs or demand response. The post Australia’s biggest battery storage tender poised for take-off as authorities wrestle with hybrid issue appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The lack of air-quality monitoring capabilities across the US affects the health of millions of people and disproportionately impacts minority and low socioeconomic-status communities, say researchers in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters. Motivated by a new US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standard for air pollution, the team employed a model for fine-scale air pollution mapping using real-world data, and it indicates there is an urgent need to address gaps in the agenc
PV Tech
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Two Kentucky electricity utilities will stall any solar PV capacity additions until 2035 unless solar "becomes more economically competitive"
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?
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Dolphins in the water of Sarasota Bay. A recent paper in PLOS One presents evidence of dolphin inhalation of microplastics. An interview has been published with two of the authors, Leslie B. Hart (College of Charleston, USA) and Miranda K. Dziobak (College of Charleston; University of South Carolina, USA) which is reproduced here (credit: Molly Bisceglia, CC-BY 4.0 license).
Canary Media
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Diesel-fueled trucks and buses account for an outsized share of carbon emissions and air pollution. Converting those fleets to battery-electric vehicles could go a long way toward decarbonizing the transportation sector. The upfront price of electric vehicles is one of the biggest barriers to overcome.
Hydrogen Fuel News
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Airbus Strengthens Hydrogen Initiatives with Strategic Collaborations In a significant move towards advancing hydrogen technology in the aviation industry, Airbus has entered into two key partnerships aimed at exploring and enhancing the use of hydrogen as a sustainable energy source. These collaborations underline Airbus’s commitment to developing a hydrogen-powered future for aviation, aligning with global efforts to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
PV Tech
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Sunman Energy's Thomas Bell discusses the potential for PV systems using glassless modules on non-load-bearing rooftops.
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Greetings Agents of Impact! ImpactAlpha’s David Bank and Jessica Pothering will be in Amsterdam this week at the GIIN Impact Forum. Roodgally Senatus is in Los Angeles for the. The post The Brief: Napoleon Wallace and the Reconstruction of Black Wealth appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
ThinkGeoEnergy
OCTOBER 21, 2024
The success of a recent 3D seismic survey in Western Switzerland underlines the importance of high-quality seismic data for geothermal exploration. This pilot project around the town of Eclépens in the canton of Vaud could show a more secure and efficient path to developing geothermal energy and increasing the impact geothermal energy has on the green energy market.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Nuclear proponents are simply delaying the move towards clean and cheap energy as Australia's environment runs out of time, a climate leader says. The post “Delay-mongers:” Climate boss Kean lashes nuclear supporters appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Solar Industry
OCTOBER 21, 2024
New Energy Equity has completed 14 Public Storage solar projects across Minnesota, marking a step forward in Public Storage’s commitment to installing solar on 1,300 of its properties through next year. The projects represent a combined installed capacity of 2.28 MW and include a 0.35 MW solar array in commercial operation at Public Storage’s Como St.
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Fortescue Metals places order for what will be the biggest battery in Western Australia's Pilbara mining region, with five hours of storage capacity. The post Fortescue presses go on “challenging” five-hour battery project, biggest yet in the Pilbara appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Planet Pulse
OCTOBER 21, 2024
Today, we’re thrilled to release Analysis-Ready PlanetScope (ARPS). ARPS harnesses a cutting-edge proprietary algorithm to create harmonized and spatially consistent near-daily stacks of images that enable time-series analysis and machine learning applications. ARPS normalizes data from PlanetScope’s daily 3m imagery by reducing inconsistencies between captures.
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