Tue.Nov 14, 2023

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5 startups fighting 'forever chemicals'

GreenBiz

It's generations too late to keep toxic PFAS out of the environment. A clutch of startups is developing methods for eliminating these ‘forever chemicals’.

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‘Roving sentinels’ discover new air pollution sources

Envirotec Magazine

A Google Street Car loaded with air quality instrumentation (image credit: Logan Mitchell). In 2019, University of Utah atmospheric scientists, the Environmental Defense Fund and other partners added a new tool to their quiver of air quality monitors: two Google Street View cars, Salt Lake Valley’s roving sentinels that would detect hyper-local air pollution hotspots.

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Does a 'clean' label for nuclear power undercut renewables?

GreenBiz

Critics fear a clean energy standard that includes nuclear power would threaten solar and wind.

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AD plant converts waste solvents to biogas, in a UK first

Envirotec Magazine

In an apparent first of its kind within the UK, a pharmaceutical manufacturing site in Northumberland has been equipped with an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to recycle waste solvents into low carbon gas, which is being injected into the national gas grid. Decarbonisation and energy efficiency specialist Synergie Environ has undertaken the installation and commissioning of the AD plant, at the facilities of pharmaceuticals company Sterling Pharma Solutions.

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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.

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National Climate Assessment: Flooding and Sea Level Rise

NRDC onEarth

To adapt to the new reality of climate-driven flooding and sea level rise, local governments, states, and the federal government need to embrace two main courses of action.

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65% of industry emissions can be reduced with long duration energy storage, says new report

Envirotec Magazine

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) can abate up to 65% of industrial emissions using currently existing technologies, according to a new report from decarbonization nonprofit the LDES Council and management consultancy Roland Berger. Industrial carbon dioxide emissions account for around one quarter of greenhouse gasses emitted annually worldwide. Growing by more than two percent annually, these industrial emissions are increasing the difficulty of achieving global net-zero emissions targets.

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Diverse forests hold huge carbon potential, as long as we cut emissions

Envirotec Magazine

New study estimates that natural forest recovery could capture approximately 226 Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon, but only if we also reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving these results requires community-​driven efforts to conserve and restore biodiversity. Research results published in the journal Nature show that realistic global forest carbon potential is approximately 226 Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon.

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Denmark could block Russian oil tankers from reaching markets

Financial Times: Energy

Western nations are exploring more robust ways of enforcing a price cap on Kremlin’s crude

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Scientists caution against a reliance on mechanical devices to clear water bodies of plastic

Envirotec Magazine

Ghoose barnacles colonising an abandoned fishing net float found within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (image credit: Melanie Bergmann, Alfred Wegener Institute). An international group of scientists has cautioned against reliance on mechanical cleanup devices as a means of addressing the plastic pollution crisis. The researchers – comprising a number of the world’s foremost experts in plastic pollution – say they appreciate the clear and pressing need to tackle the millions of tonnes of waste

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The humble trash truck is ready for an all-electric upgrade

Canary Media

A powerful new electric vehicle recently started roaming the leaf-strewn streets of Portland, Oregon. Between its tires sits a hefty 400-kilowatt-hour battery pack. Inside its body is the daily detritus discarded by residents of downtown Portland.

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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

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New tool models viability of closed-loop geothermal systems

Envirotec Magazine

Closed-loop geothermal systems: The cost of drilling would need to decrease significantly to hit cost targets, according to the study (Illustration by Ray Johnson/Sandia National Laboratories). Web tool looks belowground for an economically viable renewable energy source. Text by DOE/Sandia National Laboratories. Geothermal power has a lot of promise as a renewable energy source that is not dependent on the sun shining or the wind blowing, but it has some challenges to wide adoption.

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New “mega scale” green hub planned for Northern Territory by Korea giant

Renew Economy

Northern Territory unveils another "mega-scale" renewable project featuring wind, solar, hydrogen and battery storage with South Korea industrial giant. The post New “mega scale” green hub planned for Northern Territory by Korea giant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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A sweet solution: turning winery waste into jelly

Envirotec Magazine

Filtered wine lees (image credit: Dr Gülce Bedis Kaynarca). Researchers in Turkey have proposed a new sustainable solution for winery waste. In a new study published in SCI’s Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture they have demonstrated how one of the most significant by-products from the winemaking industry can be used in gelatine-based sweets, as a low-cost natural colouring agent with added health benefits.

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AEMO prepares for extreme El Nino summer, but at least it has more battery storage

Renew Economy

AEMO warns of long hot summer as it seeks more resources in the case of fires, storms and heat that could cause failures in generation and transmission. But it has a lot more big batteries. The post AEMO prepares for extreme El Nino summer, but at least it has more battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

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EU project aims to play leading role in addressing e-waste

Envirotec Magazine

An EU project is attempting to lead the European electronics industry towards more sustainable materials, design, manufacturing methods, and improved circularity and energy efficiency, writes Finnish research group VTT. The Sustronics project has a budget of EUR 40 million, with about a fourth coming directly from the EU (under KDT JU funding). Headed by Philips , the project aims to pioneer design, materials and manufacturing of devices that will comply with strict sustainability demands dictat

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Hydrogen offtake is tiny but growing

BloombergNEF

Many companies have plans to make hydrogen, but many fewer are enthusiastic to buy it. The post Hydrogen offtake is tiny but growing appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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Sizewell C to power desalination plant with clean electricity

Envirotec Magazine

The Sizewell B nuclear power plant on the Suffolk coast: The facility will provide electricity for the desalination plant at Sizewell C (image credit: Debra O’Connor / Shutterstock.com). Sizewell C aims to power its water desalination plant with zero carbon electricity from Sizewell B in a further move to make construction of the nuclear plant in Suffolk as green as possible, as the group’s Nick Osbourne writes.

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Siemens Energy’s €15bn rescue package underwritten by German government

Financial Times: Energy

Deal is vital to sustaining a €110bn portfolio of clean energy projects planned by the company

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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.

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Australia at back of the pack on methane as China announces action plan

Renew Economy

China has joined the growing list of countries committing to methane action plans, leaving Australia well behind in the global race to tackle these super-polluting emissions. The post Australia at back of the pack on methane as China announces action plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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NEOM Green Hydrogen Company marks major milestone with initial equipment delivery

Hydrogen Fuel News

The first wind turbines were delivered at the Port of NEOM. The world’s largest green hydrogen plant, which is being constructed by NEOM Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC) in NEOM, Saudi Arabia, has received its initial batch of wind power turbines, which were delivered at the Port of NEOM located in Oxagon. The turbines are now being transported to the Wind Garden site.

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Greentown Labs and Browning the Green Space Open Applications for Year 2 of the ACCEL Program to Support BIPOC Founders

Greentown Labs

The recurring, year-long program is accepting applications from BIPOC entrepreneurs developing solutions to the climate crisis Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas, Nov. 14, 2023 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech incubator in North America, and Browning the Green Space (BGS), a nonprofit dedicated to making clean energy and other climate-related fields more diverse, equitable, and inclusive, are accepting applications from BIPOC-led climatetech startups for Year 2 of the Advancing Clima

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Puerto Rico power fleet operator gets approval for 430MW battery storage buildout – reports

Energy Storage News

Puerto Rico Energy Bureau has approved the deployment of 430MW of 4-hour duration (1,720MWh) battery energy storage system (BESS) technology.

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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?

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Developing the Solar Power Workforce for the Gigawatt Era

POWER Magazine

The solar energy industry in the U.S. is at a critical juncture. With the ambitious target set by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) to have solar produce 30% of […] The post Developing the Solar Power Workforce for the Gigawatt Era appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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How to electrify your life when you rent

The Verge: Energy

Illustration by Nico H. Brausch for The Verge Homeowners who want to reduce their carbon footprint by getting rid of polluting appliances have the US government’s full support. Not so with apartment dwellers. Two years ago, Caroline Spears was finally living on her own, roommate-free, in a one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco, where the cost of living continues to go up.

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New blow to fossil gas as regulator shifts death spiral risk to new connections

Renew Economy

Households in Victoria could soon be required to pay up front for a new connection to the gas network to defray cost of stranded assets for other users. The post New blow to fossil gas as regulator shifts death spiral risk to new connections appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Rheinmetall wins order for plug-and-play heat pump solution for e-tractors

Charged

German automotive company Rheinmetall has received an order for a new heat pump from a European electric tractor manufacturer. The order is valued in the “lower-two-digit millions of euros range.” The heat pump, preassembled and loaded with coolant, improves vehicle range, battery life and driver comfort through thermal and cooling control.

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Origin: Can the gentailer commit to 100% green when the Brookfield bid fails?

Renew Economy

Origin Energy could move quicker on the renewable transition than Brookfield, but its management has shown no interest in doing so. The post Origin: Can the gentailer commit to 100% green when the Brookfield bid fails? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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B2U turns on 3MW/12MWh second life BESS project using Honda EV batteries in California

Energy Storage News

Second life energy storage firm B2U has put its second major project into commercial operation, a 3MW/12MWh system made up of Honda Clarity EV batteries.

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Grid impact of hydrogen is a system architecture matter – ETIP SNET

Smart Energy International

Hydrogen electrolysers are not treatable merely as a new load on the grid and must form part of the system architecture, a new review from ETIP SNET states. Electrolysers are most likely to be realised as industrial investments primarily by private bodies, having secured their business case based on purchases of hydrogen or its derivatives from off-takers.

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California: esVolta and Atlantica secure tax equity, PPAs for large-scale BESS

Energy Storage News

Developer esVolta has secured tax equity financing for a 30MW/60MWh BESS in California while Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has signed PPAs for two projects with one of the state's utilities.

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Sri Lanka kicks off 70MW ground-mounted solar tender

PV Tech

The Sri Lankan government has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a 70MW ground-mount solar PV tender, via its electricity development and coordination body, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB).

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Tektronix introduces open-source Python-native drivers to make testing automation easier

Charged

Tektronix, a provider of test and measurement solutions, has introduced a new open-source Python instrument driver package. Available free of charge, the package provides a native Python user experience for instrument automation. By using the package with an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), customers can now benefit from such features as auto-complete, precise type hinting, comprehensive built-in help, real-time syntax checking and enhanced debugging capabilities, making seamless instru

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