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The dos and don’ts of corporate tree planting efforts

GreenBiz

Credible partners ensure companies get behind high-integrity restoration projects with lasting benefits.

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Call to make London a ‘sponge city’

Envirotec Magazine

The River Rom in Dagenham, East London (image credit: ©Thames21). London will need to urgently become a ‘sponge city’ – a city better designed to absorb and hold rainwater – in order to ward off the negative impacts of the climate emergency, the organisers of London Rivers Week have urged. The climate emergency has increased the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and governments, businesses and communities must protect London’s rivers in order for them to be better prepared to tac

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Key Milestone Achieved for European Hydrogen Network Development

FuelCellsWorks

Today marks a crucial development in European energy collaboration, with 37 infrastructure companies finalizing agreements in Brussels for the establishment of the European Network of Network Operators for Hydrogen (ENNOH).

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Getting to the bottom of EPDs

Envirotec Magazine

Pumps specialist Dutypoint explains the significance of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), and introduces its EPD-certified, all-in-one tank and booster set, ScubaTANK®, with details on how it fulfills these requirements. Although it may seem like environmentalism and sustainability have exploded in recent times, in fact, it’s nothing new. The concept of sustainability was first embraced in 1972 as a vision recognising the interconnectedness of social, economic and environmental issues.

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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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UBC Launches Innovative Green Hydrogen Fueling Station

FuelCellsWorks

The University of British Columbia (UBC) has inaugurated the Smart Hydrogen Energy District (SHED), a pioneering green hydrogen fueling station that serves both light and heavy-duty vehicles, powered by solar.

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RenewableUK CEO and former COP President call for bold leadership on offshore wind

Envirotec Magazine

Speaking at the opening session of RenewableUK’s Global Offshore Wind 2024 conference and exhibition at Manchester Central, RenewableUK’s Chief Executive Dan McGrail has called for the sector to put the troubles of recent years behind it. His address came a few days after the group published a report showing that global offshore wind operational capacity had increased by 21% over the last 12 months, from 61.5 gigawatts a year ago to 75GW today.

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Hydrogen Powered Vehicles Join Electric, Propane and Natural Gas Fleets for 14th Annual Georgia Clean Energy Roadshow

FuelCellsWorks

AUSTELL, Ga. and CARTERSVILLE, Ga. and ALPHARETTA, Ga.– The 14th annual Georgia Clean Energy Roadshow hosted by PSC Vice Chairman Tim Echols and produced by Event Energy Partners will roll into town promoting the benefits of alternative fuels, starting July 9th with.

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Why the newest large nuclear plant in the US is likely to be the last

Renew Economy

After years of delays and cost over-runs, the US has finally opened its newest large scale nuclear unit, using the design favoured by Peter Dutton. Here's why it could be the last the US ever builds. The post Why the newest large nuclear plant in the US is likely to be the last appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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HRS Launches International Expansion Outside Europe Order for a HRS Hydrogen Refueling Station in Saudi Arabia

FuelCellsWorks

Grenoble– HRS , European designer and manufacturer of hydrogen refueling stations, announces the first order for an HRS14[1] hydrogen station outside Europe, from a Saudi Arabian developer. With considerable renewable energy.

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Nuclear thuggery: Coalition will not take no for an answer from local communities or site owners

Renew Economy

Coalition vows to override objections of states, asset owners and local communities to their nuclear plans. The post Nuclear thuggery: Coalition will not take no for an answer from local communities or site owners 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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Ensuring Sustainable Urban Development and Protecting Biodiversity with the Government of New South Wales

Planet Pulse

Earlier this year, the Australian government of New South Wales (NSW) designated $100 million towards housing development and biodiversity protection. This allocation is set to enhance the existing programs run by the government of NSW, such the Cumberland Plain Conservation Plan. This 35-year plan aims to enable needed housing development in Western Sydney while protecting areas of high biodiversity value across the landscape – including the home of the largest koala population in the Syd

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Norway is investigating massive hydrogen cargo ship possibilities

Hydrogen Fuel News

A new project aims to retrofit a huge LNG vessel with H2 fuel cells Norway has focused on a new hydrogen cargo ship conversion project and is funding the effort, which will take an existing LNG-powered multipurpose vessel and retrofit it to operate on the power from fuel cells. The funding will come from the Norwegian government’s ENOVA fund ENOVA is intended to support initiatives created to accelerate decarbonization in the country.

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Australia’s biggest solar project that will help power giant smelter seeks green tick from government

Renew Economy

The largest solar project on Australia's main grid, to provide power to smelters and refineries, seeks federal green tick. The post Australia’s biggest solar project that will help power giant smelter seeks green tick from government appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Lhyfe and Deutsche Bahn Cooperate for the Use of Climate-Neutral Trains Thanks to Green Hydrogen

FuelCellsWorks

Lhyfe has built a hydrogen production plant for DB Energie’s Tübingen innovation hub Production of up to 30 tons of green hydrogen per year (corresponding to 1 MW of installed.

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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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CATL provides more details on ‘zero-degradation’ Tener BESS product at ees Europe

Energy Storage News

CATL, the world's largest lithium-ion OEM, has given more details around its new battery energy storage system (BESS) product, Tener, including how it claims to have achieved no degradation in the first five years of operation.

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Hyundai Engineering & Construction Spearheads Nuclear-Powered Hydrogen Production Initiative

FuelCellsWorks

Hyundai Engineering & Construction has partnered with several major Korean institutions and companies to create a hydrogen production base using nuclear power, marking a significant advancement in clean energy technology.

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Congress votes to advance nuclear energy development in the US

The Verge: Energy

Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California on Oct. 25, 2022. | Laura Dickinson/San Luis Obsipo Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Congress has passed a bill aimed at giving nuclear energy a boost in the US. The Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act is now waiting for President Joe Biden’s signature to become law.

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Bramble Energy’s ‘Hydrogen Bus’ reaches a crucial milestone, taking a significant innovative step toward transforming the transport sector

FuelCellsWorks

Bramble Energy – in partnership with Equipmake, Aeristech, and the University of Bath – has reached a significant milestone in the Hydrogen Electric Integrated Drivetrain Initiative (HEIDI) project. A project expected.

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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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Mullen introduces battery version of PowerUP mobile EV charger

Charged

US-based commercial EV manufacturer Mullen Automotive has developed a new battery-powered version of its mobile EV charging truck, based on its Class 3 electric cab chassis truck. The previous version of PowerUP announced in July 2023 used a gasoline Class 5 cab chassis platform and a propane and natural gas power generation unit. Unlike traditional fossil fuel-powered generators, the new version operates with minimal noise pollution, making it suitable for use in noise-sensitive environments.

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HAV Group Awarded Funding to Realize Five Hydrogen-Powered Dry-Bulk Newbuilds

FuelCellsWorks

Norwegian state-owned Enova has awarded NOK 300 million in innovation funding to Maris Fiducia Norway AS, with HAV Hydrogen and Norwegian Hydrogen as subcontractors, to develop, build and operate five.

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EU Battery Passport and Batteries Regulation compliance: ‘Not as complex as it sounds’

Energy Storage News

Meeting the requirements of the European Union’s forthcoming ‘digital product passport’ for batteries is not as complex as it may seem, Energy-Storage.news Premium has heard.

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HOPIUM Will Install a Fuel Cell Assembly Site in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region

FuelCellsWorks

Hopium to install fuel cell assembly site in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region Paris– HOPIUM (FR0014000U63 – ALHPI), the cleantech which aims to decarbonize heavy transport, announces the establishment of an industrial site.

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Hydrogen bikes need only seconds to refuel

Hydrogen Fuel News

Recharging time has been a challenge for some ebike riders, but H2 could overcome that The majority of ebikes currently being ridden are battery electrics, but hydrogen bikes are starting to move into the radar and are drawing attention due to some of their notable conveniences. Ebikes are becoming increasingly popular, and this trend is expected to continue Hydrogen bikes are typically lighter than battery electrics, simply because they don’t need the larger battery to power them, and th

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Zinedine Zidane Represents Alpine at the Legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans

FuelCellsWorks

Brand ambassador Zinedine Zidane came to support Alpine at the 24 Hours of Le Mans this weekend. He was the starter of the legendary race the year Alpine returned to.

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GenCost doesn’t just rule out nuclear, it makes solar thermal impossible to ignore

Renew Economy

GenCost's findings on nuclear are worth revisiting this week, but so are its findings on solar thermal, as offering the lowest LCOE of any "flexible load, low emission" generation technology. The post GenCost doesn’t just rule out nuclear, it makes solar thermal impossible to ignore appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Energy Observer 7 Year Odyssey Is Coming to an End

FuelCellsWorks

The groundbreaking Energy Observer Odyssey is concluding, but the journey toward sustainability continues with several exciting new ventures including a laboratory ship for synthetic fuels, a documentary series, a digital.

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Fuelling change: Europe’s battle against Russian fossil fuels

Energy Transition

Following the EU’s parliamentary elections on 6-9 June 2024 and with the war in Ukraine showing no sign of slowing, a pressing issue demands attention: the EU’s continuing active participation in, and facilitation of, Russia’s fossil fuel shipping and exports.

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Australian Hydrogen Producer Infinite Green Energy Turning Brownfields Green in Italy

FuelCellsWorks

Australian renewable hydrogen producer Infinite Green Energy (IGE) expects to produce 12 tonnes of green hydrogen per day in Italy by the second half of 2026. The company is developing.

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This NYC high-rise is using heat pumps and waste heat to cut fossil fuels

Canary Media

Buildings everywhere need to get off fossil fuels in order to help the world avoid climate catastrophe.

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Topsoe, ABB, and Fluor Form Alliance to Develop Standardized Concept for SOEC Electrolyzer Factory

FuelCellsWorks

The new alliance will build Topsoe’s Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells (SOEC) factory in Virginia, US – subject to Final Investment Decision – based on a standardized approach. The factory will.

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Kicking out gas: Canberra lays out plan to become Australia’s first all electric city

Renew Economy

The ACT government has unveiled its Integrated Energy Plan which lays out the pathway to become Australia's first 100 per cent renewable, all electric city. The post Kicking out gas: Canberra lays out plan to become Australia’s first all electric city appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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SENCO Hydrogen Capital Invests €20 Million in Strohm for Hydrogen and CCUS Growth

FuelCellsWorks

SENCO Hydrogen Capital, a leading private equity firm focusing on investments across the hydrogen and energy-in-transition value chain, is investing € 20 million in Strohm, a leading international manufacturer for innovative.

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Climate Activists Are Wrong About Which Energy Source Reduces Air Pollution

Energy Central

Originally published in the Washington Examiner. Today’s media are filled with concerns about air pollution. But few people know which energy source has produced the greatest modern reduction in air pollution. The answer isn’t wind or solar energy. During the 1950s, my grandfather had a coal furnace in his basement, like many homes in Chicago.

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