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ABB: Bringing the energy transition to the other half of America

Charged

Global electrical/electronics giant ABB is a company weve often covered in these pages. NASCAR, the epitome of petroleum-powered racing, is not. But these two very different organizations have been working together for some time now with the goal of advancing the energy transition. Your correspondent is in Daytona Beach for NASCARs flagship event of the year, the Daytona 500.

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NSW coal has a bigger climate impact than France, but now it has to do something about methane

Renew Economy

New EPA guide has clear expectation that biggest coal miners will set out ambitious emissions reductions goals that align with the states climate targets. The post NSW coal has a bigger climate impact than France, but now it has to do something about methane appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Alabama awards $2.26 million in state grants for EV charging

Charged

The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) has awarded six grants totaling $2.26 million from state funds to increase the availability of electric vehicle charging stations on Alabamas roads. Five of the grants were awarded to Texas-based company Universal EV LCC to install 10 public charging stations at hotels in several locations across Alabama.

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US and European energy groups at risk from uranium supply crunch

Financial Times: Energy

Metal used to power reactors faces shortages as demand for nuclear power rises

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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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Turbines will not be buried in sand dunes, says owner of NEM’s oldest commercial wind farm

Renew Economy

Wind farm owner rejects rumour that old turbines will be buried in sand dunes when the oldest commercial wind farm is closed in 2027. The post Turbines will not be buried in sand dunes, says owner of NEM’s oldest commercial wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Time to put Thames Water out of its misery

Financial Times: Energy

The government should place the struggling utility into special administration

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Treasury seeks clarity on cost of Thames Water renationalisation

Financial Times: Energy

Indebted utility faces crucial court judgment this week on emergency 3bn loan

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Victoria fast tracks small wind and giant battery projects under new planning rules

Renew Economy

A proposed small wind farm and a giant battery project can expect a planning decision within four months after being fast-tracked by Victoria government. The post Victoria fast tracks small wind and giant battery projects under new planning rules appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Hyundai to Offer Container Ships Powered by SMRs

Energy Central

HD KSOE to Offer Nuclear-powered Container Ship Based on SMRs India’s Railroads Wants SMRs to Power its Trains French Cloud Computer Giant to Spend $10B on Nuclear Powered Data Center Type One Fusion Inks Two Major Supply Chain Deals Ukraine Plans $600M Purchase Of Russian Nuclear Reactor Equipment From Bulgaria HD KSOE to Offer Nuclear-powered Container Ship.

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Giant zinc mine trebles size of wind project to dodge crippling costs of gas power

Renew Economy

Zinc miner is to treble the size of a proposed wind farm, as one of the biggest mining provinces reduces its dependence on expensive gas. The post Giant zinc mine trebles size of wind project to dodge crippling costs of gas power appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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'Grid for Good': National Grid launches £13.8m home energy efficiency drive

Business Green

Grid operator unveils multi-million-pound affordability fund to help UK households struggling with energy costs

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SwitchedOn Podcast: Alan Pears on fixing Australia’s energy system

Renew Economy

Alan Pears argues there are some basic flaws in our energy system that urgently need fixing, and its time energy networks and retailers shoulder more risk, not consumers. The post SwitchedOn Podcast: Alan Pears on fixing Australias energy system appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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'World first': More than 100,000 containers registered for port carbon insetting scheme

Business Green

Cargo owners register more than 100,000 container units within first two months of DP World trial

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Malaysia to introduce laws that require full consent of local communities to be secured before new developments

Eco-Business

National requirements for free, prior and informed consent, or FPIC, are expected to kick in by 2030. The government is also planning legislation to prevent strategic lawsuits against civil society.

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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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Envision Racing cuts emissions 10 per cent in 12 months

Business Green

EXCLUSIVE: Previous winner of world's first fully-electric global racing series has reduced overall emissions by almost a fifth against a 2018 baseline

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Bangladesh mills feed fast fashion but go slow on green energy

Eco-Business

Steep energy price hikes force factory closures, but investments in energy efficiency could ease the crisis.

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AI's climate and water impacts cannot be ignored - businesses need to weigh up the trade-offs

Business Green

The choice is clear: businesses can either continue expanding AI with unchecked environmental consequences, or develop responsible AI frameworks that balance innovation with climate-conscious decision-making, writes Gartner's Sarah Watt

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Is the world ready for another pandemic?

Eco-Business

Five years after the Covid-19 outbreak, what is the world doing to prepare for future pandemics?

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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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Sustainability offers businesses a blueprint for navigating geopolitical complexities

Business Green

Through decisive, integrated action to accelerate environmental sustainability, businesses can thrive in the face of current geopolitical, economic and trading headwinds, writes author and business leader Marga Hoek

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Keir Starmer’s nuclear reactors won’t be small, cheap or popular | Letters

The Guardian: Energy

David Elliott and Arthur Stansfield on Labours plans for expanding nuclear power plants Labours plan for siting small nuclear reactor plants around the country ( Keir Starmer unveils plan for large nuclear expansion across England and Wales, 6 February ) feels almost like something Donald Trump would come up with. The reality is that they would not be small for example, the system being developed by Rolls-Royce is 470 megawatts , larger than most of the old, now closed, magnox reactors that wer

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Thames Tideway confirms London's 'super sewer' is now fully connected

Business Green

Full connection of the 25 kilometre-long sewer tunnel should help prevent 95 per cent of sewage spills into the Thames

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LEAKED: Oil Execs and Trump Allies Attend Jordan Peterson’s ARC Conference

DeSmogBlog

Executives from some of the worlds biggest oil and gas firms are listed as attendees at a conservative conference in London whose keynote speakers include the leader of the Heritage Foundation the group that published the Project 2025 blueprint for a second Trump term. Representatives of BP, Koch Industries, Valero Energy, Energy Transfer and other fossil fuel producers will be at the event hosted by the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) , according to a leaked list of attendees viewed

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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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Renewables More Cost Effective Than Direct Or Indirect Carbon Capture

CleanTechnica

Carbon capture is touted by fossil fuel industries as a magic solution that will let us continue doing what we have always done. It's not. The post Renewables More Cost Effective Than Direct Or Indirect Carbon Capture appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Renewable Energy Projects That Kowtow To King Trump And King Musk Get Funded

CleanTechnica

I wrote recently how more than 160 solar energy executives showed up on Capitol Hill doorsteps, begging to engage in some Extreme Lobbying. The action was part of larger attempts that the clean energy industry is making to convince Congressional Republicans that solar, wind, and other renewable energy projects should. [continued] The post Renewable Energy Projects That Kowtow To King Trump And King Musk Get Funded appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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NASCAR Blows Off Trump’s Attack On EV Charging Stations

CleanTechnica

NASCAR is flying the decarbonization flag with 30 new EV charging stations at its HQ and a showcase for the new ABB NASCAR EV prototype at the Daytona 500 race in Florida. The post NASCAR Blows Off Trump’s Attack On EV Charging Stations appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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UK’s National Grid Does Some Mythbusting

CleanTechnica

One of the most common nonsense things we hear about EVs is that electric grids cant support them. After all, it takes a lot of energy to move a vehicle and its cargo, and if everyone did that with electricity, all of the energy coming from oil today would have. [continued] The post UKs National Grid Does Some Mythbusting appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Canadian Know-How: EVs Aren’t Useless In The Cold

CleanTechnica

I dont know about you, but I see people making this dumb claim all the time. EVs dont work in the cold! they say. Ill never be able to buy one because I dont live in sunny southern California. After that, they probably hit post, slide their made in China. [continued] The post Canadian Know-How: EVs Arent Useless In The Cold appeared first on CleanTechnica.