6 ways banks can drive EV adoption — and grab a big slice of the growing industry pie
GreenBiz
MAY 7, 2024
Accelerating the growth of the electric vehicle market requires capital to fund manufacturing, infrastructure and innovation.
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ROUNDUP: Ambri for sale, Varta leads sodium-ion initiative, ESS Inc completes airport project
Energy Storage News
MAY 7, 2024
Here's news in brief from around the world in energy storage with liquid metal battery maker Ambri, a German government-funded sodium-ion initiative, and ESS Inc’s iron flow battery project at Amsterdam.
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Rethinking the EV battery journey
GreenBiz
MAY 7, 2024
Sponsored: EV battery materials are driving cutting-edge innovation and promising a more sustainable future for all.
Streamlined life-cycle assessments of natural gas systems can inform near-term energy transition
TechXplore
MAY 7, 2024
The natural gas industry is one of the largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters in the United States, and significant amounts of natural gas are used for electricity, heating, and industrial and chemical processes. Strategies like electrification of process equipment could cut GHG emissions in natural gas systems and accelerate transitioning today's energy system to 100% clean electricity by 2035.
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.
Lightshift Energy deploying 50MW of community BESS in Massachusetts for utility group
Energy Storage News
MAY 7, 2024
Storage developer and operator Lightshift Energy will deploy numerous distributed BESS projects totalling 50MW for various utilities via the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC).
Using artificial ground reflectors to boost the efficacy of solar panels
TechXplore
MAY 7, 2024
Solar energy is a crucial asset in the fight against climate change, and researchers at the University of Ottawa have devised a smart approach to optimize its effectiveness. Their innovative method includes incorporating artificial ground reflectors, a simple yet powerful enhancement.
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Q&A: Economist says EVs can help drive US to carbon-neutral power grid
TechXplore
MAY 7, 2024
Vehicle standards recently announced by the Environmental Protection Agency establish stringent new goals for manufacturers to slash greenhouse gas emissions and other forms of pollution, pushing the industry to accelerate a transition to electric vehicles.
Developer GEI and EPC firm YEO launching solar-plus-storage project in Zambia with 20MWh BESS
Energy Storage News
MAY 7, 2024
Zambian developer GEI Power and Turkish energy technology firm YEO are aiming to have a 60MWp PV, 20MWh BESS project in Zambia online by September 2025.
Strengthening Swiss hydropower with science
TechXplore
MAY 7, 2024
Researchers at ETH Zurich led by Robert Boes are developing specific solutions to optimize electricity production from Swiss hydropower plants. This will ensure that hydropower remains the backbone of Switzerland's electricity supply in the future.
SSE Renewables buys 100MW/200MWh Northern Ireland BESS project
Energy Storage News
MAY 7, 2024
A 100MW/200MWh BESS project in Northern Ireland has been acquired by the renewable energy development subsidiary of UK-headquartered power generator and developer SSE.
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
How long does it take to build a nuclear reactor? We ask France
Renew Economy
MAY 7, 2024
French regulators finally give permission to fuel up the country's first nuclear plant in decades, some 12 year late and more than four times over budget. The post How long does it take to build a nuclear reactor? We ask France appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Climate Conspiracy Theories
DeSmogBlog
MAY 7, 2024
The broadcasting regulator Ofcom will not be opening an investigation into GB News after one of its guests spread misinformation about climate action, DeSmog can reveal. Appearing on the Neil Oliver Show on 14 April, journalist Jasmine Birtles made a series of outlandish claims about climate action leading to mass deaths. She claimed a “depopulation agenda” exists that seeks to “remove seven and a half billion people from the world”.
From solar to EVs: Five green tech supply chains that could deliver $215 billion boost to Australia
Renew Economy
MAY 7, 2024
BZE report says Australia could reap $215 billion if it moved into supply chains and manufacturing for solar, wind, batteries, heat pumps and commercial EVs. The post From solar to EVs: Five green tech supply chains that could deliver $215 billion boost to Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Looming power grid rules could make or break the US energy transition
Canary Media
MAY 7, 2024
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has spent two years working on what could be the most important nationwide transmission grid reform in decades. Next week , it plans to finally announce its decision — and the implications for the clean energy transition are huge.
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.
World’s first wooden wind turbine blades installed in Germany
Renew Economy
MAY 7, 2024
World’s first wooden wind turbine blades promise to be less emissions intensive and cheaper to make, as well as easier to recycle. The post World’s first wooden wind turbine blades installed in Germany appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Nature can’t run without parasites. What happens when they start to disappear?
Grist
MAY 7, 2024
When Chelsea Wood was a child, she would often collect Periwinkle snails on the shores of Long Island. “I used to pluck them off the rocks and put them in buckets and keep them as pets and then re-release them,” Wood said. “And I knew that species really well.” It wasn’t until years later that Wood learned that those snails were teeming with parasites.
Battery storage is dramatically reshaping the California grid, and finally moving it away from gas
Renew Economy
MAY 7, 2024
Big batteries are reshaping the California grid, allowing more solar, less gas, and turning an ugly solar duck curve into the intended swan. The post Battery storage is dramatically reshaping the California grid, and finally moving it away from gas appeared first on RenewEconomy.
A second life for discarded lithium-ion cells
TechXplore
MAY 7, 2024
In 2030, around 1.2 million lithium-ion batteries of electric cars, buses and construction machinery will be decommissioned worldwide because they will reach the end of their planned service life, their warranty will expire or the entire vehicles will be scrapped.
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.
DOE Unveils Comprehensive Strategy to Propel Clean Hydrogen Development
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 7, 2024
Multi-Year Program Plan sets ambitious cost reduction targets and outlines detailed R&D initiatives to advance the U.S. hydrogen economy. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies.
US adds 100,000 clean energy manufacturing jobs since IRA, over one quarter solar
PV Tech
MAY 7, 2024
US companies have announced more than 100,000 jobs in clean energy manufacturing since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Honda is looking to hydrogen fuel cells to solve the EV e-waste problem
Hydrogen Fuel News
MAY 7, 2024
E-waste is already an issue overwhelming global recycling, and EVs will soon be adding to it Hydrogen fuel cells have already been defining themselves as an important part of the effort to decarbonize energy, industry, transport, and a number of other industries, and now Honda is looking to the technology to help overcome the challenge of e-waste. Electronic waste is a substantial problem worldwide The electronic waste stream from countries around the world has already overwhelmed the capacity o
Integrated solar roofs – how effective are they?
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 7, 2024
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Smartly Energy. Solar power technology has come a long way since it was first introduced as a way to generate renewable energy. Gone are the days when homeowners had to deal with bulky, unsightly solar panels propped up on their roofs. People can now install integrated solar roofs, which blend discreetly and seamlessly into existing roof tiles.
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?
Ilmatar submits application for 450MW Swedish PV project
PV Tech
MAY 7, 2024
Finnish energy company Ilmatar plans to build a 450MW solar PV project in the county of Halland, southwest Sweden.
Efficacy of solar panels boosted
Science Daily: Renewable Energy
MAY 7, 2024
Solar energy is a crucial asset in the fight against climate change, and researchers have now devised a smart approach to optimize its effectiveness. Their innovative method includes incorporating artificial ground reflectors, a simple yet powerful enhancement.
Stellantis: New Hydrogen Ram Trucks Will Be Made in Mexico
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 7, 2024
Stellantis will soon begin offering hydrogen-powered versions of its biggest RAM Trucks in North America — and they’ll be coming from Mexico. Stellantis expects to dramatically expand its hydrogen-powered vehicle.
Huge mineral mapping project to help turn Australia into ‘renewable superpower’
Renew Economy
MAY 7, 2024
Albanese announce landmark $566 million 10-year funding for mapping project to identify areas of critical mineral and rare earth deposits for clean energy transition. The post Huge mineral mapping project to help turn Australia into ‘renewable superpower’ appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Toyota hydrogen headquarters opens in California
Hydrogen Fuel News
MAY 7, 2024
The automaker has established the “H2HQ” for its North American hydrogen business. The newly established H2HQ (hydrogen headquarters) facility will take care of research and development (R&D), commercialization, and sales for fuel cells and other Toyota hydrogen-related products and technology. The facility, which is located in Gardena, near the Los Angeles and Long Beach port complex, reaffirms Toyota Motor North America’s (TMNA) commitment to support a hydrogen economy
Luxfer Gas Cylinders Awarded Grant From Alberta Innovates for Innovative 700 Bar Type 4 Hydrogen Cylinder Development
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 7, 2024
RIVERSIDE, Calif.– Luxfer Gas Cylinders, a division of Luxfer Holdings PLC (NYSE: LXFR), a global industrial company innovating niche applications in materials engineering, today announced it has been awarded a.
Italy bans solar on agricultural land
PV Tech
MAY 7, 2024
The Italian government has banned solar PV installations on agricultural land in a move that the nation’s solar trade association said would cost Italy €60 billion (US$64.5 billion).
Low-energy process for high-performance solar cells
Science Daily: Renewable Energy
MAY 7, 2024
Finding reliable, eco-friendly power sources is crucial as our world grapples with increasing energy needs and the urgent call to combat climate change. Solar energy offers one solution, with scientists devising ever more efficient materials for capturing sunlight.
New Way and Hyzon Unveil North America’s First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Refuse Truck at Waste Expo
FuelCellsWorks
MAY 7, 2024
The Class 8 fuel cell-powered electric refuse collection vehicle heads next to Recology in California to showcase its zero-emissions and operational capabilities. LAS VEGAS– New Way Trucks, a privately held.
Origin hires retiring National Party MP to help “thread the needle” of shift to renewables
Renew Economy
MAY 7, 2024
Australia's biggest utility names retiring NSW National Party MP as its new senior government relations manager to help manage progress of giant renewable projects in NSW The post Origin hires retiring National Party MP to help “thread the needle” of shift to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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