The most over- and under-hyped climate trends of 2023
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Some climate solutions don’t deserve the spotlight, while others deserve more attention.
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Will Small Modular Reactors Surpass Regulatory and Supply Chain Hurdles to Fill the Need for Stable, Baseload Power?
CleanTech Group
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Global energy demands are expected to increase dramatically over the next few years. For decades, experts suggested estimates that 2050 could require twice.
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Microsoft signs 15-year deal to remove carbon by replacing forests
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 27, 2023
The deal with Chestnut Carbon covers the removal of 2.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere over 15 years to support Microsoft's climate ambitions.
10 charts that sum up 2023's clean energy progress
Canary Media
DECEMBER 27, 2023
As a team of writers and editors, we at Canary Media certainly believe in the power of the written word. But when you're reporting on a story as big as the energy transition, sometimes text alone doesn’t cut it.
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.
Equity Down Under: How Australian startups can crack the US market
TechCrunch: Climate
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our interview show where we sit down with a guest, think about their work and unpack the rest. Today, we’re spinning the globe with […] © 2023 TechCrunch.
Mercedes-Benz hydrogen fuel cell trucks undergo tests by giants like Amazon
Hydrogen Fuel News
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Amazon, INEOS, Air Products, Wiedmann & Winz, and Holcim are all taking part in the trials. Daimler Truck recently announced that the global truck manufacturer would be creating its first customer-trial fleet of Mercedes-Benz GenH2 hydrogen fuel cell trucks. The first tests will include participants such as Amazon, INEOS, Air Products, Wiedmann & Winz, and Holcim, which will each report on their initial experience using the carbon emission-free long-distance transport vehicles.
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InCharge Energy launches charge management software on Geotab Marketplace
Charged
DECEMBER 27, 2023
California-headquartered InCharge Energy , a provider of commercial fleet EV charging infrastructure, has integrated its proprietary InControl CMS charge management software with the Geotab Marketplace, a network of fleet-management telematics services. The integration allows fleet managers to view EV data even when their vehicles are not plugged in, according to the company.
Spain extends windfall tax on banks and energy companies
Financial Times: Energy
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Controversial levy to be rolled over into 2025 but tax break will be introduced for green investments
ChargeSafe aims to make UK public charging sites safer and more accessible
Charged
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Among the many drawbacks of public charging sites is a perceived lack of security—a feeling familiar to anyone who’s had to use a charger located in a dimly-lit corner of a vast parking lot. SMS, a new UK-based charge point operator, recently published a white paper, “ Powering up public EV charging ,” that included the results of a survey of EV drivers, and 17% of the respondents said they had avoided using public EV charge points in the past because they didn’t feel safe.
Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done
The Guardian: Energy
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Stung by the 2008 oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit? It was the 2000s, and fossil fuel prices were rising worldwide. After a period of volatility in the 1980s, the crude oil price per barrel had reached one its lowest points – $20 – at the end of 2001 but then, over the course of six years, it tripled before a new oil shock saw prices surpass those of the 1970s, reaching a record $145 a barrel on 3 July 2008.
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
Daimler Truck partners with Hexagon Purus for vocational integration of electric Freightliner eM2
Charged
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) has entered into an agreement with Norway-headquartered Hexagon Purus , a manufacturer of e-mobility products, to provide vehicle integration of the electric Freightliner eM2 for vocational applications. The integration will incorporate Hexagon Purus’s battery systems, auxiliary modules, power modules and vehicle-level software.
Zero onshore wind plans submitted in England since de facto ban was ‘lifted’
The Guardian: Energy
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Exclusive: Developers still unwilling to put forward schemes despite change to planning rules in September No new plans for onshore wind have been accepted in England since the government claimed it had “lifted” the de facto ban , new analysis reveals. Renewable energy organisations warned at the time that this was likely. Despite the levelling up secretary, Michael Gove, having changed planning rules introduced in 2015 by the then prime minister, David Cameron, to stop onshore wind projects bei
dSPACE to present new solutions for data-driven development, simulation and validation of EVs
Charged
DECEMBER 27, 2023
dSPACE , a provider of automotive simulation and validation solutions, will demonstrate several solutions for electric and self-driving cars at the upcoming CES 2024 trade show. As the exclusive on-vehicle computer technology sponsor of the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC), dSPACE will demonstrate how its solutions work in demanding racing environments in a night race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. dSPACE will also demonstrate testing of battery management systems, power electronics, and techno
Swedish ‘Spotify of heat pumps’ hopes to reach more UK homes
The Guardian: Energy
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Aira, which offers subscription service at no upfront cost, has sights set on UK’s growing heat pump market Britain’s plan to wean homes off fossil fuels has had a tepid start, but despite its lukewarm beginning, the market for heat pumps is hotting up. The Swedish clean energy company Aira is leading a new wave of companies preparing to harness the growing interest in low-carbon home heating, and is positioning itself as the “Spotify of heat pumps”.
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.
Chile’s Codelco to control new lithium venture with miner SQM
Financial Times: Energy
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Partnership is first step in President Gabriel Boric’s national strategy for battery metal
First Solar Enters Tax Credit Transfer Agreements With Fiserv
Solar Industry
DECEMBER 27, 2023
First Solar has entered into two separate tax credit transfer agreements to sell $500M and up to $200M of 2023 Inflation Reduction Act Advanced Manufacturing Production tax credits to Fiserv, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions. Under the terms of the agreements, Fiserv will pay $0.96 per $1 of tax credits to First Solar during the first half of next year, inclusive of fees and commissions paid by First Solar to the placement agent.
Bougainville looks to reopen mine that sparked Pacific island civil war
Financial Times: Energy
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Reopening the Panguna copper complex is seen as central to region’s drive for independence from Papua New Guinea
Five priorities for US utilities in 2024
Smart Energy International
DECEMBER 27, 2023
The year 2023 has reaffirmed the position of electric and gas utilities as the epicentre of the energy transition. Innovations have been achieved across the sector, including in the domain of artificial intelligence and digitalised flexibility driving efficiency gains, which then brings to question what the priorities will be in the coming year. According to West Monroe, in the US specifically, there are five priorities for utilities in 2024: decarbonisation and integrated electrification and ga
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.
Hits and misses: rangebound copper brassed us off, flat oil flattered us
Financial Times: Energy
DECEMBER 27, 2023
One clanger in 2023 which made Lex blush was our bullishness on the red metal
Defra plots electrical goods recycling reforms to end 'sheer waste of natural resources'
Business Green
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Government seeks views on range of proposals to give manufacturers and retailers of electrical appliances and vapes greater responsibility for recycling these items
MPC Closes Phase II of Monte Plata Solar Park Financing
Solar Industry
DECEMBER 27, 2023
MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Fund has financially closed Phase II of Monte Plata solar park in the Dominican Republic. The Phase II attracted a project finance loan from Dutch development finance institution FMO, Panamanian financial institution and asset manager CIFI and the CIFI Sustainable Infrastructure Debt Fund. MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Fund (the investment arm of the regionally publicly listed MPC Caribbean Clean Energy Limited) indirectly holds an approximately 36% asset share in the pr
Year in Review: Energy Storage Awards 2023 Outstanding Contribution winner Alex O’Cinneide
Energy Storage News
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Winner of the Outstanding Contribution at the Energy Storage Awards 2023, Alex O’Cinneide, founder and CEO of Gore Street Capital takes part in our end of year Q&A series.
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?
The PV review, Q3 2023: Module influx from China, EU revised solar capacity target, manufacturing expansions in US
PV Tech
DECEMBER 27, 2023
The influx of Chinese modules to Europe, EU's revised solar capacity targets and manufacturing expansion plans in the US were some of the major issues happened in Q3 2023.
India’s Adani Group Announces $1 Billion Investment in Renewable Energy
POWER Magazine
DECEMBER 27, 2023
India’s Adani Group announced more development of renewable energy, with the company on Dec. 27 saying its Adani Green Energy arm has received $300 million for the transfer of a […] The post India’s Adani Group Announces $1 Billion Investment in Renewable Energy appeared first on POWER Magazine.
The PV review: how 2023 became the year of TOPCon
PV Tech
DECEMBER 27, 2023
We look at developments in the research and deployment of TOPCon cells, and consider if the year of TOPCon will continue into 2024.
Holiday List No. 2: Ten impact investing trends to track in 2024
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 27, 2023
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 27 – Impact investing funds are sitting on some $200 billion in dry powder, according to Pitchbook. To get a sense. The post Holiday List No. 2: Ten impact investing trends to track in 2024 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Europe’s DSO labour and skills shortages identified
Smart Energy International
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Labour and skills shortages in Europe’s energy sector have been identified by the DSO Entity in a yearlong campaign. Based on ‘on the ground’ information from DSO Entity members and stakeholders in several areas of interest for DSOs, the study found that achieving Europe’s carbon neutrality by 2050 will require upskilling and reskilling of the workforce and increasing staff capacities on the ground to make the green and digital transitions happen.
Ep. 50 The Energy Trilemma with ScottMadden
Energy Central
DECEMBER 27, 2023
This week on the show I had the pleasure of sitting down with Cristin Lyons, Partner and Energy Practice Leader at ScottMadden. For those of you who may not be familiar with ScottMadden they are one of the leading energy consultants in the US and have been consulting some of the largest energy companies since the 1980’s. Boy, today’s discussion was a doozy!
Dunkirk: Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for the SHYMED1 Hydrogen Production and Distribution Station
FuelCellsWorks
DECEMBER 27, 2023
The Urban Community of Dunkirk, the Banque des Territoires, and Hynamics, a 100% subsidiary of the EDF Group, are partnering to build a renewable hydrogen
LPO Updates • Issue 13 • December 2023
Energy Central
DECEMBER 27, 2023
The December 2023 issue of LPO's monthly newsletter is out! Read the email newsletter at: [link] IN THIS ISSUE: New Community Jobs & Justice Resources • MAAR Snapshot • EIR Program • SEFI Webinar • And More! Check out the latest issue on LinkedIn or subscribe to have this newsletter and other LPO announcements sent directly to.
Doosan Fuel Cell Continues to Receive Awards From the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy for Practicing ESG Management
FuelCellsWorks
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Doosan Fuel Cell has been recognized for its ESG management performance by winning awards from the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy one after another.
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