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We need to start designing for sustainability

GreenBiz

The design process is usually focused on meeting a client's demands and making something within budget. That isn't enough for the climate crisis.

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Climate tech investment falls 40% amid economic uncertainty

Envirotec Magazine

Climate tech investments from venture-capital and private equity fell 40% in 2023 as economic uncertainty and geopolitical conflict dent investor confidence, according to PwC’s 2023 State of Climate Tech report, published on 17 October. This year’s report analysed over 8,000 climate tech start-ups and over 32,000 deals worth more than US$490 billion.

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Transport's top inspirations, challenges: Tesla EV policy advisor, other industry leaders weigh in

GreenBiz

GreenBiz’s Transport Advisors address the North American Charging Standard, adoption of electric trucks and more.

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AUMA Goes Green with Commitment to Net Zero

Envirotec Magazine

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with AUMA Actuators Limited. Investment in a range of renewable energy technologies by an electrical actuator supplier based near Bristol is reaping returns through reduced energy costs and meeting sustainability goals, saving over 236 tons of CO 2 and generating more than 420 MWh of energy.

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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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In Wisconsin, federal IRA grants could break bottleneck on climate funding

GreenBiz

An Inflation Reduction Act program is directly funding state and local climate action and could provide an end-run around legislative inertia and hostility on climate, advocates hope.

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Greta Thunberg arrested at London oil summit protest

The Guardian: Energy

Climate activist taken away by Met police after protesters denounce meeting of fossil fuel executives and ministers Greta Thunberg was arrested after joining hundreds of protesters who gathered at a five-star hotel in London on Tuesday morning to denounce a meeting branded “the Oscars of oil”. Footage showed the Swedish climate activist being bundled into the back of a van by police after taking part in protests blocking the entrances of the InterContinental on Park Lane, the venue for the Energ

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World may have crossed solar power 'tipping point,' study suggests

TechXplore

The world may have crossed a "tipping point" that will inevitably make solar power our main source of energy, new research suggests.

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Common questions in soil carbon monitoring

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Quantifying environmental impact in agriculture: Peer review underscores the importance of setting high scientific standards.

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Here's why electric lawn mowers are cutting down the gas-fueled competition

Canary Media

Canary Media’s Electrified Life column shares real-world tales, tips and insights to demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and lives to clean electric power. Canary thanks Lunar Energy for its support of the column.

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DOE bets on virtual power plants

Solar Power World

While huge utility-scale solar projects capture most of the headlines, the residential market also has an important role to play in the country’s transition from fossil fuels to renewable electricity. Individual home solar + storage systems may not necessarily help the grid, but when aggregated together into virtual power plants, that changes.

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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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Fire-inhibiting, nonflammable gel polymer electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries

TechXplore

A collaborative research team has achieved a milestone in battery technology. Their achievement in developing a non-flammable gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) is set to revolutionize the safety of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) by mitigating the risks of thermal runaway and fire incidents.

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How Ecobee is becoming the smart home company Nest should have been

The Verge: Energy

Smart thermostat manufacturer Ecobee’s newest product is a video doorbell that streams to its thermostat. | Image: Ecobee Ecobee’s newest video doorbell can show a live view of your front porch on your thermostat. But that’s not the only clever synergy the smart home company has up its sleeve. The Nest Learning Thermostat may have grabbed all the headlines when it launched in 2011 and kick-started the current home automation trend.

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Urgent need to speed up grid reform and development – IEA

Smart Energy International

The IEA in a new report points to signs that grids are becoming a bottleneck to clean energy transitions and that delayed action means prolonging reliance on fossil fuels. To overcome this, the report, Electricity Grids and Secure Energy Transitions , calls for “an unprecedented level of attention from policy makers and business leaders to ensure grids support clean energy transitions and maintain electricity security”.

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Study unveils a new partially disordered phase in Li- and Mn-rich cathode materials

TechXplore

Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are among the most widespread battery technologies worldwide, due to their light weight, high energy densities, easy fabrication process, rapid charging times and other advantageous properties. Identifying strategies that could boost their performance further or facilitate their future upscaling has been the focus of numerous recent studies.

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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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Cryptocurrency price collapse leads Texas bitcoin mine developer to target battery storage opportunity

Energy Storage News

Falling cryptocurrency prices have led to a crypto mine developer to propose a battery storage facility in the city of Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Cogeneration electricity supplier opts for a sustainable retrofit

Envirotec Magazine

As part of its efforts to achieve net zero fossil carbon dioxide emissions, Swedish electricity supplier Mälarenergi has partnered with engineering firm ABB to upgrade its switchgear with retrofit solutions at its cogeneration plant in Västerås. By replacing the plant’s aging circuit breakers with modern Emax2 models, says ABB, the electrical circuits are not only fully protected, but feature new technologies that reduce energy consumption, saving valuable time, costs and resources.

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Funding spurs US auto industry to make electric shift

Financial Times: Energy

For companies large and small, federal incentives prove too enticing to resist

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Huge global demand for new wind technicians by 2027

Envirotec Magazine

New figures appear to clarify the workforce challenge facing the global wind industry with nearly 600,000 technicians needed during the next five years – with more than 240,000 of these roles new recruits to the industry. The Global Wind Organisation (GWO) and Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) have published their latest joint report forecasting the numbers of wind technicians required to construct, install, operate, and maintain (C&I and O&M) the anticipated global wind fleet up to 20

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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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“Bubble curtains” may help protect whales from noise of offshore wind construction

Renew Economy

Bubble curtains are being rolled out at two US offshore wind projects to minimise noise impact on whales and other marine life. The post “Bubble curtains” may help protect whales from noise of offshore wind construction appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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£650 million nuclear fusion package will create thousands of training places

Envirotec Magazine

Thousands of people will have the chance to train for careers in nuclear fusion technology, under UK government plans unveiled on 16 October. Speaking at the IAEA Fusion Energy Conference, Nuclear Minister Andrew Bowie set out details of the new £650 million Fusion Futures Programme – part of the UK’s updated Fusion Strategy. Measures include the creation of more than 2,200 training places across the country, a new fuel cycle testing facility to focus on commercialising the technology and fundin

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Low income UK homes ‘should be given free heat pumps’ to meet climate targets – but hydrogen ruled out

The Guardian: Energy

Advisers say government should cover cost of replacing gas boilers with pumps in more than 2m homes More than 2 million low-income households should be given a free electric heat pump to replace their gas boiler if the UK hopes to meet its legally binding climate targets, according to the government’s advisers. Britain’s official infrastructure tsars have called on the government to spend up to £4bn every year for the next 12 years to cover the full cost of heat pump installations, and support e

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How does a membrane pump work?

Envirotec Magazine

The efficiency and versatility of membrane pumps have made them indispensable in numerous industries. But how do they work? Pumps manufacturer KNF explains. High-performance membrane pumps operate by harnessing the power of a flexible diaphragm to move liquids or gases. Their use preserves the safe handling of corrosive and sensitive fluids. What is a membrane pump?

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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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The world’s power grids, 50 million miles’ worth, need a major overhaul

The Verge: Energy

Workers erect a steel tower at the 220kV line project in Jiangsu Province, China, on October 16th, 2023. | Photo by Costfoto / NurPhoto via Getty Images Governments and utilities need to add or replace the equivalent of virtually all the world’s power grids by 2040 to reliably keep the lights on while cleaning up pollution from the power sector. That’s 80 million kilometers (nearly 50 million miles) of infrastructure that needs a major upgrade, according to a first-of-its-kind report released by

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Tapping the creativity of local fund managers to scale small business finance

Impact Alpha

Small businesses are the growth engine for inclusive and resilient development in Africa. Yet the $330 billion annual financing gap remains stubbornly sticky. The post Tapping the creativity of local fund managers to scale small business finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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New recipe for efficient, environmentally friendly battery recycling

TechXplore

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have found a new and efficient way to recycle metals from spent electric car batteries. The method allows recovery of 100% of the aluminum and 98% of the lithium in electric car batteries. At the same time, the loss of valuable raw materials such as nickel, cobalt and manganese is minimized. No expensive or harmful chemicals are required in the process because the researchers use oxalic acid—an organic acid that can be found in the plant

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FirstEnergy Needs RECs for Ohio Operating Utilities

Solar Industry

FirstEnergy Corp. has issued an RFP to purchase Ohio-compliant renewable energy credits (RECs) for its Ohio subsidiaries – Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and Toledo Edison. The purchases will help meet the companies’ 2023 renewable energy targets established under Ohio’s alternative energy law. RECs sought in this RFP must be: Eligible for compliance with the companies’ 2023 renewable energy obligations; Sourced from generating facilities certified in accordance wi

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Behind the scenes of EV test labs with UL Solutions and Keysight (Webinar)

Charged

Powering the Future of Electric Vehicles: Step Inside EV Test Labs Go behind the scenes of UL Solutions’ and Keysight’s electric vehicle labs to see the tech driving high-power charging, batteries, and how EVs might fuel the grid. Register now for your exclusive ticket and get your questions answered during a live Q&A with automotive experts. Webinar: November 7, 2023 at 9:00 AM PT Register today.

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Germany caves in to French demands over EU electricity market reform

Financial Times: Energy

Berlin has lifted its objections to state subsidies for nuclear power

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ACCURE Battery Intelligence raises $7.8 million to accelerate development of battery safety and performance software

Charged

German battery-analytics software developer ACCURE has completed a $7.8-million investment round that was led by Blue Bear Capital and HSBC Asset Management and also included Riverstone Holdings and Capnamic Ventures. ACCURE plans to use the funding to accelerate its growth and the development of predictive analytics software designed to enhance battery safety, performance and longevity for energy storage.

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UK infrastructure needs much more investment, say government advisers

The Guardian: Energy

National Infrastructure Commission says public transport, home heating and water networks all in need of renewal The £30bn question: will Tories embrace NIC report or stick with rhetoric? The UK’s infrastructure needs a big cash injection, with public transport, home heating and water networks all in dire need of renewal, independent government advisers have said.

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Qmerit outlines key issues affecting EV adoption and public charger reliability

Charged

US EV charger installer Qmerit has produced a report through its recently established Electrification Institute that assesses pivotal issues with respect to widespread EV adoption and progress toward home and building electrification. Questions addressed involve affordability, the shortage of qualified electricians, how nano- and micro-grids will help underpin electrification infrastructure, and why virtual power plants are critical to a robust grid.

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Hydrogen for UK home heating should be ruled out, says infrastructure adviser

Financial Times: Energy

Government commission recommends focus on installing and subsidising heat pumps instead

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