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Chart: Almost all new US power plants are carbon-free

Canary Media

Zero-carbon energy is just about the only form of energy the U.S. is building anymore. In the first half of this year, developers and power plant owners built 20.2 gigawatts (GW) of electricity generation capacity, per the U.S.

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Australia’s Urgent Lack of Hydrogen Skills Addressed by New Swinburne Micro-Credentials

FuelCellsWorks

Swinburne University of Technology is addressing the immediate skills gaps across the burgeoning hydrogen industry. The university worked with industry to develop a suite of 11 micro-learning modules. The program.

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Huge EV battery recycling facility comes online in Ohio

Canary Media

A big facility for recycling lithium-ion batteries is now operating in Central Ohio, where workers are busy salvaging and repurposing the metals and minerals needed to drive the clean energy transition.

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Construction Begins on Long-Duration Energy Storage and Green Hydrogen Microgrid Project in California

FuelCellsWorks

Last week, Energy Vault’s new microgrid storage tank for Pacific Gas and Electric Company was delivered to the Calistoga Resiliency Center (CRC). The CRC is a hybrid long-duration energy storage (LDES).

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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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India adds 15GW solar PV in H1 2024, up 282% YoY

PV Tech

India’s cumulative installed solar capacity stood at 87.2GW by the end of June 2024 and accounts for 19.5% of all power capacity installed.

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Toyota’s Fuel Cell R&D and Production Plant Starts Operation in Beijing

FuelCellsWorks

On August 20, Huafeng Fuel Cell Co., Ltd. (FCTS) and United Fuel Cell System Research and Development (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (FCRD) officially commenced production at their new plant in the.

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HydrogenXT’s Financing Agreement With Carbonix Helps Launch Groundbreaking Avenal Project

FuelCellsWorks

Industry-Leading Hydrogen Fuel Innovator Secures Major Financing for Revolutionary Hydrogen Production and Distribution Facility HOUSTON and AVENAL, Calif– HydrogenXT, the world’s leading innovator in hydrogen fuel production and distribution for trucks, transit,

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Chemical firm Chemours opens Battery Innovation Center to develop EV battery tech

Charged

Industrial chemicals firm Chemours, the maker of such well-known products as Freon and Teflon, is also a player in battery technology. Now the company has opened a new laboratory facility, the Chemours Battery Innovation Center (CBIC) at its Discovery Hub in Newark, Delaware. The CBIC will support the testing and scaling of Chemours’s next-generation EV battery technologies.

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Balfour Beatty Launches Innovative Hydrogen Trial in Glasgow

FuelCellsWorks

As part of our Connect Roads M77/Glasgow Southern Orbital project, we’ve retrofitted three vehicles with hydrogen hybrid technology and established Scotland’s first construction hydrogen hub. Working collaboratively with ULEMCo, Logan.

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American wind energy beat out coal this spring

Hydrogen Fuel News

The form of renewable electricity generated more power in April 2024 than coal fired generation In the US in March and April, electricity generated by wind energy turbines set a new record and in April, it simultaneously exceeded the power generated by coal-fired plants, according to recently released data. This was the first time in a year that the achievement was made Wind energy generation in the United States surpassed coal-fired electricity generation for the first time in April 2023.

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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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APA Signs Agreement to Design and Develop Twin Pipelines for CS Energy’s Hydrogen-Ready Power Station at Kogan Clean Energy Hub

FuelCellsWorks

Leading Australian energy infrastructure business, APA Group (ASX: APA), today announces the execution of a Design and Development Agreement with CS Energy for twin gas pipelines connecting to CS Energy’s.

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High-performance green hydrogen production at sea with the help of AI

Hydrogen Fuel News

DRIFT Energy to use deep ocean winds to generate green H2. DRIFT Energy, a UK-based startup, has big plans to build a fleet of sophisticated sailing yachts capable of harnessing deep ocean winds to generate green hydrogen at sea. The sea vessels are the world’s first foiling boats to produce and store green H2 gas by sailing and capturing these winds using underwater turbines.

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The University of Manchester Leading Innovation in Hydrogen Economy

FuelCellsWorks

The University of Manchester will lead an international team to build and demonstrate a new technology to produce syngas and pure hydrogen with nearly zero direct carbon dioxide emissions. This £.

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CGN commissions 400MW offshore floating solar project in China

PV Tech

CGN has commissioned a 400MW offshore floating solar project in Laizhou Bay, China's first large-scale deep-water offshore solar project.

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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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MTF Publishes New Safety Guidelines for Liquefied Hydrogen Bunkering in Maritime Sector

FuelCellsWorks

The Maritime Technologies Forum (MTF) has released new guidelines focusing on the safety of liquefied hydrogen bunkering, addressing the unique challenges associated with this emerging marine fuel. These guidelines aim.

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Generate and KeyState close investment fund for 53.5MW of New York community solar

PV Tech

Generate Capital and KeyState Renewables have closed their third joint fund, which has supported the development of 53.5MW of community solar.

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Fallback Friday Story: Ohmium Launches Newest PEM Electrolyzer Gigafactory

FuelCellsWorks

Located just outside of Bengaluru, the 2GW factory, expandable to 4GW, will produce hyper modular PEM electrolyzers to meet the growing demand for green hydrogen from customers in India and.

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Importance of Sustainable Water Management Practices in Urban Areas

Hydrogen Fuel News

Introduction to Sustainable Water Management Water is essential for life, yet it is a finite resource under increasing stress due to population growth, urbanization, and climate change. Sustainable water management practices are crucial to ensure that clean water is available for future generations. These practices often involve the insights of a  water expert witness  to navigate the complexities of urban water issues effectively, ensuring that all solutions are both scientifically so

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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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Longhorn Completes Advanced Processing and Interpretation of Aeromagnetic and Gravity Data to Support Geologic Hydrogen Discovery at the Lily Rock Hydrogen Project

FuelCellsWorks

Vancouver, British Columbia– Longhorn Exploration Corp. (TSX-V: LEX) (the “Company” or “Longhorn”) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the reprocessing and interpretation of aeromagnetic and gravity data over.

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World’s largest uranium producer slashes production target

Financial Times: Energy

Move by Kazakh mining company Kazatomprom threatens to squeeze supplies of the radioactive fuel

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Fortum and the Port of Rauma to Develop Green Transition Site, Pursuing Zoning Change for Hydrogen Production Plant Investment

FuelCellsWorks

Fortum and the Port of Rauma have agreed on the site development for a green transition project. Under the collaboration agreement, Fortum and the Port of Rauma will apply for.

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How the world’s second-largest diamond was found

Financial Times: Energy

Value of 2,492-carat gem could exceed what Lucara paid for De Beers’ share of Botswanan mine where discovery was made

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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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Great Britain on track to generate record levels of summer solar power

The Guardian: Energy

Forecasts suggest June-to-August output will exceed the high recorded in 2022 despite relatively poor weather Great Britain is on track to generate record levels of solar power this summer, according to expert forecasts, as the government pushes forward plans to triple the country’s solar energy capacity by the end of the decade. Solar power output between June and August is likely to climb by almost a quarter compared with the same period last year.

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Chart: Almost all new US power plants are carbon-free

Canary Media

Zero-carbon energy is just about the only form of energy the U.S. is building anymore. In the first half of this year, developers and power plant owners built 20.2 gigawatts (GW) of electricity generation capacity, per the U.S.

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Resin made from biomass advances method for manufacturing recyclable wind turbine blades

TechXplore

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) see a realistic path forward to the manufacture of bio-derivable wind blades that can be chemically recycled and the components reused, ending the practice of old blades winding up in landfills at the end of their useful life.

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UW SER’s Holubnyak Receives National Award for Hydrogen Work

FuelCellsWorks

Eugene Holubnyak, in the University of Wyoming’s School of Energy Resources (SER), has been recognized by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) as a 2024 recipient of a regional award.

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BlueWave Announces Agrivoltaic Projects in Massachusetts

POWER Magazine

BlueWave, a solar power developer and owner in the U.S. Northeast, announced five projects across Massachusetts that incorporate the company’s innovative dual-use solar design and operate under the Solar Massachusetts […] The post BlueWave Announces Agrivoltaic Projects in Massachusetts appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Japan’s Largest Power Company JERA Partners With Korea’s Lotte Fine Chemical to Develop Low Carbon Hydrogen-Based Fuel Value Chains

FuelCellsWorks

JERA Co., Inc (“JERA”) has concluded a Joint Collaboration Agreement with Lotte Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. (“LFC”), to realize low carbon fuel value chains. Under the agreement, JERA and LFC.

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British household energy price cap to rise 10% from October

Financial Times: Energy

Decision by regulator Ofgem means average yearly bill will be £1,717

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Impact Coatings AB (Publ), Interim Report April-June 2024

FuelCellsWorks

High-volume production of customized flow plates for fuel cells and electrolyzers FINANCIAL RESULTS SECOND QUARTER 2024 Net sales amounted to SEK 31.7 million (25.

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‘Wake-up call’: government needs to act fast to upgrade UK’s draughty homes as energy price rises loom

The Guardian: Energy

Labour has yet to confirm its plans for home heating or insulation as reliance on expensive gas forces bills up Martin Lewis calls for rethink over plan to limit winter fuel payments Q&A: What is the energy price cap? The 10% increase in the energy price cap will be causing anxiety for people across the UK. But the high prices will hit one group particularly hard – people living in uninsulated, poorly constructed homes who may very well be at the bottom end of the income scale.

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Suriname’s unorthodox plan to finance the protection of its forests

Financial Times: Energy

It could get an assist from a recent offshore oil discovery

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