The week in climate policy: 5 updates you need to know
GreenBiz
MARCH 8, 2024
The SEC mandates emissions disclosures; DOE announced $90 million in funding for energy efficient building codes.
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New method for mass-producing polymer solid electrolytes needed in batteries
TechXplore
MARCH 8, 2024
A research team led by Professor Seok Ju Kang in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST has unveiled a technique for mass-producing polymer solid electrolytes, crucial components in batteries. Their paper is published in the journal Energy Storage Materials.
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To build a circular economy, look to the auto industry’s success
GreenBiz
MARCH 8, 2024
One of the best, established examples of a circular economy is hiding in plain sight.
Can we connect renewable energy hubs with electricity consumption hubs?
TechXplore
MARCH 8, 2024
A new approach to grid planning could make it possible to power your home with the nation's best and lowest-cost wind and solar energy, no matter where you live.
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.
Friday Briefing: LDES project developers, Europe’s gigafactories and ESS, challenges of vertical integration
Energy Storage News
MARCH 8, 2024
This Friday briefing looks at the trend of long-duration energy storage (LDES) technology companies eyeing project development, the role Europe's gigafactory projects play in the continent's energy storage system (ESS) market, and the inherent challenges that come with vertical integration.
Report shows that electric aircraft will need grid upgrades, on-site generation and storage
TechXplore
MARCH 8, 2024
Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft might quickly move passengers over mountains or float them across urbanscapes. But first, an important consideration for these flying batteries is where they will charge and whether the existing power grid infrastructure can accommodate this demand.
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Research links rapidly evolving photovoltaic module technologies with potential reliability impacts
TechXplore
MARCH 8, 2024
Historically, photovoltaic (PV) modules have demonstrated high reliability, making them a dependable and growing part of global decarbonization efforts. PV module technology also has a history of iteration and evolution over time, with potential impacts for module reliability.
Big Oil faces a flood of climate lawsuits — and they’re moving closer to trial
Grist
MARCH 8, 2024
It’s been six years since cities in California started the trend of taking Big Oil to court for deceiving the public about the consequences of burning fossil fuels. The move followed investigations showing that Exxon and other companies had known about the dangers of skyrocketing carbon emissions for decades, but publicly downplayed the threat. Today, around 30 lawsuits have been filed around the country as cities, states, and Indigenous tribes seek to make the industry pay for the costs of clim
Detroiters more likely to support local solar development if they think it reduces energy prices for their community
TechXplore
MARCH 8, 2024
Michigan residents overwhelmingly want more solar power.
Chart: US smashes record for climatetech investment in 2023
Canary Media
MARCH 8, 2024
Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. The U.S. energy transition has more money behind it than ever. Last year, climatetech investment reached a total of $239 billion, a record-breaking figure that’s 38 percent higher than the 2022 total.
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
Wind power surge: China's push towards a green future
TechXplore
MARCH 8, 2024
The push for renewable energy is critical in addressing climate change, with wind power at the forefront. As the leading emitter of greenhouse gases, China has embarked on a transformative journey towards greener alternatives, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060.
How Money Laundering Rules Could Be Used to Tackle Deforestation
DeSmogBlog
MARCH 8, 2024
A version of this article was originally published on The Wave, a newsletter on climate litigation I spent the last month binging on money laundering TV to research this feature. But nothing prepared me to write about money laundering in relation to environmental destruction, because until now it has rarely been considered a shady subject. That could all be about to change.
Two former CloudKitchens execs are tackling Mexico’s solar power lag
TechCrunch: Climate
MARCH 8, 2024
The Mexico City-based startup raised a seed round to expand its solar installation platform. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Nikola in the Spotlight: Unveiling New Hydrogen Trucks, Top-Tier Partnerships and Strategic Moves
Hydrogen Fuel News
MARCH 8, 2024
Nikola’s Progressive Leap into Sustainable Trucking with IMC’s New Fleet Arizona-based Nikola Corporation is steering the conversation around sustainable transportation this week following a series of key developments. From the grand reveal of Intermodal Market Company’s (IMC) new Nikola hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks to insightful discussions with Chairman Stephen Girsky and welcoming a new CFO, the company is fuelling up on positive press.
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.
Austria Boosts Green Hydrogen Subsidies Even More to Accelerate Energy Transition
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 8, 2024
Austria is significantly enhancing its commitment to renewable energy by increasing green hydrogen subsidies by an additional €100m Aas announced by Finance Minister Magnus Brunner and Michael Strugl, CEO of.
Solar manufacturers responsible for module recycling in EU
PV Tech
MARCH 8, 2024
This week, the European Council confirmed that solar module manufacturers will bear responsibility for the waste disposal and recycling of modules in the EU.
The “Miracle of Packaging”: Cranfield Aerospace Solutions on the Challenges of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology for Zero-Emissions Aircraft
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 8, 2024
Over the past few years, Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) has been quietly pushing engineering boundaries in a quest to achieve zero-emissions flight and has now achieved a notable milestone with the successful.
Bloom and Shell to scope out green hydrogen energy opportunities
Hydrogen Fuel News
MARCH 8, 2024
The companies plan to find solutions for large-scale decarbonization using Bloom’s H2 tech. Bloom Energy Inc. (NYSE:BE) and Shell Plc. have joined forces to search for opportunities to establish large-scale green hydrogen energy projects that can make use of Bloom’s innovative hydrogen electrolyzer tech. Their goal: develop large-scale solid oxide electrolyzer cell (SOEC) systems that can be replicated and can generate H2 that can potentially be utilized at Shell assets.
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.
Cell Impact Has Received an Order Worth SEK 18 Million ($1.76M) in the Field of Electrolysis
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 8, 2024
Cell Impact has signed an agreement concerning flow plates, tools, and fixtures to a value of just over SEK 18 million($1.76M). The contract marks a significant step for Cell.
EnviroSpark wins Georgia NEVI awards to install DC fast chargers at Waffle House and Shell station
Charged
MARCH 8, 2024
EnviroSpark ’s installers may soon become connoisseurs of hash browns. The company has won a National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funding award from its home state of Georgia to build four DC fast chargers at a Waffle House in Tifton, and four more at a Shell station in Metter. EnviroSpark, which won two of the five eligible sites in Phase 1 of the state’s NEVI awards, will host all eight stations on its national EnviroSpark charging network.
Green Hydrogen Company Ohmium Leads TIME’s List of America’s Top GreenTech Companies of 2024
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 8, 2024
Ohmium Ranks 2nd out of 250 Top Green Tech Companies Selected by TIME Magazine for this inaugural recognition. FREMONT, Calif.
Mitsubishi Electric releases SiC and Si power modules for EVs
Charged
MARCH 8, 2024
Mitsubishi Electric has announced the coming release of six new power semiconductor modules for various EVs. The J3-Series modules contain either a silicon carbide metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (SiC-MOSFET) or a silicon RC-IGBT. They feature compact designs and scalability for use in the inverters of EVs and PHEVs. All six J3-Series products will be available for sample shipments from March 25.
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?
EKPO Supplies Fuel Cell Stacks to Chinese Premium Car Manufacturer Hongqi
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 8, 2024
Contract on initial delivery of “NM12-Single” stack modules for integration into a next-generation fuel cell system Stacks to be installed in a car from Hongqi, the premium brand of the.
Five women who invest for social justice
Impact Alpha
MARCH 8, 2024
Everyone in the impact investing ecosystem has an impact origin story, a moment that helped point them toward business and finance as tools. The post Five women who invest for social justice appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Eaton Advances Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology in Commercial Trucks with Czech Republic Grants
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 8, 2024
SOUTHFIELD, MICH.–Eaton, a leader in intelligent power management, is bolstering its development efforts in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) with two grants from the Czech Republic. These grants enable.
EnBW breaks ground on 80MW German PV project
PV Tech
MARCH 8, 2024
German renewable energy company EnBW has broken ground on an 80MW solar PV project, the largest to date in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
Remeha and Hollander Techniek Commission the First Hydrogen Boiler for the Utility Market
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 8, 2024
Office building by green hydrogen, hybrid heat pump and green propane. The branch of Hollander Techniek, a technical service provider within the utility, retail and industrial sectors, in Apeldoorn, has.
Woodmac: global solar government tenders reached 61GW in 2023
PV Tech
MARCH 8, 2024
Solar PV capacity was the most awarded renewables through government tenders last year, accounting for 44% of the total volume with 61GW.
North Rhine-Westphalia Boosts Hydrogen Mobility with €20M Investment in Refuelling Stations
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 8, 2024
The state government of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany, is taking a significant step forward in fostering a sustainable transportation sector by investing €20 million ($21.85 million) in the development of.
Geothermal heating plant in Kolo, Poland officially starts operations
ThinkGeoEnergy
MARCH 8, 2024
The geothermal heating plant in Kolo, Poland has officially opened just about two months after its construction was completed. The heating plant is owned and operated by Geotermia Kolo (formerly MZEC), a fully owned firm of the Municipality of Kolo, which also operates the local district heating system. The geothermal heating plant consists of two wells (production and reinjection), a heating plant building, a filter station, a discharge pool, and a water treatment plant.
Oil industry has sought to block state backing for green tech since 1960s
The Guardian: Energy
MARCH 8, 2024
Research shows industry lobbying against support for solar panels and electric cars while enjoying subsidies itself The oil industry has fought against government support for clean technologies for more than half a century, the Guardian can reveal, even as vast subsidies have propped up its polluting business model. It lobbied lawmakers to block support for low-carbon technologies such as solar panels, electric cars and heat pumps as far back as the 1960s, analysis shows.
PNGRB Organizes Mega-Stakeholder Interaction on Hydrogen Transmission in Natural Gas Pipelines and City Gas Distribution Networks
FuelCellsWorks
MARCH 8, 2024
Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) is progressing on the task of transporting Green Hydrogen through Natural Gas transmission lines by blending hydrogen with Natural Gas. PNGRB is considering.
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