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SunHydrogen Breaks Ground with 1m² Green Hydrogen Panel Technology

Hydrogen Fuel News

1m Hydrogen Panel Achieves Milestone in Clean Technology SunHydrogen , a company pioneering renewable hydrogen production, recently unveiled its groundbreaking 1m green hydrogen panel demonstration. Conducted on December 11, 2024 , at their Coralville, Iowa laboratory, the test marked a leap forward in clean energy solutions. The technology showcased its ability to produce hydrogen from sunlight and water, even under subfreezing conditions, highlighting its robustness and flexibility.

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Government urged to address ‘open goal’ for solar in car parks

Envirotec Magazine

Ahead of the second reading of the Sunshine Bill on Friday 17 January, renewable energy firms were spotlighting the open goal opportunity for solar that awaits in commercial car parks across the UK, and urging the government to take it up. If legislation were to mandate solar car ports canopies with solar PV panels that cover car parking spaces it would unlock significant energy production in land already used for car parking, said Damian Baker, Managing Director of renewable energy firm RenEn

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Why accelerating hydrogen use in heavy industry is crucial for net zero

Hydrogen Fuel News

When it comes to hitting the UKs net zero targets, size matters. Eight sectors account for around 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions , according to the World Economic Forum. These heavy hitters include logistics and transport. Its clear that we need to decarbonize heavy industry. But with global demand on the rise, how do we speed up the process of reducing emissions?

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Elisa to optimise 100MWh Sand Battery in Finnish reserve markets

Energy Storage News

Finnish telecoms firm Elisa will manage the charging activity of a 100MWh 'Sand Battery' project, optimising its activity in the country's electricity reserve market.

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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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Plug Power Joins Forces with AGA to Build One of the World’s Largest Green Ammonia Plants

Hydrogen Fuel News

Plug Power to Drive Green Energy Revolution with Major Allied Green Ammonia Collaboration Groundbreaking Agreement for Hydrogen Production Plug Power Inc. has solidified its leadership in green hydrogen solutions through a landmark agreement with Allied Green Ammonia (AGA). Under the terms , Plug Power will supply three gigawatts (GW) of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) electrolyzer capacity for AGAs green hydrogen-to-ammonia facility in Australia.

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Saving the surf is a climate solution

Grist

Vibrant shades of green merge with brilliant streaks of blue where the land meets the sea on Rao Island, which sits just west of Morotai in the northeastern corner of the Indonesian archipelago. Fishing boats bob in the bay, and children perched on the colorful hulls laugh as their bare feet dangle in the water. Some of them leap playfully into the waves.

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Artificial gills for ocean gliders: A new energy system for autonomous underwater vehicles

TechXplore

Autonomous underwater robots, such as ocean gliders, can autonomously navigate the ocean for several weeks. Their sensors measure parameters like temperature, pressure, salinity, oxygen concentration, and currents. Capable of diving to depths of up to 1,000 meters, they facilitate measurements that are challenging to achieve with research vessels.

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Growth of profitable BESS providers, but Tesla continues to top bankability report ratings

Energy Storage News

The new edition of the Battery StorageTech Bankability report reveals an increasing number of competitive providers, writes PV Tech Research analyst Charlotte Gisbourne. Battery energy storage systems (BESS) recorded another record-breaking year of deployment in 2024.

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New French PM cites geothermal as part of carbon-free energy policy

ThinkGeoEnergy

In his general policy statement delivered to the National Assembly, newly appointed French Prime Minister Franois Bayrou cited geothermal energy, as well as nuclear, as important parts of a “low-carbon strategy” towards energy policy. “Ecology is not the problem. This is the solution,” said the Prime Minister. “The effort to be made on this crucial subject, this adaptation, France has started it better than any country in the world.

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Climate tech matured in 2024 as investors favored bigger rounds, later stages

TechCrunch: Climate

Climate tech may have had a down year in 2024, but new data also shows a maturing sector with larger deal sizes. Venture investment in the climate tech sector was down 7% to $12.9 billion, $1 billion shy of 2023s tally, according to data in a new PitchBook report. The report found that round size […] 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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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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Robots should be repurposed rather than recycled to combat rising scale of e-waste, scientists warn

TechXplore

The robotics industry should be creating robots that could be reprogrammed and repurposed for other tasks once its life span is completed, University of Bristol and University of West England researchers have advised.

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2025 Global Cleantech 100 Trend Watch

CleanTech Group

In the overview of our January 2020 Global Cleantech 100, we welcomed readers to the “Roaring 20s,” predicting a decade of cleantech growth, The post 2025 Global Cleantech 100 Trend Watch appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Sky-high prices? Estimating the cost of climate-neutral aviation in the future

TechXplore

Aviation currently contributes to about 4% of the global warming that has been observed. As demand for flights is likely to continue to increase, researchers and governments are looking for solutions to make aviation climate-neutral by 2050 at the latest.

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Prevalon secures 200MW/800MWh second Idaho BESS project

Energy Storage News

Dedicated battery energy storage system (BESS) spin-out of Mitsubishi Power Americas, Prevalon Energy has secured a contract with investor-owned-utility (IOU) Idaho Power for a 200MW/800MWh BESS.

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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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New guide offers framework to measure AI's energy consumption

TechXplore

Advanced computing and data centers are massive energy consumers. In fact, a recent report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory found that U.S. data centers consumed about 4.4% of total electricity in 2023 and projects them to potentially triple consumption by 2028. Widespread deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) is a driving factor of this rise in energy consumption and is already having an economic impact as electricity costs rise for consumers.

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Rural America Is Already on Board with Clean Energy

NRDC onEarth

Gutting it wouldnt just jeopardize our climate goals but also the growing workforce in the heartland and beyond.

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As EV sales surge, the UK car industry might be reaching a turning point

TechXplore

Last year, electric car registrations in the UK topped those of Germany. The number of UK sales (382,000 vehicles) came from growth of 21.4% on 2023, making the UK the largest market for electric vehicles (EVs) in Europe for the first time. In Germany, meanwhile, registrations fell by more than 25% to 380,000 vehicles in 2024 as consumer subsidies of up to 4,500 (3,800) for private buyers were withdrawn amid a budget crisis.

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Hitachi Energy’s acquisition of PCS manufacturer ‘closed a gap in the portfolio’

Energy Storage News

Hitachi Energy was looking for a long time to add power conversion architecture to its offerings before its acquisition of Eks Energy (EKS), ESN Premium has heard.

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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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Report evaluates increase in electricity demand from data centers

TechXplore

A recent report produced by the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), which outlines the energy use of data centers from 2014 to 2028, estimates that data center load growth has tripled over the past decade and is projected to double or triple by 2028.

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Rept Battero to develop 8GWh Indonesia BESS cell gigafactory

Energy Storage News

Chinese battery manufacturer Rept Battero has announced plans to develop an 8GWh gigafactory in Indonesia specialising in lithium-ion cells for battery energy storage systems (BESS).

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ChargeX consortium identifies automated solution to fix key part of electric vehicle charging user experience

TechXplore

National laboratory researchers and industry collaborators in the National Charging Experience Consortium (ChargeX Consortium) have identified a new mechanism called "seamless retry" that could alleviate a common electric vehicle (EV) driver frustration with public charging by automatically restarting failed EV charging sessions, so users do not have to.

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County officials in North Carolina defer vote on NextEra Energy Resources’ hybrid BESS permit after local community raises concerns

Energy Storage News

Officials in Greene County, North Carolina will delay issuing a special use permit for the construction of a hybrid solar and BESS facility proposed by NextEra Energy Resources.

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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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How the UK's plans for AI could derail net zero: The numbers explained

TechXplore

The UK government's goal to increase public-controlled artificial intelligence computing power twentyfold by 2030 would significantly raise electricity demand. Can renewable energy supply meet itand still have enough left over to electrify sectors like heating and transport, which must be fully decarbonized by 2050?

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Gas industry cooks up a “culture war” as the electrification of everything gathers pace

Renew Economy

Claims electric cooktops are vastly more expensive and more emissions intensive than cooking with gas are being called out as potentially misleading, as the fossil fight against home electrification ramps up. The post Gas industry cooks up a “culture war” as the electrification of everything gathers pace appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Constellation Seeking Permit for Small Modular Reactor at Nine Mile Point

POWER Magazine

Constellation Energy said the company is applying for federal funding as it evaluates whether to put one or more small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) at its Nine Mile Point nuclear […] The post Constellation Seeking Permit for Small Modular Reactor at Nine Mile Point appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Sonnen, Solrite to offer free batteries and solar to Texas homeowners

Canary Media

Regan George, CEO and founder of Solrite Energy , believes that virtual power plants can pay big dividends in Texas.

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Weatherwatch: Could small nuclear reactors help curb extreme weather?

The Guardian: Energy

As natural disasters make need to cut CO 2 emissions clearer than ever, energy demand of AI systems is about to soar Violent weather events have been top of the news agenda for weeks, with scientists and fact-based news organisations attributing their increased severity to climate breakdown. The scientists consulted have all emphasised the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

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Africa’s PV capacity nears 20GW as energy storage ‘booms’

PV Tech

The Africa Solar Industry Associations 2025 market outlook has recorded a 2.5GW increase in PV installations in 2024.

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Biden admin offers utilities $22.4B to cut energy costs — and emissions

Canary Media

The Biden administration announced $22.4 billion in loans for eight U.S. utilities across 12 states on Thursday, in what may be the swan song for an Inflation Reduction Act program aimed at cutting carbon emissions and energy bills by helping build and retrofit power plants and bolster the grid.

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Turbine blade break under investigation at Australia’s biggest wind farm

Renew Economy

Investigations are underway following a turbine blade break at a huge new wind farm, with teams working to determine the cause of the incident and to how to detatch the affected blade. The post Turbine blade break under investigation at Australia’s biggest wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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US Department of Agriculture to invest US$6 billion in clean energy across rural US

PV Tech

These programmes are Empowering Rural America and Powering Affordable Clean Energy, with investments in rural communities across 30 US states.

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Australian outfit seals “monumental deal” to buy electrolysers for giga-scale green ammonia project

Renew Economy

Allied Green Ammonia celebrate signing the monumental deal with Plug Power that will form the core of its huge green hydrogen-to-ammonia plant in the NT. The post Australian outfit seals “monumental deal” to buy electrolysers for giga-scale green ammonia project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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