France will jail corporate directors who fail to adhere to new CSRD requirements
GreenBiz
JANUARY 24, 2024
No get-out-of-jail-free-card will save companies that don't comply with this new French law.
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Fossilized Finances: Oil and Gas Subsidies in the Permian Basin
NRDC onEarth
JANUARY 24, 2024
A new NRDC report shows how, despite the need to curb fossil fuel production, outdated tax giveaways incentivize further extraction in the country's largest oil and gas region.
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What is transition finance, and why it matters
GreenBiz
JANUARY 24, 2024
Wall Street sees transition finance as a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity for investors.
Transportation Funding Gets a Potential Boost
NRDC onEarth
JANUARY 24, 2024
A new bill from Congressman Hank Johnson could help secure desperately needed operations funding for transit agencies across the country.
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.
Growth in UK plastic packaging recycling being shipped abroad, including to non-OECD countries
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 24, 2024
By Tom McBeth, Policy & Infrastructure Manager with plastics resource efficiency group RECOUP New data reveals an increase in the amount of plastic exported for recycling in 2023, and significant quantities are now going to developing, non-OECD* countries. Year-on-year, despite increases in material being recycled in the UK, quantities of plastic waste exported for recycling from England have increased by more than 10% to just over 600,000 tonnes.
California solar-plus-storage project with world’s largest BESS fully online
Energy Storage News
JANUARY 24, 2024
The Edwards & Sanborn solar-plus-storage project in California is now fully online, with 875MWdc of solar PV and 3,287MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS) capacity, the world's largest.
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Battery storage now dominates system services market for main grid
Renew Economy
JANUARY 24, 2024
Battery storage is now confirmed as the dominant player in the provision of key services to the grid, as batteries and demand management nudge out fossil fuel generators. The post Battery storage now dominates system services market for main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
As cities and systems scale up, does waste scale accordingly?
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 24, 2024
The study explores how three types of waste production — municipal solid waste, wastewater, and greenhouse gas emissions — scale with city size (image credit: Elisa Heinrich Mora). A recent study attempts to predict the future state of urban ecosystems, and suggests the need for a new science of waste. Living systems have evolved to reconstitute waste — creatures like dung beetles fill an ecological niche of breaking down other organisms’ faeces — but waste is a problem that still plagues human
Record renewables drive prices down, but coal states still the most expensive
Renew Economy
JANUARY 24, 2024
Renewables continue to reshape Australian grid, and bring down prices - but the most coal dependent states have the dirtiest and costliest power, while battling rising temperatures and demand. The post Record renewables drive prices down, but coal states still the most expensive appeared first on RenewEconomy.
In win for climate advocates, Biden to pause decision on LNG exports
Canary Media
JANUARY 24, 2024
The Biden administration is expected to postpone its decision on whether to approve a major proposed liquefied-natural-gas export facility until it can more thoroughly study the project’s impacts on the climate and the American public, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
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
Prodigy and Westinghouse Targeting Launch of eVinci Floating Nuclear Plant in Canada by 2030
POWER Magazine
JANUARY 24, 2024
Westinghouse has revealed it is designing a transportable nuclear power plant (TNPP) featuring an eVinci microreactor with Canadian firm Prodigy Clean Energy, aiming to deliver a first project in Canada […] The post Prodigy and Westinghouse Targeting Launch of eVinci Floating Nuclear Plant in Canada by 2030 appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Volvo Introduces New North American Truck as Versatile Hydrogen and Battery Platform
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 24, 2024
Volvo Trucks North America has announced the launch of the new Volvo VNL, a groundbreaking heavy-duty truck platform that sets new industry benchmarks in terms of driver productivity, safety, and sustainability. This.
Crunch time for Forrest’s big green hydrogen plan as energy costs bite
Renew Economy
JANUARY 24, 2024
Andrew Forrest's first major green hydrogen production project in Australia - at the Gibson island ammonia plant in Queensland - is facing crunch time in coming weeks over whether it can go ahead or not. The post Crunch time for Forrest’s big green hydrogen plan as energy costs bite appeared first on RenewEconomy.
An increasing consumer appetite for sustainable packaging is powering a new wave of startups
TechCrunch: Climate
JANUARY 24, 2024
With the packaging market being valued at as much as €1 trillion globally it’s become a ripe field for startups to engage this market with digital products that can bring efficiency to a highly traditional industry. This is perhaps why Packmatic, a Berlin-based digital packaging marketplace has raised a €15 million Series A round led by […] © 2023 TechCrunch.
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.
AEMO provides connection approval for another two grid-forming big batteries
Renew Economy
JANUARY 24, 2024
Ace Energy secures connection agreements for two new big batteries that will feature grid forming inverters. The post AEMO provides connection approval for another two grid-forming big batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Microsoft data center uses hydrogen fuel cell backup power from Caterpillar
Hydrogen Fuel News
JANUARY 24, 2024
The collaboration was a demonstration of how the technology can be used reliably and sustainably. Caterpillar Inc. recently announced the successful results of a collaboration with both Microsoft and Ballard Power Systems to show how hydrogen fuel cell technology can be used on a large scale to provide data center backup power. The demonstration was successful in showing how this power supply is sustainable and reliable.
Renew Economy has had a make-over to help you navigate the green energy transition
Renew Economy
JANUARY 24, 2024
Renew Economy's updated website is designed to help our readers better navigate the green energy transition. The post Renew Economy has had a make-over to help you navigate the green energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.
AI and crypto mining are driving up data centers’ energy use
The Verge: Energy
JANUARY 24, 2024
A view of Meta’s data center in Clonee Co Meath, Ireland. Picture date: Tuesday June 13, 2023. | Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images Data centers could gobble up twice as much electricity by 2026 thanks in large part to cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). We rely on data centers to store all our emails, photos, cat videos, and everything else floating around in the cloud.
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.
India and Spain Forge Green Hydrogen Alliance for Sustainable Future
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 24, 2024
Despite geographical distances, India and Spain emerge as frontrunners in the fight against climate change. Narinder Goyal, President, New Initiatives/Ammonia at Avaada Energy Private Limited, unveils a visionary collaboration between.
Keeping solar contractors safe from fall risks on commercial roofs
Solar Power World
JANUARY 24, 2024
Being a solar contractor can mean spending a lot of time on rooftops. With industry tailwinds from federal subsidies, this market is expected to grow, so that means more solar installer boots on commercial roofs. There are safety risks at any worksite, but commercial rooftops have a set of unique hazards and the inherent risk… The post Keeping solar contractors safe from fall risks on commercial roofs appeared first on Solar Power World.
Babcock & Wilcox and Black Hills Energy Receive State of Wyoming Grant to Develop a Low-Carbon Hydrogen Facility Using Brightloop™ Technology
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 24, 2024
Planning and design will use B&W’s BrightLoop™ technology for a plant that would produce clean hydrogen with CO2 capture. AKRON, Ohio– Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) and Black Hills Energy announced today.
BSW: Solar met 12% of Germany’s total energy demand in 2023
PV Tech
JANUARY 24, 2024
Germany commissioned more than one million new solar power projects in 2023, according to the Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW).
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?
Gen-Hy Will Be at Hyvolution Paris – Stand 6d23
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 24, 2024
Gen-Hy, a French start-up offering innovative solutions for the production of green hydrogen, will be taking part in the Hyvolution Paris trade fair, the key event for hydrogen players in.
Silicon Ranch inks deal to integrate renewables into data centres in Nevada and Utah
PV Tech
JANUARY 24, 2024
Silicon Ranch initiates site acquisition and interconnection processes for owned and operated utility-scale solar and battery projects with a capacity of over 500MW
Leading Climate Science Denial Group Registers Lowest Income for Seven Years
DeSmogBlog
JANUARY 24, 2024
The UK’s most prominent climate science denial group has seen its income drop to the lowest level since 2016, DeSmog can reveal. The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) filed its latest accounts on 18 January, showing an income of £280,000 for the year ending 30 September 2023, a drop of £110,000 from the previous year. Total annual losses increased from £17,000 to over £150,000.
Offshore wind farms are vulnerable to cyberattacks
Science Daily: Renewable Energy
JANUARY 24, 2024
Researchers have presented a new study on cyberattack risks to offshore wind farms in Glasgow, United Kingdom. They looked specifically at wind farms that use voltage-source-converter high-voltage direct-current (VSC-HVDC) connections, which are rapidly becoming the most cost-effective solution to harvest offshore wind energy around the world. They found that their complex, hybrid-communication architecture presents multiple access points for cyberattacks.
Tesla’s solar installs drop, but battery business is booming
TechCrunch: Climate
JANUARY 24, 2024
It was a bad year for Tesla solar — its worst since 2020. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
IEA Head Says German Nuclear Exit “Historic Mistake,” Criticises Bet on Hydrogen in Short Term
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 24, 2024
Germany’s decision to phase out nuclear power was a “historic mistake,” Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) told business daily Handelsblatt. The move has “negative effects on the.
Tender – Consultancy for geothermal development plan in Ecuador
ThinkGeoEnergy
JANUARY 24, 2024
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has published a tender for consulting services to formulate a “ Geothermal Development Plan in Ecuador / Plan de Desarrollo de la Geotermia en Ecuador (PDG). ” The deadline for the submission of Expressions of Interest will be on the 15th of February 2024. For inquiries and sending of EOIs, please email plan.geotermiaecuador@energiayminas.gob.ec.
Rosen Develops Hydrogen Research Project for the Energy Institute
FuelCellsWorks
JANUARY 24, 2024
Lingen (Ems), Germany– The ROSEN Group developed a research report commissioned by the Energy Institute to identify current knowledge gaps regarding repurposing natural gas infrastructure for hydrogen. The report is.
W.A. green hydrogen project expands to 12GW, and 4.5 GWh battery storage
Renew Economy
JANUARY 24, 2024
Province Resources is promising a Fortescue-sized project on a threadbare budget. The post W.A. green hydrogen project expands to 12GW, and 4.5 GWh battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The Brief: AI in impact finance
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 24, 2024
Greetings Agents of Impact! Today is AI day at IA. Dig into stories of how leaders at Village Capital, RSF Social Finance, LISC. The post The Brief: AI in impact finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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