Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The UK’s annual Recycle Week launches today (15 October) with a warning that households are wasting over one billion items every year that could be recycled. New statistics reveal millions of recyclable bottles, sprays and toilet roll tubes are facing incineration, or landfill (words: WRAP). Britain’s most binned items include: 845 million cleaning product bottles 526 million aerosols 7.4 million yoghurt pots* 6 million aftershave and perfume bottles Toilet roll tubes** Recent figures show UK re

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Charged

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Sponsored by DuPont. The automotive industry is rapidly evolving, and electric vehicles are at the forefront of this transformation. Continued EV adoption hinges on several key factors: reducing costs, building a robust charging infrastructure, and designing efficient, durable battery packs with longer-range and fast-charging capabilities. As automakers strive to match the cost and efficiency of internal combustion engine vehicles, the race to develop high-performing EV battery packs is on—and a

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Window.ID is intended to act as a digital identification tag for REHAU’s windows, doors and accessories Polymer window manufacturer REHAU says it has successfully integrated its Window.ID service package with a number of its leading partners, in an effort to help demonstrate the material history of each window, a powerful ingredient to help enable circularity in the sector.

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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

IEA says rapid deployment of low cost wind and solar the key if world is to navigate narrow path to 1.5°C climate target. The post Solar and batteries steal the show, but world needs more renewables quickly to meet 1.5°C target appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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The Verge: Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Illustration: The Verge Google plans to buy electricity from next-generation nuclear reactors. It announced the deal yesterday, which it says is the world’s first corporate agreement to purchase electricity from advanced small modular reactors (SMRs) that are still under development. Google inked the deal with engineering company Kairos Power, which plans to get its first SMR up and running by 2030.

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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Australia's biggest utility - without a trace of irony - says renewables not being built fast enough to replace ageing and "unreliable" coal fleet. The post “Renewables not coming online fast enough,” says utility that didn’t build any while courting state coal deal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Canary Media

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This story was first published by Energy News Network. When farmer Trent Gerlach found out a solar farm would be built on the land he had long worked in northwestern Illinois, he was disappointed.

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Financial Times: Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Adnoc’s $16bn takeover of Germany’s Covestro is a key part of its strategy to diversify its business

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Canary Media

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The federal government has just finalized a $861 million loan guarantee to fund what will be Puerto Rico’s largest utility-scale solar and battery storage installations.

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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Energy minister Chris Bowen suggests the federal government already knew Equinor and its local partner Oceanex had backed out of Illawarra offshore zone. The post Federal government says it already knew of withdrawal of key offshore wind project in Illawarra appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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

Energy

Solar Power World

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Illinois is phasing out full retail net metering and transitioning to a new solar incentive structure called Smart Solar Billing on January 1, 2025. This change was set forth in 2021 through the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), so the solar industry, utilities and other stakeholders have had four years to prepare for this… The post Q&A: What you need to know about the switch to Smart Solar Billing in Illinois appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Green Gravity says it has secured $9 million in new funding to develop its gravitational energy storage technology that it hopes to deploy in disused mines. The post Australian start-up secures $9m for mine-based gravity energy storage technology appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Geothermal Technologies Office (GTO) has published 19 case studies of large-scale geothermal heat pump applications across the United States. The complete list of geothermal heat pump case studies can be accessed at the official GTO website. The case studies highlight the incredible versatility of geothermal heat pump applications.

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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Excelsior Energy Capital has entered into a multiyear partnership with Proximal Energy, with the aim of utilizing Proximal’s AI platform to optimize Excelsior’s portfolio of energy storage assets. Proximal’s platform is expected to introduce Excelsior to the provider’s Agentic Asset Management, a system powered by generative AI models that is meant to assist asset managers and O&M providers.

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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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Renew Economy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

WA approves new four hour 100 MW Wellesley battery in industrial zone. The post Another four hour battery project gets development approval in W.A. appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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TechCrunch: Climate

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Meet Storio, a French startup that’s focused on providing smart energy storage for commercial and industrial customers. Founded in 2023, the startup raised a €5 million seed round earlier this year (around $5.5 million at current exchange rates) and has signed its first client. Storio believes solar panels have a bright future. But the company […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Runergy Alabama has entered into a strategic partnership with SOLARCYCLE , in which SOLARCYCLE will be the company’s major glass supplier for its solar modules, as well as its dedicated recycling partner. Under the terms of the agreements, SOLARCYCLE is expected to provide at least 4 GW, or 30 million square meters of domestically manufactured glass, to Runergy Alabama over a 5-year period for use in Runergy’s bifacial solar modules.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 15, 2024

More stable and efficient materials for solar cells are needed in the green transition. So-called halide perovskites are highlighted as a promising alternative to today's silicon materials. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, have gained new insights into how perovskite materials function, which is an important step forward.

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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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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Cordelio Power has advanced two solar projects from development to construction, the 150 MW Winfield solar project in Lincoln County, Mo. and the 300 MW Box Canyon solar project in Pinal County, Ariz. The company also advanced the 20 MW McHenry battery energy storage system, located in McHenry County, Ill., to construction. The company expects the projects to achieve commercial operations next year.

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TechXplore

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The U.S. is ramping up plans for a major increase in offshore wind production, with 30 gigawatts of new installations expected by 2030 and a total of 110 gigawatts by 2050. But to be successful, the country needs to design turbines that can withstand the challenges of tropical storms.

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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In its 2024 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) filed with the Virginia State Corporation Commission and the North Carolina Utilities Commission, Dominion Energy Virginia laid out portfolio options to meet rising power demand through investments in new power generation. The IRP is not a request to build any specific project, but instead a long-term planning document based on current technology, market information and load projections.

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Financial Times: Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Higher temperatures and rising incomes could boost power demand coming from home cooling units by 280% by 2050

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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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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Sumitomo, through Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) and SCOA subsidiary Perennial Power Holdings , has formed a joint venture with CEP Solar to deliver clean energy projects across the Commonwealth of Virginia. The investment enables both Perennial and CEP to commercialize its 1.5 GW portfolio of solar and battery storage assets, with construction expected to commence next year.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The government’s carbon capture scheme is an expensive distraction, argues Dr Richard Carter, while Kate Macintosh and Edric Brown call for a more far-sighted solution to curb emissions George Monbiot rightly eviscerates the government’s foolish plan to waste nearly £22bn on the carbon capture and storage (CCS) venture ( Labour’s carbon-capture scheme will be Starmer’s white elephant: a terrible mistake costing billions, 11 October ).

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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Fluke has introduced its 283 FC Solar Digital Multimeter and a283 FC True-RMS Wireless Clamp, geared towards solar professionals working in high voltage environments such as testing individual panels, strings or inverters in a PV array. The multimeter is designed to enhance safety while providing technicians with reliable and repeatable results. Features include video and audio polarity indicators, as well as a user-defined limit gauge. “Our digital multimeters are renowned for their excep

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Bring in ‘future homes standard’ or leave families at risk of higher bills and emissions for decades, MPs and experts say Ministers must take steps now to ensure that all homes are built to the most efficient low-carbon standards, or risk locking households into higher bills and greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come, a group of MPs and experts have urged.

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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Central Coast Community Energy (3CE), Clean Power Alliance (CPA), Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) celebrated the Arica and Victory Pass solar and storage projects’ ribbon cutting with project developer and owner, Clearway Energy Group. The celebration took place at the complex site in Riverside County, Calif. The projects came online in stages from March through June, and have a combined 463 MW capacity of solar and 186 MW of battery storage.

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Financial Times: Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Open letter criticises ‘suboptimal’ mechanism under Trade and Cooperation Agreement amid push for more renewables

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

International Energy Agency says transition to clean energy means there will be a surplus of oil, gas and coal Fossil fuels could soon become significantly cheaper and more abundant as governments accelerate the transition to clean energy towards the end of the decade, according to the International Energy Agency. The world’s energy watchdog has signalled a new energy era in which countries have access to more oil, gas and coal than needed to fuel their economic growth, leading to lower prices f

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Financial Times: Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A new technology eschews graphite, nickel, manganese and cobalt, of which Beijing controls most of the world’s supply

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PV Tech

OCTOBER 15, 2024

France installed 4GW of solar PV capacity in 2023, a “record” according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Using reverse-cycle air conditioning instead of gas ducted heating could save households between $999 to $2,215 a year, research finds Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast What if reducing your energy bill and cutting your home’s climate impact was as simple as using a different appliance?

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