How construction products giant CRH plans to cut emissions 30% by 2030
GreenBiz
MAY 31, 2024
Last year, the company recycled 43.9 million metric tons of byproducts and waste from other industries into raw materials and fuels for its own products.
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Hydrogen fuel cells for cargo ships are the goal for this Korean collab
Hydrogen Fuel News
MAY 31, 2024
Hanwha Aerospace and Hanwha Ocean are working together to develop clean transport tech Hanwha Group affiliates Hanwha Aerospace and Hanwha Ocean have announced a collaboration in which they intend to jointly develop hydrogen fuel cells for use in ships. The project is a part of a government-backed green energy strategy The announcement was made that the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy in South Korea had selected the collaboration to run a research and development project for 200-kilowatt-
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GreenBiz
MAY 31, 2024
The EU exits an outdated energy treaty; California’s Chamber of Commerce again attempts to delay the state’s corporate emission disclosure laws.
Mill’s redesigned food waste bin really is faster and quieter than before
TechCrunch: Climate
MAY 31, 2024
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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.
Can heat pumps be installed in older properties?
The Guardian: Energy
MAY 31, 2024
Critics claim the technology is best suited to newbuilds – but studies reveal success with retrofits and in poorly insulated homes • Do heat pumps work at freezing temperatures? • Are heat pumps more expensive to run than gas boilers? The belief that heat pumps will work only in newbuild homes is still widely held. The number of heat pumps installed every year across the EU is expected to surge by the end of the decade as governments take aim at household carbon emissions.
Vermont to make Big Oil pay for climate damages
Financial Times: Energy
MAY 31, 2024
Victory for campaigners is expected to face legal challenges from fossil fuel companies
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Chart: Which 10 countries generated the most solar power in 2023?
Canary Media
MAY 31, 2024
Solar energy continued to surge and break records across the globe in 2023, generating an estimated 5.5% of global electricity, a total of 1,631 terawatt-hours.
Mitsubishi Power Supplying Turbines for 1.6-GW Gas-Fired Plant in Brazil
POWER Magazine
MAY 31, 2024
Mitsubishi Power will supply its gas turbine technology to a new power plant in Brazil, a 1.6-GW facility considered among the largest electricity generation projects in Latin America. The company […] The post Mitsubishi Power Supplying Turbines for 1.6-GW Gas-Fired Plant in Brazil appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Copper: how to join the party
Financial Times: Energy
MAY 31, 2024
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National Grid’s shares plunge: watershed or warning sign for energy financing?
Smart Energy International
MAY 31, 2024
In this week’s edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook, Yusuf Latief revisits National Grid’s £66 billion ($76.5 billion) networks investment plan as shares plunge and whether it will serve as a watershed for future energy sector financing schemes. Last week I was pleased to report that National Grid, who have continued to impress with their financing and initiatives to prop the power grid for the energy transition, announced a massive investment for their network operations in the US and the U
The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
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The Race for Hydrogen Combustion Engines is Officially On
Hydrogen Fuel News
MAY 31, 2024
The Debate Over Hydrogen Combustion in Automobiles As the automotive industry pushes towards sustainable solutions, the debate over hydrogen combustion engines has intensified. Recently, Volvo ventured into the fray, asserting that hydrogen combustion could meet zero emission standards. This raises numerous questions about the future of automotive technology and its environmental impact.
US wind and solar generation provided $249 billion in climate and air quality health benefits from 2019–2022: Study
TechXplore
MAY 31, 2024
A new study published in the journal Cell Reports Sustainability focuses on the air quality and climate benefits of wind and solar energy.
Labour vows energy plan will deliver ‘massive prize’ for Scotland
Financial Times: Energy
MAY 31, 2024
Keir Starmer says new state-owned energy company based in Scotland will create jobs and billions of pounds of investment
A strategy to design anti-freezing electrolytes for batteries that can operate in extremely cold environments
TechXplore
MAY 31, 2024
Battery technologies that can reliably operate at very low temperatures could be highly valuable for a wide range of applications. These batteries could, for instance, power devices, vehicles, and robotic systems in outer space, deep under the sea, and in other extreme environments.
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.
Bluetti SwapSolar review: power and chill with swappable batteries
The Verge: Energy
MAY 31, 2024
Sharing this solar generator’s batteries with a 3-in-1 solar fridge, freezer, and ice-making combo is a good idea that might get better. Solar generators and battery-powered fridges are highly desirable additions to vans, boats, cabins, and sheds, or anywhere power and refrigeration is needed off the grid. Both are meant to be portable by necessity but suffer from the same issue: weight.
Riyadh summons energy ministers as Opec+ weighs surprise target for 2025
Financial Times: Energy
MAY 31, 2024
Oil cartel wants to reassure members that 5.
UK BESS fund Harmony Energy Income Trust scraps dividend, considers selling portfolio
Energy Storage News
MAY 31, 2024
Harmony Energy Income Trust (HEIT) has scrapped its first quarter dividend and appointed advisors JLL to sell some or all of its BESS assets, partly to demonstrate that the fund is undervalued by the markets.
Stable high-energy density lithium-ion batteries could lead to fast charging electric vehicles
TechXplore
MAY 31, 2024
A research team has developed a core technology to ensure the charging/discharging stability and long-life of lithium-ion batteries under fast-charging conditions. Their findings were published in Advanced Functional Materials.
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.
ANH Plans to Hold the First Hydrogen Auction in Colombia
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MAY 31, 2024
The entity assured that it is identifying the potential areas of the country, among which La Guajira, the Eastern and Central mountain ranges, and the Llanos stand out. With a.
Overcoming barriers to heat pump adoption in cold climates and avoiding the 'energy poverty trap'
TechXplore
MAY 31, 2024
Converting home heating systems from natural gas furnaces to electric heat pumps is seen as a way to address climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Why Saudi Aramco is not maximising its advantage as the lowest cost producer
Financial Times: Energy
MAY 31, 2024
High oil prices make sense for the Saudi state, but not for the company’s attractiveness to the broader oil sector
US Energy Secretary calls for more nuclear power while celebrating $35 billion Georgia reactors
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MAY 31, 2024
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United States and worldwide. But the CEO of the Georgia utility that just finished the first two scratch-built American reactors in a generation at a cost of nearly $35 billion says his company isn't ready to pick up that baton.
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Global Briefing: EU agrees to quit controversial Energy Charter Treaty
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MAY 31, 2024
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Green methanol may be on the verge of a breakthrough
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MAY 31, 2024
One of the promising alternatives to fossil fuels is methanol, in which the global shipping and logistics company Maersk, among others, is investing for its future fleet of container ships. However, there is a problem when it comes to methanol. Today, 99% of methanol production is based on coal and natural gas, and that's as far from green as it gets.
Directors’ Deals: Lord Ashcroft invests £19mn in Marlowe
Financial Times: Energy
MAY 31, 2024
Group poised to sell its governance, risk and compliance business
Calculations predict that a large proportion of trucks in Denmark will run on electricity within the next 10 years
TechXplore
MAY 31, 2024
The transition to electric cars is well underway. At the turn of the year, Denmark reached 200,000 registered electric cars, and last year electric cars accounted for 36% of all newly registered cars. However, the figure is quite different for electric trucks.
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MAY 31, 2024
Editor Andy Colthorpe speaks with Long Duration Energy Storage Council director of markets and technology Gabriel Murtagh.
Giant lithium partnership created in Chile
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MAY 31, 2024
Chile's state-owned copper giant Codelco signed a deal Friday with SQM to nearly double the private mining firm's current extraction of lithium, a key mineral for the global switch to cleaner energy.
Alfen and Hydro launch renewables-integrated BESS projects in Sweden
Energy Storage News
MAY 31, 2024
System integrator Alfen will provide a BESS for co-location with a wind farm in Sweden while aluminium company Hydro has inaugurated a solar and BESS project at one of its extrusion facilities.
Otter Tail case lays bare how Minnesota and North Dakota look at renewable energy differently
TechXplore
MAY 31, 2024
Otter Tail Power Co. must exit a large North Dakota coal plant by 2032—at least as far as its Minnesota customers are concerned, state regulators ruled May 30 during a contentious meeting.
India installs show 10% quarter-on-quarter decline in Q1 2024 with 367MW of rooftop solar
PV Tech
MAY 31, 2024
Mercom India has published its latest research into Indian rooftop solar, finding that India installed 367MW of new capacity in Q1 2024.
With new Oceans Engagement Fund, UBS rides the waves of the blue economy
Impact Alpha
MAY 31, 2024
UBS Global Wealth Management is rolling out a blue economy impact fund to invest in 50 mostly small and mid-cap public equities in. The post With new Oceans Engagement Fund, UBS rides the waves of the blue economy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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