New Google tools to map rooftop solar potential, air quality
GreenBiz
AUGUST 30, 2023
Google Maps functionality harnesses AI and aerial imagery to help businesses and cities plan solar deployments and tackle air pollution.
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Engie Chile starts building 418MWh BESS at solar PV plant
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 31, 2023
The Chilean arm of France-based multinational utility Engie has started construction on a 68MW/418MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) at an operational solar PV plant.
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An affordable and scalable strategy to fabricate efficient silicon heterojunction solar cells
TechXplore
AUGUST 31, 2023
Silicon heterojunction (SHJ), solar cells based on a heterojunction between semiconductors with different band gaps, are among the most promising photovoltaic technologies. So far, these cells have exhibited remarkable power conversion efficiencies and good operational stabilities.
New pipeline will accelerate Scotland’s green hydrogen export potential, says report
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 31, 2023
Scotland’s hydrogen production and export potential could be significantly accelerated with the development of a purpose-built marine pipeline according to a report published on 31 August by the Net Zero Technology Centre (NZTC). NZTC’s Hydrogen Backbone Link project explored the critical hydrogen transport infrastructure required to deliver a cost-effective pipeline solution which would position Scotland as a front runner in the development of a pan-European hydrogen infrastructure for export.
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.
More States Are Requiring Flood Disclosure
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 31, 2023
New home buyers and renters should have a right to know a property’s flood history before they commit to calling it home.
Nuclear power’s future is being disrupted
Financial Times: Energy
AUGUST 31, 2023
Investor interest in small modular reactors is growing as demand for electricity is set to soar
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Enlight signs PPA with utility for 824MWh Arizona co-located BESS
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 31, 2023
Israel-based renewable energy firm Enlight's US subsidiary Clēnera has signed a 20-year power purchase (PPA) with utility Arizona Public Service (APS) for a solar-plus-storage project.
Researchers design a new way to capture and recycle carbon dioxide from industrial emissions
TechXplore
AUGUST 30, 2023
Carbon capture is a promising method to help slow climate change. With this approach, carbon dioxide (CO2) is trapped before it escapes into the atmosphere, but the process requires a large amount of energy and equipment. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Central Science have designed a capture system using an electrochemical cell that can easily grab and release CO2.
Energy transition MSc launched at Heriot-Watt’s Orkney campus
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 14, 2023
Heriot Watt’s Orkney Campus. Heriot-Watt University is launching a new Master of Science degree programme to provide advanced training in the increasingly urgent work of energy transition. The programme is taught in person at the University’s Orkney campus through the School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society (EGIS) and focuses on technologies, systems, processes, and economics, alongside the design of transition projects to move away from fossil fuels and accelerate the i
New York City Remains a Battleground for Illegal Ivory Trade
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 31, 2023
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announces new exhibit of confiscated ivory at the New York State Museum that educates the public about the harmful industry.
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
A new AI-generated map of the world’s trees and renewable energy projects could help fight climate change
The Verge: Energy
AUGUST 31, 2023
A view showing the parts of the world covered by SATLAS using images from Sentinel-2 satellites. | Image: Allen Institute for AI A first-of-its-kind map of renewable energy projects and tree coverage around the world launched today, and it uses generative AI to essentially sharpen images taken from space. It’s all part of a new tool called Satlas from the Allen Institute for AI, founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
Interest in small nuclear power is rising. Here's why
GreenBiz
AUGUST 3, 2023
Nuclear reactors are getting smaller, cheaper and easier to make. That’s inspiring more companies large and small to angle for a piece of the market.
Developer Peregrine Energy Solutions bags US$700 million for US storage, solar pipeline
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 31, 2023
Developer Peregrine Energy Solutions has raised US$700 million in credit, equity and debt to go towards its US pipeline of energy storage, solar and wind projects.
Nissan is reusing the batteries from old Leaf electric vehicles to make portable power sources
TechXplore
AUGUST 31, 2023
Batteries in older Nissan Leaf electric vehicles are getting a new life as portable power sources that can be used to run gadgets on the go or deliver emergency power in disasters.
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.
EA launches consultation on unlimited fines for the worst polluters
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 16, 2023
New laws will scrap the cap on civil penalties and significantly broaden their scope to target a much wider range of environmental offences On 15 August the Environment Agency launched a consultation on changes to variable monetary penalties – financial penalties that can be imposed for certain environmental offences. The consultation will run for eight weeks and will close on 8 October.
What Are Heat Pump Air Conditioners?
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 25, 2023
They’re way more efficient and cost-effective than standard ACs. Even better, they double as carbon-slashing heating systems.
On the last day of winter, Australia reaches record 37.5 pct renewables share for the year
Renew Economy
AUGUST 31, 2023
Australia's main grid reached a new 12-month rolling renewables record of 37.5 per cent on Thursday, the last day of winter. The post On the last day of winter, Australia reaches record 37.5 pct renewables share for the year appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Shopify, startup Running Tide tout ocean carbon removal breakthrough
GreenBiz
AUGUST 9, 2023
Over the past 3 months after working on this project for 6 years, ocean carbon sequestration startup Running Tide sank 1000 tons wooden buoys off the Icelandic coast to prevent the embodied CO2 from being released into the atmosphere.
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.
Statkraft enlists Fluence for transmission-connected BESS in UK
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 31, 2023
Norwegian state-owned power producer Statkraft has enlisted system integrator Fluence for a 50MW, transmission system-connected battery energy storage system (BESS) in the UK.
New study could help countries better estimate how much wave energy is in their oceans
TechXplore
AUGUST 31, 2023
The ocean, like a teething toddler, is never still. And both creatures contain shocking amounts of energy. But exactly how much energy surges through our ocean waves is a matter of debate. That uncertainty makes it challenging for countries to weave wave energy into their future climate goals: How can you rely on something you cannot accurately measure?
Pyrolysis will convert poultry waste to biochar in major UK carbon removal project
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 11, 2023
Pyrolysis – heating in the absence of oxygen – produces biochar, a residue of nearly pure carbon, which can be infused into the soil, sequestering carbon indefinitely. Onnu “will prevent phosphorous run-off and turn a problem into a revenue stream for farmers” Aston University spin-off firm Onnu has announced plans to build what it says will be the first of 16 pyrolysis hubs in the Wye Valley.
Colorado makes Buildings More Livable, Less Polluting
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 24, 2023
With a new Building Performance Standard policy, Colorado is leading the nation with clean, healthy buildings.
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?
Rooftop solar takes an even bigger bite out of diminishing coal pie: But can it be controlled?
Renew Economy
AUGUST 31, 2023
Amid all noise about the energy outlook, AEMO revealed two fascinating graphs showing how renewables are fundamentally changing the nature of the grid. The post Rooftop solar takes an even bigger bite out of diminishing coal pie: But can it be controlled? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
How to keep your passion burning with a career in ESG
GreenBiz
AUGUST 22, 2023
Burnout is real and even more intense when climate change is your job. Here are 5 ways to keep your head on straight while trying to solve the world's biggest problem.
New York governor Hochul welcomes 20MW state-owned battery storage asset
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 30, 2023
New York’s governor Kathy Hochul has welcomed the start of commercial operations at the US state’s first BESS project in public ownership.
Researchers propose standardized criteria and characterization procedures for evaluating radiative cooling performance
TechXplore
AUGUST 29, 2023
In a world experiencing increased heat stress, a zero-carbon-emission cooling technology that consumes no electricity, operating instead by shedding heat directly into outer space, would be a groundbreaking advance. However, poor standardization and a lack of transparency is hampering this promising technology, known as radiative cooling. Best practice guidelines, outlined by KAUST leading radiative-cooling researcher Qiaoqiang Gan, could help set the research field back on track.
Is it time to start engineering plants?
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 4, 2023
Crops growing in dry ground. As the climate changes, crop cultivation becomes more challenging (image credit: Joanna Clarke, CC-BY 4.0 license ). A special issue of the journal PLOS Biology explores plant engineering as a tool to improve the climate resilience and carbon capture potential of crops Climate change is affecting the types of plant varieties we can cultivate, as well as how and where we can do so.
At Long Last, the Vision of the Grand Canyon Tribal Coalition Is Realized
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 23, 2023
The designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument is not only extremely popular but its protections are long overdue.
Trina Solar begins commercial production of Vertex N 700W+ modules
PV Tech
AUGUST 31, 2023
Trina Solar, a member of the Solar Module Super League, has started commercial production of its Vertex N 700W+ modules.
U.S. job growth surges with the IRA
GreenBiz
AUGUST 9, 2023
The United States’ clean energy market was growing before the Inflation Reduction Act became the law of the land. Now, clean energy job creation is booming.
Inflation Reduction Act: An energy storage system integrator’s perspective, Part 1
Energy Storage News
AUGUST 30, 2023
Just over a year ago, the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act brought in what has been considered the biggest legislative action on climate seen in the US.
Q&A: Exploring the future of energy storage
TechXplore
AUGUST 30, 2023
Imperial energy experts have penned a new book exploring the fast-growing field of energy storage.
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