August, 2024

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Drax is UK’s largest single source of CO2 emissions

Envirotec Magazine

New analysis from energy think tank Ember shows that the wood-burning Drax power station is the UK’s largest source of CO2 emissions at 12.1 million tonnes in 2022. This is significantly greater than any other single UK power station, including coal and gas. The plant is by far the largest single CO2 emitter in the UK power sector, accounting for over double the amount of CO2 emissions of the second largest emitter, RWE’s Pembroke Gas Power Station, with 5.3 million tonnes CO2 emissions.

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PJM’s Capacity Auction: The Real Story

NRDC onEarth

Fossil fuel un-reliability and PJM’s failure to speedily connect new clean resources to the grid are to blame for the 2025/26 auction price spike.

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Global South Ecosystems are Producing Breakthrough Innovation to Solve Local Climate Needs

CleanTech Group

Countries in many parts of the world are already experiencing the effects of climate change, and Global South populations are particularly vulnerable. According. The post Global South Ecosystems are Producing Breakthrough Innovation to Solve Local Climate Needs appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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What Does Zero Waste Really Mean

Green Business Bureau

It is estimated that worldwide, a staggering 2.2 billion tonnes of waste is produced per year. Much of this waste is packaging from food and beverages, a great deal of which will end up in a landfill, since certain types of packaging are non-degradable or can take hundreds of years to break down. Some plastic bottle types, for instance, may take as long as 450 years to do so.

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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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South Australia runs on more than 100 pct net renewables in last week of winter

Renew Economy

South Australia sources more than 101 per cent of its demand over past week from wind and solar, in last week of winter. The post South Australia runs on more than 100 pct net renewables in last week of winter appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Kemi Badenoch Accepts £10,000 From Chair of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group

DeSmogBlog

Conservative Party leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch received £10,000 towards her campaign from the chair of a climate science denial group, DeSmog can reveal. Neil Record , a millionaire Tory donor and founder of the investment firm Record Financial Group, is chair of Net Zero Watch (NZW), the campaign arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF).

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The Global Plastics Treaty: It’s Time to Clean Up Our Mess

NRDC onEarth

Negotiations are underway to finally slow this endless stream of plastic waste into our environment, food, and bodies.

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Australian government approves AAPowerLink project to export solar to Singapore

PV Tech

Renewable energy developer Sun Cable has secured approval from the Australian government for the Australian element of its Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink) interconnector.

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Joe’s Organic Cleaners Invests in Organic Dry Cleaning for a More Sustainable Future

Green Business Bureau

Joe’s Organic Cleaners had a clear green mission, to protect the health of their people, their town and the local environment. Core to that mission was replacing their cleaning system with a new state-of-the-art organic dry cleaning solution. They knew becoming an eco-friendly business was key to their future and the right thing to do. Green Business Movement Whether it’s to keep up with competition or to abide by new legislation that is being introduced, today’s business environment is reinfo

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Victoria’s biggest battery becomes first project through new renewables fast track

Renew Economy

A new big battery was approved after just nine weeks, marking the first renewables project to be fully processed under the state's new fast-tracked approvals pathway. The post Victoria’s biggest battery becomes first project through new renewables fast track appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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How Dalton, Georgia, went from Carpet Capital to Solartown, USA

Canary Media

DALTON, Ga. — Growing up in Cartersville, Georgia, Lisa Nash saw what happens to communities when factory jobs disappear. It was the 1980s and corporations were offshoring production to reduce costs and raise profits.

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The RAF begins using sustainable aviation fuel on routine operations

Envirotec Magazine

An RAF Typhoon landing in Turkey. The Royal Air Force has used a blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with normal jet fuel on routine operations for the first time. Aircraft including Typhoon and Poseidon submarine hunters, operating from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland, have been using a blend of conventional and SAF in an apparent first for the air force.

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Breathing in Harm: The Toll of Freight Pollution in California

NRDC onEarth

Diesel trucks, making up just 6 percent of vehicles in California, are responsible for a disproportionate amount of harmful emissions, severely impacting communities near freight routes like those in the Inland Empire.

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Cello-playing climate activist arrested at New York Citibank protest as crackdown escalates

The Guardian: Energy

Second activist also arrested during ‘summer of heat’ protest against second largest financier of fossil fuels A 63-year-old climate activist and professional cellist faces up to seven years in prison after being arrested on Thursday while performing a Bach solo outside the headquarters of one of the world’s largest fossil fuel financier Citibank in downtown New York.

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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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Keep Mattresses out of the Landfill

Green Business Bureau

Mattresses pose a serious problem when it comes to disposal. These large household products take up more than their fair share of space in landfills because they’re difficult to compact, clog machinery, and create large soft spaces that can turn into sinkholes after filling. The problem of mattress disposal can be confronted from two sides. The first is to recycle old mattresses, reusing their components to make new products.

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Rooftop PV sends grid demand to new winter low, as big wind and solar hit by record curtailment

Renew Economy

Rooftop solar sends operational demand on Australia's main grid to a new winter low, as coal, wind and solar all forced to dramatically curtail output. The post Rooftop PV sends grid demand to new winter low, as big wind and solar hit by record curtailment appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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6,000 sheep will soon be grazing on 10,000 acres of Texas solar fields

Canary Media

JR Howard of Texas Solar Sheep can’t buy sheep fast enough. He supplies them to solar farms, where their grazing keeps grass short for less than the cost of mowing it. Demand for his animals has skyrocketed over the past few years as more and more large solar installations are being built.

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Ultrafine particles affect mitochondrial functions in olfactory mucosa

Envirotec Magazine

Ultrafine particles, UFPs, the smallest particles that contribute to air pollution ( and still a challenge to measure ), hinder the function of mitochondria in human olfactory mucosa cells, according to a new study, findings that appear to clarify some of the adverse health effects believed to be linked to exposure. Led by the University of Eastern Finland, the study appeared to show that traffic-related UFPs impair mitochondrial functions in primary human olfactory mucosa cells by hampering oxi

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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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New Pipes Equal Safer Family

NRDC onEarth

I just had my lead service line replaced, and I couldn’t be happier.

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Australian fossil fuel exports ranked second globally for climate damage with ‘no plan’ for reduction

The Guardian: Energy

Coal and gas exports expected to remain roughly at current level until at least 2035 with 4.5% of emissions linked to Australia, report finds Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s coal and gas exports cause more climate damage than those from any other country bar Russia, according to a new study that argues the country is undermining a global agreement to transition away from fossil fuels.

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Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Projects Reach Key Milestones

FuelCellsWorks

NAMIBIA’s active green hydrogen projects are making significant progress, with the largest among them, the Hyphen Green Hydrogen Project, already employing 400 people. In addition to the Hyphen project, seven.

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Big battery market charges beyond expectations, now the grid just needs more wind and solar

Renew Economy

Big batteries projects are charging ahead beyond all expectations, helped by plunging costs. But where is the wind and solar, and what are the big utilities up to? The post Big battery market charges beyond expectations, now the grid just needs more wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Solar and batteries are helping Texas weather heat waves. Here’s how.

Canary Media

The Texas power grid has broken new records throughout this summer — for how much electricity it has had to deliver as residents cranked up their air conditioners and for how much it has used solar power and batteries to keep grid emergencies at bay.

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Anglo-Scottish electricity superhighway receives £3.4 billion

Envirotec Magazine

EGL2 will connect Peterhead (pictured) with Drax in North Yorkshire. Around 430km of the cable will be under the North Sea. A £3.4 billion funding package has been awarded to build a proposed new subsea and underground 500km cable between Scotland and Yorkshire which could power up to 2 million homes, and expedite the delivery of energy generated via offshore wind in the North Sea.

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Polling Shows Strong Support for Blake Plateau Conservation

NRDC onEarth

Recent polling in Georgia and coastal South Carolina reveals overwhelming support for action to protect key areas on the Blake Plateau.

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Arevon puts 800MWh California BESS into operation

Energy Storage News

IPP Arevon Energy has started operations on its 200MW/800MWh Condor BESS project in San Bernadino County, California.

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World’s First of Its Kind Green Ammonia Plant Inaugurated by Skovgaard Energy, Vestas, and Topsoe

FuelCellsWorks

A significant milestone achieved as the Danish partnership of Topsoe, Skovgaard Energy, and Vestas inaugurated a green ammonia plant in Ramme, Northwest Jutland, Denmark. The plant will demonstrate how renewable.

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Queensland’s biggest battery to double in size after AGL signs “virtual” contract

Renew Economy

Biggest battery in Queensland to double in size after AGL signs up to a 10-year "virtual" contract as big generators lock in to battery storage. The post Queensland’s biggest battery to double in size after AGL signs “virtual” contract appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Form Energy set to build world’s biggest battery in Maine

Canary Media

New England states are attempting to make good on their climate pledges while addressing some very real concerns about the long-term stability of the region’s electrical grid. The Department of Energy awarded $389 million in grant funding last week to strengthen that system.

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Where have all the insects gone? Call to citizen scientists

Envirotec Magazine

The Bugs Matter app. As the summer holidays begin, the Bugs Matter 2024 survey, led by Buglife and Kent Wildlife Trust, is calling on citizen scientists across the UK to participate in this insect population study. Since the first reference survey in 2004 led by RSPB, analysis of records from nearly 26,500 journeys across the UK shows a continuing decrease in bug splats, with the number of splats sampled on vehicle number plates by citizen scientists decreasing by 78% nationwide between 2004 a

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Outdated Building Codes are Costly and Dangerous

NRDC onEarth

Strong building codes save lives and money. FEMA made millions of dollars available to update outdated codes—but states are not taking full advantage of this opportunity.

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Does Political Decentralization Improve Urban Governance? Balancing Efficacy and Representation in Rajasthan’s Small Towns

The City Fix

“Hum faltu hai [in English, “We are useless”] …I don’t even know what the budget of the council is. Nobody tells me about the procurement process [or] the number of tenders that have gone public…I don’t have enough knowledge about.

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