Google reports 13% emissions increase fueled by AI
GreenBiz
JULY 2, 2024
The company is struggling to add carbon-free energy fast enough, CSO Kate Brandt told GreenBiz.
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Envirotec Magazine
JULY 11, 2024
Small Electricals Recycling banks were installed in seven locations across the Scottish Highlands in ILM Highland’s project (image credit: ILM Highland). Material Focus has reopened its Electricals Recycling Fund, offering £750,000 of funding to support projects that make it easier for people to reuse and recycle small household electricals. Previous rounds of funding have provided £1.8 million to fund over 40 UK projects, some of which are described here.
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Data Centers Gobbling Up Existing Nukes Threatens Grid Decarb Goals
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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.
U.S. Oil Production Develops Massive Lead Over Russia And Saudi Arabia
R-Squared Energy
JULY 10, 2024
In June, the Energy Institute released the 2024 Statistical Review of World Energy. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. Each year, I do a series of articles covering the Review’s findings. In two previous articles, I discussed the trends in global carbon dioxide emissions , as well as the overall highlights of the Review.
Nuclear plant trips due to fire, and battery storage steps in to stabilises the grid
Renew Economy
JULY 31, 2024
Big nuclear unit in Texas trips after a fire, and the state's growing battery fleet reacts to keep the grid stable. Who knew nuclear needs backup? The post Nuclear plant trips due to fire, and battery storage steps in to stabilises the grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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JULY 31, 2024
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JULY 30, 2024
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Firm showcases “next-level CHP control” at World Biogas Expo
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California Calls on Congress to Fix Common Food Waste Problem
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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport
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Another Fourth-Generation Nuclear Reactor Begins Construction in the U.S.
POWER Magazine
JULY 30, 2024
Construction of Hermes, Kairos Power’s 35-MWth iterative non-power demonstration molten salt nuclear reactor, has officially kicked off in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The effort marks another major step for the burgeoning advanced […] The post Another Fourth-Generation Nuclear Reactor Begins Construction in the U.S. appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Churches are going solar and saving big thanks to the climate law
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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities
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Plants and their pollinators are increasingly out of sync
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For the past four years, plant biologist Elsa Godtfredsen has trekked to a subalpine meadow in Colorado to study the interactions between wildflowers and bumblebees. The pollinators buzz among fields of purple delphinium and columbine, an iconic image of spring in the Rocky Mountains. Godtfredsen works at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory , a research center set amid evergreens and jagged granite peaks in Gothic, Colorado.
California eyes central procurement of 2GW of LDES to help scale novel technologies
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JULY 23, 2024
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Generators fill their pockets again, pushing grid prices to new highs and leaving renewables to cop the blame
Renew Economy
JULY 30, 2024
Wholesale electricity prices hit a new landmark on Tuesday night when all five state grids had prices pushed above $15,000 a megawatt hour (MWh) at the time. Greed is the new black. The post Generators fill their pockets again, pushing grid prices to new highs and leaving renewables to cop the blame appeared first on RenewEconomy.
A lesson in collective buying power: How to use your voice to drive climate policy
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The history of the Clean Energy Buyers Association offers key lessons on the importance of public policy in accelerating private action on climate.
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FEMA Flood Rule Will Lead to Safer Rebuilding Post-Disaster
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The rule is among the first adopted by a federal agency that will require federally funded projects to be sited and designed with future climate impacts in mind.
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