Outdated Building Codes are Costly and Dangerous
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 26, 2024
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 FEMA made millions of dollars available to update outdated codes—but states are not taking full advantage of this opportunity.
Sat.Aug 24, 2024 - Fri.Aug 30, 2024
177 
€20 million project aims to demonstrate energy- and water-efficient manufacturing of fibre-based products
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 28, 2024
Developing new kinds of recyclable fibre-based products is the aim of an initiative in Scandinavia, which aims to reduce energy and resource consumption in the forestry and textile industry. The goal of the Energy First initiative, says VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, is to act as a starting point for an entirely new technology, creating “the conditions for the manufacture of low-carbon, energy-efficient, and recyclable fibre-based products” With trends such as the continue
Join 12,000+
Insiders
Sign Up for our Newsletter
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Trending Sources
UK may unveil tougher emissions targets at Cop29 climate summit
The Guardian: Energy
AUGUST 29, 2024
Campaigners hail Labour’s ‘proactive approach’ after series of policy U-turns under Conservatives UK politics live – latest updates Business live – latest updates The UK government is considering making further commitments on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, likely to be announced at the UN climate summit this year. It is hoped the plan will help kickstart global ambitions on cutting emissions and encourage other countries to follow suit.
Chart: Solar power is shattering global records
Canary Media
AUGUST 30, 2024
Solar has been gaining popularity for years now, but in 2023 the clean energy source really took off: A staggering 428 gigawatts’ worth of solar was installed worldwide last year, up by 76 percent from what was deployed in 2022, per new BloombergNEF data. That’s more than double the industry’s recent growth rates.
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.
Suits Target Veto, but Pebble Mine Opposition Will Never End
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 28, 2024
With three lawsuits now pending, broad coalition led by Bristol Bay Tribes intervenes to support EPA veto in defense of world’s greatest wild salmon fishery.
The US Plastics Pact releases design-for-circularity playbooks
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 27, 2024
The US Plastics Pact has released its Design for Circularity Playbooks , described as essential reports designed to guide the lifecycle of plastics in the US. “The newly unveiled Design for Recyclability Playbook, Design for Reuse Playbook, and Design for Compostability Playbook provide detailed guidelines to ensure that plastic packaging is continuously reused, recycled, or composted, thereby reducing plastic waste and its environmental impact”, says the group.
Sign up to get articles personalized to your interests!
CleanTech Focus brings together the best content for cleantech professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
More Trending
Australia’s electricity grid to remain reliable if renewable projects delivered ‘on time and in full’, Aemo says
The Guardian: Energy
AUGUST 28, 2024
Investments in solar, wind, batteries, pumped hydro and transmission links must be delivered ‘on time and in full’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s electricity authority has declared the country’s main power grid will remain reliable as it shifts from coal domination to running overwhelmingly on renewable energy – but only if investments in new generation are delivered “on time and in full”.
Solar and batteries are helping Texas weather heat waves. Here’s how.
Canary Media
AUGUST 28, 2024
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.
UKWIR research programme aims to transform sewerage management
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 27, 2024
Sewage pollution in surface waters in the UK and Ireland is one of the most high-profile environmental issues in the country. Water industry research organisation UKWIR is leading a raft of innovative sewerage projects designed to transform the way water companies manage this issue in the coming five-year Asset Management Plan period for England and Wales – AMP8, which starts on 1 April 2025.
Rooftop PV sends grid demand to new winter low, as big wind and solar hit by record curtailment
Renew Economy
AUGUST 27, 2024
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.
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
Green groups call for scrapping of subsidies to wood-burning Drax power station
The Guardian: Energy
AUGUST 27, 2024
Open letter to Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, says biomass plants are putting forests and biodiversity at risk Business live – latest updates More than 40 green groups have called on Ed Miliband to scrap plans to pay billions in subsidies to the Drax power plant in North Yorkshire for it to keep burning wood pellets imported from overseas forests.
Sage Geosystems and Meta sign 150MW geothermal power agreement
Canary Media
AUGUST 26, 2024
One of the most promising new forms of clean electricity just got a significant boost. Earlier today at a U.S. Department of Energy workshop, next-generation geothermal energy startup Sage Geosystems announced that it had agreed to supply Meta , the owner of Facebook, with 150 megawatts of geothermal power.
China may be shifting from coal to renewables
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 27, 2024
Coal-fired power plant in Inner Mongolia. The pace at which renewable energy is being developed in China is leading to a slowdown in the approval of new coal-powered projects, according to a new report from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air and Global Energy Monitor. However, even though the number of new coal power permits has decreased, the existing pipeline of projects still poses a challenge for China to meet its climate targets and energy transition ambitions, says GEM.
Solar saturation: Seven changes to the electricity market needed to put consumers first
Renew Economy
AUGUST 27, 2024
Australia is headed for a future where solar is on every rooftop. The electricity market must be redesigned to see this as a resource to slash consumer bills – and not a risk. The post Solar saturation: Seven changes to the electricity market needed to put consumers first appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Namibia’s Green Hydrogen Projects Reach Key Milestones
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 30, 2024
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.
Midwest grid operators submit $1.7B plan build cross-border power lines
Canary Media
AUGUST 27, 2024
The two grid operators providing power to the Midwestern U.S. are proposing to build $1.7 billion worth of new transmission lines to bridge the “seam” between their networks.
Engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 26, 2024
Image credit: Courtesy of Michael Strano, et al. Zinc-air batteries, smaller than a grain of sand, could help miniscule robots sense and respond to their environment, according to a group from Massachusett’s Institute of Technology (MIT). A tiny battery could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous robots for drug delivery within the human body, as well as other applications such as locating leaks in gas pipelines.
Big battery market charges beyond expectations, now the grid just needs more wind and solar
Renew Economy
AUGUST 26, 2024
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.
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.
Samskip Joins TECO 2030’s HyEkoTank Project to Retrofit Vessel With Hydrogen Technology
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 30, 2024
Lysaker, Norway–TECO 2030 (OSE: TECO, OTC: TECFF, ISIN: NO0010887516) and the HyEkoTank consortium are pleased to announce that Samskip has been formally approved by the European Union as a partner.
Xcel Minnesota looks to mimic power plants with solar and storage
Canary Media
AUGUST 28, 2024
Xcel Energy is proposing a new approach to powering the grid in Minnesota. The utility recently told state regulators it wants to build a network of solar-powered energy storage hubs, located strategically on its grid and linked with technology so they can be operated in concert with each other.
Clean Electricity Breaks New Records; Renewables on Track for Another Strong Year: BloombergNEF
BloombergNEF
AUGUST 27, 2024
More than 40% of the world’s electricity came from zero-carbon sources for the first time in 2023; 14% from wind and solar Almost 91% of global net power capacity additions came from solar and wind in 2023 versus 6% from fossil fuels Renewable energy attracted $313 billion of new investment in the first half of […] The post Clean Electricity Breaks New Records; Renewables on Track for Another Strong Year: BloombergNEF appeared first on BloombergNEF.
Queensland’s biggest battery to double in size after AGL signs “virtual” contract
Renew Economy
AUGUST 26, 2024
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.
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?
World’s First of Its Kind Green Ammonia Plant Inaugurated by Skovgaard Energy, Vestas, and Topsoe
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 27, 2024
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.
Last Energy nabs $40M to realize vision of super-small nuclear reactors
Canary Media
AUGUST 29, 2024
A startup looking to build really small nuclear reactors just announced a big new funding round. Last Energy , a Washington, D.C.
3Q 2024 Global PV Market Outlook
BloombergNEF
AUGUST 27, 2024
The global PV industry is expected to install 592 gigawatts of modules this year, up 33% from the boom year of 2023. Low prices for modules are stimulating demand in new markets, but hurting manufacturers, who are competing intensely to maintain market share. The post 3Q 2024 Global PV Market Outlook appeared first on BloombergNEF.
South Australia to enshrine 100 pct net renewable target in law as BHP looks to double smelting capacity
Renew Economy
AUGUST 29, 2024
South Australia to lock its 2027 target of 100 per cent net renewables into law as BHP looks to double its copper smelting and refining operations in the state. The post South Australia to enshrine 100 pct net renewable target in law as BHP looks to double smelting capacity appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Study of disordered rock salts leads to battery breakthrough
TechXplore
AUGUST 26, 2024
For the past decade, disordered rock salt has been studied as a potential breakthrough cathode material for use in lithium-ion batteries and a key to creating low-cost, high-energy storage for everything from cell phones to electric vehicles to renewable energy storage.
Heat-based batteries are a surprisingly versatile tool
Canary Media
AUGUST 26, 2024
Doron Brenmiller, co-founder of Brenmiller Energy , knows all about the useful things hot rocks can do.
Hyundai’s Hydrogen Powered N Vision 74 Gets the Green Light for Production
FuelCellsWorks
AUGUST 29, 2024
Hyundai, a brand once known for its utilitarian vehicles, has continued to evolve into a leader in automotive innovation and design. The latest testament to this transformation is the confirmation.
US researchers identify new sugar-based resin for easily recyclable wind turbine blades
Renew Economy
AUGUST 26, 2024
New resin made using bio-derivable sugars means that wind turbine blades can be fully recycled, with the process taking just six hours per blade. The post US researchers identify new sugar-based resin for easily recyclable wind turbine blades appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Scientists want to build a ‘doomsday’ vault on the moon
Grist
AUGUST 27, 2024
In the fall of 2016, soaring temperatures caused the permafrost encasing a remote Norwegian mountainside to thaw. An ensuing flood breached the entrance tunnel of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built into the mountain as a fortress to safeguard the world’s seeds. The rush of water signified a dire warning: Not even a multi-million-dollar “doomsday” vault designed to fortify the world’s food supply can escape the wrath of a warming planet.
This startup has a plan to clean up industry: electrified bricks
Canary Media
AUGUST 26, 2024
Making chemicals, metals, glass, and cement often requires scorching levels of heat. Today, many of those industrial processes use planet-warming fossil fuels to reach temperatures rivaling those of lava.
Let's personalize your content