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Outdated Building Codes are Costly and Dangerous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 FEMA made millions of dollars available to update outdated codes—but states are not taking full advantage of this opportunity.

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€20 million project aims to demonstrate energy- and water-efficient manufacturing of fibre-based products

Envirotec Magazine

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

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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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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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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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Suits Target Veto, but Pebble Mine Opposition Will Never End

NRDC onEarth

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.

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The US Plastics Pact releases design-for-circularity playbooks

Envirotec Magazine

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.

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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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Clean Electricity Breaks New Records; Renewables on Track for Another Strong Year: BloombergNEF

BloombergNEF

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.

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UKWIR research programme aims to transform sewerage management

Envirotec Magazine

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.

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Solar saturation: Seven changes to the electricity market needed to put consumers first

Renew Economy

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.

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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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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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3Q 2024 Global PV Market Outlook

BloombergNEF

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.

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China may be shifting from coal to renewables

Envirotec Magazine

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.

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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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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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Samskip Joins TECO 2030’s HyEkoTank Project to Retrofit Vessel With Hydrogen Technology

FuelCellsWorks

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.

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Chart: Solar power is shattering global records

Canary Media

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.

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Engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots

Envirotec Magazine

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.

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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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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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Stadler Presents a World First in Berlin–Hydrogen and Battery Regio-Shuttle RS ZERO–

FuelCellsWorks

With the RS ZERO, the rail vehicle manufacturer is presenting the successor to the successful Regio-Shuttle RS1 model.

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Australia’s electricity grid to remain reliable if renewable projects delivered ‘on time and in full’, Aemo says

The Guardian: Energy

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”.

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Study of disordered rock salts leads to battery breakthrough

TechXplore

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.

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Tindo taps local aluminium maker to frame its Australian made solar panels

Renew Economy

Australia's only domestic solar module maker has signed a deal to source its aluminium frames from a local manufacturer, with an eye to a giga-scale future. The post Tindo taps local aluminium maker to frame its Australian made solar panels 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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Big Oil Is the Winner From Dutch Carbon Capture Subsidies

DeSmogBlog

This story is the second part of a DeSmog series on carbon capture and was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe , and in partnership with Follow the Money. To read the first story, click here. One Saturday in April, Dutch engineers manoeuvred a giant drill into position in the reclaimed, industrial extension of the Port of Rotterdam, and began boring a hole under the seawall.

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Hyundai’s Hydrogen Powered N Vision 74 Gets the Green Light for Production

FuelCellsWorks

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.

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Green groups call for scrapping of subsidies to wood-burning Drax power station

The Guardian: Energy

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.

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Gas shortage that never was is over as government agrees to find out how polluting it really is

Renew Economy

The gas shortage that never was is over almost as soon as it began, while the government promises to find better ways to measure its real climate impact. The post Gas shortage that never was is over as government agrees to find out how polluting it really is appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Batteries Are the ‘Next Solar’ for Investors, Says KKR

BloombergNEF

Batteries are the next big green investment opportunity, the co-head of climate strategy at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Emmanuel Lagarrigue, told BloombergNEF. The post Batteries Are the ‘Next Solar’ for Investors, Says KKR appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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Hyogo Prefectural University Achieves Breakthrough in Hydrogen Storage: Stabilizes Ammonia as a Solid at Room Temperature

FuelCellsWorks

For the first time in the world, a solid form of ammonia, which typically forms below -78°C, has been successfully stabilized at room temperature.

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UKOG on a roll, scores second future hydrogen storage spot

Hydrogen Fuel News

UK Oil & Gas has secured the land for another H2 storage project. UK Oil & Gas (UKOG), an energy company based in London, announced it has successfully obtained terrain and subsurface mineral rights for an underground salt-cavern hydrogen storage project in south Dorset. This marks the company’s second H2 storage facility in the southwest England region.

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South Australia to enshrine 100 pct net renewable target in law as BHP looks to double smelting capacity

Renew Economy

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.

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Ember: Central Europe could add 180GW of agriPV

PV Tech

A report from Ember estimates that 39GW of agriPV could be deployed above shade-benefitting crops such as berries.

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Hydrogen-Powered eVTOL Aircraft Soars to New Heights, Completing Seven Hours of Flight Operations

FuelCellsWorks

Aurora Flight Sciences’ small UAS is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, extending flight times for long range reconnaissance. Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing company, recently completed a successful seven-hour.

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