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Perkins Coie Lunch Series -The Inflation Reduction Act’s Impact on the Clean Energy Industry
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Rumor: Tesla To Remove Drive/Reverse/Neutral/Park Stalk On Model Y & Model 3
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 30, 2022
Back when Tesla introduced the fact that the refreshed Model S would not have a stalk for changing between drive, reverse, neutral, and park (a “DRNP stalk”), some of us freaked out. “But how will your car know what to do?” … “It’ll be so annoying pressing D, R, N, or P on the touchscreen!” […].
$10 billion Namibian hydrogen project selects developer for locomotive
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Namibian-headquartered Hyphen Hydrogen Energy (Hyphen) says it is making positive progress on its discussions with the Namibian Government as it moves towards signature of the Implementation Agreement before the end of the year for its planned US$10 bn Namibian green hydrogen project. At full scale development, the Hyphen project is expected to produce ~350,000 tons of green hydrogen per annum before the end of the decade for regional and global markets, from 5-6 GW of renewable generation capac
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.
Where’s the next generation of sustainability talent? Consulting
GreenBiz
AUGUST 29, 2022
Consultancies, large and small, are a superb training ground for your next hire — or maybe your future boss.
Natural Power PhD develops power forecasting excellence
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Through a collaboration between the world-class University of Strathclyde; Scotland's Innovation Centre for data and artificial intelligence, The Data Lab; and the leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power; a PhD completed by Rosemary Tawn, has developed a short-term (less than four hours) power forecasting system that demonstrates up to 20% improved forecast accuracy.
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Mythbusting sustainable business practices
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
With misconceptions remaining around the topic of sustainable business practices and given the increasingly challenging economic landscape we find ourselves in, there’s a risk that the offsetting of carbon emissions could be overlooked by large and small businesses. However, doing so could be to the detriment of these businesses, who could end up driving away an increasingly savvy customer base – and, obviously, harming the planet.
Are carbon offsets a joke? A response to the comedian John Oliver
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AUGUST 30, 2022
The segment on HBO made the rounds on in the sustainability universe. What he got right, wrong and where there is a little more nuance.
Growatt announces the pre-sale of its first portable power station - Infinity 1500
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Growatt announces the pre-sale of its brand-new portable power station - Infinity1500. The event will last for 15 days from September 1 to September 15, 2022.
Test Drive Results 2022 Toyota RAV4 Prime XSE
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 28, 2022
This Toyota RAV4 Prime came back for more. I mean, a plugin hybrid electric vehicle that’s an SUV (PHEV) with an EPA-estimated rating of 42 miles on all-electric battery power alone. For this RAV4 XSE gets a bold new color in Calvary Blue with a black roof. Calvary Blue will also make its way on the […]. The post Test Drive Results 2022 Toyota RAV4 Prime XSE appeared first on The Green Living Guy.
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
Superconductors will support electric jet flight, says Scottish start-up
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
(Left to right) Pia Saelen and Kieran Duncan of Mako Aerospace. Scottish start-up Mako Aerospace plans to manufacture the world’s first all-electric jet engine, which they say could double the range of electric aircraft compared to current hybrid models. Based in Dunfermline, the firm has teamed up with the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS), operated by the University of Strathclyde, the alma mater of Mako founders Kieran Duncan and Pia Saelen.
Farmers can now grow fruits, vegetables, and carbon credits
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AUGUST 30, 2022
ProducePay teams up with Allcot to create a carbon crediting project designed for fruit and vegetable growers.
Polestar to supply batteries and charging systems to electric hydrofoil maker Candela
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AUGUST 31, 2022
Swedish electric car OEM Polestar (Nasdaq: PSNY) has signed a multiyear agreement to supply battery and charging systems to Candela , a Swedish maker of electric hydrofoil boats. The agreement to supply battery technology to a third party is a first for Polestar. Candela says its electric boats “fly” above the surface, using computer-guided hydrofoils that lift the hull above water, and consume up to 80% less energy at high speeds compared to traditional motorboats, while delivering a smoother c
What Is MTF Testing And Why It's Important?
altenergymag
AUGUST 30, 2022
Image Science is a manufacturer and designer of varying optical test equipment. All of this is for assessing the quality level of both infrared and visible lenses.
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.
Defra’s Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan falls short, says conservation group
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
“We are appalled to see that Defra’s Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan has not taken into account the thousands of responses to the draft consultation which called for much more ambitious targets, and still reflects far too little, too late,” said a statement from The Rivers Trust, following the plan’s long-awaited publication on 26 August. “Far from revolutionising the sewer system, as the plan claims, this plan aims to claw its way back to what should have alread
Innovative partnerships bring community solar to low-income households in the US
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AUGUST 29, 2022
Here are examples of what's been driving stunning growth in community solar.
Solar squeezes out coal to set new record low for demand on national grid
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AUGUST 30, 2022
A mild, solar charged Sunday has delivered a new winter minimum operational demand low on Australia's main grid, AEMO says. The post Solar squeezes out coal to set new record low for demand on national grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Natural Power supports landmark Network Rail solar agreement with EDF Renewables UK
altenergymag
AUGUST 30, 2022
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has provided technical support to Network Rail throughout the supplier identification and negotiation process which has ultimately led its corporate power purchase agreement for 49.9MW of solar power from EDF Renewables UK.
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.
Hillcrest’s soft switching technology reduces ripple current in EV traction inverters
Charged
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Hillcrest Energy Technologies , an inverter and control system company, has released a white paper describing the advantages of its soft switching technology. Hillcrest’s soft switching technology uses high switching frequency and is designed for EV traction inverters. In the white paper , authors from Hillcrest and Systematec write: “Simulation and experimental results have shown that higher switching frequencies indeed reduce DC-link capacitor ripple current.”.
Combatting Climate Change by Transforming Waste into Value
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Australia’s first battery gigafactory on track for December launch
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Australian lithium-ion battery manufacturer on track to launch its planned gigafactory in NSW coal country after successfully completing a pilot program. The post Australia’s first battery gigafactory on track for December launch appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Ameresco Completes “Brightfield” Solar Project on Former Brownfield Site in Illinois
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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?
UK’s Ivy Farm opens the “largest cultivated meat pilot plant” in Europe
AFN Sustainable Protein
AUGUST 31, 2022
Ivy Farm , a cultivated meat startup in the UK, recently unveiled what it claims to be Europe’s largest cultivated meat pilot plant in Oxford, a city just outside of the capital London. The food-tech startup, which has raised over $30 million, is on a mission to create “real, guilt-free meat” to tackle one of the world’s biggest climate polluters – industrial agriculture – and to help the world reach its net zero goals.
Keeping sustainability alive during a downturn means seizing the moment
GreenBiz
AUGUST 31, 2022
Make the business case, follow the money and think like a CEO.
NSW backs pumped hydro projects promising 60 hours of energy storage
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Five pumped hydro projects, with a combined capacity of almost 1.75GW and 60 hours of storage, have been awarded state government funding. The post NSW backs pumped hydro projects promising 60 hours of energy storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.
DOE makes loan to Syrah Technologies to expand active anode material processing facility
Charged
AUGUST 30, 2022
The DOE ’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) closed a $102.1-million loan to Syrah Technologies to increase the production capacity of an active anode material processing facility. The Syrah Vidalia facility in Louisiana produces graphite-based active anode material. According to the DOE, the facility is “the only vertically integrated, large-scale AAM manufacturer outside of China and the first of its kind in the United States.”.
Quantum batteries – the promise of micromasers
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 31, 2022
Researchers at Korea’s Institute for Basic Science have found that micromasers could be a platform to build next-gen quantum batteries. Micromasers – single atom masers, the microwave analogue of a laser – have long been studied for their quantum properties and now the researchers, from the IBS’s Centre for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems have shown that they have features that allow them to serve as excellent models of quantum batteries.
Elevating ESG Impact for Your Most Critical Stakeholders
GreenBiz
AUGUST 31, 2022
Demand is growing for companies to create action-oriented ESG strategies, due to megatrends ranging from climate change and shifting demographics, evolving reporting standards and growing expectations from customers. It’s increasingly vital that companies elevate ESG impact for their stakeholders, including employees, customers and investors.
“Ludicrous:” Snowy 2.0 contractor has zero working capital, but denies dispute
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
Contractor for Snowy 2.0 and Project EnergyConnect reveals liquidity problems with zero working capital, but denies dispute over costs and delays with Snowy Hydro. The post “Ludicrous:” Snowy 2.0 contractor has zero working capital, but denies dispute appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Tritium opens fast charger factory in Tennessee
Charged
AUGUST 31, 2022
Charger manufacturer Tritium (Nasdaq: DCFC) has opened its first US-based charger manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Tennessee. The facility is expected to create over 500 jobs over the next five years. Tritium’s Tennessee facility will initially produce the company’s RTM fast charger, and is expected to start producing the PKM150 early next year. These DC fast chargers are compatible with all EVs, and are expected to fulfill requirements for federal support under the Inflation Reduction Act.
Startups called to join Circular Valley accelerator programme
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Startups with ideas for a circular economy are being encouraged to join the Circular Economy Accelerator programme, which will meet this winter in Circular Valley® – located in the Rhine Ruhr area of Germany, a region being positioned as an emerging hotspot for innovation in technologies that facilitate recycling and reuse. As the organisers explain: “Giga-Impact” is the focus of the next batch of the Circular Economy Accelerator.
Coca-Cola bottler and Rabobank partner on sustainability-linked finance plan for suppliers
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
It's a first in the beverage industry toward improving ESG performance.
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