Public Storage is backing 130 community solar projects. Here’s why
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The portfolio will bring renewable electricity to low- and moderate-income communities in Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey.
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Confusion reigns as Whitehall briefing contradicts PM’s net zero speech
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
There are increasing concerns that civil servants in the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ) are attempting to undermine the Prime Minister’s attempts to reset the UK’s net zero policies, says trade body the Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA). In a briefing issued to the heating industry only hours after the PM’s net zero speech officials outlined their continuing approach to “encouraging” households to fit heat pumps, retaining unrealistic targets for heat pump installations
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Tesla Megapack on fire in ‘minor incident’ at battery storage site in Australia
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
A fire has taken place at a battery storage project in Queensland, Australia, as it reached the final stages of its commissioning phase.
It's easier to get valuable metals from battery waste if you 'flash' it
TechXplore
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Demand for valuable metals needed in batteries is poised to grow over the coming decades in step with the growth of clean energy technologies, and the best place to source them may be by recycling spent batteries.
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.
Cargill is using giant sails on its cargo fleet to cut greenhouse emissions
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Shipping has long been a high-carbon industry, but Cargill and BAR Technologies believe wind power can change that.
Managing information flow
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Lillestrom in southeast Norway. An AI analytics platform has had a transformational impact on water management in a Norwegian municipality, writes Marco Westergren, chief analytics officer at technology firm InfoTiles. The water-rich municipality of Lillestrøm was looking for a way to acquire more useful data to ensure decision-making and use of resources were as efficient as possible.
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Light-activated acid drives energy-efficient, on-demand release of captured carbon dioxide
TechXplore
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Using light instead of heat, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have found a new way to release carbon dioxide (CO2) from a solvent used in direct air capture, or DAC, to trap this greenhouse gas. The novel approach paves the way for economically viable separation of CO2 from the atmosphere.
American Climate Corps: What we know so far
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
A new federal work program is hoping to train 20,000 young Americans the technical skills needed in a climate tech marketplace.
What are ‘planetary boundaries’ and why should we care?
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
By Katherine Richardson, Professor in Biological Oceanography, University of Copenhagen, and Xuemei Bai, Distinguished Professor, Australian National University, writing in The Conversation. As far as we know, there is exactly one planet in our Solar System – and the galaxy – which hosts life. And you’re on it. For the first 800 million years, Earth was dead.
Honeywell invests and agrees to buy systems from US flow battery provider ESS Inc
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Honeywell has partnered with ESS Inc, manufacturer and IP holder of an iron electrolyte flow battery technology.
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
Scientists reveal the root cause of rechargeable battery breakdown
TechXplore
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
For decades, researchers have assumed that the inevitable filmy buildup on electrodes inside rechargeable batteries is the driver of performance loss. Now, we know that view is backward.
Why JPMorgan, Delta and Frontier Co-op support ‘second chance’ hiring
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
There are millions of unfilled positions open across the United States. By overlooking individuals with criminal records, businesses are ignoring a big pool of potential candidates.
Food Is Made to be Eaten: New Videos Encourage Food Donation
NRDC onEarth
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
NRDC teamed up with Chef Tom Colicchio to highlight liability protections for food donors because food is made to be eaten and should not end up in landfills.
Record growth for US BESS industry, but ‘2GW impacted by supply chain, interconnection challenges’
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The US energy storage industry enjoyed another quarter of record growth in Q2 2023, with 1,680MW/5,597MWh of new installations tracked by Wood Mackenzie.
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.
Chemical engineers unveil fire-safe fuel
TechXplore
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
UC Riverside chemical engineers have designed a fuel that ignites only with the application of electric current. Since it doesn't react to flames and cannot start accidental fires during storage or transport, it is a "safe" liquid fuel.
What’s top of mind for the most influential people in climate
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
As private and public sector leaders met at Climate Week NYC to talk about the climate crisis, three ways sustainability professionals can take immediate action emerged.
Renewable Power Helped the United States Survive the Hottest Summer Ever
NRDC onEarth
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
This summer, the United States endured the two warmest months ever recorded, yet the system held because of renewable energy.
Q Energy starts building 35MW/44MWh BESS in France
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The European renewable energy IPP arm of Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group, Q Energy, has started building one of the largest battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in France.
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.
Sandcastle worm nests inspire new low-carbon building materials
TechXplore
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Sandcastle worms are marine creatures about two inches long that build huge colonies of honeycombed, reef-like structures by cementing sand grains together.
Amazon, IKEA and Patagonia have joined a group to buy zero-emissions maritime shipping fuel
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
The Zero Emission Maritime Buyers Alliance is looking to decrease emissions from ocean shipping by 90 percent.
What Is the Air Quality Index?
NRDC onEarth
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The Air Quality Index (AQI) is used for reporting daily air quality. How to read it and how to protect yourself from air pollution.
Energy storage can make community solar more financially resilient in wake of bank failures
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Electriq Power CEO Frank Magnotti on how energy storage could help unlock the potential of community solar and enable more people to benefit.
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?
Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water
TechXplore
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Engineers at MIT and in China are aiming to turn seawater into drinking water with a completely passive device that is inspired by the ocean, and powered by the sun.
Carbon credits for forest preservation projects are mostly ‘illusory’, UC Berkeley study says
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 26, 2023
New research into Verra’s REDD+ methodology found cherry-picking and over-crediting.
Taxpayers Still on Hook for Oil and Gas Clean-up, Despite New Rule
NRDC onEarth
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
BOEM's proposed rule falls short in requiring oil and gas companies to demonstrate they are financially able to fully remove and clean up platforms & pipelines.
Dutch developer Giga Storage planning 300MW/1,200MWh BESS in Belgium
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Netherlands-based developer Giga Storage has announced its first project outside home turf, with a 300MW/1,200MWh transmission-connected BESS planned in neighbouring Belgium.
Germany bets on hydrogen to help cut trucking emissions
TechXplore
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
Applause rings out as Daimler Truck's hydrogen-powered, zero-emission lorry crosses the finish line in Berlin after completing a record-breaking 1,047-kilometer (650 mile) journey on a single tank.
How CFOs can position companies to be sustainability leaders
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Chief financial officers are integral to meeting corporate net-zero commitments.
Looming Government Shutdown Puts Public Safety and Health at Risk
NRDC onEarth
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
The House majority must do their job before people are forced to pay the price.
NHOA commissions 107MWh storage system at Chinese cement plant microgrid
Energy Storage News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
NHOA has put into operation a 107MWh BESS as part of an industrial microgrid project at a cement plant in Gaungdong province, China.
What causes lithium-ion battery fires? Why are they so intense? And how should they be fought? An expert explains
TechXplore
SEPTEMBER 28, 2023
Picture this: you're cruising down the Great Ocean Road in your brand new electric vehicle (EV), the ocean to your left and the wind in your hair. But what if I told you this idyllic drive could turn into a nightmare, with the faint smell of something burning?
How To Build No-Cost On-Site Solar & Battery Storage Projects
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023
In today’s energy landscape, on-site energy solutions like solar panels and battery storage provide valuable benefits, helping organizations reduce energy costs, drive sustainability goals forward, and even leverage energy flexibility to unlock revenue.
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