Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Environmental NGO WRAP is using COP29 to highlight the need for countries to include food loss and waste in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). A new report shows that, of the 195 countries attending COP29, only 12 have committed to reducing food waste and just 17 to tackling food loss. In total, 24 countries (12%) commit to reducing ​food loss and/or waste​ while 88% attending the global climate conference have made no commitments to address either so far in their NDCs.

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CleanTech Group

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The future was most definitely blue at the Smart City Expo in Barcelona last week. The Tomorrow Blue Economy event featured the latest. The post Innovation Through Collaboration in the Maritime Sector appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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NRDC onEarth

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Golden State Natural Resources’ draft environmental impact report spells danger for forests, climate, and communities

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Canary Media

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

For years, California utilities, regulators, and consumer advocates have argued that residents with solar panels on their rooftops are making electricity more expensive for everyone else in the state.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A wind farm in Hesse, Germany. Flagging wind generation has triggered a scramble for power in north and central Europe as prices soar and conventional power is used to fill the gap (story: Montel News). With wind generation in Germany at its lowest level since 2014, the country was producing 700 MW of power from oil-fired units in early November – the country’s highest output in four weeks, according to data from Montel Analytics.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Chinese company completes world’s second-largest solar facility, a 3 GW PV farm built on an old cold mine, and starts first generation from the world's first gigawatt scale floating solar project. The post China floats its first gigawatt scale offshore solar park, and completes 3GW PV project at old coal mine appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

UK-based Altilium is building a new EV battery recycling plant in Plymouth, as the company embarks on the next phase of its ambitious growth plans. The 18,000-square-foot facility will use Altilium’s proprietary EcoCathode technology to recycle old lithium-ion batteries from EVs and recover the critical metals needed to power new EV batteries. Located in Plymouth’s Estover Industrial Estate, the new recycling plant is expected to begin operations by the end of the year.

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POWER Magazine

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Utilities recognizing the need to produce more electricity, in part to satisfy demand from data centers, may keep coal-fired units in operation longer than anticipated. A lessening of environmental regulations […] The post Southern CEO: Data Center Demand, Regulatory Changes Could Keep Coal-Fired Units Online appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Rooftop solar meets more than 80 per cent of generation in landmark moment in W.A., which hosts the world's largest isolated grid. The post Rooftop solar delivers 80 pct share of generation in landmark moment in world’s biggest isolated grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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TechCrunch: Climate

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Qwant, France’s privacy-focused search engine, and Ecosia, a Berlin-based not-for-profit search engine that uses ad revenue to fund tree planting and other climate-focused initiatives, are joining forces on a joint venture to develop their own European search index. The pair hopes this move will help drive innovation in their respective search engines — including and […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Plug Power’s Strategic Shift Amidst Financial Adjustments Plug Power Inc., a key player in the green hydrogen sector, recently released its third-quarter earnings report for 2024, which revealed some surprising adjustments. The hydrogen fuel-cell company posted a net loss of $211 million, or 25 cents per share, compared to a loss of $283 million, or 47 cents per share, in the same period last year.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The US battery storage system integrator arm of Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution (LG ES) has signed a 4-year supply deal with developer Terra-Gen.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Australia can access all the cheap wind turbines, solar panels, batteries and EVs we want from a willing seller. Let’s not waste the opportunity. The post We need to get the cost of wind energy down in Australia – Chinese turbines are the likely answer appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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TechCrunch: Climate

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Startup inspiration can strike anywhere. But for Atlas.co*, a freemium browser-based, real-time mapping tool that’s being built by an Oslo, Norway-based team of (initially student) engineers, the realization that there might be a business opportunity in competing with expensive legacy mapping software hit the founders during class. “When we took introduction class to GIS [geographic […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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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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PV Tech

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

State-owned China Energy Investment Corporation (CHN Energy) has completed a 1GW floating solar PV facility in the Shandong Province of China.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

American EV manufacturer Canoo has announced the resignation of two key employees and the temporary furlough of 30 factory workers at its Oklahoma City plant. The beleaguered automaker was founded in 2017 as Evelozcity by Stefan Krause, a former Deutsche Bank CFO, and Ulrich Kranz, a former senior executive at BMW, after the two had met at EV maker Faraday Future.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Global solar PV capacity has reached 2 terawatts, and is forecast to quadruple by 2030. The post It took 68 years for the world to reach 1 terawatt of solar PV capacity. It took just two years to double it appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Industry sources including ex-Fluence executives discuss what the next era for the rapidly-evolving BESS technology landscape looks like, including the move to AC blocks and changing battery cell sizes.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

With the push for sustainable transportation, battery electric and hydrogen buses are becoming central to discussions on public transit innovation. Cities across the globe, from Europe to Asia, are exploring how these zero-emission vehicles can replace traditional diesel buses and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Both technologies promise cleaner air and quieter streets, but they operate fundamentally differently and offer unique benefits.

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TechCrunch: Climate

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The majority of the world’s ammonia is produced using the 115-year-old Haber-Bosch process, which is heavily reliant on natural gas. NitroVolt could change that. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A proposed wind and solar green hydrogen hub in Western Australia will match the country's entire main grid in terms of capacity. Will it get environmental approvals? The post Australian wind and solar project sized at remarkable 70 gigawatts – as big as the country’s main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Australian transmission system operator Transgrid has contracted Edify Energy’s 300MWh Riverina and Darlington Point battery energy storage system (BESS) to increase its network capacity in New South Wales by 120MW.

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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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Financial Times: Energy

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Pitch by Sergei Tsivilev, a relative of Vladimir Putin, aimed to tighten oversight of Rosneft and nationalise Lukoil

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PV Tech

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Maxeon has announced plans to submit 'one or more protests' against CBP for its continued detainment of its modules produced in Mexico.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Falling costs and rapidly increasing scale means that big batteries are doing the heavy lifting at crucial points for the grid, particularly around the solar duck curve. The post Batteries come of age, and are now doing the heavy lifting around the solar duck appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

California’s Hydrogen Hub: A Catalyst for the Hydrogen Economy California is at the forefront of the hydrogen revolution, with significant investments and strategic alliances aimed at bolstering the hydrogen economy. The establishment of the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES) marks a pivotal moment in the state’s journey towards a cleaner, more sustainable future.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Future UN conferences should only be held in countries that show support for climate action, urge influential group Over 1,700 coal, oil and gas lobbyists granted access to Cop29, says report Future UN climate summits should be held only in countries that can show clear support for climate action and have stricter rules on fossil fuel lobbying, according to a group of influential climate policy experts.

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PV Tech

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Lithuanian lawmakers have adopted legislation designed to limit the ability of Chinese inverter manufacturers to remotely access the country’s solar and wind power plants.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The biggest battery storage tender to be held in Australia will open this week, with more than 4 GW and 16 GWh sought. The post Australia’s biggest ever battery storage tender to open this week appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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NRDC onEarth

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Syracuse city officials downplay extraordinarily high levels of lead in city drinking water.

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BloombergNEF

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Emerging markets outside China are projected to need to more than double their yearly investments in energy transition to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. According to BloombergNEF, these low- and middle-income economies will need $69 trillion over the next few decades, covering areas such as solar and wind power, as well as electric vehicles. The post Net Zero Hinges on Emerging Markets Outside China More Than Doubling Annual Energy Investment appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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PV Tech

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Australia’s Clean Energy Council (CEC) has found that over 1.4GW of large-scale renewable energy generation projects worth over AU$3.3 billion (US$2.61 billion) were committed to in the third quarter of 2024.

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