Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The new guidance. RECOUP has updated its Recyclability by Design (RBD) publication, bringing things up to date with emerging requirements, and at a critical time for packaging recyclability with the impending increase of compliance costs associated with Extended Producer Responsibility. Originally released in 2006, the RBD document from the group – a leading UK independent authority on plastics resource efficiency and recycling – has been regularly updated.

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NRDC onEarth

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

NRDC’s attorneys will continue our time-tested tactics to defend public health and the environment from future federal attacks.

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Health 158

Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Updated: Australia's newest and biggest battery makes a surprise intervention on the grid as the market operator marshalled resources to keep the lights on in NSW. The post Australia’s newest and biggest battery charged with surprise role in keeping lights on in NSW heatwave appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Batteries 145

Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Chinese EV giant BYD has launched what an executive claimed is the 'world's first high-performance' sodium-ion BESS product, using its proprietary form factor Long Blade Battery cell.

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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.

Sustainability

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A new energy centre that will provide heat to thousands of homes across Midlothian has opened today (26 November). The project is part of a partnership between Midlothian Council and Vattenfall, called Midlothian Energy Limited (MEL), and will supply low carbon heat to new homes in Midlothian. The heat will be supplied via the MEL heat network that is planned to expand into existing buildings and other areas in Midlothian and north into Edinburgh.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

BMW Group Plant Regensburg Drives Toward Hydrogen-Powered Logistics by 2030 The BMW Group Plant Regensburg is forging ahead with an ambitious plan to revolutionize its logistics processes by integrating hydrogen propulsion systems. This transformation is set to begin in 2026, with the introduction of hydrogen-powered tugger trains and forklift trucks, aiming for a full transition from electric to hydrogen propulsion by 2030.

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Logistics Hydrogen Automotive Technology 109

NRDC onEarth

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

At COP29 in Baku, governments agreed to a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) for climate finance. How can this be delivered?

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Government 134

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The team behind the “Birmingham Blade”: (left to right) Dr Kit Windows Yule, University of Birmingham, and Chief Scientific Officer, EvoPhase; Leonard Nicusan, Chief Technology Officer, EvoPhase; Dominik Werner, CEO, EvoPhase; David Coleman, CEO, University of Birmingham Enterprise; Jack Sykes, Chief Operating Officer, EvoPhase; John Cook, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, University of Birmingham Enterprise; Laura Bond, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, University of Birmingham Enterprise; Paul J

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Wind power Technology Energy Energy 130

Charged

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

It’s not uncommon to see blazing headlines in newspapers and magazines, not to mention on the local evening news, reporting yet another electric vehicle fire. With so many reports, one might think that EVs self-immolate on a regular basis at a far higher rate than automobiles powered by internal combustion engines (ICEs). In actuality, it turns out that the reverse is true: the risk of an internal-combustion-engine vehicle fire is between 20 and 80 times greater.

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Lithium Batteries Electric vehicle Organic 104

Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Blackout featured prominently in media headlines this week, but not on the grid. But as the coal fleet gets older, there are smarter ways of responding to demand spikes. The post In the end, the only blackouts were in the media headlines: But there has to be a better way to do this appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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

Energy

Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

The 1,680MWh Waratah Super Battery, which completed its energisation in early September, was called upon yesterday (27 November) to prevent widespread blackouts in New South Wales, Australia.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Inside this reaction vial, spotlit by concentrated sunlight, a piece of black polystyrene from a foam tray breaks down into a recyclable material (image credit: Hanning Jiang). Black foam and black coffee lids, which are often made of polystyrene, usually end up in landfills because colour additives lead to ineffective sorting. Now, a US group has shown that the use of an additive in black plastics can allow sunlight or white LEDs to break down black and colored polystyrene waste into reusable m

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Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 130

Hydrogen Fuel News

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Hydrogen-powered trains, once heralded as a promising step toward sustainable rail transportation, have encountered significant challenges in Germany. The Rhine-Main Transport Authority (RMV) has decided to withdraw 18 Coradia iLint hydrogen trains from service in January, citing repeated technical issues with their fuel cells. These trains had been operating on the non-electrified Taunus network since 2022.

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Hydrogen Transportation Technology Demand 105

Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Commissioning has started on what will be the biggest battery in South Australia, with a first-of-its-kind contract to deliver a "baseload renewables" supply to the giant Olympic Dam mine. The post South Australia’s biggest battery charges up as new wave of storage prepares to enter grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Batteries 145

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.

Transportation

Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) multilateral finance institution has approved a loan to upgrade Sri Lanka’s grid infrastructure.

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Batteries 125

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Aberdeen. Scotland needs to urgently change the way it heats its cities and towns if it is to meet the Scottish Government’s target of decarbonising heat by 2045, says a report published today (28 November) by Scottish Renewables, the industry body for renewable energy in Scotland. More than half of Scotland’s energy consumption is used for heating buildings and homes and the ‘ National Heat Networks: A Vision for Scotland’ has outlined how the Scottish Government can adopt key recommendations

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Waste Waste Government Carbon 130

PV Tech

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) has forecasted that the US is set to add 32GW of utility-scale solar PV capacity in 2024.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Absence of more than 3 gigawatts of "always on" baseload fossil fuel generators, including at the country's newly subsidised biggest coal fired power station, leaves coal dependent grids vulnerable to heatwave. The post Extended outages of “always on” baseload power leaves coal states vulnerable to heatwave appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Fossil fuels 144

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.

Sustainability

ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Tsuchiyu Onsen, a hot spring resort sixteen kilometers from Fukushima in Japan, is home to a geothermal power plant that successfully generates 400 kW of electricity , which is enough to power roughly 800 homes , as well as a local shrimp farm. It’s a binary-cycle plant that runs within an enclosed system, and therefore releases virtually zero carbon emissions.

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Geothermal power Nuclear Power Energy Energy 105

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A liquid hydrogen-powered Toyota GR Corolla Car manufacturer Toyota has developed a concept model that explores how hydrogen gas generated while driving – “boil off gas” (vaporised hydrogen) – can be used, potentially increasing the efficiency of liquid hydrogen as an engine fuel. The company is seeking partners to take on the challenge of developing the technology together.

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Hydrogen Carbon-neutral Electricity Technology 130

PV Tech

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Shanghai Electric has won the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build the 2GW Al-Sadawi PV project in Saudi Arabia.

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Electricity Construction 122

Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

South Australia wants to bring back two mothballed diesel generators for the next two summers, citing the lack of demand side measures in the state and delays to the new link to NSW. The post South Australia wants to bring back mothballed diesel plants due to lack of demand side options appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Demand 143

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?

Carbon

Energy Storage News

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

A resolution aimed at rescinding access to the 45X manufacturing tax credit for companies with links to ‘adversarial foreign governments', primarily China, has been submitted in the US House of Representatives.

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Government 120

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In what’s described as a landmark project for the construction industry, the first lower carbon concrete solution from sustainable technology firm, Recycl8 and construction materials company, Breedon, has been laid at Veolia’s Ling Hall Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA) processing site in Warwickshire. Veolia and Danish recycling firm Meldgaard’s joint operation at Ling Hall is processing IBA from the nearby Battlefield Energy Recovery Facility to produce 50,000 tonnes of secondary aggreg

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Innovation Construction Recycling Recycling 130

PV Tech

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

PV Talk: Despite the gloomy headlines emanating from the recent COP29 climate negotiations, Global Solar Council CEO Sonia Dunlop tells Tom Kenning how for solar PV the picture was brighter, with progress made on grids, storage and the cost of capital.

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Europe 121

Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Chinese solar giant Jinko seeks planning approvals for a large solar and battery project near Goondiwindi in Queensland. The post China solar giant Jinko seeks federal approval for massive PV and battery project in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Batteries Policy 141

Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

In the end, COP29 lived up to its low expectations. “Abysmally poor.” “A betrayal.” “A complete failure in terms of delivering the ambition. The post Past deadline, COP29 climate talks salvage a meager agreement on climate financing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The second-generation LOOP chamber. British climate technology firm Levidian has launched its second-generation LOOP technology, which the group says will unlock industrial levels of production of high-quality graphene for the first time. As the firm explains, the LOOP system provides heavy emitters and hard-to-abate industries such as landfill and aluminium producers with a route to both decarbonise their processes and open up new revenue streams from the graphene and hydrogen that is produced.

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Technology Patents Methane Hydrogen 130

ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Preparation of the construction site for the 10-MW geothermal power plant in Dominica is currently ongoing, and construction is expected to start by early 2025. The progress of the Caribbean island nation’s first geothermal power project was announced by Dominica’s Minister of Energy Dr. Vince Henderson during an interview with state-owned Radio DBS.

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Geothermal power Construction Government Technology 105

Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

South Australia chooses supplier of the world-first hydrogen capable turbines to support its charge towards a 100 per cent net renewables grid. The post South Australia orders world’s first 100 pct hydrogen-capable turbines for Whyalla appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Hydrogen 141

PV Tech

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

SPE said the inverter industry “faces difficulties due to global manufacturing overcapacity and a slowdown in the rooftop PV segment in several important European markets.

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Europe 119

Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Zephyr® monitors will support air quality monitoring for the DEFRAG project. Air quality technology firm EarthSense says its Zephyr® air quality monitors will be deployed by Cranfield University at various sites across Bedford, Luton and Milton Keynes, as part of a wider £2.5 million DEFRAG project. The Defragmenting the fragmented urban landscape (DEFRAG) project is funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and runs until November 2026.

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Pollution Biodiversity Resilience Policy 130