Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2024

New analysis from energy think tank Ember shows that the wood-burning Drax power station is the UK’s largest source of CO2 emissions at 12.1 million tonnes in 2022. This is significantly greater than any other single UK power station, including coal and gas. The plant is by far the largest single CO2 emitter in the UK power sector, accounting for over double the amount of CO2 emissions of the second largest emitter, RWE’s Pembroke Gas Power Station, with 5.3 million tonnes CO2 emissions.

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NRDC onEarth

AUGUST 15, 2024

Diesel trucks, making up just 6 percent of vehicles in California, are responsible for a disproportionate amount of harmful emissions, severely impacting communities near freight routes like those in the Inland Empire.

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 15, 2024

AEMO updates roadmap to solve engineering challenges to allow it the grid to run for periods on renewables only, with no burning of fossil fuels. The post Australia lays ground for reaching 100 pct renewables with new engineering roadmap appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Canary Media

AUGUST 16, 2024

JR Howard of Texas Solar Sheep can’t buy sheep fast enough. He supplies them to solar farms, where their grazing keeps grass short for less than the cost of mowing it. Demand for his animals has skyrocketed over the past few years as more and more large solar installations are being built.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2024

Laboratory at the University of Sheffield. Researchers at the University of Sheffield are exploring new exhaust aftertreatment systems for heavy-duty engines capable of running on clean, zero-carbon fuels such as ammonia. This four-year project is funded by an EPSRC grant and supported by the industrial partner Eminox. The project is led by Bill Nimmo, Professor of Energy Engineering and Sustainability, with PhD student Madhumitha Rajendran.

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NRDC onEarth

AUGUST 12, 2024

Recent polling in Georgia and coastal South Carolina reveals overwhelming support for action to protect key areas on the Blake Plateau.

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Canary Media

AUGUST 15, 2024

New England states are attempting to make good on their climate pledges while addressing some very real concerns about the long-term stability of the region’s electrical grid. The Department of Energy awarded $389 million in grant funding last week to strengthen that system.

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FuelCellsWorks

AUGUST 12, 2024

Hyundai Rotem has been awarded a significant contract to supply hydrogen electric trams for the upcoming Daejeon Subway Line 2, marking a substantial step forward in urban transit.

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The Guardian: Energy

AUGUST 11, 2024

Coal and gas exports expected to remain roughly at current level until at least 2035 with 4.5% of emissions linked to Australia, report finds Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Australia’s coal and gas exports cause more climate damage than those from any other country bar Russia, according to a new study that argues the country is undermining a global agreement to transition away from fossil fuels.

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 14, 2024

Solar farms aren't necessarily just about low carbon electricity. They can also help reverse biodiversity decline and could deliver benefits for nature and climate. The post Solar farms can benefit nature and boost biodiversity. Here’s how appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Canary Media

AUGUST 13, 2024

DALTON, Ga. — Growing up in Cartersville, Georgia, Lisa Nash saw what happens to communities when factory jobs disappear. It was the 1980s and corporations were offshoring production to reduce costs and raise profits.

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FuelCellsWorks

AUGUST 13, 2024

Wales & West Utilities (WWU) has announced it will lead a project to further develop an electrolyser, which can produce green hydrogen from highly contaminated industrial wastewater sources. Working with.

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Energy Storage News

AUGUST 16, 2024

US firm Natron Energy has announced plans for a sodium-ion gigafactory in North Carolina, while two Chinese firms have firmed up their projects, all-in-all totalling over 30GWh of annual sodium-ion production capacity.

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 12, 2024

Huge 1,200 MWh Stanwell battery starts construction at site of coal generator due for closure, while work at half way mark at Tarong where another battery is being built at site of an ageing coal plant. The post Stanwell begins work on huge 1200MWh mega battery as it starts transformation of major coal hub appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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PV Tech

AUGUST 11, 2024

Scientists at the University of Oxford last week (9 August) revealed a breakthrough in solar PV technology via an ultra-thin material that can be applied to “almost any building” and deliver over 27% conversion efficiency.

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FuelCellsWorks

AUGUST 15, 2024

Growing interest in other alternative fuel options beyond electric. Hydrogen’s Potential in Fleet Management: The survey highlights a strong belief among respondents that vehicle manufacturers should invest as much in.

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Energy Storage News

AUGUST 13, 2024

The 12th and final turbine unit of a pumped hydro energy storage (PHES) plant in Hebei, China, has been put into full operation, making it the largest operational system in the world.

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 12, 2024

Plans unveiled for massive 5 gigawatt wind project in north Queensland, which would be easily the biggest on Australia's main grid. The post Plans unveiled for five gigawatt wind project, the biggest on Australia’s main grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 10, 2024

As H2 grows in popularity, there will need to be somewhere to put it until it’s used Hydrogen storage doesn’t get the same headlines that its production methods have seen, but it is just as important, as the fuel needs to be held somewhere until it can be transported or used, once it has been produced or captured. As an extremely light gas in its natural form, this is easier said than done Hydrogen storage faces a number of challenges, as H2 as a gas is light enough that if it is r

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FuelCellsWorks

AUGUST 13, 2024

Forbes–Nikola has had a rocky few years. It’s worked to survive the reputational harm and share price crash that resulted from the lies of its founder (that earned him a.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 16, 2024

We are thrilled to announce today that our first hyperspectral satellite, Tanager-1, along with 36 SuperDoves (Flock 4BE) were successfully launched into orbit during the Transporter-11 Rideshare mission with SpaceX, which lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Friday, August 16, 2024. Our team has successfully made contact with Tanager-1 and started its commissioning process.

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 11, 2024

Australian scientists have joined an elite club of just eight around the world, making a perovskite solar cell that can hit 30 per cent efficiency. The post Australian solar team beats perovskite efficiency milestone, joins elite global club appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Energy Storage News

AUGUST 12, 2024

California community choice aggregator MCE and developer GSCE have partnered to work on a solar and storage project in California, the first in a plan for up 20GW of solar and 20GW of storage.

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FuelCellsWorks

AUGUST 12, 2024

Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck and Lower Saxony’s Minister President Stephan Weil present at launch of Lingen pilot electrolyser Plant to provide insights for developing large-scale.

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POWER Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2024

The Dell name is synonymous with technology and innovation, so perhaps it’s not surprising that a member of that famous computing family is working to solve the challenge of making […] The post The POWER Interview: Using Home Batteries to Support the Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 11, 2024

Rooftop solar helps push minimum operational demand to record low levels in the middle of winter, in a challenge to "baseload" coal and the Coalition's nuclear fantasies. The post Rooftop solar meets 80 pct of state’s electricity demand – in middle of winter appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Energy Storage News

AUGUST 14, 2024

The Board of Investments (BOI) in the Philippines has given a 'green lane certificate' for a solar and storage project slated as the largest in the world, enabling it to proceed at a quicker pace.

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FuelCellsWorks

AUGUST 13, 2024

ITM Power announce the signing of a contract for the REFHYNE II project. We are pleased to announce that we have signed a contract for the REFHYNE II project, following.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Raven SR’s unique W2E H2 project will be the first in Europe. Raven SR, a Wyoming-based renewable fuels company that converts waste to clean hydrogen and Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuels, announced that the waste-to-hydrogen production plant it has planned for Zaragoza, Spain, has been declared by the Regional Ministry of Presidency, Economy and Justice of the Government of Aragón as “A Project and Investment of Regional Autonomous Interest” The facility will be the firs

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 11, 2024

Just over a month ago, the Grosvenor coal mine in Queensland exploded, causing a massive methane plume and doing more damage in an hour that 10,000 tree saplings could offset in 10 years. The post Huge methane plume from Queensland coal mine explosion underlines case for rapid closure appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Charged

AUGUST 16, 2024

The EU has joined the US in imposing substantial new tariffs on EVs built in China. In June, the EU announced import tariffs on Chinese EVs ranging from 17.4% to 38.1%. The rationale behind the new tariffs is that the Chinese government has unfairly subsidized its auto industry, enabling Chinese automakers to sell EVs at prices European brands can’t match.

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FuelCellsWorks

AUGUST 16, 2024

New Graphene Device Can Transform Energy, Computing, and Catalysis Technologies Researchers from Khalifa University of Science and Technology’s Research & Innovation Center for Graphene and 2D Materials (RIC2D) and the.

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BloombergNEF

AUGUST 14, 2024

Clean ammonia supply could grow 22- to 30-fold this decade, reaching up to 32 million metric tons of capacity in 2030, according to new BloombergNEF analysis. More than 70% of this supply is in construction or advanced planning and thus likely to be built. The post Ammonia Supply Outlook 2024: A Clean Takeover appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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