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: 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

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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2024

Ultrafine particles, UFPs, the smallest particles that contribute to air pollution ( and still a challenge to measure ), hinder the function of mitochondria in human olfactory mucosa cells, according to a new study, findings that appear to clarify some of the adverse health effects believed to be linked to exposure. Led by the University of Eastern Finland, the study appeared to show that traffic-related UFPs impair mitochondrial functions in primary human olfactory mucosa cells by hampering oxi

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NRDC onEarth

AUGUST 14, 2024

A closer look at the foundational environmental law that keeps our waters—and us—safer and healthier.

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 13, 2024

Australia's biggest coal generator celebrates success of its first big battery, and says waiting for nuclear to replace its coal assets will put it out of business. The post AGL hails performance of first big battery, says waiting for nuclear would put it out of business 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

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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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

EGL2 will connect Peterhead (pictured) with Drax in North Yorkshire. Around 430km of the cable will be under the North Sea. A £3.4 billion funding package has been awarded to build a proposed new subsea and underground 500km cable between Scotland and Yorkshire which could power up to 2 million homes, and expedite the delivery of energy generated via offshore wind in the North Sea.

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NRDC onEarth

AUGUST 14, 2024

The White House released the final strategy in June 2024, incorporating over 10,000 comments made by the public.

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 13, 2024

Labor introduces Future Made in Australia bill, but Coalition says it will oppose it and the Greens want guarantees fossil fuels won't be funded. The post Coalition says no to Future Made in Australia bill as Greens question fossil fuel funding 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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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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 16, 2024

Image credit: Rosy Bad-Homburg, Pixabay. Chris Williams of software firm ISB Global makes the case for digitalisation as the means for a less wasteful, more resource-efficient global economic model. A circular economy involves building a ‘zero waste’ approach into everything we do. From reducing the volume of raw materials needed to make products, to ensuring there is a sustainable approach for disposing of products when they reach their end of life – these steps all reduce waste, which in turn

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Canary Media

AUGUST 12, 2024

Across the U.S. East Coast, nuclear power plant owners are proposing marriages to tech giants who are both desperate for electricity to fuel their massive data-center expansion plans and publicly committed to using clean energy.

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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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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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

Resource management company Veolia has expanded the solvent recovery capacity at its Garston, Liverpool, facility to 86,000 tonnes a year. Effective recycling of these used solvents, waste paint thinners and solvent-based paint, will create new products as an alternative to virgin solvents, says the firm, so that they can be used again in industries including pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, paint, agrochemicals and cement manufacture.

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Canary Media

AUGUST 13, 2024

To stop climate change, buildings from squat to tall will need to swap out their fossil-fuel boilers and furnaces for über-efficient heat pumps that can run on clean power.

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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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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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

A Budvar Budweiser bottling plant in the Czech Republic (image credit: ako photography / Shutterstock.com) Bristol-based beer importer Budweiser Budvar UK has contributed more than £400,000 to a national environmental charity after failing to register as a producer of packaging. According to the Environment Agency, the company should have registered in 2004 under regulations on packaging waste and taken steps to ensure the waste was recovered and recycled.

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Canary Media

AUGUST 12, 2024

This story was first published by Energy News Network.

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 12, 2024

Two huge WA renewable hydrogen projects – including one that proposes to install up to 26GW of solar and wind – have been awarded major project status by the federal government. The post Renewable hydrogen plans backed by 32GW of solar and wind get federal boost appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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TechXplore

AUGUST 12, 2024

Researchers at the University of Maryland genetically modified poplar trees to produce high-performance, structural wood without the use of chemicals or energy-intensive processing. Made from traditional wood, engineered wood is often seen as a renewable replacement for traditional building materials like steel, cement, glass and plastic. It also has the potential to store carbon for a longer time than traditional wood because it can resist deterioration, making it useful in efforts to reduce ca

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

Radiation-resistant microbiome inside microwaves resembles that on solar panels Since the industrial revolution, microbes have successfully colonized one novel type of habitat after another: for example marine oil spills, plastic floating in the oceans, industrial brownfields, and even the interior of the International Space Station. However, it turns out that one extreme environment harbouring a specialized community of highly adapted microbes is much closer to home: inside microwaves.

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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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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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Canary Media

AUGUST 15, 2024

Vineyard Wind 1, the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in Massachusetts, will resume limited construction following a monthlong pause, its developer announced.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2024

The first continent-wide mapping study of plant life across Antarctica reveals growth in previously uncharted areas and is set to inform conservation measures across the region, says the group behind it. The satellite survey of mosses, lichens and algae across the continent will form a baseline for monitoring how Antarctica’s vegetation responds to climate change.

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