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Growing solar: Optimizing agrivoltaic systems for crops and clean energy

TechXplore

Agrivoltaic systems, which combine solar power generation with agricultural practices, offer a promising solution to the growing demand for both renewable energy and food production. By integrating solar panels with crops, these systems not only address the land use conflict between agriculture and energy production, but they also provide important benefits such as reducing crop water stress and offering protection against extreme weather events.

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ERCOT and CAISO: Canadian Solar and Aypa Power tie up for 1.8GWh of BESS, GridStor secures financing

Energy Storage News

Solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) firm Canadian Solar has secured battery supply agreements and long-term service agreements through its subsidiary e-Storage for two US BESS projects developed by Aypa Power, in the ERCOT and California markets.

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Radioactive coolant leak reported at Finnish nuclear power plant

Envirotec Magazine

A visit to OL3 in 2020 (image credit: IAEA Imagebank , CC BY 2.0 license ). A leakage of reactor coolant has occurred at the Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant on the west coast of Finland, according to the operator of the plant, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) in a 10 March statement. Around 100m 3 of reactor coolant* was reported to have leaked from the reactor Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) in connection with the filling of the reactor pool.

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Hyundai and Plug Power Advance Hydrogen Economy with Huge Infrastructure Projects

Hydrogen Fuel News

Two major players in the hydrogen industry are making significant moves to bolster the global hydrogen economy. Hyundai Motor Company is building a new hydrogen fuel-cell plant in South Korea, while Plug Power is set to commence operations at its new liquid hydrogen plant in Louisiana. These latest developments represent critical advancements in hydrogen technology and infrastructure, reflecting each company’s commitment to sustainable energy solutions.

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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.

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System delivers early prediction of wind turbine failure

TechXplore

A researcher from VUB has developed a system that can predict wind turbine failures caused by early component malfunctions. He specializes in condition monitoring, a technique that uses data from turbine sensors and artificial intelligence to track the machine's condition. "If operators can anticipate that a specific component is about to fail, they can replace it during regular maintenance, preventing turbine downtime," says Dr.

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If you can’t beat them, join them: Europe’s new wave of battery startups partner with China as sun sets on Northvolt

Energy Storage News

We hear from startup Volklec which, like another European battery company Elinor, will build its batteries with a Chinese technology and manufacturing partner. They both say this will get around the challenges that ultimately doomed Europe's first wave of battery startups, with Northvolt today declaring bankruptcy in Sweden.

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Guangzhou’s Mega Hydrogen Hub Expands – A Clean Energy Turning Point

Hydrogen Fuel News

Sinopec’s Bold Advances in Hydrogen Fuel Revolutionize Clean Energy Sinopec , Chinas largest oil refiner, is driving significant change in the energy sector with its ambitious strides in hydrogen fuel and green energy initiatives. From expanding its infrastructure to committing billions of dollars toward sustainability, Sinopec is setting the stage for a cleaner, more sustainable future.

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Multifunctional solar cells: Ferroelectric domain manipulation enhances electric output in perovskite crystals

TechXplore

A team of researchers has made an advancement in the field of multifunctional energy harvesting. Their latest study advances in understanding the photovoltaic effect in ferroelectric crystals.

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Performance and availability join safety as BESS professionals’ key priorities for their assets

Energy Storage News

Ensuring high levels of system performance and availability are top priorities for battery storage professionals, and data plays a key role.

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Scottish businesses crippled by soaring energy costs – and back zonal pricing to fix it

Envirotec Magazine

Shops on Buchanan Street, Glasgow in 2024 (image credit: Graeme J Baty / Shutterstock.com). Scottish businesses are feeling the squeeze from rising energy costs, with nearly nine in ten (88%) saying it has impacted them and 62% reporting a significant impact. New research* conducted by Diffley Partnership and Stratcom UK commissioned by Octopus Energy suggests a stark reality for businesses across Scotland.

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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

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20,000 Opportunities for Change: Toyota’s Plan to Replace Diesel Trucks with Hydrogen-Powered Giants

Hydrogen Fuel News

Toyota Unveils Ambitious Vision for a Hydrogen-Powered Society at the 2025 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Seminar Toyotas long-standing commitment to hydrogen power took center stage at the 2025 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Seminar in Long Beach, California, where the automaker presented its roadmap for advancing a hydrogen-powered society. The strategy, which emphasizes technological advancements, infrastructure development, and collaboration, was framed as a key pillar in Toyotas multi-pathway approach to a

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Lithium needed for the battery revolution could be harvested from saltwater lakes thanks to a new membrane

TechXplore

Demand for lithium is rising due to its use in batteries for mobile devices, cars and clean energy storage. Securing access to natural deposits of the mineral is now a matter of strategic importance, but lithium can be found elsewhere in nature.

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Copia Power closes on US$1.71 billion debt facility for 2,200MWh Arizona energy centre

Energy Storage News

Carlyle Portfolio Company-owned developer Copia Power has closed a US$1.71 billion debt facility to fund construction of its Maricopa Energy Centre Projects.

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Heat-from-wastewater initiative gets underway in Scotland

Envirotec Magazine

Ross McLory (left) Head of Business Development for Industrial and Commercial at SSE Energy Solutions and Donald MacBrayne, Business Development Manager at Scottish Water Horizons (image credit: Iain Ferguson, The Write I). A new strategic partnership between SSE Energy Solutions and Scottish Water Horizons aims to develop low-carbon district heat networks across Scotland, accelerating the country’s journey toward net zero.

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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.

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Big batteries just hit a new record in Australia, but it’s a small fraction of the battery output in California

Renew Economy

Remember when the first “Tesla big battery” at Hornsdale was connected to the grid in South Australia in 2017? It was the first of its kind in the world, but few would have predicted the astonishing growth of the technology across the world in the years since. Australia led the world in the uptake of […] The post Big batteries just hit a new record in Australia, but it’s a small fraction of the battery output in California appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Understanding Natural Hydrogen and Its Global Energy Potential

Hydrogen Fuel News

Discovering Natural Hydrogen in France On May 15, 2023, researchers from France announced the discovery of a massive natural hydrogen reserve in the Moselle region’s Lorraine mining basin. This deposit, estimated at 46 million tons, has drawn attention as one of the world’s most significant finds of “ white hydrogen ” to date.

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Developer Renewco and IPP Atlantica partner on 2.2GW BESS pipeline in Spain

Energy Storage News

Renewco Power and Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure will develop and build a pipeline of BESS projects in Spain. Renewco, a developer, will bring the battery energy storage system (BESS) project portfolio to ready-to-build (RTB) status while Atlantica will invest in, build and manage the portfolio once operational. The pair are targeting a deployment of 2.

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North Sea collision: What the initial reports say

Envirotec Magazine

The quantity of aviation fuel spilled from the Stena Immaculate is not yet known (note: image shown is generic). Speculation was continuing on the morning of Wednesday 12 March into the cause and likely impacts of the North Sea collision. The 183-m oil tanker Stena Immaculate had been anchored off Withernsea, near Kingston-upon-Hull, when she was struck by the container ship MV Solong at a speed of around 18 knots (33 km/h) at 9.48am on Monday.

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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.

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Cross-linker additive boosts organic solar cell lifespan by 59%

TechXplore

An international team of researchers affiliated with UNIST has unveiled a novel cross-linker additive that significantly addresses the longstanding stability issues associated with organic solar cells, also known as organic photovoltaics (OPVs).

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Microbial Fuel Cells Just Got a Massive Boost From Nanotechnology

Hydrogen Fuel News

Nickel Silicide Nanowires Revolutionize Microbial Fuel Cells Advancements in green energy continue to drive innovative solutions, and recent research into microbial fuel cells (MFCs) offers a promising leap forward. Scientists have developed a new approach using nickel silicide nanowires as anode materials to greatly enhance the performance of MFCs.

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Clearway Energy closes financing, begins construction on 1,280MWh Utah BESS portfolio

Energy Storage News

IPP Clearway Energy Group has closed financing and started construction on its 1,280MWh Honeycomb battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio in Utah, US.

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Micro-pollutant removal product picks up Aquatech Innovation Award

Envirotec Magazine

A product for the removal of micro-pollutants from wastewater is the Overall Winner of the Aquatech Innovation Award 2025. Aurea from consulting engineers Royal HaskoningDHV was developed in the Netherlands, and its selection for this award followed an independent review led by jury chairman Professor Cees Buisman, Scientific Director of Wetsus, a European centre of excellence for sustainable water technology.

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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?

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Discarding a long-standing pessimistic hypothesis to rescue next-generation lithium-ion battery technology

TechXplore

In a megascience-scale collaboration with French researchers from College de France and the University of Montpellier, Skoltech scientists have shown a much-publicized problem with next-generation lithium-ion batteries to have been induced by the very experiments that sought to investigate it. Published in Nature Materials, the team's findings suggest that the issue of lithium-rich cathode material deterioration should be approached from a different angle, giving hope for more efficient lithium-

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New Study Proves Why We’ve Been Miscalculating Hydrogen Fuel Production

Hydrogen Fuel News

Observing Water Molecules Splitting in Real Time For the first time, scientists have directly observed water molecules as they split into hydrogen and oxygen, revealing a surprising and critical detail about the process. Just before they separated, the molecules performed an unexpected maneuver by flipping 180 degrees. This movement, while tiny, has vast implications for clean energy production, as it plays a pivotal role in why splitting water takes more energy than theoretical models suggest.

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To the new prime minister: help Canada build a sustainable economy with like-minded trade partners 

Clean Energy Canada

VICTORIA Mark Zacharias, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the swearing in of Canadas new prime minister: We welcome new Prime Minister Mark Carney and look forward to working with him as he leads our country through a new era of U.S. and international relations. We encourage the prime minister to look beyond the actions of our neighbour to the broader macroeconomic changes happening around the world.

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New infrastructure for zero emission HGVs unveiled at haulage industry summit

Envirotec Magazine

Roads Minister Lilian Greenwood addressed the ZEHID progress summit in London on 6 March. Plans for 54 new charging hubs to power zero emission lorries have been announced. The Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrations (ZEHID) programme, delivered by Innovate UK in partnership with the Department of Transport, is deploying hundreds of zero-emission HGVs alongside a network of new charging and fuelling stations in a bid to transform the UKs freight industry.

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A blueprint for the cost-effective production of eco-friendly green hydrogen

TechXplore

A research team from the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has conducted an economic analysis of water electrolysis, a key technology for future eco-friendly hydrogen production, and presented optimal operation strategies to maximize efficiency and reduce costs. The study is published in the journal Energy Conversion and Management.

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Thomas Institute for Technology Research

Hydrogen Fuel News

World’s FIRST and ONLY Atomic Mass Filter Technology “AMF”( patent pending ) by Retired Technologist Michael E Thomas. Why has it taken 9 years to develop a filter system that is not physical, chemical, or mechanical? It was investigated and found all the filters on the market are causing the failure of fuel cells because these filters are unable to produce continuous 100% pure hydrogen as needed.

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Toyota starts battery production at new North Carolina automotive battery plant

Charged

Toyota Battery Manufacturing North Carolina (TBMNC), Toyota’s first in-house battery manufacturing plant outside Japan, will start shipping batteries for North American EVs in April. The nearly $14-billion battery facility, Toyota’s 11th manufacturing plant in the US, will produce batteries for hybrid vehicles and EVs. The new plant is part of the company’s strategy to invest and produce locally, offering products tailored to local manufacturers needs.

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Earth’s orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse

Grist

At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. This constellation of machinery is the technological backbone of modern life, making GPS, weather forecasts, and live television broadcasts possible. But space is getting crowded. Ever since the Space Age dawned in the late 1950s, humans have been filling the skies with trash.

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Solar-powered method converts sewage sludge into green hydrogen and animal feed

TechXplore

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed an innovative solar-powered method to transform sewage sludgea by-product of wastewater treatmentinto green hydrogen for clean energy and single-cell protein for animal feed.

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Podcast: Vet Zero – Sustainability at the Royal Veterinary College with Rachel Ward

Terra Infirma

If you think this episode is a bit niche, think again. Rachel is responsible for Sustainability across a number of public buildings (some listed), 400 rooms of accommodation, a hospital and a farm with 200 head of cattle and a flock of sheep. Imagine dealing with high-GWP anaesthetic gases one day, soil carbon the next, and reusing student fancy dress outfits the day after.