Amazon, Google and Microsoft signal growing interest in nuclear, geothermal power
GreenBiz
MARCH 25, 2024
Rising demand from artificial intelligence is forcing big technology companies to look beyond wind and solar for clean energy.
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LNG exports will not deliver long-term energy security, but long-duration energy storage will
Energy Storage News
MARCH 27, 2024
Energy security concerns are very real, but jumping into a 'dash for gas' would be a mistake, and LNG is not the answer, writes Eric Dresselhuys, CEO of ESS Inc.
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Increasing the efficiency of eco-friendly solar cells by converting wind energy into high-voltage electricity
TechXplore
MARCH 29, 2024
A research team led by Professor Lee Ju-hyuck of DGIST in the Department of Energy Science & Engineering has successfully developed an energy harvesting device that enhances solar energy efficiency by removing and preventing surface contamination on solar cells.
The public health risks of PFAS-related immunotoxicity are real
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 26, 2024
It is time to stop downplaying the potential for harm to the immune system posed by PFAS
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.
Why Bayer and the Gates Foundation are using CRISPR to reduce food's climate impact
GreenBiz
MARCH 25, 2024
Gene editing technology can help create the next generation of climate-resistant crops.
UK developer Statera wins planning consent for 6-hour, 1.7GWh battery storage project
Energy Storage News
MARCH 26, 2024
UK-based energy company Statera Energy has secured planning consent for a 290MW/1,740MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) to be developed in Southwest England.
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Rule Will Cut Methane Waste from Federal Lands Drilling
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 27, 2024
The Bureau of Land Management published a final methane waste rule that will compliment EPA’s efforts to target a major contributor to climate change.
Lego invests $2.4 million in direct-air capture carbon removal
GreenBiz
MARCH 26, 2024
Toymaker signs 9-year deal with Climeworks of Switzerland.
Texas BESS reliability issue is ‘not over’ for ERCOT despite NPRR 1186 state-of-charge rule rebuff
Energy Storage News
MARCH 26, 2024
The issue of ensuring reliability of BESS resources in the Texas electricity market has not gone away for grid operator ERCOT, despite the state regulator's recent quashing of proposed minimum state-of-charge (SOC) rules.
Carbon credits would enable restoration of UK saltmarshes, says CEH study
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 27, 2024
A black-tailed godwit on the Blackwater estuary in Maldon, Essex (image credit: Stefanie Carter) While the marshes may have meant danger for Pip in Great Expectations , these wetland habitats are important wildlife havens and mitigate climate change. However, since Dickens’s novel was published in 1860, 85% of England’s saltmarsh has been lost as land has been claimed from the sea for agriculture, development or coastal flood defences.
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
Solution to energy storage may be beneath your feet
TechXplore
MARCH 29, 2024
Anyone who has ever hot-footed it barefoot across the beach on a sunny day walks away with a greater understanding of just how much heat sand can retain. That ability is expected to play a vital role in the future, as technology involving heated sand becomes part of the answer to energy storage needs.
Walmart funds almost 1 gigawatt in new U.S. solar power
GreenBiz
MARCH 28, 2024
Half the power needed by the world’s largest retailer now comes from clean energy projects.
Primergy signs PPA for 400MWac/1,600MWh solar-plus-storage project with California CCA
Energy Storage News
MARCH 25, 2024
Primergy has signed a “long-term” power purchase agreement (PPA) with California community energy supplier San Diego Community Power (SDCP).
£3.4 billion ‘electricity superhighway’ will speed up energy projects delivery, says OFGEM
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 28, 2024
OFGEM has announced it is consulting on a proposed funding package of £3.4 billion for a subsea and underground 500km electricity superhighway between Scotland and Yorkshire which could power up to 2 million homes. Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) is a 2GW high voltage electricity ‘superhighway’ cable link between Peterhead in Aberdeenshire and Drax in North Yorkshire.
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.
A single-crystal-like mesoporous material for high-performance lithium storage
TechXplore
MARCH 29, 2024
In lithium-ion storage, microstructured single crystal electrode materials show great advantages for ionic conductivity because of removing grain boundaries inside the materials but usually trade off the diffusion distance of Li ions in the microsized particle, consequently reducing the rate capability and cycle stability.
Exploring the first international declaration on pathways to building decarbonization
GreenBiz
MARCH 28, 2024
The Declaration de Chaillot marks a major achievement for countries trying to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement.
State power company seeks 2,500MWh BESS, pumped hydro consultant in Odisha, India
Energy Storage News
MARCH 28, 2024
GRIDCO, in the Indian state of Odisha, is holding a competitive solicitation for 500MW/2,500MWh of standalone battery storage resources.
Advanced pumping and digital solutions at the Water Equipment Show
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 28, 2024
Progressive cavity pumps technology firm SEEPEX is showcasing advanced Digital Solutions and CARE services at the upcoming Water Equipment Show on 16 May. The firm is a Gold sponsor of the event, and will present a wide range of innovative solutions designed for the water and wastewater industry at Stand G4. “Our pumping technology is found in applications including drinking water treatment and in wastewater treatment processes, specifically in the treatment of sludge and wastewater; sludg
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.
Synergically improved energy storage performance and stability in tri-layer films with crystalline sandwich structures
TechXplore
MARCH 29, 2024
As a green, sustainable, and competitive technology relative to batteries and electrochemical capacitors and featuring a high charge storage capability, the dielectric capacitors excel in low cost, long cycle-life, and a broad operating temperature range, as well as environmental friendliness, high security, and good reliability.
How fashion giants are tackling water risks in cotton supply chains
GreenBiz
MARCH 28, 2024
Apparel companies are taking action to bolster their water-management commitments and practices.
The future of home energy: Huawei’s flagship residential energy storage product
Energy Storage News
MARCH 29, 2024
Huawei's flagship Residential Solar ESS product, the LUNA2000-7/14/21-S1(Huawei LUNA S1), represents a significant leap in home energy solutions technology.
What causes extreme flooding? German study weighs contributors
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 28, 2024
Halle in central Germany in June 2013. According to the study, the Saale is one of the rivers with a high flood complexity (image credit: André Künzelmann / UFZ). According to a recent study by researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (abbreviated as “UFZ”), the more flood-driving factors there are, the more extreme a flood is.
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?
Similar to traditional semiconductors, lead halide perovskites achieve effective electrical doping
TechXplore
MARCH 29, 2024
For traditional semiconductor materials and devices, controlling the distribution of electrical doping to build an internal electric field is a common method to enhance carrier extraction efficiency. Therefore, electrical doping is of great significan 100 31372 0 31372 0 0 293k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 294k ce for the construction of high-performance devices.
Why H&M is turning away from polyester recycled from bottles
GreenBiz
MARCH 26, 2024
The fashion industry has found a circular solution to its textile recycling problem.
Rimac opens UK facility to manufacture first BESS units
Energy Storage News
MARCH 27, 2024
The energy storage arm of EV supercar technology firm Rimac has opened its UK innovation and manufacturing facility, where it will build the first units of its SineStack BESS platform.
First demonstration that forests trap airborne microplastics
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 28, 2024
Forests are potentially acting as terrestrial sinks for the particles. A research group in Japan has demonstrated that airborne microplastics adsorb to the epicuticular wax on the surface of forest canopy leaves, and that forests may act as terrestrial sinks for airborne microplastics The study used a new technique to measure the levels of microplastics adhering to the leaves.
Rule Will Cut Methane Pollution from Federal Lands Drilling
NRDC onEarth
MARCH 27, 2024
The Bureau of Land Management published a final methane waste rule that will compliment EPA’s efforts to target a major contributor to climate change.
Biden administration announces $6 billion in clean energy funding
GreenBiz
MARCH 27, 2024
Historic amount signals what companies might expect from another four years of Biden.
ARENA funds microgrid trials for sodium-sulfur, zinc-bromine LDES tech in Western Australia
Energy Storage News
MARCH 24, 2024
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is funding trial deployments of two different non-lithium battery technologies at microgrids in Western Australia.
Retrofit boosts energy efficiency at wastewater treatment plant
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 27, 2024
The installation of the G5 plus series has enabled an efficiency gain of approx. 21% for the aeration of wastewater tanks, according to AERZEN. A recent blower system retrofit at a wastewater treatment plan produced a noticeable uptick in energy efficiency resulting in significantly lower OPEX, explains gas compression expert AERZEN, which completed the work.
US landfills emit far more methane than previously known
Grist
MARCH 28, 2024
A landfill is a place of perpetual motion, where mountains of garbage can rise in days and crews race to contain the influx of ever more trash. Amid the commotion, an invisible gas often escapes unnoticed, warming the planet and harming our health: methane. On Thursday, the climate-data sleuths at Carbon Mapper published a study in Science that shows the nation’s landfills emit that gas at levels at least 40 percent higher than previously reported to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Dispatch from London: How corporate sustainability will change in 2024
GreenBiz
MARCH 25, 2024
On the near-term horizon: Artificial intelligence, nature and biodiversity risks, and a muting of ambitious public climate goals.
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