Don’t play both sides: Take 3 steps now to fix your trade group gap
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 5, 2023
If your company's climate goals are misaligned with your trade association memberships, it's time to act now.
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Can a roof's material cool the outside air and lower energy demand?
TechXplore
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
Concrete sidewalks, black asphalt streets, traffic, brick and steel buildings. These common city elements can retain heat and increase temperatures in a phenomenon called the urban heat island effect.
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Eco Stor plans another 300MW/600MWh BESS in Germany, for 2024 construction
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 6, 2023
German-Norwegian firm Eco Stor has revealed another 300MW/600MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Germany, with construction planned for the end of 2024.
New study finds that sewage release is worse for rivers than agriculture
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 6, 2023
New research by the University of Oxford seems to reveal that sewage discharge into rivers has a greater impact on water quality, and the animals and plants that live in rivers, than surrounding land use. This has strong implications for the state of UK rivers in light of recent efforts to weaken nutrient neutrality regulations for new housing developments.
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.
Road hazard: Evidence mounts on toxic pollution from tires
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Researchers are only beginning to uncover the toxic cocktail of chemicals, microplastics and heavy metals hidden in car and truck tires. But experts say these tire emissions are a significant source of air and water pollution and may be affecting humans as well as wildlife.
New energy-storing material could also be used to build electronic gadgets
TechXplore
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Picture a smartphone clad in a casing that's not just for protection but also doubles as a reservoir of electricity, or an electric car where the doors and floorboard store energy to propel it forward. Such technologies may one day be a reality, thanks to recent work by engineers at the University of California San Diego.
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Enhancing flood resilience in Brazil with analytics
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Flooding in Capivari, Sao Paulo state, in 2015. A University of Glasgow project that’s increasing community resilience and enhancing the capacity of residents of flood-prone areas in Brazil to take protective action has been announced as an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Celebrating Impact Prize finalist. The Celebrating Impact Prize, now in its 11th year, is an annual opportunity to recognise the success of ESRC-funded researchers in achieving and enabling outstanding economic or s
Green jobs are coming to take your job
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Demand for sustainability transformation is rapidly accelerating the emergence of new green jobs, as well as transforming existing jobs beyond recognition.
Harnessing the power of microbial fuel cells: A sustainable energy breakthrough
TechXplore
OCTOBER 3, 2023
When it comes to our planet's future, we all share a collective responsibility to explore innovative solutions that reduce pollution and promote sustainable living. One such revolutionary technology that has been capturing my attention lately is the microbial fuel cell (MFC). It's not just another energy source; it's a game-changer that promises to transform our world for the better.
Energy Storage Awards 2023: Winners revealed as industry celebrates on big night out
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Fluence and Atlantic Green took home two trophies each as our publisher Solar Media hosted the first-ever annual Energy Storage Awards.
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
Floating solar farm is a solution to Hong Kong land challenges
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The Floating solar farm at Plover Cove Reservoir: What it will look like on completion. The Government of the Hong Kong SAR is introducing an innovative floating solar farm to overcome limited land resources as it pursues its plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The floating solar farm at Plover Cove Reservoir is part of Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan 2050, which draws on renewable energy as a key strategy.
What the Proterra bankruptcy means for the electric bus industry
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 6, 2023
A bump in the road could shake confidence — and hold lessons for other climate tech startups.
Using humidity-powered technology, researchers find several new ions that facilitate low-energy carbon sequestration
TechXplore
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Even as the world slowly begins to decarbonize industrial processes, achieving lower concentrations of atmospheric carbon requires technologies that remove existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, rather than just preventing the creation of it.
Round-trip efficiency is key metric for assessing non-lithium energy storage alternatives, EPCs say
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Round-trip efficiency of alternative storage technologies is the standout metric for assessing their potential versus lithium-ion.
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.
Net zero legal challenge to be heard by High Court in February
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Good Law Project, Friends of the Earth and ClientEarth will bring their legal challenge of the Government’s threadbare net zero strategy to the High Court, in a hearing due on 20-22 February 2024. This multi-pronged challenge takes on the Government’s strategy to reach net zero in carbon emissions, which was published earlier this year in response to a previous legal challenge from the same three groups.
10 key takeaways from the IEA's updated Net Zero Roadmap
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 2, 2023
The International Energy Agency's updated report covers everything from fossil fuel projections and earlier net-zero targets to heat pump policies and CCS prospects.
Green hydrogen could reach economic viability through the co-production of valuable chemicals
TechXplore
OCTOBER 5, 2023
It already works: there are several approaches to using solar energy to split water and produce hydrogen. Unfortunately, this "green" hydrogen has so far been more expensive than "gray" hydrogen from natural gas.
Innovation arm of US Department of Defense trials flow batteries, mobile BESS for resiliency applications
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 5, 2023
The US Department of Defense Defense Innovation Unit will try out ‘prototype advanced energy systems’ based around LDES technologies.
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.
Report profiles devastating decline of UK nature
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 3, 2023
A European robin sitting on a red cherry tree leaf in autumn in the UK. The UK’s wildlife is continuing to decline according to a landmark study published on 28 September. Already classified as one of the world’s most nature-depleted countries, nearly one in six of the more than ten thousand species assessed (16%) are at risk of being lost from the UK, as the RSPB reported.
These themes are the talk of green building professionals
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Embodied carbon, building data and collaboration were the dominant themes last week at Greenbuild.
Mitigating electrode-level heterogeneity using phosphorus nanolayers on graphite for fast-charging batteries
TechXplore
OCTOBER 5, 2023
In a major stride toward achieving fast-charging lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) with reliable cyclability, researchers at UNIST have made a groundbreaking discovery. Their study, published in ACS Energy Letters, introduces a novel strategy of utilizing phosphorus nanolayers to enhance the lithiation kinetics and performance of graphite-based composites, without compromising safety.
Negative energy prices: Why batteries are a flexible resource to mitigate impacts across Europe
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Dr Alastair Martin of Flexitricity sheds light on negative energy pricing and the opportunity it represents for batteries.
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?
California Is Short-Changing Climate-Friendly Mobility
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 4, 2023
A new NRDC report finds that California only allocates 18.6% of transportation funds to low-carbon mobility choices. Read the full report here.
Here's how PepsiCo and Walmart are investing in regenerative agriculture. Plus more Q3 updates
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Industry moves in regenerative agriculture plowed ahead, while changing diets and reducing waste lag behind.
Austria rail operator OeBB unveils new night trains
TechXplore
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
Austrian rail operator OeBB on Saturday unveiled its new generation of sleeper trains—a response to demands from travelers for less pollutant alternatives to planes and petrol or diesel cars.
S&P: China’s battery storage system integrators move into top five globally
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 2, 2023
Substantial growth in China's domestic energy storage market has led to locally-based players Sungrow and Hyperstrong becoming top five system integrators globally, S&P Global Commodity Insights said.
America’s Failing Drinking Water System
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 5, 2023
First, Flint, Michigan; then, Jackson, Mississippi. Communities around the country wonder if their water quality problems will lead to the next national crisis.
12 training resources for measuring and managing greenhouse gas emissions
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Greenhouse gas accounting is the foundation upon which all other organizational climate work rests.
Graphene, tin combo shows promise for solar panels, artificial muscles and more
TechXplore
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Doing an experiment with a cake on a cookie sounds simple. But when researchers from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) developed a unique dataset for combining 2D graphene and 3D tin, the process was all but simple—it required a great deal of computing power.
West African Development Bank finances solar-plus-storage project in Senegal with 45MWh BESS
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 4, 2023
The West African Development Bank (BOAD) has approved a US$24 million loan for a solar and storage project in Senegal with a 15MW/45MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
Biden Turns Attention to Long-Ignored Tribal Injustice in the Columbia River Basin
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 6, 2023
A new memo from President Biden acknowledges that the ecological peril confronting the Columbia River Basin is inextricably linked to long-standing environmental injustices.
The DOE has $97 billion in available funds. Here’s how to compete
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 4, 2023
Seeking a share of the government’s historic funding for renewable energy projects? First, explain how your project will benefit community members.
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