3 circularity roles every business needs
GreenBiz
MAY 17, 2024
Bringing a circular transformation to life across the company requires these essential players, from the C-suite down to the supply chain trenches.
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Battery storage failure incident rate dropped 97% between 2018 and 2023
Energy Storage News
MAY 16, 2024
Battery storage failure incidents have dramatically decreased in frequency in the last few years, but the industry still needs to be more transparent and share data when incidents occur.
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Demolition specialist reports fuel savings with diesel conditioner
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 15, 2024
Green technology firm SulNOx Group describes a trial of one of its diesel conditioner products. Fuel consumption savings of up to 7.59% have been verified in a three-month series of trials with trucks owned by UK contractors MGL Demolition, part of MGL Group, using the product SulNOxEco Diesel Conditioner. The trial has been followed by MGL Demolition’s purchase of an Intermediate Bulk Container (approximately 1,000 litres capacity) of SulNOxEco through master distributor A&S International
New free analysis platform shines light on how solar energy projects will affect utilities' power systems
TechXplore
MAY 13, 2024
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in collaboration with three other national labs, have developed a free online platform to help utilities understand how solar energy projects will affect the operation of their power systems. This capability can increase utilities' confidence in expanding their solar portfolios, protecting reliable delivery of electricity while supporting U.S. efforts to slow climate change.
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.
How Lowe's is using supplier education to tackle Scope 3 emissions
GreenBiz
MAY 13, 2024
The home improvement giant has doubled the number of suppliers reporting emissions
UK system operator reassessing ‘outdated’ Capacity Market de-rating factors for storage
Energy Storage News
MAY 16, 2024
UK electricity market operator National Grid ESO is reassessing how much energy storage gets paid in the Capacity Market, battery storage operators told Energy-Storage.news, with one calling the current system 'outdated'.
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NZ's big chill was an early winter warning: Power should be subsidized for struggling households
TechXplore
MAY 13, 2024
Last week's headlines warning of electricity shortfalls brought the issue of access to energy into (increasingly chilly) homes around the country.
The 5 most common questions from carbon buyers
GreenBiz
MAY 16, 2024
Here are the top questions on the minds of corporate carbon credit purchasers -- and some answers.
Puerto Rico: Regulator approves 360MW plan to accelerate battery storage deployments
Energy Storage News
MAY 14, 2024
Puerto Rico Electricity Board (PREB) has approved a plan to accelerate the adoption of battery energy storage system (BESS) technology in the US island territory.
Guardrails for Climate, Protecting Our Future
NRDC onEarth
MAY 16, 2024
House Farm Bill threatens to undermine historic investments.
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
Q&A: Climate change solution can carry environmental costs
TechXplore
MAY 13, 2024
Solar power, widely seen as humanity's best hope for avoiding catastrophic climate change, can carry a heavy environmental cost, depending on where panels and transmission lines are built.
How investors are using AI to make better sustainable finance decisions
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Apex Clean Energy secures US$150 million for ERCOT projects with Q3 COD
Energy Storage News
MAY 15, 2024
Renewable energy developer and operator Apex Clean Energy has completed a US$150 million financing with First Citizens Bank for two ERCOT, Texas battery energy storage system (BESS) projects.
Scottish green chemicals firm launches crowdfunding campaign
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 15, 2024
Scottish technology-led producer of green chemicals (including biofuels), Celtic Renewables, has launched its latest crowdfunding campaign with Crowdcube aiming to raise a minimum of £2.75 million to boost operational capacity and scale revenue growth. Celtic Renewables is the first in the world to produce and supply green chemicals to lower the carbon footprint of thousands of products like cosmetics, paints and household cleaners, and has recently sent its first production of bioacetone and bi
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.
EPA’s New Rules for Drinking Water Right-to-Know Reporting Are a ‘Mixed Bag’
NRDC onEarth
MAY 16, 2024
Regulation forcing water utilities to publicly disclose contamination makes modest improvements but fails to explicitly ban false or misleading statements.
Views on single-use plastic waste vary based on concern about health impacts, survey finds
GreenBiz
MAY 17, 2024
Public opinion on single-use plastics has decreased in some countries while remaining high in others, according to a GlobeScan survey.
Australia budget commits AU$22.7 billion to ‘renewable energy superpower’ plan
Energy Storage News
MAY 14, 2024
The Australian federal government’s 2024-2025 budget includes a major investment in clean energy manufacturing and an energy bill rebate for households.
South Crofty Tin Mine is Project of the Year winner at the Pump Industry Awards UK
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 15, 2024
Pumps manufacturer KSB submitted the South Crofty tin mine project into the Pump Industry Awards UK, with Cornish Metals. In March it was announced the 2024 Project of the Year winner. The mine ceased production in 1998 and was allowed to flood to adit level – circa. 60m from surface. Approximately 8 million cubic metres of water now needs to be removed to enable resumption of tin mining from the deepest levels.
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.
CTC Lets Flawed Yolo 80 Project Cut the Line
NRDC onEarth
MAY 17, 2024
CTC's $105M highway widening grant shows it has lost the plot when it comes to following Governor Newsom’s and the Legislature’s stated climate directives.
Climate policy outlook: High-speed rail finally breaks ground in the U.S.
GreenBiz
MAY 13, 2024
This week’s most important climate policy stories.
US utility DTE Energy issues standalone energy storage RFP in Michigan
Energy Storage News
MAY 14, 2024
Utility DTE Energy has launched a request for proposals (RFP), seeking approximately 120MW of standalone energy storage projects in its Michigan, US, service area.
Soy biodiesel byproduct can be used to make 3D printing filaments
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 15, 2024
MONG recovered from soy biodiesel processing plants without treatment (Fig. 1a), after acid treatment (Fig. 1b), and after acid+peroxide treatment (Fig. 1c). Image credit: Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research, University of Louisville, Louisville 40292, KY, USA. Researchers have discovered a way to transform a significant waste output from soy biodiesel plants into a valuable resource.
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?
Nuclear option costs ‘six times more’ than renewables, study finds
Renew Economy
MAY 17, 2024
Building nuclear reactors would cost six times more than wind and solar power firmed up with batteries, according to a report released on Saturday by the Clean Energy Council. The post Nuclear option costs ‘six times more’ than renewables, study finds appeared first on RenewEconomy.
DOE unveils a second chance to access $6 billion from carbon capture tech
GreenBiz
MAY 15, 2024
After distributing $4 billion of energy project credits in the first round, the DOE is back with more money for decarbonization opportunities.
US DOE seeks feedback on energy storage safety training, manufacturing challenges
Energy Storage News
MAY 13, 2024
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued Requests for Information (RFIs) on safety training for energy storage systems, and how to tackle manufacturing design challenges.
The Low Carbon Apprenticeship is a miss-step says renewables training expert
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 15, 2024
Mark Krull is Director of Logic4training and LCL Awards. Mark Krull criticises the recently launched ‘Low Carbon Apprenticeships’ as a PR exercise that ignores the needs and opportunities in the building services sector. As Director of a leading awarding organisation for renewable qualifications, and “a long-time member of Greenpeace”, he says, “you might be surprised that I’m not a big fan of the new ‘Low Carbon Apprenticeship'” He explans further, below.
Giant Queensland zinc mine plans behind the meter wind farm to slash crippling gas power costs
Renew Economy
MAY 16, 2024
One of the world's biggest zinc mines says gas power is too expensive and too volatile, and is adding wind power to its solar farm to cut costs and stabilise prices. The post Giant Queensland zinc mine plans behind the meter wind farm to slash crippling gas power costs appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Microsoft launches initiative to counter 30% rise in Scope 3 emissions since 2020
GreenBiz
MAY 15, 2024
The company’s carbon footprint is growing because of demand for its new data centers.
Entech and Eiffage partner to build transmission-connected BESS projects in France
Energy Storage News
MAY 17, 2024
Construction group Eiffage and renewable energy IPP Entech have created a joint venture entity to design and build battery energy storage system (BESS) projects connected to the high-voltage network in France.
ACP: US adds 4.6GW of solar in Q1 2024, total installed capacity reaches 100GW
PV Tech
MAY 14, 2024
The US added 4.6GW of solar capacity in the first quarter of 2024, bringing the total installed capacity to over 100GW, according to the ACP.
World’s biggest grids could be powered by renewables, with little or no storage – if we are smart enough
Renew Economy
MAY 15, 2024
If the world learned to be smarter and more efficient, it could go fully renewable with little or no storage. But that's not the way markets are designed. The post World’s biggest grids could be powered by renewables, with little or no storage – if we are smart enough appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The week in climate policy: 4 updates you need to know
GreenBiz
MAY 17, 2024
The oil industry gets hit with another court loss in New York; Florida erases climate change from its state policy.
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