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The RAF begins using sustainable aviation fuel on routine operations

Envirotec Magazine

An RAF Typhoon landing in Turkey. The Royal Air Force has used a blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with normal jet fuel on routine operations for the first time. Aircraft including Typhoon and Poseidon submarine hunters, operating from RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland, have been using a blend of conventional and SAF in an apparent first for the air force.

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PJM’s Capacity Auction: The Real Story

NRDC onEarth

Fossil fuel un-reliability and PJM’s failure to speedily connect new clean resources to the grid are to blame for the 2025/26 auction price spike.

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What Does Zero Waste Really Mean

Green Business Bureau

It is estimated that worldwide, a staggering 2.2 billion tonnes of waste is produced per year. Much of this waste is packaging from food and beverages, a great deal of which will end up in a landfill, since certain types of packaging are non-degradable or can take hundreds of years to break down. Some plastic bottle types, for instance, may take as long as 450 years to do so.

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A near 100 per cent renewable grid is readily achievable and affordable

Renew Economy

Three years of daily simulations show that very close to 100% renewable electricity is feasible for Australia’s main grid at reasonable cost, using just several hours of battery storage. The post A near 100 per cent renewable grid is readily achievable and affordable appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Index aims to quantify circularity in the bioeconomy

Envirotec Magazine

Yuanhui Zhang with a model of a biowaste recycling project (image credit: College of ACES). Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed a Circularity Index that they say provides a comprehensive method to quantify circularity in bioeconomic systems. In a new paper , they outline the method and apply it to two case studies – a corn/soybean farming operation and the entire US food and agriculture system.

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Report: Getting the Lead Out Costs Less Than You May Think

NRDC onEarth

Don’t Let Opponents’ Overblown Cost Estimates Derail EPA Rules to Replace Toxic Lead Pipes

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Big win for Tesla and Co in push to exempt batteries from contentious reliability rule

Renew Economy

At the request of Tesla and other developers, big batteries could be exempted from a contentious energy market rule designed to plug future supply gaps. The post Big win for Tesla and Co in push to exempt batteries from contentious reliability rule appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Understanding how flies smell may have applications in robotics

Envirotec Magazine

Assistant Professor Floris van Breugel and postdoctoral researcher David Stupski of the University of Nevada (image credit: Chris Moran). How does a fly find its way to that mouldy banana lying concealed in a kitchen cupboard? A question of that order was posed by researchers at the University of Nevada. The answer seemingly offers clues as to how robotic systems might be trained to find the source of chemical leaks or odours, as explained in a study published in the journal Current Biology.

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Kemi Badenoch Accepts £10,000 From Chair of Tufton Street Climate Denial Group

DeSmogBlog

Conservative Party leadership hopeful Kemi Badenoch received £10,000 towards her campaign from the chair of a climate science denial group, DeSmog can reveal. Neil Record , a millionaire Tory donor and founder of the investment firm Record Financial Group, is chair of Net Zero Watch (NZW), the campaign arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF).

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Keep Mattresses out of the Landfill

Green Business Bureau

Mattresses pose a serious problem when it comes to disposal. These large household products take up more than their fair share of space in landfills because they’re difficult to compact, clog machinery, and create large soft spaces that can turn into sinkholes after filling. The problem of mattress disposal can be confronted from two sides. The first is to recycle old mattresses, reusing their components to make new products.

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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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“Purely phenomenal:” AEMO says world is watching as rooftop PV leads surge to 100pct renewables

Renew Economy

AEMO says world is watching as Australia leads in the penetration of wind and solar in the grid and addresses the engineering challenges. The post “Purely phenomenal:” AEMO says world is watching as rooftop PV leads surge to 100pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Improving infrastructure planning is essential to delivery

Envirotec Magazine

Sharon Darcy is chair of the Linear Infrastructure Planning Panel and an independent non-executive board member at Portsmouth Water. The water sector needs to build infrastructure at scale over the coming decades. Ahead of her keynote address to the Water Industry Forum on 25 September, Sharon Darcy, chair of the Linear Infrastructure Planning Panel, says competing demands with other sectors over allocation of resources means a collaborative approach is vital.

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Australian government approves AAPowerLink project to export solar to Singapore

PV Tech

Renewable energy developer Sun Cable has secured approval from the Australian government for the Australian element of its Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink) interconnector.

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Chart: Almost all new US power plants are carbon-free

Canary Media

Zero-carbon energy is just about the only form of energy the U.S. is building anymore. In the first half of this year, developers and power plant owners built 20.2 gigawatts (GW) of electricity generation capacity, per the U.S.

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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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“Energy transition in real time:” Texas grid hits demand records, and for solar and battery storage

Renew Economy

The Texas grid has many similarities to Australia, and this week it dealt with record demand in a searing heatwave with no problems, thanks to solar and battery storage. The post “Energy transition in real time:” Texas grid hits demand records, and for solar and battery storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Australia’s Urgent Lack of Hydrogen Skills Addressed by New Swinburne Micro-Credentials

FuelCellsWorks

Swinburne University of Technology is addressing the immediate skills gaps across the burgeoning hydrogen industry. The university worked with industry to develop a suite of 11 micro-learning modules. The program.

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BBC Accused of Doing PR for Major Polluters

DeSmogBlog

The BBC has produced dozens of films and articles for oil and gas companies, agricultural giants, fossil fuel states, and high-emission transport firms in recent years, DeSmog can reveal. Experts say the BBC has been “greenwashing” the image of companies and countries contributing to global emissions by trumpeting their dubious climate credentials and promoting their favoured solutions to the crisis.

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Researchers discover Offgrid PV-driven hydrogen fuel cell system is superior to standalone solar-plus storage

Hydrogen Fuel News

Fuel cells could be the cheaper option for energy and storage. A team of researchers at the University of Applied Sciences in Germany compared an offgrid PV-electrolyzer fuel cell system with a standalone solar-plus-storage counterpart to see which one had better economic performance. The research, which was carried out in Niger, revealed that decentralized PV-driven hydrogen had lower levelized cost of energy and levelized cost of storage compared to the PV-battery system.

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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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Victoria lays out plan for 95 pct renewables, with no coal, not much gas and a big lift in demand

Renew Economy

Victoria lays out plan to reach its target of 95 pct renewables target by 2035, by which time it expects to close the last of its coal fired generators, relegated gas to a minor support role. The post Victoria lays out plan for 95 pct renewables, with no coal, not much gas and a big lift in demand appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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China Approves 11 New Nuclear Reactors, Including Fourth-Generation Design

POWER Magazine

State-run China Energy News reported that officials on August 19 approved construction of 11 nuclear reactors across the country, part of a wave of new reactors that could see China […] The post China Approves 11 New Nuclear Reactors, Including Fourth-Generation Design appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Dutch Government Announces Groundbreaking €1 Billion Hydrogen Subsidy Auction for October

FuelCellsWorks

The Dutch government is launching a significant €1 billion subsidy auction in October to promote green hydrogen projects, aiming to bridge the investment and operating cost gap compared to grey.

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Urgent Scale-Up of Clean Technologies Needed to Keep Australia on Net-Zero Trajectory

BloombergNEF

•BloombergNEF’s New Energy Outlook: Australia details how the country can still meet decarbonization targets and net-zero commitment by mid-century •$2.4 trillion investment and spending required for BNEF’s Net Zero Scenario, only 12% more than the baseline Economic Transition Scenario •290 gigawatts of wind and solar capacity installed by 2050, power demand grows 2.5-fold Sydney, 19 […] The post Urgent Scale-Up of Clean Technologies Needed to Keep Australia on Net-Zero Trajectory appeared

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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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Sun Cable: Plibersek approves first stage of world’s biggest solar and battery project

Renew Economy

Updated: Federal environment minister Tanya Plibersek gives approval for first stage of Sun Cable, with enough solar and battery storage to provide 4 GW of continuous power to Darwin. The post Sun Cable: Plibersek approves first stage of world’s biggest solar and battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Utility Alliant Energy seeks Wisconsin regulator’s approval for long-duration CO2 Battery storage project

Energy Storage News

US utility company Alliant Energy has moved forward with a long-duration energy storage project based on carbon dioxide-based technology.

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Construction Begins on Long-Duration Energy Storage and Green Hydrogen Microgrid Project in California

FuelCellsWorks

Last week, Energy Vault’s new microgrid storage tank for Pacific Gas and Electric Company was delivered to the Calistoga Resiliency Center (CRC). The CRC is a hybrid long-duration energy storage (LDES).

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Huge EV battery recycling facility comes online in Ohio

Canary Media

A big facility for recycling lithium-ion batteries is now operating in Central Ohio, where workers are busy salvaging and repurposing the metals and minerals needed to drive the clean energy transition.

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Renewable records season arrives early as solar pushes sunshine state to new highs

Renew Economy

The unseasonably warm weather is causing renewable energy records to tumble early, driven by surge in solar output in Australia's most coal dependent state. The post Renewable records season arrives early as solar pushes sunshine state to new highs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Australian government approves renewables link to Singapore with up to 42GWh energy storage

Energy Storage News

Renewable energy developer Sun Cable has secured approval from the Australian government for the Australian element of its Australia-Asia Power Link (AAPowerLink) interconnector.

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Toyota’s Fuel Cell R&D and Production Plant Starts Operation in Beijing

FuelCellsWorks

On August 20, Huafeng Fuel Cell Co., Ltd. (FCTS) and United Fuel Cell System Research and Development (Beijing) Co., Ltd. (FCRD) officially commenced production at their new plant in the.

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Solar Spotlight: Using energy load management to avoid service upgrades

Solar Power World

The American power grid is electrifying through renewable energy proliferation, and homeowners are following suit by replacing gas powered vehicles and appliances with electric-powered options. However, certain homes are encountering the conundrum of having too high of an electrical load and not enough electrical service to back it. Savant is a recognized leader in both… The post Solar Spotlight: Using energy load management to avoid service upgrades appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Business power: Batteries and solar could help kick out coal with less new transmission, if price is right

Renew Economy

A network of battery-backed mini solar farms installed on Australia's commercial and industrial rooftops could help usher out coal, and remove the need for big transmission upgrades. The post Business power: Batteries and solar could help kick out coal with less new transmission, if price is right appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Iron-air ‘multi-day’ energy storage startup Form Energy breaks ground on first pilot project

Energy Storage News

Work has begun on the first pilot project using Form Energy’s iron-air battery, designed to cost-effectively store and discharge energy over multiple days.

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