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Mercedes-Benz unveils eIntouro electric intercity bus

Charged

Daimler Buses has unveiled a new electric bus aimed at the interurban transport segment. The Mercedes-Benz eIntouro is a high-floor bus based on the diesel-powered Intouro. In terms of its electric drive, however, it has less in common with the Mercedes eCitaro electric city bus and more with the Mercedes eActros 600 electric truck. Daimler Buses and Daimler Truck are pursuing a common parts strategy.

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How ‘catalytic warehousing’ can help stand up emerging fund managers and accelerate climate investing

Impact Alpha

How can we meet the world’s need for impact financing when emerging fund managers face strong headwinds raising capital — in particular for. The post How ‘catalytic warehousing’ can help stand up emerging fund managers and accelerate climate investing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Larger, 1MW/100MWh ‘Sand Battery’ set for commissioning in 2025

Energy Storage News

Construction is underway on a 100MWh thermal energy storage project in Finland, using the same 'Sand Battery' technology as a 8MWh system which came online in 2022.

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Video: Inside CHT’s silicone applications for EV battery efficiency and safety

Charged

At the forefront of silicone innovation, the CHT Group offers advanced solutions that optimize EV battery performance. Charged recently chatted with Gerry Ellis from CHT to learn more about its silicone products designed to meet the rigorous demands of EV battery technology. With products ranging from lightweight elastomers to thermally conductive silicone foams, Ellis described how CHT addresses industry needs for safety, efficiency, and longevity.

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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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The Future of Food Traceability: Cleantech Innovations

CleanTech Group

The food industry is under immense pressure to balance consumer demand for transparency, regulatory compliance, and the fight against food fraud. As global. The post The Future of Food Traceability: Cleantech Innovations appeared first on Cleantech Group.

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Everything You Need to Know About Commercial Solar Battery Storage

Sun Valley Solar

Whether your company is just getting started with solar or has been reaping the benefits for years, adding battery storage can take your system to the next level. Instead of selling excess solar power back to the grid at a lower rate, your business can store and use this energy when utility rates spike. The result is increased resiliency, additional cost savings, and less reliance on fossil fuels, moving your business one step closer to sustainability goals.

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New Report: Next Steps for CA's Gas Transition

NRDC onEarth

A new white paper from Energy + Environmental Economics offers California utility regulators key next steps for securing an affordable transition off of gas.

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Tickets Now on Sale for the 2nd Annual H2Hub Summit!

Hydrogen Fuel News

Tickets for the 2nd Annual H2Hub Summit, happening on March 19, 2025, are officially on sale! This virtual event, hosted by the HYSKY Society, brings together over 300 attendees to hear updates from all seven DOE-selected Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs. With tickets priced at just $30, this is an incredible opportunity to connect with the leaders shaping the future of clean energy.

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‘A little dirty’: inside the secret world of McKinsey, the firm hooked on fossil fuels

The Guardian: Energy

Interviews and analysis of court documents show how the world’s most prestigious consulting firm quietly helps fuel the climate crisis Two giant, mirrored walls are set to rise out of the sands of the Arabian desert. They will run parallel for more than 100 miles from the coast of the Red Sea through arid valleys and craggy mountains. Between them, a futuristic city which has no need for cars or roads will be powered completely by renewable energy.

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Saudi Arabia awards 2GW Al Sadawi solar project to Masdar consortium

PV Tech

Saudi Arabia has awarded the 2GW Al Sadawi solar project to a consortium led by Masdar, and signed a PPA to acquire power from the project.

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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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Hungary COP29 Climate Delegates Linked to State Oil Company

DeSmogBlog

A Hungarian “climate institute” attending COP29 is an offshoot of an Orbán-backed think tank funded by the state oil and gas company. Nine delegates from the Climate Policy Institute (CPI) were down to attend the United Nations climate summit, now in its second week in Baku, Azerbaijan. According to the official UN list, CPI director Mónika Besenyei, head of secretariat Csilla Gajer, three researchers and three “students” all attended as part of Hungary’s “overflow” delegation.

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Lectron cranks out 12,000 units per week of its NACS-to-CCS EV charging adapter

Charged

Since Tesla opened up its Supercharger network, demand from drivers of other brands of EVs has been massive. So massive that Lectron , a provider of portable chargers, adapters and charging stations for all charging standards, has ramped up production of its NACS-to-CCS adapter to as many as 12,000 units per week. “Our expanded production guarantees that every EV driver with a compatible vehicle can access the largest fast charging network in the US,” said Lectron CEO Christopher Maiwald.

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Solar power magnate Gautam Adani and others indicted over alleged $250M bribery scheme

TechCrunch: Climate

Billionaire Gautam Adani and several executives at his company, the Indian conglomerate Adani Group, have been indicted over an alleged scheme to pay more than $250 million in bribes to Indian officials in exchange for contracts to a 12 gigawatt solar power project. The indictment, unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn, charges Adani, his […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Argonne develops technique using magnetic fields to probe long-term battery aging

Charged

Researchers at the DOE’)’s Argonne National Laboratory have demonstrated a novel method that uses nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to characterize the chemical evolution inside battery cells over years of operation. The technique characterizes chemical degradation in commercial-grade pouch battery cells while they operate for long periods.

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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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Origin adds more storage to Eraring battery, making it biggest in Australia and one of world’s largest

Renew Economy

Origin announces expansion of Eraring battery, ensuring that the site of the country's biggest coal generator will host the biggest battery. The post Origin adds more storage to Eraring battery, making it biggest in Australia and one of world’s largest appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Why planned desiccant dehumidifier service is so important for battery gigafactories (Whitepaper)

Charged

Sponsored by Munters. Not all desiccant dehumidifier providers are alike, and very few suppliers have the service network to support this technology. When sourcing dehumidifiers, it’s essential to consider your supplier’s ability to support your system through every phase of its life cycle. Design, planning, and start up Building a battery gigafactory is a long process, and there will likely be many changes along the way.

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European energy giant announces shift from solar to onshore wind and storage

Renew Economy

One of Europe's biggest energy companies is shift its attention away from large scale solar projects to onshore wind and hydroelectricity and battery storage. The post European energy giant announces shift from solar to onshore wind and storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Brief: Catalytic warehousing for climate investing

Impact Alpha

Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Catalytic Capital How ‘catalytic warehousing’ can help stand up emerging fund managers and accelerate climate. The post The Brief: Catalytic warehousing for climate investing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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The World’s Largest PEM Electrolyser Boosts France’s Green Transport

Hydrogen Fuel News

Air Liquide’s €50 Million Investment in Hydrogen Supply Chain in Normandy Air Liquide, a leader in industrial gases, has announced a significant investment of €50 million to develop a hydrogen packaging and delivery supply chain in the Normandy industrial basin, France. This initiative, aimed at refuelling systems along the Seine Axis, marks a strategic step in supporting the transition to low-carbon transportation.

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Canadian Solar to manufacture BESS and cells at Kentucky plant after EnerVenue backs out

Energy Storage News

Solar PV and BESS firm Canadian Solar will build a BESS and cell manufacturing facility in Kentucky, in a factory which was recently vacated by metal-hydrogen battery company EnerVenue.

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Fusion startup Tokamak Energy attracts $125M for its egg-like reactor design

TechCrunch: Climate

Startups pursuing fusion power have benefitted from AI's insatiable thirst for electricity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Turning carbon emissions into methane fuel

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

Chemists have developed a novel way to capture and convert carbon dioxide into methane, suggesting that future gas emissions could be converted into an alternative fuel using electricity from renewable sources.

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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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Voters in Ann Arbor, Michigan, create a local clean energy utility

Canary Media

Election Day yielded few bright spots for the transition to clean energy, but there was one in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Climate Fiction Prize unveils 'genre-spanning' inaugural longlist

Business Green

Nine novels, all authored by women, have made the longlist for the first ever Climate Fiction Price, including Booker Prize winner Orbital by Samantha Harvey

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MN8 Energy Completes Solar Project for Brown University

Solar Industry

MN8 Energy has completed the 40 MW Dry Bridge Solar facility, which the company says is one of the largest of its kind in Rhode Island. The facility is located on a rehabilitated brownfield site in North Kingstown, previously used for gravel and sand extraction. The project comprises four co-located solar installations, each with 10 MW. “We are thrilled to announce the completion of the Dry Bridge Solar facility, a project that provides substantial benefits to the North Kingstown community where

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Cologix Plans $7 Billion, 800-MW Data Center Complex in Ohio

POWER Magazine

A company that provides connectivity and colocation services for customers across North America has announced plans to build a data center campus in Central Ohio. Cologix, headquartered in Denver, Colorado, […] The post Cologix Plans $7 Billion, 800-MW Data Center Complex in Ohio appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Renewable America Obtains Conditional Use Permit for Ranch Sereno Project

Solar Industry

After a two-year permitting process, Contra Costa County has granted the Ranch Sereno Clean Power (RASE) project, being developed by Renewable America (RNA), a conditional use permit. Granted in September, the permit clears the way for development of the new solar and storage project in Byron, Calif. The project is set to be built on 7.5 acres and will feature 2.48 MW of solar capacity, coupled with 3.6 MWh of energy storage. “Renewable America partners with local communities to build long

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CATL Unveils Second-Generation Sodium-Ion Battery with Enhanced Performance, Targeting Market Release in 2025

EnergyTrend

CATL Unveils Second-Generation Sodium-Ion Battery with Enhanced Performance, Targeting Market Release in 2025 AttheWorldYoungScientistSummitonNovember17,CATL'sChiefScientistWuKaiannouncedthecompletionofthecompany’ssecond-generationsodium-ionbatterydevelopment.

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Boston, Cambridge Institutions Collaborate to Invest in Renewable Power

Solar Industry

Higher education institutions, healthcare systems and a group of public and nonprofit organizations in Greater Boston and the North Shore are adding two renewable energy projects to regional power grids by establishing the Consortium for Climate Solutions to address the carbon-free objectives of its members. Through two 15-year VPPAs, the consortium’s procurement is spurring the development of 408 MW of new renewable energy, which will be constructed, owned and operated by Apex Clean Energy.

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Wirsol lodges application to expand solar-plus-storage site in New South Wales, Australia, to 230MW

PV Tech

German renewable energy developer Wirsol has lodged a modification application to increase the capacity of its Maryvale solar-plus-storage project in New South Wales, Australia, to 230MW.

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Castillo Engineering, Recon Corporation Partner on Illinois Community Solar Projects

Solar Industry

Castillo Engineering has been selected by Recon Corporation to provide design and engineering services on two new community solar projects in Illinois, totaling 15 MW. Part of the Illinois Shines or Adjustable Block Program, the two 7.5 MW projects are located in the cities of Pontiac and Odell and will use single axis trackers. The projects are expected to break ground and reach completion over the course of next year.

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What is the status of energy poverty in the European Union?

Energy Transition

35 to 72 million people across the EU are facing energy poverty. These issues already have powerful implications today from a public health or productivity point of view. Over the years, the EU has constructed a series of policy instruments to assess better and comprehensively address the phenomenon. Marine Cornelis reports.

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