Fri.Dec 20, 2024

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Genomic analysis reveals milestones in evolution of brown algae

Envirotec Magazine

A study from South Korea has revealed the evolutionary journey of brown algae through genomic analysis, with potential opportunities for aquaculture and developing sustainable biomaterials. The research highlights key milestones, including the transition to multicellularity and species diversification, and uncovers viral integrations in brown algae genomes that influenced their evolution.

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New material for sodium-ion batteries brings affordable, sustainable future within grasp

TechXplore

While lithium-ion batteries have been the go-to technology for everything from smartphones and laptops to electric cars, there are growing concerns about the future because lithium is relatively scarce, expensive and difficult to source, and may soon be at risk due to geopolitical considerations. Scientists around the world are working to create viable alternatives.

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Next generation flow measurement drives sustainable water management

Envirotec Magazine

The AquaMaster in situ. Sustainability is a huge concern for organizations tasked with providing people with fresh water. Almost two thirds of the worlds population already experience severe water scarcity for at least one month each year and more than 2 billion people live in countries with an inadequate water supply. This threatens to drive social unrest and mass migration, with 700 million people potentially being displaced in their search for safe and secure water by 2030. 1 Water scarcity c

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WeaveGrid raises $28 million in funding for its EV-grid integration software

Charged

US-based EV charging software developer WeaveGrid has raised $28 million in financing led by Toyota s growth fund, Woven Capital, to help automakers integrate their EVs with the electric grid while optimizing the charging experience for drivers. WeaveGrids EV Management System (EVMS) enables grid-integrated EV charging and offers vehicle-to-grid capabilities and power distribution optimization.

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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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Faltering progress with BNG could be improved with more time, people and data, suggests survey

Envirotec Magazine

Early data released from a survey of over 100 professionals working in the ecology and environmental management sector in England has seemingly shown that only one-fifth of respondents believe BNG has been successful so far. 1 These requirements came into force in February for most developments. The full findings and research from the survey are expected to be published early next year.

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ICF’s new PowerGuide helps utilities identify likely candidates for fleet electrification

Charged

ICF provides energy efficiency, electrification and demand management programs to over 60 utilities across North America, including Duke Energy, Con Edison and National Grid. Now the company has launched PowerGuide , a cloud-based customer engagement, education and analytics platform designed to provide utilities and their customers real-time insights on the costs and benefits of fleet electrification.

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Chart: Wind and solar overtook coal on the US grid in 2024

Canary Media

Canary Medias chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Canary thanks Clean Energy Counsel for its support of the column. In a first for the country, solar and wind generated more electricity than coal over most of 2024.

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ABB E-mobility’s new C50 Compact Charger is built for urban and destination EV charging

Charged

ABB E-mobility offers a wide range of EV chargers to address every conceivable application. The latest addition to the lineup is the C50 Compact Charger, a DC fast charger designed for urban and destination charging. The C50 offers a charging capacity of 50 kW, and has two charging plugs. Its suitable for such locations as retail centers and shopping malls, where people typically spend 30 to 90 minutes.

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EU imports record quantities of Russian LNG in 2024

Financial Times: Energy

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UtilityAI Call Center: Avista is Leveraging Energy Analytics to Improve High Bill Resolution

Bidgely

High bill resolution is a pressing concern for both utilities and customers, often causing dissatisfaction and reduced call center performance. To make a bad situation better, customers need clear answers to questions like, Why is my bill so high? and What can I do about it? Responses such as its the weather dont go far to resolve customer frustration.

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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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'Dark lull' in German energy transition sparks political debate

TechXplore

As Germany heads for February 23 elections the gray winter weather has become a hot campaign topic because of its impact on the country's shaky green energy transition.

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Stellantis and CATL to invest up to €4.1 billion in Spanish LFP battery plant

Charged

Netherlands-headquartered automaker Stellantis and Chinese battery manufacturer CATL have agreed to invest up to 4.1 billion to form a 50/50 joint venture that will build a large-scale lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant in Zaragoza, Spain. The battery plant is targeted to start production by the end of 2026 at Stellantiss Zaragoza site. It will be implemented in several phases, and could reach up to 50 GWh of annual capacity.

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Was 2024 a breakout year for next-generation geothermal energy?

Canary Media

Geothermal energy today plays only a minor role in the U.S. electricity mix. Most of the country lacks natural features like hot springs and geysers, where Earths simmering heat is relatively easy to reach.

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EV Charging Stations: The Benefits for Businesses

Sun Valley Solar

Its becoming increasingly common to see electric vehicles (EV) on the road, and their popularity is set to continue as technology advances and more consumers prioritize sustainability in their daily habits. For businesses, the growing adoption of EVs presents a unique opportunity to attract environmentally conscious customers, retain and attract employees, and earn additional revenue all while improving brand loyalty, and making a positive environmental impact through the addition of EV chargin

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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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Nuclear Startup Seeks Contractors for 6 GW of New Generation

POWER Magazine

The Nuclear Company, which plans to deploy 6 GW of fleet-scale nuclear power across America, on Dec. 19 announced the issuance of a solicitation of interest to contractors in engineering, […] The post Nuclear Startup Seeks Contractors for 6 GW of New Generation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Argentina chooses US investor to spur nuclear-powered AI dream

Financial Times: Energy

Shift to new reactor technology comes as Javier Milei aims to attract energy-intensive companies to cooler south

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SkyDrive and SAI Flight to develop commercial electric air taxi routes in South Carolina

Charged

Japan-headquartered eVTOL aircraft manufacturer SkyDrive, South Carolina-based private jet charter company SAI Flight and Greenville Downtown Airport have signed an agreement to jointly develop air cargo, air taxi and emergency service opportunities using SkyDrives aircraft. The three organizations are collaborating with local and state governments and local businesses to design practical routes originating from Greenville Downtown Airport to such destinations as the city center and Greenville-S

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‘We want to be the scale-up partner of choice’: Peak Energy on scaling sodium-ion technology

Energy Storage News

Peak Energy president and CCO Cameron Dales speaks with Energy-Storage.news about the US startups plans for scaling sodium-ion battery storage and cell manufacturing, sodium-ions advantages, and the bankability of the technology.

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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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Electrolyte engineering: Paving the way for the future of energy storage with solid-state batteries

TechXplore

Rapid advancements in solid-state battery technology are ushering in a new era of energy storage solutions, with the potential to revolutionize everything from electric vehicles to renewable energy systems. Advances in electrolyte engineering have played a key role in this progress, enhancing the development and performance of high-performance all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs).

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LG ES Vertech in 7.5GWh US domestic content BESS deal with Excelsior Energy Capital

Energy Storage News

LG ES Vertech has signed a 7.5GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) project deal with Excelsior Energy Capital.

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Geothermal aquifers offer green potential but quality checks required

TechXplore

The aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) system, which uses geothermal heat as a renewable energy source, is one of the solutions to reducing fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emission. This system stores heat underground in aquifers, using groundwater as a heat medium. The heat is then extracted as needed according to the season to efficiently heat and cool buildings.

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Lithium-sulfur battery firm Lyten seeks US$650 million financing from US import-export bank

Energy Storage News

Lithium-sulfur battery and supermaterials firm Lyten is seeking a US$650 million loan from the US import-export bank EXIM to scale up manufacturing and meet BESS orders from the Caribbean region.

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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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EDP bags €700 million for 1.9GW southern Europe renewables portfolio

PV Tech

EDP has secured 700 million in loans from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the development of over 1.

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Your gadgets are actually carbon sinks — for now

Grist

At any given moment, crude oil is being pumped up from the depths of the planet. Some of that sludge gets sent to a refinery and processed into plastic, then it becomes the phone in your hand, the shades on your window, the ornaments hanging from your Christmas tree. Although scientists know how much carbon dioxide is emitted to make these products (a new iPhone is akin to driving more than 200 miles ), theres little research into how much gets stashed away in them.

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Germany revises down price ceilings for PV auctions in 2025

PV Tech

Unlike the price ceiling for wind, which has not changed compared to 2024, all three auctions involving solar PV have been revised down to take into account the decrease in the forecast levelised cost of electricity, said the Bundesnetzagentur.

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Upstream Energy secures RA agreement for BESS project at retiring California oil & gas facility

Energy Storage News

Developer Upstream Energy has negotiated a resource adequacy (RA) agreement with California community choice aggregator (CCA) Clean Power Alliance (CPA) associated with the developers standalone Olinda BESS project located in Los Angeles County, California.

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The world’s highest-altitude solar-plus-storage project secures grid connection

PV Tech

The Huadian Tibet Caipeng project, at 5,228 metres above sea level, is the highest-altitude solar project to receive a grid connection.

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California’s Gasoline Prices: It’s Not the Refiners, It’s the Taxes

R-Squared Energy

In 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB-1322 , the Oil Refiner Price Disclosure Act , into law. The legislation was hailed as a major step toward transparency, requiring refiners in California to report detailed monthly data on their gasoline profit margins. Specifically, refiners must disclose: The cost of crude oil purchased The wholesale price of gasoline sold The gross and net profits earned per gallon of refined gasoline Supporters , including consumer advocacy groups like Consu

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The Vital Role of Soils in the Climate Battle with Prof Karen Johnson

Terra Infirma

This is the last podcast of 2024 and, to celebrate, me and my partner Karen Johnson invite you into our lovely home (or one sofa to be precise) to talk about… soil. Karen is an award-winning Professor of Environmental Engineer whose research revolves around soil health. With soil being the second biggest store of carbon after the ocean, land use changes being responsible for 33% of historic climate change and ‘nature-based solutions’ being the flavour of the month in regard to

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Climate Insurance Crisis

Energy Central

NYT: "How the climate crisis became an insurance crisis." While this story was published in mainstream media, I think it is worth emphacizing that climate shocks will hit housing insurability + economic value. "Last year, insurers lost money on homeowners coverage in 18 states, up from 12 states five years ago and [8] states in 2013." Over the last.

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The coal-to-clean transition is closer than many realise

PV Tech

Renewable energy is now a competitive alternative to fossil fuels, and more than 800 coal plants in smaller economies could be replaced by PV.

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US | Hydrogen Program

Energy Central

Through this overarching document, the reader will gain information on the key RDD&D needs to enable the large- scale use of hydrogen and related technologies—such as fuel cells and turbines—in the economy, and how DOE’s various offices are addressing those needs. The Hydrogen Program will continue to periodically revise the Plan, along with all program office.