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Huge solar farm and battery project gets tick from planning commission despite objections

Renew Economy

Huge solar and battery project near Dunedoo clears another planning hurdle, but must still wait for federal government approval. The post Huge solar farm and battery project gets tick from planning commission despite objections appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Canadian Geothermal Energy Association - BC Commits $10 Billion to Electricty InfraSTRUCTURE Build-Out

Global Renewable News

The BC government has committed to serious investments to bolster British Columbia's electricity infrastructure, with $10 billion aimed at building out electricity transmission and distributio.

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CEFC provides another $160m to support lower cost loans for rooftop PV, batteries and efficiency

Renew Economy

CEFC provides another $160m to help customers get lower cost loans to install rooftop PV, home batteries and do efficiency upgrades. The post CEFC provides another $160m to support lower cost loans for rooftop PV, batteries and efficiency appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Water Power Technologies Office - Wave Energy Converters Could Be Clean Power Solution for Offshore Aquaculture Farms

Global Renewable News

This is the first in a series of articles highlighting projects advanced through the U.S. Testing Expertise and Access for Marine Energy Research (TEAMER) program. TEAMER provi.

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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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Rooftop solar hits record 52 pct share in Australia’s most coal dependent state

Renew Economy

Rooftop solar has achieved a record share of generation and sent operational demand down to new low in the country's most coal dependent state. The post Rooftop solar hits record 52 pct share in Australia’s most coal dependent state appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Energy Development Corporation - EDC inaugurates 28.9-MW Palayan Bayan binary geothermal power plant, Philippines

Global Renewable News

The Energy Development Corporation (EDC) has officially inaugurated the 28.9 MW Palayan Bayan binary geothermal power plant (PBGPP) in the province of Albay in the Philippines. The binary power plan.

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Fabrum - Fabrum and Fortescue commission Australia's largest liquid hydrogen plant on a mine site

Global Renewable News

Australia's largest liquid hydrogen plant at a mine site is now operational at Fortescue's Green Energy Hub at Christmas Creek in Western Australia; Fabrum played a significant role in del.

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BNEF says $2.4 trillion needed for Australia’s net zero target, but window to safe climate closing fast

Renew Economy

BNEF says Australia needs to spend $2.4 trillion out to 2050 to achieve net zero. But the spending is not that much different from business as usual. The post BNEF says $2.4 trillion needed for Australia’s net zero target, but window to safe climate closing fast appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Turboden - Inauguration of 28.9 MWe Binary Geothermal Plant in the Philippines

Global Renewable News

Turboden S.p.A., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group Company and a worldwide leader in Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology, proudly announces the successful operational launch of the 28.9 M.

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Net Zero’s Carbon Removal Conundrum

Alaistair Marsh

Two Oxford academics argue that while new technology for removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere is essential, cutting emissions should be the primary weapon for slowing global warming.

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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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Turboden - Turboden Contributes to Grid Independence for First Nation Community with Biomass Cogeneration Plant

Global Renewable News

Turboden S.p.A., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group Company and a worldwide leader in Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) technology, proudly announces its crucial role in achieving grid independence.

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Scientists point out that continents on Earth have been rising

Good.is: Planet

Researchers finally have an interesting explanation for why the continents have been rising vertically along with moving horizontally.

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Colorado Energy Office - Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission Adopts First Deep Geothermal Rules

Global Renewable News

The Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) today adopted Deep Geothermal Operations Rules. This is the first rollout of comprehensive standards to facilitate geothermal energy developme.

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Aalo Atomics Raises $27M Series A Funding

Energy Central

Aalo Atomics Raises $27M Series A Funding Oklo Inks Turbine Deal with Siemens Thorcon Submits Plan for Floating 500 MW MSR in Indonesia Westinghouse Gets NRC OK for High Burnup Fuel Financing Model Proposed For New Swedish Reactors Zap Energy Raises $130 Million on Series C Investor Financing General Fusion Reaps $20 Million from Canadian Sources General Atomics Inertial.

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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Iceland - Magma and hot rocks: Iceland seeks the future of geothermal energy

Global Renewable News

By Maria GallucciThe signs of Iceland's geothermal riches are hard to miss. Earlier this summer, bright orange lava sprayed like a fountain and flowed like a river from an active volcano, vi.

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Photosynthesis inspires net-zero ammonia research

Sustainability Matters

Scientists from UNSW Sydney have come up with a novel way to sustainably produce ammonia, inspired by the natural process of photosynthesis. Their research has been published in the Journal of Energy and Environmental Science. Ammonia is a gas that is essential for producing the fertilisers that support global agriculture and food production. However, traditional methods of making ammonia create significant greenhouse gas emissions, since fossil fuels are required for the hydrogen production and

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Geoscience BC - Geoscience BC Geothermal Partnership Provides Spark for Low-Carbon Energy Development

Global Renewable News

The completion of a major Geoscience BC research partnership is sparking new interest in geothermal electricity generation in Southwest British Columbia and beyond.The Garibaldi Geothermal Volcani.

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New SEC Court Filing On Climate Rules - They Protect Investors

Joan Michelson

It's obvious to businesses & homeowners devastated by extreme weather that climate has a financial impact. The SEC legal brief defending its climate rules explains why.

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Mastering Supply Chain Sustainability: Where Does ESG Fit In?

Speaker: Hortense Grouvel

In this new webinar, you will learn firsthand how to set up a sustainable supply chain program that will help meet increasing ESG requirements stemming from regulators, customers, consumers, and investors alike. Hortense Grouvel, ESG expert at IntegrityNext, and Sean Whelan, Global Senior Manager at Halliburton, will look at how ensuring compliance will also help you increase sustainability performance, resilience, and innovation, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your supply chain op

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UK Marine Energy Council - Tidal stream ringfence to increase from £10m to £15m

Global Renewable News

The UK's annual renewable auctions have secured an unrivalled pipeline of tidal stream capacity. This was enabled by the introduction of a ringfence for the technology in 2022. Over 40MW of tida.

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Australia at COP29 Climate Diary

John Englart

The UN climate conference, the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP28) is ocurring in Baku in the Azerbaijan from Monday November 11 to Friday November 22, 2024 (but may also go into overtime). This is my digital diary of Australia at COP29 in Baku. I will be following whats going on at in Baku online. Follow with me. I'll be updating this blog post regularly up to the end of November 2024.

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Seequent - Hard rock. High Temps: No barrier for Fervo Energy's pioneering enhanced geothermal technologies

Global Renewable News

Generating power that is clean, reliable and affordable, is the energy trilemma of our time.Fervo Energy has met the challenge with new geothermal technology that brings 24/7 carbon-fr.

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A Field Test of Capitalism

Caux Round Table

In the quest for practical wisdom, finding the intersection points where ideas are validated by worldly realities puts us on the course for knowing what is best to do. Theories can help by presenting relationships between and among facts, but how many times have theories not aligned with practical realities in the long run? There is a theory of capitalism and a theory of socialism.

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What Regulations Will Impact Sustainability Comms in 2024?

Navigating the waters of sustainability reporting disclosures and regulations can be intimidating, to say the least. With various measures set in motion in 2023 to keep companies accountable, there is a lot in store for brands’ impact communication in the upcoming year. 3BL is kicking off this January with our Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Capricorn Edition by highlighting the impact of: The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Climate disclosure rules The European Commission

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Natel Energy - DOE Grants Natel $1.3M to Lead Sustainable Hydropower Education and Community Engagement Project in Minnesota

Global Renewable News

Natel was selected by the Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) for $1.3M in funding to educate the public about hydropower, its relationship with freshwater ecology, and i.

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Artist's 'negative paintings' that invert to color after switching camera mode will blow your mind

Good.is: Planet

A German artist has swept us off our feet by creating negative paintings in natural lighting that are just a click away from being colorful.

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U.S. Department of Energy - Notice of Intent: Up To $112.5 Million Funding Opportunity to Support U.S. Wave Energy Development

Global Renewable News

On July 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy's Water Power Technologies Office announced an intent to provide up to $112.5 million in funding to advance the commercial readiness of wave energy.

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What’s the Point of Higher Education? – Thursday, September 5

Caux Round Table

Please join us for an in-person round table over lunch on what’s the point of higher education at noon on Thursday, September 5, at Landmark Center in St. Paul. Should not education give students a sense of personal identity, an understanding of social harmony, a foundation for moral conduct and the exploration of that which cannot be known? In the minds of most students and their parents, higher education has become unfulfilling and uninspiring because it has diminished its purpose from teachin

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What Questions Are Brands Asking About Their ESG Initiatives Ahead of 2024?

Temperatures are rising (and not just metaphorically) as key stakeholders anxiously anticipate the outcomes of COP28. While companies reconsider their 2024 environmental sustainability strategies, there is another aspect of ESG that deserves exploring, the social sector. In the latest edition of "Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Sagittarius Edition", 3BL hones in on this sign’s bold quality of asking questions others are burning to know the answers to.

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First Gen - First Gen sees more big electricity users adopting innovative power solutions

Global Renewable News

First Gen Corporation (First Gen), the country's leading producer of renewable energy (RE), is expecting more large-scale power consumers to explore innovative energy solutions in order to assure.

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We Know What Baby Names Are Popular. Here Are The Ones That Are Almost Extinct

Good.is: Planet

If you're looking for names that are suddenly unique AND familiar… here you go.

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Pertamina - Pertamina-Siemens Energy Ready to Realize Sustainable Energy Transition

Global Renewable News

(Left to right) The Director of Strategy, Portfolio, and Business Development of Pertamina, Salyadi Saputra, the Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Siemens Energy Asia Pacific, Thorbjör.

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Mindbending video shows MIT Camera capturing light traveling

Good.is: Planet

MIT created a spectacular device to capture light from an interesting perspective and create a 'movie' effect to show how fast it travels.

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The Silver Lining to Corporate DEI Challenges

In our latest edition of Navigating ESG Comms Through the Cosmos - Scorpio Edition, 3BL embraces the perspective of one of the zodiac's most misunderstood signs: Scorpio. While this sign often has a darker view of the world, they do not shy away from shining a light on controversial topics. This month we take a deep dive into corporate pullback of DEI and how companies can utilize astrological advice to reinvent its social impact communication.