Feed aggregator

Nestle, partners progress ACCU project as part of global reforestation programme

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-01-17 17:12
Global food and drink conglomerate Nestle has planted 350,000 trees at an estate in southeastern Victoria that will earn Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs), as part of a broader worldwide reforestation effort.
Categories: Around The Web

Philippines govt weighs carbon pricing instruments

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-01-17 17:06
The Philippines has concluded a technical working group with the World Bank in preparations for the introduction of carbon pricing instruments, though the timeline for policy progress still remains unclear.
Categories: Around The Web

National Trust fits ‘pioneering’ ground source heat pump at Kingston Lacy

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-01-17 16:00

New system should help preserve art collection at Dorset country mansion by providing a steady, gentle heat

Over the years Kingston Lacy, which was built to resemble a Venetian palace that has materialised in the English countryside, has been kept warm and dry with open fires and coal and oil boilers.

Now a “pioneering” ground source heat pump has been installed to protect the spectacular Dorset country mansion and its collection of paintings by masters such as Velázquez, Titian and Rubens.

Continue reading...
Categories: Around The Web

UK water industry’s ‘urgent’ plan to tackle sewage pollution delayed by four months

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-01-17 16:00

Exclusive: Documents released after Freedom of Information Act requests show repeated requests for plans

Plans from the UK water industry to “urgently” tackle the sewage pollution crisis have been delayed by four months, with no publication date in sight, the Guardian can reveal.

Government ministers last year demanded water executives send them a “plan for urgent change” to tackle outflows which spill untreated human waste into rivers and seas.

Continue reading...
Categories: Around The Web

INTERVIEW: RECs to be major component of STX Asia-Pac expansion

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-01-17 15:53
Amsterdam-headquartered STX is expanding its presence in the Asia Pacific from the Singapore headquarters it established in 2021, seeing a strong pipeline of growth with a focus on renewable energy.
Categories: Around The Web

WA’s biggest wind farm proposed as developer moves on from bruising Victoria experience

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2024-01-17 14:18

Wind Prospect's proposed wind farm in Western Australia promises to be its largest – and is less likely to have to work around bird breeding seasons.

The post WA’s biggest wind farm proposed as developer moves on from bruising Victoria experience appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Categories: Around The Web

How rising sea levels will affect our coastal cities and towns

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-01-17 14:10
Even a small rise in sea level can have big impacts on coastal properties, so we must do all we can to limit the changes while taking them into account in coastal land-use planning. Thomas Mortlock, Adjunct Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
Categories: Around The Web

Barossa “carbon factory” cleared as Teals lay down gauntlet on 2030 emissions target

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2024-01-17 13:50

Barossa gas project is terrible news for the climate and Tiwi Islanders. It goes ahead against record warming and calls for more ambitious emissions targets.

The post Barossa “carbon factory” cleared as Teals lay down gauntlet on 2030 emissions target appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Categories: Around The Web

Queensland funds another 12 “solar soaker” batteries, plus two locally made flow batteries

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2024-01-17 13:32

Energy Queensland gets new funds to install another 12 network connected batteries across the state – including two flow batteries made by local manufacturers.

The post Queensland funds another 12 “solar soaker” batteries, plus two locally made flow batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Categories: Around The Web

Jarden Head of Commodities “on gardening leave” as merger looms

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-01-17 12:55
The head of New Zealand's Jarden Commodities has left the company and is currently on “gardening leave”, as parts of the wider company is set to merge with several financial entities.
Categories: Around The Web

Up to 5 billion people to be hit by rainfall changes this century if CO₂ emissions are not curbed, research shows

The Conversation - Wed, 2024-01-17 12:38
To date, the effects of climate change on global rainfall has been uncertain. New research overcomes this uncertainty – with alarming results. Ralph Trancoso, Adjunct Associate Professor in Climate Change, The University of Queensland Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.
Categories: Around The Web

The promise and peril of CCS – a technology that must be viewed with extreme skepticism

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2024-01-17 12:12

 Chevron).CCS is as promising as nuclear fusion, and possibly just as farfetched to be practical, economic and on a scale that would make a difference.

The post The promise and peril of CCS – a technology that must be viewed with extreme skepticism appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Categories: Around The Web

Gippsland offshore wind contender swept up in BlackRock’s huge infrastructure buy-up

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2024-01-17 11:32

Renewables developer with big batteries and offshore wind in its Australian pipeline has been snapped up in BlackRock $3bn acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners.

The post Gippsland offshore wind contender swept up in BlackRock’s huge infrastructure buy-up appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Categories: Around The Web

Flood defence policy flawed, say MPs

BBC - Wed, 2024-01-17 11:21
Cross-party committee says government has not built enough new flood defences or properly maintained the old ones.
Categories: Around The Web

CP Daily: Tuesday January 16, 2024

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-01-17 10:40
A daily summary of our news plus bite-sized updates from around the world.
Categories: Around The Web

Davos 2024: Nature-based marketplace launches award to combat biodiversity loss

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-01-17 10:08
A nature-based annual award worth CHF 100,000 ($116,100) will aim to scale a minimum of 100 nature-positive startups by 2030, World Economic Forum attendees heard Tuesday.
Categories: Around The Web

Deteriorating flood defences blamed on Environment Agency budget shortfalls

The Guardian - Wed, 2024-01-17 10:01

MPs find agency has reduced number of properties it aims to protect in England despite more new homes being built on floodplains

Deteriorating flood defences mean more than 200,000 homes in England are at risk of flooding, with MPs blaming Environment Agency budget shortfalls.

A report by MPs on the public accounts committee said the EA had failed to meet a target of maintaining 98% of “high consequence” flood defences. The agency has had to downgrade the number of properties it aims to protect by 2027 from 336,000 to 200,000.

Continue reading...
Categories: Around The Web

More affordable path to direct air capture and storage charted by researchers in Nevada desert

Carbon Pulse - Wed, 2024-01-17 09:56
A new study has found that off-grid direct air capture and storage (DACS) systems can significantly reduce carbon emissions when powered by renewable energy sources like solar and integrated with heat pumps and battery storage.
Categories: Around The Web

From heat pumps to pumped heat: Octopus backs tech that reuses data centre heat

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2024-01-17 09:37

public swimming poolBritish electrification outfit Octopus Energy invests in technology that can re-use heat generated by data centres to heat pools, distilleries or precincts.

The post From heat pumps to pumped heat: Octopus backs tech that reuses data centre heat appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Categories: Around The Web

Turbines towed as world’s first floating offshore wind farm undergoes “heavy maintenance”

RenewEconomy - Wed, 2024-01-17 09:25

floating offshore windThe world’s first floating offshore wind farm in Scotland is being temporarily brought offline for a service, its 6MW turbines towed to Norway.

The post Turbines towed as world’s first floating offshore wind farm undergoes “heavy maintenance” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Categories: Around The Web

Pages

Subscribe to Sustainable Engineering Society aggregator