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Structural Engineering Code Review With Eye on Reducing Embodied Carbon

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Design/ Engineering (LEED)

Deploment of second-life batteries at AI data center

Utilities are lining up to work with an AI-powered wildfire detection startup

US warming up to geothermal: ‘It’s hot everywhere underground’

Brooklyn College Begins Geothermal Test Drilling

US Green Building Council unveils guidance for sustainable school construction

How a data center company uses stranded renewable energy

U Kentucky awarded 25-million-gallon stormwater harvesting system

Creating and Increasing Building Efficiency

The Bullitt Center Seattle

World's tallest 3D-printed tower unveiled in Switzerland

Permian: Texas Critical Data Centers’ Sustainable Energy Play

City of Austin Pays $26M for Gold LEED Office Asset

Solar And Wind Energy

$850M Texas solar cell plant moves forward

California approves world’s largest solar-plus-storage project

Wisconsin’s first large-scale energy storage is online

GE Vernova will supply more than 100 turbines to two Texas wind farms

Community solar is catching on in New Mexico

House budget bill would kill 330K solar, storage jobs: SEIA

Vast array of solar power equipment left exposed online

Californian batteries set new output record

A more affordable reliable future with solar microgrids

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in California

Commercial rooftop solar developer secures $175 million financing

Google signs agreement with energyRe for 600MW of solar energy

Business and Finance

Asset Management: How Apollo Approaches Sustainability

New York offering up to $750K for facility decarbonization projects

Senate reverses course, proposing harsh tax on renewables

Appalachian Power seeks 1.1 GW of renewable energy

Barclay's $687M in climate tech investments since 2020

New York bets on green economy with Brooklyn climate innovation hub

NRG Energy bets on growing power demand with $12 billion assets deal

Does renewable energy reduce fossil fuel production in the US?

Tax credit transferability drives growth in third-party solar ownership

Renewable finance and development roundup

Aypa Power/Blackstone closes $535 million Debt for California utility-scale solar project

A new plant decontaminates construction waste for reuse

General News

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Transportation

Port of Los Angeles presses ahead with EV transition

Electric buses don't like the cold, study finds

World’s Largest Electric Ferry Carries 275 Tons of Batteries

Why Shell is Moving Away from Crude-Based Jet Fuel

Honda postpones $11B EV production investment in Canada

'Bridge doctor' combines factors to efficiently evaluate concrete bridges' safety

New California testing facility aims to scale heavy-duty electric truck charging

Inside AESC's New £1bn Sustainable Transport Gigafactory

Power Outage? No Problem at Airports With Microgrids

Demand Jumps for Renewable Natural Gas, RNG-Powered Trucks

Amazon plans new inbound cross dock facility in Mississippi

Uber and May Mobility agree to multi-year AV partnership

Materials

The solar panel recycling business

Turning water treatment sludge into sustainable concrete

IEA Flags “Stalled” Critical Mineral Investments

The War on Rot: Architects Turn to Science to Future-Proof Wood

Water isn’t always the best answer to BESS fires

Propagation of lithium-ion fires is the real threat

Diversification is the cornerstone of energy security

Solar tracker with 77 degree hail stow

How Coldplay is Turning River Plastic into Vinyl Records

Semiconductors: How is Intel Approaching Sustainability?

Construction is under pressure to decarbonize its cement quicker

How the US can mine its own critical minerals

Hydro - Geo - Bio Energy

World's first commercial-scale e-methanol plant opens in Denmark

Interior Department gets 18 new agreements for Colorado River conservation

Why the Green Hydrogen Industry Is Flocking to Texas

Hydro developer eyes Ohio river for 28.5 MW locks and dam project

Biofuels explained

Maritime Fluid Technology for a Low-Carbon Future

DOE Delaying First Tranche of $1.44B Loan Guarantee for Massive Biofuels Expansion in Montana

Unravelling the costs of transboundary hydropower

Examining the Pros and Cons of Hydroelectric Energy

PCL, Stantec selected for $121M San Francisco biogas build

Geothermal Energy: The Advantages, the Challenges, and the Potential

Infrastructure

How heatwaves are impacting power grids, electricity generation and transmission

Alabama enacts ‘all-of-the-above’ energy plan

AI-Powered Digital Twins for a Resilient Energy Infrastructure and Wildfire Prevention

Construction underway on 765 MW of new battery energy storage systems in Georgia

US energy storage sector commits to $100B investment by 2030

More public EV charging envisioned in Chicago plan

Why more electric utilities are trying on the ‘Apple Watch’ of the power grid

AECOM-HNTB Team Wins $186M Contract to Manage NYC Second Avenue Subway Extension

AI-powered Microgrids: The Path to Electricity Resiliency and Sustainability

META Data Center

How batteries are already changing the grid

LG&E/Kentucky Utilities Seeking State Approval for 1GW+ New Gas-fired, Battery Storage Capacity

Transferable tax credits to catalyze $3.8 trillion in U.S. economic activity

Carbon Emissions

Structural Engineering Code Review With Eye on Reducing Embodied Carbon

Microsoft tops Google for ‘world’s largest biochar carbon removal’ deal

Putting a Price on Carbon; Carbon Offsets

Carbon Capture Technologies

BlackRock’s GIP to buy controlling stake in Eni carbon capture business

Microsoft inks another forestry-based carbon offtake deal

Collaborative Embodied Carbon Measurement Project

Carbon net-zero dinosaur museum opens in New Jersey

Benchmarking on Decarbonization Finds Progress

The History and Legacy of Carbon Pricing Around the World

Study finds renewable energy infrastructure cheaper and more efficient than carbon capture

EcoFlare Power to Utilize H2 from Flared Natural Gas

Government

D.C.’s Massive Modernization Plan Lights Up Energy Savings

Ohio Supreme Court rejects local opposition to block 325 MW solar project

USDOT Approves $3.2B for 180 Railway Infrastructure Grants

Hawaii Plans to Increase Hotel Tax to Help It With Climate Change Mitigation

Michigan House eyes repeal of state authority over clean energy

US DOT policy shift to impact infrastructure funding and construction priorities

New Developments in Chicago’s Green Social Housing Pursuit

IRS Release Final Rules on IRA Tax Credit for Clean Hydrogen Production

U.S. Army completes third phase of Fort Riley solar project

With Texas facing soaring electricity demand, the politics of energy quietly shift at the Capitol

Los Angeles County sues Southern California Edison

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