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Interesting work by the French National Solar Energy Institute to produce a low carbon footprint PV module. “For a standard PV module, we identify the main steps to improve in order to reduce its environmental footprint,” the research team said. “This guided us to tackle the components with the highest impact on the carbon footprint, namely the wafer, glass front sheet and aluminum frame.” The work highlights some of the key areas where carbon reductions can be achieved, starting with low carbon polysilicon from the likes of Hemlock Semiconductor, WACKER and REC Silicon and low carbon wafer production such as NorSun, NexWafe and Qcells North America, as well as low carbon cells from producers like Meyer Burger Technology AG as well as perovskite tandem cells being developed by CubicPV Inc. and Oxford PV. The researchers note that virgin aluminum frames are a large source of carbon footprint, and alternatives like the wood used in this example, or more commercially applicable innovations like Origami Solar's frames from recycled steel and Solarge's frames made from recycled bio-based polymers can play a big role in reducing carbon footprint. Note that some east Asian producers are also using steel frames, but unless that steel uses high levels of recycled content and comes from electric arc furnace mini-mills the carbon reduction is limited. They also note the role of glass in carbon footprint. Their solution of very thin glass likely lacks commercial application as the industry struggles to deal with increasing wind and hail damage, and finding other ways to reduce the carbon footprint of glass are important, such as Solarge's polymer based cover and the recycled PV glass being developed by SOLARCYCLE. There is growing interest in low carbon PV, and a variety of ways to reduce the carbon footprint of PV products. There is a corresponding growing number of low carbon claims. However, not all claims, like all solar, are created equal, and unless those claims are backed up by transparent criteria and methodologies with strong third party verification they may not be what they appear to be. That is why we encourage buyers to look to well established, industry standard based methodologies with detailed requirements and intensive independent third party scrutiny like the EPEAT standard/ecolabel for solar.

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France’s 57th nuclear reactor is also its most powerful to date: 1,6 GW of capacity! That’s enough to power 2M households - with … 0 emissions. It’s the first nuclear plant to come online in 25 years in France, the first of many to come, and a major step in ensuring decarbonization, energy security and competitiveness, both for France and Europe. EDF EirGrid Group RTE Réseau de Transport d'Electricité Mark Foley Dan O'Brien 18for0 Engineers Ireland

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The French Nuclear Energy Society (SFEN) has published a text reminding that France is at a decisive turning point after the legislative elections to support its nuclear programme, a pillar of its decarbonisation strategy. Despite previous debates between renewable energies and nuclear power, it is essential to recognise the cross-partisan nature of nuclear power in achieving carbon neutrality objectives. The nuclear sector, which requires significant remobilization and recruitment, represents a major challenge to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and succeed in the country's energy transition. https://lnkd.in/edinEmQr #NuclearEnergy #SFEN  

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CertifHy IS OFFICIALLY APPROVED BY THE European Commission Officially published today 20 December 2024: https://lnkd.in/e2KfrtAZ CertifHy has developed the First #EU-wide Guarantee of Origin (#GO) scheme for Premium Hydrogen. Co-financed by the European Commission the Objective is: ➡️Developing consensus on a definition for Premium Hydrogen, including a definition for Green Hydrogen and (non-renewable) Low-carbon Hydrogen; ➡️Detailed proposal for the First EU-wide Guarantee of Origin (GO) scheme; ➡️Roadmap for implementation of the First GO scheme for Premium Hydrogen. What is CertifHy ? ▶️CertifHy Guarantees of Origin allow end-users to consume Green Hydrogen or Low Carbon Hydrogen everywhere in the European Union; ▶️Initiated at the request of the European Commission and financed by the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU); ▶️Developed with a wide-ranging number of stakeholders through a consensus-based approach. Two labels are defined for hydrogen having a greenhouse gas intensity below benchmark by at least 60%: ✅CertifHy Green Hydrogen if the hydrogen is made from renewable energy; ✅CertifHy Low Carbon Hydrogen otherwise. What is the CertifHy Guarantee of Origin (#GO)? ✅A Guarantee of Origin (GO) is an electronic document that guarantees and provides information to final consumers on the origin of a product. ✅The CertifHy GO proves to end-users that the hydrogen is either Green Hydrogen or Low Carbon Hydrogen and provides information regarding its attributes, such as greenhouse gas intensity and plant place of production. HINICIO is the Project Coordinator who successfully conducted the process. More details here at this Link: https://lnkd.in/emThe2Bd Also, HINICIO - in partnership with UNIDO and sponsorship from the #UK_Government - has conducted the study on the “MARKET ASSESSMENT ON CLEAN HYDROGEN INNOVATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES”. The study has recently been presented at COP29 Azerbaijan More details on this in my previous post here: https://lnkd.in/ebUgExJ7 HINICIO and #Meen_And_Meen PARTNERSHIP At #Meen_And_Meen we are proud being the Partner of HINICIO in #Mauritania. With our complementary expertise, we are jointly supporting the #EU_Mauritania_Partnership as part of the #Team_Europe_Initiative (#TEI) within the #Global_Gateway Strategy. Team Europe Initiative (TEI) aims at supporting investment in the energy transition and decarbonisation of Mauritania's economy, by developing its green hydrogen industries. More details on this in my previous post here: https://lnkd.in/e4YFS-2e

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🌍 H2med project launches Call for Interest — Europe’s first hydrogen corridor aims to connect Iberia with North-West Europe by 2030. 🔗 5 major TSOs — Enagás, GRTgaz, OGE, REN, Teréga — are assessing renewable hydrogen needs along the corridor until 2050. From November 7 to December 18, stakeholders can submit insights on consumption, production, and market dynamics. ⚙️ Goal: Shape optimal hydrogen infrastructure for Portugal, Spain, France, and Germany with local needs in mind. 🌐 Transnational project spans €2.5B, with key links between Portugal-Spain (CelZa) and Spain-France (BarMar). 📅 Expected: Results shared by Q1 2025. #Hydrogen #RenewableEnergy #Decarbonization #EnergyTransition #SustainableFuture

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Trilateral Industrial Summit yesterday and today in Paris. Italian 🇮🇹, French 🇫🇷 and German 🇩🇪 industrial national federations are together to ask for bold and immediate common actions to regain competitiveness: ✅ Support for all low carbon sources in the new Clean Industrial Deal and EU-ETS to contribute to the energy transition. 🔬 Accelerate innovation, we need to start increasing investment in research and development to 3% of GDP within one year. 📋 Simplification of rules and regulation to achieve a better time to market in days where time counts a lot for effectiveness. Furthermore, the final declaration recommends, "to facilitate European investments" to start unlocking the €800 billion identified in the Draghi report within one year. The EU Member States must strengthen the competitiveness of the corporate financing ecosystem through the Banking Union and Capital Markets within one year. Strong public investments at national and EU level are also needed. The EU - the final declaration continues - should develop a competitiveness-oriented Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) and more efficient financial instruments and the financing of European public goods should also be partly pursued through EU debt instruments. Francesca Gostinelli Matteo Borsani Stefan Pan Marco Ravazzolo Livio Vanghetti Morgane Augé Guillaume Gillet cristina stancari Fabrice Le Saché Daniele Ruta Liron Spindel Virgilio Falco Giada Manfredini

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There is an #overproduction of #solarpanels worldwide, with production capacity exceeding #demand by 2 TW. This #surplus has led to falling #prices, attributed to Chinese companies benefiting from state support, impacting manufacturers in Europe and the United States. As a result, while consumers enjoy lower costs, manufacturers face financial difficulties. The solar industry employed over 800,000 people in Europe at the end of last year, according to SolarPower Europe. In the United States, nearly 265,000 people are employed in this sector, based on data from the Interstate Council on #Renewable #Energy Sources. BloombergNEF reports that panel prices have fallen by more than 60% since July 2022. The significant impact of this situation has led to calls for protectionist measures. "The scale of the damage caused has provoked calls for Brussels to protect European companies from what industry representatives say are state-subsidised Chinese products," notes the article. The United States has introduced new #tariffs on Chinese solar panels, ranging from 25% to 50%, with Europe considering similar measures. However, some American companies argue that these protective measures may not be sufficient. With industries in Europe and the United States under pressure, a critical question remains whether Chinese companies can maintain current price levels or will need to reduce production to stabilise their finances. In March, China's Longi, the world's largest solar company, reduced its workforce by 5%, affecting 4,000 employees, as reported by the British newspaper. #subsidies #employment

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📣 Reminder: BATTERY 2030+ Conference Registration Closing Soon! 📅 Save the dates for May 28-29 in Grenoble, where the main players in sustainable energy solutions will gather at CEA for two days of innovation and collaboration. This event promises to be a dynamic gathering of professionals in battery research and development. It's an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and delve into the pressing issues facing the battery sector today. 🔔 Registrations close on May 7th. Learn more and secure your spot 👉 https://bit.ly/3PZlY6b #SustainableTech #CircularEconomy #BatteryMaterials AIT Austrian Institute of Technology | ETİ GÜBRE | GLOCK GmbH | SiPow | Instytut Sorbtsiyi Ta Problem Endoekolohiyi Natsionalnoyi Akademiyi Nauk Ukrayiny | University of Oulu | Leitat Technological Center | TREIBACHER Industrie AG | University of Liège | Nanopow As | TÜBİTAK | Łukasiewicz - IMN | Enviva | F6S Innovation | Ukrainian Research And Design Institute Of Electrothermal Equipment | Evolution Energy Minerals   | American Energy Technologies Company | Imperial College London | University of Warwick I #BatCat I #BATwin I CICERO Project I HEALING BAT I OPERA Project (Horizon Europe) I OPINCHARGE I PHOENIX Smart Batteries I ReUse Batteries I Revitalise I RENOVATE EU I  SALAMANDER Project I #Ultrabat I Verkor I #Syensco, I #Novo I Tiamat Energyi I European Commission I BEPA - Batteries European Partnership Association

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⚡ [TSE Debate] Energy communities: a tool to fight climate change 📢 Read the new contribution of Stefan Ambec and Claude Crampes about European energy market. 📰 In their article the two researchers highlight the importance of the "energy communities". Link in the comments below

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Elyse Energy has secured c. €120 million in funding from Hy24, PGGM, Bpifrance and Mirova ⏩ https://lnkd.in/ecnsqVEj This investment will accelerate the development of their #emethanol and #SustainableAviation fuel projects in France and Spain, addressing the growing demand for #decarbonization solutions in key sectors. #Infrastructure #EnergyTransition #PrivateAssets #ReFuelEU

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BATTERY CHART / PRESENTATION OF THE WEEK END It was a real pleasure for me to represent BEPA - Batteries European Partnership Association at the Industrial Technologies 2024 Conference organized by the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024 in Wallonia My keynote on “Let’s make sure that the future of our industry is made in Europe” elaborated on the following points : 🔹 The state of EU’s clean tech industry & how we got there 🔹 The real-life challenges (the 4S) of industrializing clean tech in Europe consisting of : 🔺 SCOPE – Going beyond boxes & silos is not a luxury 🔺 SCALE – It takes a lot of resources to compete … This has a price 🔺 SPEED – It is a sprint & a marathon 🔺 SUSTAINABILITY – Can going green go to green? 🔹 The wave of industrial policy papers (such as the Antwerp Declaration) in the run up to EU elections 🔹 The efforts of the European Battery Alliance leading to EU’s Strategic Action Plan on Batteries in 2018 🔹 The EU Commission’s partnership on battery R&I (also known as Batt4EU) driven by the BEPA - Batteries European Partnership Association (the industry-driven R&I European battery ecosystem) 🔹 The key role of innovation in addressing the 4S industrialization challenges 🔹 The alignment of battery R&I priorities at EU level through BEPA’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) (available at https://lnkd.in/ehSB3uW2) 🔹 The blueprint towards a new EU’s Strategic Action Plan on Batteries (for 2024+) driven by the European Battery Alliance Did we forget any element in my 4S section of the presentation❓ Please let me know since we are always happy to improve our analysis of the battery value chain to better respond with our R&I priorities for the future❗️

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The European hydrogen policy landscape

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🔎 VEDECOM is a public-private institute for #energytransition, dedicated to individual, #carbonfree and #sustainablemobility, established as part of the French governmental plan ‘Investment for the future'. Its research focuses on three areas: 🔹 Vehicle electrification 🔹 Connected and #automateddriving 🔹 #Sharedmobility and energy 💼 Within the #BERTHAproject, #VEDECOM is the leader of work package WP2, focused on human #driving performance data collection. Find out more about VEDECOM and other partners on our website 👉https://lnkd.in/dPEiVysU

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Don’t say Power play, but POwR play from now on. French leading PV distributor, POwR Connect and Sinovoltaics have formed a strategic alliance to drive excellence in photovoltaics! From now on, every module distributed by POwR Connect will be inspected by SELMA, Sinovoltaics 100% EL imaging defects detection tool. Where other quality inspectors only perform sample inspections that test a small percentage of the modules, we analyse 100% of the modules with SELMA. “Through our electroluminescence (EL) image analysis software, POwR Connect solar panels are now guaranteed to be defect-free before shipment,” said Arthur Claire ☀️🔋, Director of Technology of Sinovoltaics. “We look forward to contributing to the success of POwR Connect’s projects and reinforcing our commitment to excellence.” Elevate quality and innovation in photovoltaics. Ensuring top-tier solar modules through AI-driven inspections and rigorous quality controls. Read more (in French): https://lnkd.in/g7R7pEhq #solarpanel #solarpv #PV #sinovoltaics #innovativeinsider #QA #QualityAssurance

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#Electrification is one of the most important strategies for reducing #CO2emissions from energy in the Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario, where the majority of emissions reductions from electrification come from the shift towards electric transport and the installation of heat pumps. #ourfutureiselectric

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Are you ready to dive into the future of energy and explore the boundless possibilities of the battery sector? Join the insightful discussion organized by Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal: Energy Future and Development of the Battery Sector From Ambition to Action - Heading for a Green and Prosperous Quebec On May 3, energy experts will discuss the potential of energy innovation and its impact on our future. 💼 Key Participants: Pierre Fitzgibbon, Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy Paolo Cerruti, Co-Founder, Northvolt Karim Zaghib, CEO at Concordia’s Volt-Age research program Grégoire Baillargeon, President, BMO Financial Group, Quebec 🔍 Key Topics: Emerging Trends in the Battery Sector Sustainable Energy Solutions Technological Advancements Policy and Regulation Insights Investment Opportunities Register now to secure your spot #EnergyFuture #Battery #Sustainability #Innovation #Montreal #ChambreDeCommerce #AmbitionToAction #Electrification

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