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Auckland most accessible, intermittent-free renewables and shifting borders
- Climate change shifts borders
- Efficiency remains main contributor to climate goals
- Renewables jobs increase 18%
- Electricity jobs in Oz to double (or quadruple) in 5 years
- Is your net zero plan credible?
- SDGs delivering a competitive edge
- Auckland tops the region for sustainable accessibility
- Nighttime solar
- Renewables without the intermittency (aka hedging your bets)
Back for the future, can we thicken the ice sheets? And the end of an era
- Three Mile Island is back
- Net zero commitments still rising among large companies (1)
- Net zero commitments still rising among large companies (2)
- New electricity lifecycle emissions factors
- End of an era
- AI – Artificial Ice
- Sustainability professionals suffering burnout
- Dead tree emoji for business, yeah or nah?
Decarbonising reaps rewards, global power alliance launched and green skills in demand
- Global Clean Power Alliance launched
- Global South hit by US$675bn double whammy
- Decarbonisation stalling but reaps rewards
- Green skills in high demand
- EVs still charging ahead – in some markets
- Self-charging mobiles using transparent solar cells
Energy transition key to prosperity, we can grow to zero and methane rising at an increasing rate
- Energy is key to economic prosperity
- NZ’s largest companies lauded and shamed on climate reporting
- Methane emissions growing at accelerating rate
- 92% of companies can grow while reducing emissions
- 36% of B2B customers prepared to switch suppliers on sustainability
- SMEs accepting the challenge
- ICC considering declaring ecocide a crime
- Volvo back-tracks
Cheap, safe hydrogen storage, 90% energy self-sufficiency at -45C and fashion’s faux pas
- A 19th Century solution to a 21st Century problem
- The timber building that’s 90% energy self-sufficient at -45C
- More efficiency support across the ditch
- Fashion not on trend
- Another largest wind turbine (for now)
SBTi for buildings, AI to save billions and world’s biggest heatpump
- Science Based Targets for Buildings
- China hits target early
- What about others?
- AI to save billions in generation
- World’s biggest heatpump unveiled
- The latest refrigerant gas is …… air
- Non-electric heat transfer breakthrough
E-fuel setback, preventing battery fires and revolutionary process heat and cooling advances
- Electrifying process heat – a new innovation
- New circularity index for the bioeconomy
- Built environment becoming more sustainable
- Fresh cooling and heating breakthrough
- Preventing battery fires
- Ozzies ahead on targeting efficiency
- E-fuel setback
Nobel Laureates up in arms, EV heat pumps and 50% HVAC savings
- Nobel Laureates up in arms
- Strong ESG shown as a positive valuation influence
- Climate change triples chance of extreme wildfires
- The march of the heat pump
- Easy air conditioner retrofit cuts energy use by 50%
- Solar highway potential
Carbon credit shakeup, ozone’s Jekyll and Hyde and daffodils to save NZ agriculture
- Renewables out of carbon credit mix
- The Jekyll and Hyde of ozone
- Amazon deforestation slows
- Cold but not so cold
- Wave energy comes of age
- Daffodils to curb agricultural emissions
Nuclear gamechanger, ideas for councils and springs outperform batteries for storage
- Nuclear gamechanger
- Sustainability fund labels go live
- Plans coming together
- Ideas for Councils
- New hydrogen recipe
- Springs hold more energy than lithium batteries
$100 extra for a green car, methane eating trees and accounting for contrails
- What price low carbon cars?
- Yet another reason to love trees
- Have your say on offsetting Scope 3
- Mandating SAF
- The unaccounted aviation emission
- Small is beautiful in the world of wind
- World first offshore charger
Big methane savings a reality, building emissions’ AI potential and stretchy batteries
- Simple win on methane
- AI and building efficiency
- Steel’s performance strengthening
- Cheap Ozzie power
- Our future world
- Stretchy batteries
Greenbacks in the bank, stick beats carrot for sustainability action and fishy air-con
- Greenbacks in the bank
- Legislation biggest sustainability driver and climate tops challenge list
- Planes, trains and trends
- Carbon offsets take more flack
- Air codnitioning (not an error, just a poor pun)
- Cool roofs way to go
Cooking the books, a 50-year EV battery and Net Zero Standards on the way
- Cooking the books
- Net Zero Standards on the way
- 83% of cities facing climate hazards
- Greenwashing is rife
- 50 year EV battery
- Catan goes green
Denmark shows us the way, liquid renewables from solar beyond the lab and lots on lithium
- Danes show the way
- The dangers of lithium – Part 1
- The dangers of lithium – Part 2
- Lithium – A potential NZ resource?
- Where does lithium stand?
- Solar liquid fuels at industrial scale
Carbon capture adding decades to oil fields, Victoria building efficiency and plankton to save the planet
- Victoria building efficiency
- Biggest southern wind farm
- Carbon capture = an extra 84 years of oil extraction
- Advertisers getting house in order
- Nothing (materially) new from G7
- Cheaper and more efficient industrial heat pumps
- Plankton to save the climate
EVs hit price parity, cooling without refrigerants and a nod to Global Wind Day
- EVs hit price parity
- Self-installing wind turbines
- SAF getting tantalisingly nearer
- Is big beautiful?
- Magnetic cooling
- Olympic emissions
Carbon markets down 56%, why free electricity is worrying and solar recycling breakthrough
- Carbon markets down 56%
- Why free electricity is worrying Europe
- Renewables investment unstoppable
- Bonn 2024
- Mega solar
- Is solar recycling coming of age?
- Common sense or poor taste?
- Jaws 99
Has China peaked? The world’s most sustainable protein and zero-carbon cement is here
- Has China peaked?
- Voluntary Carbon Markets getting straight
- Nature-based Carbon Credits following the lead
- The world’s most sustainable protein?
- Zero-carbon cement is here
- Self-cleaning, energy efficient glass alternative
How many bison does it take to solve a climate crisis?
- Electricity – Utility or Commodity?
- Only 19% more for net zero
- Carbon credit crunch looming
- Words and deeds
- The cost of poor decisions
- How many bison does it take to solve a climate crisis?
Highest CO2 spike in 50,000 years, volcano storage solution and the world’s smartest city is ……
- Highest rate of CO2 increase in 50,000 years
- And still on the up
- Clean energy boosting economies
- Volcanoes may provide storage solution
- 95 tonnes
- And the smartest city in the world is ………
Solar on target, heavy trucks stalling and Venezuela hits sad milestone
- Solar and batteries on target
- Energy transition exposed to mineral access risk
- The cost of delay
- Heavy trucks stalling
- Venezuela hits sad milestone
- New sustainability reporting guidance issued
- San Francisco cleanest again
Power sector dominates lithium battery demand, G7 commitments and 24/7 solar
- Power sector dominates lithium-ion demand
- EV sales hit 20%
- Half full or half empty? G7 commitments
- Red Sea avoidance costs millions
- 24/7 solar
- Innovative hydro update
- Electricity from CO2
The 100% club, supply risks highlighted and NZ misses out
- The 100% club
- Transition supply risks highlighted
- Blown away by wind uptake
- NZ misses out
- Smarter cities
- Former PM appeals to World Bank and IMF
Carbon credit integrity, a new solution for agricultural methane and learning from nature
- New era for carbon credit integrity
- Renewable investment falling short
- New solution for agricultural methane emissions
- Small business getting on board but struggling
- District heating on a grand scale
- Nature knows best
Sustainable funds exposed, Sustainability bonds not up to scratch and a container of 140kW
- Sustainability bonds not delivering
- Is your fund sustainable or greenwashing?
- Shipping to guinea pig global emissions tax
- The solar concertina
World’s biggest renewable farm, Offset integrity hurting market and Credit agencies wising up
- Australia 40% renewable
- World’s biggest renewables project five times the size of Paris
- Rating agencies getting on board
- Doubt over credit integrity holding back the market
- A new era of geothermal
- Oil firms falling short again
Tertiary sector lags, Transition credits and the Return of the dippy bird – as a generator
- Tertiary sector way behind in the energy transition
- Scope 3 data issues compromising targets
- Transition credits – could they make a difference?
- The future of Tiwai
- The battery fountain of youth
- Dippy bird returns as a generator
Arctic ice-free in a decade, Retrofit co-benefits and the Buzz over solar farms
- Emission increases slowing
- Arctic to be ice-free in a decade
- Retrofit co-benefits
- New US, UK and AU green building initiative
- Make America bake again
- The best EV battery technology
- The buzz over solar farms
Cloud seeding only needs 2Kg a week, carbon removal certificates and ecocide
- Carbon removal certification
- EU criminalises environmental destruction
- Germany to take the extra step
- Global waste skyrocketing
- Cloud seeding only needs 2Kg of particles a week
- Sun blocking not on the cards
Planting trees far less effective than we think, Geothermal carbon capture and Fixing AI’s energy appetite
- Planting trees could be only 67% effective
- Shrinking the data centre
- Top emitters concealing climate risks
- Geothermal carbon capture
- People power
Green roofs, steel and carbon capture sustainability
- Guilty by association
- Carbon capture comes with risks
- Supply chain reporting creaking
- Economic green steel from aluminium waste
- Green roof can save 7.7% of energy
What price carbon?, Refrigeration efficiency breakthrough and the latest in E-mobility
- What price carbon?
- Climate reporting on the up
- EU on the right track
- Efficiency breakthrough in HDTRs
- Fire extinguishing batteries
- EVs so last decade
Green buildings in demand, Efficiency top of mind and Nuclear power could be coming to NZ
- Green buildings securing strong premiums
- Energy Efficiency top of mind for CEOs
- Future electricity demand growth to be met by non-fossil fuels
- Uncertainty around offshore wind
- Is nuclear power coming to NZ?
- Self-powered tsunami protection
- Energy from sound
Australia exiting coal early, green jobs more resilient and the cow jumped over the moon
- A drop in the ocean
- Australia out of coal by 2038
- Green jobs more resilient
- Boost for regenerative agriculture
- Our own methane emissions
- The cow jumped over the moon
Breaking barriers, CO2 potency increasing and a welcome bluebottle
- Busting barriers
- Cooling emissions could be cut be 60%
- CO2 potency on the rise
- Climate resilience pays off
- 375 million EVs from a desert
- Bluebottle to be seen around the coast
- Is AI costing the earth?
- 24 hour solar
- Using that CO2
Underestimating cyclone costs, It’s broke and Volcanic industrial heat storage
- Storms and cyclones carry a larger toll than we’re accounting for
- Oil and gas industry not fixing it
- Better late
- SAF flying high
- Heat cell storage for process heat
Climate and health, ravenous trees and quieter Sundays
- Climate change and health
- Ravenous trees
- Do as a I say not as I do (2)
- Peaceful Sundays
- Water purifying energy generators
- Water purifying energy generators (2)
- Irony, excess or both
Passive cooling breakthrough, Energy efficient robots and Our debt to whales
- NDCs still short
- Auckland bounces back
- Energy efficient robots on the way
- Passive cooling breakthrough
- The 140 year old, new renewable
- Solar record - one third breached
- Our debt to sperm whales
- A Mod revival
Inconsistencies, Agricultural emissions increasing, Supply chain risks and Self-sufficient desalination
- Do as I say not as I do
- China dominates solar
- Good news and bad
- Agriculture emitting more
- Insurer logic
- Self-sufficient desalination
- A building of two halves
6 Years and Counting, Nature-tech Taking Off and Game-changing Aluminium Storage
- 6 years left to hit net zero
- 30% of heavy emitters still relying on fossil fuels beyond 2050
- Nature tech attracting good early-stage investment
- Aluminium storage
- Halloween madness
- Swipe right or left in personal transport
State of the Climate, Tipping Points and Fowl Fuel Cells
- State of the climate
- Unstoppable transition
- Solar passes tipping point
- Interconnected tipping points
- Speculative climate tech investment bombs
- Green jobs up 667% in four years
- COP27 struggles
- Wine quality to improve
- Hydrogen by fair means or fowl
The Power of AI, Not All Trees are Equal and Beer Under Threat
- The power of AI
- AI for good
- AI for good 2
- Massive river heat pump switched on
- Have we already hit 1.5C?
- Not all trees are made equal
- 9bn Kgs of invisible e-waste a year
- Beer under threat
Peak Electricity is Now, Aussies Chasing Skills and Shrinking Alps
- Peak electricity emissions with us
- IMF calls for innovative approaches
- CBAM goes live
- Aussies hunting for skills
- Swiss Alps shrinking fast
- Minecraft goes sustainable – sort of
1.5 Still Alive, Tunable Windows and Batteryless e-bikes
- 1.5 is still alive
- Offshore wind in the doldrums
- Efficiency becomes law
- Circular economy could slash decarbonisation costs for heavy industry
- Smart, tunable windows
- Harvesting electricity at water outlets
- Save 90% emissions on your next phone
- Batteryless e-bike
TNFD with Us, Chameleon Buildings and Free Hydrogen
- TNFD guidelines published
- Offset markets hitting new heights
- 100 becomes 9 to 15
- UK leads the way
- We need to travel 12 times faster
- Accessing finance in the Pacific Islands
- Chameleon buildings for cooling and warming
- Plastic waste to “free” hydrogen win-win-win
NZ in the Dock, SDGs Achievable and Lithium Price Trends
- NZ in the dock
- G20 strong on rhetoric
- SDGs possible – but not before 2050
- Battery prices expected to continue downward trend
- Large lithium find eases long-term price concerns
- Another SAF breakthrough
- Are we outside the safe operating space for humanity?
ULEZs, Increasing Climate Hazards and SAF Takes Off
- Should we introduce low emission zones?
- 80% of cities faced a climate hazard last year
- Clean energy day
- SAF takes off
- Sustainability credentials crucial for job-seekers
- Green Riders
- Fun climate education
Game Changing RFP, the Co-benefits of Energy Efficiency and Changing Transport Behaviours
- CEP issues game changing RFP
- Australia and California sign MoU
- The co-benefits of energy efficiency
- Changing transport behaviours
- Parts of Amazon now net emitters
Natural solutions, science based targets taking off and Europe to be self sufficient for hydrogen
- Making nature markets work
- High level support for nature funding
- Strong uptake for science based targets
- Europe doesn’t need to import hydrogen
New Standard to Fight Greenwashing, Supply Chain Worries and Expect More Earthquakes
- New Standard to fight greenwashing
- 9 out of 10 energy leaders concerned about supply chains
- More earthquakes and eruptions on the way?
- Hydrogen not the answer for trains
- Auckland Climate Festival
Standards for e-bikes, revolutionary air conditioning and drones taking off
- Do we need standards for e-bikes?
- Massive efficiency improvements in air conditioning coming to market
- ICE vehicles have peaked but not their emissions
- Onwards and upwards for drones
- New old-technology batteries
Will NZ sign COP28 pledge? The cost of clean energy and $400,000 prize opens
- COP28 calls for food systems to be included in NDCs
- The cost of clean energy uncovered
- Germany forcing hydrogen markets
- $400,000 up for grabs
- Proton battery as a hydrogen storage medium
Renewables March On, Performance Contracts Open Opportunities and a Sugar Rush for Batteries
- Renewables to hit a third next year
- Solar and wind to hit a third by 2030
- Recognising skills
- Performance contracts for multi-occupancy dwellings
- A sugar rush for batteries
ISSB Takes Over TCFD, Carbon Capture Accounting Consultation and Glass With 50% Fewer Emissions
- ISSB takes over TCFD
- Carbon capture accounting methodology under consultation
- Mixed news from China
- Graphics of the week
- Perovskite’s other potential use
- New glass saves 50% of emissions
New Carbon Market Rules, Greenhushing and Brand Value and Greener Spaces Command Premium
- Biggest and best CEP conference
- Voluntary carbon market collaboration and new rules
- Greenhushing and brand value
- Greener spaces command a premium
- Forests still shrinking
- Wooden city to become a reality
- Tidal for Tonga
- Pothole plethora
- Ocean indigestion – antacids for the sea
- Battery pioneer passes
New Guidance for Scope 3, Stagnation on SDGs and Alarming Sea Temperatures
- New guidance on measuring Scope 3
- SDG progress stagnates, NZ ranks 27/166
- Tackling the skills gap Aussie style
- Sea temperatures rocketing
- Carbon removal market grows 300% in two months
- Built environment emissions can be cut by 75% in 5-10 years
Sustainable Data, Cheap Ammonia and a Mixed Report Card for NZ
- Emissions at an all-time high
- Planning lagging
- NZ ahead of the game
- But missing in action
- Green skills gap increasing
- Cheap ammonia on its way
- It’s all about the data
Efficiency Creates Jobs, NZ’s Record on SDG7 and the Climate Cost of Pets
- Efficiency could create 12 million jobs
- Our progress on SDG7
- Beyond stability
- A different approach to decarbonising heavy industry
- A threat to more than wildlife
- 1,000Km range in 6 minute charge
1.5C Losing Impetus, Offset Prices to Skyrocket and Hydrogen to Save the Coal Industry
- 1.5C losing impetus
- Offset pricing to skyrocket
- Renewables widen the gap
- BREEAM getting an update
- BREEAM in action
- Hydrogen to save the coal industry
Emissions Clustering and Heat and Drought Risk Significantly Increasing
- 60% of industrial emissions from 157 companies
- Clean energy manufacturing continues to build capacity
- 22% of the world’s population to suffer dangerous levels of heat
- Flash droughts major risk to food chain - and set to increase
Generation Emissions Peaking, Europe Cleans its Washing and Lab Meat is 25x as Carbon Costly
- Have generation emissions peaked?
- Europe cleans its washing
- European emissions heading in the right direction
- Profit injustice?
- Lab meat comes with 25x the CO2
Australia Stepping Up, A New Arms Race and The Truth About AI
- Circular economy benefits underestimated
- Australia stepping up
- Coal divestment accelerating
- A clean technology arms race
- Mobile EV charging
- Call for papers
- Climate change AI
DER Ducks in a Row, Green Skills Gap Widening and Wellington Under the Weather
- DER ducks in a row
- VPPs could save billions
- Global green skills gap widening
- Wellington under the weather
- AI for building performance dataset
- The off-grid, luxury hotel with no HVAC
Climate Change Impacting Businesses, ESG Makes Financial Sense and the New Cyberster
- Nearly 50% of UK companies already impacted by climate change
- ESG makes good business sense
- Credit ratings not taking account of ESG
- VCs moving beyond renewables and EVs
- Green steel without hydrogen
- EVs charge onwards
- Sporty EVs are coming - perhaps
Energy Policy Review, Cost of Capital Trends and Flat Packed EVs
- Date for the diary
- Fuel efficiency standards for Oz
- Does money talk?
- Money talks – trends in cost of capital
- Multi-fuel, miracle generator from Stanford
- Solar hydrogen goes live
- Flat packed EVs
Power Sector Emissions Have Peaked, ESG Waning and Lessons From America
- Power sector emissions have peaked
- Global wind energy to top 1 TW in 2023
- ESG slips down the priority list
- Lessons from America - We can't make the same mistakes
- Compressed air storage set for substantial growth
The Impact of Carbon Capture, New EV Tool and the Role of Natural Solutions
- CO2 removal in perspective
- 9 species (or species groups) may be key
- New EV Charging Tool
- Some CFCs on the rise
- E-scooter ban in Paris
- Coconuts and lemons become efficient, energy storing building materials
Record Renewables, Agricultural Animal Emissions and Power-Generating Concrete
- Offsets under more scrutiny
- Renewables investments hit record but still not enough
- US renewables surpass coal for first time
- Emissions distribution of protein sources
- Fonterra doing OK
- UK winning hearts and minds
- Power-generating, smart concrete
EV Gender Bias, Sea Level Prediction Tool and Climate Change and Health
- EVs sales show gender bias
- EV interest shows gender bias
- Sea level projection tool
- Keeping cooling sustainable
- Health and climate change
- Corporates lacking actionable sustainability plans
- Emergency power, clean water, medical aid from a transportable box
Hydrogen Infrastructure Under the Spotlight, Climate Change and Hollywood and Supply Chain Negligence
- Europe’s hydrogen storage skyrocketing
- Hydrogen infrastructure under the spotlight
- Efficiency targets diluted in EU
- Supply chain emissions over 11 times greater than direct emissions
- Nuclear power is “sustainable”
- Crushing the construction emissions problem
- Climate change becomes mainstream entertainment
Newly Announced Webinars, Emissions Inequity and Organic Solar Panels
- Free webinars from CEP
- New energy efficiency indicators guide
- Energy and emissions inequity - the data
- SUVs emit a billion tonnes of CO2 in 2022
- A win-win water and electricity innovation
- Efficient, sustainable solar cells
- Significant advance in direct air capture
Absorption Waning, Aviation Fuel Reality Check and Solar Underperforming
- Greenwashers in the dock
- Executive pay increasingly linked to climate targets
- Is Sustainable Air Travel Realistic?
- Large scale solar project performance deteriorating
- Forest and soil CO2 absorption is declining
- Energy emissions increase but growth rate slowing
Journeys, White Hydrogen and Porcine Nightmares
- CEP Board and staff visit the He Tohu exhibition at the National Library
- Avid brewer keen to engage with others in the sector
- White Hydrogen
- Autonomous vehicles could become a significant source of emissions
- Greenwashing being identified as an emerging risk
- Carbon-negative buildings
Commercial Retrofits, Traffic Truths and Blended Solar
- Australian mining application rejected
- Scorn over the climate pledges
- Less than 1% of companies have credible 2050 climate transition plans
- Multinationals risking net zero targets
- Demand for skilled renewable energy workers
- Measures to improve energy performance of buildings by 2050
- EU advancing retrofitting of commercial buildings
- Interactive traffic monitoring site
- PV panels with heritage finishes
- Infrared wallpaper
Electricity, Auto Excess and Elephants
- 2023 Insights on New Zealand Sustainability Professionals survey
- Survey for sustainability professionals
- Low Emission Transport Fund - Round 8: Demonstration of Marine
- Asian countries will make up 50% of global electricity demand by 2025
- 2022 bumper year for clean energy investment in Europe
- EVs are not only good at reducing emissions
- Auto industry is still running far behind on reducing emissions
- Elephants can also help combat climate change
- CEP Conference 2023 - Speaker feature
- Job Listings
- Other Industry Events
- Tender Opportunities
New Staff, Money Talks and Cheap, Grid-scale Storage
- CEP welcomes new staff member
- CEP Conference and Sponsor update
- Survey on carbon offsetting
- Assurance over climate-related disclosures
- UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
- Green and other labelled bonds held market share amidst fall
- Exciting new innovations emerging in 2023
- New heat engine claiming to double efficiency and halve costs
- Climate protesters halt work on new, all-electric, zero carbon operation prison
- CEP welcomes new student member
Happy New Year, New Staff and First Conference Keynote Announced
- CEP new staff member and first Keynote Speaker announcement
- Change in CEP News delivery coming soon
- 'The Homes We Deserve' campaign
- Winner of CEP $100 Prezzy Card prize draw announced and Member Survey feedback
- Consumer interest 2023 - sustainability arguments and concerns expressed by Transpower
- 90% of offsets provided by the world's largest supplier are worthless claims The Guardian newspaper
- Wyoming is to ban EVs from 2035
- Jobs, Tenders and Industry Events notices
NZ’s Largest Emitters, Bettering NDCs and Amazon on the Brink
- Admin support for CEP office
- 5th GIDI round and briefing webinar
- New emissions inventory from Climate TRACE
- 92% of 107 developing nations now have time-bound renewables targets
- China, the EU and India will see faster progress towards a clean energy economy than set in their targets and NDCs
- 34% of the Amazon rainforest has passed at least one tipping point
- COP attendance by the fossil fuel industry is up 25% over last year
Climate Tech, Boosting Corporate Value and the Ozone Hole
- G20 still supporting fossil fuels despite COP26 commitments
- Poor country economies hardest hit by climate change
- PwC update on climate tech venture capital investments
- Climate initiatives help companies improve financial performance
- Is the hole in the Ozone layer shrinking due to the Montreal Protocol?
- CEP Networking events coming up: Register now
- Are you on the hunt for fresh talent?
- Industry events coming up
Networking, Hydrogen and Fortuitous Powercuts
- CEP Networking events coming up: Register now
- Website job vacancy page coming soon
- Green hydrogen set for major role in emissions reductions
- Visions of hydrogen economies
- Darkness inhibits electrolyser efficiency
- Update on carbon capture technology and the CCUS industry
- Can wind turbines help to capture carbon dioxide?
- 36% drop in European wind turbine orders
- Industry events coming up