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NANO Nuclear Energy Appoints Distinguished Nuclear Regulatory Expert David Tiktinsky as Head of Nuclear Regulatory Licensing after nearly 40-years with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

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GlobeNewswire Summary NANO Nuclear Energy Inc. a vertically integrated advanced nuclear energy and technology company developing portable clean energy solutions, is pleased to announce that David Tiktinsky has joined NANO Nuclear as its Head of Nuclear Regulatory Licensing. Mr. Tiktinsky joins NANO Nuclear after having served for nearly forty years at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). His extensive governmental experience at the heart of the U.S. nuclear regulatory regime spans various roles, primarily focusing on licensing and regulatory activities for nuclear fuel cycle facilities and medical isotope production. Mr. Tiktinsky started his ...
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Markham, Ontario to Build World’s Biggest Wastewater Energy Transfer System

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10 Energy Mix Summary A district energy utility north of Toronto is about to begin construction on the world’s largest wastewater energy transfer (WET) installation, a project that is expected to reduce climate pollution by 30,000 tonnes per year, significantly reduce gas consumption, and supply heating and cooling for seven to eight million square feet of space in Markham, Ontario. And the piece of the puzzle that sealed the deal was a carbon contract for difference , a mechanism that will protect the business assumptions behind the project from future changes in the federal carbon price. Markham District Energy (MDE), a thermal utility owned by the ...
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Water From the Seine Is Cooling the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Reasons to Be Cheerful Summary Paris has been preparing for the 2024 Summer Olympics for a decade. In the final days leading up to the big event, organizers readied for the Seine to host a dramatic opening ceremony, during which athletes will float down the river on boats, with the Eiffel Tower laying backdrop to it. One ambitious goal among these preparations: to host the first carbon-neutral Olympics in modern history. In a climate-friendly effort to keep athletes and attendees cool and comfortable throughout the event, the Olympics are foregoing traditional air conditioning in exchange for an alternative cooling system — one which will use ...
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Government approves distributed generation development strategy until 2035

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Ukrinform Summary The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has endorsed a strategy for the development of distributed generation until 2035. The relevant statement was made by Representative of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine in the Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnychuk on Telegram , an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “The strategy for the development of distributed generation until 2035 has been approved, providing for the revision of the existing approach to the development of the energy system, namely with regard to increasing its stability and flexibility, including through the development of distributed generation capacities, which can be represented ...
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Finland’s Helen invests in district heating

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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Smart Energy International Summary Helsinki-based energy company Helen Oy is introducing a new tech heat pump plant and two electric boilers in the company’s production area in Patola for district heating. The technologies comprising the two boilers and the industrial-scale air-to-water heat pump form the basis for a new district heating production facility in Patola, which is a northern-central suburb of Helsinki, Finland. The air-to-water heat pump, based on a new, undisclosed technology, is stated the first of its kind in the world and has a capacity of between 22 to 33MW, depending on the outdoor temperature, while carbon dioxide ...
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No ACs at Olympic Games Village: How athletes will beat the heat in Paris?

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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Business Standards Summary As the world's top athletes gather in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, the scorching summer heat poses a significant challenge. With Paris 2024 set to be the first Olympics with an equal number of male and female athletes among 10,500 from 206 countries, the unavailability of air conditioners in the Games Village is becoming a talking point. The system utilizes a combination of ventilation and shading devices to keep the living quarters, dining areas, and training facilities cool. The organisers have decided to install 2,500 temporary air conditioners in the village. The accommodation complex comprises 7,000 rooms in ...
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SNC-Lavalin awarded district cooling services contract by Tabreed for King Salman Park in Saudi Arabia

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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What's Up Ajman Summary SNC-Lavalin, a fully integrated professional services and project management company with offices around the world, has been awarded a district cooling services contract by Green Park Cooling Company, a subsidiary of Saudi Tabreed, a leading provider of sustainable district cooling schemes for some of the largest projects in Saudi Arabia, for King Salman Park. A green destination at the heart of Riyadh, the Park is set to foster the Kingdom’s productivity, creativity, and innovation for future generations. King Salman Park is built on more than 16km2 to become the world's largest urban park. It will include vast open green spaces ...
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Power from waste – the world’s biggest biomass power plants

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Yahoo! Finance Summary Alholmens Kraft, Finland - 265MW Alholmens Kraft, a 265MW bio-fuelled power plant located at the factory premises of the Finnish pulp, paper and timber manufacturer UPM-Kymmene in Alholmen, Jakobstad, Finland, is the world's second biggest biomass power plant. The plant, operational since January 2002, also supplies 100MW of heat for the UPM paper mill and 60MW of district heating for the inhabitants of Jakobstad. Kymijärvi II, Finland - 160MW The Kymijärvi II plant generates 300GWh of electricity and 600GWh of district heat. The electricity is fed into the national grid using a 110-kV connection at the Kymijärvi substation. ...
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Lalit Agarwal Named APPA President & Chief Executive Officer

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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APPA Summary The APPA Board of Directors—Leadership in Educational Facilities is delighted to announce that Lalit Agarwal has been chosen as the association’s next President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). With more than two decades of transformative leadership experience within the educational facilities management sector, Agarwal stood out among a robust pool of highly qualified applicants to lead this 110-year-old association that supports the professionals who design, plan, manage, and maintain the physical campuses of colleges, universities, K12, and other educational institutions around the world. Agarwal currently serves as the Vice President ...
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Two New Schools Utilize Geo-Boosted District Heating to Attain LEED Gold

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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Contractor Summary With many young families moving to the western communities of Greater Victoria, the local Sooke School District found themselves with a need to quickly build more schools for some 1,200 elementary- and middle-school age students. Of note in this regard, the planners also decided upon a district heating model, in which a central plant collects and distributes energy between the two schools for flexible heating and cooling. Continue Reading #News #DistrictHeating
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Sage Geosystems Partners with NREL and Romania’s Electrocentrale Bucuresti (ELCEN) to Conduct Feasibility Study on Decarbonizing District Heating System in Bucharest

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BusinessWire Summary Sage Geosystems Partners with NREL and Romania’s Electrocentrale Bucuresti (ELCEN) to Conduct Feasibility Study on Decarbonizing District Heating System in Bucharest Sage Geosystems Inc. (Sage), a geothermal and energy storage company, announced today that it will be partnering with Electrocentrale Bucuresti S.A. (ELCEN), Romania’s leading producer of thermal and electrical energy in Bucharest. This partnership will explore how geothermal energy can be implemented within the city of Bucharest to replace a fossil-fuel based thermal plant with a clean, reliable alternative energy source. The first project will generate up to ...
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Germany needs €43.5 bln district heating investment by 2030 to meet climate goals – report

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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Clean Energy Wire Summary The planned expansion of district heating in Germany will require 43.5 billion euros in investment by 2030 to help the country reach its climate targets, said a report by analysis and consulting firm Prognos AG. The report, commissioned by the German Energy Efficiency Association for Heating, Cooling and CHP ( AGFW ) and the German Association of Local Utilities ( VKU ), said that the majority of funds (60%) would be needed for the expansion of heating grids, and the rest for renewable heat plants and their connection to the grids. The report highlights that annual state support worth 3.4 billion euros would ...
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EU Awards €67.4 Million To Five Cross-Border Renewable Energy Projects

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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Solar Quarter Summary The awarded projects involve five EU countries—Estonia, Latvia, The Netherlands, Germany, and Poland—and cover various sectors including offshore and onshore wind, biomass, district heating, and green hydrogen/ammonia. These projects aim to enhance renewable energy collaboration and integration across borders and includes €14.5 million for constructing and commissioning a biomass heating plant and a district heating pipeline to integrate waste heat from the sewage gas CHP plant in Görlitz. Continue Reading #News #DistrictHeating
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Radiant Professionals Alliance , Geothermal Rising Sign MoU to Advance and Promote Geothermal Energy

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Contractor Summary The Radiant Professionals Alliance (RPA) and professional/educational association Geothermal Rising (GR) have entered into a memorandum of understanding with the mutual goal of promoting and advancing technological innovations of geothermal systems. The partnership will engage RPA, GR and their respective members in technical activities coordination, education, advocacy, community engagement and policy, publications, and consistent leadership communication for more sustainable building operations and advancing the green economy. The RPA and GR will support the geothermal and thermal energy network (TENs) industry on providing opportunities ...
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Empowering Corporate Decarbonization: The National Renewable Energy Lab's Innovative Approach to the Sustainable Campus

By District Energy posted 2 days ago
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ESRI Summary At the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the nation’s foremost institute for researching advanced energy solutions, experiments don’t just occur in labs and test facilities. Following an executive order to decarbonize federal buildings by 2045, NREL’s four campuses are implementing carbon-pollution-free strategies that reduce demand from the grid by enabling fast, secure, and interactive distributed energy resources like on-site solar installations, battery storage, hydrogen fuel cells, electrified heating systems, and electric vehicle (EV) charger infrastructure. To measure the impacts of these ...
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$100M will pay to 'decarbonize' state Capitol and Empire State Plaza

By District Energy posted 4 days ago
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Times Union Summary The Empire State Plaza and Capitol will receive $100 million in state funding to start the first phase of a plan to decarbonize state buildings. The 98-acre complex in Albany will implement a thermal energy network as the state moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to reach climate goals, according to the Office of General Services. A steam generation plant heats and cools the cluster of government buildings that function as the seat of New York’s government that includes the Capitol, Corning Tower, and several other large office buildings, as well as The Egg performing arts venue. Other state buildings across New York are ...
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MAN Energy Solutions to deliver additional Heat Pump Unit for Aalborg’s District Heating

By District Energy posted 4 days ago
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CSN Summary Danish city set to cut up to 210,000 tons of CO2 emissions annually using a climate-friendly seawater heat pump plant with a heating capacity of 177 MW – MAN Energy Solutions receives follow-up order for a fourth heat pump unit from Aalborg Forsyning Danish multi-utility company, Aalborg Forsyning, has placed a follow-up order with MAN Energy Solutions for an additional heat pump unit, increasing the overall heating capacity to 177 MW with four units. This follows the initial order submitted in 2023, significantly expanding the scope of the project. Each heat pump has a capacity of around 44 MW, making them the largest heat pump ...
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Waste heat from Penta Infra data center in Amsterdam to warm business park

By District Energy posted 4 days ago
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DCD Summary Waste heat from an Amsterdam data center will be used to warm up a nearby business park thanks to a partnership between Penta Infra and heating company Polderwarmte. The pair have signed a letter of intent for a collaboration that will see residual heat from Penta’s AMS01 data center in the Haarlem area of Amsterdam redirected into a district heating system being developed by Poldewarmte. It is hoped that 100 percent of residual heat from the data center can be used in the heating system, which is set to come online in the next year. Continue Reading #News #DistrictHeating #DataCenter
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State awards CU Boulder $675,000 to explore geothermal renewable energy

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Microsoft Start Summary The University of Colorado Boulder received $675,000 from the state on Friday to explore the feasibility of incorporating geothermal energy on campus. Geothermal energy is the use of heat from the Earth to create renewable energy. CU Boulder will use the money to conduct two feasibility and design studies for geothermal projects that could enable on-site geothermal electricity production for millions of square feet. "Geothermal energy, the heat beneath our feet, is an underutilized resource that can save people money on energy and improve air quality," Gov. Jared Polis said in a release. "Colorado is already a national leader in ...
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Air Liquide CO2 Liquefaction Technology Selected For Stockholm Exergi Carbon Capture Project

By District Energy posted 4 days ago
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Carbon Herald Summary In another milestone for the Stockholm Exergi Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) project, the company has chosen a groundbreaking CO2 liquefaction technology from Air Liquide. Named Cryocap™ LQ, this state-of-the-art technology represents a significant addition to Air Liquide’s suite of proprietary technologies, facilitating the development of extensive Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) value chains. The CO₂ liquefaction solution enables the long-distance transportation of liquid CO2 to permanent carbon storage locations, enhancing the feasibility of CCS projects. Air Liquide’s Cryocap™ LQ technology, showcasing ...
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