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ISG Sourcing Industry Week Draws Record Attendance, Including Some of the Biggest Names in Business

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Friday, September 15, 2023

Hosted by ISG, the largest sourcing advisor in the world, with more than $450 billion in advised transactions to its credit, Sourcing Industry Week featured two major conferences and a gala awards dinner celebrating industry leadership.

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  • Hosted by ISG, the largest sourcing advisor in the world, with more than $450 billion in advised transactions to its credit, Sourcing Industry Week featured two major conferences and a gala awards dinner celebrating industry leadership.
  • More than 100 major companies were represented at the weeklong gathering at the Westin Dallas Stonebriar Golf Resort & Spa.
  • “This was our biggest and best Sourcing Industry Week ever,” said Todd Lavieri, vice chairman of ISG and president of ISG Americas and Asia Pacific.
  • During Sourcing Industry Week, clients and ISG advisors delivered keynote presentations and participated in panel discussions, breakout sessions and one-on-one meetings.

Ingka Investments Partners with Apex Clean Energy on First Battery Storage Project Worldwide

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

Ingka Investments (the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer) and Apex Clean Energy today announced the company’s first-ever battery storage project, Cameron Storage.

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  • Ingka Investments (the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer) and Apex Clean Energy today announced the company’s first-ever battery storage project, Cameron Storage.
  • The 16.4 MW project, which will begin operations in the coming weeks, is co-located with Ingka Investments’ Cameron Wind farm, a 55-turbine, 165 MW project operational since 2015.
  • Ingka Investments and Apex have been partnering in renewable energy projects for more than eight years.
  • “For more than a decade, IKEA has charted the course for the corporate sector in investing in clean energy solutions, and today, Cameron Storage builds on that record of leadership,” said Ken Young, Apex Clean Energy CEO.

1PointFive Selected for U.S. Department of Energy Grant to Develop South Texas Direct Air Capture Hub

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Friday, August 11, 2023

HOUSTON, Aug. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 1PointFive , a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental, announced today it was selected to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) for the development of its South Texas Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hub.

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  • HOUSTON, Aug. 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 1PointFive , a wholly owned subsidiary of Occidental, announced today it was selected to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) for the development of its South Texas Direct Air Capture (DAC) Hub.
  • The selection enables 1PointFive to enter award negotiations with OCED and work in partnership to establish the South Texas DAC Hub.
  • 1PointFive, along with its partners Carbon Engineering and Worley, is working on the front-end engineering and design for the first DAC plant slated for the South Texas Hub.
  • The first DAC plant at the South Texas DAC Hub is expected to create approximately 2,500 jobs in construction, operations and maintenance.

Fortune Minerals Extends Option to Acquire JFSL Alberta Refinery Site for the NICO Critical Minerals Project

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Thursday, July 27, 2023

Fortune plans to construct a hydrometallurgical refinery at this site to process concentrates from the Company’s NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper critical minerals deposit and planned mine and concentrator in the Northwest Territories (“NWT”) (collectively, “the NICO Project”).

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  • Fortune plans to construct a hydrometallurgical refinery at this site to process concentrates from the Company’s NICO cobalt-gold-bismuth-copper critical minerals deposit and planned mine and concentrator in the Northwest Territories (“NWT”) (collectively, “the NICO Project”).
  • These are expected to materially reduce capital and operating costs for the NICO Project.
  • Fortune can maintain the option by paying JFSL C$15,000 per month and can acquire the facilities for C$5.5 million before December 31, 2023.
  • If Fortune exercises the option to purchase the refinery site, the extension payments will be applied against the purchase price.

EQS-News: Vulcan Energy Resources Limited: Zero Carbon Lithium Project Update

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

Senior appointments to Zero Carbon Lithium™ Project execution team from oil and gas, battery and Tier One EPC industries EPCM contracts for Phase One enter RFP stage

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  • Senior appointments to Zero Carbon Lithium™ Project execution team from oil and gas, battery and Tier One EPC industries EPCM contracts for Phase One enter RFP stage
    Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan; ASX: VUL, FSE: VUL, the Company), the renewable energy producer and carbon neutral lithium developer, is pleased to provide a project execution update, for its Zero Carbon Lithium™ Project in the Upper Rhine Valley Brine Field, Germany.
  • LEOP will supply lithium chloride to CLEOP, Vulcan’s downstream Optimisation Plant which will produce the final lithium hydroxide product.
  • Vulcan’s Zero Carbon Lithium™ Project is leveraging complementary skills from the O&G industry as part of the Just Transition to deliver Phase One, to complement its team of ca.
  • Vulcan’s MD and CEO, Dr. Francis Wedin, commented: “Enabled by our strong cash position, we are making steady, methodical progress towards the execution of the Zero Carbon Lithium™ Project.

Clean energy technology supply chains must get better, faster, cleaner

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

Its latest insights briefing, “Better, Faster, Cleaner: Securing clean energy technology supply chains”, highlights that global supply of key materials and components is sufficient to meet growing demand for clean energy technologies (wind, solar, batteries, grids, heat pumps) over the medium- to long-term.

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  • Its latest insights briefing, “Better, Faster, Cleaner: Securing clean energy technology supply chains”, highlights that global supply of key materials and components is sufficient to meet growing demand for clean energy technologies (wind, solar, batteries, grids, heat pumps) over the medium- to long-term.
  • The global transition to net-zero demands a massive increase in clean energy technology.
  • Geographic concentration of clean energy supply chains, especially in China for solar photovoltaics (PV) and EV battery manufacturing.
  • This led governments around the world to realise the importance of energy security, reassess domestic policies and invest more in clean energy.

Graforce and Worley to Jointly Scale Methane Electrolysis Technology in APAC

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Monday, May 15, 2023

Graforce , Germany’s leading provider of zero carbon hydrogen plants, and Worley , a leading global engineering and project delivery business, are cooperating to scale methane electrolysis (plasmalysis) starting in Australia, Pacific, Asia and China.

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  • Graforce , Germany’s leading provider of zero carbon hydrogen plants, and Worley , a leading global engineering and project delivery business, are cooperating to scale methane electrolysis (plasmalysis) starting in Australia, Pacific, Asia and China.
  • Graforce and Worley will present plasmalysis plants at APPEA 2023 in Adelaide, Australia (15-18 May) at the Worley sponsored Hydrogen Pavilion showcasing latest innovations in the hydrogen industry and its impact on decarbonization of industries and fossil fuels.
  • The cooperation with Worley is an important step for us to quickly scale our methane plasmalysis and to open up these markets,” said Dr. Jens Hanke, CTO of Graforce.
  • Worley provides large scale engineering, procurement, and construction services to the energy, resources, and chemicals industries.

NCCER Announces new Board of Trustees Executive Committee and Board Member Appointments

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Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Alachua, Florida, March 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) is proud to announce its 2023 board of trustees executive committee and new board members.

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  • Alachua, Florida, March 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) is proud to announce its 2023 board of trustees executive committee and new board members.
  • The board of trustees is instrumental in guiding NCCER’s purpose-driven mission to provide rigorous and relevant workforce development solutions that create opportunities for individual career advancement and support industry growth.
  • All board of trustees' members represent contractors, owners, or partner associations and are recognized for their expertise in construction, construction workforce development or construction-related issues.
  • Scott Marshall, who has been named Chairperson, will head the compensation, budget and finance, and nominating committees as well as overseeing board governance.

Zudy Earns Spot on G2’s 2023 Best Software Awards for Development Products

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Zudy today announced its no-code application development platform Vinyl has been named to G2’s 2023 Best Software Awards .

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  • Zudy today announced its no-code application development platform Vinyl has been named to G2’s 2023 Best Software Awards .
  • G2’s Best Software Awards recognizes technologies users choose in a broad marketplace of thousands of products.
  • After reviewing four different products, Zudy wins hands down.” GM at Slipstream Financial
    “We’re very proud to be included on this G2 Top 50 list.
  • Any business user can build an app with Vinyl,” said Tom Kennedy , Zudy Founder, and CTO.

New ETC Insights Briefing

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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

LONDON, Jan. 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In its latest Insights Briefing, "Streamlining planning and permitting to accelerate wind and solar deployment", the ETC highlights how governments, civil society and wind and solar developers can take action to reduce unnecessary delays caused by common planning and permitting barriers in renewables deployment whilst maintaining strong environmental, bio-diversity and social safeguards.

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  • "Urgent action is needed to deliver planning and permitting systems that will drive the transition to a net-zero economy.
  • The Insights Briefing, which is part of the ETC's Barriers to Clean Electrification series, identifies three major categories of planning and permitting barriers: regulatory, administrative and societal; analysing the potential to shorten wind and solar development timelines at different stages of project development, whilst maintaining strong environmental and social safeguards.
  • This Insights Briefing is accompanied by a set of three Solution Toolkits, which provide a series of specific recommendations and actions for 1. national/regional governments and policymakers; 2. wind and solar developers; 3. local authorities and civil society.
  • This Insights Briefing is part of the  ETC's Barriers to Clean Electrification series which sets a view on how to 'risk manage' the transition to clean power systems globally – by anticipating the barriers that are likely to arise and outlining how to overcome them.