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Inside... cities are facing social, economic, and climate disruptions that are radically altering the expectations and behaviors of citizens.
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Building a future-ready city
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| Cities are facing social, economic, and climate disruptions that are radically altering the expectations and behaviors of citizens. These expectations run the gamut, and urban leaders around the world must quickly come to grips with these demands and develop action plans to become “future-ready.” This means morphing into sustainable, inclusive, resilient, and safe cities—with new fit-for-purpose digital and physical infrastructure.
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The role of Indigenous communities in the EV transition |
| Our latest podcast series focuses on green energy transformation and building sustainable solutions that bring positive change to one of world’s toughest challenges: climate change. In this episode, Hatch experts Christine Foster and Dr. Fiona Martin discuss the role Indigenous communities play in the critical minerals required for the EV transition.
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| Powering tomorrow’s steel mills with nuclear energy |
| The iron and steel industry accounts for more than 7% of direct anthropogenic GHG emissions globally, and close to 10% when including indirect emissions. As the iron and steel industry moves to decarbonize its processes, a significant amount of carbon-free energy will be required, and nuclear technology is well positioned to be a part of the solution.
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| Repurposing coal-fired power plants |
| Unfortunately, coal-fired power plants emit substantial amounts of particulate matter; greenhouse gases (GHG) including carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and other contaminants negatively affect our health and our environment. Despite this, 1,400 GW of coal-fired power generation capacity has been added to the world’s power generation output since the year 2000. With this in mind, it will be vital to repurpose these plants where possible in order to ensure the continued fulfillment of our energy needs while significantly reducing CO2 and other harmful constituents.
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| A new dawn: The new circular net-zero age |
| Over the last two years, the EU has found it necessary to enhance its 2020 Green Deal stemmed by seismic global developments, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. Motivated by a desire to preserve competitiveness and respond to geopolitical pressures, the EU hopes to turn crisis into opportunity and lead the world into the net-zero age.
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| Creating thriving green streets |
| As part of its Caning Bridge Activity Centre Plan for Perth’s City of Melville, Hatch developed a concept plan to enhance the northern portion of Ogilvie Road. The plan proposes landscaped verges, rain gardens, public alfresco seating areas, widened footpaths and crossings, traffic-calming measures, public artwork, new trees, and improved pedestrian accessibility and on-street parking bays.
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| Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles |
| While battery electric vehicles and hybrid electric vehicles have been around for some time, their practicality for use in a large-scale mass transit settings such as buses can be limited by range, extended charging time, and infrastructure requirements. This is where hydrogen fuel cell electric buses can be advantageous.
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| Assessing the impact of federal funding on the North American EV value chain |
| As the Biden Administration continues to carry out its agenda of advancing economic growth, clean energy, and national security, critical questions have surfaced regarding the implementation—and impact—of the federal policy mechanisms deployed over the last two years. Transportation electrification and battery value chain localization have proved particularly complex, with geopolitical tensions and domestic economic pressures compounding the already nuanced challenges of developing a novel electric vehicle manufacturing ecosystem.
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We’re aware of the mining industry’s focus on ESG and the need to move toward sustainable practices. But what does this really mean and what does it look like for the future of mining? Listen as Hatch's Doris Haim-Galvez, Chemical Engineer and Director, dives in.
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Together with BHP, Hatch has a signed an agreement to design and develop an electric smelting furnace facility, accelerating the adoption of new iron and steelmaking technologies, and paving the way to lower carbon dioxide intensity.
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Hatch is pleased to release our annual UNGC report, highlighting our commitment to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in our pursuit of a better world through positive change. In support of the UNGC, our report provides an update of the progress made in 2022 in our pursuit of the goals outlined by the UN.
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