Brightcon 2026, hackathon and courses

Highlights:
- Hydrogen deployment is a technology–policy–region alignment problem, not a single-pathway ranking exercise.
- The same federal policy produces uneven provincial outcomes because pathway cost drivers differ by region.
- Methane pyrolysis has a conditional transition role, while low-carbon electrolysis is better aligned with long-term deep...

Railway infrastructure operators manage assets with lifespans of 30–50 years. Renewal and replacement decisions lock in cost and carbon trajectories for decades. Current software focuses either on operations or on cost planning, yet no tools are available to integrate Prospective LCA (pLCA) into decision-making and long-term planning. Current asset management platforms optimize decisions based...

The treatment of uncertainty is a central issue in life cycle assessment (LCA), especially when results are used to support decision-making processes. However, many LCA studies still skip this step because it requires additional knowledge, effort and computation resources. MOCA is a Python package that aims to lower these barriers by making uncertainty analysis more time-efficient and easier...

The environmental performance of competing water electrolysis systems for hydrogen production is not fixed, as it depends on the electricity system in which the electrolyzer operates and on how that system evolves. This study presents a prospective, scenario-based life cycle assessment comparing alkaline (AEC), proton exchange membrane (PEMEC), and solid oxide (SOEC) electrolysis under Saudi...

Highlights / Discussion Points
- Scrap composition is the dominant environmental driver in specialty electric arc furnace steelmaking.
- Prospective life cycle assessment reveals how decarbonization reduces environmental impacts over time.
- Energy transition scenarios reveal that reductions in climate change impacts may come at the expense of higher land use...