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A Vibrant Cleantech Startup Ecosystem Takes Root in India

GreenTechMedia

Several floors below the firm’s balcony, power lines crisscross over piles of garbage, a fleet of rickshaws and cow patties on a rooftop, being dried for cooking fuel. ” Rapid growth in India’s renewable energy sector is driving demand for new technologies to modernize the country’s power sector.

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Will New York City’s largest buildings meet emissions reduction limits by 2024?

Renewable Energy World

Contributed by Saverio Grosso, Edison Energy. Under the Act, passed in 2019, most buildings over 25,000 square feet—roughly 50,000 residential and commercial properties across the city—must meet new energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reductions by 2024, and stricter limits in 2030. Last month, the U.S.

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Corporate Giants Promote Climate Action, But Work With Oil Lobbyists in State Capitols

DeSmogBlog

The research, conducted by the non-profit Global Energy Monitor and shared with DeSmog, found thousands of cases in which high-profile corporations engage in lobbying in state capitols, hiring the same lobbyists that do work for powerful fossil fuel companies. A future that does have humanity living in harmony with nature.”.

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If the world wants a green recovery, it must commit to innovation

Business Green

But it's vital we don't lose sight of long-term climate and energy challenges and the vital sustainability targets that must solve them. Drax engineers at work within the UK's biggest renewable power plant | Credit: Drax. Biomass wood pellet storage dome and conveyor system, Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire | Credit: Drax.

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Jeff Bezos And Amazon Can Empower Consumers On The Greatest Challenge Of Our Time

Jigar Shah

Clean Electricity Like their peers, Amazon has been transitioning to fuel its data centers with solar and wind power. In January 2018, AWS stated that it had achieved 50% renewable energy usage. Reaching 100% renewable energy usage, as it were, would only require another roughly 1,000 Megawatts of renewable energy?

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. and globally by 2040. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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EnergyHub gives utilities more flexibility to manage peaks, including direct control of EV charging

Charged

The electrification of transport is proceeding in parallel with a major restructuring of the electrical grid, and these trends interact with each other in several ways. The company was founded 12 years ago, and started off building consumer-focused energy management tools, which earned a Time magazine best invention award in 2009.