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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Each of these individuals is playing the long game and is in a strong position to move their companies and industries into what could be a more hopeful period of reconciliation, recovery and repair. Most support science-based targets and sit on multiple boards, collaborations and advocacy groups to further industry-level sustainability goals.

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Data centre virtualisation and cloud computing can play a pivotal role in power sector emissions reductions, says report

Envirotec Magazine

A new report from power market analytics firm Aurora Energy Research suggests that increased deployment of (and continued improvements in) virtualisation technology could reduce potential future European computing emissions 55% by 2040.

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Monitoring an important greenhouse gas (Sponsored content)

Envirotec Magazine

Dutch greenhouse operators are collaborating with the country’s industrial sector to support the reuse of waste CO2. Scientists at Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands have employed Vaisala carbon dioxide sensors in their research greenhouses for over a decade. Carbon dioxide in greenhouses.

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On track for net zero? Observers respond to the UK government’s ten-point green plan

Envirotec Magazine

Commentators in the environmental sphere seemed to broadly welcome the UK government’s “Ten-Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution”, unveiled on 18 November, although some lamented its apparent inconsistencies. Electric avenue.

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WoodMac: Wind, Solar and Storage to Dominate Europe’s Power Grid by 2030

GreenTechMedia

Europe's power system will look very different in 2030, with energy storage supporting the “dominance” of wind and solar generation, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. By 2040, Europe is expected to add another 169 gigawatts of wind and 172 gigawatts of solar. New-build projects in the U.K.

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Partnership to build the largest solar system for a desalination plant in Oman

Envirotec Magazine

A solar photovoltaic (PV) system is to be constructed to provide power for a desalination plant in Oman, in the city of Sur – seemingly the largest such PV system ever to be have been attempted, according to project partners TotalEnergies and Veolia, which signed an agreement in late July to begin construction.

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Catalyze Signs Long-Term Solar, Storage Development Deal

Solar Industry

Catalyze , a clean energy transition company that finances, builds, owns and operates solar, battery storage and electric vehicle charging systems for commercial and industrial customers, has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Plains All American. Catalyze will construct a 6.6-MW