October, 2021

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5 things you should know about green hydrogen

GreenBiz

Plug Power has a message for companies building out clean fleet strategies: Don’t ignore green hydrogen, a fuel that doesn’t emit any carbon dioxide when it's used to power fuel cells.

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Atoms For Peace – ANEEL To Sustain It

Jim Conca

Clean Core Thorium Energy announced that the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station’s Nuclear Engineering and Science Center has successfully fabricated the first fuel pellets of Clean Core’s proprietary Th-U advanced nuclear fuel technology in partnership with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

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Seaweed: a model solution for fighting climate change, says group

Envirotec Magazine

A new paper published in Nature Sustainability presents seaweed as a model solution for tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, joblessness, hunger and environmental damage. Hailing from KAUST and Aarhus University, the co-authors outline a prospectus for the cultivation and use of seaweed as a carbon capture technology, a job and tax revenue generator, and a food source.

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Where Green Hydrogen Is Headed

GreenTechMedia

Suddenly everyone is talking about green hydrogen. From South Africa to the United Arab Emirates. From China to Utah. Governments and developers are eyeing hydrogen as a decarbonization tool. But the rush is also raising lots of questions: Where will hydrogen be most useful? How do you create a supply chain to support it? And how can we ensure it has climate integrity?

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Self-sustaining 3D-printed house harnesses the power of nature

Inhabitat - Innovation

The Rain Catcher is a 3D-printed house that's off-the-grid and designed specifically to meet Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) 2030 Climate Challenge criteria for electric, heating and water consumption. This eco-house is truly made to harness all the power of nature.

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McKinstry, WSU Partner on Sustainability & Solar Energy Project

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McKinstry and Winona State University (WSU) have partnered on a $12.3 million sustainability and solar energy project. As part of the project, six (6) rooftop solar PV arrays and four (4) solar carports will generate nearly 1.7 MWh each year, making this the largest solar system of its kind at any Minnesota State University System campus.

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What American's Really Think About Climate Change – The America In One Room Survey

Jim Conca

A highly dynamic deliberative polling experience was carried out by NORC with more than a thousand Americans on the subject of Climate Change. The results were stunning, and showed that Americans can come together on key issues, especially when politicians get out of the way, even on nuclear power.

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Award for using AI and spectroscopy to increase waste-to-energy production

Envirotec Magazine

A US group is developing a technology combining AI and spectroscopy, to analyze municipal solid waste in-situ and in real-time – a cost- and time-effective approach that they say could pave the way to increased waste-to-bioenergy production. The project is led by a group from Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, MSW is “a very heterogeneous material, with large variability in its physical, chemical and biological characteristics”, explained Carlos Romero, Principal Research Scien

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Why TransitTech Is So Vital to Struggling Public Transportation Systems

GreenTechMedia

Ride sharing has swept transportation systems over the last decade -- bringing convenience, but also congestion, inequities, and political fights. Now a new category of transportation networking is emerging: TransitTech. It makes up a class of companies that are using tech to help maximize public transit systems. So what does TransitTech look like post-pandemic?

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Innovative biophilic design planned for new village in Portugal

Inhabitat - Innovation

A new development is in the works, designed to sit on a Portuguese hillside and provide a community with unique characteristics and a focus on sustainable design, function, well-being and innovation.

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The Key to Sustainable Energy Optimization: A Data-Driven Approach for Manufacturing

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. ♻️ Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets. 📊 Join us for a practical webinar hosted by Kevin Kai Wong of Emergent Ene

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How Being More Sustainable Can Boost Employee Engagement

U.S. Green Technology

As global environmental consciousness rises, a higher percentage of companies around the world are now focused on creating a more sustainable company culture. Whether that means hiring greener teams, creating more eco-friendly programs, or even starting sustainable initiatives, environmentally conscious practices have turned out to be quite advantageous for businesses in many areas.

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Be a champion for sustainability impact, not optics

GreenBiz

Shopify's Sustainability Fund director outlines how to start making carbon removals part of your corporate strategy.

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Australia Picks A Nuclear Waste Disposal Site - Now The Dance Begins

Jim Conca

Australia has declared that the national nuclear waste storage facility, more correctly referred to as a radioactive waste site, will be at Napandee, near Kimba, on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula. The choice was widely expected as the government had already picked Napandee as its preferred site.

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Nature-based solutions key to combatting climate change and biodiversity loss, says Lords

Envirotec Magazine

Lord Patel said COP26 is “the perfect opportunity to highlight on the world stage the importance of nature-based solutions.” (image credit: ukhouseoflords , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license). The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has written to Alok Sharma MP, President for COP26, citing recent evidence gathered as part of the Committee’s ongoing inquiry into nature-based solutions for climate change.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Will Hydrogen Look Like Solar?

GreenTechMedia

The road to solar glory has been littered with failed companies -- the ones you may know (Solyndra) and hundreds you probably do not. Will the burgeoning hydrogen space follow a similar bumpy road? Hydrogen is at a similar phase of market and technological maturity, with similar levels of hype. In this episode, Shayle talks to Raffi Garabedian , the former CTO of pioneering solar manufacturer First Solar and now the co-founder and CEO of Electric Hydrogen Co.

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Unique turtle bungalow encourages ecotourism in Thailand

Inhabitat - Innovation

Turtle Bay weaves Thailand's lush landscape with a quite literally green design, creating a cluster of cozy turtle shell-shaped structures. Inspired by the existing natural context of jungle trees, expansive lotus ponds and wild peacocks, a mixed-use ecotourism destination was formed.

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Wind Energy Offers A Bright Future In Coming Years

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Proliferating demand for renewable power source and growing concern from government regarding decarbonization are anticipated to drive the demand for wind energy. A big driver for offshore wind is the important price reductions the technology has achieved in recent years and innovations in next generation technology.

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What the global energy crisis teaches us about clean energy

GreenBiz

One thing these shortages have in common: They’re related to fossil fuels extracted in other countries than where they’re needed.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

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Jennifer Granholm And Jay Inslee Dedicate Energy Sciences Center At The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Jim Conca

Energy Secretary Granholm and Washington Governor Inslee dedicated a $90-million energy science research facility that will accelerate scientific discovery in chemistry, materials science and computing, helping speed us towards a new energy future - just the kind of infrastructure we need.

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Urban wood burning is soaring, with 18,000 complaints but only 3 fines

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Demetri Dourambeis , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. New research from campaign group Mums for Lungs appears to reveal a failure to tackle wood smoke pollution in the UK. Despite 18,693 complaints from members of the public (2015-2021), only seven councils have issued fines in the last six years, on average just over three every year. Most of the areas with the highest level of complaints are urban areas like London, Oldham or Preston.

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What the Frack Is Happening With Natural Gas Prices?

GreenTechMedia

At the beginning of the pandemic, energy prices crashed. We did an episode of this show trying to figure out how oil prices fell to negative $40 per barrel. Times have changed. Oil is up over $100/barrel. But far more acute is what’s happening with natural gas, particularly in Europe and Asia. In the US, natural gas prices have doubled in the last year.

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Cleanup device removes 20,000 pounds of ocean plastic

Inhabitat - Innovation

A new device successfully hauled 20,000 pounds of trash out of the Pacific Ocean last week. This technology could potentially help clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

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Mercom Capital Group: Corporate Funding in Solar Sector in 9M 2021 Surges to $22.8 Billion

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Mercom Capital Group: Corporate Funding in Solar Sector in 9M 2021 Surges to $22.8 Billion. Project funding activity in 9M 2021 was the highest ever, with 23.

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Procurement’s carbon transparency problem

GreenBiz

Sustainable procurement is no longer a corporate goal, but a global one; and carbon transparency is a crucial step towards saving the planet and people that business serves.

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8 Easy Ways to Make Your Bathroom Greener Without Spending a Fortune

U.S. Green Technology

There is a common misconception that doing your part to save the environment has to be expensive. To bust that myth, we are sharing eight affordable ways you can have a sustainable bathroom. Reduce your shower time One way you can start using your bathroom more sustainably is by looking at how much water you. The post 8 Easy Ways to Make Your Bathroom Greener Without Spending a Fortune appeared first on U.S.

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Follow four steps for successful AD plant design

Envirotec Magazine

Steven Cotterill is a 3D CAD Designer with bioenergy expert Anaergia UK. From developing a small-scale on-farm digester to a large biomethane facility, embarking on a new anaerobic digestion project can be a daunting prospect. A comprehensive design phase to determine the most successful layout for a site can reduce the risk, ensuring your plant remains profitable for years to come.

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Where Green Hydrogen Is Headed

GreenTechMedia

Suddenly everyone is talking about green hydrogen. From South Africa to the United Arab Emirates. From China to Utah. Governments and developers are eyeing hydrogen as a decarbonization tool. But the rush is also raising lots of questions: Where will hydrogen be most useful? How do you create a supply chain to support it? And how can we ensure it has climate integrity?

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Plastic will destroy us in nine years

Inhabitat - Innovation

While most of us have been focusing on goals related to decreasing CO2 levels in the atmosphere, a subset of scientists have been eying another villain. Now word from the Plastic Health Summit 2021 is that we have nine years to save the world from irreparable plastic-wrought damage.

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How companies can partner with social enterprises in their value chains

GreenBiz

By using a social enterprise as a supplier, a distributor or a B2B service provider, companies can direct spending to a partner that will also create social or environmental value.

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How ESG is changing talent needs

GreenBiz

Companies are looking for a range of experts, from analysts to investment leaders, reporting whizzes to heads of ESG.

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This artist is turning off the tap on plastics

GreenBiz

Ben Von Wong has partnered with over a dozen environmental nonprofits including WWF, Oceana Global and Greenpeace to offer concrete opportunities for action.

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Companies won't reach their science-based targets without suppliers on board

GreenBiz

There is a close correlation between the companies managing their supply chains and setting science-based targets. In order to meet net-zero targets, companies must include their supply chains in their environmental strategies.

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