Jim Conca
JANUARY 16, 2019
Closing nuclear power plants ahead of schedule is a bad idea if you care about the environment, if you care about carbon emissions. That’s because nuclear is the best source of low-C energy and actually produces most of our low-C electricity, over 800 billion kWhs – twice as much as all renewables.
Mosaic
JANUARY 3, 2019
Over 2 million homeowners in the U.S. have gone solar, and it’s not just people that care about the environment. Solar has become a popular, mainstream investment because it can save you a significant of money on your electricity bills. Here’s why: Solar Costs Are Falling: Solar is booming all over the world, leading to declines in both hardware costs and the “soft costs” related to the installation process.
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Front And Centered
JANUARY 21, 2019
This week, Front and Centered testified in Olympia, adding amendments to the “100 percent clean” energy bills, Senate Bill (SB) 5116 and House Bill (HB) 1211. While we’re excited about the prospect of divesting from fossil fuels and coal completely, we want equity to be a major consideration in the transition to 100 percent clean energy by 2045.
Energy Innovation
JANUARY 31, 2019
A version of this article was originally published January 24, 2019 on Greentech Media. By Mike O’Boyle and Ron Lehr. Energy storage is surging. The U.S. Energy Storage Monitor Q4 2018 estimates that installations totaled 338 megawatts in 2018, and will grow to 3.9 gigawatts by 2023, much of it front-of-the-meter utility-scale projects. This exponential growth has been driven by state mandates and regulatory actions (especially in California) and limited to vertically integrated utilitie
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.
Sun Valley Solar
JANUARY 25, 2019
Community Development Partners’ (CDP) mission to operate sustainable, life-enhancing low-cost housing was a perfect fit for solar. This mission and goal made the addition of solar on the El Rancho del Sol apartments, an affordable housing provider in Mesa, an easy way to keep rent low by reducing electricity costs, while also contribute to a healthier and cleaner community.
E8 Cleantech Angels
JANUARY 31, 2019
Bill Lemon, E8 Board Member and former. E8 Co-Chair, offers his thoughts and wisdom on the cleantech investing landscape. Originally posted on the website of Michael Marc Grossman , local cleantech PR maven. Reprinted with permission, with minor edits. Looking back on ten years as a cleantech angel investor, I carry with me ten truths (or opinions, if you must). 1.
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Mosaic
JANUARY 16, 2019
Solar panels convert the sunlight hitting your roof directly into electricity. But how do they actually work with your home electrical system? Let’s follow the journey of a beam of sunlight to your power outlet. Solar Cells and the Photovoltaic Effect. The basic unit of a solar panel is a solar cell, which consists of two layers of silicon-based semiconductor wafers.
Front And Centered
JANUARY 31, 2019
On Jan. 11 and Jan. 12, Front and Centered hosted our Statewide Environmental Justice Summit at University of Washington’s (UW’s) Alder Auditorium. We were inspired by the response, maxing out Summit capacity at 225 participants. Never before have this many leaders of color and indigenous leaders across our state gathered in one space for two days specifically to connect on local environmental justice and climate issues.
Women in Cleantech and Sustainability
JANUARY 26, 2019
Position: (Senior) Energy Analyst E-Mobility. Job Description The position will be part of the EDF Innovation Lab, with the mission to lead various collaborative projects, with a strong focus on the future of mobility and its impact on electricity demand. As many countries are rolling out programs to electrify the transportation sector, EDF has positioned itself to become leader in providing charging infrastructure and low carbon electricity for EVs (electric cars and heavy-duty vehicles).
Sun Valley Solar
JANUARY 8, 2019
Making the decision to add solar to your business is a wise financial choice. After all, when you lower your electricity bills and reduce your carbon footprint by making your own clean electricity, the financial rewards and positive environmental impact is felt for decades. You’ll also be joining the ranks of successful companies, like Apple, Target, and PepsiCo, who’ve made the switch to solar, along with helping make your business more attractive for current and future employees.
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
T Rex Group
JANUARY 23, 2019
Asset Tracker on Growth Trajectory. Asset-Backed Alert. By Steve Chambers, January 18, 2019. Read the full article here: [link]. The post Asset-Backed Alert: T-REX Growth and Expanded Client Relationship with Macquarie Highlighted in January 18, 2019 Issue appeared first on T-REX.
Jim Conca
JANUARY 31, 2019
Deep Isolation takes advantage of recently developed fracking technologies to place nuclear waste in a series of two-mile-long tunnels, a mile below the Earth’s surface, where they’ll be surrounded by a very tight rock called shale. And their recent field demonstration worked just fine.
Mosaic
JANUARY 29, 2019
Like any major home improvement project, going solar adds value to your home. In fact, according to a survey of nearly 4,000 solar home sales by the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL), it adds an average premium of $15,000. That average dollar amount varies widely in practice however, and the premium a buyer will pay for a solar home depends on a range of factors specific to your installation.
Front And Centered
JANUARY 9, 2019
Key Points. In Washington, state and local agencies are starting to use environmental impacts mapping for investments, policies, and program decisions. The new Washington Environmental Health Disparities Map is a science-based tool that combines data on pollution and vulnerability to pollution to compare the cumulative impacts for Washington communities statewide.
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.
Greentown Labs
JANUARY 22, 2019
Our member company, Medley Thermal , is working to bring both energy and cost efficiency to the world of industrial process heating in steam-based systems. Medley Thermal tackles this challenge by lowering the costs of energy and carbon intensity of the thermal process. Currently, the EPA reports that “process heating applications alone account for approximately 36% of total delivered energy consumption within the manufacturing sector (a subset of the industrial sector).
AutoGrid
JANUARY 18, 2019
Part 2: ROI and KPIs: How to Design and Manage Successful DR Programs. In part two of our BYOT series, we first explore the economic value of implementing a BYOT program from a utility perspective. Next we dive into the success measures of a DR program. Then we wrap up with the role of BYOT in both the short- and long-term utility planning cycles. What is the economic value of BYOT?
Latham's Clean Energy Law Report
JANUARY 16, 2019
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development [I]. By Christopher W. Garrett , Daniel Brunton , James Erselius , and Derek Galey. In a published decision issued June 12, 2018, County of Ventura v. City of Moorpark , Case No. B282466, the California Court of Appeal rejected part of the County of Ventura and the City of Fillmore’s (Petitioners’) appeal and affirmed the trial court’s decision that a beach restoration project undertaken by Broad Beach Geologic Hazard Abateme
Jim Conca
JANUARY 3, 2019
NuScale has made their new small modular reactor resistant to electromagnetic pulses, among all other disaster scenarios, and most other reactor designs should follow. EMPs are one of those things many people think is fake, or over-blown, or a conspiracy theorist’s dream. But they are real.
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.
Women in Cleantech and Sustainability
JANUARY 10, 2019
WCS Member of the Month highlights the amazing stories of female leaders in the industry. This month, we spotlight Morgan LaManna, Senior Manager, Investor Engagement at Ceres. Please introduce us to Ceres and the work it does. For readers who are unfamiliar with investment management to protect our resources can you give us a little background? Ceres is a sustainability non profit that leverages the influence of major investors and companies to effect policy change around important global issue
Front And Centered
JANUARY 10, 2019
After a hard fight on Initiative 1631, hundreds of leaders gathered at Front and Centered’s Statewide Summit to recenter and activate around our priorities for the rest of 2019. We’re moving forward to advocate for a healthy environment, equity and clean energy for all in the 2019 Legislature. We believe that everyone deserves to be healthy and safe.
Elemental Excelerator
JANUARY 10, 2019
The world is full of moonshot ideas. But even the best ideas only lead to meaningful change if they can be deployed in the real world. Despite a growing class of investors that provide early-stage capital to help startups scale, there remains a critical gap in funding and resources for companies that have great ideas and technologies but need early adopters to prove their product/market fit.
AutoGrid
JANUARY 18, 2019
Part 2: ROI and KPIs: How to Design and Manage Successful DR Programs. In part two of our BYOT series, we first explore the economic value of implementing a BYOT program from a utility perspective. Next we dive into the success measures of a DR program. Then we wrap up with the role of BYOT in both the short- and long-term utility planning cycles. What is the economic value of BYOT?
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?
Latham's Clean Energy Law Report
JANUARY 16, 2019
CEQA Case Report: Understanding the Judicial Landscape for Development [I]. By Christopher W. Garrett , Daniel Brunton , James Erselius , and Derek Galey. In a published decision issued June 12, 2018, County of Ventura v. City of Moorpark , Case No. B282466, the California Court of Appeal rejected part of the County of Ventura and the City of Fillmore’s (Petitioners’) appeal and affirmed the trial court’s decision that a beach restoration project undertaken by Broad Beach Geologic Hazard Abateme
Jim Conca
JANUARY 10, 2019
The global nature of climate change requires everyone getting on board in order to make substantive efforts. Since governments haven’t done a great deal in addressing global warming - emissions are still increasing - perhaps private industry can facilitate people stepping in themselves.
Women in Cleantech and Sustainability
JANUARY 10, 2019
WCS Member of the Month highlights the amazing stories of female leaders in the industry. This month, we spotlight Morgan LaManna, Senior Manager, Investor Engagement at Ceres. Please introduce us to Ceres and the work it does. For readers who are unfamiliar with investment management to protect our resources can you give us a little background? Ceres is a sustainability non profit that leverages the influence of major investors and companies to effect policy change around important global issue
Mosaic
JANUARY 9, 2019
The market for home battery storage is booming. Residential storage installations have been growing at a quarterly rate of 61% since the start of 2017 according to Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables , and a survey by EnergySage indicates that nearly three quarters of home solar shoppers are considering adding batteries too. What’s behind this boom?
Eco Friend
JANUARY 2, 2019
Summer may be months away. However, that shouldn’t stop you from buying an air-conditioner. However, buying an energy-efficient air conditioner is quite different from buying an ordinary one. There’s no… The post Energy-efficient air conditioners that give you value for money appeared first on Eco Friend.
Energy Innovation
JANUARY 2, 2019
Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. The research synopsis below comes from AGCI’s Emily Jack-Scott , and a full list of AGCI’s quarterly research updates covering recent climate change research on clean energy pathways is available online at [link].
Latham's Clean Energy Law Report
JANUARY 11, 2019
Gas-insulated switchgear owners face easy-to-miss, CARB-enforced emissions requirements. By JP Brisson , Aron Potash , R. Andrew Westgate , Kimberly D. Farbota , and Christopher C. Antonacci. Since 2011, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has regulated sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) emissions from gas-insulated switchgears (GIS). CARB’s SF6 Regulation applies to all entities that own GIS, including many entities that do not otherwise emit and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions such as wind
Home Energy
JANUARY 1, 2019
January 12-16 ASHRAE Winter Conference and AHR Expo January 21–24 AESP 29th Annual Conference and Expo
Jigar Shah
JANUARY 31, 2019
You need more than bells and whistles when your car is your livelihood. You need longevity and reliability. With 15 million trips completed on the Uber app each day , you have to wonder what kind of car a serious driver prefers for keeping up with demand. Turns out there are quite a few crowd favorites?—?and drivers are die-hard about their choices.
Andrew Winston
JANUARY 11, 2019
(Hi to my blog readers. Happy new year. Below is my annual year-end review of sustainability that was posted at HBR.org right after Christmas. I'm believe it's the most viewed piece I've ever written for them (hundreds of thousands of views). Part of the reason may be the title, which attracted some heated exchanges. So let me clarify it a bit. The idea that there are "12 years left" on climate change comes from the big IPCC 1.5 degree report from October.
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