After a wave of criticism, what's on the horizon for ESG strategy?
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Against a backdrop of political polarization, the expanding scope of ESG issues is transforming corporate strategy.
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World may have crossed solar power 'tipping point,' study suggests
TechXplore
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The world may have crossed a "tipping point" that will inevitably make solar power our main source of energy, new research suggests.
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Siemens Energy to deploy ‘first’ synchronous condenser-BESS hybrid project in Ireland
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Siemens Energy will provide the technology for a project in Ireland combining a synchronous condenser and a battery energy storage system (BESS) of 160MWh.
Climate tech investment falls 40% amid economic uncertainty
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Climate tech investments from venture-capital and private equity fell 40% in 2023 as economic uncertainty and geopolitical conflict dent investor confidence, according to PwC’s 2023 State of Climate Tech report, published on 17 October. This year’s report analysed over 8,000 climate tech start-ups and over 32,000 deals worth more than US$490 billion.
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.
The global freshwater crisis threatens to erode $58 trillion in economic value
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Here's why it's a 'downward spiral', according to a new WWF report.
Fire-inhibiting, nonflammable gel polymer electrolyte for lithium-ion batteries
TechXplore
OCTOBER 17, 2023
A collaborative research team has achieved a milestone in battery technology. Their achievement in developing a non-flammable gel polymer electrolyte (GPE) is set to revolutionize the safety of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) by mitigating the risks of thermal runaway and fire incidents.
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The World is Mobilizing Against Big Biomass
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 18, 2023
This week, communities around the world will highlight that the production and export of forest-based biomass threatens communities and the climate.
We need to start designing for sustainability
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The design process is usually focused on meeting a client's demands and making something within budget. That isn't enough for the climate crisis.
Study unveils a new partially disordered phase in Li- and Mn-rich cathode materials
TechXplore
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are among the most widespread battery technologies worldwide, due to their light weight, high energy densities, easy fabrication process, rapid charging times and other advantageous properties. Identifying strategies that could boost their performance further or facilitate their future upscaling has been the focus of numerous recent studies.
Microgrids, battery storage projects get funding through US’ ‘biggest-ever investment in the grid’
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 19, 2023
A US$10.5 billion programme to “strengthen grid resilience and reliability” across the US includes funding for microgrids and other projects that will integrate battery storage technologies.
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
A Case for Climate Neutral and Resilient Villages
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The importance of a low-carbon resilient village economy in achieving India's net zero goals.
Evaluating sustainability software? Here’s 5 smart tips to get started
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 16, 2023
So long, spreadsheets. Here’s what you need to know about assessing sustainability software, a $1.2 billion (and growing) market.
Generating clean electricity with chicken feathers
TechXplore
OCTOBER 20, 2023
The food industry generates enormous amounts of waste and by-products, including from poultry production. Each year, some 40 million metric tons of chicken feathers are incinerated. This not only releases large amounts of CO2, but also produces toxic gases such as sulfur dioxide.
World’s energy storage capacity forecast to exceed a terawatt-hour by 2030
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Cumulative energy storage installations will go beyond the terawatt-hour mark globally before 2030 excluding pumped hydro, with lithium-ion batteries providing most of that capacity, according to new forecasts.
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.
Coming Together to Build Triple-Win Solar Projects
NRDC onEarth
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Last week, key utility-scale solar industry stakeholders took two important steps toward a coordinated approach to building the clean energy future we all want.
How the financial sector can make 'nature markets' work
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The growth of ‘nature markets’ doesn’t guarantee better outcomes for biodiversity or conservation. How can we make sure their evolution doesn’t make things worse?
Study predicts potential for 110% electricity increases in US urban buildings
TechXplore
OCTOBER 18, 2023
A research study led by University of Oklahoma assistant professor Chenghao Wang and published in the journal Nature Communications tackled the critical issue of how city-scale building energy consumption in urban environments will evolve under the influence of climate change.
India’s government approves 13GW renewables project, announces 12GWh battery storage park
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 19, 2023
India’s cabinet has approved a 13GW renewable energy project, with a 7.5GW solar park, in the most northern state of Ladakh.
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.
AUMA Goes Green with Commitment to Net Zero
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2023
This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with AUMA Actuators Limited. Investment in a range of renewable energy technologies by an electrical actuator supplier based near Bristol is reaping returns through reduced energy costs and meeting sustainability goals, saving over 236 tons of CO 2 and generating more than 420 MWh of energy.
14 training resources for regenerating the land through agriculture
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Enable your organization to support holistic, regenerative practices and empower your suppliers to do the same.
New recipe for efficient, environmentally friendly battery recycling
TechXplore
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have found a new and efficient way to recycle metals from spent electric car batteries. The method allows recovery of 100% of the aluminum and 98% of the lithium in electric car batteries. At the same time, the loss of valuable raw materials such as nickel, cobalt and manganese is minimized. No expensive or harmful chemicals are required in the process because the researchers use oxalic acid—an organic acid that can be found in the plant
Metal-hydrogen storage startup Enervenue signs 525MWh first deal in Brazil
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Enervenue, the US company commercialising technology adapted from nickel-hydrogen batteries used in space exploration, has signed a three-year Master Supply Agreement (MSA) with a customer in Brazil.
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?
A new kind of online tool launches to tackle road runoff pollution
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 16, 2023
A new online tool highlights where opportunities exist to install nature-based solutions, such as wetlands, to tackle road runoff pollution before it ends up in London’s rivers. It has gone live today (16 October 2023). The seriousness of UK river pollution has come to widespread notice, especially in the last couple of years. Sources include sewer overflows, littering and misconnected drains.
How to make food more sustainable at your next conference: An 8-step guide
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Here are our 8 steps to set up a sustainable menu at your next conference or corporate event.
Scientists design cobalt-free battery for cleaner, greener power
TechXplore
OCTOBER 19, 2023
High-capacity and reliable rechargeable batteries are a critical component of many devices and even modes of transport. They play a key role in the shift to a greener world. A wide variety of elements are used in their production, including cobalt, the production of which contributes to some environmental, economic, and social issues.
Floating battery storage’s smaller footprint ‘could help Singapore overcome land constraints’
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 19, 2023
Putting battery storage systems onto vessels off the coast of Singapore could be a way to mitigate the lack of suitable sites on land.
Carbon-negative, climate-resilient home unveiled in the Bahamas
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 16, 2023
A building described as the world’s first carbon-negative ‘Home for the World’ has been showcased in Nassau, Bahamas, by Partanna Global, a developer of sustainable building materials. The design is underpinned by the substitution of carbon-intensive Portland cement with a proprietary solution, described as a unique blend of natural and recycled ingredients activated by brine. “Partanna’s technology forms chemical compounds that interact with and capture atmospheric CO2.” Said the an
CDP secures environmental disclosures from a record 23,000 companies
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 20, 2023
Companies disclosing environmental impacts through CDP now account for more than two-thirds of global market capitalization.
New algorithm to help control quality of electricity in local generation systems
TechXplore
OCTOBER 16, 2023
With the new stage of energy transition in progress, the key tendency of power market development today is distributed power generation, which is characterized by decentralization, smart energy systems, involvement of consumers, and a higher share of renewable energy sources. In distributed generation systems, electricity comes from a number of local power objects, instead of one large station.
Fluence talks CEE: ‘Region can leapfrog developed markets’
Energy Storage News
OCTOBER 16, 2023
The Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) energy storage market is in its infancy but has the potential to leapfrog more developed markets with Poland in a leading position, said executives from Fluence.
Oxfordshire council wins award for local area energy mapping project
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Oxfordshire County Council’s Team Leader for EV Integration Paul Gambrell, centre, receiving the award from event host Sarah Travers, left, and APSE Chief Executive Mo Baines. Oxfordshire County Council has won a national award for its role in a project that it says could revolutionise the way energy is produced and used in the UK. The council won the award for the best climate action and decarbonisation initiative at the recent Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) Service Awards 2
Tesla and Rivian signed a right-to-repair pact. Repair advocates are skeptical
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Despite a “landmark” agreement, automakers and the repair industry are still fighting over who controls car data.
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