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EU lawmakers confirm 2035 zero-emission sales mandate for new cars and vans
Charged
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
The European Commission has agreed to set a zero-emission sales mandate for new cars and vans by 2035. As the average age of passenger cars in the EU is just under 12 years, this policy should put the bloc on track to reach the target of converting its fleet to zero-emission-only by 2050, the date by which capitals have agreed to be net-zero. Separate legislation covering CO 2 standards for trucks and heavy vehicles is on the agenda for next year.
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How to Implement a Water Audit for Business
Green Business Bureau
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
What is a Water Audit? A water audit, also known as a water assessment, is an analysis of a business’s water usage to identify inefficiencies and potential cost savings. It documents all the different ways your business uses water within its operations, when and how much water is typically consumed, and identifies opportunities for reductions.
Can your company leap the great sustainability skills gap?
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
The demand for knowledge about sustainability subjects is intensifying in corporate roles such as procurement, product design and accounting. Here’s how tech giants Microsoft and Salesforce are addressing the gap.
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.
PFAS persists through wastewater treatment, may enter crops
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Beneficial reuse of treated wastewater is an increasingly common practice in which treated wastewater is used for irrigation and other non-potable purposes (image credit: Heather Preisendanz, Penn State). PFAS (per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a group of more than 4,700 fully synthetic compounds that are widely used in industrial and manufacturing processes and found in many consumer products, persist through wastewater treatment at levels that may impact the long-term feasibility of “
Biofuel Market Size to Worth Around USD 331.89 BN by 2030
altenergymag
OCTOBER 31, 2022
According to Nova one advisor, the Biofuel market size was accounted at USD 131.85 billion in 2021 and is predicted to be worth around USD 331.89 billion by 2030 with a notable CAGR of 11.9% from 2022 to 2030.
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Can a 'carbon coin' save the world? It may be put to the test
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NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Steps are inching forward toward a real-world demonstration of the planet-saving financial tool from the sci-fi novel 'Ministry for the Future.
Thomas Built Buses delivers 200th Proterra Powered electric school bus
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NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Proterra builds and sells transit buses under its own brand, and also provides electric powertrains to other EV manufacturers through its Proterra Powered business unit. One very popular application is the electric school bus. Thomas Built Buses (TBB), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, recently delivered its 200th Proterra Powered Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus.
Inxeption adds Runergy’s Hyperion solar modules to marketplace product mix
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NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Industrial commerce leader is key marketplace and fulfillment partner of Runergy's solar modules.
New renewables record as UK wind generation blows past 20GW
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NOVEMBER 3, 2022
A new wind energy generation record for the UK, as offshore and onshore wind farms contribute more than 20GW to the grid at one point this week. The post New renewables record as UK wind generation blows past 20GW appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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
Made in America: A lithium supply chain for EV batteries
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OCTOBER 31, 2022
With the U.S. supplying 1 percent of the world’s lithium, there’s nowhere to go but up.
Rolls-Royce unveils Spectre, its first electric motor car
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NOVEMBER 4, 2022
In 1900, Rolls-Royce co-founder Charles Rolls predicted an electric future for the motor car. After driving an EV called the Columbia Electric Carriage, he said, “The electric car is perfectly noiseless and clean. There is no smell or vibration. They should become very useful when fixed charging stations can be arranged.”. It took a while, but his company now says it’s ready to fulfil his prophecy and produce its first EV.
Making homes more energy efficient could sustain 500,000 jobs
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
As many as half a million jobs could be supported annually if the UK is successfully able to fully retrofit the country’s existing housing stock in line with its Net Zero carbon commitments, according to a new report from PwC. Decarbonising the UK’s 29 million homes would not only reduce emissions, but would ease the cost of living, and improve the country’s national energy security.
Nowhere for polluters to hide: Satellites track power station emissions in real-time
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
With big polluters in Australia severely underreporting their emissions, the country is in need of this kind of independent data. The post Nowhere for polluters to hide: Satellites track power station emissions in real-time appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Why ocean climate tech deserves more respect
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
The tide is turning in our knowledge about the ocean’s depths and the critical role it could play in mitigating climate change.
Komatsu presents 20-ton-class Proterra Powered electric hydraulic excavator
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NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Komatsu showed off a 20-ton-class electric hydraulic excavator at the recent bauma trade show in Munich. The machine is powered by a lithium-ion battery system from Proterra. Since January 2021, the two companies have been jointly developing electric medium-sized hydraulic excavators , and have been conducting proof of concept tests on research machines at customers’ construction sites.
Software platform helps Plymouth City Council digitally transform key services
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NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Infrastructure asset management software provider Yotta offers a case study detailing how its connected asset management technology provides a single-system across trees, playgrounds and street cleansing services. Plymouth City Council (PCC) is the unitary authority for Plymouth in Devon, it employs over 2,500 people and provides services and information to many of the city’s 262,700 residents and many of its businesses and visitors.
Neoen to use wind and big battery in “first of its kind” baseload contract with BHP
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Neoen signs landmark, and first of its kind, baseload contract with BHP to supply Olympic Dam mine with 24/7 power from wind and battery storage. The post Neoen to use wind and big battery in “first of its kind” baseload contract with BHP appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Jennifer Granholm: 'Send us proposals for the big, bold clean energy projects'
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OCTOBER 31, 2022
The U.S. Secretary of Energy detailed how businesses, investors and inventors can advance the energy transition.
Volta Trucks and Siemens partner on Truck as a Service offering
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NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Commercial EV manufacturer Volta Trucks has signed a letter of intent with Siemens Smart Infrastructure , outlining a partnership to offer a Truck as a Service package that includes software control systems, facility electrification, charging infrastructure, energy management, building equipment and project finance. Siemens will oversee the technical infrastructure of the charging installations, including the hardware and software required to operate the charging and power distribution infrastru
Cost of living pressures threaten sustainable consumption
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NOVEMBER 4, 2022
UK household carbon emissions increased less than expected in 2021 despite the easing of national lockdown restrictions, according to new research by consulting firm Accenture. Accenture’s UK Carbon Consumption Index – which looks at how the nation’s consumption habits play a role in changing carbon emissions – found that UK households’ average weekly CO2 emissions rose by less than 1%, from 315kg in 2020 to 317kg in 2021.
World is heading for 2.4°C to 2.8°C warming: State of the climate ahead of Cop27
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OCTOBER 30, 2022
Emissions are still rising, pledges to 2030 put the world on track for 2.5C of warming but fossil fuel demand is nearing its peak. The post World is heading for 2.4°C to 2.8°C warming: State of the climate ahead of Cop27 appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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?
More sustainable doesn’t mean sustainable: How to use circularity to make the shift
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NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Sponsored: The case for circular business models as a critical enabler of truly sustainable business, by operating within the finite resources of planetary boundaries.
“Smart” auxiliary control solutions that add value
Charged
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Sponsored by KEB. Efficiency is the name of the game in electric vehicle design and can affect vehicle range and energy costs. For a given device technology, there won’t be much efficiency advantage from one manufacturer versus another in apples-to-apples product comparison. However, there is another way to think of efficiency, and that is in terms of operational and functional efficiency.
When wastewater treatment plants catch a cold
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Activated sludge basins at the Ryaverket treatment plant in Gothenburg (image credit: Chalmers University of Technology | Gryaab | Emelie Asplund). New research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, attempts to reveal the impact of viral infection on a wastewater treatment plant, and the surrounding environment. The efficient running of wastewater treatment plants is an essential part of modern society.
“Way off-track:” Fossil fuels killing millions, threatening future, says Lancet report
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 30, 2022
Another new study has again highlighted the damage to health from the world’s continued dependence on fossil fuels and its impact on the global climate. The seventh annual global report of the Countdown on Health and Climate Change, published in The Lancet, highlights a number of crises, ranging from food insecurity, infectious diseases, heat-related disease, […].
A rising generation speaks truth to power
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OCTOBER 31, 2022
When engaging with today’s youth, be ready to be uncomfortable.
Li-Cycle opens battery recycling facility in Alabama
Charged
OCTOBER 31, 2022
Battery recycler Li-Cycle has announced that its Alabama Spoke plant in Tuscaloosa has started commercial operations. The Alabama Spoke uses Li-Cycle’s patented technology to recycle and directly process full EV battery packs without any dismantling through a submerged shredding process that produces no wastewater. Li-Cycle says its full pack processing capability improves efficiency, and can process the growing variety of EV battery architectures, including cell-to-pack formats that have limite
Off-grid Solar PV Panels Market is Expected to Hit Around USD 5.2 Billion By 2030
altenergymag
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
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Pressure builds on AGL chair as proxy advisors side with Cannon-Brookes
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Another proxy advisor swings in behind Mike Cannon-Brookes' preferred AGL board nominees, putting renewed pressure on the current chair. The post Pressure builds on AGL chair as proxy advisors side with Cannon-Brookes appeared first on RenewEconomy.
3 truths and a myth about the CSO’s role in an era of ESG and economic turmoil
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OCTOBER 31, 2022
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Smart welding battery packs
Charged
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
Sponsored by Hesse Mechatronics. Benefits of Smart Welding. There are many types of welding used for the interconnection of battery packs. Laser, resistance, spot, etc. are just a few of the common types. Smart Welding was developed by Hesse Mechatronics to offer an alternative option. Smart Welding is “wire bonding without the wire” as it continues to use ultrasonic energy to help form the interconnection.
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