GreenBiz
DECEMBER 21, 2020
3 circular economy trends that defined 2020. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 12/21/2020 - 00:15. As the year comes to a (welcome) close, it’s worth taking a moment to consider how the circular economy concept has emerged and evolved during this very particular year. Here are three trends that defined the circular economy in 2020, and what they might mean for the year to come. . 1.
U.S. Green Technology
DECEMBER 20, 2020
From heating to lighting, to power vehicles and our devices, energy affects every aspect of our lives. However, as environmental concerns grow, so too does the need to switch over to renewable sources of energy. Unfortunately, there is often a lot of misinformation about alternative energy which can lead to confusion. Here are 6 of. The post 6 Energy Myths And Why You Shouldn’t Believe Them appeared first on U.S.
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GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 22, 2020
Spain has launched a tender for up to 3.18 gigawatts of renewable generation in its first auction under a pay-as-bid model introduced earlier this year. The model, similar to the contracts-for-difference program used in the U.K., aims to correct problems with auctions in 2016 and 2017. Those earlier auctions encouraged prices so low that developers essentially had to turn to merchant markets or bilateral power-purchase agreements to make a profit, said Madrid-based Brian Gaylord, principal analy
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 23, 2020
Prague (photo credit: Anthony Delanoix). The city of Prague is to pilot dynamic waste collection via automated collection routes. Seemingly impressive in scale for a trial of this kind – encompassing over 130k bins and 150 collection vehicles – the project is anticipated to deliver improvements in efficiency and environmental impact for waste collection.
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.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 21, 2020
The State of Green Business 2021. Date/Time: January 25, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). Following the challenging, turbulent year that was 2020, what is the state of sustainable business in 2021? Join us for the release of the 14th annual edition of State of Green Business, GreenBiz Group’s award-winning annual report. Each year, the report looks at key trends and metrics assessing how, and how much, companies are moving the needle on the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 21, 2020
A pilot project inspired by the pandemic, Dwelling on Wheels is the newest tiny home on wheels designed by Seattle-based firm, Modern Shed. The home features 220 square feet of space, solar power and has off-grid capabilities, all starting at $129,000.
CleanTech Focus brings together the best content for cleantech professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 25, 2020
Clenergy ground solar mounting system PV-ezRack® SolarTerrace II-F™ (STII-F) has been selected for two large-scale interconnected solar plants - Kawauchi Onakago Solar Power Plant and Kawauchi Otsube Solar Power Plant, with a total capacity of 40MW.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 23, 2020
3 takeaways from Colgate-Palmolive's 2025 strategy. Deonna Anderson. Wed, 12/23/2020 - 01:15. When you think of Colgate-Palmolive, the first thing likely to come to mind is its eponymous toothpaste or dish soap. But the company also owns a lot of other brands that offer other consumer packaged goods such as deodorant (Speed Stick), body soap (Irish Spring) and other household cleaning products (Fabuloso).
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 23, 2020
Earlier this year, Norwegian architects Green Advisers AS completed the Øyna hotel — Norway’s “first cultural landscape hotel” with stunning views of the Trondheim fjord.
Jim Conca
DECEMBER 22, 2020
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house No electrons were flowing, through even my mouse; All devices were plugged by the chimney with care, With the hope that St. Nikola Tesla would share.
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
altenergymag
DECEMBER 19, 2020
Largest Global Suppliers, Manufacturers of Steel, Aluminium Plates, Coils, Sheets, Seamless Welded Steel Pipes, Fittings, Angles, Channels, Bars
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 22, 2020
Game on: New study shows which sports teams have the greenest fans. Kristen Fulmer. Tue, 12/22/2020 - 01:00. Ever wondered which sports team has the most sustainable fans? From the perspective of a rights holder, this is becoming a critical question. The answers will drive business decisions for venue operations, fan engagement and brand partnership activation.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 23, 2020
Designer Piotr Czy?ewski is well aware of traffic jams and parking issues, so he decided to try to tackle the problem by developing EXO ONE.
U.S. Green Technology
DECEMBER 20, 2020
Technology has successfully improved our way of life. We usually tend to think of technology as limited to communication. Because that is the most common use of technology in our daily lives. But while searching for the channels list, a thought came to me. Is technology just being used for a better present? Or is. The post How Technology Can Help In Environment Sustainability?
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.
Charged
DECEMBER 22, 2020
MAN Truck & Bus began series production of battery-powered city buses in October at its plant in Starachowice, Poland. The first customer vehicles to come off the line are 12-meter solo versions of the Lion’s City E: 17 of these will be heading for Hamburg-Holstein’s public transit agency. Malmö, Sweden has placed an order for 22 units. The articulated version of the Lion’s City E should go into series production in the first half of 2021.
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 22, 2020
Read time: 16 mins After over a decade of the much-hyped U.S. fracking miracle, the U.S. oil and gas industry is having to deal with years of losses and falling asset values which has dealt the industry a serious financial blow. This is despite the fracking revolution delivering record oil and gas production for the past decade, peaking in 2019.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 23, 2020
Last Friday, the wintry weather set a record in Britain as more than 40% of that day’s electricity was generated on wind farms.
Solar Power World
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Solar panels using larger wafers has been the big trend for 2020 and will change the market going forward in many ways — racking systems, design software and installation techniques will all have to adapt to differing solar panel sizes. These changes are more easily made in the utility-scale market, and that’s why large format… The post REC talks with Solar Power World about larger wafers entering the solar panel market appeared first on Solar Power World.
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.
Charged
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Charging infrastructure giant ABB has established a new E-mobility Innovation Lab. The $10-million, 3,600-square-meter facility is based on the Delft University of Technology campus, in the Netherlands. It will house 120 specialists, who will work on next-generation solutions to drive ABB’s future e-mobility development. ABB strives to ensure seamless connections among vehicles, charging stations, charging networks, the grid, and the software systems that make it all work.
Forbes Green Tech
DECEMBER 23, 2020
A bold request by climate scientists elevates concerns about Arctic climate.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 24, 2020
Mexican architecture firm Gabriel Beas Arquitectura has transformed a 1905 building in the historic Mexico City neighborhood of Colonia San Rafael into Corporativo BNS, a contemporary office space surrounded by lush landscaping. Completed in phases over four years, the adaptive reuse project recovered much of the carved stonework, iron windows, carpentry and tiled floors original to the 1905 construction while introducing a new contemporary aesthetic that welcomes the outdoors in.
Low Impact
DECEMBER 20, 2020
This is the third in a series of interviews that will accompany a book I’m writing , that will be published by Chelsea Green – an employee-owned company, and part of the new economy that book is describing, built around a mutual credit core. Today I’m talking with Chris Cook. He was the designer of the Iran Oil Bourse , and I interviewed him before about the history of the oil markets.
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?
Charged
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Renault Trucks is broadening its all-electric range, and offering a wider choice of batteries for its medium-duty EVs. The Renault Trucks D and D Wide Z.E. can now accommodate 66 kWh battery packs, and the Master Z.E. utility vehicle has just been released in a 3.5-ton model. Renault’s all-electric trucks can be customized from 3.1 to 26 tons GVW, and offer ranges of up to 400 km, depending on the model and configuration.
GatesNotes
DECEMBER 22, 2020
The latest on the innovations that will let us go back to normal.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 24, 2020
Tiny homes are more relevant than ever. Here are our favorites from 2020.
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 23, 2020
It will take a massive war-time mobilization effort to effectively address the climate emergency, argues Saul Griffith — inventor, MacArthur genius fellow, CEO of Otherlab , and co-founder of Rewiring America , an organization dedicated to creating millions of American jobs while combating climate change. So, what does a war-time mobilization effort look like?
Charged
DECEMBER 23, 2020
Yachts de Luxe (YdL) of Singapore has signed a ten-year contract with Oxis Energy valued at $5 million to build the world’s first luxury boat to be powered by Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) batteries. The objective is to achieve a range of 70 to 100 nautical miles at cruising speed. Oxis will work with YdL to design the 40-foot luxury day boat, which will carry a 400 kWh battery system.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 23, 2020
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (“SolarEdge”) (NASDAQ: SEDG), a global leader in smart energy, announced today the appointment of Yogev Barak as Chief Marketing Officer of SolarEdge and the appointment of SehWoong Jeong as Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary, Kokam.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 21, 2020
A recent study shows that wood-burning stoves can triple the level of particular matter in homes.
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 21, 2020
Charged
DECEMBER 21, 2020
EVBox , a provider of charging hardware and software, has announced plans to go public through a merger with a company called TPG Pace Beneficial Finance (NYSE: TPGY). EVBox’s current owner, the French multinational utility ENGIE, will retain an ownership stake of over 40 percent, and will continue as a key partner of EVBox. The business combination values EVBox at an enterprise value of $969 million.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 21, 2020
ImpactAlpha, December 21 – The Renewables Infrastructure Group has secured a £500 million ($663 million) line of credit from a consortium of global. The post The Renewables Infrastructure Group secures £500 million ESG-linked line of credit appeared first on Impact Alpha.
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