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Logistics leaders suggest quickest routes for decarbonizing shipping
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Customer advocacy, creative partnerships are helping companies such as UPS and Maersk make their way around detours.
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New study helps regions find their renewable energy soul mates
Grist
OCTOBER 29, 2019
The climate crisis is an intricate and multifaceted problem, but by now most of us understand the essence of the thing: emissions bad, renewables good. A new study from Harvard’s Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment puts a fresh twist on that well-worn equation. Turns out, it’s not enough to grab a handful of renewable energy projects from a clean energy grab-bag and scatter them across the United States like wildflower seeds.
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles: A New Path to Decarbonize Transporation
CleanTech Group
OCTOBER 30, 2019
In order to meet fuel emissions standards enacted by governments and emissions reductions targets put in place by the corporations themselves, automotive OEMs.
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.
Sustainable Paper’s Best Kept Secret: Biogas
CleanTechnica
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Having spent 17 years working at a paper plant in a wide variety of roles, I am passionate about finding and sharing solutions for industries built around fossil fuels. The papermaking process is extremely energy intensive and requires thermal energy to dry paper, making it a challenging nut to crack. The path taken by Rolland to clean up its energy footprint is encouraging for the papermaking industry and serves as a model for other gas-consuming industries.
Iowa installs first solar+storage peak-shaving power plant
Solar Power World
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Agri-Industrial Plastics Company (AIP), an advanced manufacturing operation specializing in industrial blow molding, inaugurated Iowa’s first solar and Tesla Powerpack project last week. Designed by Iowa-based energy firm Ideal Energy, this is the first system of its kind in the state. “My administration recognizes energy as a key resource and an area of strategic importance… The post Iowa installs first solar+storage peak-shaving power plant appeared first on Solar Power World
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Community Solar Comes to the Sunshine State in a Big Way, Finally
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 28, 2019
The largest planned community solar program in the country, created by utility Florida Power & Light, cleared a hurdle this month when the utility reached a settlement agreement with groups who had raised concerns about its structure. Solar accessibility advocates and retail giant Walmart now stand behind the 1.5-gigawatt program, after initially expressing concerns about access for low-income customers, costs and the distribution of the program’s financial benefits.
Shutting Down All Of Japan’s Nuclear Plants After Fukushima Was A Bad Idea
Jim Conca
OCTOBER 31, 2019
By now, more Japanese have died from the closing of Japan's nuclear power plants following the 2011 Tohoku quake than from the tsunami and the earthquake combined, which was about 20,000 people. But no one has died from any radiation released by the crippled reactors.
Offshore Wind is Breaking Out Of Its Incubator Markets
GreenTechMedia
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
From the North Sea to New Jersey, offshore wind tenders have successfully been awarding gigawatts of contracts to bankable, sizeable and increasingly economical projects. This year has been dominated by falling prices , with offshore wind joining its onshore cousin and solar PV in beating some conventional power prices. Now it looks like 2020 could see a host of new markets opening for the technology.
Look Out Coal, Here Come The Cranberry Bogs, With Solar Panels
CleanTechnica
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Cranberry growers in Massachusetts hope to install solar panels on their cranberry bogs to cut costs and bump up revenue, but it's not all smooth sailing.
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
Product offers real-time digital monitoring, analysis and optimisation of water and wastewater treatment
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Following a number of seemingly successful implementations on projects across Europe, Veolia Water Technologies UK has introduced its AQUAVISTA Plant system, which is said to provide real-time performance optimisation of wastewater treatment facilities and networks. “It enables the enhancement of hydraulic and biological capacity as well as optimising energy usage, chemical consumption and sludge production of the plant.
What western states can learn from Native American wildfire management strategies
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Indigenous climate adaptation plans have actively managed forest ecosystems with fire for centuries.
Automatic, soil-less garden system lets you grow 76 plants in your own home
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 29, 2019
One of the biggest complaints about urban living is the lack of space to grow your own veggies, but this automatic home garden can fit in nearly any kitchen space.
Pulling Water Right Out Of The Sky
Jim Conca
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Billions of people spend several hours/day searching for water. So if we could pull water right out of thin air, it would go a long way to achieving global peace and ending global poverty. That’s what a new technology does - called WEDEW and uses biomass gasification to form water and electricity.
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.
Specialist firm develops eco-solution for Japanese knotweed waste
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 28, 2019
Japanese knotweed removal firm Environet UK has developed a method for converting waste from Japanese knotweed and other invasive plants into biochar, with the potential to eliminate the need for environmentally damaging and expensive landfill disposal in the future. The creation of biochar, a charcoal used as a soil amendment, from Japanese knotweed plant waste is a carbon negative process which harnesses the carbon-scavenging power of Japanese knotweed in a positive way and contributes to the
Behind those hookups between carbontech firms, oil and gas majors
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 29, 2019
In the spotlight: the burgeoning relationship between direct air capture firm Carbon Engineering and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures.
The Ocean Cleanup reveals the Interceptor to remove plastic pollution from rivers
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 29, 2019
After recently announcing its first success at collecting plastic waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, The Ocean Cleanup team is widening efforts by addressing the main entry point of litter — rivers.
Orsted Lowers Offshore Wind Output Forecasts, Warns of Industrywide Problem
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 30, 2019
The offshore wind industry has a problem with how it forecasts the output of projects, industry leader Ørsted has warned. On Tuesday, Denmark's Ørsted issued a statement alongside its Q3 results explaining that it was downgrading its anticipated internal rate of return for several projects in Europe and Taiwan, from 7.5 to 8.5 percent down to 7 to 8 percent.
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.
Could energy-storage-as-a-service be key to cutting carbon emissions?
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Battery storage at a solar farm with switchgear. Energy storage can help mitigate climate change, but it is still on low levels and needs to triple by 2050 to keep global warming below 2°C. To do this we need to look at innovative ways of speeding up the process. With a new report, infrastructure firm Sweco is asking: Could energy-storage-as-a-service be one of the solutions?
Burning questions about insurance and climate
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 28, 2019
Will insurers and banks step up to help reduce risk and build resistance — or contribute to crashing the economy?
YouTube stars partner up in #TeamTrees campaign to plant 20 million trees
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 30, 2019
To combat the climate crisis, a coalition of YouTubers has joined together for a mammoth mission to plant 20 million trees beginning in January 2020.
SunPower Grows Distributed Solar Pipeline, Preps for 2020 Storage Rollout
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 30, 2019
SunPower swung to a slight and predicted loss in the third quarter of 2019, amid a yearlong restructuring that’s taken the solar manufacturer and installer out of the utility-scale solar business and into distributed solar and storage. SunPower on Wednesday reported a net loss of $15 million on revenues of $476 million for Q3, compared to a net profit of $121.5 million on revenues of $436.3 million in the previous quarter , and an $89.8 million loss on revenues of $428.3 million in the thi
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?
Recovered paper market faces perfect storm, says Recycling Association chief
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Global markets for recovered paper remain extremely challenging, according to The Recycling Association chief executive Simon Ellin. But he will also argue in his upcoming State of the Nation report that the fibre market has gone through difficult patches before, yet always recovered eventually. In his report, which will be given at The Recycling Association Conference 2019 on 12 November in London, Simon Ellin will say: “We currently face a perfect storm that makes the market extremely to
Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Dr Pepper team up for recycled plastics drive
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 31, 2019
The collaboration spearheaded by WWF will focus on boosting recycling infrastructure and public awareness campaigns in the U.S.
Tesla revives its clean energy business with new version of its solar roof tiles
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Tesla’s newly released version of solar roof tiles is promising to be a better green energy alternative.
What It Will Take to Achieve the Internet-of-Things Promise in Buildings
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 30, 2019
For the last decade and a half, we’ve been hearing about how the internet of things (IOT) will completely reshape how our buildings operate — and how people operate within them. But while the layer of digital tech in buildings is advancing all the time, the IOT revolution is taking longer to play out than some expected. “In short, a lot of the promise has not been fulfilled,” says Paul Kuehn, a senior sales director at Centrica Business Solutions.
Insect decline more extensive than suspected, says large-scale biodiversity study
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Causes of insect decline and biodiversity loss to be found at the landscape level. Compared to a decade ago, today the number of insect species in many areas has decreased by about one third, according to the result of a survey of an international research team led by scientists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The loss of species mainly affects grasslands in the vicinity of intensively farmed land – but also applies to forests and protected areas.
Circularity in cities is about equity, too
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Don’t forget the economy in the circular economy.
Old van converted into solar-powered bohemian beach hut on wheels
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 28, 2019
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Why Companies Are Becoming B Corporations and Certified Green Businesses
Green Business Bureau
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
If you’re a business leader who believes social and environmental responsibility are just as important as profit, then you should consider formalizing your commitment via a 3rd party sustainability framework and certification. An official certification can demonstrate your commitment to social and environmental causes in a credible and genuine way and help you stand out from the greenwashing that some companies unfortunately partake in.
Sponsored content: Wind of change blows through EfW emissions
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Nighttime view of a waste incineration plant in Oberhausen, Germany. John Whitehurst, UK business manager with minerals and lime producer Lhoist, offers predictions on how new recycling and reuse targets will affect the types of waste being produced. He considers future challenges and opportunities for the energy-from-waste (EfW) sector. No-one likes to see waste being burnt and even policymakers tend to view this as a necessary evil.
Governments and businesses seek resilience in a changing climate
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 31, 2019
Entities are looking more closely at microgrids and other technologies as a solution.
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