GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

The many faces of energy resilience. Michelle Moore. Mon, 08/17/2020 - 00:30. This series explores how clean energy can deliver on finance and corporate social and governance goals alongside climate and environmental benefits. "Resilience" is a powerful word in 2020. Fires, floods, pestilence, pandemic — I don’t know about you all, but I was raised in a fundamentalist Southern Baptist Church and my Revelations bingo card is just about full.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 18, 2020

The shift from non-renewable sources of energy to green energy continues to gain momentum.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

LNRS pilots will help kick-start the creation of over a million acres of habitats for wildlife and people, says Defra. Cornwall, Buckinghamshire, Greater Manchester, Northumberland and Cumbria local authorities were selected by the government on 14 August “to help kick-start nature recovery on a countrywide scale.” The selected authorities will receive a share of £1 million of funding to set up ‘Local Nature Recovery Strategies’ (LNRS) pilot studies to help map the most valuable site

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 21, 2020

For five years running, author Tam Hunt has provided his take on global clean energy markets in his Solar Singularity series. Read his first installment in this year's update here , covering solar and batteries. I was optimistic about EV growth in last year’s update and was growing more optimistic this year because of the breadth and depth of the global EV market.

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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.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 20, 2020

Journey Foods uses AI to create sustainability recipe for food manufacturers. Jesse Klein. Thu, 08/20/2020 - 02:00. Riana Lynn’s company, Journey Foods , is dragging the packaged food business into the 21st century. . "Food manufacturing has really only scaled up in the last 60 years," she said. "And that means we’re also working on very antiquated methods." .

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 21, 2020

These customizable homes would feature renewable energy sources and water recycling systems.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 20, 2020

Lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) will become increasingly popular for stationary energy storage applications, overtaking lithium-manganese-cobalt-oxide (NMC) within a decade, Wood Mackenzie shared in a new report. As demand from electric vehicles and the stationary storage market both skyrocket this decade, evolving performance priorities will create a divergence between the types of batteries used for storage and those used for EV applications.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 19, 2020

Why the District of Columbia is a leader in energy efficiency. Catherine Nabukalu. Wed, 08/19/2020 - 01:30. One of my favorite sessions from VERGE 2019 was a presentation by Amory Lovins on the expanding energy efficiency cornucopia. Among several things, he discussed the vital benefit of energy efficiency in working toward environmental sustainability through emissions reductions without harming or slowing economic growth. .

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 19, 2020

While the news often mentions the terrible things in the sea, such as gyres of plastic and other trash, the oceans also hold an extremely valuable resource: seaweed. This renewable and easily harvestable organism is used for everything from food to spa treatments to a possible COVID-19 medicine.

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Jim Conca

AUGUST 21, 2020

Over 12,000 stores will be closing this year in the United States, mostly as a result of the coronavirus forcing online shopping. 73.5% of those surveyed reported they are shopping online more now than before the pandemic and 88% said they will continue even after a cure or vaccine is discovered.

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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

Energy

GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 20, 2020

Back in 2016, First Solar proved in a California pilot project that utility-scale solar farms can provide critical transmission grid services. Four years later, the leading U.S.-based solar module maker has taken the next big step in turning this capability into a real-world grid resource: convincing a grid operator to pay for it. Chilean grid operator Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN) has added First Solar’s 141-megawatt Luz del Norte PV power plant to its list of generators app

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 21, 2020

Why e-commerce retailers should increase transparency about their products. Deonna Anderson. Fri, 08/21/2020 - 01:15. When shopping online, consumers are able to see a lot of information about a product. There’s the product description and specifications of an item. For a bottle of perfume, the listing would declare the fluid ounces and describe the scent.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2020

In the Milan commune of Rozzano, an inspiring pilot project for emergency healthcare architecture has popped up in just 11 weeks in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 18, 2020

Increasing number of residential, commercial and industrial spaces is propelling the demand for a reliable, safe, continuous and cost-effective supply of energy, stimulating microgrid technologies.

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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.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 20, 2020

A heavyweight team led by renewables veteran Dr. Eddie O’Connor is pushing for a new grid infrastructure to link Europe’s wind and solar resource centers. The group, working for an Irish company called SuperNode, is looking to develop superconducting cable systems that will be able to collect offshore wind efficiently and export it to load centers across Europe.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 21, 2020

There's a big appetite for farm-to-consumer shopping. Jim Giles. Fri, 08/21/2020 - 01:45. Avrom Farm sits in the hills above Green Lake in central Wisconsin. With 5,000 chickens, 200 pigs and six acres of vegetables, it’s a minnow in an industry dominated by an increasingly small number of producers and processors. . In March, a stay-at-home order hit the region.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 18, 2020

As President Trump’s term comes to an end, his administration has busily rolled back Obama-era environmental protections.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 17, 2020

Muda Paper is the largest industrial-grade paper producer in Malaysia. The project will be powered by 13,000 pieces of Canadian Solar's high-efficiency KuMax modules. Once in operation, the plant is expected to generate approximately 6,700 MWh of clean, reliable solar electricity each year for 25 years. The Company expects the project to reach commercial operation by the end 2020.

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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.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 17, 2020

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

Ulta Beauty is bringing refillable containers back to the cosmetics industry. Jesse Klein. Tue, 08/18/2020 - 02:00. The beauty industry has a plastic waste problem. And it knows it. A quick Google search brings up articles from Allure , National Geographic , Forbes , Teen Vogue and 31,800,000 other results about the issue. . It seems those concerns finally have reached a critical mass, inspiring a sustainability makeover at three of the biggest beauty brands in the business — Sephora, Natura & C

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 20, 2020

We knew it was bad. But a new study of plastic in the Atlantic Ocean reveals the pollution problem is ten times worse than scientists suspected.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

Department store Selfridges has launched a new sustainability initiative, Project Earth, with a declared commitment to “change the way we shop by 2025.” The retailer says it aims to help customers change the way they shop in three ways: by addressing the materials used in products, launching and exploring new retail models such as repair and resell, and engaging with teams, partners and customers to inspire a shift in mindsets.

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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?

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altenergymag

AUGUST 17, 2020

The Excellent Glass/Glass PERC60 Enphase Energized ACM features Enphase IQ 7+™ microinverters with a 96.5% Euro efficiency and 295 volt-amperes (VA) peak power which optimizes the energy yield from the PERC60 ACM for all insolation levels.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

Could Bloom fuel cells be a solution for maritime emissions issues? Zac Estrada. Tue, 08/18/2020 - 01:00. In the race to drastically cut emissions in shipping, one of the industry's biggest names, Samsung Heavy Industries, is teaming with fuel cell company Bloom Energy to develop a more sustainable fuel designed to meet steep international targets. Under the partnership, announced in June, the companies will collaborate on creating fuel cell powertrains for commercial ships, potentially providin

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 20, 2020

The DNC has removed a pledge to end fossil fuel subsidies from its ledger of party demands.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 17, 2020

Embracing digital technology will have a vital role to play in the safe, efficient and effective management of wastewater. Whether it is to minimise the impact of increasingly extreme weather events, reducing health risks or simply to streamline operational expenditure – digital monitoring and remote services can provide long term value. Here, William Jeal, Business Manager – Municipal & Digital Services at Veolia Water Technologies UK discusses the benefits.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 18, 2020

The joint effort unites energy systems research with industry experience to lay out an economically viable transition to decarbonized utility power

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 17, 2020

Sustainability leaders must celebrate the work of female mayors on racial equity. Kimberly Lewis. Mon, 08/17/2020 - 01:00. Sustainability leaders are architects, designers, city planners, engineers, scientists, energy experts, lawyers, nonprofit leaders and business owners. The United Nations defines "sustainability" as meeting the needs of today without compromising the needs of the next generation to meet their own needs.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 19, 2020

On Sunday, August 16, Death Valley reached 130°F.

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Grist

AUGUST 17, 2020

Facts are great and all, but sometimes you just need to tell a good story. Sharing personal anecdotes about how the climate crisis is changing our lives for the worse can persuade people to care, according to a new study. And that’s including conservatives. In two experiments, people listened to a short radio clip from 2015 about Richard Mode, a 66-year-old North Carolinian who enjoys hunting and fishing.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 20, 2020

Summer Livestream series ends this week, having covered breaking news shaping the industry and topics key to OSW growth

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 18, 2020

Sustainable Recovery: ESG Values and our Resilient Future. In a world facing multiple crises, businesses, cities and organizations that have placed ESG values at the core of their work are proving to be more resilient, adapting more rapidly to change while charting a sustainable course to benefit future generations. Today’s pandemic has made the business case for sustainability stronger and the timelines shorter. .

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