How marketers can craft a career in sustainability
GreenBiz
JULY 6, 2023
James McGowan's career journey spans startups, agencies and multinationals, with sustainability at the core.
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Sponsored Content: Industry trends and challenges shaping the future of OT cybersecurity
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 6, 2023
Leading provider of industrial cybersecurity solutions Schneider Electric are shedding light on the key trends and challenges impacting Operational Technology (OT) cybersecurity via an online panel discussion featuring international leaders in the sector. The recorded session is packed with valuable insights and actionable strategies to help viewers to navigate the evolving landscape of OT cybersecurity, while protecting critical infrastructure, and ensuring business continuity.
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As states shift to clean energy, here’s how corporations can support that agenda
GreenBiz
JULY 6, 2023
Tips to help businesses engage and advocate for strong climate policy.
Why are so many climate records breaking all at once?
Renew Economy
JULY 6, 2023
In the past few weeks, climate records have shattered across the globe. So what’s going on with the climate, and why are we seeing all these records tumbling at once? The post Why are so many climate records breaking all at once? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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.
Extreme Heat Costs North Carolina Employers and Workers
NRDC onEarth
JULY 6, 2023
North Carolina workers urgently need formal standards to protect them from the costly health consequences of extreme heat.
Bowen: “Australia will be renewable energy superpower, not a nuclear backwater”
Renew Economy
JULY 6, 2023
Chris Bowen says Peter Dutton is worse for climate than his predecessor, the man who brought a lump of coal into parliament. The post Bowen: “Australia will be renewable energy superpower, not a nuclear backwater” appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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What Does a Green City Look Like? Equitable, Connected and Nature-Positive.
The City Fix
JULY 6, 2023
There is no question that for the world to successfully slow and mitigate the effects of climate change, cities will need to transform. Currently, urban areas consume 78% of the world’s energy supply and produce over 60% of global greenhouse gas emissions. By.
Nxu exits CharIN, tests a proprietary megawatt EV charging system
Charged
JULY 6, 2023
As if one standards war ( CSS vs Tesla’s NACS ) weren’t enough, one company is now developing its own charging standard for heavy-duty EVs. Nxu, a manufacturer of battery cells and packs, says it will soon begin alpha field trials of NxuOne, a proprietary charging solution that can deliver up to 1.5 megawatts of continuous power. The company has also announced its intent to leave CharIN, the international association that developed the Combined Charging System (CCS) and Megawatt Charging System
Bowen sets 1,000MW electrolyser target as hydrogen strategy gets revamp
Renew Economy
JULY 6, 2023
The new focus on green hydrogen is on how to build a domestic industry, with the previous focus on exports relegated to a few paragraphs. The post Bowen sets 1,000MW electrolyser target as hydrogen strategy gets revamp appeared first on RenewEconomy.
DOE proposes $850-million loan to KORE Power for Arizona battery plant
Charged
JULY 6, 2023
The DOE ’s Loan Programs Office has announced a conditional commitment for an $850-million loan to finance construction of KOREPlex, a new production facility that US battery manufacturer KORE Power plans to build in Buckeye, Arizona. Final issue of the loan is several steps away, and is dependent on certain milestones being reached. The plant, part of increasing national efforts to onshore battery manufacturing, is projected to produce a yearly estimated battery cell storage capacity of 6 GWh,
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.
NSW Planning defends record on wind, solar, battery and transmission approvals
Renew Economy
JULY 6, 2023
NSW planning department defends record on wind and solar planning approvals, but industry points to fact that only one wind farm has been approved in each of last few years. The post NSW Planning defends record on wind, solar, battery and transmission approvals appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Electrify America to add Tesla’s NACS connector to its EV charging stations by 2025
Charged
JULY 6, 2023
The writing is on the wall, and public charging networks are making plans to add Tesla’s NACS connector to its EV charging stations ( or to add more ). Electrify America/Electrify Canada, which operates some 850 stations with about 4,000 individual chargers, appears to be taking a more cautious approach than some. The company says it will “work to offer a NACS connector option at existing and future charging stations by 2025.
Nuclear: Coalition remains trapped by climate and technology denial
Renew Economy
JULY 6, 2023
It would be insanity to do what the Coalition wants Australia to do - keep coal burning, slow down renewables and EVs, and wait for nuclear. The post Nuclear: Coalition remains trapped by climate and technology denial appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Report: Extreme Heat Costs North Carolina Workers and Employers
NRDC onEarth
JULY 6, 2023
The "Excessive Heat in North Carolina" report found a link between extreme heat exposure in four major industries and avoidable costs to employers, including increased worker compensation for missed wages.
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.
Solar Cell Efficiency: Future Advancements, Innovations
Green Living Guy
JULY 6, 2023
Solar Power Understanding Solar Efficiency For starters, solar efficiency refers to the ability of solar panels to convert sunlight into usable electricity. Traditional silicon-based solar cells have a theoretical efficiency limit of around 30 percent. However, researchers have been working on improving this efficiency. That’s through the integration of perovskite materials.
What’s really behind that meter? New study to unlock hidden network secrets
Renew Economy
JULY 6, 2023
How to get data about household solar, storage and EVs out of distributors' black boxes and in the hands of the agencies in charge of planning and managing the grid. The post What’s really behind that meter? New study to unlock hidden network secrets appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Racial equity investors lean in, not out, after Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action
Impact Alpha
JULY 6, 2023
ImpactAlpha, Jul. 6 – Another legal shoe may yet drop, but until then investors committed to racial equity strategies say they are more, The post Racial equity investors lean in, not out, after Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Ford opens Cologne EV Center assembly plant
Charged
JULY 6, 2023
Through a $2-billion investment, Ford recently converted its existing plant in Niehl, Cologne, Germany, founded in 1930, into its new Cologne Electric Vehicle Center, a production facility for EVs. The 125-hectare plant has a new automated production line and facilities for battery assembly and tooling. It is expected to reach an annual production capacity of at least 250,000 vehicles.
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?
New Volvo electric truck joins Tesco's delivery fleet
Business Green
JULY 6, 2023
Volvo Trucks has supplied Tesco with a new Volvo FM Electric 4x2 tractor unit which will be used to deliver goods between its distribution centres and stores across the South East
Unlocking the power of renewables with energy storage
Solar Power World
JULY 6, 2023
An increase in energy storage capacity will unlock the power of renewables and, ultimately, play a key role in unlocking a successful energy transition. By pairing more renewable energy projects with energy storage, renewable energy reliability will improve. To understand what this means for the energy transition, let’s break down what increasing energy storage looks… The post Unlocking the power of renewables with energy storage appeared first on Solar Power World.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Hottest day, hottest week, hottest month
Renew Economy
JULY 6, 2023
Kimberley Reid from Monash Uni talks about the temperature records being smashed this past week. Plus: Project delays and a new hydrogen strategy. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Hottest day, hottest week, hottest month appeared first on RenewEconomy.
'Underprepared': Report warns finance sector failing to invest in climate resilience
Business Green
JULY 6, 2023
Green Finance Institute highlights major shortfall in funding for infrastructure upgrades that can bolster UK climate resilience
Public support hydrogen and biofuels to decarbonize global shipping
Science Daily: Renewable Energy
JULY 6, 2023
New research into public attitudes towards alternative shipping fuels shows public backing for biofuel and hydrogen. The study also found that nuclear was preferred to the heavy fuel oil (HFO) currently used in the global shipping industry, although both were perceived negatively. Ammonia had the least public support.
Making green hydrogen trade fair and sustainable
Energy Transition
JULY 6, 2023
Many are talking about hydrogen as the magic word of the energy transition. But here we need to take a closer look: How is it being produced, what are the social and ecological consequences of the different modes of production? In which sectors is it needed and what should it (not) be applied for? How can international trade in green hydrogen be made fair and sustainable?
New Hampshire's dormant climate plan revived by Inflation Reduction Act
Canary Media
JULY 6, 2023
This story was first published by the Energy News Network. New Hampshire — long an outlier among New England states on climate action — is on its way to creating a new climate plan for the first time in 14 years.
Delta-Q Technologies expands RQ series with new battery charger
Charged
JULY 6, 2023
Delta-Q Technologies , a provider of battery charging solutions, has announced the release of a 700-watt battery charger. The new RQ700 expands the company’s RQ series of chargers for light EVs, outdoor power equipment and industrial pallet trucks. Delta-Q’s RQ Series includes the RQ350 and now the RQ700, available in 24, 36 and 48 V DC options.
$6.6B Mountain Valley Pipeline gets green light to finish construction
Energy Central
JULY 6, 2023
On June 28, 2023, the $6.6 billion Mountain Valley Pipeline gained approval to proceed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). When complete, the 300-mile pipeline will move natural gas from Wetzel County, West Virginia, to Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Owner Equitrans Midstream Corp. said construction work will resume shortly, and it expects the project to wrap up by the end of.
The Long and Winding Road: Managing the Evolving EU Auto Loan Securitizations Market
T Rex Group
JULY 6, 2023
The auto asset-backed securities (ABS) market is a constantly evolving and intricate market that has undergone significant changes recently. While there were some improvements in new car supply in the latter half of 2022, the overall figures reflected the worst year for the EU’s new car market since 1993. Meanwhile, the used car market remained robust throughout the year, with residual values reaching historic highs, but it was not enough to prevent the lowest level of auto ABS issuance si
Everytable raises $25 million to open new locations for food entrepreneurs of color
Impact Alpha
JULY 6, 2023
ImpactAlpha, July 6 — Los Angeles-based fast-casual chain Everytable has raised $25 million to support its growth plans, “which includes opening retail locations. The post Everytable raises $25 million to open new locations for food entrepreneurs of color appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
'A matter of 'when', not 'if'': CDP warns billions of dollars at risk if corporates fail to curb deforestation
Business Green
JULY 6, 2023
Global disclosure platform reveals just one in 10 companies are adequately managing deforestation-related risk
The Brief: Racial equity investing after affirmative action, healthy food on every table, clean energy access in the DRC, climate risk in passive investing
Impact Alpha
JULY 6, 2023
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Policy Corner Racial equity investors lean in, not out, after the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action. Another. The post The Brief: Racial equity investing after affirmative action, healthy food on every table, clean energy access in the DRC, climate risk in passive investing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
A key piece of the solar supply chain will now be made in America
Canary Media
JULY 6, 2023
Enphase , the pioneering solar microinverter company, has begun its first U.S. manufacturing at a factory in West Columbia, South Carolina.
Regional Air Mobility and Electrified Aircraft
Energy Central
JULY 6, 2023
I write frequently about electric mobility. Of course there are many flavors of electric mobility, and depending on volume of EVs for a particular type, I might write about it once a month (or more frequently) to once a year (or less frequently). This is about the latter, as you can probably guess from the title. Also, “electrified aircraft” will only be viable for a tiny subset of.
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