Crocs wants your old shoes back. Here’s what it plans to do with them
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Shoemaker Crocs wants to keep old shoes out of landfills and reclaim materials that could be used in new products.
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Even One More Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Gulf of Mexico Is Too Many
NRDC onEarth
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
An expansion of offshore drilling would lock the region into decades of fossil fuel extraction at the expense of the climate, coastal communities, and marine life.
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CDP ranks 'A List' cities for transparency and climate performance
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
CDP names 119 cities as leaders in environmental action and transparency in 2023.
Lack of funding top barrier to sustainability action for 38% of UK businesses
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The annual Sustainability Report produced by enterprise software firm SAP appears to reveal that 8 in 10 (83%) UK leaders will maintain or increase their investment in sustainability action by 2026. Yet, despite these intentions, UK businesses continue to create their own barriers to environmental progress, say the report’s authors. The global study of over 4700 business leaders, including over 300 from the UK, is the third edition of SAP’s annual Sustainability Study exploring the key mot
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.
NRDC Announces EPA Environmental Justice Leader as New Senior Vice President for Environmental Health
NRDC onEarth
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Tejada will lead the organization’s Environmental Health division, serving as the chief visionary and strategist for NRDC’s advocacy to protect human health.
The Energy Act 2023: What it is, what it means and when it will take effect
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Eleni Diamantopoulou is Practice Development Lawyer (Energy) at Womble Bond Dickinson. Eleni Diamantopoulou writes The Energy Act 2023 (the Act) is finally here. After sixteen months of consideration in Parliament including a short ping-pong round between the houses of Parliament and Lords, one of the biggest pieces of energy legislation in recent years has been received with enthusiasm in the public and private energy sector.
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The world’s electrical utilities still progressing too slowly towards a renewable energy transition
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The World Benchmarking Alliance’s (WBA) latest Electric Utilities Benchmark, 1 developed with CDP and assessing companies across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North and Latin America, seems to show that while the sector is making important progress in the low-carbon energy transition, greater speed and scale is urgently needed to meet global climate goals.
An electrocaloric heat pump that is more efficient than conventional air conditioners
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
A team of engineers at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, working with a pair of colleagues from Murata Manufacturing Company, has developed a regenerative electrocaloric heat pump that is more efficient than conventional air conditioners.
Investigating pyrolysis for reclaiming carbon fibres from composite waste
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Valued for their combination of light weight and strength, CFRPs are increasingly deployed in sectors incuding automotive, aerospace and renewable energy. But it will only be sustainable if we can find cost-effective routes to recycling. Recent research at Dooshisha University in Japan highlights the potential use of pyrolysis to recover carbon fibres from composites Minimizing energy consumption is a fundamental element in our journey towards sustainable societies, and advanced materials play a
Farm-to-Glass Supports Organic Farming
NRDC onEarth
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Cheers! NRDC and our partners toasted a good cause on Capitol Hill: growing organic!
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.
Australia’s Hydrogen & Renewable Energy Act 2023 Has Passed Both Houses of Parliament
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Bill 2023 for an Act to facilitate and regulate the generation of hydrogen and renewable energy in certain areas of South Australia has passed both Houses of.
World's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars, researchers say
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
We hop in the car to get groceries or drop kids at school. But while the car is convenient, these short trips add up in terms of emissions, pollution and petrol cost.
Demonstrating 5G Infrastructure From the Sky Using Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
A team of UK companies led by Stratospheric Platforms Limited (SPL), a Non-Terrestrial Networks telecoms developer, has won a significant contract trialing advanced airborne 5G connectivity from a Britten-Norman Islander.
California makes it harder for schools, farms and rental housing to go solar
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
California regulators have ordered changes to the state’s shared-solar programs that critics say will ruin the economics of rooftop solar on apartment buildings, schools and farms across much of the state.
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.
EN.IT Launches Major Green Hydrogen Project in Dominican Republic
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
EN.IT, an Italian company with significant achievements in renewable energy, has embarked on an ambitious project to develop a 350 MW green hydrogen facility in La Romana, Dominican Republic (DR).
10 electric truck case studies: commercial electrification at scale (Webinar)
Charged
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) monitored and collected data from 10 major EV truck depots in September 2023. In this webinar at the Virtual Conference on EV Infrastructure, we explore the insights from interviewing 122 people at these sites and monitoring the charging and operations of 21 different trucks. Each of these sites has at least 15 MD/HD vehicles and some have many more.
Tires are saving us — and killing us, too
The Verge: Energy
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Illustration by Nico H. Brausch for The Verge Sustainable tires are becoming a reality, but are they coming soon enough? Tires are the most important safety component on a car, yet there’s increasing research that they’re doing a good deal of harm, too. Slowly, surely, one mote of black dust at a time, tires are leaving their mark on the environment.
GIST Researchers Improve Water Splitting Reaction for Green Hydrogen Gas Production
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
GWANGJU, South Korea— Green hydrogen (or H2) produced from renewable energy resources is the fuel of a decarbonized future. Electrolysis or splitting of water into oxygen and hydrogen with the help of.
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?
Smart Energy Finances: Norwegian investors buy 49% stake in Indian transmission scheme
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at a consortium of Norwegian investors acquiring a 49% stake in an Indian transmission scheme to help scale private capital. Also on the radar are the closing of Gridmatics’ storage fund, Siemens’ financial safety net and the sale of a 410MW battery storage pipeline. Norwegian investment in Indian transmission The Norwegian Climate Investment Fund, managed by government-owned Norfund and KLP, Norway’s largest pension company, is investing approximate
Westwood Insight – The Netherlands vs Belgium: Who Will Win the Battle as Northwest Europe’s Leading Hydrogen Import Hub?
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Introduction In 2022, the EU unveiled its REPowerEU plan that set a target for 10Mtpa of domestic hydrogen production and 10Mtpa of hydrogen imports by 2030. This represented a significant.
Masdar inaugurates ‘world’s-largest’ 2GW solar project in Abu Dhabi
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Encompassing about four million bi-facial solar modules, the project will supply power to the procurer of the project, Emirates Water and Electricity Company
Over $500 million investment in US EV charger plants announced since 2021
Charged
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
As regular Charged readers know, the US Inflation Reduction Act has spurred a tidal wave of investment in battery plants, as well as mines and processing facilities for critical battery minerals. EVSE manufacturers have also been joining the party (or “lining up at the trough,” as a fiscal conservative might put it). The DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office reports that manufacturers have announced investments of over $500 million in more than 40 plants to make Buy American-compliant EV chargers an
The Week in Impact Investing: Optimize
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? Collective leadership. To “realize my full potential” at a recent conference, I took part in a vigorous morning. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Optimize appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Stellantis and Orano enter EV battery recycling agreement
Charged
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Automaker Stellantis and nuclear energy company Orano have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint venture to recycle EV batteries and scrap. Stellantis will have access to cobalt, nickel and lithium from gigafactories in Europe and North America for electrification and energy transformation. The joint venture will produce “black mass” or “active mass.
More efficient electrodes for carbon dioxide recycling
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
With the ever-increasing interest in renewable energy, scientists are continuously searching for new technologies to store energy. CO2 electrolysis is a promising way to store energy while recycling carbon dioxide. By applying electricity, CO2 and water react and produce more complex molecules.
Green Hydrogen Systems Revises Revenue Forecast for 2023
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Kolding, Denmark– Green Hydrogen Systems, facing challenges in the supply chain, has revised its revenue guidance for the year 2023. The company now anticipates its annual revenue to fall within.
Battery additive Trinohex Ultra approved for REACH expansion in Europe
Charged
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Ascend Performance Materials , a US-based materials manufacturer, has received approval of a new electrolyte additive for lithium-ion batteries to increase its imports into the EU. Trinohex Ultra is approved for import into the EU in quantities up to 100 metric tons annually under REACH, the regulation for registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals in the region.
“The only winners here are big utilities” – Solar industry reacts to CPUC virtual net metering changes
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The California Public Utilities Commission yesterday (16th November) voted to approve a ‘proposed decision’ changing the state’s virtual net energy metering (VNEM) scheme.
Dynexus uses pattern recognition to make a powerful battery health measurement technique even better
Charged
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Measuring battery health and safety continuously is an important challenge—lithium-ion batteries can experience several challenges over their lifetimes such as unintended capacity loss, short circuits and thermal runaway. In 2011, Idaho National Laboratory researchers developed a new technology for measuring battery health and safety. By sending multiple waves of electrical current simultaneously through a battery, the Inline Rapid Impedance Spectroscopy (iRIS) technology determines the battery’
Lemon Sistemi and Volt ESG sign 2GW Italy BESS development agreement
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Another substantial development agreement for battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Italy has been struck, this time between solar and storage installer Lemon Sistemi and investor Volt ESG.
Leviton launches Pro Series EV charging stations with AmpUp charging management software
Charged
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Electrical equipment manufacturer Leviton may be best known for its lighting control devices, but the company has been making EV charging hardware for a decade. Leviton has now announced a partnership with charging management company AmpUp. Leviton’s new EV Series Pro charging stations include 48- and 80-amp level 2 stations, available with or without LCD screens.
BrightNight and partners begin construction on 300MW Arizona PV plant
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Independent power producer (IPP) BrightNight has broken ground on the300MW Box Canyon solar project in Pinal County, Arizona alongside its joint venture partner Cordelio power.
InstaVolt partners with Paua to expand and simplify rapid charging
Charged
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
UK EV charging network InstaVolt is collaborating with UK corporate fleet EV charging network Paua to provide Paua’s fleets and drivers with seamless charging when using InstaVolt’s network. InstaVolt reports that it has expanded its network by 45% over the last year. It activated more than 150 chargers during the summer, and recently announced plans for its first Super Hub to be opened near Winchester.
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