Why Unilever’s downshift on sustainability is good news
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Environmental and social commitments are aligning more closely with tangible financial goals, a sign of sustainability’s maturity in business.
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Gas industry reached for tobacco playbook after science showed that gas stoves are harmful
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The gas industry was told by science in the 1970s that gas stoves were harmful to health, so it reached into the tobacco industry's playbook of denial. The post Gas industry reached for tobacco playbook after science showed that gas stoves are harmful appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Unilever CEO signals radical shift in sustainability agenda
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Under new Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher, sustainability will become part of a composite score by which brand managers will evaluate performance.
US Could Become Odd Market Out in EV Success Story
BloombergNEF
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
With just two months left in 2023, it’s a good time to take stock of where things stand on global electric-vehicle adoption. The post US Could Become Odd Market Out in EV Success Story appeared first on BloombergNEF.
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.
Master class: Planning your transition for later career and life
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Here's how late-career sustainability professionals can effectively navigate the transition and identify priorities and interests.
Hyster Recognized by Fast Company for World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Top-Pick Container Handler
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
GREENVILLE, N.C.— Hyster Company announces that leading business publication Fast Company recognized the hydrogen-powered top pick as a finalist in its Innovation by Design Awards. The port equipment was named among the.
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Helion Hydrogen Power Awarded by h2tec-Bv for the Reship Project – Maritime Applications
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
HELION Hydrogen Power, one of the main French fuel cell manufacturers, wins a new contract in the maritime sector The company H2Tec-BV will be responsible for the integration of HELION’s.
Lightening the load: Researchers develop autonomous, customizable electrochemistry robot
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have developed an automated laboratory robot to run complex electrochemical experiments and analyze data.
Air Products to Build Europe’s Largest Blue Hydrogen Plant and Strengthens Long-term Agreement
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Air Products today announced it will build, own and operate a state-of-the-art carbon capture and carbon dioxide (CO2) treatment facility at its existing hydrogen production plant in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Batteries Can Be a Game Changer for the Power Grid If We Let Them
NRDC onEarth
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
What is the value of battery storage, and what do we need to get more of it on the grid soon?
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.
UK Minister Davies Visits Bangor University Research Ship as It Undergoes Green Retrofit
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Vessel is currently undergoing a two-year retrofit to equip it with a hydrogen propulsion system. A £5.5 million green retrofit using UK Government funding is underway on a research vessel.
New study finds electric vehicles are driven less than gas cars
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Mass adoption of electric vehicles (EV) is a key part of plans to decarbonize the United States' energy system. As EV ownership in the U.S. increases, understanding how much EV owners are driving their cars informs everything from climate and energy models to U.S. policy and energy planning.
The Carbon Capture Sector’s Community-Involvement Rhetoric Doesn’t Match Reality
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Increased federal incentives for “carbon management” technologies are catalyzing a surge in proposed carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects in the United States, from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest to California. CCS proponents are touting their support of local community involvement in developing these sites. But residents say they are often left with empty promises.
Bowen blindsided by Bluefloat as offshore wind debate gets really weird
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Bluefloat rescinds environmental application for its Illawarra offshore wind project after Bowen says he was blindsided by the news, and as the campaign against the technology gets really weird. The post Bowen blindsided by Bluefloat as offshore wind debate gets really weird appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Peterbilt electric garbage truck goes into service in Portland
Charged
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
A new all-electric garbage truck recently made its first pickup in downtown Portland, at an event attended by local sustainability leaders and elected representatives. COR Disposal & Recycling purchased the Peterbilt 520EV with support from Portland General Electric’s Drive Change Fund, which has awarded millions of dollars to local organizations to accelerate transportation electrification in Oregon.
On the map: A state-by-state guide to all operating generators on the NEM
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Where is that wind and solar farm that we keep on hearing about? Where is that big battery? And that coal generator about to shut down. The post On the map: A state-by-state guide to all operating generators on the NEM appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Women-led Almouneer raises $3.6 million for diabetes care in Egypt
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
ImpactAlpha, November 6 – In Africa and the Middle East, 40% of adults are obese and/or are diabetic or pre-diabetic. Egypt’s Almouneer offers. The post Women-led Almouneer raises $3.6 million for diabetes care in Egypt appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Dreamfarm, a startup out of Italy’s Food Valley, is setting its sights on the perfect vegan mozzarella
TechCrunch: Climate
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Vegan cheese isn’t usually anything to write home about, in terms of taste and texture. Dreamfarm, a startup based in Parma, in the Food Valley of Italy, is hoping to change that. It’s cooked up a plant-based mozzarella using a base of fermented almonds, and just a handful of other ingredients, which it reckons does […] © 2023 TechCrunch.
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?
No complaints at Volvo—EV sales soar in October
Charged
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The legacy automakers had a truly scary October. Ford and GM , both of which had seemed to be manfully slogging forward with electrification, have scaled back their EV plans, moaning that they can’t make a profit on EVs. (It’s not just American companies— VW and Mercedes are wavering too.) Their can’t-do jeremiads are aimed at politicians, and might be translated thus: “Water down emissions standards, or there’ll be job losses.
Turning up the heat on PV: how to maximise solar tech in hot locations
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Reporter George Heynes got in touch with Solargis, a Slovakia-based weather data and software provider for solar power investors and operators, for a deep dive into maximising solar technologies in hot locations.
BP buys $100M of Tesla chargers as oil majors prep for a post-gas future
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
This story was first published by Grist. For car buyers considering whether to go electric, one trade-off they must weigh is whether to give up the convenience of finding a gas station almost anywhere and being able to refuel in minutes.
Baker Hughes granted geothermal exploration permit for Ahnsbeck, Germany
ThinkGeoEnergy
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Baker Hughes InteQ GmbH , based in Celle, Germany, has been assigned the Ahnsbeck permit field for the exploration of geothermal energy for commercial purposes. The permit, granted by the State Office for Mining, Energy and Geology (LBEG), is initially for limited to five years until 30 September 2028. The permit field is located in the southeastern district of Celle and has an area of 144 square kilometers.
Castillo Engineering, RECON Working on 15 MW of Community Solar
Solar Industry
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Castillo Engineering and RECON Corp., an EPC and solar contractor, have partnered on a 15 MW portfolio of five community solar projects in Illinois. Part of the Illinois Shines or Adjustable Block Program, each of the 3 MW community solar projects will use bifacial solar modules and FLEXRACK by Qcells solar trackers, and will each provide pollinator-friendly habitats.
Ionic MT to produce high-purity nano-silicon powder at new plant in Utah
Charged
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Ionic Mineral Technologies, a US-based producer of nano-silicon battery anode technology, has announced the grand opening of its new production facility, technical center and headquarters in Provo, Utah. Ionic MT says the new facility will enable it to rapidly expand production of its Ionisil high-purity nano-silicon powder. Ionic says that, when incorporated as a 15% partial substitution for graphite, Ionisil can deliver a 100% increase in anode capacity.
Boost for Brookfield as it fends off fossil fuel investor seeking to derail Origin bid
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Brookfield gets a boost as it tries to fend off attempts by fossil fuel investor Australian Super to derail its $20 billion offer and transition play for Origin Energy. The post Boost for Brookfield as it fends off fossil fuel investor seeking to derail Origin bid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Switching from hydraulics to electrical systems: simplify circuit protection and power distribution (Whitepaper)
Charged
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Sponsored by TTI and Littelfuse. Over the last few decades, there has been a continuing trend toward replacing hydraulically powered equipment on work trucks and other commercial vehicles with electrically powered equipment. This technology shift is the result of a variety of factors, including the need for fuel efficiency and a desire for lighter, more compact vehicle systems.
EV charging company signs PPAs for 100GWh of Netherlands solar and wind
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
European electric vehicle infrastructure company Allego has signed two ten-year power purchase agreements (PPA) for a total of 100GWh of annual power output. The deals are linked with a solar PV and a wind generation project.
Ara Partners acquires magnetic materials producer Vacuumschmelze
Charged
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Texas-based investment firm Ara Partners has acquired magnetic materials manufacturer Vacuumschmelze (VAC) from asset management firm Apollo. No transaction terms were disclosed. Germany-based VAC is the largest Western manufacturer of sintered NdFeB EV-grade permanent magnets, and has manufacturing facilities in Slovakia, Finland, China and Malaysia.
OMV and Wien Energie partner for deep geothermal in Vienna, Austria
ThinkGeoEnergy
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The Austrian integrated oil, gas, and petrochemical company OMV Group has formed a joint venture with local utility Wien Energie to advance deep geothermal development in the greater Vienna area. The long-term goal of the “deeep” joint venture is to develop deep geothermal plants up to a capacity of 200 MW, thereby supplying climate-neutral district heating for the equivalent of up to 200,000 households. “OMV brings many years of experience and expertise in exploration and prod
Norway’s Elvia partners with Siemens to increase grid capacity
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Norwegian distribution system operator, Elvia will use Siemens’ software as a service (SaaS) product, LV Insights X, to automate processes and handle grid complexity in the low voltage grid. Siemens’ software has been deployed to the Norwegian DSO with the goal of future-proofing its distribution grid management. Siemens’ LV Insights X, and advanced distribution management system, Spectrum PowerTM 7 ADMS (advanced distribution management system), are now operational and will provide Elvia with r
Coperniq raises $4M seed round to bring SaaS to solar installers
TechCrunch: Climate
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The startup’s solution takes over where project proposal software leaves off, from the first site visit until the solar array is running and on the grid. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
LONGi unveils crystalline silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell with conversion efficiency of 33.9%
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
LONGi has developed a crystalline silicon-perovskite tandem solar cell with a power conversion efficiency of 33.9%, the highest on record.
Grids for Renewables project addresses need for collaboration to push energy transition in Spain
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Red Eléctrica, Fundación Renovables and RGI (Renewables Grid Initiative) are joining forces on the Grids for Renewables project, aiming to address the energy transition in a holistic way, secure societal support for the construction of vital energy infrastructure and tap into demand-side management activities to optimise energy consumption. Spain’s transmission system operator, climate and energy think-tank and collaborative NGO, respectively, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on t
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