GreenBiz
AUGUST 3, 2023
Changes in land use in America could have a big impact on emissions reduction, biodiversity and quality of life, not just in the U.S. but around the world. Here’s what companies should know.
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 3, 2023
Sukhbaatar Square in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (image credit: takepicsforfun / Shutterstock.com). Surface cracks and biofilms on plastic particles might help spread pollution Concerns about microplastic pollution arise not only because of the particles themselves, but also from whatever cargo they might be carrying. A recent study reports on their tendency to accumulate heavy metals.
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GreenBiz
AUGUST 3, 2023
There is no path to 1.5C without nature-based solutions. Yet, investing in these solutions has become increasingly complex. Guidance from the SBTi, SBTN, VCMI, ICVCM, Oxford Principles and others continues to evolve, the media continues to shine a light on quality concerns, and consumers continue to demand transparency.
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 3, 2023
Through a series of interviews, SPARCC explores how organizations are interacting with new federal funding and what approaches are helping them move the needle toward equity and justice.
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.
GreenBiz
AUGUST 3, 2023
Nuclear reactors are getting smaller, cheaper and easier to make. That’s inspiring more companies large and small to angle for a piece of the market.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 3, 2023
Luke Osborne from Stride Renewables on the happy marriage of farming, solar and battery storage, and why community outreach works. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Australia’s biggest agri-solar and battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Renew Economy
AUGUST 3, 2023
The Commonwealth’s offshore wind scheme makes First Nations’ rights, interests and responsibilities invisible, creating enormous financial and reputational risk. The post Offshore wind: Perpetuating the myth of ‘terra nullius’ in Australia waters could prove costly appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Charged
AUGUST 3, 2023
Umicore , a Belgian metal technology company, has inaugurated solid-state EV battery material prototyping facilities in Olen, Belgium, for technological development after acquiring research expertise with the support of the Flemish government (VLAIO—Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen). The 600-square-meter facility enables solid-state battery research, from formulation, characterization and production to battery cell assembly and testing.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 3, 2023
Vast arrays of solar panels floating on calm seas near the Equator could provide effectively unlimited energy to densely populated countries in Asia and Africa. The post “Limitless” energy: How offshore floating solar could power population hotspots appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Charged
AUGUST 3, 2023
Volvo Trucks has introduced new, more powerful batteries for its medium-duty electric trucks, the Volvo FL and Volvo FE. The new batteries offer 42% more energy capacity and are capable of delivering an increased range of up to 450 km (280 miles) in the Volvo FL Electric or 275 km (170 miles) in the Volvo FE Electric, the company said. The trucks can now handle most types of routes and assignments in urban areas, as well as power equipment for energy-consuming assignments like refuse handling or
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.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 3, 2023
Claims decommissioned wind turbine blades were secretly dumped in a Queensland forest have been thoroughly debunked – but not before being gobbled up Murdoch media. The post “Turbine graveyard” debunked: Anatomy of a media anti-wind scare campaign appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Charged
AUGUST 3, 2023
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will use the J.D. Power EV Index to help establish benchmarks and monitor ongoing development of EV infrastructure nationwide. Consumer intelligence specialist J.D. Power ’s EV Index is an analytics tool designed to deliver detailed data on EV infrastructure development and consumer experience with public charging networks at the Zip Code level across the country.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 3, 2023
NSW says its latest tender for wind, solar and long duration storage has received offers of three times more capacity than sought. The post NSW swamped by bids for new wind, solar and deep storage to replace coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 3, 2023
Introduction to Lightning eMotors and their mission Lightning eMotors is at the forefront of the electric vehicle (EV) revolution. For that’s specifically in the medium-duty commercial vehicle industry. As an industry leader, Lightning eMotors is dedicated to transforming the way we think about transportation and reducing our carbon footprint.
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.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 3, 2023
BHP marks progress on project that will help supply the entire annual electricity consumption at its Kalgoorlie nickel smelter and Kambalda concentrator. The post Turbines go up at Flat Rocks wind farm, to power BHP nickel mines appeared first on RenewEconomy.
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 3, 2023
Policy Exchange, one of Westminster’s most prominent think tanks, engaged in a high-level influencing campaign over the UK’s North Sea oil and gas policies while being funded by fossil fuel interests, DeSmog can reveal. The North Sea Transition Deal announced by the government in March 2021 set a net zero target for the basin but allowed for the continued exploration of oil and gas.
Renew Economy
AUGUST 3, 2023
Victorian planning minister gives go-ahead for 350MW wind farm, but only if it agrees to take a five-month break in construction for Brolga breeding season. The post “Simply not workable:” CEC slams planning conditions on wind and battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 3, 2023
Indigenous peoples, smallholder farmers and academics have claimed that a UN summit focused on the future of agriculture helped to entrench corporate control over the global food system. The UN’s Food Systems Summit “Stocktaking Moment” (“FSS+2”), held last week, came as countries look to slash agriculture’s climate footprint in the runup to the COP28 summit in December.
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?
Clean Energy Canada
AUGUST 3, 2023
VICTORIA — Evan Pivnick, clean energy program manager at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the Alberta government’s six-month moratorium on new wind and solar power projects. “While Alberta moves full speed ahead on approving new fossil fuel projects, it inexplicably has put the brakes on developing renewable energy projects.
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 3, 2023
Fossil fuels are a dirty business. New studies illuminate the public health threat posed by the oil and gas industry.
DeSmogBlog
AUGUST 3, 2023
The 24th World Petroleum Congress is taking place this year in Calgary, Alberta, from Sept. 17 to 21. In response to looming questions about decarbonization, this year’s event is titled “Energy Transition: The Path to Net Zero.” Major sponsors of the congress include the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, and the Pathways Alliance, as well as the governments of Canada, Alberta, and Calgary.
Business Green
AUGUST 3, 2023
New BNEF analysis finds IRA has dangled 'very attractive carrots' to accelerate US decarbonisation drive - but warns a 'few more sticks' are needed to hit climate targets
Canary Media
AUGUST 3, 2023
Azelio , a Swedish startup that aimed to supply thermal storage technology to long-duration energy storage applications, filed for bankruptcy last month. It’s the most recent sign that the fledgling long-duration energy storage sector is overinvested and early to the party.
Energy Transition
AUGUST 3, 2023
In May 2023 Andy Gheorghiu travelled along the US Gulf coast and visited LNG export sites (operating, under construction and planned) which have been co-financed by German banks or enabled through longterm contracts with German companies. He experienced first-hand the impacts on local communities and the environment – and was surprised by what he found.
Canary Media
AUGUST 3, 2023
Climatoonist cartoons capture the hopes, frustrations and absurdities of working on the front lines of the energy transition. You can read all about the Climatoonist and see past cartoons in a profile Canary published last year.
Climate Tech VC
AUGUST 3, 2023
We’ve written a lot about clean electrons recently, but electrifying everything only gets us so far. Buckle up—we’re going high-octane eco this week with clean molecules. The Tank-up of Tomorrow Transportation accounts for ~16% of global GHG emissions , and while passenger vehicles have likely gone the way of EVs, cleaning up the remaining 55% of hard-to-decarbonize aviation, heavy ground transport, and maritime shipping is still—well, hard!
Energy Central
AUGUST 3, 2023
It is widely recognized that old-growth trees in normal forests are excellent way to sequester carbon for hundreds of years. One variant of this technique is to harvest mature trees and use them to build long-lived structures. Another variant is to harvest woody biomass (which could even include wood from structures at the end of their lives) burn it, and geologically sequester the CO2 and.
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 3, 2023
Image Source: FreeImages It’s the integration and supply of Lucid’s state-of-the-art electric vehicle powertrain and battery systems. These contracts worth in excess of $450M. This landmark agreement marks the first such relationship for Lucid Group’s technology arm. It’s a realization of a vision that expands the reach of the company’s products and paves the way […] The post Lucid Aston Martin Electric: Technology Deal appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Greentown Labs
AUGUST 3, 2023
Only rocket scientists could develop a technology that solves three distinct climate challenges: energy-efficient air conditioning, small-footprint carbon capture, and cost-effective pollutant filtration. Rawand Rasheed —the CEO of Helix Earth Technologies , a Ph.D. candidate in mechanical engineering at Rice University, and a NASA alum—says his father inspired him to tackle big scientific problems to help people.
Mosaic
AUGUST 3, 2023
Get to know our team members! We might be biased, but we believe our team members are some of the most amazing people out there! Check our blog quarterly and get to know them yourself! First up, meet Gus, our Operational Excellence Manager. Find out how many languages Gus can speak and what he's looking forward to in his new position: Spanish speaker?
Business Green
AUGUST 3, 2023
Funding boost for Allocation Round 5 of the CfD auction scheme aims to help address rising costs for clean energy developers
Energy Central
AUGUST 3, 2023
Not yet! American scientists focused on teaching found that students began to show great growth in their education when they were encouraged to consider that the "next stage was yet to be achieved" Internalising this expectation has an important benefit. Contrary to the perception that a low grade meant an intelligence gap. And so a valuable change in education was.
Business Green
AUGUST 3, 2023
'Productive' meeting dominated by fresh warnings over clean energy investment prospects, as government touts 'immense opportunities ahead' as it works to deliver on net zero goals
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