Wed.Jun 28, 2023

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Why plastic-eating enzymes are in fashion with Lululemon, Patagonia, Stella McCartney and Puma

GreenBiz

French startup Carbios, U.S. firm Protein Evolution and Australian venture Samsara Eco are three early-stage companies pioneering enzymatic approaches to recycling textiles.

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How to Use Decor to Promote Sustainable Living

The Environmental Blog

In today’s world, sustainability is a crucial aspect of our daily lives as we strive to make changes to avoid a global environmental disaster. Living a sustainable life is not just about making changes in our habits and consumption patterns; it’s also about transforming our living spaces into sustainable havens to inspire us on our sustainability journeys.

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New code of conduct for buying carbon credits launches

GreenBiz

The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative outlines the foundations for buying carbon credits in its Claims Code of Practice.

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Colorado Adopts Historic Goals for Building Electrification

NRDC onEarth

The Public Utilities Commission in Colorado approved a budget of over $429 million for new building electrification and energy efficiency programs for customers of Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest utility, in a recent proceeding. This decision is a win for Coloradans.

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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.

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Green marketing can boost brands' reach by a third, study finds

GreenBiz

Research commissioned by the PR giant Edelman points to a 'powerful amplifier effect' of sustainability messaging.

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Bowen kicks off capacity scheme with doubling of NSW battery tender to replace coal

Renew Economy

Labor begins roll-out of Capacity Investment Scheme, more than doubling size of auction in NSW to fill a gap created by planned coal plant closures. The post Bowen kicks off capacity scheme with doubling of NSW battery tender to replace coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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South Australia hopes to be “hydrogen superpower” with 118GW of wind and solar

Renew Economy

South Australia sets sights on becoming hydrogen superpower, with more than 110GW of wind and solar, nearly 40 times its current capacity. The post South Australia hopes to be “hydrogen superpower” with 118GW of wind and solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Sunergetic to install 15,000 Qcells solar panels on 1,500 homes in Municipality Venlo, Netherlands

altenergymag

Qcells’ Q.PEAK DUO BLK M-G11S+ solar modules have been selected by Dutch renewable energy experts Sunergetic for an attractive solar scheme with the Municipality of Venlo that supports lower income homeowners.

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Schaltbau to supply new contactor for 800 V EV platform

Charged

Schaltbau , a DC technology safety component and system provider, will deliver its new C801 high-voltage contactor for a German manufacturer’s EV platform. Production is set to start at the end of 2024 in Schaltbau’s NExT Factory in Velden, Bavaria. The series production order has a duration of several years and a volume in the tens of millions.

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BlackRock raises more than $500m for massive Waratah “shock absorber” battery

Renew Economy

CEFC and NGS Super back BlackRock's investment in the $1 billion Waratah Super Battery, one of the biggest grid "shock absorbers" in the world. The post BlackRock raises more than $500m for massive Waratah “shock absorber” battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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.

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Autocar opens new dedicated EV assembly line

Charged

US vocational truck maker Autocar has added an EV assembly line to its manufacturing facility in Birmingham, Alabama. Industrial engineering company Triz Advanced Manufacturing and Blackstone Construction were instrumental in developing and building the dedicated EV component line. The line features digital confirmation terminals and scanners for quality control of each vehicle’s battery and electrical architecture.

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Sealhyfe produces first green hydrogen at sea from offshore wind farm

Renew Economy

French green hydrogen pioneer Lhyfe says its groundbreaking Sealhyfe platform has produced its first kilos of offshore green hydrogen 20 kilometres from shore. The post Sealhyfe produces first green hydrogen at sea from offshore wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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ABB opens new Virginia manufacturing facility for commercial electric vehicles

Charged

Electronics giant ABB has opened a new manufacturing, distribution and repair center in Mechanicsville, Virginia, to support its Motion Traction business. ABB’s Motion Traction division offers a range of products for use in passenger railway cars and electric commercial vehicles, including compact converters, auxiliary converters, battery chargers and energy storage systems.

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Power Generation Market Growth Could Expand at 42% by 2032

altenergymag

The global power generation market growth is expanding at a CAGR of 8.04% from 2023 to 2032 and it is expected to reach valuation around USD 3.9 trillion by 2032.

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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.

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How Australia can join forces with South Korea to build batteries onshore

Renew Economy

South Korea is the second largest battery producer in the world. A compact across value-added critical mineral industries should be a strategic federal priority. The post How Australia can join forces with South Korea to build batteries onshore appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Offshore Hydrogen Production on a New Scale: HOPE Project and its Consortium Selected for a €20 Million European Commission Grant

Energy Central

Offshore Hydrogen Production on a New Scale: HOPE Project and its Consortium Selected for a €20 Million European Commission Grant Published the 27/06/2023 The HOPE (Hydrogen Offshore Production for Europe) project is being coordinated by Lhyfe (France) and implemented by eight European partners: Alfa Laval (Denmark), Plug (the.

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Solar Insiders Podcast: Small town, medium battery – big solar win

Renew Economy

We head to the Victorian goldfields town of Maldon to hear why it’s the perfect place for a community battery – and how grid-side energy storage is becoming a key network tool. The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Small town, medium battery – big solar win appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Greentown Go Energize 2023 with Vineyard Wind and MassCEC Announces Startup Cohort with Innovations for Responsible Offshore Wind Development

Greentown Labs

The accelerator will advance five startups’ climatetech solutions while preparing them for partnership and commercialization in the offshore wind industry Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas, June 28, 2023 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech incubator in North America, and Vineyard Wind , developer of the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the United States, today announce five startup participants for Greentown Go Energize 2023.

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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?

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CEFC and super fund pitch in for Blackrock’s massive Waratah “shock absorber” battery

Renew Economy

CEFC and NGC Super Fund back BlackRock's investment in the $1 billion Waratah Super Battery, one of the biggest grid "shock absorbers" in the world. The post CEFC and super fund pitch in for Blackrock’s massive Waratah “shock absorber” battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Brief: Pension and insurance funds’ shift to impact, community investment vehicles, sustainable proteins, recycling plastics, debunking ESG myths

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Institutional Impact Institutional investors shrug off ESG backlash to move forward on impact investing. The backlash against ESG. The post The Brief: Pension and insurance funds’ shift to impact, community investment vehicles, sustainable proteins, recycling plastics, debunking ESG myths appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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CEFC boosts investment in energy efficient “build-to rent” apartments

Renew Economy

Federal government's green bank boosts its investment to $75 million in the construction of rent-only apartments built at minimum of 7.5 NatHERS stars. The post CEFC boosts investment in energy efficient “build-to rent” apartments appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Battery Electric Truck: Transforming the Semi Hauling Business

Green Living Guy

Introduction to Semi Batteries in the US Trucking Sector Holy battery electric truck! For the US trucking sector has long relied on diesel engines to power its fleet of semi-trucks. However, with the increasing concerns over climate change. As well as the need for more sustainable transportation options. So there has been a significant shift […] The post Battery Electric Truck: Transforming the Semi Hauling Business appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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High-Profile Allies of Anti-Net Zero Parliamentary Group Revealed in Telegraph Letter

DeSmogBlog

New allies of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group (NZSG) of MPs and Lords have today been revealed in a letter published by the Telegraph. The NZSG campaigns against the UK’s legally binding net zero commitments. The letter reveals new supporters among influential Conservative MPs and peers not previously known to back the group including former Business and Energy Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg , Lord Frost , Iain Duncan Smith, Andrea Jenkyns, Jonathan Gullis, and Miriam Cates.

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Freeport East announces new £800k support programme to boost green energy skills & innovation

altenergymag

A new £800,000 programme of support that will benefit small businesses and help get young people into green energy jobs has been announced by Freeport East this week.

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PR Agency Catering to Oil Interests Led UK Climate Forum’s Communications

DeSmogBlog

The UK’s Climate Innovation Forum named global PR agency Weber Shandwick as its “ official communications partner ,” despite the agency recently holding or continuing to hold contracts with at least eight oil and gas companies, an oil financier, and an industry lobby group. On Wednesday, June 28, the climate conference convened in London as part of London Climate Action Week , hosted by the UK-based global event organizer Climate Action in partnership with the UK Department for Energy Security a

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Moving Towards a Green Transatlantic Marketplace

CleanTech Group

The urgent need to transition to a more sustainable economy in the face of the intertwined climate and energy security crises has prompted.

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The CCC's Climate Progress Report: The key takeaways

Business Green

BusinessGreen rounds up the crucial lessons and conclusions from the Climate Change Committee's annual assessment of the UK's progress towards net zero

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Finland to Become the Leading Hydrogen Economy in Europe – H2 Cluster Finland Publishes a Hydrogen Economy Strategy

altenergymag

By leveraging its competitive advantages, Finland aims to produce 3 million tons of hydrogen annually by 2035, generating €33 billion in new annual revenue.

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Credit Unions Need to Manage Climate Risks

NRDC onEarth

And Seize Business Opportunities to Protect Their Financial Stability and the Communities They Serve

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UK pension funds have £88bn invested in fossil fuel firms, research finds

Business Green

Pensions sector accused of 'aiding and abetting' fossil fuel expansion, as fresh research reveals average UK pension holder has £3,000 invested in fossil fuels

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A community leader on why aid work is necessary to build climate resilience

Grist

Last week in our series on personal climate action, we explored the power of advocating for climate progress as part of a community. But another avenue for personal action can be working for your community — ensuring that your neighbors, especially the most vulnerable, have their basic needs met in the face of threats caused or worsened by climate change.

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Electrochemical device captures carbon dioxide at the flick of a switch

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

New carbon capture technology can generate a continuous, high-purity carbon dioxide stream from diluted, or low-concentration, gas streams using only electricity and a water-and-oxygen-based reaction.

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There are "green shoots" in one area of climate change effort

Energy Central

Our overall climate strategy is misguided, but “green shoots” exist at the grass roots level. Positive signs are emerging in energy efficiency. Despite being woefully underfunded, the International Energy Agency recently reported that in 2022 the rate of energy efficiency improvements was double the average for the past five years. The adoption of heat pumps was a major.