9 ways the circular economy can help avert the climate crisis
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Circular economy strategies can complement decarbonization measures and support scaling the clean energy transition.
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Forestry at a tech conference? How nature has become the most popular topic in tech
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Green Technologies to Make Your Home Better
U.S. Green Technology
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
At one point in history, the only materials that could be utilized by individuals who wanted to create a home were mud, straw, stone, or wood. Those who desired to build a home were limited in their options. Those more primitive ages no longer look to be as scary as they did in the past. The post Green Technologies to Make Your Home Better appeared first on U.S.
Landmark connection deal allows battery to be added to biggest wind farm in NSW
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
CWP gets approval for the first big battery to be retrofitted to an existing wind or solar farm with the same connection point. It's a big deal. The post Landmark connection deal allows battery to be added to biggest wind farm in NSW 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.
How Can You Protect Your Small Green Business?
Green Living Guy
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Many small green businesses fold early in the game. That’s because of a lack of knowledge and ensuing poor decisions that the owners have made. With the right advice, you can avoid these pitfalls. We discuss some of the key aspects small business owners need to pay attention to. All so that the best decisions […]. The post How Can You Protect Your Small Green Business?
Meta Materials’ coating technology reduces the weight of copper current collectors
Charged
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Meta Materials has signed a memorandum of understanding) with DuPont Teijin Films and Mitsubishi Electric Europe. Using Meta’s PLASMAfusion coating technology, the parties plan to scale a proprietary, high-volume, roll-to-roll manufacturing system for film-based, coated copper current collectors. The film-based products are expected to reduce battery weight and cost, improve energy efficiency, extend vehicle range, and reduce the risk of thermal runaway.
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How we can unlock tech to decarbonize our skies
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NOVEMBER 16, 2022
We must start building the necessary technical capacity right now to actively remove CO2 from the atmosphere, in parallel with doubling down on decarbonization efforts.
How To Make Your Glamping Experience Eco-Friendly
U.S. Green Technology
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
If you and your family love spending time outdoors as a recreational activity, there are many ways to do so. You can go camping, trekking, and fishing. And for those who want to combine nature with comfort and convenience, you’ll never go wrong with glamping. It’s where you camp in nature but with a more. The post How To Make Your Glamping Experience Eco-Friendly appeared first on U.S.
Wind and solar supply two thirds of South Australia grid in week it was cut off from NEM
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 19, 2022
Wind and solar still contributed around two thirds of electricity supply in South Australia in the week it was "isolated" from the main grid. The post Wind and solar supply two thirds of South Australia grid in week it was cut off from NEM appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Beware of paper billionaires bearing gifts, and other lessons of the FTX implosion
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith, a longtime senior writer for Institutional Investor, contributes a bi-weekly column on the policies, practices and strategies of the. The post Beware of paper billionaires bearing gifts, and other lessons of the FTX implosion appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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.
Flexible and scalable EV battery cycler
Charged
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
The need to quickly increase EV battery testing capacity is making validation labs harder to manage and forcing engineering teams to explore ways to sustainably scale up their test lab operations. From few to dozens of test cells, managing power from the battery cyclers is one of the main challenges that impacts lab efficiency, CO2 footprint, and operational expenses.
Blockchain demonstrated for smart grid cybersecurity
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
Blockchain has been demonstrated to validate communication among devices on the smart grid and thereby enhance its resiliency. The project by researchers at the US DOE’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), believed to be a first for blockchain, has developed a framework to detect unusual activity on the grid, including data manipulation, spoofing and illicit changes to device settings.
Four lessons from a journey to be forest positive
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NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Sponsored: We all depend on healthy forests — and so does our economy. Here are key lessons from a company aiming to counteract deforestation for their products.
Why Crawlspace Winterization Is Important In Upcoming Winter?
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NOVEMBER 14, 2022
If your property is located anywhere where the temperature drops under 32 degrees, winterizing the crawl area is a need. The sole purpose of the crawl area winterization is to guarantee that your crawl area is operating at its best. The finest possible convenience for your house will also be provided by the winterization of. The post Why Crawlspace Winterization Is Important In Upcoming Winter?
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.
Western Australia sets new renewables record of 81% – in world’s biggest isolated grid
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
WA grid reaches record level of 81 per cent renewables, driven mostly by rooftop solar. The post Western Australia sets new renewables record of 81% – in world’s biggest isolated grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Schneider Electric commits €500 million for climate and industrial tech
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NOVEMBER 21, 2022
ImpactAlpha, November 21 — French electrical equipment maker Schneider Electric launched SE Ventures, its corporate venture capital arm, with an initial €500 million. The post Schneider Electric commits €500 million for climate and industrial tech appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Lightning eMotors partners with HEVO for wireless fleet charging demo
Charged
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Commercial vehicle manufacturer Lightning eMotors and wireless charging specialist HEVO are collaborating on a program to demonstrate wireless charging of Lightning’s fleet vehicles. After an initial integration phase, the two companies will test HEVO’s Rezonant E8 wireless charging technology on a ZEV3 platform at Lightning’s Loveland, Colorado headquarters.
Rolls-Royce to supply largest Dutch battery storage system
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NOVEMBER 24, 2022
A large-scale battery storage system from Rolls-Royce – touted to be the largest in the Netherlands – is the latest to help the Dutch grid manage its overflow of renewable connections. As a surplus of renewables have been coming online to the Dutch power grid, a new problem has unfolded – that of being at capacity. Too much green energy coming online has meant that in certain Dutch cities bottlenecks have arisen and new connections have either had to experience immense delays, or hav
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?
Can a 'carbon coin' save the world? It may be put to the test
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Steps are inching forward toward a real-world demonstration of the planet-saving financial tool from the sci-fi novel 'Ministry for the Future.
'All the pieces are in place': IEA tips global heat pump market for rapid growth
Business Green
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
New report reveals heat pump sales globally rose 15 per cent in 2021 and are now doubling year on year in some markets. Global sales of heat pumps are set to hit record levels again this year, as demand for the low carbon technology soars in key markets around the world. That is the headline prediction from a new special report from the International Energy Agency, which details how heat pumps have become a key technology in the response from governments and businesses to the global energy suppl
Scotland launches giga-scale big battery rollout to boost grid reliability
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Construction begins on three big battery projects across Scotland that will boast a combined capacity of 1GW/2GWh and provide "world-first" grid services. The post Scotland launches giga-scale big battery rollout to boost grid reliability appeared first on RenewEconomy.
5 of my all-time favorite books
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Thomas Built Buses delivers 200th Proterra Powered electric school bus
Charged
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
Proterra builds and sells transit buses under its own brand, and also provides electric powertrains to other EV manufacturers through its Proterra Powered business unit. One very popular application is the electric school bus. Thomas Built Buses (TBB), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, recently delivered its 200th Proterra Powered Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus.
Shipment Of 15 BYD K6 Electric Buses For BasiGo Arrives Into Port Of Mombasa, Kenya
CleanTechnica
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
15 BYD K6 electric buses arrived in Mombasa yesterday on the ship Morning Christina. This is the largest ever shipment of electric buses in the region and the shipment marks the launch of BasiGo’s commercial phase after a very successful 6-month pilot program. BasiGo now has 17 electric buses in total in Kenya. The 15 […].
How COP27 became the food systems COP
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NOVEMBER 17, 2022
For the first time food, agriculture and food systems have taken center stage at the global negotiations. Finally.
Octopus Energy and Halifax team up for £2,000 heat pump offer
Business Green
NOVEMBER 9, 2022
Pilot project to harness green mortgage incentives and government grant scheme to slash cost of new air source heat pumps. Octopus Energy and Lloyds Banking Group have today announced a new pilot scheme that will see Halifax mortgage customers offered air source heat pumps for installation from as little as £2,000. Under the scheme Octopus Energy will provide and install the heat pumps, while Halifax will award customers who take up the offer a £1,000 Green Living Reward.
Joel Fitzgibbon appointed to board of coal mine investor as profits flood in
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Updated: Former ALP maverick and fossil fuel supporter Joel Fitzgibbon appointed to the board of a company invested in coal mining. The post Joel Fitzgibbon appointed to board of coal mine investor as profits flood in appeared first on RenewEconomy.
COP27: This past year in deforestation
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NOVEMBER 15, 2022
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Another giga-scale wind, solar and battery project jostles for a spot in new renewable zone
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Virya Energy proposes 220 of wind turbines, up to 300MW of solar PV and a 500MW/500MWh battery north-west of Jerilderie. The post Another giga-scale wind, solar and battery project jostles for a spot in new renewable zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.
New renewables record as UK wind generation blows past 20GW
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
A new wind energy generation record for the UK, as offshore and onshore wind farms contribute more than 20GW to the grid at one point this week. The post New renewables record as UK wind generation blows past 20GW appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Rolls-Royce unveils Spectre, its first electric motor car
Charged
NOVEMBER 4, 2022
In 1900, Rolls-Royce co-founder Charles Rolls predicted an electric future for the motor car. After driving an EV called the Columbia Electric Carriage, he said, “The electric car is perfectly noiseless and clean. There is no smell or vibration. They should become very useful when fixed charging stations can be arranged.”. It took a while, but his company now says it’s ready to fulfil his prophecy and produce its first EV.
Komatsu presents 20-ton-class Proterra Powered electric hydraulic excavator
Charged
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Komatsu showed off a 20-ton-class electric hydraulic excavator at the recent bauma trade show in Munich. The machine is powered by a lithium-ion battery system from Proterra. Since January 2021, the two companies have been jointly developing electric medium-sized hydraulic excavators , and have been conducting proof of concept tests on research machines at customers’ construction sites.
Huge wind farm that Angus Taylor rejected marks its official opening
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The 227MW Collector wind farm has celebrated its official opening in the New South Wales Tablelands. Local MP Angus Taylor did not attend. The post Huge wind farm that Angus Taylor rejected marks its official opening appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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