Textile recycling needs to scale — Circ raises $30 million to do just that
GreenBiz
JULY 12, 2022
The Series B funding round is being led by Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
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Sustainable Manufacturing: How to Create a Sustainable Warehouse and Green Factory
Green Business Bureau
JULY 15, 2022
Sustainable manufacturing as a strategic approach for factories and warehouses. The pressure mounts for manufacturers to step up and use the principles of sustainable manufacturing. In 2020, two-thirds of U.S. adults (64%) said protecting the environment is a top priority. With this in mind, manufacturing organizations need to realize the environmental impact of their operations, to create sustainable manufacturing processes.
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Wildlife charity calls on public to help count butterflies
Envirotec Magazine
JULY 15, 2022
Painted Lady butterfly (vanessa cardui) feeding on a thistle flower (Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire). Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is urging the whole nation to help Britain’s butterflies by taking part in the Big Butterfly Count. The group revealed in May that half of Britain’s remaining butterfly species are now on the Red List and threatened or near-threatened with extinction.
Fugro’s innovative Blue Snake™ system achieves success on its first offshore wind project
altenergymag
JULY 11, 2022
Fugro has successfully completed a contract for the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) to perform a geotechnical site investigation at the IJmuiden Ver (Noord) V and VI wind farm sites as part of the geophysical survey package.
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.
10 things I think about ESG
GreenBiz
JULY 11, 2022
Many challenges face the ESG agenda, but it is simply too connected to core societal issues and political movements in the U.S. and the European Union for it to dissipate, much less disappear.
Maddox Electric Company, Inc: A Sustainable Electrical Construction Service That’s Meticulous About Recycling and Energy Management
Green Business Bureau
JULY 13, 2022
Maddox Electric Company operates as a sustainable electrical construction service. Maddox Electric Company is a sustainable electrical construction service that aims to lead the industry with sustainable design and development. For over 30 years, Maddox Electric has worked on projects of various sizes, using the latest technology and meeting the highest industry standards.
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Qcells partners with food producer Jayone Foods Inc. on commercial solar-plus-storage system
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• Qcells North America Distributed Energy to provide 717.6kW of its Q.PEAK DUO XL-G10.3 modules and a 556kWh energy storage system (ESS) • Jayone Foods Inc. to offset up to 90% of its total load with over 2 million dollar-savings in utility costs over the next 20 years.
3 smartphone apps helping reduce food waste around the globe
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About a third of the world’s food is wasted or lost — but new apps to buy, redistribute and share surplus food can help.
The madness of cutting down forests to grow food crops for supersonic aircraft biofuels
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Ofwat to launch new £4m open competition for water innovation
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JULY 15, 2022
Ofwat, the economic regulator of water services in England and Wales, has announced a new “open access” competition for innovators, in an apparent widening of the scope of its existing £200m Innovation Fund, and a bid to encourage more diverse ideas to transform water services. The fund incentivises and rewards collaborative innovation in the water sector that meets key objectives for the industry around one (or more) of Ofwat’s four innovation themes: adapting to climate change and achieving ne
Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport
Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium
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Green Hydrogen Market Size to Reach US$ 89.18 Billion by 2030
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JULY 15, 2022
According to Precedence Research, the global green hydrogen market size is estimated to reach around US$ 89.18 billion by 2030 with a registered CAGR of 54% from 2021 to 2030.
Bimbo Bakeries bakes up solar microgrids in California
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JULY 14, 2022
The baking company behind Entenmann’s and Sara Lee has signed a contract to design and construct solar-powered microgrids at six California bakeries in Montebello, Placentia, Oxnard, San Luis Obispo, South San Francisco and Sacramento.
Queensland to add more than a dozen new regional batteries to soak up solar
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JULY 13, 2022
Queensland to roll out another 12 batteries at regional centres, targeting areas with high levels of rooftop solar. The post Queensland to add more than a dozen new regional batteries to soak up solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Sustainable Building Materials for a Modern and Eco-Friendly Home
Green Living Guy
JULY 9, 2022
Many of us aim to reduce our environmental impact. However that doesn’t mean you can’t have a beautiful home in the process. Environmentally-friendly building materials are those that are sourced from renewable or recyclable resources. Many of these materials are also highly durable. They also boast great longevity. In other words, sustainable building materials are […].
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.
Hammond Power Solutions Appoints Chief Commercial Officer
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JULY 14, 2022
Hammond Power Solutions (HPS) a leading manufacturer of dry-type and cast resin transformers and related magnetics, has announced the appointment of David Kinsella to the position of Chief Commercial Officer effective August 1, 2022. Mr. Kinsella will succeed Mr. Dale Sidey who is retiring at the end of the year.
Can silkworms take a bite out of petrochemicals?
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JULY 13, 2022
Evolved By Nature recently raised $120 million to cultivate technology that uses natural silk protein to replace certain petrochemical ingredients in skincare and leather products.
US energy secretary says switch to wind and solar “could be greatest peace plan of all”
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JULY 11, 2022
"No country has ever been held hostage to access to the sun." US energy secretary says switch to renewables could be world's best peace plan. The post US energy secretary says switch to wind and solar “could be greatest peace plan of all” appeared first on RenewEconomy.
SABIC launches new resin for EV battery modules
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JULY 15, 2022
Saudi Basic Industries Corporation ( SABIC ) has launched a new resin for the insulation film in EV battery modules with 600-800 V cells. NORYL NHP8000VT3 is a polyphenylene ether (PPO)-based resin, and the company says that, compared to polycarbonate (PC) and polypropylene (PP) insulation films, NORYL NHP8000VT3 has “stronger CTI performance and thinner-wall FR capability.”.
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?
Green hydrogen to pilot as long duration energy storage in US
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JULY 12, 2022
Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) aims to identify potential commercial use cases for green hydrogen energy storage. SoCalGas is partnering with the Bonn, Germany headquartered green hydrogen producer GKN Hydrogen and the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on what is set to be a groundbreaking project to demonstrate green hydrogen as a megawatt scale clean energy storage resource.
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“Eureka moment” as Australian researchers make hydrogen storage breakthrough
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CATL’s new cell-to-pack battery system to be available in 2023
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CATL , a Chinese battery supplier, has launched a new cell-to-pack (CTP) battery system, and the company expects it to be available in 2023. The Qilin battery system meets the bollard test standard for safety, and includes NMC cells and an interlayer that the company says provides specific energy up to 255 Wh/kg and a volume utilization efficiency of 72%.
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New wind and solar saved $82bn in fossil fuel costs in 2021, but supply pressures loom
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Alternative Fuel Corridor designations facilitate charging network build-out in all 50 states
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Financing Urban Transformation: Don’t Leave It Up to Cities Alone
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GE Appliances deploys Einride electric trucks in US Southeast
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Planet signs contract to provide German federal agencies with daily satellite imagery
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JULY 13, 2022
We’re excited to share that our wholly owned subsidiary, Planet Labs Germany GmbH, has signed a new contract with the German Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) to provide the agency with daily, high-resolution satellite data for crisis response, environmental and nature conservation, as well as forest and agricultural monitoring. Access to our satellite data will help the BKG promote public and civil safety throughout the Federal Republic of Germany.
Inside Frontier, the fund pioneering a new model for carbon removal investments
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Labor in diplomatic climate flurry, at home and overseas, before parliament sits
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