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Renewable natural gas is crucial to diversify our clean energy sources

Renewable Energy World

Electrification of everything is not necessarily the best path to decarbonization if was also want reliable energy delivery, argues David Cox. David Cox, Founder and CFO of the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas. The power outages in Texas are an all too painful reminder how extreme weather events can expose weaknesses in our energy infrastructure.

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HelloFresh would like to clear the air on meal kits

GreenBiz

HelloFresh would like to clear the air on meal kits. Jeff Yorzyk. Mon, 03/22/2021 - 02:00. Since the world was introduced to the first meal kit over a decade ago, the industry has matured in size and familiarity, but it also has endured notable criticism surrounding packaging and its perceived impact on the environment. Leading sustainability for a meal kit company, I am acutely aware of our weak points and an advocate for the benefits.

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Nuclear Power Continues To Break Records In Safety And Generation

Jim Conca

Energy Northwest in Richland, WA, which operates the only nuclear power plant in the region, the Columbia Generating Station, has earned the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2020. Not to mention breaking all generation records.

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First of its kind study examines the impact of ocean noise pollution on Ireland’s marine life

Envirotec Magazine

Ireland’s first real-time acoustic monitoring project of cetacean species (whales, dolphins and porpoise) was launched last week off the South Coast of Ireland, with the goal of creating a near real-time detection model for these species and examining the impact rising ocean noise pollution is having on Ireland’s marine life. Following months of development, a 13ft 2-tonne specially designed data gathering buoy will be deployed 9 km off the coast of Baltimore, Co.

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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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NOAA predicts drought in the west, flooding in the east

Inhabitat - Innovation

Prepare for more drought in the West and flooding in the East, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's spring outlook report. Most of the western half of the country is already in moderate to exceptional drought conditions, which, unfortunately, is likely to expand into the most significant spring drought since 2013.

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Unilever sets out net-zero plans for shareholder vote

GreenBiz

Unilever sets out net-zero plans for shareholder vote. Michael Holder. Thu, 03/25/2021 - 00:30. Unilever has become one of the first multinational companies in the world to publish a corporate net-zero action plan for oversight by its shareholders, as it prepares to put the climate strategy to an advisory vote at its upcoming AGM in early May. The consumer goods giant this week unveiled its strategy for achieving net-zero emissions across its entire supply chain by 2039 in line with recommendati

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African agtech is boosting yields, protecting resources and raising incomes

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 24 – Field drones. Harvesting robots. Big Data-driven farm insights. Innovative technological applications in agriculture can have a profound impact on farmers’ The post African agtech is boosting yields, protecting resources and raising incomes appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Deforestation contributes to disease outbreaks, study says

Inhabitat - Innovation

A recent paper published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science has established that there is a connection between deforestation and the occurrence of zoonotic and vector-borne diseases.

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For a clean, resilient grid, look to EV infrastructure

GreenBiz

For a clean, resilient grid, look to EV infrastructure. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 03/24/2021 - 00:30. Electric vehicle charging infrastructure could provide a major benefit — boosting both clean energy and resiliency — for the power grid. On Monday, automaker BMW and northern California utility PG&E announced a new expanded program that could help incentivize 3,000 BMW drivers to shift the charging of their vehicles to times of day when clean energy (namely solar power) is abundant.

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S-5! Announces Its New Spanish Company Facebook Page Amidst Growth in Latin America

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Building owners, design professionals, solar installers and S-5! distributors can stay up-to-date with S-5!’s product offerings, training videos and educational webinars?all in Spanish.

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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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We Are Entering The Biggest Technological Transition In History

Forbes Green Tech

The magnitude of the change required by the United States if it is to reduce its emissions in order to comply with the Paris Agreement is huge… but it is fundamental if we are to have a bright, clean future.

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Major banks still back fossil fuel industry despite climate pledges

Inhabitat - Innovation

This year's Banking on Climate Chaos report shows that despite feel-good environmental marketing, major financial institutions still back fossil fuel companies.

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Aviation is plotting a sustainable course

GreenBiz

Aviation is plotting a sustainable course. Joel Makower. Mon, 03/22/2021 - 00:05. This article originally appeared in the State of Green Business 2021. You can download the entire report here. Modern aviation had never seen a year like 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic led to a near-total halt in air travel, with airlines hemorrhaging billions of dollars and shedding hundreds of thousands of jobs.

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Time for a reality check on chasing 'Net Zero'

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Canada's aspiration for 'net zero' is couched in so much smoke that few people realize that they are responsible for the emission of 45,000 pounds of carbon each year. It's time for a little transparency on this subject.

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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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Who really benefits from solar net metering?

Renewable Energy World

Most people know solar power benefits the people who use it because it reduces their utility costs. In fact, some solar-powered homeowners don’t pay anything for electricity. A lesser-known fact is that solar powered homeowners help everyone in their community through net metering, even their neighbors who still depend on the grid alone for home energy.

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Bottom trawling contributes more carbon emissions than air travel

Inhabitat - Innovation

The bottom trawling fishing technique is more harmful to the environment than previously thought, according to a new study.

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Episode 261: Sea changes, strategy shifts

GreenBiz

Episode 261: Sea changes, strategy shifts. Heather Clancy. Fri, 03/26/2021 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:22). How infrastructure is banking on green banks. Unilever sets out net-zero plan for shareholder vote. Power struggle: The looming high-tech battery crisis. Features. A new wave for ocean adaptation? (19:30). Oceanographer John Englander chats with Senior Editor Deonna Anderson about his upcoming book, " Moving to Higher Ground: Rising Sea Level and the Path Forwar

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Power generation will grow to record levels in 2021

altenergymag

A study carried out to +100 diverse industry experts evidenced their confidence on the fact that solar power generation will expand to record levels in 2021. This will be led by countries with supportive government policies and investment strategies while in conjunction with digitalization and innovation.

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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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Design For Human Beings Not Cars, New U.S. Transport Secretary Says

Forbes Green Tech

“In the 50s the mentality around roads was that they existed for one purpose and that was to move as many cars as you could as fast as you could,” the new U. S. transport secretary has told a conference, adding that one of his priorities will be to halt and reverse that mentality.

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Prefab Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre boasts energy- and water-saving design

Inhabitat - Innovation

Currently under construction, this new civic center will soon offer a stunning new hub for contemporary creativity in Zhuhai.

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Chakratec partners with Premier Inn on kinetic EV charging installation in Germany

Charged

Chakratec , a provider of kinetic energy storage technology for EV charging, has completed a project with British hotel chain Premier Inn, enabling guests at the hotel’s Leipzig, Germany location to charge their EVs throughout their stay. Premier Inn is the first to deploy Chakratec’s charging technology in Germany, and Chakratec says this is the first indoor installation of its kind.

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Blue Planet Energy Drives the Future of Energy Independence With New Blue Ion HI

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Stackable energy storage solution provides homes, businesses and communities with safe, reliable electricity on demand

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Emmanual Faber’s ousting puts Danone on ‘impact watch’

Impact Alpha

The recent events at Danone have raised critical questions about the evolution of capitalism. Activist hedge funds, stating a concern for maximizing shareholder. The post Emmanual Faber’s ousting puts Danone on ‘impact watch’ appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Eco-sensitive architecture helps lift a rural Chinese village out of poverty

Inhabitat - Innovation

Refreshed buildings and new, solar-powered lodgings promote eco-tourism to boost the local economy in Longtang village.

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Sion Power introduces large-format lithium-metal EV cell

Charged

Sion Power , a specialist in lithium-metal batteries, has announced advancements in its Licerion-EV cell, achieving 400 Wh/kg (700 Wh/L) in a large-format 17 Ah pouch cell. Sion is producing the cells at its facility in Tucson, Arizona, by stacking electrodes with an approximate size of 100 mm x 100 mm on pilot systems. Scaling to useful cell sizes is a challenge for high-energy battery technologies.

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Double whammy wind farm consents

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Fred. Olsen Renewables has welcomed the approval by Scottish Ministers for two of its onshore wind farm applications in two consecutive days. The consents for extensions to two operational wind farms, Windy Standard Wind Farm in Dumfries and Galloway and Crystal Rig Wind Farm in the Scottish Borders, will deliver enough electricity to power the equivalent of more than 300,000 homes annually and provide the local communities with more than £20m in community benefit during their lifetime.

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Australia’s Victoria doubles share of wind in generation mix in four years

Renewable Energy World

Over the past four years, the wind contribution to the energy generation mix in the state of Victoria has grown significantly. In fact, research from Cornwall Insight Australia shows, on average, across the entire day in 2020, wind delivered 14% of the energy generation mix in the state, doubling its output from 7% in 2017. This phenomenal growth in output has significantly displaced fossil generation – especially gas.

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This quarantine cabin made of hyper-local CLT was built in just 5 months

Inhabitat - Innovation

An eco-friendly architectural solution to quarantining during the pandemic has popped up in Barcelona’s Collserola park.

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Proterra to provide battery tech for Lightning Class 3 commercial van

Charged

Lightning eMotors , a provider of complete zero-emission-vehicle solutions for commercial fleets, has announced that EV manufacturer and powertrain specialist Proterra will supply the battery technology for the Generation 4 Lightning Electric Transit commercial van. The Lightning Electric Transit commercial van is a purpose-built Class 3 commercial EV.

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Soltec signs supply contract for 359 MW project in Brazil

altenergymag

• The contract boosts the company's operating indicators (operating backlog) at Soltec Industrial. • The Brazilian market is strategic for Soltec Power Holdings, where it has a clear leadership position with a market share of 35.7% and a track record of 2.2 G in installed projects (of a total of 8.4 GW for the company as a whole).

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Apple supported the development of 1.2 GW of clean energy capacity in 2020

Renewable Energy World

American multinational technology company Apple has announced that its 2020 green bonds will support the installation of 1.2 GW of renewable energy capacity. The company funded 17 green bond projects, from the $4.7 billion in green bond funding the company issued since 2016. From its green bond portfolio, Apple has so far allocated $2.8 billion to projects.

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Both African elephant species face extinction

Inhabitat - Innovation

IUCN now ranks African forest elephants as critically endangered and African savanna elephants as endangered.

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New Chinese Mini EV flying off the lots

Charged

Bring the prices of EVs down, and people will buy. That’s the latest lesson from China, where customers took delivery of an astonishing 200,000 Wuling Hongguang Mini EVs in the vehicle’s first 200 days of production. According to the Asian auto industry gurus at ZoZo Go , it’s the strongest product debut in the history of four-wheeled vehicles. The Mini EV (no relation to the MINI brand owned by BMW) comes in two- and four-seater versions.