Renew Economy

MARCH 27, 2024

The owners of the largest gas plant in South Australia have been hit with a heavy fine for the role it played in a major blackout in early 2017, when it sat idle and failed to comply with market rules. The post Gas plant owner hit with big fine for sitting idle in major blackout first blamed on renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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JANUARY 4, 2018

The Seattle Mariners beat out the San Francisco Giants and the rest of the MLB to win the 2017 Green Glove Award. The Mariners stood out in 2017 for the team's recycling efforts at Safeco field. 96% of the stadium's waste was recycled, which is the highest waste diversion rate in the league.

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Climate-KIC

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

The post Watch Super Bowl 2017’s Hilarious Eco-Warrior Ad appeared first on Climate-KIC. This year’s Super Bowl featured a hybrid car commercial with Ghostbusters star Melissa McCarthy.

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Climate-KIC

JULY 10, 2017

An urban “algae farm” producing low-carbon protein and bio-fuel is one of the highlights on show this week at the future energy-themed Astana Expo 2017 in Kazakhstan. The post Algae-producing architecture a “future energy” highlight at Astana Expo 2017 appeared first on Climate-KIC.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 25, 2017

The full-day event is on Saturday November 4, 2017, at Google’s beautiful new Sunnyvale Campus. WCS Talks 2017 speakers, from left: ?Natalie WCS Talks 2017 speakers, from left: Courtney Bass, Google; Mona Maitra, Silicon Valley Bank. To get more details on this year’s speaker lineup and to register, go to 2017 WCS Talks.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 9, 2020

From McDonald's 2001 commitment to sustainable fish to Walmart’s 2017 Project Gigaton launch, the length and path of these journeys ranges widely.

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Climate-KIC

JANUARY 1, 2017

But in 2017 the city is Europe's green capital of the year. The post A Former Coal Town in Germany is 2017’s Green Capital of Europe appeared first on Climate-KIC. Essen used to be one of Germany's most important coal centres.

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Climate-KIC

JANUARY 4, 2017

You’ve probably decided on one or two new year’s resolutions for 2017. The post 17 Ambitious Goals That Literally The Entire Planet is Working Towards in 2017 appeared first on Climate-KIC. But did you know more than seven billion people have agreed on 17 common goals?

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Canary Media

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Most famously, in 2017, he became the only person to have climbed Yosemite National Park’s 3,000-foot vertical rock formation, El Capitan, without ropes or harnesses, a feat chronicled in the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo. Alex Honnold is no stranger to challenges. Last summer, Honnold completed another…

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NRDC onEarth

APRIL 12, 2023

In a boost for energy efficient buildings, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan adopted the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) 2017 last month. Building energy codes are effective tools to ensure energy efficiency in the construction and operation of buildings.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Frederick Fisher & Partners recently completed a project at the Ojai Valley School’s Upper Campus in Ojai, California, replacing structures previously lost to the Thomas Fire in 2017.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Tesla has been planning on a semi truck to disrupt shipping since 2017. Tesla has promised a semi truck to electrify shipping for years, and it's finally here. Can it haul as promised? Here is the first EV heavy duty truck from the automaker, and how it really performs.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 18, 2024

Indian healthtech investor Alkemi Growth Capital led a $3 million Series A investment in Medulance, a company founded in 2017 to make emergency. The post Medulance scores $3 million to bring medical emergency response services to India’s smaller cities appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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NRDC onEarth

APRIL 11, 2023

In a boost for energy efficient buildings, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan adopted the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) 2017 last month. Building energy codes are effective tools to ensure energy efficiency in the construction and operation of buildings.

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Impact Alpha

DECEMBER 13, 2023

ImpactAlpha, December 13 – Since launching the bond series in 2017, the Singapore-based impact investment firm has raised nearly $230 million to support. The post IIX scores $100 million for its sixth Women’s Livelihood Bond appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The piece is a redesign of the company’s Calatea chair, originally developed in 2017, with new, eco-friendly materials and organic aesthetics for a greener version of the classic chair.

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Organic 197

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 5, 2023

ImpactAlpha, October 5 — San Diego-based Cortica launched in 2017 to streamline the fragmented care journey that families of autistic and neurodivergent children. The post Cortica raises $115 million to expand care for children with autism and neurodiverse conditions appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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TechXplore

MARCH 11, 2024

21, 2017, the skies darkened as the moon crossed in front of the sun. During the most recent total solar eclipse visible in the U.S., It blocked out all sunlight—except for that from a golden ring visible around the moon's shape, called the corona.

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TechCrunch: Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As far back as 2017, the Geely-owned automaker indicated it would wrap up production of diesel cars by around now. Volvo’s last diesel car will roll off the line “by early 2024,” the company said on Tuesday. The writing’s been on the wall for several years. A few years later, Volvo came out with a […]

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Transportation 112

Inhabitat - Innovation

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This often takes the form of a statue or plaque, but following the Santa Rosa fires in October 2017, one artist took her own approach to remember the devastation, in the form of a living quilt. Memorials and national landmarks are common across the country as a way to draw respectfully remember events of historical relevance.

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Global Renewable News

APRIL 15, 2024

The Escalabis Solar Park, a greenfield development by Gesto that started in 2017 was finally connected to the electric grid last week. The 210MWp power plant, currently owned by NextPowe.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The EV infrastructure company was founded in 2017 by Siemens alums Dr. Joerg Heuer, who is CEO, and Dr. Johannes Hund, who is CTO. German EV charging technology company EcoG has opened a US headquarters in Detroit, partly funded by a $1.5-million million performance-based grant from the Michigan Business Development Program.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Between 2013 and 2017, its growth rate was twice the African average. The east Africa region has the fastest growing population in Africa. The region is also experiencing strong economic growth. It's sub-Saharan share of GDP has risen from 14% in 2000 to 21% in 2022.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Sandy Bodecker founded the N M Bodecker Foundation in 2017 to create a collaboration and presentation space for creatives and artists in Portland, Oregon. The warehouse in Portland is designed to look like a labyrinth that reminded Bodecker of the journey of discovery he loved in the creative realization process.

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Charged

OCTOBER 19, 2023

The eCanter was launched by FUSO in 2017 as Japan’s first mass-produced electric light-duty truck. Yamato Transport is acquiring the trucks by means of FUSO Green Lease, a product of Daimler Truck Financial Services Asia that includes vehicle maintenance services and warranties.

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Green Tech Challenge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

As modern society becomes dependent on technology, the amount of electronic waste will continue to increase. A global study revealed that the world’s e-Waste is expected to grow by 33% this year or reach 72 million tonnes (65 million metric tonnes).

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TechCrunch: Climate

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Barcelona-based Heura, a disrupter in the plant-based protein space since 2017, has a product hitting shelves shortly in Spain and France that it reckons will have the most committed meat eaters sitting up in disbelief. These new 100% plant-based “Jamón York style” slices are not actual ham.

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Charged

MARCH 5, 2024

Panasonic and H&T have collaborated since 2017—H&T has supplied approximately 40 GWh of battery can capacity annually to Panasonic Energy’s Nevada facility. Battery supplier Panasonic Energy has signed a long-term agreement with H&T Recharge, a German battery component manufacturer, for the supply of battery cans in North America.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 10, 2024

Module-level rapid shutdown requirements that originated in the 2017 National Electrical Code gave microinverter manufacturers a boost as a simple way for rooftop systems to comply. But as the code and consumer needs have changed, string inverters are having a resurgence.

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Charged

OCTOBER 10, 2022

The Tesla Semi , an electric Class 8 truck, was hailed as a game-changer when it was unveiled in 2017. Pepsico, which ordered 100 units shortly after the 2017 launch, will be the first customer to take deliveries, beginning in December. The Semis are being produced in Nevada at a new building near Tesla’s Gigafactory.

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Batteries Electricity 142

The Verge: Energy

APRIL 8, 2024

View of the solar eclipse from the Dudley Observatory on Monday, August 21st, 2017, in Schenectady, New York. The last time a total eclipse took place in the US in 2017, gas replaced the majority of the solar energy lost. times as much solar generation capacity as it did in 2017. But a lot has changed since then.

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Charged

APRIL 19, 2024

The electric semi tractor was first unveiled in 2017, and officially entered production in late 2022. The rollout of the Tesla Semi has been slower than EVangelists would have liked. Since then, it has been deployed in limited numbers.

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Logistics Electricity Transportation 105

Impact Alpha

APRIL 19, 2023

ImpactAlpha, April 19 – Congruent Ventures has cut pre-seed, seed and Series A checks for more than 60 companies since launching in 2017. The post Climate tech investor Congruent raises $300 million to help portfolio co’s scale appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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altenergymag

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The company has been BNEF Tier 1 company since 2017

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2023

Annual State of the Estate report reveals emissions from government buildings have fallen 35 per cent since 2017

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CleanTech Group

JUNE 7, 2021

Attractiveness Back in 2017, Nvidia’s CEO told us that “Software is eating the world, but AI was going to eat Software.” He wasn’t.

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Charged

APRIL 24, 2023

According to the company, enrollment in the program expanded from 5% of eligible EVs in its service area in 2017 to 24% in 2022. New York utility Con Edison has expanded its SmartCharge New York program, which rewards owners for charging vehicles during off-peak hours, to include more than 60 EVs and model years.

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