Amazon deforestation increased by 34% in 2019
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 12, 2020
Over 10,000 square kilometers of the Amazon rainforest were cleared from August 2019 to July 2019.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 12, 2020
Over 10,000 square kilometers of the Amazon rainforest were cleared from August 2019 to July 2019.
GreenBiz
MAY 6, 2024
This week’s most important climate policy stories.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 26, 2019
However, 2019 also brought good news. Between rainforest fires and growing ocean pollution, much of environmental news is grim. Here are a few high points as we go into 2020.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
Wildfires are causing more carbon emissions in the first eight months of 2020 than they did in all of 2019.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
A new analysis released on 15 September by Environmental Defense Fund Europe (EDF Europe), based on data from the Waze for Cities Programme, appears to show that traffic congestion is currently increasing in London and it is now worse than 2019 levels outside the city centre. The analysis examines data from May 2020 onwards.
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
GreenBiz Group today named the 2019 VERGE Vanguard, honoring 20 dreamers, pioneers, entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, business leaders, policymakers and investors on the cutting edge of sustainability and technology.
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 13, 2024
million to think tanks in the Tufton Street network since 2019, Democracy for Sale and DeSmog can reveal. In addition to its funding from Vinson, the IEA has also taken money from Lord Michael Hintze , Lord Jon Moynihan, Lord Simon Wolfson, and Lord Jamie Borwick since 2019. Conservative donors have gifted over £6.8
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 4, 2024
million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations. Mordaunt himself told openDemocracy in 2019 that “no one has proved yet that CO2 is the culprit” of climate change. Reform UK has received more than £2.3 It’s plant food”.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 30, 2020
According to the report, 2019 was the second biggest year for wind power historically, with installations of 60.4 The main driver of this growth was market-based mechanisms, with auctioned wind capacity in 2019 surpassing 40 GW worldwide, accounting for two-thirds of total new capacity and doubling auctioned capacity compared to 2018.
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 24, 2020
The Greenland ice sheet lost ice at a rate of 1 million metric tons per minute in 2019.
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 8, 2020
Below, a few pieces from 2019 that are worth catching up on. The Energy Transition in 4 Charts (August 2019). 4 Takeaways From Amazon’s Huge Electric Delivery Van Order (September 2019). Global Energy Storage to Hit 158 Gigawatt-Hours by 2024, Led by US and China (April 2019).
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 28, 2020
tonnes of waste per person in 2019. Statistics on household waste collection across local authorities in Scotland in 2019 were published by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) on 27 October. tonnes of waste per person in 2019, with 0.20 Scottish households generated the equivalent of 0.44 tonnes recycled, 0.14
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 20, 2020
NEXTracker remained the leading global PV tracker vendor in 2019, according to WoodMac’s latest tracker vendor rankings , followed by Array Technologies and PV Hardware. The United States accounted for 50 percent of global tracker shipments in 2019, growing by 226 percent year-over-year, the most growth seen in any region.
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 17, 2019
Category winners as well as the Overall Winner of the Aquatech Innovation Award 2019 will be revealed at the opening ceremony of the Amsterdam International Water Week and the Aquatech Amsterdam, taking place on November 4. The nominees for the 2019 Aquatech Innovation Award are: Category: Innovation – not yet to market.
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 26, 2020
The global PV inverter and module-level power electronics market crossed the threshold of $9 billion in value for the first time in 2019. In addition to growing global solar installations, two factors propelled the inverter market to record highs in 2019: the rush to secure solar equipment before the stepdown of the U.S.
TechXplore
JUNE 3, 2024
The capacity for wind and solar energy in the European Union increased by 65% from 2019 to 2023, with Germany making the largest contribution, according to an analysis by energy think tank Ember.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
Known for its work in reducing textile waste in the fashion industry, Redress has just hosted its 2019 Design Awards — the world's largest sustainable fashion design competition. Let's take a look at the winners!
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 28, 2020
Huawei, Sungrow and SMA remained the solar inverter market leaders for the fifth year running, based on a new Wood Mackenzie report on the inverter market in 2019. These top three vendors have now held the same positions from 2015 to 2019. market in 2019, although the company lost market share to Sungrow.
GreenTechMedia
MARCH 5, 2020
But 2019’s real story was China, where a nearly unbelievable 50 gigawatts of wind turbine orders were placed as developers moved to lock in equipment ahead of an expiring feed-in tariff and to take advantage of new transmission lines. Despite posting record orders and deliveries in 2019, Vestas saw its operating margin slide to 8.3
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 2, 2019
Just in time for the annual celebration of Energy Efficiency Day, the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) has released its 2019 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard.
Solar Power World
MARCH 16, 2020
Solar accounted for 40% of all new electric generating capacity in the United States in 2019, its highest share ever and more than any other source of electricity, with 13.3 GW installed. Despite policy challenges and a second year of the Section 201 tariffs, the U.S.
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 1, 2020
Solar accounted for nearly half of all new power generation capacity added worldwide in 2019, surpassing wind as the fourth-largest source of capacity on a cumulative basis, according to newly released data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. — coal-fired electricity fell to a four-decade low in 2019, according to the U.S.
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 12, 2020
SunPower is not out of the woods yet on financial pains associated with its restructuring and updated business plan, but the company logged a profitable Q4 — its second that year — and an overall positive 2019. million and full-year 2019 income at $22.2 The company offered 2020 guidance of GAAP revenue between $2.1
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 18, 2019
microgrid market set a record with 666 megawatts of capacity additions in 2018, but project delays and cancellations have dropped the expected 2019 total to 553 megawatts, according to a new report by energy research firm Wood Mackenzie. billion in capital expenses in 2019, nearly triple the $645 million invested in the U.S
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 26, 2019
In August, we published the top 10 utility regulation trends of 2019 — so far. With 2019 wrapping up, we look at the 10 trends and actions that stand out above the rest. In 2019, an increasing number of utilities and regulators considered how DERs can be more fully integrated into the electric power system.
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 30, 2020
The world’s largest offshore wind developer Ørsted has reported better than expected results for 2019 off the back of a jump in its generation figures. “During 2019, we took final investment decision (FID) on a number of projects,” added Poulsen. billion ($2.58 With these awards, we have secured a U.S.
GreenTechMedia
MAY 28, 2020
got more energy from renewables in 2019 than it did from coal, a year sooner than that same milestone is expected for the electricity sector on its own, according to the Energy Information Administration. renewable power in 2019. Last year the U.S. consumed 11.3 quadrillion British thermal units of coal, the lowest level since 1964.
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 11, 2019
Over the course of 2019, we’ve seen California, the country’s leader in most DERs, wracked by a climate change-induced emergency that’s bankrupted its largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, and forced millions to go without power during fire-prevention blackouts. The European and U.S.
Greentown Labs
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Techstyle Materials founder Derek Stein presents at the InNOVAte 2019 Final Showcase. The InNOVAte 2019 Challenge is a six-month accelerator run by Greentown Labs and the world’s leading construction and building materials company, Saint-Gobain. Stein says he got exactly what he thought he would out of the InNOVAte 2019 Challenge.
Smart Energy International
JUNE 16, 2024
Entergy claims reliability improved by 24% from 2019 to 2023 due to $150 million of investments. Entergy is touting the success of a grid modernisation and reliability task force that significantly improved power grid reliability in the utility’s New Orleans service territory.
Solar Power World
MARCH 23, 2020
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced that 2019 was a record-breaking year for New Jersey’s solar energy program, with the most solar capacity installed in a single year.
Greentown Labs
DECEMBER 11, 2019
Member Appreciation Day 2019. 2019 was a big year for Greentown Labs’ community of more than 100 cleantech companies. The post Our Members’ Shining Moments of 2019 appeared first on Greentown Labs. Located in Somerville, Mass., Greentown Labs is home to more than 100 startups and has supported more than 230 since its inception.
Charged
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
In 2019, 95.6 At the global level in 2019, fully electric BEVs were responsible for 90% of all passenger vehicle battery capacity deployed, followed by plug-in hybrids with 7% and hybrids with the remaining 3%. Asia Pacific led the pack with 50.9 GWh deployed, an increase of 27% year-over-year. Europe followed with 23.9
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
of net domestic electrical generation during 2019, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of just-released data from the U.S. electrical generation in 2019 — a 15% increase over 2018 appeared first on Solar Power World. electrical generation in 2019 — a 15% increase over 2018 appeared first on Solar Power World.
Business Green
JULY 16, 2021
per cent during the 2019 calendar year. per cent in 2019 - the most recent year for which data is available - followed by Northern Ireland on 50.6 per cent in 2019 , the exact same level it achieved in 2017. More positively, the amount of biodegradable household waste sent to landfill fell in 2019 fell to 6.6
Ambisense
JULY 26, 2019
Continue reading "Envirocon 2019". The post Envirocon 2019 appeared first on Ambisense. This year’s conference will also be dedicated to new technology in the environmental monitoring sector, however, it will have a slightly different format.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 16, 2020
According to a recent study from market research firm Global Market Insights, the solar energy storage market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $177 million to an annual installation 3 GW by 2025, gaining remarkable traction over the 2019 to 2025 period.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
But Travel Smart Campaign warns emissions are back on the rise after Covid-induced slump
Planet Pulse
JANUARY 13, 2020
The year 2019 was an astronomical time for Planet. ©2019, Planet Labs Inc. ©2019, Planet Labs Inc. Twenty SuperDove satellites entered orbit aboard the ISRO’s PSLV-C45 in the spring and 12 more hitched a ride into space in winter, with the latter marking Planet’s 25th successful launch. All Rights Reserved. All Rights Reserved.
Greentown Labs
DECEMBER 16, 2019
The InNOVAte 2019 Challenge is a six-month accelerator run by Greentown Labs and the world’s leading construction and building materials company, Saint-Gobain. The post InNOVAte 2019 Challenge Spotlight: Pre Framing Corp appeared first on Greentown Labs. The Pre Framing Corp team. Located in Somerville, Mass.,
Solar Power World
DECEMBER 2, 2019
The SPW editors traveled… The post Editor picks for the Top Solar Products of 2019 appeared first on Solar Power World. While tariffs may keep some products at a higher price, advances across the board to bring hard and soft costs down are making solar systems more affordable and efficient as possible.
Business Green
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
Heathrow has today pledged to make 2019 the year carbon and waste peaked at the airport, as part of a string of new goals outlined in an update to its sustainability strategy. Our goal is for 2019 to be the year of 'peak carbon' from Heathrow, even with a third runway in the future," he wrote.
Solar Power World
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
RBI Solar’s four-module-high fixed-tilt racking… The post Mounting, racking & tracking highlights from SPI 2019 appeared first on Solar Power World. If you were unable to attend this year, but are curious about what was on display on the show floor, here are a few standouts.
Greentown Labs
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
The InNOVAte 2019 Challenge is a six-month accelerator run by Greentown Labs and the world’s leading construction and building materials company, Saint-Gobain. The post InNOVAte 2019 Challenge Spotlight: Hyperframe appeared first on Greentown Labs. Hyperframe co-founders Jay Cady (left) and Ken Sobel. Photo courtesy of Hyperframe.
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