Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A planning application was submitted in August, which set out an ambitious sustainability agenda of climate resilience and Net Zero requirements, integrated into the design, including ultra-low carbon emissions, an acute focus on energy efficiency, insulation, on-site energy generation and zero use of fossil fuels in the running of the building.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 2, 2023

2 – Nairobi-based Kua Ventures was launched in 2020 by the non-profit endPoverty to help African startups build long-term resilience. The post Kua Ventures expands investments in East Africa’s social impact businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha, Oct.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Nature-based urban resilience infrastructure in Milan, Italy. A new peer-to-peer platform is helping municipalities and water utilities find reliable innovative solutions to their infrastructure resilience challenges, according to the firm behind it, Isle Utilities. Technology pilots.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

This decarbonisation demands above all a grid that is robust, resilient, and reliable, able to withstand both the internal impacts of constantly changing demand and supply patterns and bidirectional power flows as well as external impacts such as extreme weather events. US grid investments. Grid resilience and reliability.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 26, 2021

How treasurers can lead their company’s impact investing. When you think about who makes the greatest social and environmental impact with corporate dollars, you probably think of the head of ESG or the chief investment officer, not the treasurer. Invest in long-term partnerships. Catherine Berman. Mon, 04/26/2021 - 00:05.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 7, 2020

On 6 April, climate-action non-profit The Climate Group announced that Climate Week NYC will not be postponed and will take place as scheduled on September 21-27, 2020. Visit www.climateweeknyc.org or follow #ClimateWeekNYC to receive regular announcements and keep up to date with Climate Week NYC 2020.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

UK leads the way as Europe's onshore and offshore wind sector sees investment grow 70 per cent, despite Covid-19 disruption. However, France and Germany saw the most investment in new onshore wind capacity. Otherwise there's no point having a higher renewables target.".

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

Coronavirus will create a $400 billion hole in energy investment in 2020, but the power sector is faring relatively well compared to oil and gas, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Going into 2020, the IEA had expected a 2 percent increase in global energy investments this year.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 6, 2021

Total fossil fuel additions fell to 60 GW in 2020 from 64 GW the previous year. These numbers tell a remarkable story of resilience and hope. Despite the difficult period, as we predicted, 2020 marks the start of the decade of renewables. were the two outstanding growth markets from 2020. China and the U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

42% of all energy used across the country through 2020 came from wind, solar, tidal and hydro. Consistent reports from last year demonstrated that 2020 was going to be an incredible year for energy/environmental figures. According to the IEA, “Renewable energy has been the energy source most resilient to Covid?19

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Low Carbon Prosperity

JULY 13, 2020

CaPI Webinar: Building Back Better: Investing in a Resilient Recovery for Washington State. July 9, 2020. In this webinar, we discussed the newly released report, Building Back Better: Investing in a Resilient Recovery for Washington State. jobs per million dollars invested. Slides: Download.

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Low Carbon Prosperity

JULY 13, 2020

LCPI Webinar: Building Back Better: Investing in a Resilient Recovery for Washington State. July 9, 2020. In this webinar, we discussed the newly released report, Building Back Better: Investing in a Resilient Recovery for Washington State. jobs per million dollars invested. Slides: Download.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The project, which is being coordinated by the Fundacion CIRCE technology and research centre, is aimed to address resilience and reliability against failures, cyberattacks and physical and other disturbances with a clear picture of the threats and vulnerabilities and the development of a set of solutions. Have you read?

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 29, 2020

2020 forced most people into a more distributed and virtual way of life. Here is a summary, in more or less reverse chronological order, of major projects, deals, investments and acquisitions in this space from this tumultuous year. OhmConnect turns residential flexibility into investable infrastructure.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 7, 2022

UK needs additional £14bn in annual renewables investment to meet 2050 goal Australia’s small scale RECs scheme sees record installations in 2020 Grid Resilience with Enedis, an interview with COO Antoine Jourdain. Without new control strategies, these fluctuations are found to put the grid at risk of system failures.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 28, 2021

Looking back at data on investments in energy storage, we found a few trends which (in conjunction with the fallout from COVID-19) are setting the stage for energy storage’s near-term and long-term growth. Per the IEA’s World Energy Investment 2021 report, energy storage was already losing momentum at the beginning of the COVID?

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Mosaic

APRIL 1, 2022

First, what exactly is energy resilience? And why should solar installers and home improvement contractors care about resilient energy? The stats show that homeowners are seeking out renewable systems and battery storage to increase their energy resilience and protect their power supply during natural crises.

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Mosaic

APRIL 1, 2022

First, what exactly is energy resilience? And why should solar installers and home improvement contractors care about resilient energy? The stats show that homeowners are seeking out renewable systems and battery storage to increase their energy resilience and protect their power supply during natural crises.

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GreenBiz

JULY 13, 2020

Mon, 07/13/2020 - 01:00. Just a couple of months into 2020, the world was amid significant discussion about the core purpose of businesses, led by BlackRock CEO Larry Fink calling for corporate America to take control of its carbon footprint and major companies, including Microsoft and Delta , making ambitious zero-carbon pledges.

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 8, 2020

April 8, 2020. Done right, the federal government’s stimulus and recovery efforts can create jobs, spur cleantech innovation, encourage economic diversification, cut both carbon pollution and illness-causing air pollution, and ultimately make Canada a more resilient country. To invest in sufficient, sustained and sustainable stimulus.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

Its vehicle is the Self-Generation Incentive Program , the state’s premiere incentive for energy storage and on-site generation technologies, which will now direct 63 percent of its $830 million in new funding through 2024 to a newly created “equity resilience budget.”

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2020

The UK needs a far more holistic approach to flood risk and resilience, argue Sara Mehryar, Viktor Roezer and Swenja Surminski from LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. New flood protection announcements are welcome but not enough on their own. Holistic approaches to adaptation and flood risk management.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

Tue, 06/23/2020 - 01:30. We are presented with a rare opportunity to invest in new innovations, rebuild our data and power infrastructures and supply chains to restore and strengthen the economy while healing the environment. Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan. Tom Baruch. Back to normal is not an option.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

New study appears to find that a tripling of current investments into nature-based solutions is needed by 2030 to tackle the climate crisis, otherwise there will be a $4 trillion financing gap. Today, just one tenth of 1% of global GDP is invested in nature-based solutions, says WEF. A total investment of $8.1

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 6, 2020

What’s The post The Brief: What we’re watching in 2020, southern credit unions, inclusion alpha, Nordic impact, resilient seeds, clean water access appeared first on ImpactAlpha. ImpactAlpha is on the lookout for signals that global and local capital markets are shifting from exclusion and extraction to inclusion and regeneration.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 11, 2020

solar market is expected to achieve record installations in 2020 despite the impact of the coronavirus crisis, even as the distributed solar segment takes a big hit. WoodMac expects residential solar installations to fall 25 percent year over year in 2020, hit by work stoppages, permitting delays and drops in consumer demand.

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Mosaic

MARCH 21, 2024

Resiliency Integrated electric homes can help customers future-proof their homes against severe weather events. Electric upgrades can work together to make houses more efficient and resilient, but it's up to contractors to explain the lesser-known benefit to their customers.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Mon, 07/06/2020 - 01:25. Recently, I was asked to participate in a webinar discussion about environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing in the wake of COVID-19, and I had to ask myself, "Is the work we’re doing at SASB completely irrelevant or more relevant than ever?" . What role does ESG play in the 'new normal'?

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Clean Energy Canada

APRIL 8, 2020

April 8, 2020. Dear Prime Minister Trudeau, As the Government of Canada develops and deploys its response to the unprecedented impact COVID-19 is having on our health and economy, we offer your government our support, assistance and advice to ensure that stimulus and recovery efforts help build a better, more resilient Canada.

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Bidgely

MAY 14, 2020

That pause leaves a void in customer assistance while all but ensuring that DSM goals will not be met in 2020. Learn More at go.bidgely.com/Building-Resilient-DSM-in-the-COVID-19-Environment_Download. DSM savings will be difficult to come by and ramping up programs after shutdowns have been lifted will be critical.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Water company spending plans covering 2020-25 are set to see massive new investment in resilience measures.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 2, 2020

It was on track to be a feel-good story for the power sector in 2020. Companies like minigrid provider Husk Power were set for huge growth in 2020. ” Resilience as an off-grid selling point. The energy access market had for a long time been too complex with too many companies trying to do too much.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2020

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is to present advice to the government on supporting a resilient, low carbon economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis as part of its annual assessment of the UK's progress towards its 2050 net zero greenhouse gas emissions goal this summer.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 21, 2021

At the end of 2020, The Environment Agency declared that 5.2 We must have effective resilience measures in place to withstand the impacts of such events. The UK Government announced in July 2020 a new £5.2 billion investment for building new flood defences to better protect 336,000 properties in England by 2027.There

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

We've been meticulously tracking climate tech investment, deal by deal, since the term ‘climate tech’ emerged. But with the recent pullback in the overall venture market, we've expanded our scope to understand the dynamics and resilience in climate tech.

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Solar Industry

JANUARY 24, 2024

It has more than 250,000 panels installed and is being built on the site of the former 253 MW coal-fired Escalante Station, retired in 2020. The projects will deliver energy and grid resiliency under PPAs executed between Origis Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The project is set to come online this year. “J.P.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

A new review of the climate disclosures of some of the world's biggest insurance firms has identified "significant improvements" in the incorporation of climate change considerations into investment and underwriting strategies. Yet we know the path is long and progress must rapidly be made.".

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