Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

Energy giant to work with Econic to pioneer new uses for trapped carbon. Energy giant Drax is pushing forward with its plans to develop a new generation of carbon capture, usage and storage technologies at its power plants, yesterday announcing a partnership with Econic Technologies to develop new uses for its stored carbon.

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Charged

MAY 8, 2023

In recent testimony, Nuvve CEO Gregory Poilasne told the lawmakers that bidirectional charging can reduce the total cost of EV ownership, and that it’s essential for integrating more renewable energy into the grid. Going bi adds several nifty new benefits to driving electric. What did you tell the folks in Sacramento?

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs. In new funds, energy transition infrastructure is bringing in the big bucks with Brookfield's record-breaking $28B infra fund and Antin's $1.2B sustainable infra fund. .

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 27, 2020

The tech giant announced Monday that it recently powered a row of data center servers for 48 hours using nothing but hydrogen fuel cells, which it believes to be the longest such test in the world for a data center operator at that scale. Microsoft is already experimenting with using its onsite batteries to sell services to the grid.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The falling cost of wind and solar power significantly reduces the need for carbon capture and storage technology to tackle climate change, a new paper has argued. Cheap, abundant renewable energy reduces the value of CCS in all areas.”. by the end of the century. Renewables. The Right Kind of CCS’.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 13, 2021

The proportion of global power generation represented by VRE, such as wind and solar power, has been rising rapidly since 2007. Renewables will become the largest source of electricity generation in 2025. Existing hydropower plants can also help with this large ramp up power.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The research, conducted by the non-profit Global Energy Monitor and shared with DeSmog, found thousands of cases in which high-profile corporations engage in lobbying in state capitols, hiring the same lobbyists that do work for powerful fossil fuel companies. Why are we all working on climate action through business?

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

Latest batch of carbon analysis from electronics giant reveals how clean technologies can help slash emissions from transportation and distribution. The German-headquartered company first started collecting carbon data in 2020, and as such the data unveiled yesterday provides the first year-on-year comparison of its climate impact.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

National Infrastructure Commission urges government to act quickly to drive development of first wave of BECCS and DACS plants, arguing carbon removals will be a cornerstone of the UK's future economy. Calls for the UK to start scaling up negative emissions technology are becoming shriller.

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2020

$1bn 'Ambition Zero Carbon' aims for zero carbon emissions across global operations by 2025, and ensure entire value chain is carbon negative by 2030. It will also switch to a 100 per cent electric vehicle fleet by the same date - five years ahead of the schedule it set just last year.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

To identify the powerful actors most actively lobbying against these key EU regulations and policies, DeSmog analysed corporate reports, lobbying records, official position papers, responses to public EU consultations, media events, and meetings held with various EU bodies over the past two years. Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

The gas, which is released by a range of anthropogenic and natural sources, is ten times more powerful than carbon dioxide at warming the atmosphere and is responsible for more than half a million deaths annually, in addition to the death of ecosystems and crops, because it creates toxic ground-level ozone.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2022

Partnership comes as Global Energy Monitor report warns steel industry faces $518bn of stranded assets unless measures to decarbonise are taken now. Electricity from renewable energies and green hydrogen must become the hallmark of industrial production in Germany," said Sven Utermöhlen, CEO Offshore Wind, RWE Renewables.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

One tangible way to measure the positive contributions of investment portfolios on the climate is via reductions in carbon emissions and this is something more and more providers are reporting today, while a growing number of investment products are aligning themselves with the Paris Agreement goals. per cent of 2018 GDP. Taking action.

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Business Green

JUNE 2, 2020

Trillions of dollars will be spent to stimulate the global economy after the pandemic - we must not continue the mistake of fossil fuel dependency, argues Mainstream Renewable Power CEO Andy Kinsella. In order to do this we must not fall back into the trap of our pre-Covid world by continuing to reinforce carbon-intensive structures.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It’s used to gain a financial advantage that’s often short lived and can expose businesses to long-term financial risk. As business leaders and employees , we must understand the nature of corporate greenwashing. In this Green Business Bureau article, we define corporate greenwash. What is corporate greenwash?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In part two of a series looking at Icelandic clean energy innovation, BusinessGreen explores mooted plans to turn emissions produced by plants across Europe into Iceland's bedrock. These factors have resulted in one of the world's most low carbon economies, substantial inward investment, and a fast growing community of clean tech start-ups.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Most patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) use inhaled medicines that are commonly provided through pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDIs) which contain small quantities of a type of greenhouse gas which acts as the propellant to deliver the medicine into the lungs.

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Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

Twenty-year research project comprising 30 million records unearths 'powerful and concerning' human impact on native plants A new publication from the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) has revealed a catastrophic decline in native plants caused by climate change and intensive agricultural practices.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2021

The board-backed proposal commits the bank to phasing out all project finance, corporate finance, and underwriting of coal-fired power and thermal coal mining by 2030 in the EU and OECD, and by 2040 globally. The group touted the promise as the first time a mainstream bank had taken such a stance.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

UN-led coalition releases new targets to cut carbon from public construction projects by boosting demand for low-carbon steel, cement, and concrete. According to UNIDO, these materials currently contribute the largest share of industrial carbon emissions, with steel and cement accounting for 50 per cent of all industrial emissions.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 16, 2019

Clockwise from upper left: pictures of NET Power, Fulcrum BioEnergy, and Lanzatech facilities Addressing climate change is a complex and difficult challenge, but we have more figured out than you might think. particularly technologies that make the most of the carbon that we continue to emit. I agree with this framework!

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The case for business sustainability. 90% of executives believe sustainability is important in business. Today, it’s incontestable that instituting a sustainability strategy is good business. That is, more and more studies indicate business sustainability delivers greater prosperity, and designs organizations to last.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

What is carbon accounting? Carbon accounting – also known as a carbon or greenhouse gas inventory – is the process of measuring the amount of carbon dioxide, or other greenhouse gases (GHG), an organization emits. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today.

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Business Green

JANUARY 18, 2021

Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, and Global Witness have all raised concerns about the creeping reliance on unproven carbon removal methods in companies' decarbonisation strategies, but some scientists maintain carbon capture is essential if net zero goals are to be met.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Sixth Carbon Budget report published today encompasses around 1,000 pages which offer the most detailed roadmap ever developed on how to transform a modern economy so that it delivers net zero emissions within the space of just 30 years. With that in place, business, government and society stand ready to deliver.".

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

It’s used to gain a financial advantage that’s often short lived and can expose businesses to long-term financial risk. As business leaders and employees , we must understand the nature of corporate greenwashing. In this Green Business Bureau article, we define corporate greenwash. What is corporate greenwash?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 24, 2024

recently announced the successful results of a collaboration with both Microsoft and Ballard Power Systems to show how hydrogen fuel cell technology can be used on a large scale to provide data center backup power. The demonstration was successful in showing how this power supply is sustainable and reliable. Caterpillar Inc.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Carbon capture and sequestration have often been considered technologies of last resort. As emissions keep rising and global carbon budgets decline, it is becoming increasingly apparent that if we are to stave off the worst of climate change we must deploy and scale these desperate remedies as quickly as possible.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

DZ Bank said via a spokesperson that it did not finance oil and gas production “by means of fracking or from oil shale and oil sands”, and added that it was an “important financing partner for the energy transition in Germany and a contributor to net zero emissions.” German power companies RWE and Uniper have also struck U.S.

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Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

There are high hopes the rock could play a major role in the industrial-scale carbon removal scientists have warned is required to slow spiralling global temperatures. But now an industry is growing around the promise of fast-tracking this natural carbon sequestration process to help tackle climate change.

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Eco-Business

APRIL 14, 2020

Scheduled to run from April 1 to June 5, 2020, this year's campaign tackles Goals 7, 12 and 13 of the United Nations' (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - namely Affordable and Clean Energy, Responsible Consumption and Production, and Climate Action. Clean energy is a growing topic of interest in Singapore and Asia Pacific.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

trillion opportunity by 2030. . The company’s first technology, MycoComposite, precipitated the subsidiary Mushroom Packaging , which I discussed with Ecovative’s business development lead, Meghan Olson. trillion opportunity by 2030. But these materials do more than strike awe and inspiration. Producing just 2.69

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) will be essential to achieve net zero emissions. million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, and the world's largest Direct Air Capture (DAC) plant to date opened in Iceland this month.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2020

After several delays spanning at least a year, the government has finally unveiled vision for a future net zero energy system - here are the eight things you need to know about the long-awaited Energy White Paper. To describe autumn 2020 as a busy period for green economy policy in the UK would be an understatement.

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AutoGrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Cleaner Electricity Grids Equal Longer Life Expectancy By Nils Frenkel, Sales Director, North America When I was working with the City of San Antonio’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan a few years ago, I learned about a shocking statistic in the city I call home. Peaker Plants Are Located Throughout the U.S.

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