The Environmental Blog

JANUARY 7, 2021

Experts estimate that if mankind continues at its current rates of energy usage, deforestation, excessive reliance on fossil fuels , and other activities, the world as we know it will continue to suffer as the years go on. Retailers Are Becoming More Demanding. It Shows Responsibility and Humanity. It Can Inspire Others.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Swell Energy has lined up $450 million in financing to give homeowners and business owners batteries and solar systems at no upfront cost, and earn the money back by turning them into virtual power plants serving utilities’ grid needs. These behind-the-meter assets are increasingly becoming targets for infrastructure investors.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

A positive Return On Investment (ROI) and Sustainability go hand in hand, as many sustainable business practices save money, create a competitive advantage, open new markets and attract customers and employees. Sales and Marketing, including business travel, printing of marketing materials, shipping, packaging and sustainability evangelism.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 19, 2020

homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 19, 2022

Britain could provide greater energy security to businesses and families, expand its ability to deliver home-grown renewable energy and insulate its economy from future shocks if it speeds up the transition to a decarbonised energy system, new National Grid ESO research shows.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 5, 2024

Let’s unravel this financial package together and discover why investing your dollars into these environmentally-friendly entities may potentially make your financial portfolio greener too. But let’s chit-chat about something that often tags along with investing: dividends. Let’s dig in. Income Potential?

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 29, 2020

But a segment of the grid edge industry has been trying to achieve that for years, installing controllable devices at homes and businesses that can work together to help the grid. Though small individually, distributed energy resources are projected to grow to 387 gigawatts in the next five years , according to research by Wood Mackenzie.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

Several floors below the firm’s balcony, power lines crisscross over piles of garbage, a fleet of rickshaws and cow patties on a rooftop, being dried for cooking fuel. ” Rapid growth in India’s renewable energy sector is driving demand for new technologies to modernize the country’s power sector.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Contributed by Saverio Grosso, Edison Energy. Under the Act, passed in 2019, most buildings over 25,000 square feet—roughly 50,000 residential and commercial properties across the city—must meet new energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) reductions by 2024, and stricter limits in 2030. Last month, the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 31, 2023

billion) to expand and modernise electricity grids in Perth, the South West and in the North West Pilbara region. Upgrading the SWIS and NWIS networks The SWIS is WA’s main electricity network and serves more than 1.1 million residential and business customers in Perth and across the South West.

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Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Air cargo operator pledges to invest in sustainable fuels, carbon capture research, and fleet electrification in bid to meet new climate goals. By 2025, half of all FedEx Express global PUD vehicle purchases would be electric, rising to 100 per cent by 2030, it said. FedEx CEO and chairman Frederick W. Knobloch, Jr.

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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. In 2023, a challenging macro environment marked by higher interest rates and a cautious private investment market raised the hurdles for deployment.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 9, 2020

Converting a fleet from fossil-fueled to electric is a lot more complicated than simply buying new vehicles. The electric cars, trucks and buses need carefully scheduled charging to ensure they have sufficient fuel for their duties. Then it's up to Amply to actually deliver power in the most cost-efficient manner.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The IEA has released its annual review of Hungary’s energy policy, stating that energy efficiency needs to be central in the coming years for the European country to reach its net zero targets, The Hungary 2022 Energy Policy Review states how Hungary has significantly increased its climate ambitions since the last review.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The government is reportedly considering a major U-turn on crucial green heating policies - but Minister's wariness risks undermining investment and failing to account for the impact of innovation Along with millions of others, I used to love 'Orange Wednesdays'.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

New Jersey looked like the promised land for energy storage. Phil Murphy campaigned in 2017 on a clean energy platform that pushed for a 100 percent clean grid by 2050. When Murphy won and took office, he signed sweeping clean energy legislation in May 2018 that turned his goals into law. Who’s the Boss?

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

The coronavirus crisis gripping the global economy has forced clean energy analyst BloombergNEF (BNEF) to downgrade its expectations for the solar, battery, and electric vehicle (EV) markets, in one of the first signals that the escalating pandemic could undermine urgent efforts to combat climate change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Climate Change Committee writes to the Treasury to explain how 'many small changes can make a meaningful contribution to reducing energy demand'. Building emissions have stagnated over the past decade, in large part due to under-investment in energy efficiency," the letter states. "A A decade ago 2.3

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 16, 2020

Canadian startup e-Zn has raised money to store clean energy far longer than currently available batteries allow, using cheap and abundant zinc. E-Zn used an earlier CAD $700,000 SDTC grant to build a demonstration that paired the zinc storage with a solar array. That builds on a CAD $3.4 Turning electricity into metal.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In some regions, lack of access to basic necessities such as water or reliable electricity is a major impediment to profitability and growth. A strategy that includes sustainability is key to building resilience, improving profits, and reducing risk. Measuring Energy Usage and Savings. Increased Sales.

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Green Business Bureau

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In some regions, lack of access to basic necessities such as water or reliable electricity is a major impediment to profitability and growth. A strategy that includes sustainability is key to building resilience, improving profits, and reducing risk. Measuring Energy Usage and Savings. Increased Sales.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 6, 2020

Over the past decade, Geli has seen its software put to use to design, install and operate megawatts of grid-connected and behind-the-meter battery and microgrid projects. commercial and industrial customers, with a 26 percent share of the market in the second quarter, according to Wood Mackenzie.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Implementing 100% clean energy commitments. As renewable energy and energy storage resources become increasingly cost-competitive, states have become more ambitious in their clean energy targets. have now set 100 percent clean energy targets. At least 13 states plus Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C.

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Low Impact

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Small-scale growers, selling via farmer-focussed supply chains, are better able to deliver public goods due better calibrated supply and demand and to customer understanding of issues such as seasonality, waste and packaging avoidance and trade-offs between crop damage and agrochemical use.

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GreenBiz

JULY 22, 2020

A global coalition fronted by former Vice President Al Gore promises granular insights and data into those sources — down to individual power plants, ships or factories. Where did they originate? How can we be sure? Following is a partial transcript of our conversation, which picks up after Gore’s opening remarks.

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Business Green

JUNE 28, 2020

International post-crisis stimulus spending is likely to dwarf existing spending on climate change and strategies that deliver new carbon-intensive energy, transport, and industrial infrastructure projects would prove a "historic mistake", they warned.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

China burns about half the coal used globally while at the same time it is the leading market for solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. This duality is evident in Shanxi, which is both China's coal mining region and the location of some of the country's largest solar and wind power projects.

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2023

With Chancellor Jeremy Hunt this week confirming financial support to help businesses with their energy bills is set to halve, BusinessGreen explores how businesses can proactively cut their consumption. The Energy Bill Relief Scheme is already on its way out. per MWh for gas when prices move above £107 per MWh.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Heat pump benefits are no secret – they are much more energy efficient than their gas boiler alternatives and provide a much needed pathway for the decarbonisation of heating and cooling, a notoriously hard-to-abate sector. In 2021, approximately 85% of UK domestic heating was provided through networked gas. Project Gaia.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.  Mingomba could drive further investment in what might eventually become a major copper supplier.

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Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Marsha Willard of Presidio Graduate School reflects on some of the emerging best practices and more businesses embrace the need to provide electric vehicle charging for their employees. Businesses are reaping the environmental and social benefits of providing electric vehicle charging for employees. Key strategies to maximize benefit.

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Charged

JULY 9, 2020

He formerly served as President Obama’s appointee to a US Federal Commission established to assess emerging energy-focused digital technologies. EVs make it possible to build smarter grids, including for the non-utilities that are pushing innovation. electric vehicles), stationary energy storage and microgrids.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 7, 2023

Decarbonizing heavy industry is going to mainly depend on finding emissions-free mechanisms to generate heat. TL;DR About 20% of global CO2 emissions could be avoided by decarbonizing heat , which makes up ~75% of all industrial sector emissions. AtmosZero is focused on replacing the gas boilers that create the steam to power industry.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 19, 2021

Local community solar projects enhanced by one-stop shop digital systems are set to play a crucial role in the global energy transition. The History of Civilization is in many ways the History of Energy. The control of energy has been a key – some say the key – factor in geopolitics and capitalism.

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Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

The UK government has agreed to provide a £27m green loan to support the use of solar energy to sterilise drinking water for rural communities in Ghana, using technology developed by UK-based firm Aqua Africa, it announced today. That is why we welcome wholeheartedly the investment in the Aqua Africa Project.".

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Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

As MEPs enter talks over EU Council's €1.8tr recovery package and budget deal, many key green questions remain. Of the overall €1.8tr package encompassing the recovery funding and the 2021-27 budget, EU leaders agreed that 30 per cent should be earmarked for the bloc's climate objectives and transition to net zero.

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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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