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Sponsored Content: Flow meter accuracy is critical to biofuel production

Envirotec Magazine

For 13 years, Titan’s Oval Gear (OG) flow meters have been an intrinsic component within Green Fuels’ biodiesel plants converting biowaste into sustainable biofuels. The OG Series flow meters are designed to give reliable, high performance across a wide range of applications.

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Renovation vs. New Build: Which Is More Eco Friendly?

Econaur

At Prakriti Group, we believe in offering solutions that promote a greener future within the property industry. With experience in both renovated property and new build property, TK Property has a good understanding of which type of home is best for the environment.

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LEM’s DC meter enables EV fast charging station makers to accelerate deployment

Charged

However, the massive challenge facing those who work within the transportation market, particularly suppliers, is to facilitate growth in the use of electric vehicles (EVs) while still giving end users a ‘gas station’ like experience.

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How to Build and Retrofit a Sustainable Home

Green Business Bureau

Building and Retrofitting a Sustainable Home. Whether you’re building from scratch or adding onto an existing home, there are a variety of green building materials and products on the market today to create your sustainable home vision. ENERGY EFFICIENT WINDOWS.

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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010. Energy

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A new love story: Electric vehicles and the electric grid

GreenBiz

A new love story: Electric vehicles and the electric grid. In the accelerating push to electrify transportation, one big obstacle always comes up: The grid. How will the electrical grid handle so many vehicles charging at once? Transportation & Mobility.

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LEED Certification Checklist for Building Design and Construction (BD+C)

Green Business Bureau

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the most prominent green building rating and certification system used throughout the world. Pricing is dependent on building size and various other factors which can be found here. Which Rating System Fits My Building?

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Think tank outlines possible clean energy industrial strategy for the UK

Envirotec Magazine

Accelerating the build-out of clean energy will reduce costs and make the UK more secure, write Josh Freed and Isabelle Chan of US think tank Third Way, which released a new policy paper on the topic on 29 September. Why industrial strategy? Go all in on domestic clean energy.

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Solar panels may become mandatory on all new buildings in Europe

Envirotec Magazine

The European Commission announced on 18 May that it plans to make the installation of solar panels mandatory for all new public, commercial and residential buildings in the EU. Investors may now be wondering whether it is an ideal time to look to the solar industry.

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Greentown Startups Share Insights on the Buildings Sector?

Greentown Labs

Greentown Labs supports startups that are decarbonizing the key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors—agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation—and building resilient communities. First up is the buildings sector. primary energy use.

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Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits

DeSmogBlog

A little over a decade ago, Gary Dye, then a gas measurement engineer at NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, lost faith in his employer to responsibly deal with what he believed to be systematic inaccuracies among the company’s hundreds of thousands of gas meters. Energy

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So, What Exactly Is Building Electrification?

GreenTechMedia

Buildings were first electrified nearly 150 years ago. So, why is it that “building electrification” is now among the energy industry’s most popular buzzwords? Most buildings run on multiple fuels. Are there other benefits to electrifying buildings?

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American Electric Power, Sempra launch sustainable finance frameworks

Renewable Energy World

American Electric Power – operator of the nation’s largest electricity transmission system – announced on Monday the launch of a Sustainable Finance Framework (SFF) to support the funding of social and environmental projects.

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Technology Driving Sustainability in the Shipping Industry

U.S. Green Technology

Sustainability in the shipping industry has become increasingly important over the past few years, in part due to growing awareness of how shipping can impact the environment. From electrification of fleet vehicles to smart cargo monitoring, the right.

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Data Drives Rollout as USA Builds Coast-to-Coast EV Charging Infrastructure

Bidgely

With billions of dollars on the way from the federal government to deploy the infrastructure needed to fast track transportation electrification, energy businesses need proven accurate, credible data to drive their EV charging investments.

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All the Ways COVID-19 Is Reshaping Urban Transportation Systems

GreenTechMedia

Or will it dismantle already-weakened public transportation systems? When economies across the world shut down all at once in March, the impact on transportation systems was immediate. Many cities saw a more than 90 percent drop in public transport ridership.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

As industry is one of the biggest drivers of global climate change and is entirely dependent on the earth’s resources for production, it is important for business leaders and employees to understand the Anthropocene, its implications, and what it means for the future of sustainability and industry.

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Schneider’s new end-to-end EV solution integrates charging with building energy management

Charged

Energy management and automation specialist Schneider Electric has launched a new EV charging solution designed to make buildings smarter and more sustainable while adding EV charging infrastructure. Source: Schneider Electric.

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AMPLY Power manages electric bus charging for SolTrans

Charged

AMPLY Power is managing the charging of electric buses for SolTrans, a public transportation provider for south Solano County, California. SolTrans operates both electric and CNG buses, and AMPLY’s hardware-agnostic, Charging-as-a-Service software solution will optimize energy use and fuel costs across vehicle types. Source: AMPLY Power. Newswire The Infrastructure AMPLY Power

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Most innovative energy start-ups recognised in German awards

Envirotec Magazine

The winners of the 2023 Start Up Energy Transition Award are: Clean Energy & Storage Energy Dome S.p.A., The battery is based on a thermodynamic process that uses CO 2 to store electricity cost-effectively.

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Utilities must educate customers about their power to curb climate change

Renewable Energy World

The renewable energy industry and utilities have a unique opportunity to educate consumers about how that buying power can turn into climate action. Read more: The automated vessel designed to transport electricity from offshore wind farms to shore.

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TCI Program Established to Reduce Carbon Emissions From Transportation

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

While not part of the MOU, the states of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Vermont, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina released a statement signaling their desire to work with the states party to the MOU and the Transportation & Climate Initiative (TCI) in general.

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Global Progress Toward Zero Carbon Gets Terawatt-Boost from Demand Side Management Programs Worldwide

Bidgely

As energy providers around the world strive to achieve aggressive carbon reduction goals, it is often new distributed energy resource (DER) technologies like solar energy, battery storage and electric vehicles that dominate the conversation.

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable Energy World

Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. will need to nearly triple its 2020 growth rate for the grid to be 80% powered by clean energy by 2030. (As electricity.

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How corporations can jump-start industrial electrification in the US

GreenBiz

How corporations can jump-start industrial electrification in the US. From cardboard boxes delivered to our doors to home appliances, nearly everything comes from industrial processes. Those processes use a lot of energy and largely come from fossil fuels; one-third of U.S.

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Sustainable Retail Guide: 40 Initiatives for the Retail Industry

Green Business Bureau

Learn from the brands redefining the industry with our sustainable retail guide. Retail is an industry that’s built from supply and demand, meaning business hinges on economies of scale. Building design, construction, and retrofit : Initiative #1: Design buildings for the long term.

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Top 5 Electric Vans: Picking the Right Vehicle For Your Sustainable Business

Green Business Bureau

Businesses that use vans for service and delivery have an opportunity to be more environmentally friendly by migrating to electric vans. There are many economical and practical electric van options for business owners to choose from. Gas Powered Vans Impact on the Environment.

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The rise of smart water

Envirotec Magazine

With a burgeoning human population, the lightning pace of industrialization, and now climate change, the stress on freshwater water availability has never been so great. Having said that, there is light at the end of the tunnel and one form of that is smart solutions for the water industry.

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Geotab and Atom Power partner on new EV fleet charging management platform

Charged

IoT and connected transportation specialist Geotab has partnered with Atom Power to add complex fleet analytics to Geotab’s fleet management platform. The Atom Power plug-in, in collaboration with Geotab’s data intelligence, provides a seamless customer experience through one dashboard.

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Inflation Reduction Act: A Boon for VPP Industry

AutoGrid

Inflation Reduction Act: A Boon for VPP Industry. Yet the impact this new law could have in supporting and growing a diverse mix of distributed energy resources (DER) that underpin VPPs is undeniable. A variety of programs for electric vehicles (EVs) are part of the legislation.

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How Much Energy Do Data Centers Really Use?

Energy Innovation

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Data centers utilize different information technology (IT) devices to provide these services, all of which are powered by electricity.

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Wind-powered hydrogen production plant commissioned in Germany

Renewable Energy World

Salzgitter AG, subsidiary Avacon and Linde have announced commissioning of the “Wind Hydrogen Salzgitter – WindH2” project, which will use wind energy to produce hydrogen. Industrial gas producer Linde currently supplies the gas by truck.

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EPA Will Not Require Financial Assurances From Electric Power Sector

Latham's Clean Energy Law Report

CERLCA imposes a joint and several liability scheme that holds certain entities ( e.g. , certain owners and operators, generators, arrangers, and transporters of hazardous substances) liable for the costs or damages associated with environmental remediation.

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Study: Empty commercial buildings wasting energy and money during Covid-19 lockdown

Business Green

Offices, shops, and hotels are still using roughly 84 per cent of their typical energy demand during lockdown, according to findings from energy performance consultants Carbon Intelligence.

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Local Leaders and mayors call for power shift to meet net zero

Envirotec Magazine

A communiqué signed by UK mayors and local leaders calls for a ‘power shift’ from Whitehall so that local and regional authorities can deliver Net Zero. Call for powers and resources to shape local energy markets, decarbonise transport, and tackle emissions from homes and offices.

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Energy Providers Take the Wheel: Driving the Electric Vehicle Buyer’s Journey

Bidgely

Hear from the Austin Energy team about how they are driving the electric vehicle buyer’s journey in the on-demand recording of their 2021 Engage session Electric>Gas: How Austin Energy Is Building EV Champions. What does electric fuel look like?’ ‘How

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£1.3 million of new funding for net zero-driven energy data application winners

Envirotec Magazine

million of new funding across nine new digital energy data projects has been announced by UK Research & Innovataion (UKRI). Whether it’s industry, farming, investment or efficiency for people’s homes, there is a part to play for innovative technology that reduces usage for us all.

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How ‘green’ are electric cars?

Renewable Energy World

With the ban of new petrol and diesel cars in place in the UK by 2030, sales of electric cars are expected to surge. Electric cars are undoubtedly cleaner than fossil fuel run cars. At present, there are low volumes of electric-vehicle batteries that require recycling.

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Rush to clean energy prompts demand for ammonia analysers

Envirotec Magazine

The global stampede to develop clean energy sources has prompted a demand for ammonia analysers from the developers of engines that will be capable of using ammonia as a fuel. The two predominant sources of renewable energy are wind and solar. Emissions Gas Monitoring & Detection

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12 reasons why industrial-scale agriculture is driving environmental destruction

Low Impact

It’s clear from these interviews that without addressing the problems driven by the expectations of the industrial supply chain (retail and catering), encouraging public goods through the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) will be like pedalling a bicycle with the brakes on.

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New Oregon Energy Policy Simulator Modeling Shows Major Benefits Of Accelerating Climate Policies

Energy Innovation

This week, Energy Innovation launched the Oregon Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) , our newest state-specific, open-source, peer-reviewed, and nonpartisan model that estimates the environmental, economic, and public health impacts of hundreds of climate and energy policies.

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AI-Powered EV Detection and Estimation Helps Utilities Realize the Promise of the EV Revolution

Bidgely

AI-Powered EV Detection and Estimation Helps Utilities Realize the Promise of the EV Revolution. With an all-time high global adoption rate, the proliferation of electric vehicles is set to impact commercial and residential energy demand like never before.

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AI-Powered EV Detection and Estimation Helps Utilities Realize the Promise of the EV Revolution

Bidgely

AI-Powered EV Detection and Estimation Helps Utilities Realize the Promise of the EV Revolution. With an all-time high global adoption rate, the proliferation of electric vehicles is set to impact commercial and residential energy demand like never before.