Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2020

The US investment giant has switched to 100 per cent renewable electricity, cut emissions and bought offsets. Bank of America has become the latest corporate to hit carbon neutrality, with the firm announcing yesterday it has met the target a year ahead of schedule. Both goals were established in 2016 with a target date of 2021.

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TechXplore

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The efficient storage of clean energy is a critical component to achieving carbon neutrality. Capacitors are devices that store energy by separating positive and negative electrical charge, and supercapacitors (SC) are capacitors that can store and release large amounts of energy.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The rise of electric vehicles has been a perennial story for nearly a decade, but 2020 saw the pace of change accelerate. Circular models made the rounds, starting with the design department, where a lot of negative environmental and social impacts are baked into garments, usually unwittingly. What would you add to the list?

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Industry leaders have paved the way, with Google having been carbon-neutral since 2007 and Microsoft since 2012. To help businesses create their individual decarbonisation strategies, Siemens has published a new whitepaper suggesting a range of specific steps towards carbon neutrality. Shift to low-carbon heat.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Google announced that it has now invested in enough high-quality carbon offsets to essentially erase its carbon footprint , compensating for all the carbon the company ever emitted. Google first became carbon-neutral in 2007. Microsoft plans to be carbon-negative by 2030. Via BBC Image via Pawe?

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 11, 2020

Carbon neutral by 2050 is the go-to metric (to align with IPCC report goals). Dominion and BP made 2050 pledges; Consumers Energy in Michigan took a big step by committing to carbon neutrality by 2040, moving itself to the front of the pack in this space. (It

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

It is using a 1.5MW hydrogen fuel cell that has been worked into the electrical plant at the facility. Credit: Photo by depositphotos.com 2030 goals to become carbon negative This project is another step in contributing to Microsoft’s broader goal of achieving carbon negativity – not just carbon neutrality – by 2030.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Fleet electrification strategies gained steam throughout the year, with all-electric heavy-duty big rigs, semi-trucks, box trucks, delivery vans and more in the spotlight. READ THE FULL STORY: 8 electric truck and van companies to watch in 2020. . That’s because flights under 500 miles are within the range of an electric motor.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 26, 2023

Achieving carbon neutrality and effective stakeholder communication The Beacon Design Collective has focused their sustainability efforts on achieving carbon neutrality, and effective stakeholder communication and engagement, as we discuss. switching to an electric car). is zealously planting trees.

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The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Governments worldwide are looking at strategies to help reduce or offset their carbon emissions, with the UK pledging to be carbon neutral by 2050. These methods have helped to increase the number of electric cars on the road, although, there is still much to be done. So how exactly are countries aiming to achieve this?

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GreenBiz

JULY 15, 2020

Early pioneers of these hydrogen-from-waste technologies such as Ways2H, SGH2 Energy (SGH2) and Standard Hydrogen say not only are they making carbon-free, energy-rich fuel, their approaches also will divert mountains of trash from landfills and waterways, cutting greenhouse gas emissions. . There are other ways to make hydrogen.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2020

Blue hydrogen is produced from natural gas, with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology scooping up the resulting CO2. Green hydrogen, in contrast, is produced by using (ideally dirt-cheap) renewable electricity to power an electrolyzer that splits the hydrogen from water molecules. Meanwhile, the U.K. They know that they need it.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 13, 2022

T 3 transformation, which encompasses digital transformation, energy transformation and net-zero carbon transformation, is a new model for propelling today’s campuses into the future through systematic reformation and innovation. The world is consuming increasingly more energy, which causes higher carbon emissions.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 25, 2020

Or will it always be seen as the bad boy for carbon emissions? Within the transport sector, other modes such as road vehicles have already made significant strides towards carbon neutrality. As things stand, aviation and shipping currently account for 5% of global carbon dioxide emissions. Switching to low carbon fuels.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 9, 2024

Carbon Upcycling Technologies (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a circular-decarbonization solution for hard-to-abate industries–-utilizing low-purity industrial CO 2 and industrial byproducts to decarbonize cement. manufactures and distributes biobased building materials, including a low-embodied-carbon insulation.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

Microsoft hit headlines at the start of year with a hugely ambitious plan to be 'carbon negative' by 2030 , backed by a pledge to - by mid-century - retroactively remove all carbon dioxide the company has ever emitted since it was founded in 1975, in an announcement that sent shockwaves across the corporate world.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S. As electric vehicles drive toward the mainstream, General Motors has come full circle as well. It mass-produced the first electric car in the 1990s, then literally crushed most of them in 2003. LinkedIn | Personal website.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Counting on 'negative carbon' solutions.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 25, 2020

With growing consensus on the gravity of the climate crisis, countries and companies are adopting carbon reduction targets. Pressure to make emissions visible has been around for a while: Consumers want to know how much carbon is embodied in the products they buy. Alas, to date the same isn’t true of carbon performance.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The Drax power plant in North Yorkshire is the UK’s biggest single-point source of carbon dioxide emissions, and is fed by a constant supply of wood pellets shipped to the UK on enormous vessels, mostly form North America. Birds and plants, and forests’ important carbon stores, are being damaged by this industry.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Thanks to generous feed-in tariffs and other incentives, Germany’s wind and solar installations have soared over the past two decades to the point that renewables could cover half of the country’s electricity demand. Power-to-gas involves using excess renewable power to manufacture carbon-neutral synthetic methane.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. That includes a recommitment to reaching its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions below 50 percent of their 2007 levels, potentially ahead of schedule.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

With the push to increase this capacity to 1 GW, the city expect CO2 emissions to be reduced by 518,000 tons by 2030, equivalent to supplying about 320,000 electric vehicles. There will be information and public relation campaigns among citizens in order counter the negative perceptions of geothermal energy.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2020

Put simply, the term ‘cleantech’ describes a product that aims to reduce or mitigate negative environmental impact. Accounting for eight per cent of the world’s carbon emissions, the current process for making cement is far from eco-friendly. At the same time, carbon dioxide is released and captured, alongside oxygen and hydrogen.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2021

These innovations could create low-carbon energy to power UK homes and businesses, avoid imports and form a “key component in the UK’s commitment to tackle climate change”, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy said in a press release. Carbon Capture. billion in government subsidy. billion in government subsidy.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 12, 2021

2, I spoke to Laura about Clearloop delivering one million watts of solar power to a carbon-intensive region and what that means for homeowners, children, teachers, and electrical engineering students living nearby the project. In anticipation of Clearloop’s upcoming groundbreaking in Jackson, Tennessee on Sept.

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Business Green

JANUARY 6, 2022

According to the survey of over 1,000 senior business decisionmakers, 29 per cent said UK businesses have a strategy for achieving carbon net zero. We need to see more industries commit to a robust strategy to reduce their environmental impact, whether that be through use of electric vehicles, cleaner energy supplies or reduced packaging.".

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2022

One study reported that the average carbon footprint per skier could be as much as 74kg CO 2e per trip. Sustainability pushes resorts away from the negative spiral, where high carbon footprints catalyze climate change – which could ultimately render the ski industry obsolete. They usually run on electricity.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Labour’s energy spokesperson has said he stands “completely” with biomass giant Drax, despite admitting that its use of wood pellets in its North Yorkshire power station is not carbon neutral. The speakers at the panel event, “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?” Completely With Them’.

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Green Business Bureau

MAY 4, 2022

From carbon emissions via the shipping, manufacturing, and order fulfillment processes, to excess packaging on the consumer end. What’s more, Tropic Skincare is certified as carbon neutral , and partners with United World Schools to help fund education in impoverished communities. Make your home office eco friendly.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 28, 2021

emissions by greening the electricity and transportation sectors. In particular, the plan adopts a technology-neutral Clean Electricity Standard, which puts us on the path to achieving 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. An important feature of this approach is that it is technology-neutral.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 11, 2021

Last week, Google announced a step forward in its 2030 goal to supply all of its annual electricity consumption, which now stands at 12.2 If expanded, the model could offer corporate renewables buyers the granular data required to decarbonize a greater percentage of their electricity load. and part of Canada.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Analysis of the government’s latest transparency data shows ministers at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) held 130 one-on-one meetings with energy producers between July 22 2019 and March 18 2021, of which nearly half (63) were with producers of high carbon energy. Drax Access.

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Business Green

AUGUST 10, 2021

The UK is committed to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and this year's edition of National Grid ESO's 'Future Energy Scenarios' shows that a 2035 clean power sector driven by a massive expansion of renewables is now the benchmark for the UK if it is to reach this goal. Zero carbon power by 2035. Credit: Ember.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Negative emissions technologies are critical for the earth’s climate and hitting net zero in the UK, argues Drax CEO Will Gardiner. In the first months of the crisis alone, China reported a 25 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Going net negative. This year has been unlike any in recent memory.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

If successfully commercialized, Modvion’s solution would solve the transport problem, while also replacing carbon intensive-steel with what could be a carbon-negative alternative. This is not only about producing green electricity, it's about doing so in a sustainable way,” he said in an interview.

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