Global Renewable News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Standard Solar, a leading commercial and community solar developer and asset owner, today (Feb 12) announced the acquisition of an 84-megawatt community solar portfolio in Illinois. The combined capac.

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Global Renewable News

AUGUST 8, 2023

Standard Solar, a leader in the ownership, operation, funding and development of commercial and community solar assets, today (Aug 8) announced it has acquired a community solar project at FCP®'

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Major corporations, innovative startups, ambitious non-profits, and industry associations are making progress toward the idea of the zero-waste office, and they share their best practices in this new report by Green Standards.

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Global Renewable News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Standard Solar is poised to play a pivotal role in propelling solar energy adoption in Virginia with the acquisition of a 12-megawatt community solar project portfolio from New Leaf Energy. These tr.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 8, 2024

This includes operating a pesticide plant that stored and processed highly poisonous chemicals – and which was maintained and supervised below standards of equivalent UCC facilities in the United States – next to densely populated and predominantly Muslim and lower-caste communities living mostly in poverty and in informal housing.

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Solar Power World

AUGUST 27, 2019

Pivot Energy and Standard Solar have expanded their partnership to co-develop five more community solar sites across Colorado. The portfolio of projects, all ground-mounted arrays, will total approximately 8.9 MW appeared first on Solar Power World. MW appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Solar Power World

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Light Energy, a New York solar energy company specializing in the development of solar electric and community solar systems, celebrated the completion of the 7-MW Sugar Hill Solar Farm. Light Energy participated in a ribbon-cutting and community tour of the first community solar farm in Clifton Park, New… The post U.S.

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 1, 2024

The critical role of community engagement and global partnerships in amplifying relief efforts. The organization empowers communities by developing and implementing programs that enhance infrastructure, boost agricultural productivity, and support education. Ensuring healthy lives leads to more prosperous communities.

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Solar Power World

AUGUST 22, 2019

Standard Solar has completed a seven-site solar project for Flushing Community School District in Flushing, Michigan. In a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership, Standard Solar designed, built, financed and will operate and maintain solar arrays at all seven schools within the Flushing Community School District.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 19, 2024

Bringing standards and certainty to financing for community infrastructure and the green transition. The post The Brief: Standardizing and scaling green financing appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Greetings Agents of Impact! In today’s Brief: Featured: Deploy! Organizations.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Community investments pay dividends. Corporate community investment historically has been the realm of philanthropy and volunteerism departments, but there are a growing number of examples where direct investment by businesses benefits operations as well as the communities in which they serve. John Davies.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Good Law Project is supporting Rights Community Action to take Michael Gove’s levelling up department to the High Court. The claimant, Rights Community Action, is challenging the written ministerial statement, published in December 2023, which limits councils setting higher energy efficiency standards for new housing schemes.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Microsoft, Tiffany help carve out new responsible mining standard. But after almost a decade and a half of creating the most holistic and encompassing mining standard, the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) released its first audit of a mine today. Jesse Klein. Wed, 10/21/2020 - 00:01. It's starting to turn that around.//Courtesy

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2023

The global business community is witnessing a regulatory shift that has massive implications for operations and compliance. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures follow similar developments in the United Kingdom, Japan, New Zealand and Canada.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

million households – lacking easy access to nature (and the huge health and wellbeing benefits that come from it), the voluntary organisations coalition Wildlife and Countryside Link has warmly welcomed new Green infrastructure Standards from Natural England (announced on 31 January). With one in three people – around 9.4

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NRDC onEarth

AUGUST 23, 2023

CARB's Low-Carbon Fuel Standard currently funnels millions of dollars a year to polluting fuels. Will CARB listen to the community voices calling for change ?

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Judy Kuszewski is Chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), which is responsible for setting the GRI Standards. The exposure draft responds to these pressures, building on the latest authoritative insights and extensively revamping the 2016 Standard ( GRI 304 ).

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Solar Power World

MARCH 7, 2024

Summit Ridge Energy (SRE), a commercial solar contractor from Arlington, Virginia, will soon complete construction of a 17-MW community solar portfolio of seven projects — at least, they’re considered that by interconnection standards — built across four different rooftops in Maryland.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Rights Community Action and Good Law Project launch legal action against government policy that restricts councils' ability to set higher energy efficiency standards for new homes

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GreenBiz

JULY 12, 2020

For years, corporate reporters — those inside companies responsible for creating sustainability reports and reporting environmental, social and governance data to various other organizations — have been frustrated by what many refer to as an alphabet soup of standards and frameworks: CDP, GRI, IIRC, PRI, SASB, TCFD, UNGC and more.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 16, 2020

However, sustainability practices have notoriously catered to the wants and needs of the wealthier majority, while excluding the most vulnerable communities by lack of engagement and practice. We need to dismantle the standard paradigm that designs sustainable products and services only for the top 1 percent. First, say the words.

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Canary Media

MARCH 14, 2024

This is the final installment of a three-part series examining the controversies and conflicts surrounding the future of the California Air Resources Board’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard. For years, environmental groups, community activists and climate scientists have warned the California Air… Read Part 1 and Part 2.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 30, 2021

Many building standards developed decades ago have had only small incremental updates over the years. For example, thermal comfort standards based on young, Caucasian, male body types (including ASHRAE standard 55) have been shown multiple times over to be biased , yet they persist as standards for building design.

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Energy Central

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

No, yet successful achievement of the goals of the CLCPA is one of the highly questionable conclusions a zoning board of appeals adopted in finding that a Community Solar Project was not a public necessity justifying the grant of a use variance. Have the goals of New York’s CLCPA have been met?

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

For example, in 2005, the "Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhancement of carbon stocks" (REDD+) system was created as a social and biodiversity safeguard to make sure carbon removal efforts didn’t harm biodiversity and that its benefits were given to local communities. Buck said. .

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Companies are making progress in disclosing their environmental impact and governance standards, but social factors have not been given the same attention — until now. Social factors include how a company manages relationships with its workforce, the communities in which it operates and the geopolitical environment. Social Justice.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 14, 2021

That’s where its Product Impact Standards , a set of expectations for the brands REI sells in its stores, come in. While the standards were updated in December 2020 and first launched in 2018, REI is now working to ensure that all products in REI stores adhere to the standards. Standard highlights.

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Solar Industry

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Onyx Renewable Partners and Qcells North America have announced plans to develop two Massachusetts community solar and battery projects, to be developed by Onyx and have a total 6.2 The Massachusetts projects benefit from the state’s SMART incentive program and will participate in the state’s Clean Peak Energy Standard.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Innovative features such as temperature and pressure alarms and air filter monitoring are included as standard, with options such as acoustic lining and GSM and/or BMS communication for remote plant monitoring, available upon request. Bespoke designs are also available.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

Rule #5: Local communities and ecosystems must not be negatively affected. Enforcing the rules for carbon offsetting with standardization. Before investing in a given carbon offset program, you need to ensure the scheme is robust and verified to the highest international standards. Carbon offset program #2: Energy efficiency.

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Solar Industry

MAY 2, 2024

GAF Energy , a Standard Industries company, has opened the doors to its new 450,000 sq. We’ve been overjoyed with our decision to build in Georgetown, the community has welcomed us with open arms and made it feel like home.” ” This manufacturing facility is the company’s second.

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Renew Economy

JULY 21, 2023

A community panel of Ad Standards finds gas industry commercial breached the advertising code for environmental claims by making an unclear comparison with coal. The post Gas lobby forced to pull ad for misleading viewers over “50 pct cleaner” claims appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Charged

APRIL 15, 2024

At least 50% of the investment will be designated to benefit communities disproportionately affected by pollution. The announcement comes on the heels of approval of a $1.9-billion billion investment plan to accelerate both hydrogen refueling and the state’s goal of reaching 250,000 public EV chargers in the next few years.

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Charged

JULY 7, 2023

Standards body SAE International has produced a certification program to verify skills and knowledge of technicians who maintain, repair and operate EV charging stations. Menchaca about SAE’s EVSE standards and education efforts.)

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 5, 2024

Through the recommendations, the NDRC calls on the establishment of a technical standard system for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) interaction by 2025, by when charging peak and time-of-use electricity prices should be fully implemented. in residential communities. The specific reform recommendations include: 1.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Ampion Renewable Energy , a provider of community solar solutions, has launched Ampion+ – its new Green-e Energy certified product. The RECs are bundled with the subscriber’s community solar subscription, so companies do not need to manage separate processes for energy savings and ESG efforts.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Improved resale value – Buildings that meet current sustainability performance standards and include up-to-date infrastructure and equipment gain higher resale value. This in turn wins stakeholder trust, strengthens community relationships and attracts new customers. more than unrated homes.

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