Grist

AUGUST 10, 2023

Last month, the American Chemistry Council, a petrochemical industry trade group, sent out a newsletter highlighting a major new report on what it presented as a promising solution to the plastic pollution crisis: using “recycled” plastic in construction materials. This already happens with materials that don’t have plastics in them.)

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Green Technology

MARCH 20, 2023

Forum Floorplan Advisory Board Register to Attend How County Agencies Partnered to Develop a Regional Model for Sustainable and Climate Resilient Schools that Can be Taken to Scale Across California This session answers the question: How can regional agencies partner with TK-12 schools and to catalyze environmental and climate action?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 13, 2024

Arjan Sharma, of Edmonton’s fleet and facility services, mentioned the “pause” is due to a shift in short-term demand forecasts for hydrogen. Arjan Sharma, of Edmonton’s fleet and facility services, mentioned the “pause” is due to a shift in short-term demand forecasts for hydrogen.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 2, 2020

There’s no shortage of “resilience” talk in the energy industry, but it hasn’t always been that way. Resilience 101: Where we’ve been. Thirty years ago, the concept of resilience held a very different and less pressing connotation than it does today. During the ‘80s and ‘90s, many U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 10, 2020

But it can also substantially increase electricity demand at ports. In response to California's electrification push, the state's largest ports, including San Diego, Los Angeles, and Long Beach, are turning to microgrids for energy security and demand flexibility.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 28, 2020

The slowdown is driven by shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders that have forced microgrid projects to delay permitting, construction and interconnection processes amid the country’s COVID-19 pandemic, microgrid analyst Isaac Maze-Rothstein wrote. That’s similar to the delays that have hurt U.S. and Eastern Seaboard.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The DER company has acquired Centrica’s demand response division, bolstering their DER capacity from 5.6GW to 6.3GW. CPower closes Centrica demand response acquisition. Their services aim to help customers earn revenue for participating in demand response solutions that bolster the grid. GW of #DER capacity!

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 13, 2022

Market demand has shifted more abruptly than ever before meaning companies have to respond faster and be more agile to all these changes. Today’s buyers demand eco-efficient brands, green products, responsibly sourced materials, and sustainability-focused solutions and services. More interactions are digital.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

And right now, there isn’t enough demand for decarbonized steel for manufacturers to justify investing several millions of dollars into lower-carbon steel facilities. But there has been little demand because the end product is so expensive. Members include Lendlease, Mace Group, Multiplex Construction Europe and WSP UK.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Wildstone Construction Group and SkyFire Energy have marked the opening of Summerland, British Columbia’s first utility-scale solar facility. The project utilized 80% local construction labor and Canadian-based manufacturing for the solar PV racking and the battery energy storage system.

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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The DOE is entering into capacity contract negotiations with three interregional transmission projects that will strengthen grid resilience and reliability, enable the addition of more clean energy resources to the grid, and bring diverse, clean energy to more customers. Construction is expected to start in Q1 of 2025.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

It's easy to see why: Demand is enormous. The ongoing coronavirus crisis has amplified the growing calls for resilient and adaptable infrastructure that effectively can operate during moments of crisis. Economically, the case for technologically advanced, resilient and sustainable infrastructure is clear. The economic benefits.

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Solar Industry

JANUARY 26, 2024

. “The collaboration with Foss & Company highlights the growing demand for community solar projects that offer an equitable and affordable renewable energy choice,” says Julian Erfurth, Nautilus’ executive director of capital markets. These projects aim to provide energy to the Northeast and Midwest regions of the U.S.

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Green Technology

APRIL 18, 2023

the California Conservation Corps, Ferguson HVAC, Whitson Contracting and Management, Smart Rain, Veregy, MBTechnology, Constructive Systems Inc. All education sessions and showcase videos will be available on demand following the live Sustainable Facilities Forum on May 18th. and many more. You will be able to watch them in any order.

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Solar Industry

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Origis Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) say construction has begun on the first of three projects in Mississippi with a total capacity of 550 MW plus 150 MW of battery storage. This is the largest battery storage portfolio announced in Mississippi and the largest solar portfolio under construction in the state.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to dangerous climate change, according to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The green technologies required to deliver net zero emission buildings have already been developed and are slowly becoming more established in new and old buildings alike, while construction firms are thinking increasingly carefully about the environmental impacts of the materials and equipment they use.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The Global Infrastructure Hub estimates that meeting the global demand for services by 2040 will require almost US$100 trillion of investment in sustainable infrastructure. The report finds that the greatest impact on the SDGs is achieved when nature-based solutions are combined with built infrastructure assets.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

This initiative provides both hands-on training for people in the Buffalo area who have been underemployed for long periods of time and employment opportunities in renewable energy projects and green construction. Instead, it’s vital to support community-led proposals consistent with a resilient green future from the beginning.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2020

But 12 years later, as governments plot their path out of the coronavirus crisis, the coalition of groups demanding an explicitly green recovery strategy has proved to be broader, deeper, and armed with compelling polling and encouraging data.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 15, 2020

But as residential companies work through their existing pipelines and prepare for a future where demand may fall off a cliff , many community solar developers say their subscription numbers have held steady. Construction and permitting delays are also hitting projects across the industry, albeit unevenly. There are 2.1

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2020

The Environment Agency's new strategy will help build up the resilience of millions more homes and businesses to flooding and coastal erosion, according to its chair Emma Howard Boyd. Our vision is: a nation ready for, and resilient to, flooding and coastal change - today, tomorrow and to the year 2100. Every year, flooding kills.

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Business Green

MAY 10, 2020

Business Secretary and COP26 President Alok Sharma last month told a key global climate summit that, as countries emerge from the emergency phase of Covid-19 "we must collectively support a green and resilient recovery that helps us deliver our existing commitments". Real Men Build Power Stations'.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 1, 2021

In June, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) narrowly approved the construction of a new 42” diameter gas pipeline that will connect shale wells in Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Ohio to a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Gulf Coast, carrying over a billion cubic feet of fracked gas to be transported overseas every day.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 6, 2021

CPA is seeking a detailed-oriented and highly motivated professional with energy experience to join our team as the Program Manager, Grid Management and Resiliency. The Program Manager, Grid Management and Resiliency will develop and implement customer-facing programs related to load shifting, electrification, and clean generation.

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Mosaic

JANUARY 3, 2024

Demand for solar will remain high in the long term Net metering and interest rates have proved challenging for the solar industry in 2023. As more homeowners look to lower utility bills, build their home’s resiliency against weather events, and decrease their carbon footprint, demand for solar technologies will rise.

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Charged

MAY 2, 2022

Startup Statevolt, a sister company of Britishvolt and Italvolt , plans to invest $4 billion to construct a new battery factory in California’s Imperial Valley. Today, we face a significant shortage in the amount of lithium that is required to meet the demand for electric vehicles,” said Statevolt leader Lars Carlstrom. “We

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 25, 2020

With a growing unease in taking public transportation, the demand for electric bikes and cars is also skyrocketing. . While governmental incentives for the EV market in the United States are minimal, the private sector is jumping on board to continue the momentum and meet the new consumer demand. . Driving forward.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In total 455,076 jobs could be created or in demand in the construction and property sectors[2]. The construction industry has been one of the hardest hit in the pandemic, with 90% of construction businesses having applied for the furlough scheme, second only to the hospitality sector[3]. 100 billion green investment.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 22, 2024

The Hydrocarbon Agency of Croatia (AZU) has awarded a contract to CROSCO, naftni servisi, doo (Crosco) for the design, procurement of materials and construction of exploratory geothermal wells on a turnkey basis for locations in Velika Gorica, Zaprešic, Osijek, and Vinkovci. The total value of the contract is EUR 39.7

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Business Green

MARCH 28, 2023

Climate change isn’t a 'side of desk' activity, yet corporate efforts to bolster resilience are failing to keep pace with worsening climate impacts - BusinessGreen Intelligence's latest trend report explores how firms should respond to escalating climate risks "The wolf is at the door," warns Greenpeace UK's head of politics, Rebecca Newsom.

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Charged

MAY 16, 2022

FreeWire will use the new capital to support ambitious growth plans as it accelerates commercial deployments of its battery-integrated EV charging technology and increases manufacturing capacity to meet growing demand in markets such as the UK, Canada, Japan, and Australia/New Zealand.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 18, 2024

The program supports the planning and construction of renewable energy or energy resilience projects. The collaboration between the Town of Lakeview and Jacobs signifies a progressive stride toward developing a comprehensive understanding of geothermal energy resources and demand models.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Both the fields of solar panels Conservative leadership hopeful Liz Truss apparently loathes, and the fields of gambolling lambs she idolises are very much human constructs. As a lesson on the dangers of ignoring climate threats, and the huge value of investing in resilience and decarbonisation, there could scarcely be a better exemplar.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Companies have an important and constructive role to play in enabling policy-makers to close the 'ambition gap' which would also contribute positively to the long-term value of our investment portfolios. Risk & Resilience. Investors signing this week's letters have called on the 47 U.S. Pull Quote. Finance & Investing. Greenhouse Gas.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 21, 2024

In this edition of Smart Energy’s Power Playbook column, Yusuf Latief speaks to Jeremy Klingel of US Consultancy West Monroe, about power market trends and how demand response can bridge the transmission buildout gap. There’s also this concept of “back to the future” with things like demand response.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Improve forest practices for carbon, adaptation and resilience. The construction sector makes up 8.6 This proposal would meet growing demand for easements by creating a new funding source. Together, the proposals advance the four FCWG goals for climate change mitigation : Maintain and expand forest cover. Changing priorities.

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