Jim Conca
APRIL 12, 2021
And that’s exactly what they should do. And the International Atomic Energy Agency agrees. Only a small amount of tritium is left, so trivial that it could not harm humans or anything in the environment.
GreenBiz
APRIL 12, 2021
We decide how tomorrow will be by what we create today. Chris Gaither. Mon, 04/12/2021 - 01:15. The other morning, for the 100th consecutive day, I wrote three pages in my notebook. No specific agenda. No writing prompt. Simply three pages, handwritten with my Bic ReAction No. 2 mechanical pencil, about whatever came to mind. One hundred days in a row.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 12, 2021
A new study shows that the dangerous anatoxin-a, produced by cyanobacteria and found in algal blooms, can be released into the air, posing serious health risks.
GreenBiz
APRIL 12, 2021
JPMorgan Chase wants to be the commercial bank for ‘green economy’ companies. Heather Clancy. Mon, 04/12/2021 - 00:05. As the world’s largest financial institutions jockey for leadership positions in financing the transition to a clean economy, JPMorgan Chase is creating a team dedicated to building deeper relationships with companies that sell "environmentally-friendly" products and services or that focus on environmental conservation.
Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions
In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 12, 2021
Set for completion in 2023, the Toranomon-Azabudai Urban Redevelopment Project is a collaboration between urban landscape developer Mori Building Co. and luxury hotel operator Aman.
GreenBiz
APRIL 12, 2021
The Next Frontier: Engaging Employees In Sustainability. Date/Time: April 27, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). As corporations of all sizes increase sustainability commitments and take decisive action on climate change, some companies have begun engaging their employees in corporate-sponsored sustainability initiatives. These initiatives can directly reduce employee carbon emissions and can also have many indirect benefits, including increasing overall employee engagement and satisfaction scores.
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GreenBiz
APRIL 12, 2021
Selling Renewable Energy. to Your Team. Date/Time: May 11, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). Today’s corporate energy manager faces a challenging balancing act: how to accommodate cost and renewable energy goals, all within an organization’s risk tolerance. The status quo “transactional” process of buying energy is not the same as the best practices of a well-managed energy portfolio.
altenergymag
APRIL 12, 2021
Energinet has awarded Fugro a marine site characterisation contract for the Danish Energy Island project in the North Sea. The contract is part of Energinet's preliminary studies to build the world's first ‘hub and spoke' energy scheme: an energy island 80 km off the Danish coast that will act as a transmission centre for hundreds of surrounding wind turbines.
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 12, 2021
Electric vehicle manufacturers are turning to deep sea mining for metals necessary for EV batteries. But this can be detrimental to these ecosystems.
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 12, 2021
Researchers from Coventry University are collaborating with Severn Trent and the Organics Group to turn sewage waste into a clean fuel for tankers and other vehicles. The project will look to capture waste ammonia from the utility’s sewage treatment facility and turn it into hydrogen. Severn Trent currently destroys this waste ammonia, which is a toxic gas.
Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium
With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 12, 2021
Dubbed the House in Repino, the project will focus on minimizing the removal of existing trees.
altenergymag
APRIL 12, 2021
Solar Tracker is an electromechanical assembly used for tracking the movement of the Sun during the course of day in order to improve the efficiency of the solar power generation system.
Envirotec Magazine
APRIL 12, 2021
The University of Birmingham has purchased a laboratory-scale rare earth roll separator for its School of Metallurgy and Minerals lithium-ion battery recycling research facility. The high-intensity magnetic separator enables the separation of very weakly magnetic particles. The system is provided by Bunting, a designer and manufacturer of magnetic separators for the recycling and waste industries, based in Redditch and Berkhamsted.
altenergymag
APRIL 12, 2021
The new generation of monofacial HiKu7 and bifacial BiHiKu7 modules are based on 210 mm cells and are set to deliver one of the most competitive levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) in the industry by reducing balance of system (BOS) and other costs for solar power plants. These modules have been optimized with leading tracker and inverter designs to ensure seamless installation of solar systems.
Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.
GreenBiz
APRIL 12, 2021
Calpine Energy Solutions. taylor flores. Mon, 04/12/2021 - 16:25.
Charged
APRIL 12, 2021
Hino Trucks, a subsidiary of Toyota, is accelerating the production timeline for its suite of battery-electric vehicles. The new Class 4-8 electric trucks are now slated to go into low-volume production in Q4 2022 and full production by the end of 2023. The company originally planned to have its BEV range in production by 2024, but Transport Dive reports that a new partnership with Cummins will allow Hino to shift resources from diesel engine development to Project Z, its zero-emissions vehicle
altenergymag
APRIL 12, 2021
There remains a continued focus on producing more energy from renewable sources to drive down global carbon emissions in the coming years.
The City Fix
APRIL 12, 2021
In 2020 and into 2021, transportation agencies, companies and advocacy groups acted swiftly in the face of the unique public health crisis and disruption caused by COVID-19. They provided solutions that kept frontline workers, groceries, health services and other critical. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute
The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?
Charged
APRIL 12, 2021
The Swappable Battery Consortium for Electric Motorcycles, a joint project of Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha, has reached an agreement to standardize swappable batteries for electric motorcycles in Japan. Since its 2019 inception, the Consortium has been formulating standards for mutual-use swappable batteries and their replacement systems, in order to encourage the adoption of electric motorcycles.
altenergymag
APRIL 12, 2021
The power of marine waves is remarkable indeed. The technology, though new, has emerged with high-end potential to transform the power of marine waves into electricity.
Charged
APRIL 12, 2021
LG Energy has announced that by the end of 2025, it will invest more than $4.5 billion in its US-based business to increase its battery production capacity by 70 GWh. LG and GM are currently discussing plans to build a second joint venture plant in the US, which is expected to have a production capacity similar to the two companies’ first plant in Ohio, and is set to manufacture next-generation EV cells. “LG Energy Solution is dedicated to expanding its battery production capacity an
Impact Alpha
APRIL 12, 2021
College is not only far more expensive than it was a decade ago, but the burden of paying for it has also profoundly. The post Three ways risk-sharing aligns colleges with student outcomes appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Charged
APRIL 12, 2021
When Tesla unveiled its new 4680 battery cell at last September’s Battery Day event , it described the new cell as a “massive breakthrough” that could enable the production of a new generation of much cheaper EVs. Tesla is believed to be producing the cells on a pilot line at its Fremont plant, but is also working with battery suppliers. Panasonic and LG have both accepted the invitation to the party.
Impact Alpha
APRIL 12, 2021
ImpactAlpha, April 12 — Washington, D.C.-based Village Capital has made its first pair of investments through the early-stage Financial Innovation Fund it manages. The post Village Capital backs tech startups in Jordan and Chile appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Charged
APRIL 12, 2021
SEA Electric , a maker of electric power-system technology for urban delivery and distribution fleets, recently secured $42 million in initial private placement equity financing. President Tony Fairweather said the financing will allow SEA Electric to accelerate its global sales efforts and further use its proprietary Sea-Drive 120b battery power system, while strengthening the delivery and distribution transportation segment for vehicles that operate in urban and metropolitan areas.
altenergymag
APRIL 12, 2021
The Kellam Project has a rated capacity of 81MWp and is fully contracted to its offtaker under a 15-year busbar power purchase agreement for all energy and environmental attributes. Construction of the solar farm commenced in April 2020 and full commissioning with commercial operation under its power purchase agreement was achieved in December 2020.
Impact Alpha
APRIL 12, 2021
ImpactAlpha, April 12 – Energy-transition investment surged by 24% in developed nations last year. In emerging markets strained by the COVID pandemic, it. The post Changing the climate for climate investments in emerging markets appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Solar Power World
APRIL 12, 2021
As the aging U.S. power grid experiences more catastrophic blackouts due to fires, ice, snow or other natural disasters, more Americans may be considering the merits of disconnecting from it all and living fully off-grid. The concept seems quaint and simple, but the reality of ensuring a standalone electric system operates as it should for… The post Off-grid inverter advancements keep solar projects running in frigid and sizzling temps appeared first on Solar Power World.
Impact Alpha
APRIL 12, 2021
ImpactAlpha, April 12 — Career impact bonds are bringing income-share agreements, which dozens of universities are using to provide help to low-income students. The post Social Finance raises $36 million for ‘career impact bonds’ and backs American Diesel Training appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Business Green
APRIL 12, 2021
New legislation would see flights banned on routes where train journeys can be completed in less than two and a half hours. The French government has moved forward with pioneering plans to effectively ban a number of short haul aviation routes as part of the country's sweeping new climate bill. Lawmakers voted late on Saturday to abolish all domestic flights on routes than can be covered by train in under two-and-a-half hours, building on pledges last year to ensure that emergency Covid-related
altenergymag
APRIL 12, 2021
Panasonic promotes installers in California, Illinois and Massachusetts to Elite and Premium tiers of company program
Impact Alpha
APRIL 12, 2021
ImpactAlpha, April 12 – Tiffany Manuel’s handbooks for social change warn about messaging “backfires.” These days, she’s wielding such tools to overcome backlash. The post The Reconstruction: Seeing the world of our children’s children to help make the case for justice appeared first on Impact Alpha.
altenergymag
APRIL 12, 2021
Southwire will Lead the Design, Manufacturing and Installation of Onshore Cables for the Vineyard Wind 1 Project
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