Tue.May 30, 2023

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Crafting a global strategy for impact investment at Acumen

GreenBiz

Eighteen months into his new role focused at Acumen, Christopher Wayne talks about the critical role of agriculture in impact investing and what it takes to work in the field.

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Water innovation recognised at Edinburgh awards ceremony

Envirotec Magazine

Group picture of 2023 Lighthouse Award winners. From left to right: Giovanni Annicchiar, Ecopetrol; Ralph Exton, Grundfos; Per Overgaard Pederson, Aarhus Vand ReWater; Molun Zhang, The Coca-Cola Company; and Devesh Sharma, Aquatech International. Collaboration was cited as the key to success for the seven winners of the 2023 Lighthouse Awards, which were presented during BlueTech Forum in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Harnessing the power of your people to drive impact

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Pentair’s head of social responsibility shares how the company is engaging its global employees to advance the positive impacts of its business.

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Solar Panels ROI

The Environmental Blog

Are you considering installing solar panels in your home but apprehensive about the cost? Solar energy can be a great investment, but it requires a substantial upfront financial commitment. With the right guidance and an understanding of potential return on investment (ROI), however, solar panels can provide amazing long-term benefits for homeowners and the planet.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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.

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'Disappointing': Few asset managers back shareholder biodiversity proposals, report finds

GreenBiz

New research from Planet Tracker warns major investors are still failing to take nature loss seriously.

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Mountain Valley Pipeline Pushed Forward on False Claims of Need

NRDC onEarth

Claims that MVP is needed for energy security or demand—or that it is nearly built and has no legal hurdles ahead—are contradicted by data.

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Affordable Housing Is Infrastructure

NRDC onEarth

We need to invest in our housing stock to protect residents from displacement and help them fight and prepare for the climate crisis.

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Will EV adoption “crash the grid?”

Charged

One of the favorite tropes of the anti-EV crowd is that converting all vehicles to EVs will “crash the grid.” Those of us who regularly speak with execs at electric utilities and charging infrastructure providers aren’t too worried about this. However, as they say, the plural of anecdote is not data, so perhaps a mathematical explanation would better allay your fears of electrical apocalypse.

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Tesla Master Plan Part 3: Teardown By an Energy System Modeler

Energy Central

This article tackles a deceptively dangerous notion concerning energy, economics, and sustainability: We can practically and economically run our world almost exclusively on wind and solar power. We can accomplish this total transformation of the foundation of our civilization rapidly enough to keep global warming well below 2 °C. It looks great at first glance: Cheap and.

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Improve EV manufacturing processes, efficiency and deliverables with cloud-enabled visualization platform (Webinar)

Charged

In today’s rapidly changing EV landscape, manufacturers are doing everything they can to stay ahead. Learn how you can improve your processes, efficiency, and deliverables with FactoryTalk® Optix , a new cloud-enabled HMI product addition to the Rockwell Automation visualization portfolio. Take advantage of new levels of collaboration, scalability, and interoperability to achieve your HMI vision – in one new, easy-to-access, modern platform.

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

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.

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Making Our Water Safe AND Affordable

NRDC onEarth

Senate Hearing on May 31 Will Spotlight Water Affordability Challenges and Solutions

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Electrified transit bus sales overtake diesel in the EU

Charged

The skies are slowly beginning to clear in the EU, where the most recent quarterly sales data for transit buses shows that diesel-only buses no longer make up a majority of the market. As the International Council on Clean Transportation explains, city buses (not including coaches and interurban buses) make up about 60% of all heavy-duty passenger vehicle sales.

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A New ERA of Clean Energy for Rural America

NRDC onEarth

USDA pioneers the largest investment in rural electricity since the Great Depression.

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E-magy raises €20.5 million to scale nano-porous silicon anode material

Charged

Dutch advanced materials company E-magy has raised €20.5 million in new funding to prepare for industrial-scale production of its nano-porous silicon anode material for high-energy batteries. The funding consists of €15 million invested by Hydro, Invest-NL and RubioRubio, together with existing impact investors SHIFT Invest and PDENH, and a €5.5 million subsidy from the Dutch National Growth Fund program NXTGEN HIGHTECH.

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AR/VR Simulations for Sustainable, Regenerative, Circular Cities

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.

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Fossil Investors Beware: Here Come the Lawyers

Energy Central

This week’s news story on Western Canadian and U.S. wildfires may not have looked like a real and present threat to the investments and social licence that keep the oil and gas industry operating, extracting, and polluting. But when the history of this time is written—when we look back at how we managed the series of wins that finally got climate change under control—the.

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South Australia sees “doubling in demand” for its low cost green electricity

Renew Economy

ElectraNet says it is swamped with applications to connect to the state's "low-cost, low emissions" network from a booming green industry. The post South Australia sees “doubling in demand” for its low cost green electricity appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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13 Canadian Fossils Linked to Massive Losses in Western Wildfires

Energy Central

Thirteen oil and gas companies operating or based in Canada, including five of the six that make up the Pathways Alliance oil sands lobby group, are on the list of 88 big carbon polluters now being called out for a major share of the forested lands lost to wildfires in North America between 1986 and 2021, The Energy Mix has learned. The fossil fuel and cement companies on the.

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Acen wins approval to build Australia’s biggest battery – next to biggest solar farm

Renew Economy

"A reliable, cheaper, greener form of energy for NSW." Acen wins approval to build Australia's biggest battery next to massive New England solar farm. The post Acen wins approval to build Australia’s biggest battery – next to biggest solar farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How Digital Transformation will Bend the Curve of the Linear Economy Toward the Circular

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?

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Spanish green hydrogen competition gaining traction as African and Latin American countries develop green hydrogen.

Energy Central

The EU's effort to achieve independence from oil presents opportunities and challenges in both regions. EL PAÍS BY LEANDRO HERNANDEZ, MAY 30, 2023/ENGLISH EDITION AND SUPPLEMENTS BY GERMÁN & CO “Latin America and the Caribbean region has an enormous amount of renewable resources such as wind, solar, geothermal, and hydrological resources, which allows the region to.

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Solar glass maker ClearVue secures funding to begin local manufacturing

Renew Economy

WA government grants $2m to Perth BIPV company ClearVue Technologies to bring manufacturing of the company’s core technology onshore. The post Solar glass maker ClearVue secures funding to begin local manufacturing appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Do EVs Save Everyone Money?

Energy Central

EVs certainly offer an environmental benefit but whether they offer a financial one depends on where you live. Because of the high cost of electricity those living in Alaska and Hawaii benefit the least. But sadly, the benefit of EV ownership also depends on income level. The study found that over 50% of the lowest-income U.S. households would still experience high transportation costs.

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Giant Sun Cable solar project to start off with domestic focus, may add wind

Renew Economy

Quinbrook may start off Sun Cable small, with a focus on local market and may add wind. Cannon-Brookes is to focus on the cable proposal to Singapore. The post Giant Sun Cable solar project to start off with domestic focus, may add wind appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Natilus and ZeroAvia Join Forces to Revolutionize Cargo Aviation with Hydrogen-Electric Engines

Energy Central

In a significant development for the air cargo delivery industry, Natilus, a leading innovator in autonomous blended-wing body (BWB) cargo aircraft, and ZeroAvia, a pioneer in zero-emission commercial aviation, have announced a strategic partnership. The collaboration aims to jointly develop hydrogen-electric engines for the Natilus Kona cargo aircraft, with the goal of.

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Victoria brown hydrogen project in Greens’ sights in push for coal ban

Renew Economy

The state Greens want to ban all coal activities by 2030 – including brown hydrogen production – and enshrine the prohibition in the constitution. The post Victoria brown hydrogen project in Greens’ sights in push for coal ban appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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E-Mobility Roadmaps Cut Emissions Faster and More Affordably. Here’s How to Build One.

The City Fix

To cut transport emissions, moving vehicles away from burning fossil fuels is a fundamental step. However, the e-mobility transition is not only an opportunity to reduce emissions but to modernize mobility across the board, from expanding access to public transport.

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New code of conduct calls for end to “absurd” fossil fuel sponsorships

Renew Economy

The end may be nigh for fossil fuel companies using sports and the arts as advertising vehicles. The post New code of conduct calls for end to “absurd” fossil fuel sponsorships appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Maximizing Benefits: Upgrading to 800W Microinverters in Solar Power Systems

altenergymag

The appeal of 600W microinverters lies in their ability to perform low-voltage maximum power point tracking (MPPT), along with their exceptional safety, reliability, and straightforward installation process, especially suited for shaded or irregular layouts.

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Compostable turbine blades made from mushroom roots could solve waste problem

Renew Economy

The wind industry is rapidly approaching a big rubbish problem, but solutions are in motion to reduce the landfill pile. The post Compostable turbine blades made from mushroom roots could solve waste problem appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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A Green Dawn – 2023

Energy Central

Climate transition is bringing uncertainty, a position where today's government's off predictability are not comfortable John Barry and Paul McCormack Introduction As we leave Winter behind us and move into Spring,, we have crossed the threshold into Spring. Imbolg the Gaelic traditional festival marks the halfway point between the winter solstice and the.

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Solar Insiders Podcast: Solar, batteries and landlords

Renew Economy

Solar Victoria’s Stan Krpan on the new incentives for rooftop solar and battery storage. Plus: Should landlords be required to install rooftop solar? The post Solar Insiders Podcast: Solar, batteries and landlords appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Growatt Shines at SNEC Exhibition with Top Brand Awards and Cutting-Edge Solutions

altenergymag

The company's achievements were highlighted by its receipt of the Top Brand PV 2023 award from EUPD Research, along with the showcase of an impressive array of cutting-edge energy solutions.

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LACI’s Incubation Program Welcomes 12 New Startups to the Forefront of Sustainability

LA CleanTech Incubator

LACI recently welcomed its 6th Incubation Program cohort—12 startup businesses that are transforming the landscape of zero emissions transportation, clean energy and sustainable cities. By empowering Cohort 6 and their predecessors, LACI helps grow a new generation of entrepreneurs to lead the 21st century cleantech economy. Admission into LACI’s Incubation Program unlocks a 2-year program.

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Emerson Helps Optimize Innovative Recycling Process That Increases Sustainability of Waste-to-Energy Industry

altenergymag

Automation technology and software enable recycling of valuable materials from incinerator flue gas residue

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