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On Demand Webinar: Power your net zero ambitions with an intelligent energy pathway

altenergymag

What stage is your business at on pathway to net-zero? Do you have a clear roadmap of where you're going and how you'll get there? Or are you working out the best way to get started on your journey?

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Storing solar energy: Everything you need to know

Solar Power World

By Ali McBride, Aurora Solar Even the most ardent solar evangelists can agree on one limitation solar panels have: they only produce electricity when the sun is shining. But, peak energy use tends to come in the evenings, coinciding with decreased solar generation and causing a supply and demand issue. The thing is, solar panels… The post Storing solar energy: Everything you need to know appeared first on Solar Power World.

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How To Build Eco-Friendly Aquarium And Keep Both Fish And Environment Happy

Green Living Guy

Fishkeeping has become a lovely pastime over the years. It can be a lovely addition to any home. However, it can be difficult to make sure that it is eco-friendly and keep your fish happy and healthy. There are a few key points to consider to build an eco-friendly aquarium. You must work to make sure that your aquarium has as little of a … Read More How To Build Eco-Friendly Aquarium And Keep Both Fish And Environment Happy.

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First GMO mosquitoes to be released in the Florida Keys

Grist

This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This spring, the biotechnology company Oxitec plans to release genetically modified, or GM, mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. Oxitec says its technology will combat dengue fever, a potentially life-threatening disease, and other mosquito-borne viruses — such as Zika — mainly transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.

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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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Attract native bees with a free house

Greenability Magazine

Help The Bee Conservancy save the bees by hosting a native bee house at a local school, community garden or nature center. The organization will give away 500 houses to groups that can offer a native plant habitat and help communities support local food systems through its Sponsor-A-Hive Program. Two hundred bee houses were given away last fall and 300 will be donated this spring.

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Mid-year UN talks to go ahead virtually in 'crucial year' for climate action

Eco-Business

No formal decisions will be made during the online negotiations, with some developing nations fearing poor digital connections could disadvantage them.

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Time For Police Cars To Be Electric

CleanTechnica

Originally published on Tesla Oracle & EV Annex. Is it time for police cruisers to ditch the internal combustion engine? Chief Paul Nikas thinks so — check out his eye-catching new cruiser for the Ipswich Police Department in Massachusetts. Yes, that’s an all-electric Tesla Model Y. It turns out the Ipswich PD was able to […].

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Time to Repeal New England’s Anti-Consumer Dirty Energy Rule

CleanTechnica

Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog. By Bruce Ho Within the arcane rules that govern New England’s regional power grid, there’s a ticking time bomb that threatens to frustrate the region’s efforts to tackle the climate crisis while raising electricity bills by $3 billion over 10 years. Known as the Minimum Offer Price Rule or […].

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Rolling Back the Rollbacks: Putting Cars & Trucks Back on Track to Meeting Climate Goals

CleanTechnica

Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By Dave Cooke, Senior vehicles analyst, Clean Vehicles Program The White House is getting ready to release the next round of targets for its commitment under the Paris Agreement. We are calling for at least a 50% reduction in global warming emissions by 2030, compared to 2005. As the largest single source […].

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Reasons to Buy Ford Mustang Mach-E, Tesla Model Y, or Volkswagen ID.4

CleanTechnica

The auto market is an interesting place. There is a tremendous amount of variation. There are hundreds of models, and while there are certain ones that are more popular than others, millions of buyers decide each year to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a model that millions of others hate — mostly because […].

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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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California Approves $44 Million for San Diego EV Charging

CleanTechnica

Originally published on the NRDC Expert Blog. By Miles Muller San Diego Gas & Electric will deploy roughly 2,000 new electric vehicle charging stations at apartment and workplaces across the San Diego region, under a $44 million program approved by the California Public Utilities Commission. The investment will allow the utility to help fill the need […].

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You Can Now Buy The New BYD E6 With Blade Battery In Zimbabwe

CleanTechnica

BYD Zimbabwe recently launched the T3 electric van in the Zimbabwean market. This made it the first company to introduce brand new electric vehicles in Zimbabwe. Previously, EV enthusiasts and early adopters had been importing some EVs directly from the United Kingdom and Japan, but these were mostly used vehicles and were predominantly preowned Nissan […].

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The EQS vs EQC: Numbers Can’t Tell A Whole Story (and the U.S. Didn’t Miss Out)

CleanTechnica

In a recent story, I said that the Mercedes-Benz EQS appears to be the first truly serious EV offered by the company. It seems from the comments that many readers agree, and are happy to see that the vehicle looks to be a decent offering. We won’t truly know until Mercedes-Benz gives us some wheel […].

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Former Google Self-Driving Chief Trolls Tesla Hard: “We Were Doing Better In 2010”

CleanTechnica

Wowza — that’s a top-tier troll comment to start the weekend. This autonomous driving space is getting especially saucy in 2021. There have been hot comments and battles in logic (ahem, lidar) in the past in this field, but recent snipes from Waymo CEO (until just this month) John Krafcik, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and […].

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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.