Wed.Sep 22, 2021

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How V2G financial incentives could inspire EV adoption

GreenBiz

What if you or your organization could offset the cost of a new EV even further than the total cost of ownership equation by actually generating money from it?

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These shipping container tiny homes provide for the unhoused

Inhabitat - Innovation

The pandemic showed us all how close anyone can come to having nothing. Many people are much closer to losing everything than they even want to know. Monarch Village, created by Studio 804, offers a shelter solution to meet the needs of unhoused people and families.

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Starbucks makes circular push with expansion of Greener Stores

GreenBiz

The coffee giant is building out its Greener Stores model, starting in Shanghai, and seeking to give other retailers a lift in adopting circular practices.

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Off-grid design helps rebuild school structures lost in fire

Inhabitat - Innovation

Frederick Fisher & Partners recently completed a project at the Ojai Valley School’s Upper Campus in Ojai, California, replacing structures previously lost to the Thomas Fire in 2017.

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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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Companies, consumers can meet climate action goals together

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Climate change impacts are everywhere, and the time for transformative action is now. Both companies and consumers have vital roles to play.

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Officials worry COP26 climate conference is at "high risk of failure"

Inhabitat - Innovation

The highly anticipated U.N. climate conference COP26 is at "high risk of failure," according to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Planned to take place this November in Glasgow, COP26 intends to bring together global leaders to address the climate crisis.

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Climate clock ticks out shame for rich nations

Inhabitat - Innovation

Activists in New York are trying to shame rich countries into keeping an expensive promise to the Global South. A new version of a digital "climate clock" displayed in Union Square shows a climate-action timeline along with an amount rich countries still owe.

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Loop adds in-store pickup and dropoff for reusable packaging

GreenBiz

After two years of running mostly online, the company is partnering with retail and fast food companies for an in-person experience.

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6 Benefits of Solar Microgrids for Local Energy Production

U.S. Green Technology

As the eco-conscious movement expands, the demand for sustainable energy sources increases. In the U.S., most of our electricity derives from fossil fuels. During combustion, they create greenhouse gas emissions and create atmospheric degradation. Environmental engineers and scientists evaluated energy-related challenges and developed sustainable solutions.

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The glaring absence of climate in company financials

GreenBiz

Why corporations' climate-lite financial statements threaten both the climate and investors.

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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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Extreme heat pushes Biden administration to pursue worker protections

Inhabitat - Innovation

President Biden has directed labor officials to draft laws that will protect workers under extreme heat conditions. The directive comes months after a hot summer, in which several workers were reported dead due to extreme heat.

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Loop adds in-store pickup and dropoff for reusable packaging service

GreenBiz

After two years of running mostly online, the company is partnering with retail and fast food companies for an in-person experience.

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Environmental Awareness Days In October

Green Business Bureau

There are countless environmental awareness days and events happening globally for you and your employees to celebrate year-round. Here are a few environmental awareness days coming up in October that you should really put on your calendar. Energy Efficiency Day – October 6th. Happening every first Wednesday of October, Energy Efficiency Day is a collaborative effort by energy efficiency advocacy groups across the U.S. such as the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), U

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Yotta Energy Partners with CPS Energy to Demonstrate Distributed Solar + Storage Technology

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The Battery Storage Project at Joint Base San Antonio Fort Sam Houston Military Post Will Serve as a Test Project for Deploying Distributed Energy Storage Resources

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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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New platform enables EV owners to earn revenue by providing demand response services for the UK grid

Charged

Kaluza, an intelligent energy platform, and Flexitricity, an electrical aggregator and demand response specialist, have partnered to provide a new combined grid flexibility service. The companies aim to unlock the energy storage potential of EVs and other in-home devices, providing a valuable balancing resource for the grid which could someday scale to millions of devices.

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China pledges to end (foreign) coal financing

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Sept. 22 – With less than six weeks until the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, global leaders are stirring to (modest) action. The post China pledges to end (foreign) coal financing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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In-Charge Energy’s new bidirectional DC Wallbox charger

Charged

In-Charge Energy , a provider of turnkey charging solutions for commercial fleets, has announced its first charger offering. The ICE-30 Wallbox is a compact DC fast charger that’s specifically designed for commercial fleets. It supports bidirectional charging, which enables applications such as vehicle-to-grid, vehicle-to-building or vehicle-to-anything you like!

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Ford Begins Pre?Production of All?Electric F?150 Lightning Truck, Boosts Investment, Adds Jobs in Michigan

Green Living Guy

DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 16, 2021 – As the first pre-production F-150 Lightning trucks roll out of Ford’s new Rouge Electric Vehicle Center and demand soars for the all-electric truck, Ford today said it will increase investment and add jobs to boost production. Ford is investing an additional $250 million and adding 450 more direct jobs across […].

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Australian mine operator buys Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive

Charged

In July, Wabtec (NYSE: WAB) announced that its FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive delivered an 11 percent reduction in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in a three-month pilot with BNSF Railway. Now Wabtec has made a sale to Australian mine operator Roy Hill, to be delivered in 2023. The company will receive the newest version of the FLXdrive locomotive, which features an energy capacity of 7 MWh—an upgrade from the 2.4 MWh prototype that was tested in revenue service earlier this

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In Pursuit of Zero Emissions, Ford Submits All?Electric Police Pilot Vehicle for Michigan State Police Testing

Green Living Guy

DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 17, 2021 – Ford is paving the way for electric police fleets in America. As part of its more than $30 billion investment in electrification through 2025. All because Ford is exploring all-electric, purpose-built law enforcement vehicles. So to demonstrate that a vehicle with an electric powertrain can deliver strong performance is […].

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GaN Systems to supply power transistors to BMW

Charged

Gallium nitride power semiconductor developer GaN Systems has signed a comprehensive capacity agreement with BMW for the company’s GaN power transistors, which are designed to increase the efficiency and power density of critical applications in EVs. GaN Systems will provide capacity for multiple applications in series production. The guaranteed volumes are a building block for reliability in the supply chain for automotive manufacturers.

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World’s largest floating offshore wind farm begins operation

Renewable Energy World

Follow @EngelsAngle. The world's largest floating wind farm is now operating offshore Scotland. Statkraft, a renewable energy generator owned by the Norwegian state, will buy the entire electrical output of the 48 MW Kincardine Offshore Wind Farm through a power purchase agreement that extends until 2029. The Kincardine Offshore Wind Farm is expected to generate up to 218 GWh of clean electricity each year, enough to power 55,000 households.

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Cities Are Surprising Leaders in Forest Conservation

The City Fix

The world’s forests face a dire threat. Each year, 6 to 9 million hectares (15 to 22 million acres, an area roughly the size of Denmark) of forests are permanently cleared and many millions more are degraded. But many decisions affecting forests. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Labour Criticised Over Drax-Sponsored ‘Zero Carbon’ Party Conference Event

DeSmogBlog

The Labour Party has been accused of helping biomass energy giant Drax engage in “green spin” by holding a climate event at its upcoming conference sponsored by the North Yorkshire company. Drax – which emitted 19.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2020, including 13.2 million from burning biomass, according to environmental law charity ClientEarth – is sponsoring an event called “How Can the UK Build a Zero Carbon, Lower Cost Energy Future?

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Blockchain music streaming service Audius raised $5 million from Nas, Katy Perry and other creators

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, September 22 – Mainstream streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music are notorious for stiffing the musicians who drive the platforms’ popularity. The post Blockchain music streaming service Audius raised $5 million from Nas, Katy Perry and other creators appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — September 2021

Greentown Labs

Our 180+ startups never fail to impress us with their hard work and commitment to scaling their climatetech solutions! Check out their latest accomplishments below. Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Deployments + Partnerships.

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The Brief: Inclusive creator economy, streaming Audius, Bezos’ Earth funding, banking Egyptian workers, cellular meat, planet forward, China rethinks coal

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! ?? Optimizing for impact. This is going to be big. Hundreds of Agents of Impact have signed up for. The post The Brief: Inclusive creator economy, streaming Audius, Bezos’ Earth funding, banking Egyptian workers, cellular meat, planet forward, China rethinks coal appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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How to ‘build back better’ energy markets for higher penetration of renewables

Renewable Energy World

With next week’s FERC meeting on SEEM proposal , the question is back on the table: will FERC approve a group of southeast utilities’ proposal for organizing a market? This fall is the first legislative session across the US and other states where the discussion is around clean energy and what incentives are needed for utilities to deploy more renewables.

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Investment opportunities in expanding access and ownership in the creator economy

Impact Alpha

The creator economy is a burgeoning new segment for all investors – art-lovers or not – who want to drive impact through quality. The post Investment opportunities in expanding access and ownership in the creator economy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Introducing the Velojuicer – pedal-powered apple scratter

Low Impact

Here is an in-depth look at the Velojuicer, our pedal-powered apple juicer. A lightweight, mobile, all-in-one machine that scrats, presses, and juices apples using only human power and a bit of good humour. The Velojuicer is a brand new invention for making juice at community apple days. It is a new improved version of the traditional scratter and press and is great fun to use, produces a large amount of juice in double quick time, and is a great spectacle and centrepiece for community apple day

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Green trade: UK Export Finance pleges to align its financing with net zero by 2050

Business Green

UK's export credit agency vows to increase support for 'clean growth, renewables and climate adaptation exports' as it unveils new emissions goal. The UK's export agency has pledged to achieve net zero emissions across its financing portfolio by 2050, setting out its plans to increase support for 'green' projects and improve its understanding of climate-related risks.

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Grid hardening through DER could soon be a viable, profitable solution for utilities

Renewable Energy World

A new trial in Australia is tackling the regulatory aspect of DER marketplaces hoping to answer the question: How does a utility earn a return on customer-sited assets? When California-based Jesse Morris saw a tweet from the California Independent System Operator (CalISO) asking Californians to conserve energy between 4 PM and 9 PM in order to help keep the grid stable on a hot summer day, he knew that CalISO could be tackling the problem in a much better way.

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Ineos unveils £1bn plan to convert Grangemouth refinery to hydrogen

Business Green

Plans announced for new CCS-enabled low carbon hydrogen plant at Scottish site, as government confirms plans for next phase of £220m Industrial Energy Transformation Fund. Ineos has unveiled ambitious plans to spend £1bn on building a "world-scale carbon capture-enabled hydrogen production plant" at its Grangemouth oil and petrochemicals refinery near Falkirk, as it announced a fresh drive to deliver net zero emissions from the carbon-intensive industrial site by 2045.

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Hydropower and green hydrogen sectors collaborate to achieve net zero

Renewable Energy World

The newly formed Green Hydrogen Organisation (GH2) and the International Hydropower Association (IHA) have set out a mutually strengthening vision of how their two sectors can collaborate and contribute to tackling climate change. Green hydrogen is produced through electrolysis of water, using electricity generated by low-carbon power sources such as hydropower, wind, and solar.