GreenBiz
MAY 18, 2021
ESG is rewriting the job description for CSOs. Ellen Weinreb. Tue, 05/18/2021 - 02:00. 2020 marked the most disruptive year in generations. Not only did the COVID-19 pandemic kill more than a half million people in the United States, it laid bare and heightened existing crises, including systemic racism and police violence, climate change and an ever-widening political and economic divide. .
Inhabitat - Innovation
MAY 18, 2021
Approximately 40% of the U.K.'s plastic waste was sent to Turkey last year, according to a Greenpeace U.K. report.
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Envirotec Magazine
MAY 18, 2021
In April, Panasonic opened its doors to the media to share information and intelligence on the development of its electrostatic ionization technology, nanoe X, which the firm says is helping to improve protection and inhibit the growth of certain viruses – including SARS CoV-2. The technology collects moisture from the air and applies a voltage to it, producing “hydroxyl radicals contained in water”, the apparent magic ingredient that inhibits the growth of pollutants such as certain bacteria, v
Inhabitat - Innovation
MAY 18, 2021
Orange architects has given an old telecommunications building a new lease on life by transforming the Rotterdam property into a solar-powered apartment complex.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 18, 2021
Lakers AS, a Norwegian company specialising in the service, sales and hire of pumps, has expanded into the UK market with the acquisition of Pump Supplies Ltd. Pump Supplies owns and operates what is said to be the UK’s largest hire fleet of electric submersible pumps and accessories. The company is a leading distributor of Flygt pumps and supplier of electric submersible pumps into the UK and Irish market.
Inhabitat - Innovation
MAY 18, 2021
Waste from the exhaust cleaning systems, also known as "scrubbers", is dumped close to ocean shores.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
MAY 18, 2021
Looking for organic, pressed juices that will make you feel your best? Look no further than So Good So You.
The City Fix
MAY 18, 2021
As the COVID-19 pandemic has altered urban landscapes and pushed many people toward active mobility, there’s increased urgency to make roads safer for walking and cycling. Many cities are now tasked with protecting more vulnerable users in addition to creating. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
Solar Power World
MAY 18, 2021
Rooftops aren’t the only place to harvest a few kilowatts of solar power for smaller energy applications. Homes with yards or in off-grid locations can use the soil underfoot or south-facing walls to mount some solar panels. Solar mounting manufacturers offer a number of alternatives for homeowners looking for a different kind of installation. Pole… The post Unique alternatives to rooftop solar for small-scale installations appeared first on Solar Power World.
Impact Alpha
MAY 18, 2021
ImpactAlpha, May 18 – Elon Musk sent the cryptocurrency world reeling last week when he backpedaled on Tesla’s offer to accept Bitcoin as payment. The post Bitcoin’s energy consumption has crypto investors seeking green alternatives appeared first on Impact Alpha.
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.
Charged
MAY 18, 2021
In Issue 49, we reviewed some of the more promising advancements in materials and construction techniques for EV traction motors , one of which—the axial flux design—will be the focus of this article. Despite being characterized as an advanced construction technique, the axial flux design is actually one of the oldest ways of constructing a motor—it’s just that up until relatively recently it was relegated to niche applications in which the primary requirement was maintaining a low profile, rath
Impact Alpha
MAY 18, 2021
ImpactAlpha, May 18 — Alto, Palto-based Ulu Ventures has raised $138 million for its third fund to invest in startups led by women, The post Ulu Ventures raises $138 million to invest in diverse early-stage founders appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Grist
MAY 18, 2021
There is a universe in which Hurricane Sandy didn’t create quite so much devastation back in 2012; where the waters, which surged deep into subway tunnels and left parts of New York City in the dark for days, left some parts of the tri-state area unscathed. And that universe, according to scientists, is one without climate change. Superstorm Sandy destroyed half a million homes, killed 159 people, and caused $62.5 billion in damages.
Charged
MAY 18, 2021
In 2019, Minnesota announced plans to join the 14 states that enforce their own strict vehicle emissions standards. Now an administrative law judge has given the proposed policy a green light, ruling that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) can move forward with plans to adopt the Clean Cars Minnesota program. The program will go into effect after additional procedural steps.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
MAY 18, 2021
This recent build in Austin, Texas stands as an example of a WELL-designed home.
altenergymag
MAY 18, 2021
BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC, a leading U.S. distributor of top-tier solar and energy storage components and systems, today announced it has become a distributor for Silfab Solar, a North American manufacturer of high-performance solar modules.
Clean Energy Canada
MAY 18, 2021
OTTAWA — As Canada’s largest trading partners transform their economies to be cleaner and more competitive, one aspect of that shift is clear: batteries will be the engines of the modern world. Canada has a once-in-generation opportunity to establish itself as a major player in the global battery sector, according to a new Clean Energy Canada report reflecting the opinions of stakeholders across the electric vehicle supply chain, including General Motors Canada, Lion Electric, the Mining Associa
Grist
MAY 18, 2021
Shaun Meehan was burned out. It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. Sitting in their tiny conference room, nicknamed the “Pineapple Room” for a tropical rug that covered the floor, in the summer of 2019, he and his co-founders faced their primary investor to deliver a grim update.
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
MAY 18, 2021
Blink Charging (Nasdaq: BLNK), which provides a wide variety of charging products and services, has acquired Belgium-based Blue Corner , a charging network that includes over 7,000 charging ports located across Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and France. The deal, valued at around $24 million, is a key part of Blink’s international expansion plans.
Renewable Energy World
MAY 18, 2021
New Hampshire Electric Cooperative (NHEC) this week announced the completion of its first utility-scale energy storage project. The 2.45-MW battery project was developed in partnership with ENGIE North America. ENGIE will own and operate the battery, which is located on the site of NHEC’s 2-MW solar array in Moultonborough, NH, an area that experiences fairly large summer population growth.
Charged
MAY 18, 2021
ViriCiti, founded in 2012, makes a fleet monitoring system focused on electric buses and trucks. The system is designed to give fleet operators a real-time overview of the status, state of charge, range and location of their vehicles, and to help train drivers to maximize range and efficiency. The company says it’s working with over 200 OEMs and fleet operators in the US and Europe, and has over 3,500 buses and chargers connected to its platform.
Clean Energy Canada
MAY 18, 2021
VICTORIA—Clean Energy Canada executive director Merran Smith made the following statement in response to the International Energy Agency’s new report, Net Zero by 2050 : “The International Energy Agency’s landmark report is clear: for the world to reach net zero by 2050, global oil demand must have already peaked and gas demand will peak before 2030.
Impact Alpha
MAY 18, 2021
ImpactAlpha, May 18 – New York-based Cortex Intel’s machine learning technology helps commercial building engineers run equipment more efficiently. Currently, buildings with more. The post Cortex Intel raises $6 million to decarbonize commercial buildings appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Business Green
MAY 18, 2021
Global Cement and Concrete Association launches major new initiative to help catalyse development of low carbon technologies and techniques. Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) has this week launched a bid to tackle the construction industry's carbon footprint and develop "truly sustainable concrete and cement", with a call for start-ups the world over to pitch innovative new ideas for developing 'carbon-neutral concrete' through a global competition.
Charged
MAY 18, 2021
The EV ecosystem is a work in progress, and when it comes to charging infrastructure, there are some key pieces missing from the puzzle. There will surely be a need for some form of portable charging on demand, and this is the niche that SparkCharge is looking to fill with its new app platform, BoostEV. The company’s modular, portable system—called the Roadie—is designed to make DC fast charging mobile.
Business Green
MAY 18, 2021
Global study analysed search terms and green campaign signatures online and on social media. Public concern over the decline in nature has seen a "dramatic rise" around the world over the past five years, triggering rapidly growing consumer demand for more sustainable products, particularly in high income countries, according to research commissioned by WWF.
altenergymag
MAY 18, 2021
PowerMarket and SunRaise help to bring the benefits of community solar to Gardiner, ME
Business Green
MAY 18, 2021
UK developer Ivy Farm Technologies sets sights on producing 12,000 tonnes of cultivated pork each year by 2025. The British public may soon be able to enjoy the flavour of sausages with none of the environmental and ethical guilt, thanks to the emergence of sustainable "slaughter-free" meat grown in a lab. Ivy Farm Technologies, an Oxford University spin-out pioneering the development of lab-grown meat, announced this week that it hopes to be the first company to put cultured meat on UK plates.
altenergymag
MAY 18, 2021
Katie Crider leads the new asset management initiative for Sage to maximize returns for schools and municipalities investing in solar energy and solar+storage systems.
Business Green
MAY 18, 2021
IKEA, Brewdog, Octopus Group, EY, and Ecotricity among firms signing up to new charter calling for a net zero pensions industry. More than 50 organisations including IKEA, Ecotricity, Triodos, and Good Energy have signed up to a new Green Pension Charter, which calls for retirement savings to be invested in line with the UK's 2050 net zero emissions target.
Impact Alpha
MAY 18, 2021
ImpactAlpha, May 18 – Slowly and then all of a sudden, shareholders have management on the run in a series of proxy votes. The post Shareholders flex their muscles as the drama builds before votes at ExxonMobil appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Business Green
MAY 18, 2021
The International Energy Agency has set out a vision for a major transformation of the global economy – here are its top conclusions. Since it was first set up in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has been a hugely influential player in world energy politics. It provides direct advice to governments and its annual World Energy Outlook reports, which offer projections for future energy sources and demand, have provided the bedrock for major energy investment a
altenergymag
MAY 18, 2021
Leading EPC announces continued large-scale project growth in the Northeast
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