Thu.Aug 08, 2019

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Nuclear Power And The 2020 Presidential Candidates

Jim Conca

14 candidates support nuclear in some way, 9 do not, and 1 is unclear. Leading climate scientists say we can't address climate change without nuclear power. Supporting nuclear power is a clear signal about how serious a candidate is about climate change and how serious they are about science.

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Freedom Lawns: A Clear Leader In Sustainable Lawn Care

Green Business Bureau

Freedom Lawns USA Inc. is an organic-based lawn care company that focuses on a safer approach to residential lawn, commercial lawn and ornamental plant care. Their franchises provide organic based lawn and plant care for residential and commercial clients using their own organic-based products and a sound integrated eco-friendly pest management program.

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Maritime Shipping – Sector Watch 9 August 2019

CleanTech Group

Once considered slow-moving and outdated, the maritime shipping industry has experienced a recent influx of digitization and the implementation of new technologies, including autonomous ships, blockchain, drones and geospatial analytics. According to the 2018 Review of Maritime Transport, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) considers technological advances and efforts to curb the […].

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Bleak Financial Outlook for US Fracking Industry

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 5 mins In early 2018 when major financial publications like the Wall Street Journal were predicting a bright and profitable future for the fracking industry, DeSmog began a series detailing the failing business model of fracking shale deposits for oil and gas in America. Over a year later, the fracking industry is having to reckon with many of the issues DeSmog highlighted, in addition to one new issue — investors are finally giving up on the industry.

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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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Citroën Ami One Is An EV For Young Urbanites, A Personal Gadget Controlled By Your Smartphone

Forbes Green Tech

Citroën's Ami One electric city car for young urban drivers is a bit like a personal gadget: it uses modular manufacturing to keep costs low, modern fabrics inside, you control it through your smartphone and is fun to drive

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Switch2 Energy celebrates double success with Fife Council

altenergymag

Switch2 Energy is celebrating double success following seven contract wins from the Fife Council Heat Metering & Billing Services Framework, along with news that it has been approved to supply an extended range of heat network services and products.

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Can Coal Country Reinvent Itself Or Will It Remain Mired In Economic Misery?

Forbes Green Tech

The downfall of coal has produced an upsurge in poverty, despair -- and drug addiction, especially in Appalachia. What is the most effective way to handle such hardship?

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Renesas Electronics’ 14-Cell Li-ion Battery Management IC Maximizes Battery Cell Life and Driving Range for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles

altenergymag

Automotive-Grade ISL78714 Battery Management IC Provides Industry’s Most Accurate Cell Voltage Measurements and Safety Features Enabling ASIL D Systems

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Watch – Preparing for Investors: Understanding Term Sheets and Financings

Energy and Cleantech Council

Hosted by Foley Hoag and Cleantech Open. Bringing in outside investors is an important step in the growth of most emerging companies. Understanding the differences between kinds of investments can help companies successfully navigate the fundraising process. Most fundraising starts with a term sheet, and important deal terms are negotiated at this stage.

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Quick Mount PV Introduces QRail® Tilt System for Flat and Low-Slope Roof Types

altenergymag

New system expands Quick Mount’s industry-leading solar racking and mounting to low-slope commercial, industrial, and residential roof types

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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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Tesla and NHTSA Spar Over Tesla Safety Claims; They're Both Right

Forbes Green Tech

Tesla declared NHTSA's crash test scores showed they were the safest car ever. NHTSA told them they can't say them because that's not how their scores work. They're both right, and Tesla probably loves the debate.

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Report covers costs of various storage technologies, including pumped storage hydro

Renewable Energy World

A report recently released by the U.S. Department of Energy defines and evaluates cost and performance parameters of six battery energy storage technologies (BESS) and four non-BESS storage technologies.

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Comprehensive Green School Information and Resources 2010 - 2018

Green Market Oracle

In 2019 the Green Market Oracle (GMO) is reprising its annual Green School Series. This series is for people who want to know what schools are doing to be more sustainable, it is also for students interested in sustainability focused programs, degrees and courses. Over the course of the last nine years the GMO has published more than 400 articles related to environmentally oriented academics, sustainable infrastructure and green initiatives in pedagogical settings.

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Reducing your chemical footprint: Taking charge

EDF + Business

By Boma Brown-West Buying more sustainable products is now the expectation of U.S. consumers. Market research firm Nielsen projects that the sustainability market will hit $150 billion in sales by 2021. For perspective, that’s larger than the entire video game industry. And demand for sustainable products is growing four times faster than conventional products.

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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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As Asia Braces For Typhoons Lekima And Krosa - Where Are The Atlantic Hurricanes?

Forbes Green Tech

Asia is bracing for Typhoons Lekima and Krosa but Atlantic hurricane activity is quiet. Is that unusual?

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In battle to break up utilities, Arizona steps to the front line

Renewable Energy World

Of all the efforts to break up utility monopolies in the U.S., the one unfolding in Arizona may be the most important to watch.

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Electric Unicorn: Bus Maker Proterra May Hit $1 Billion Valuation With New Funding Round

Forbes Green Tech

The Silicon Valley-based electric transit bus maker registered a private equity sale that may raise up to $75 million.

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Dominion Energy plans four energy storage pilot studies in Virginia

Renewable Energy World

The four proposed central Virginia lithium-ion projects will cost about $33 million to build and offer 5-years’ worth of test data, according to Dominion.

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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?