Inside ExxonMobil's hookup with carbon removal venture Global Thermostat
GreenBiz
AUGUST 29, 2019
Could the funding and engineering resources of a major fossil fuels company help direct air capture technology for carbon removal scale more quickly?
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Artist submerges 24 portraits underwater to raise attention about our plastic waste
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 29, 2019
It's common knowledge that our oceans are suffocating because of our addiction to plastics. But there are some eco-warriors, like Austrian artist Andreas Franke, who are determined to bring more visual attention to the burgeoning issue, all in the name of saving our planet.
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Blockchain, the missing link for reporting?
GreenBiz
AUGUST 29, 2019
A new blockchain project is connecting over 450 chambers of commerce around the world that want to address climate change.
High-tech public toilets proposed for San Francisco can recycle rainwater for reuse
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 29, 2019
The San Francisco Department of Public Works (DPW) has crowned SmithGroup the winner of its design competition for public toilet proposals.
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.
The Building Decarbonization Coalition's quest to build an all-electric future
GreenBiz
AUGUST 29, 2019
The organization's founder and director, Panama Bartholomy, chats about the magnitude of the challenge and what it means for companies.
KFC partners with Beyond Meat for vegan chicken nuggets
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 29, 2019
KFC’s legendary Colonial Sanders and plant-based meat might not sound like a match made in chicken heaven, but the chain is keeping its fingers crossed. KFC and Beyond Meat recently shook things up in the quick service restaurant by whipping up a limited one-off test sampling of its Beyond Fried Chicken nuggets, a combo of both companies’ products for select fans.
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Millions of acres of Alaskan rainforest may be opened for business
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 29, 2019
As Amazon wildfires blaze, the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest faces a wholly different threat: corporate exploitation.
Massachusetts Grid Study Disrupts 1GW Distributed Solar Pipeline
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 29, 2019
A National Grid transmission study has ensnared nearly 1 gigawatt of distributed solar in Massachusetts, delaying progress on numerous projects as the federal Investment Tax Credit phaseout approaches and causing anxiety in one of the nation’s largest markets. National Grid initiated its "cluster study" in May, roping in a slew of distributed projects above 1 megawatt to assess their collective impact on the transmission grid.
Striking LEED Silver-targeted tower to rise in the heart of Philadelphia
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 29, 2019
The heart of Philadelphia will soon be transformed with Schuylkill Yards, a $3.5 billion master-planned neighborhood in University City that will include two ground-up mixed-use towers, one of which will target LEED Silver certification. Developer Brandywine Realty Trust recently unveiled designs for the pair of towers — dubbed the East and West Towers — designed by global architecture firm Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU).
L.A.‘s Record-Low Solar Project Hits Snag in Union Resistance
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 29, 2019
Los Angeles made waves this summer by finalizing a 400-megawatt solar project with a record-breaking low price. But the project, developed by 8minute Solar Energy, still needs final approval. That approval failed to materialize in a vote Tuesday, after the municipal utility union expressed concerns about the project, the L.A. Times reported. The L.A.
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.
Find vegan restaurants using Yelp's updated, personalized app
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 29, 2019
Feel like feasting on a batch of sweet potato fries and a thick soy milkshake? Maybe a tempeh sandwich from the best vegan cafe in your 'burb? Yelp’s updated, personalized mobile app makes finding a vegan restaurant near you easy.
Artificial Intelligence Pushes ‘Commoditized’ Wind and Solar Power Into the Money
GreenTechMedia
AUGUST 29, 2019
In April, for the first time in the U.S., renewables generated more electricity than coal, according to the Energy Information Administration. Now that renewable technologies like wind and solar are largely commoditized, investors and utilities are looking for ways to improve their margins, and they're turning to startups in artificial intelligence to do it.
Chicago’s Blacks in Green org partners with Sunrun on South Side solar, jobs
Solar Power World
AUGUST 29, 2019
Blacks in Green (BIG), an environmental economic development organization designed to tackle pollution and poverty, announced it is partnering with Sunrun to expand access to solar energy and jobs in the Chicagoland area. The goals of the partnership are to increase opportunities for South Side Chicago homeowners to access clean, affordable home solar energy, as… The post Chicago’s Blacks in Green org partners with Sunrun on South Side solar, jobs appeared first on Solar Power World.
Blackstone’s embrace of impact investing brings new scrutiny
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 29, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 29 – As legacy private equity firms move into impact investing (see, “For private equity giants, $1 billion is table stakes for entry into impact investing”), the impact of the rest of their portfolios are getting a closer look as well. The latest case in point: Blackstone, the $512 billion private equity giant that The post Blackstone’s embrace of impact investing brings new scrutiny appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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.
School districts have ordered more than 100 Blue Bird electric buses
Charged
AUGUST 29, 2019
School districts have ordered more than 100 Blue Bird electric buses. The buses are currently operating in California, North Dakota, and Washington. Blue Bird will deliver additional buses to California, Colorado, New Jersey, New York, and Quebec by 2020. Powered by Cummins electric drivetrains, Blue Bird electric school buses are capable of 120 miles of range and can recharge in about eight hours with a Level 2 charger.
School Specialty Inc: Committed To Sustainability and Engaging Employees, Students, and Customers on their Green Journey
Green Business Bureau
AUGUST 29, 2019
School Specialty, Inc. recently joined the Green Business Bureau and will leverage the GBB platform and apps to manage their sustainability initiatives and track their progress. The company is committed to protecting the environment, engaging employees and customers in their sustainability efforts, and saving money through more efficient operations.
?Scandlines installs Norsepower’s wind-powered rotor sail on hybrid ferry
Charged
AUGUST 29, 2019
Danish ferry operator Scandlines has signed an agreement with Norsepower, a Finnish clean tech and engineering company, to install its Rotor Sail Solution onboard the M/V Copenhagen, a hybrid passenger ferry. Operating between Germany and Denmark, the M/V Copenhagen belongs to Scandlines’ already-existing fleet of hybrid ferries , which combines diesel and battery power.
How This Unconventional Oxford Startup Plans To Win The Fusion Energy Race
Forbes Green Tech
AUGUST 29, 2019
Oxford-based startup First Light Fusion is on a mission to prove their technology before the end of the year, and speed ahead in the race to be the leader in fusion energy, climate change and next generation power plants.
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?
4R Energy earns first UL 1974 battery reuse certification
Charged
AUGUST 29, 2019
4R Energy , a joint venture between Nissan and Sumitomo that focuses on EV battery reuse, will be the first group certified to the UL 1974 Standard for Evaluation for Repurposing Batteries. UL 1974 outlines how to sort and grade EV battery packs, modules, and cells, identifying state-of-health and determining viability for second-life use as storage.
4 Very Worrisome Things About Hurricane Dorian
Forbes Green Tech
AUGUST 29, 2019
4 really worrisome things about Hurricane Dorian from the perspective of the former President of the American Meteorological Society.
More Tesla solar-panel fire incidents emerge in wake of Walmart suit
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 29, 2019
One evening last year, David Burek noticed charred wood and a burning smell in his attic, near his young sons’ bedroom. He climbed a ladder and saw a melted connector wire from the solar panels installed on the roof of his North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, home. Firefighters rushed over and discovered that flames had burned through the shingles, the roof and a support beam.
Mitsubishi adds off-grid solar assets in Africa with stake in BBOXX
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 29, 2019
ImpactAlpha, August 29 – Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation has been in the solar energy game for 40 years. Until recently, that side of of the company didn’t have much of a footprint in Africa, where 600 million people still have little or no access to electricity. That changes with its equity investment in BBOXX, one of the The post Mitsubishi adds off-grid solar assets in Africa with stake in BBOXX appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Michigan's Mighty Mackinac Bridge Has Mega Monitoring System Powered By Traffic
Forbes Green Tech
AUGUST 29, 2019
Tiny sensors on the Mighty Mac are helping monitor the health of the iconic Michigan suspension bridge. Researchers say the project has huge potential for bridge monitoring around the world.
New corporate ‘purpose’ signals updates to ‘fiduciary duty’ and ‘materiality’ (podcast)
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 29, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 19 – The next dominoes to fall in the new logic of stakeholder capitalism: outmoded conceptions of ‘fiduciary duty’ and ‘materiality.’ The latest episode of ImpactAlpha’s Returns on Investment podcast took up the strategic impact of the revised statement of corporate purpose signed by 181 CEO members of the Business Roundtable. “It’s a The post New corporate ‘purpose’ signals updates to ‘fiduciary duty’ and ‘mate
One Woman's Quest to Help Africa Leapfrog To Plant-Based Foods
Forbes Green Tech
AUGUST 29, 2019
The article profiles the business strategy of African-based Accite and its founder Michelle Adelman. The company is making efforts to bring plant-based foods to Africa as part of a long-term effort to help feed the world via a sustainable food supply.
Shareholders for Stakeholders: CEOs should safeguard, not silence, engaged investors
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 29, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 29 – The Business Roundtable’s statement from 181 CEOs committed to pay employees fairly, protect the environment and foster diversity and inclusion. They also committed to transparency and effective engagement with shareholders. The statement confirmed that the purpose of a corporation extends beyond simply generating profits for its shareholders.
Decentralising power generation
altenergymag
AUGUST 29, 2019
Many governments have made bold commitments to ban petrol and diesel vehicles from our roads to reduce CO2 emissions. For example, UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove claimed this was achievable by 2040. Such claims are widely dismissed as impossible, in part due to our reliance on centralised fossil fuel-produced power sources. Here, Matthew Stone, director of Nextgen Nano, explains why nanotechnology may hold the key to decentralised renewable power.
The Brief: New fiduciary duty (podcast), Mitsubishi’s off-grid push, community impact notes, Blackstone’s impact
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 29, 2019
Greetings, Agents of Impact! ImpactAlpha Podcast: Returns on Investment New corporate ‘purpose’ signals updates to ‘fiduciary duty’ and ‘materiality’ (podcast). The next dominoes to fall in the new logic of stakeholder capitalism: outmoded conceptions of ‘fiduciary duty’ and ‘materiality.’ The latest episode of ImpactAlpha’s Returns on Investment podcast took up the impact of the revised statement of corporate The post The Brief: New fiduciary duty (podcast), Mitsub
The UK should be planning for a more advanced heat network
altenergymag
AUGUST 29, 2019
The latest insight paper from Cornwall Insight - The future of UK heat networks ¬- critical comparisons with European markets - examines the development of heat networks within the UK and highlights what lessons can be learnt from other markets.
The UN's Sustainable Development Goals Aren't Just Doing Good -- They're Good Business
Forbes Green Tech
AUGUST 29, 2019
As a flotilla of boats representing the UN's Sustainable Development Goals follows activist Greta Thunberg into New York City, the need to do good is more apparent than ever. But how can business leaders use the UN's goals to do more than just greenwash?
LONGi received over 2GW of orders for its Hi-MO4 module with M6 (166mm) wafers, stresses need for consistency in standards
altenergymag
AUGUST 29, 2019
Larger wafer size increases the area exposed to light, increasing power and reducing cost. "Existing crystal drawing and slicing equipment are compatible with 166mm size silicon wafer.
Fifth Third Bank powering entire company with 120-MWdc solar system
Solar Power World
AUGUST 29, 2019
Fifth Third Bank officially marked the opening of the 120-MWdc Aulander Holloman Solar Facility in Hertford County, North Carolina. Built by solar developer SunEnergy1, the facility is expected to generate clean power that is more than or equal to the amount of energy Fifth Third uses in a year. The system is composed of about… The post Fifth Third Bank powering entire company with 120-MWdc solar system appeared first on Solar Power World.
Table Talk: The scramble for plant-based eggs is JUST about to reach Europe
AFN Sustainable Protein
AUGUST 29, 2019
You learn a fair bit about someone by just asking how they take their eggs. And it’s a pretty hot question to fire up AFN’s new “Table Talk” series when across the table this time is a veteran food industry egg-spert like David Wagstaff. The post Table Talk: The scramble for plant-based eggs is JUST about to reach Europe appeared first on AgFunderNews.
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