Shareholders are critical to holding Amazon accountable on sustainability
GreenBiz
AUGUST 18, 2022
Amazon’s environmental impact extends from waste to packaging to energy and gas emissions.
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Benefits of An Online Green Business Certification
Green Business Bureau
AUGUST 18, 2022
Green Business Certification Benefits: Is My Business Ready. Green business certifications, also known as “sustainable business certifications”, are valuable programs that many benefits. A green certification can help companies demonstrate their sustainable operations, products, services and practices to employees, customers, partners and investors.
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More energy on less land: the drive to shrink solar’s footprint
GreenBiz
AUGUST 18, 2022
Building highly efficient utility-scale solar farms on ever-smaller tracts of land is a top priority amid land-use conflicts over renewables.
With Major Policy Win, Solar and Storage Industry Charts Course for a U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance
altenergymag
AUGUST 18, 2022
Today the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) released a roadmap with near- and long-term steps to dramatically scale America’s solar manufacturing sector now that the Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act (SEMA) has passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
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.
Improving the cold chain to feed and save the planet
GreenBiz
AUGUST 18, 2022
The internet of things could be a sustainability win. Therma is one of the first experiments of that new web.
EVs and solar just the start of becoming renewable superpower, says Cannon-Brookes
Renew Economy
AUGUST 18, 2022
Mike Cannon-Brookes says decisions and cost savings made at home - on solar, EVs and electrification - key part of turning Australia into renewable superpower. The post EVs and solar just the start of becoming renewable superpower, says Cannon-Brookes appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Switch Mobility and Chalo partner to deploy 5,000 electric buses across India
Charged
AUGUST 18, 2022
Commercial EV builder Switch Mobility has entered into a strategic collaboration with Chalo , an Indian transport technology company, for the deployment of 5,000 electric buses across India. Switch Mobility was formed from elements of bus OEMs Ashok Leyland and Optare. The company says it has put 300 EVs on the road, in both developed and developing markets.
The Danish art of decarbonizing energy
GreenBiz
AUGUST 18, 2022
What can we learn from Denmark about deep decarbonization?
Toyota is the global leader in solid-state battery patents
Charged
AUGUST 18, 2022
It’s common for companies to espouse green policies in public, while privately pursuing opposite goals—but Toyota turns this familiar equation on its head. Other automakers tout their enthusiasm for EVs to the media, while pushing gas-guzzling EVs to their customers. Toyota’s leaders speak against EVs in public , and the company actively lobbies against government support for electrification.
Stryten Energy Applauds Investments in Energy Security and U.S. Manufacturers with the Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act
altenergymag
AUGUST 18, 2022
The Inflation Reduction Act tax incentives are expected to accelerate the adoption of domestic flow battery technology to help achieve energy independence powered by sustainable sources.
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.
Peak Power to deploy 117 V1G smart EV chargers in Ontario
Charged
AUGUST 18, 2022
Canadian climate tech company Peak Power has received a $765,000 investment through Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan) Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program (ZEVIP) to install 117 V1G chargers. The total cost of the project is estimated at over $1.6 million. Peak Power will install the V1G chargers across several mixed-use developments in Ontario.
Finally! Risk Analysis of Nuclear Power Generation (maybe)
Energy Central
AUGUST 18, 2022
I have long wondered how the nuclear industry measures and manages risk. I am familiar with risk management systems used by process safety engineers, insurance companies, the airline industry, data/software engineers, etc. Each one employs some sort of risk matrix and performs qualitative and/or quantitative risk analysis by identifying sets of scenarios, their possible costs in.
Skeleton Technologies to supply Class8 Energy with supercapacitor modules for commercial vehicles
Charged
AUGUST 18, 2022
Energy storage device maker Skeleton Technologies has signed a €11.6-million ($12.2 million) contract with equipment distributor Class8 Energy to supply it with supercapacitor modules. “Since the beginning of the electrification of commercial vehicles, our efforts have turned to obtaining a better energy solution for the heavy-duty and off-road machinery diesel market,” says Class8 Energy CEO Jean Labrie.
Global Heritage Fund Leveraging Planet SkySat to Protect the Cultural Fabric of Ukraine
Planet Pulse
AUGUST 18, 2022
UNESCO reported in July 2022 that over 165 Ukrainian heritage sites have been damaged since the onset of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and warned that further destruction lies ahead. With Ukraine’s cultural landscape under continued threat, the need to safeguard the country’s heritage is felt, not only within Ukrainian borders, but also globally with international organizations on the ground working to keep Ukraine’s national identity intact.
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.
Climate Justice: Tallying Up the Rich World’s Carbon Debt
Energy Central
AUGUST 18, 2022
Originally posted here. Climate change is arguably the most complex challenge the world has ever faced. The primary complicating factor is that those who cause the most climate damage (previous and current rich-world generations) and those who feel the worst effects (current and future developing-world generations) are two completely different groups.
BayWa r.e. Teams Up with Power Center, a Duracell Authorized Licensee, to Distribute Home Energy and Storage Solutions
altenergymag
AUGUST 18, 2022
Global renewable energy company BayWa r.e. is bringing new options to solar installation partners across the U.S. by adding Duracell Power Center's suite of turnkey residential energy technology products to its line card.
Talking politics & policies: Predicting the next 5 years of ESG investing ft. Timothy Kim
Energy Central
AUGUST 18, 2022
In this episode of The ESG Experience, Helee Lev and Ryan Nelson are joined by Timothy Kim, CEO at ibV Energy Partners, to discuss the current political landscape & what the next few years will look like for ESG investing. Topics covered include the current administration’s commitment and progress around clean energy support & implementation, how corporate adoption of ESG goals.
Renewable Energy Certificate: Demands and Benefits
altenergymag
AUGUST 18, 2022
The rising demand for the various types of power and the government policies that mandate a company to meet the required targets to use of renewable energy are among the most prominent factors that primarily contribute to the growth of the global renewable energy certificate market.
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?
Octopus Energy expands discounted 'Fan Club' tariff to households near West Yorkshire wind turbine
Business Green
AUGUST 18, 2022
Halifax residents are being offered chance to sign up to energy tariff promising offers cheaper electricity when wind is blowing locally. Households in Halifax are set to be offered cheaper electricity bills on windy days by Octopus Energy Generation, which is expanding its 'Fan Club' tariff to the West Yorkshire town, it announced today. The company, which forms part of the Octopus Energy Group, said it had added a 2MW wind turbine at the Ovenden Moor Wind Farm in Halifax to its pioneering tari
EDF Renewables North America Announces the Palen Solar Site is Fully Operational
altenergymag
AUGUST 18, 2022
The four Maverick Projects in Riverside County California generate a total of 620 MW(dc) of decarbonized energy.
Carlsberg sets sights on net zero supply chain by 2040
Business Green
AUGUST 18, 2022
The brewing giant has updated its ESG strategy with a flurry of fresh climate-science aligned sustainability targets. Carlsberg Group has set it sights on achieving net zero emissions across its global supply chain by 2040, as part of a raft of fresh sustainability targets unveiled by the global brewing giant yesterday. Unveiling its updated environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy yesterday, Carlsberg set out plans to achieve a of flurry of new green targets over the next two decades
Green/Clean Bond Initiative
Energy Central
AUGUST 18, 2022
Respected Members of the Society of responsible Citizens we owe a lot to the future generations that will find it difficult or will have to pay a heavy price to deal with the climate change challenges, hence, I strongly suggest that Private Sector Participation in power generation and distribution is the need of the hour. In order to make it self sustainable, Long Green Bonds should the.
Defra pushes councils to work more closely with National Highways to tackle air pollution
Business Green
AUGUST 18, 2022
Package of new air quality guidance for local authorities in England unveiled by UK government. Councils in England are to be encouraged to work more closely with the government's highways agency on efforts to cut air pollution, under strengthened air quality guidance for local authorities published today by the Department for Environment, Rood and Rural Affairs (Defra).
Mobile battery storage demonstrates potential in German pilot
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 18, 2022
East German energy service provider E.DIS has wrapped up its study on the influence of mobile battery energy storage on the distribution grid. The demonstration, one of the four in the EU Horizon 2020 supported IElectrix project, took place in the Mecklenburg Lake District in northeastern Germany, where there is approximately twice as much renewable energy generated as is consumed.
Solar Self-Sufficiency: Optimizing Winter Car Charging Patterns for Geopolitics
Energy Central
AUGUST 18, 2022
Just before the war in Ukraine began, I updated my winter charging pattern for my electric cars. I updated this article from January 2022 to contain the first results from the improvement I made.
British utility providing water to 1.6mn consumers target of cyber crime
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 18, 2022
South Staffordshire PLC, parent company of South Staffs Water and Cambridge Water, has been the target of a criminal cyber-attack. The utilities together provide water to 1.6 million consumers in the UK. In a statement released to the public, the British water utilities company explained how the incident had no effect on their ability to supply safe water.
EnergySage Releases Its Fifteenth Solar Marketplace Intel Report™
altenergymag
AUGUST 18, 2022
Latest report see solar prices increase 3.
Switch2 Energy releases heat savings calculator amid cost of living crisis in UK
Smart Energy International
AUGUST 18, 2022
As energy bills are on a staggering rise, a new heat network efficiency savings calculator has been made available to UK network operators by Switch2 Energy as part of its new website launch. The free heat network calculator helps operators to evaluate the cost-saving benefits of implementing efficiency measures across their community and district heating schemes. .
'Not acceptable': UK river pollution from farm pesticides 'getting worse', study finds
Business Green
AUGUST 18, 2022
English rivers suffering increased chemical pollution which is damaging biodiversity, conservation groups warn. UK rivers are suffering increased chemical pollution from pesticide use, which is causing significant damage to their ecosystems and aquatic wildlife, green groups have warned today. An assessment of twelve rivers carried out by a consortium of conservation groups - including WildFish, RSPB, Buglife and The Pesticide Collaboration - found the number of sites assigned a 'poor' or 'bad'
Tallgrass - Korea Western Power Company, Tallgrass, and PSM to Collaborate on Utility Scale Decarbonization Accelerating the Clean Energy Transition for Gas Turbine Power Generation
Global Renewable News
AUGUST 18, 2022
KOWEPO, Tallgrass, and Power Systems Mfg, LLC.
As the climate changes, language is evolving too
Business Green
AUGUST 18, 2022
The Oxford English Dictionary's Patricia Stewart charts how language related to the environment, climate change, and sustainabiliy is changing to reflect global new realities and concerns. As a historical dictionary, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) records how the meaning and usage of words in the English language has developed over time, based on how real people use English in their daily lives.
J-POWER - Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. J-POWER Signs Joint Development Agreement with JHI in the US for New Hydroelectric Power Plant
Global Renewable News
AUGUST 18, 2022
Hydroelectric power plant development project.
Coca-Cola bottler unveils sustainability-linked finance scheme for its suppliers
Business Green
AUGUST 18, 2022
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners teams up with Rabobank on scheme designed to push its supply chain to improve ESG performance. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has established a novel sustainability-linked finance scheme, which is designed to offer firms in the soft drinks bottler's supply chain discounted financing rates if they meet key environmental and social goals.
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