Why we can't cheat our way to net zero
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Sponsored: Just how much carbon offsetting is simply greenwashing? As a sustainability director, I have become versed in what it means for a company to manage its environmental impact.
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Ecological Threat Report says 750 million globally are now affected by undernourishment
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The latest edition of the annual Ecological Threat Report (ETR) – produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)* – pinpoints trouble hotspots and profiles sustainability challenges in 228 countries and territories worldwide. More than half of those monitored in this latest edition are said to face “extreme ecological threat.” Key Findings: · Ecological threats, such as rapid population growth, water risk, and food insecurity will be exacerbated by climate change
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18 sustainability fellowships for students and professionals
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 27, 2022
These programs for building skills in sustainability can help make you more attractive to potential employers. And hurry, some have applications open now!
Multi-array solar project directly powers interstate commuter train
Solar Power World
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The PATCO Speedline is a 15-mile-long high-speed commuter train responsible for transporting millions of people between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden County, New Jersey, annually. Like many modern commuter rail lines, PATCO Speedline uses an electrified third rail to power its locomotive cars. A robust behind-the-meter solar portfolio is responsible for most of that power.
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.
Walmart suppliers join forces to buy renewable electricity
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Under Gigaton PPA, a diverse group including Amy’s Kitchen, Great Lakes Cheese, Levi Strauss & Co., The J.M. Smucker Co. and Valvoline is contracting for 250,000 megawatt-hours of power annually.
When wind and solar replace fossil fuels, we will use less energy, save money, and won’t be as sick
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Modelling for Australia economy shows rapid switch to renewables will save energy, save money, and deliver considerable health benefits. The post When wind and solar replace fossil fuels, we will use less energy, save money, and won’t be as sick appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Enel X Way and Sunrun partner to offer smart home charging stations
Charged
OCTOBER 27, 2022
EVs and solar panels are like beer and peanuts—consuming one creates an appetite for the other. Sunrun , a large (over 660,000 installations to date) US home solar energy provider, has recently announced partnerships with several companies in the EV space, including Ford , GM , and now charger manufacturer Enel X Way , a subsidiary of the Enel Group.
How can we make EV charging points an affordable investment for SMEs?
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Many organisations in the UK are investing in electric vehicle (EV) charging stations for their premises. Providing free charging can attract employees, boost a business’s ESG values, and is an important measure ahead of the proposed 2030 ban on the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles. However, the installation of EV charging points in a commercial site demands a large up-front cost.
New DC-DC converter features GaN Systems power transistor
Charged
OCTOBER 27, 2022
A new DC-DC converter from Renesas Electronics includes a GaN-on-silicon power transistor made by GaN Systems. The GS61008P is a 100 V enhancement-mode power transistor that provides a 46% reduction in system size, according to GaN Systems. Renesas’s new DC-DC bidirectional converter is designed for 48 V mild hybrid vehicles and electric motorcycles, and includes an automatic phase drop function, an ISL78226 PWM controller and a half-bridge driver.
“Curtain call” for fossil fuels: IEA says Ukraine war locks in shift to renewables
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 27, 2022
For first time, IEA forecasts global demand for fossil fuels will soon peak in all its scenarios as EV sales rise and the shift to wind and solar accelerates. The post “Curtain call” for fossil fuels: IEA says Ukraine war locks in shift to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
China’s State Grid Corporation to use Nokia IoT across power infrastructure
Smart Energy International
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) will deploy a Nokia solution, aiming to use automation to better monitor electrical power production and distribution status in real time, using IoT sensors throughout their infrastructure. Nokia is extending its relationship with the world’s largest power utility through the selection of its Optical Transport Network (OTN) solutions, which will be used by SGCC across its power grid infrastructure.
BOVIET SOLAR'S PARENT COMPANY BOWAY GROUP MARKS 35 YEARS IN BUSINESS
altenergymag
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Boviet Solar Technology Co. Ltd. (Boviet Solar), a leading global solar energy technology company specializing in manufacturing of PERC PV cells, Gamma Series™ Monofacial and Vega Series™ Bifacial PV Modules, celebrates the 35th anniversary of its parent company Boway Group.
Finland’s Vaasa Sähköverkko to instal 65,000 smart meters
Smart Energy International
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Vaasa Sähköverkko Oy (Vaasa Electricity Network) has contracted Landis+Gyr for a 10-year smart metering project. The initiative in the Finland west coast city of Vaasa includes the supply and installation of 65,000 smart meters, IoT network communication and a 10-year managed service agreement. Over the coming years the network company’s entire metering fleet will be replaced with Landis+Gyr’s E360, E360 CT and E660 smart meters, which meet the requirements of the new metering regulation, includ
Greentown Labs, MIT, Texas Universities Reveal New Student Entrepreneurship Program
Greentown Labs
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Houston, Texas, Oct. 27, 2022 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, today launched the Texas Entrepreneurship Exchange for Energy (TEX-E) , a first-of-a-kind collaboration among Greentown Labs, MIT’s Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship , and universities across Texas to create a powerful student-driven entrepreneurship ecosystem in Houston, focused on energy innovation and implementing lessons learned from building a successful ecosystem in the Great
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.
$4 trillion needed by 2030 for net zero goals – World Energy Outlook
Smart Energy International
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The energy landscape is in a period of major turmoil and, while there is positive evidence of clean energy progress, for our net zero and climate targets to be reached, policy action and doubling of global investment to $4 trillion by 2030 will be needed. So states the latest IEA World Energy Outlook. “The global energy system is going through major turmoil, which I consider to be the first true global energy crisis.
Rooftop solar meets all local network demand in South Australia for more than five hours
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Rooftop solar reaches new milestone, meeting all domestic network demand in South Australia for the seventh time this month, and for the longest period. The post Rooftop solar meets all local network demand in South Australia for more than five hours appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Stracker Solar designed project earns $1M renewable energy grant for the City of Ashland
altenergymag
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The Oregon Department of Energy has awarded $940,000 in funds for an energy resilience project Stracker Solar designed for the City of Ashland. The installation will consist of a 75-kW elevated dual-axis Stracker system along with a battery system to form a microgrid for the City Service Center.
Dutton and Coalition still ignorant and deluded on battery storage and nuclear
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Peter Dutton and the federal Coalition remain dangerously deluded about battery storage and nuclear power. The post Dutton and Coalition still ignorant and deluded on battery storage and nuclear appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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?
Planning Your Eco-Friendly Home
Green Living Guy
OCTOBER 27, 2022
If you’re considering building or remodeling your home, there are a lot of things to think about – the style, the layout, and the colors. But one important consideration that’s often overlooked is how eco-friendly the design can be. Here are some tips on planning an environmentally friendly home. 1. Eco-Friendly Building Techniques Construction projects […].
SOLAR AND STORAGE INDUSTRIES ARE BOOMING – INTERSOLAR AND EES EUROPE EXHIBITIONS ARE SHOWING STRONG GROWTH
altenergymag
OCTOBER 27, 2022
The global solar and energy storage industries are booming, and a rising number of companies are driving this growth and international expansion. The innovation hub The smarter E Europe from June 14-16, 2023 at Messe München will be providing the ideal support for this growth.
Blink Charging to Deploy EV Charging Stations to UBS-Owned Properties Around the U.S.
Green Living Guy
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Miami Fla. (September 8, 2022) – Blink Charging Co. (Nasdaq: BLNK, BLNKW) (“Blink”), a leading owner, operator and provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging equipment and services and UBS Asset Management’s Real Estate & Private Markets business today announced a mutual service agreement for the deployment of Blink charging stations and related services to UBS-owned properties […].
Britain's wind farms set new generation record after delivering 19.9GW of power
Business Green
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Onshore and offshore wind met more than half of Britain's electricity demand on Wednesday. Britain's fleet of wind turbines generated more electricity than ever before over a 90-minute window earlier this week, according to statistics from the electricity grid operator. Between 11:30 and noon on Wednesday, Britain's wind farms generated 19.9GW of electricity meeting 52.2 per cent of total demand, the figures from National Grid ESO reveal.
Electrified Genesis GV70 Officially on the Market in the UK
Green Living Guy
OCTOBER 27, 2022
LONDON, UK, Oct. 03, 2022 – Genesis Motor UK today announces that the Electrified GV70 SUV is now officially on sale and, since its pre-order opening in July, first customer deliveries will take place this month. The electrified GV70 is the third all-electric model to be launched by the South Korean brand this year. It’s […]. The post Electrified Genesis GV70 Officially on the Market in the UK appeared first on The Green Living Guy.
CEFC backs developer’s 8GW of solar, wind and storage plans for Australia
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Australia's green bank tips $75m into a debt raise for ACEN Australia, to help fast-track delivery of 8GW pipeline of solar, wind, battery and pumped hydro. The post CEFC backs developer’s 8GW of solar, wind and storage plans for Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.
REPORT: Wildlife loss is increasing rapidly. Changing our food production systems can alleviate this loss
AFN Sustainable Protein
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Global wildlife populations fell 69% between 1970 and 2018, according to the World Wide Fund For Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund) in its Living Planet Report. Latin America has taken the biggest hit in terms of loss, recording a 94% decline in wildlife population. Africa recorded significant wildlife and biodiversity loss at 66%; Asia-Pacific noted a 55% loss.
Will energy bills ever come down? Only if Labor gets serious with gas majors
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 27, 2022
If Labor wants to stop prices skyrocketing, it must forcibly reserve gas for the east coast market. The question is, does it have the nerve? The post Will energy bills ever come down? Only if Labor gets serious with gas majors appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Stryten Energy Showcases Enhanced Flooded Battery Technology at AAPEX 2022
altenergymag
OCTOBER 27, 2022
See the Latest EFB Technology That Is Driving Greater Fuel Efficiency for Today’s Modern Vehicles
First NSW renewables tender signals the start of a new energy transition
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 27, 2022
NSW has redefined how we can achieve the energy transition. Its first renewable and storage auction will usher in a new wave of assets at an unprecedented scale. The post First NSW renewables tender signals the start of a new energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.
What is Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis?
U.S. Green Technology
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Individuals who exhibit symptoms such as skin pigmentation, swelling, and ulcers are at a higher risk of suffering from kidney disease. Hence, it is best to discuss the symptoms with a nephrologist in Lahore. A reliable and competent specialist will conduct relevant tests to diagnose the illness and provide treatment accordingly. An early diagnosis can.
NSW grants $3 million to Cannon-Brookes backed solar cell innovator
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 27, 2022
SunDrive is quickly emerging as a favourite child of public and private investors, with the lion's share of a NSW funding allocation going to the solar innovator. The post NSW grants $3 million to Cannon-Brookes backed solar cell innovator appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Crunch time: UN warns dramatic political intervention required to keep 1.5C vision alive
Business Green
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Raft of reports suggest global emissions are closer than ever to peaking, but a huge gap remains between national decarbonisation pathways and the cuts needed to keep temperature rises below 1.5C. It was the mantra that defined last year's COP26 Climate Summit. Politicians, businesses, and campaigners all stressed their desire to "keep 1.5 alive", repeatedly reiterating the need to strengthen national climate action plans so as to deliver on the 1.5C stretch target at the heart of the Paris Agre
What Are Facts Anyway?
Energy Central
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Joe Friday, the archetypal police detective made famous in the 1950 police procedural Dragnet, will forever be remembered by the catchphrase—just the facts, ma’am. It’s an easy enough proposition—or so it seems. In the world of politics, the request for the facts is as often a prelude to prevarication as it is an entrée to enlightenment.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Ørsted’s big power play in Australia
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Danish giant Ørsted is looking for a major play in Australia’s offshore wind industry, as well as onshore wind, solar and Power-to-X. Asia Pacific boss Per Kristensen explains why. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Ørsted’s big power play in Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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