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Global market for 'nature tech' poised to triple to $6B by 2030

GreenBiz

Technologies such as satellite rainforest monitoring, tree-planting drones and carbon credit trading software are a 'burgeoning market opportunity' for nature-based solutions, according to a new report.

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This is how to grow a moon garden in your yard

Inhabitat - Innovation

While you plan out your plot with color, texture and attractions for pollinators, why not set aside a special spot to enjoy after the sun goes down?

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Cirba Solutions and GM extend collaboration on EV battery recycling

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Cirba Solutions and GM have extended an existing agreement to recycle battery scrap generated by manufacturing and research at selected GM facilities through 2024. The original agreement dates from 2021, and GM has already recycled more than a million pounds of batteries. Cirba provides GM with reverse logistics, disassembly and processing to return recycled materials to the market.

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DCC smart meter data to enhance energy efficiency schemes in UK

Smart Energy International

As the energy crisis and subsequent cost of living crisis in the UK continue to affect millions of energy consumers, a new AI initiative by a tech firm has been announced, utilising the extensive data collected from smart meters in the UK to inform energy efficiency schemes. Edinburgh-based technology firm Urban Tide has been working with a number of partners, including the Data Communications Company (DCC), to develop a new tool that will help to identify properties at risk of, or that are in,

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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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Mercedes-Benz introduces electric EQE Sedan

Charged

The upcoming EQE Sedan is an electric version of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. It’s based on the Mercedes-EQ electric architecture (EVA2). The 2023 model is scheduled to arrive in US dealerships in the fall, at a starting price of $74,900. All EQE models have an electric drivetrain (eATS) on the rear axle. The 2023 lineup includes the entry-level EQE 350 and the performance EQE 350+, as well as the EQE 350 and 500 4MATIC dual-motor AWD versions.

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CAREC Ministers Endorse New Green Recovery, Food Security, and Clean Energy Cooperation Initiatives

Green Living Guy

News Release | 24 November 2022Read time: 3 mins MANILA, PHILIPPINES (24 November 2022) — Countries in central and west Asia have endorsed three new cross-border cooperation initiatives to help accelerate the region’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, improve food security, and boost the development of clean energy. “The pandemic showed that health shocks can have […].

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Nexeon appoints Steve Dobson as non-executive director

altenergymag

Nexeon has appointed Steve Dobson as a non-executive director.

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UK electric vehicle production up by a fifth in October

Business Green

But trade body SMMT warns supply chain turbulence and economic headwinds still pose major challenges for the UK car sector and its transition to EVs. UK production of electric vehicles (EVs) continues to rise, with volumes up more than a fifth as domestic car production returned to growth in October, according to the latest industry figures released today.

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Europe’s smart electricity meter penetration reaches 56%

Smart Energy International

Smart meter penetration in Europe is expected to reach 56% by year-end, Berg Insight has reported in its latest annual update. This corresponds to the deployment of about 9.2 million meters across the region, the EU27+3, during the year taking the total from 163 million units at the end of 2021 to over 172 million by the end of 2022. With further growth at a CAGR of 5.8%, a total of 106 million smart electricity meters are forecast to be deployed across the region during 2022–2027, driven by lar

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Johnson and Truss join onshore wind planning rebellion

Business Green

Two former Prime Ministers are set to back amendment tabled by Simon Clarke that would life the de facto ban on new onshore wind farms. Boris Johnson and Liz Truss are to join a growing backbench rebellion against the government's decision to retain the de facto ban on onshore wind farms, which experts have accused of driving up energy costs and undermining the UK's energy security.

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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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Reality EV Charging

CleanTechnica

By William H Fitch III, We Are Solar Owner.

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Global Briefing: Greta Thunberg backs legal challenge against Sweden's climate strategy

Business Green

Australian court blocks coal mine plans, Ireland promises beefed up climate strategy, and all the green business news from around the world. Swedish youth group launches legal challenge over government's climate plans. Sweden is to become the latest country to face a legal challenge over its climate strategy, after a group of around 600 young people, including the world famous activist Greta Thunberg, formally launched a lawsuit against the new government.

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Most Efficient Solar Cells Graph Gets Upgraded

CleanTechnica

The most-visited page on NREL’s website has a big new upgrade.

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Natural England chair urges government to stay the course on green farming subsidy plans

Business Green

Tony Juniper to deliver speech today urging farmers and policymakers to reject 'false choise’ between nature protection and food production. Farmers must avoid the pitfalls of a "false choice" between nature protection and food production, as building nature recovery into Britain's agricultural practices is the only way to put both society and the economy on a sustainable footing, Natural England chair Tony Juniper is expected to say later.

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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?

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Don’t Forget The 2-Wheel Electric Revolution

CleanTechnica

The summit season has kicked off big time in Southeast Asia, and green vehicles are in the spotlight. Local police are even riding electric motorcycles to escort delegates. You probably saw it on the news. “Many companies are realising that electric two-wheelers will be first taken up in this part of the world,” Vivek Lath, […].

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Sip or guzzle? Here's how Google's data centres use water

Business Green

With a pledge to restore 120 per cent of the 'water it consumes' by 2030, Google is rethinking the approaches used to cool its massive data centres. When Google declared in September 2021 its intention to " replenish 120 per cent of the water we consume " by 2030, the giant technology company revealed few specifics about exactly how many gallons that pledge represents for individual facilities.

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Are Eco-Regulations Really At The Core Of Coal’s Demise?

CleanTechnica

Environmental lawmaking to address global warming continues to confront hurdles, especially in conservative media, as money drives polarization over measures to tackle the climate crisis.

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PPAs and the Corporate Renewables Revolution: BusinessGreen debuts latest whitepaper

Business Green

New whitepaper exclusively available to Advanced BusinessGreen members. BusinessGreen has this week published its latest Intelligence Whitepaper, which explores the surge in corporate renewables targets and how businesses are deploying power purchase agreements (PPAs) and onsite renewables projects to deliver on 100 per cent clean power targets. Titled PPAs and the Corporate Renewables Revolution , the exclusive report is avaiulable to all Advanced BusinessGreen members.

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Vantem Offers Energy Efficient Factory Made Modular Dwellings

CleanTechnica

Modular home manufacturer Vantem has just closed a Series A funding round led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

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Get Mooving: New partnership aims to boost access to London's EV charging network

Business Green

EV fleet provider Moove has teamed up with tech firm Paua to build a new app to help facilitate charging across the capital. EV fleet provider Moove has partnered with UK-based electric vehicle (EV) roaming network Paua to launch a new app and platform which will aim to provide access to a network of 6,600 EV charge points across London. The new platform, called Moove Charge, will use Paua's technology to support Moove customers in their transition to EVs by providing a simple, all-in-one access

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General Motors Vows To Avoid “Opportunistic” EV Prices

CleanTechnica

General Motors says it plans to avoid opportunistic pricing for its upcoming electric cars so they are affordable by more drivers.

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The clean energy sector needs more young people

Business Green

What do we need to build a clean energy workforce? The Powering Jobs Census from Power for All has some answers. Thinking about alternative approaches to power the world has never been more crucial. Beyond the climate-induced energy crisis, war-induced electricity shortages and grid failure-induced blackouts, we must not forget that the number of those living without any access to electricity stands at 733 million.

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BYD To Build 20 GWh Battery Factory In Wenzhou, China

CleanTechnica

Following closely on the heels of rumors about sodium-ion batteries, BYD announced a new 20 GWh battery factory in China.

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East Africa Breweries PLC To Increase The Use Of Solar PV At Its Breweries

CleanTechnica

East Africa Breweries PLC (EABL) has just published its 2022 Sustainability Report. Established in 1922, EABL’s network of breweries, distillers, and distribution network spans across six markets in Eastern Africa. Their operations are concentrated in the three main markets of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. EABL currently contributes about 1% of Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) […].

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A New Player, HOLON, Enters The Emerging Autonomous People Mover Industry

CleanTechnica

When it comes to autonomous vehicles, it’s easy to think of them as today’s manually-driven vehicles but with the ability to drive themselves. And, one couldn’t honestly be called stupid for thinking that, because everything we see now could be described thus. Tesla’s FSD Beta happens in normal cars. Waymo’s vans and crossovers are modified […].

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MG ZS EV vs. BYD Atto 3 — Dual Owner Comparison!

CleanTechnica

As the battle between MG and BYD for the title of second highest selling electric vehicle in Australia heats up, I met with a couple that own one of each. Tired of waiting for the BYD Atto 3 to arrive, they purchased an MG ZS EV 18 months ago and are well placed to compare […].

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Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) Buys Hyundai Kona EVs & JAC Electric Pickup Trucks!

CleanTechnica

Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has an installed generation capacity of 1,904 MW, of which over 86% is drawn from green sources, namely: hydro (826 MW), geothermal (799 MW), and wind (25.5 MW). The rest (253 MW) is generated from fossil fuels at its thermal power plants. KenGen is the largest power generating company […].

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Vanadium Flow Batteries Could Leapfrog Over Pumped Hydro For Long Duration Energy Storage

CleanTechnica

Flow batteries sport a number of advantages compared to lithium-ion batteries, including the ability to restart quickly after being idled for long periods of time.

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Can Electric Vehicles Revive the Great Aussie Road Trip? Part 3

CleanTechnica

The great Aussie road trip continues. Read part 1 here and part 2 here. Our Bairnsdale accommodation was not only luxurious but had Tesla destination chargers. We had a stress-free few days visiting spots around Lakes Entrance in Victoria. We walked out to the entrance itself — a 5 km round trip — and saw […].

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How Long Does A Tesla Battery Last In Australia?

CleanTechnica

How long does a Tesla battery last in Australia? This is becoming more of a common question now that Tesla has doubled its presence on Australian roads. Teslas are everywhere! Someone recently commented that they are becoming as common as cockroaches and cane toads. As these questioners appear to be genuine, I thought I would […].

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Tesla Cybertruck Design Update Spotted In New Or Updated Prototype

CleanTechnica

A new video of the Tesla Cybertruck has surfaced online, showing some significant changes to its design. Tesla makes the absolute coolest toy for adults. Who else loves the cybertruck? $TSLA pic.twitter.com/cPcggvMktA — S3XY ASTRO (@AstroS3xy) October 22, 2022 Tesla updated the status of Cybertruck production from “development” to “tooling” during the company’s Q3 2022 update last […].

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Sunrun Is Adding Ford F-150 Lightnings To Its Fleet

CleanTechnica

I used to work in the solar industry, so it’s something that is close to my heart. I got into the commercial and industrial solar industry (C&I) in 2015. At that time, Zimbabwe was going through an extensive power rationing program as the utility was battling to meet demand. This was due to several reasons […].

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