Fri.Feb 03, 2023

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Episode 349: Do you know your 'climate fingerprint'?

GreenBiz

Ashley Orgain, chief impact officer at Seventh Generation, discusses how the consumer products company hopes to shift the conversation with its 'climate fingerprint' reporting.

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The Remanufacturing Lighting Conference comes to London in April

Envirotec Magazine

Circular economy and lighting expert Recolight says “ clients, both corporate and public sector, are warming to the concept of reconditioned lights to achieve both sustainability goals and cost savings. And now tenders are beginning to emerge which specify that reconditioning and reuse of luminaires is an option in a project.” A seemingly unique conference on the topic will explore the opportunities and the challenges of this area, and “equip and inspire you for your remanufacturing journey!

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Purifying the ‘miracle metal’: How to decarbonize aluminum

GreenBiz

Without advances in recycling and decarbonization, the aluminum sector’s emissions could careen towards nearly 2 billion metric tons by 2050.

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Mercury capture is now safe for humans and the environment

Inhabitat - Innovation

Mercury, also known as Quicksilver, is a chemical element that is naturally found in nature. However, human activity has driven it into the water and soil, creating a toxic combination for people and the planet. Recently, specialties chemical company Albemarle Corporation announced the development of a breakthrough product that captures mercury, offering a way to reduce mercury levels in the soil, water and food chain.

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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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Courage: The vital aspect of sustainability leadership we don’t talk about enough

GreenBiz

We need a different kind of leadership — one that makes a positive contribution that counts today and lasts into the future.

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Pegasus to sell vehicles on Zeus Electric Chassis through Creative Bus Sales network

Charged

School and transit bus manufacturer Pegasus Specialty Vehicles has signed an agreement with bus dealership Creative Bus Sales to sell its Type A school buses and electric shuttle and paratransit buses through Creative Bus Sales’s network. Pegasus will build the electric buses using the Zeus Electric Chassis Z-19 cab-chassis platform. A Pegasus Bus on a Zeus Z-19 platform features all-wheel drive, independent suspension, and a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of up to 19,500 pounds.

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Eaton to collaborate with Rewiring America to promote residential electrification

Charged

Power management company Eaton is partnering with electrification nonprofit Rewiring America “to advance electrification education, awareness and action.” Brian Brickhouse, President of Eaton’s Americas Region, Electrical Sector, has joined Rewiring America’s CEOs for Electrification coalition of US business leaders, which aims to further sustainability through electrification, beginning with the American household.

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Tesla Cybertruck: Paving the Way for a Greener, More Affordable Future

Green Living Guy

The Tesla Cybertruck is an all-electric full-size pickup truck unveiled by Elon Musk in November 2019. Spec It has a unique exterior design with doors that open up like wings. It has a stainless steel body that is said to be bulletproof. All along with impressive features such as an adaptive air suspension. Also an […] The post Tesla Cybertruck: Paving the Way for a Greener, More Affordable Future appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Rheinmetall receives 250-million-euro order for 900-volt EV contactors

Charged

German automotive and arms manufacturer Rheinmetall has received an order for contactors worth over a quarter-billion euros from an undisclosed German automaker. Rheinmetall will be equipping the new 900-volt generation of EVs with a new type of contactor, starting in 2025. Contactors ensure the EVs can be safely switched on and off, especially in emergencies like an accident or system failure.

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6 Sustainable Technology and Software Solutions For Your Business

Green Business Bureau

The expansion of sustainable technology solutions for business The sustainable technology solutions market is expanding. For instance, according to a report by Vantage Market Research , the Global Green Technology and Sustainability Market was worth $10.9 billion in 2021, a value that’s expected to rise to $44.4 billion by 2028. This growth is tied with heightened demand for companies to operate sustainably, with businesses facing pressure from key stakeholders – consumers, employees

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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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Texas-based AFC Solar becomes Stracker Solar Distributor Partner

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Stracker Solar announced the signing of a distributor agreement with AFC Solar, a rapidly growing EPC firm from Texas. The partnership will propel Stracker Solar's national expansion and bring state-of-the-art elevated solar trackers to AFC Solar's clients east of the Rocky Mountains.

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How AI and ML are Transforming Industries 2023

U.S. Green Technology

All around the globe, businesses are experiencing the best times of their lives following the advent of AI and ML. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Language empower businesses to make impactful decisions that give them a better stance at success in their fields. A report by Grand View Research shows that by 2030, the global AI market size. The post How AI and ML are Transforming Industries 2023 appeared first on U.S.

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'We want to make EVs famous': Netflix and GM partner to bring more EVs to our screens

Business Green

The streaming and car giants have joined forces to feature more zero emissions cars in films and TV shows More electric vehicles (EVs) are set to feature on our screens following a new partnership between Netflix and General Motors (GM), which will see the streaming giant feature more zero emission cars and trucks in many of its shows and films. The companies said the new initiative, called ' EVs on Screen ', has been launched to reflect "society's increasing excitement about an all-electric fut

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Interesting Green Marketing Ideas for Your Eco-Friendly Business in 2023

U.S. Green Technology

In recent years, the focus on sustainable living and environmental protection have grown, and many businesses are looking for ways to make their operations more eco-friendly. By promoting their efforts to reduce waste, minimize energy consumption, and promote environmentally responsible practices, businesses can appeal to consumers who prioritize sustainability and make a positive impact on.

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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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OIL COMPANIES and THE WINDFALLS OF WAR

Energy Central

Putin’s war on Ukraine is approaching its one-year anniversary, with little to suggest it will be stopping any time soon. Looking at the nightly news footage of the savagery of Putin’s scorched earth policy, it’s impossible not to think that war is hell. However, war offers a highly profitable opportunity for some industries, e.g., arms makers.

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Green Football Weekend: Clubs and broadcasters team up to point fans to greener habits

Business Green

Initiative is designed to leverage significant reach of football to help drive green behaviour change Football clubs and sports broadcasters will this weekend team up to raise awareness of ways their fans can reduce their climate impact. The Green Football Weekend is a national campaign running until Sunday that has been backed by more than 80 football clubs, Sky Sports, BT Sports, and a raft of charities.

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What aspect of the IRA may be the most critical? A hint: it isn’t the ITC or PTC.

Energy Central

A key bottleneck to achieving our climate goals is a lack of electricians. The trades haven’t been an attractive career path for the younger generations, but that may be changing - and none too soon. To get the maximum tax credits employers need to meet certain registered apprentice requirements. As a result, new programs are starting around the country.

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Rethinking Sustainability

Green Technology

In the past, sustainability in furniture manufacturing typically involved using sustainable materials and sustainable processes. Now, battery power adds another facet to our sustainability story. The next steps for powering offices and office equipment are both practical and meaningful for the way businesses impact the electrical grid. Respond! is an investment that meets the technical requirements for a future that is not very distant.

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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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News round-up, Friday, February 3, 2023

Energy Central

Editor's Reflections: A Swedish Nightmare Its name is —Recep Tayyip Erdoğan— Any political decision that involves the gift of a Natural Gas Hub has significant weight. Image: Germán & Co Maybe this Swedish nightmare should have the same name as Gabriel García Marquez's book: "Chronicles of a death foretold.” Where the end.

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Finding the opportunities in (and the problems with) the municipal bond market

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha’s David Bank joins Host Monique Aiken to to share some takeaways from this week’s Agents of Impact Call on the steps that. The post Finding the opportunities in (and the problems with) the municipal bond market appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Dürr provides CATL with solvent recovery technology for electrode production

Charged

The Dürr Group, a global mechanical and plant engineering firm, is expanding into battery production. Now the company is delivering a technology for sustainable battery manufacturing to CATL , which the Chinese battery manufacturer will use at a new plant currently being built in Arnstadt, Germany. The order comprises several systems based on an eco-friendly process for solvent recovery in battery production.

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The Week in Impact Investing: Dilemmas

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ?Leaders and laggards. In his business-school classic, “The Innovator’s Dilemma,” the late Clay Christensen explains how successful companies fail. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Dilemmas appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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How The Energy Policy Simulators Work And Are Developed

Energy Innovation

By Robbie Orvis The free and open-source Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) computer model developed by Energy Innovation Policy & Technology LLC TM has become one of the most widely used tools to inform policymakers and regulators about which climate and energy policies will reduce greenhouse gas emissions most effectively, creating the largest economic and public health benefits.

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Andrew Crosson, Invest Appalachia: Catalytic capital for community impact

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, February 3 — Andrew Crosson was a decade deep in the work of community economic development in central Appalachia when he got. The post Andrew Crosson, Invest Appalachia: Catalytic capital for community impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Social cost of co2 emission

Energy Central

The Social Cost of Carbon (SCC) is a measure of the economic damages associated with each additional ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in a given year. It includes the direct effects of emissions on human health, such as respiratory problems, as well as indirect effects, such as the long-term impacts of climate change on ecosystems, economies, and societies.

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Deal spotlight: Protecting individuals and businesses from data and identity theft

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, February 3 – Cell phones and digitization have helped billions of individuals, micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses improve their livelihoods. They’ve also introduced. The post Deal spotlight: Protecting individuals and businesses from data and identity theft appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Grab your stainless steel mug, the Reusies are coming

GreenBiz

Matt Prindiville, CEO and chief solutioneer at Upstream Solutions, discusses his organization's quest to help reuse business models scale and the need for more infrastructure to support those strategies.

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Tesla Cybertruck: Paving the Way for a Greener, More Affordable Future

Green Living Guy

The Tesla Cybertruck is an all-electric full-size pickup truck unveiled by Elon Musk in November 2019. Spec It has a unique exterior design with doors that open up like wings. It has a stainless steel body that is said to be bulletproof. All along with impressive features such as an adaptive air suspension. Also an […] The post Tesla Cybertruck: Paving the Way for a Greener, More Affordable Future appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Energy industry warns Chancellor UK green growth is now at 'severe risk'

Business Green

Coalition of trade bodies representing over 750 firms from across the energy industry writes to Jeremy Hunt to warn that action is needed in Spring Budget to unleash green investment Five trade associations from across the energy industry have today become the latest voices to warn the Chancellor that the UK risks squandering its leadership in the global clean energy transition, unless measures are introduced in the Spring Budget to catalyse investment in a new wave of low carbon infrastructure

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UK hydrogen supply and demand forecast

Energy Central

UK hydrogen supply and demand forecast.

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Bosch cashes in on demand for electrification and energy efficiency

Business Green

German tech giant records growth across both its home appliance and mobility business in 2022, despite tough operating environment Surging demand for energy efficient and climate neutral technologies proved a major driver of revenue growth for European tech giant Bosch last year, according to the company's latest financial results. The private firm, which has reported a 12 per cent jump in sales during 2022 in preliminary financial results posted today, said it was benefitting from strong demand

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Biorefinery handles recycle-resistant plant waste

Envirotec Magazine

Scanning electron microscope images of sugarcane bagasse A new process appears able to turn lignin into carbon sources that could be used in high-value, plant-derived pharmaceuticals and antioxidant nutraceuticals as well as carbon-based nanoparticles for drug or chemical delivery. It was developed by researchers at Northwestern University and a study was featured on the cover of the January issue of the journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering.

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Courage: The vital aspect of sustainability leadership we don't talk about enough

Business Green

We need a different kind of leadership - one that makes a positive contribution that counts today and lasts into the future We live in times of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (also known as the management term VUCA) with unstable economies, transforming societies and a fast-changing climate. This global situation calls for bold action, a willingness to take risks for the greater good, and collective adaptation to ever-changing conditions.