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Xos, Inc. Delivering First Set of Vehicles to UniFirst Corporation in SoCal

Green Living Guy

LOS ANGELES, March 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Xos, Inc. (NASDAQ: XOS) is a leading manufacturer of Class 5 through Class 8 battery-electric vehicles and powertrains. They are also a provider of charging infrastructure and fleet management software. Now they are delivering their electric vehicles to UniFIrst. UniFirst For they announced having delivered the first […].

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US now has 20 states with a 100 per cent renewables target

Renew Economy

Data shows that in 2021, Nebraska became the 20th American state to commit to 100% clean electricity by 2050 or earlier. The post US now has 20 states with a 100 per cent renewables target appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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DEWA completes smart grid short-term goals

Smart Energy International

Smart meters and network automation were key components of the first phase of DEWA’s smart grid strategy. The strategy has seen DEWA (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) replace its over 2 million electricity and water metering base with smart meters between 2015 and 2020. Between 2015 and 2017, DEWA also fully automated its transmission network connected to the 400kV and 132 kV substations.

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Cannon-Brookes, Forrest pour more money into world’s biggest solar and battery project

Renew Economy

Cannon-Brookes and Forrest lead another major capital raising for Sun Cable, which is planning world's biggest solar and battery storage facility, and other projects on a similar scale. The post Cannon-Brookes, Forrest pour more money into world’s biggest solar and battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Amazing Tips For An Environmentally Friendly Hair Care Routine

Green Living Guy

The little things that one does in life make a huge difference in and around them. For instance, choosing to use environmentally friendly products. I mean especially for hair care (not me bis a decision that contributes positively to the environment. This may seem like the simplest thing, but it makes a considerable difference cumulatively. […].

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“We hold a hose:” Emergency Services chiefs call out Morrison’s failure on climate

Renew Economy

Australia's senior emergency services leaders - those who do hold hoses - slam Morrison government's failure to prepare for growing climate threat. The post “We hold a hose:” Emergency Services chiefs call out Morrison’s failure on climate appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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For Sale: Hampton Wind Park

Renew Economy

Seeking EOIs for 2 turbine wind farm - 2.50mins west of Sydney situated in an idyllic setttings of east of Oberon. The post For Sale: Hampton Wind Park appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Investor group urges aviation industry to curtail flight growth and scale up biofuels

Business Green

Climate Action 100+ recommends its investor coalition - which is collectively worth $65tr - push airlines for 'strong, decisive action' on climate change. The global aviation industry could soon be facing growing calls from investors for it to curtail growth in air travel, ramp up low carbon biofuel investment, and clamp down on dubious carbon offsetting schemes, after a leading investor group responsible for $65tr in assets under management set out its climate recommendations for the sector.

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GB’s Severn Trent trials smart water meters

Smart Energy International

Severn Trent has launched two trials to gain a better understanding of water usage on its networks and improve leak detection. The first trial, which got under way earlier in March, will instal over 150,000 Itron smart water meters in Coventry and Warwickshire by 2025. The £20 million (US$26 million) initiative, part of Severn Trent’s Green Recovery programme following Covid, aims to trial the creation of a smart water data region to improve understanding of water usage and how water can be save

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CDP: Major investors to demand environmental data from 10,400 firms worldwide in 2022

Business Green

More than 630 financial institutions boasting over $130tr in assets will call on companies to provide climate and environmental disclosures this year. CDP has today announced that almost 10,400 major companies worldwide collectively worth $105tr in market capitalisation are facing direct calls from some of the world's biggest investors to disclose their environmental data this year, as climate and nature risk becomes an increasing priority for boardrooms and investors.

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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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Vestas - Vestas secures 32 MW order in Sweden from Octopus Renewables and OX2

Global Renewable News

Vestas has received a 32 MW order from Marhult.

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China's coal-powered economy drives global carbon dioxide emissions to historic high

Eco-Business

The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere reached an all-time high in 2021 as the world's economy recovered from the Covid-induced slump of 2020. China's carbon emissions now make up a third of the global total.

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International Renewable Energy Agency - Green Hydrogen Needs Industrial Policy Making and Certification

Global Renewable News

With its ability to decarbonise hard-to-abate.

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The anatomy of the net-zero transition

Eco-Business

Reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 implies profound economic and societal shifts. According to a new report, a successful transition would have six key characteristics.

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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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Sharc International Systems Inc. - SHARC Energy Enters MOU With Carry the Kettle Nakoda Nation & Saskatchewan Renewable Energy Solutions

Global Renewable News

SHARC International Systems Inc. (CSE: SHRC).

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Electrifying Trains, Planes, & Dirty Big Mining Trucks

CleanTechnica

Twiggy has all the big boy toys, and he is planning to electrify them all and run them on green hydrogen and gravity. CleanTechnica has previously published on Fortescue Future Industries’ (FFI) purchase of Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE). Twiggy Forrest is planning to use their battery tech in his push to electrify Fortescue’s mining equipment […].

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Capstone Green Energy - Capstone Green Energy to Provide Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project for New England Solid Waste FacilityThe Project is Expected to Reduce the City's Reliance on Fossil Fuels, Generate Clean Energy and Achieve Sustainability Goals

Global Renewable News

Capstone Green Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:

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Young Investors Impacting Wall Street, Betting Big On Tesla

CleanTechnica

Millennials and Zoomers (Gen Z) are collectively beginning to throw their financial weight around Wall Street. As they do, many analysts are noting how the market will be impacted for decades to come, with companies like Tesla experiencing high volumes of support from these age groups. Younger generations are favoring stocks with high-risk, high-reward factors, […].

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European Marine Energy Centre - H2GO Power to trial AI hydrogen optimisation system at EMEC

Global Renewable News

Funding has been awarded to trial real-time.

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Protecting Your E-Bike From Puncture Vines & Other Thorns (Part 1)

CleanTechnica

If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noticed that we do a lot of e-bike reviews, and that I’ve done a number of them. Not only are they a lot of fun to ride, but e-bikes are also one of the most environmentally friendly forms of electric transport. They’re light, they have small batteries, their […].

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Global Wind Energy Council - New GWEC report identifies floating offshore wind's critical role in long-term global decarbonisation efforts.Research identifies five countries that could accelerate the growth of floating offshore wind.

Global Renewable News

Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has today.

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It’s A New Dawn For Concentrating Solar Power

CleanTechnica

The concentrating solar power dream lives on, with new electric vehicle battery angle.

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ANDRITZ - ANDRITZ to supply hydro- and electro-mechanical equipment for Upper Trishuli 1, Nepal

Global Renewable News

International technology group ANDRITZ has.

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Protecting Your E-Bike From Puncture Vines & Other Thorns (Part 2)

CleanTechnica

In Part 1, I covered the problem of Puncture Vines, and two things you can do that work well together to combat them. But, as I pointed out, they’re not a complete solution as much as just something you can do to delay the inevitable. So, we’re going to need another layer or two of […].

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California Energy Commission - State, Local Leaders to Announce $60 Million Program for New All-Electric Affordable Housing Projects

Global Renewable News

State and local leaders will hold a press.

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Rivian Shares Tumble As Production Ramp Stalls

CleanTechnica

Rivian is deep in the throes of production hell.

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New York Power Authority - NYPA Awarded $102,000 by APPA to Study Sustainable Land Practices Integrating Co-Located Agricultural Land and Solar Power GenerationDEED Grant to Fund Research to Identify Leading Practices for Agrivoltaics in New York State and Inform Utility and Agriculture Industries Nationwide

Global Renewable News

The New York Power Authority (NYPA) today.

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Indian Data Center Operator Sify Signs PPAs For 231 Megawatts Of Solar & Wind

CleanTechnica

Sify Technologies Limited, a data center operator in India, has signed power purchase agreements to procure 200 megawatts of solar and wind power. According to media reports, Sify signed the power purchase agreements with Vibrant Energy Holdings. The two companies now have an agreement for a total of 231 megawatts, including 67 megawatts signed in […].

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Duke Energy - Duke Energy Florida's innovative battery storage projects provide customer, grid benefits

Global Renewable News

Delivering on the company's commitment to.

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Should You Pay Trade Association Dues For Utility Companies?

CleanTechnica

It's bad enough that utility company costs are so high. But dues that consumers are indirectly paying often work against the pursuit of a clean energy future.

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Greentown Labs - Vitol Joins Greentown Labs as Newest Terawatt Partner

Global Renewable News

Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech.

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New Hydropower Scheme For Electric Trucks: Look Ma, No Dams!

CleanTechnica

Fleets of electric trucks could be deployed in low impact hydropower systems that deploy existing roads instead of new, habitat-destroying infrastructure.

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Maxeon Solar Technologies - Ayana Renewable Power and Maxeon Solar Technologies Announce Completion of the 192MWp Indian Bikaner 1 Project

Global Renewable News

Ayana Renewable Power and Maxeon Solar.

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Ford, GM, & PG&E To Begin Vehicle-To-Grid Trials

CleanTechnica

GM and Ford will work with PG&E to test bi-directional charging systems.