Fri.Jul 22, 2022

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8 TED Talks on climate change to inspire and inform you

GreenBiz

From the food you eat to the soil that grows it, to the cities you live in and the satellites in the sky above you, these TED talks will teach you something new about climate action.

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Energy Efficiency: 18 Easy To Implement Tips For Your Business

Green Business Bureau

Energy Efficiency: 18 Easy to Implement Tips for Your Business. Most electricity is generated by burning fossil fuels which emit greenhouse gasses and other harmful pollutants into the atmosphere. Fossil fuels, water, and land are all scarce resources that are at risk without proper energy efficiency initiatives. Reducing energy consumption and using renewable energy sources are two of the most important steps to becoming eco-friendly.

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ESG Strategy Template

GreenBiz

Even as organizations crunch down on their ESG strategy and initiatives, many continue to struggle with effectively communicating it in a way that can be adopted companywide. This asset breaks down this potentially complicated process so that you can ensure you’re creating an actionable and measurable ESG strategy your organization will understand and embrace.

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On 6-8th September 2022, the high-level international investment event Energy Week Western Balkans will take place in Montenegro.

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Energy Week is aimed at fostering the deployment of renewable energy, promoting regional cooperation in the Western Balkans and attracting foreign direct investment.

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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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Unlearning what we know about chemistry

GreenBiz

To make progress toward a truly circular economy, we need to unlearn much of what we know about chemistry.

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MAHLE Powertrain completes two new testing facilities for EVs and FCEVs

Charged

MAHLE Powertrain has completed two new testing facilities designed for EVs and hydrogen vehicles in Northampton, England. MAHLE Powertrain has used £15 million ($17.7 million) in investments over a 5-year period to build the new facilities, which will provide engineering services to support its customers. Manufacturers can rely on the Vehicle Development Centre to test two- and four-wheel drive vehicles at speeds up to 155 mph and throughout a range of environmental conditions.

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AS TEXAS ENERGY DEMAND INCREASES, ENEL GREEN POWER INSTALLS MORE RENEWABLE & STORAGE CAPACITY

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-Enel Green Power has completed its first large-scale hybrid wind project globally, Azure Sky wind + storage, featuring 350 MW of wind capacity and 136.5 MW/204.6 MWh of storage capacity. -In addition, the company will add 57 MW/85.7 MWh of new battery storage capacity at its largest operating projects in Texas, Roadrunner solar and High Lonesome wind, continuing Enel's momentum for a clean energy transition in the Lone Star State.

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WestRock's Christopher Davidson on the role of fiber-based packaging in mitigating carbon emissions

GreenBiz

This video is sponsored by WestRock. Suz Okie, Director of Design Strategy & Senior Analyst of the Circular Economy at GreenBiz, interviewed Christopher Davidson, Vice President of Sustainability at WestRock, during GreenBiz 22 (2/15/22-2/17/22).

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GomunoInaki Invests in Sustainable Development With Innovative SmartFlower Solar Solution

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A leading-edge solution to provide clean energy for the community and to bring sustainability to their larger society.

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The war in Ukraine is triggering a re-evaluation of global systemic risk

GreenBiz

The war between Russia and Ukraine is, among other things, exposing the downsides of global interdependencies.

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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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Startup led by Tesla alums aims to build electric RVs

Charged

As is the case with a legacy vehicle, towing a trailer with an EV greatly reduces range—as John Voelcker found in his recent test of a Ford F-150 Lightning (see the latest issue of Charged ), towing can reduce range by 40% or even more. But what if the trailer had its own electric powertrain? That’s the idea behind the first product to be launched by Lightship Energy , a startup created by a group of former Tesla employees.

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Space weather – a hidden threat to power systems

Smart Energy International

Solar storms with the potential to disrupt power and other systems including railways are coming into the spotlight as the next solar maximum approaches. As Europe experiences record high temperatures, many people’s thoughts have turned to the weather and the power of the heat of the sun and its impact on the environment. For most people, the impacts are based on factors such as humidity, cloud cover and wind, not to mention the time of year.

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What Are the Benefits of Using Eco-Friendly Methods of Pest Control?

Green Living Guy

As any homeowner knows, pests can be a serious problem. Not only can they damage your home and belongings, but they can also pose a health risk to you and your family. Traditional methods of pest control often involve the use of toxic chemicals that can be harmful to the environment. However, there are a number […]. The post What Are the Benefits of Using Eco-Friendly Methods of Pest Control?

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Endesa – electricity theft from cannabis growing increases in Spain

Smart Energy International

Endesa has reported a doubling in electricity theft from illegal cannabis operations over the past four years. In 2021, these operations accounted for one fifth of the energy recovered in the frauds detected by e-distribution, Endesa’s network subsidiary, although making up just 2% of the total 71,000 fraud files investigated. Endesa reports closing 1,636 fraud files linked to cannabis growing in homes or other buildings in 2021 – twice as many as in 2018.

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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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Why The U.S. Alone Can’t Curb The World’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions

R-Squared Energy

Earlier this month the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022 was released, covering energy data through 2021. Previously, I provided a summary of the data. Today, I want to focus on the trends in global carbon dioxide emissions. A year ago, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, BP reported a 6% decline in global carbon dioxide from 2019 to 2021.

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Smart Energy Finances Weekly: Asian stakes and the race to net zero

Smart Energy International

In this iteration of Smart Energy Finances Weekly, the Asian region shows interest in smart metering and electric vehicle (EV) expansion while flexibility and energy storage continue to prove key markets in the European domain. The last week has seen key moves being made by international players such as Trilliant and Sympower to double down on their position within the energy transition.

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Solar panel recycling at All Energy Solar keeps waste out of landfills

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Program more critical than ever after new solar panel removal service offered

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The first principals of a climate solution:

Energy Central

and how Thermodynamic Geoengineering (TG) uniquely meets them at zero cost. ?As the Mirrors for Earth's Energy Rebalancing (MEER) organization, lead by Dr. Ye Tao of Harvard points out, “temperature rise is the biggest and gravest concern that we face." They say the 4 main criteria any strategy must fully satisfy to be considered a good possibility as a climate.

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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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About European Sustainable Energy Week

Smart Energy International

Date : 26-30 September 2022. Location : Online and Onsite in Brussels, Belgium. Register. The European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW) is the biggest annual event dedicated to renewables and efficient energy use in Europe and comprises a series of activities aimed at building a secure energy future for Europe. This year, EUSEW takes a hybrid format, on the theme of ‘Going green and digital for Europe’s energy transition’, with speakers and participants in Brussels and online on

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New Battery Energy Storage System for Turtle Island Beach Resort: Ensuring a Sustainable Future

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U.S.-based Solar Axiom and On.Energy have teamed up to install an On.

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Accenture’s AI to reduce Colonial Pipeline electricity rates

Smart Energy International

Accenture has announced its use of a proprietary database powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to help Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, reduce regulated and deregulated electric utility rates for its interstate pipeline system. The Dublin-based IT and consulting services company’s energy-management project leverages its Utility Tracking System (UTS), a database of approximately 30 million anonymised utility bills that the company has been aggregat

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Port Talbot steelworks calls for decarbonisation package to help it avoid risk of closure

Business Green

Tata Group chairman tells Financial Times it needs financial support to enable transition to greener production methods. Tata Group has threatened to shut down operations at the Port Talbot plant, one of the UK's two large steelwork facilities, if the government does not provide it with up to £1.5bn of financial support to help future-proof the plant by switching to lower carbon production techniques.

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Visualized: Battery Vs. Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Energy Central

Good explanation of the differences between battery-powered and hydrogen-fuel cell vehicles.

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The world needs a digital lifeline

Eco-Business

The world's dependency on digital technology was laid bare by the Covid-19 pandemic. But a digital lifeline is effective only if it is safeguarded from cyberattack, writes Riccardo Puliti of the World Bank.

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Climate change's fingerprints on ever hotter heatwaves

Energy Central

Do we need further evidence that global warming is real?

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In carbon markets we trust? New global guidance aims to stop greenwashing

Eco-Business

Efforts are underway to boost the quality of carbon credits by setting a higher threshold and make it easier for corporations to know what they are buying and claiming.

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It's high time for the cannabis industry to embrace sustainability

Business Green

Joel Makower asks how the fast expanding US cannabis industry could reduce its out-sized environmental footprint. Adapted from GreenBuzz, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. For years, cannabis companies have largely gotten a free pass about their social and environmental impacts. Indeed, cannabis' progressive aura has made it a darling of the sustainability set, embraced as a natural product with multiple benefits for humanity.

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Bangladesh needs mangroves and embankments, say locals and experts

Eco-Business

The best way to protect the country’s climate-change-affected coast has been much debated, but residents say they need both options.

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Meet the founder: Marica Quarsingh of Sea-Stematic on creating the ‘Tesla of Seafood’

AFN Sustainable Protein

Marica Quarsingh calls her startup Sea-Stematic the “Tesla of seafood” to communicate how she believes seafood should be produced: sustainably and with the right global benchmarks and market insights. Quarsingh, an arts and philanthropy lover who calls herself as a “born entrepreneur,” says she arrived in the world of foodtech, and at the idea for cell-cultured seafood in particular, because of food-related illness.

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Why climate change could spark conflict

Eco-Business

Climate hazards such as heatwaves and droughts could exacerbate security risks worldwide, says a new report by Verisk Maplecroft.

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Global Briefing: President Biden mulls climate emergency declaration

Business Green

The White House promises wave of new climate measures, the EU bolsters energ security plans, and the top Vatican official backs fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. President Biden labels climate change 'an emergency'. The Biden administration has given the clearest signal yet it is planning a wide-ranging package of executive actions to accelerate US decarbonisation efforts, in the wake of reports rebel Democrat Senator Joe Manchin intends to block any legislation containing provisions designe

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Amazon Rivian Deliveries Start

CleanTechnica

People in ten US cities are about to see a new delivery vehicle from Rivian on the road delivering Amazon packages. The e-commerce giant has been working with Rivian to create a more sustainable fleet of vehicles that will help it reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. The vehicles are built from the bottom up […].

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Federal Aviation Administration Partners With NREL for Holistic Look at Energy Needs of Electrified Aircraft

CleanTechnica

NREL's Analysis of Electric Charging Infrastructure Will Prepare Airports To Welcome Sustainable Aircraft While Boosting Grid Resilience and Connecting Communities.