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Investing in tree equity for a greener world

GreenBiz

Sponsored: It’s crucial for corporations to help address environmental needs. WestRock and the Arbor Day Foundation are investing in 10 urban tree canopies within WestRock’s global operating footprint, helping to provide access to urban trees and public green spaces.

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Energy Storage Innovator Enzinc Closes $4.5 Million Seed Funding Round

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Advanced zinc battery developer Enzinc has closed a $4.5 million seed round led by Portland-based 3x5 Partners. Enzinc is developing safe, sustainable and rapidly-scalable high-powered zinc batteries for mobility and stationary uses. Batteries manufactured by today's leading lead acid brands with the 'Enzinc Inside' drop-in technology will have the power of lithium at the cost of lead acid, with no fire potential or HVAC requirement and a wide temperature operating range.

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These startups seek to close the supply-and-demand gap for recycled plastics

GreenBiz

Corporations want to increase recycled plastic content in packaging and products but can't get enough of it. These three companies are making moves to help address this need.

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Water Conservation Guide for Business: 20 Tips To Reduce Water Usage

Green Business Bureau

Water Conservation Guide for Business: 20 Tips to Reduce Water Usage. If you own or manage a company, you should consider how you and your employees conserve water, for which you need to follow a water conservation guide. Ensure that you are aware of how to deal with the many water conservation issues that businesses face, for the good of the planet and for the good of your business as well.

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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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So you’re the first sustainability hire. Now what?

GreenBiz

With sustainability gaining steam even in small companies, how does a new sustainability hire set themselves up for success?

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Cadillac Goes CELESTIQ Electric Car

Green Living Guy

An inspired vision of design, technology and bespoke craftsmanship previews flagship sedan 2022-07-22 Today, Cadillac unveiled the CELESTIQ show car. For it’s a vision of innovation and purpose that previews the brand’s future handcrafted and all-electric flagship sedan. Conceived to lead Cadillac’s electric future and inspired by the brand’s 120-year heritage.

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Australia’s three richest men are spending their billions on green energy transition

Renew Economy

Surprise bid for renewables and storage developer Genex by Scott Farquhar and wife Kim Jackson tells two interesting stories about Australia's green energy transition. The post Australia’s three richest men are spending their billions on green energy transition appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How to measure EV current and voltage in confined spaces

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Sponsored by CSM. For tests drives of electric vehicles, high-frequency currents and voltages must be measured in the high-voltage vehicle electrical system. The installation options for the necessary measurement equipment can be very limited due to confined installation spaces. This example shows how currents and voltages can nevertheless be measured with high sampling rates, HV-safe and protected from environmental influences.

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Hydropower System: Most Effective Low-Carbon Energy Sources!

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Hydropower (also called hydraulic power, hydroelectric power, and water power) is a general term for electricity produced by hydropower systems. These systems use the force of gravity to move water and create electricity.

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Independent experts confirm NOVONIX’s life-cycle assessment of synthetic graphite product

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NOVONIX has announced that a life-cycle assessment of its GX-23 synthetic anode graphite product has been reviewed and confirmed by independent experts as compliant with ISO-14040:2006 and ISO-14044:2006 standards. Minviro, a sustainable mining specialist, performed the life-cycle assessment. According to NOVONIX, the “GX-23 synthetic anode graphite Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) clearly demonstrated an approximate 60% decrease in global warming potential (GWP) relative to the conventional anode-gr

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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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UK Gives Go-Ahead for Sizewell C Nuclear Power Plant

Energy Central

UK Gives Go-Ahead for Sizewell C Nuclear Power Plant EDF to Address Taishan Fuel Rod Issues for Hinkley Point and Sizewell EPR Reactors Holtec Submits Federal Loan Application For $7.4 Billion SMR Plan Kairos Power and Materion Commission Molten Salt Purification Plant to Produce Coolant for High-Temperature Reactors Curio and Lightbridge Corporation Sign MOU on Nuclear Fuels.

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Marelli launches a new 800 V silicon carbide inverter platform

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Marelli has developed a new 800 V silicon carbide inverter platform. “The new inverter platform based on our 800-volt silicon carbide power module technology allows it to serve applications where energy use is optimized, the performance is maximized and efficiency is dramatically improved,” says Dr. Razvan Panati, Head of Power Electronics Technology for Marelli’s Vehicle Electrification Division.

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Wind turbine blade breaks in Sweden, as media focuses on nacelle fire in Texas

Renew Economy

Sweden records its second wind farm accident in one week, while US media is obsessed with a nacelle fire in Texas, courtesy of a lightning strike. The post Wind turbine blade breaks in Sweden, as media focuses on nacelle fire in Texas appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Ford reaches agreement with Liontown Resources on lithium-providing spodumene concentrate

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Ford has executed an offtake agreement with Australia-based battery materials company Liontown Resources for the supply of the lithium-providing spodumene concentrate for a term of 5 years. “Ford continues working to source more deeply into the battery supply chain to meet our goals of delivering more than 2 million EVs annually for our customers by 2026,” says VP of EV Industrialization Lisa Drake.

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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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Burnaby City Hall Parking Lot Goes Green With 100 EV Charging Stations

Green Living Guy

Construction has reached completion on major green energy and electric-battery vehicle charging infrastructure addition for the west parking lot of Burnaby City Hall. There are now a total of 100 electric vehicle chargers, along with installing a large-scale solar panel canopy. This will generate emissions-free energy. It also helps the municipal government reach its strategy of […].

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Technology Trending: substations, broadband, battery IDs and smart homes

Smart Energy International

Dubai substations, broadband in Germany, a proposed battery identification standard and the forthcoming Matter standard are under the technology radar in this week’s Technology Trending. Dubai substation bonanza. Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) reports commissioning no less than 11 new substations during the first half of the year – a 400/132kV substation and ten 132/11kV substations – along with 100km of 400kV overhead lines and 132kV underground cables connecting them to the

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Labor plans to seek advice from Climate Change Authority. But what is it worth?

Renew Economy

Since being gutted by the Coalition, the CCA is no longer a beacon of sound policy guidance. Which begs the question, what does Labor hope to hear from it? The post Labor plans to seek advice from Climate Change Authority. But what is it worth? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Targeting grid resilience with digitalisation

Smart Energy International

New solutions for a digital grid are being pioneered by Gridspertise building on Enel’s positioning over two decades at the forefront of advances. As countries the world over pursue net-zero goals, the power grids are at the centre of a transformation that will ultimately lead to economy-wide decarbonisation impacting almost every aspect of life, from the way we power and run our homes to how we travel and the products we purchase.

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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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Study: Tomatoes grown in lead-contaminated soil appear safe to eat

Grist

For city dwellers, growing your own fruits and vegetables can be a tricky venture. A terrace or backyard garden can be a great way of getting easy access to fresh and healthy foods. But is that food still safe to eat if it’s grown in lead-contaminated soil? A new study says there’s reason to be hopeful. Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found that tomatoes grown in untreated, lead-contaminated soils accumulated a startlingly low amount of lead from the soil – performing

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Hon Hai and NXP call shotgun on smart EV technology

Smart Energy International

Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) has announced a partnership with NXP Semiconductors to develop platforms for a new generation of smart connected vehicles. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Hon Hai, which focuses on smart technology solutions, and NXP, a global automotive semiconductor company. The centrepiece of the new collaboration is Hon Hai’s new electric vehicle (EV) platform.

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Juice Technology’s j+ pilot App Enables Real-Time EV Charging with Green Electricity

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j+ pilot software integrates with Juice Power AG to manage the usage of green hydropower electricity for electric vehicles

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South Australia receives 60 proposals for Whyalla green hydrogen plan

Renew Economy

South Australia receives 60 different proposals for its Whyalla hydrogen hub which now appears to have taken a deeper shade of green. The post South Australia receives 60 proposals for Whyalla green hydrogen plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Warren Controls Highlights 313 Overflow Trap

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Trap steam and relieve deaerator condensate with overflow feature

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Look, no trackers! Stanford engineers say pyramid shaped lens can capture more solar

Renew Economy

Stanford researchers develop pyramid-shaped lens device that can significantly boost output without using trackers to follow the sun. The post Look, no trackers! Stanford engineers say pyramid shaped lens can capture more solar appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Contractor’s Corner: Built Well Solar Long Island contractor celebrates 21 years of hyper-local focus

Solar Power World

Built Well Solar’s founder Dan Sabia was a veteran and first responder at Ground Zero on 9/11. He saw firsthand the destruction and conflict triggered by America’s reliance on oil. He started thinking about the tiny, solar-powered calculator he used when he was deployed and wondered why the country wasn’t using this technology to become… The post Contractor’s Corner: Built Well Solar <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-size:15px;'>Long Island

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ARENA backs study to unlock value stacks of grid-scale energy storage

Renew Economy

Monash University will conduct a study into how energy markets can better support and reward the roll-out of large-scale storage technologies. The post ARENA backs study to unlock value stacks of grid-scale energy storage appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Poll: Sustainability concerns prompting smaller businesses to redraw their supply chains

Business Green

NatWest research finds that sustainability is a rising priority at smaller firms, despite an increasingly challenging economic backdrop. Sustainability concerns are prompting small and medium-sized businesses to reappraise their supply chains and broker new deals with firms that are closer to home or have better environmental credentials, research carried out by NatWest suggests.

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Northvolt looks to develop wood-based batteries to keep supply chain local

Renew Economy

Northvolt and Finland's Stora Enso to develop sustainable batteries using wood based products from Nordic forests to keep the supply chain local. The post Northvolt looks to develop wood-based batteries to keep supply chain local appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Solis Wins The Green Leadership Award 2022

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Asia's Most Prestigious Recognition For Corporate Social Responsibility

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Polish storage project bolsters grid flexibility

Smart Energy International

Polish utility PGE has announced its plan to combine a pumped-storage plant at ?arnowiec with a new battery energy storage system (BESS) to create a hybrid installation. With a combined capacity of 921MW, the project will provide much needed balancing to the country’s grid system as more renewables come online. The project, said to be one of the largest projects of its kind in Europe, has obtained the necessary approvals to proceed.

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Takeover target Genex touts new wind and storage as good bet in broken market

Renew Economy

Genex says its proposed wind farm of up to 200MW, and the new Bouldercombe battery leave it well placed in increasingly volatile markets. The post Takeover target Genex touts new wind and storage as good bet in broken market appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Italgas – smart gas networks at core of investments

Smart Energy International

Italian gas DSO Italgas is planning €8.6 billion (US$8.8 billion) investments in smart gas meters and other technologies and activities by 2028. The investment, €0.7 billion up on 2021 planning, enumerated in the Strategic Plan 2022-2028 is driven by the digital transformation of assets and the extension of the network as well as other initiatives aimed at achieving the EU climate targets, the company has reported.

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Heroes of the Heat: Thank You Solar Installers

Mosaic

Solar installers work rain or shine to bring clean energy to homeowners. They lift heavy solar panels and work at dangerous heights— all to help people and our planet thrive. This is why we’ve taken to calling solar installer heroes of the heat this summer. They take on the elements to harness the solar energy that powers our homes. And they inspire us, here at Mosaic, to make our financing options as simple and fast as possible— so they can focus on what they do best!

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