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Pondering chemical accidents and the industry we’ve come to accept

GreenBiz

When materials such as asbestos were put into use, lead was added to paint and gasoline and we discovered the properties of PVC, we didn’t know any better. Now we do, and it is time to start acting like it.

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Four local authorities receive funds to boost recycling on-the-go near waterways

Envirotec Magazine

The In The Loop scheme is being trialled in Bristol (image credit: Chris Bahn). Four local authorities receive funds to boost recycling on-the-go near waterways Areas surrounding waterways in Bury, Derby, Adur & Worthing and Bristol will soon be adorned with colourful and eye-catching bins to help residents and visitors recycle when out and about.

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Episode 353: Blue states and ESG, Amazon's bioplastics bet

GreenBiz

Featuring a conversation with Luna Yu, CEO of Genecis, and Phoebe Wang, an investment partner and head of the Female Founder Initiative at Amazon.

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Exotic bacteria collect rare earth elements from wastewater

Envirotec Magazine

‘Biosorption’ of rare earth elements by biomass of novel strains of cyanobacteria is fast and efficient, allowing recycling, says group Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 chemically similar metals, which got their name because they typically occur at low concentrations (between 0.5 and 67 parts per million) within the Earth’s crust. Because they are indispensable in modern technology and electronics, the demand for them has increased steadily over the past few decades, and is predicted

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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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What’s after coal? Accelerating China’s overseas investment in renewables

GreenBiz

China is well positioned to promote green power sources on a large scale.

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Norway has another electrifying year in 2022—10 top-selling cars were all EVs

Charged

Norway is the undisputed global capital of e-mobility. Private cars, taxis, buses, ferries, airport ground equipment— they’re all plugging in. The trend of steady electrification continued last year. The market share of plug-in vehicles rose from 65 percent in 2021 to 80 percent in 2022. This represents an important step towards reaching the country’s goal climate goal of 100 percent zero-emission vehicle sales in 2025, and proves that affordable BEVs are the number-one choice for car buyers, sa

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Recurrent Reports offer battery and range info for 65,000 used EVs

Charged

Buying any used car is a bit like buying the proverbial pig in a poke, and for an EV, there are additional questions to ponder: What’s the state of the battery, and how much range can I expect? These are the questions that Recurrent Reports aim to help car shoppers answer when buying a used EV. Recurrent’s dealership partners are able to offer detailed information about each EV, such as the vehicle’s remaining battery warranty, its maximum expected range, and how that range might change in the f

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Solar Spotlight: Supporting the structural side of commercial solar

Solar Power World

A few years on, there is still uncertainty surrounding the solar supply chain. There are likely still modules tied up at shipping ports, and despite Inflation Reduction Act incentives to develop a larger domestic market for solar panels, it will still be some time before we experience it. That is not necessarily the case for… The post Solar Spotlight: Supporting the structural side of commercial solar appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Canada allows DC fast chargers to bill by energy usage instead of charging time

Charged

Public chargers can be set up to bill customers according the time they spend plugged in (by the minute), or according to the actual amount of energy dispensed (by the kWh). The latter method is fairer and more consistent, as there are many factors that can affect how much energy is delivered in a given time; but it’s also more complicated, as it requires every station to incorporate an accurate meter.

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Poll: British Columbians prefer clean energy over LNG, with low support for fossil fuel subsidies

Clean Energy Canada

VANCOUVER — British Columbians overwhelmingly prefer the government to focus on developing renewable energy (64.0%) over LNG (18.2%), according to a new public opinion survey conducted by Stratcom for Clean Energy Canada. What’s more, clean energy has consistently been the preference of British Columbians for at least the past three years. Accordingly, more British Columbians (44.2%) would oppose LNG expansion if it causes B.C. to miss its climate targets than would support it in such a case (36

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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 Research and Innovation competition offers £1.5 million for battery firms ready to scale up to commercialization

Charged

If you’ve got a UK company that’s working on innovative battery tech, check in with the funding body UK Research and Innovation , which has launched a new £1.5-million competition to support UK small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) working in the battery sector. The competition will give SMEs the opportunity to work with the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), which was created to provide UK battery manufacturing scale-up and skills for the battery sector.

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The Week in Impact Investing: Grounded

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? Taking root. Technology took a backseat to natural assets like land, farms and people at this week’s Latin. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Grounded appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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154.4MW Astronergy n-type Modules to structure Europe biggest TOPCon PV plant

altenergymag

Pioneered in mass production of n-type TOPCon PV Modules, the ASTRO N series have gained lots of attentions worldwide after the first project with 355MWdc was signed in Australia. The PV plant Döllen is a further step forward to introduce the n-type TOPCon technology to the global market, powered by Astronergy´s ASTRO N5 series.

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Skiing is believing: Overheard at the Sorenson Impact Summit

Impact Alpha

The powder was deep and so were the conversations at the ninth Sorenson Impact Summit, held this year at the Snowbird ski resort. The post Skiing is believing: Overheard at the Sorenson Impact Summit appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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Switch2 launches Heat network efficiency savings calculator

altenergymag

Switch2 Energy has introduced a new online calculator to help heat network operators add up the cost and carbon savings of improved efficiency.

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How Alaska’s coastal communities are racing against erosion

Grist

A sandy bluff towers above the beach in Dillingham, Alaska. Every year, Alaska Native resident Ken Shade watches as a little more of his land falls over the edge, into the sea. Dillingham is just one example of a small Alaskan town with a big erosion problem. Around the state, dozens of coastal communities are watching their coastlines crumble, losing at least 3 feet of land per year.

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Hover & Task Lead Decarbonization Breakthrough in the UK

altenergymag

Hover Energy & Task Contract Solutions partner to install Hover Wind-Powered Microgrid™ at HMS Eaglet in Liverpool as part of broader effort by the Ministry of Defence to decarbonize military bases.

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As oil and gas industry gathers in Houston, companies show historic levels of support for EPA methane rules

EDF + Business

By Sean Hackett Sean Hackett EDF+Business Senior Manager Energy Transition EPA’s recent comment period for proposed regulations to address methane emissions from the U.S. oil and gas industry resulted in historic industry support to reduce this extremely potent greenhouse gas. From super majors and small independent producers to global asset managers and individual consumers, many commenters came together around a common goal: minimizing methane emissions from oil and gas operations.

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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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Rincon Power launches new 750-volt, 20-amp relay series

Charged

Rincon Power has announced a new addition to its line of sealed contactors, relays and switches. The new RER02 Series ultra-compact relay offers the ability to isolate high-voltage systems in a robust package. The RER02 Series can carry 20 amps of continuous current for applications up to 750 VDC. It can also handle 80 A for up to 30 seconds, making it suitable for loads with momentary high inrush.

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Perceptual Robotics expands into Asia through a strategic partnership with the K2 Energy Group

altenergymag

A UK-based wind-turbine inspections’ company has announced it is expanding into Asia thanks to a new partnership.

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France mounts ‘aggressive’ nuclear push with eye on EU industrial plan

Energy Central

Paris looks out for its atomic industry as the sector faces a crossroads. POLITICO EU BY VICTOR JACK, FEBRUARY 17, 2023 With its atomic industry at a crossroads, France is mounting a lobbying blitz to put nuclear energy on par with renewables in EU climate legislation — and unlock benefits from the bloc’s upcoming plans to boost green industries.

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Sana Kapadia on the alpha oppotortunity for investors who are gender smart

Impact Alpha

2x Global’s Sana Kapadia joins host Monique Aiken to ring in Women’s History Month and talk about the state of gender-lens investing. Plus, The post Sana Kapadia on the alpha oppotortunity for investors who are gender smart appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Energy Security in 10-years: UK & Worldwide:

Energy Central

Energy security in 10-years the UK: SMR technology: The National Grid Re-Engineering: At Low Cost: Stable wholesale gas prices in the next 3-5-years? NO, at best 5-10-years debatable, small modular reactor (SMR) energy is required to deliver minimally 50% of our current & future requirements. 2022 production 310TWh, 2050 projected 610TWh based on low GDP growth, we expect high GDP.

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The Week’s Impact Jobs: March 3, 2023

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 24 — From interns and associates to executive directors and board members, impact firms are on the hunt for your talent. Just. The post The Week’s Impact Jobs: March 3, 2023 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Japan to promote gas, LNG, hydrogen investment during G7 presidency

Energy Central

Japan Japan will stress the importance of investment in natural gas, liquefied natural gas as well as cleaner fuels such as hydrogen and ammonia during its presidency of the G7 this year, a source said, but would keep it clean to meet 2050 carbon neutral goal.

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ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: ESG in private markets

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 3 — Limited partners in venture capital and private equity funds are deemphasizing ESG considerations, according to a survey by Adams. The post ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: ESG in private markets appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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News round-up, March 3, 2023 by GERMÁN & CO

Energy Central

Quote of the day… "I told the foreign minister. `End this war of aggression. Engage in meaningful diplomacy that can produce a just and durable peace,'" Blinken said at a news conference during a Group of 20 summit in India. USTODAY Most read… Blinken, Lavrov meet for first time since Russia's invasion of Ukraine U.S.

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'Freezing its foods with the power of the sun': Iceland Foods strikes solar deal with Octopus Energy

Business Green

Power Purchase Agreement will see frozen food supermarket supplied with renewable energy for the next 10 years from the Breach solar farm in Cambridgeshire Iceland Foods has struck a power purchase deal with Octopus Energy that will see the food retailer receive 64GWh of renewable electricity each year from a solar farm in Cambridgeshire, it announced today.

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The KJ Show Episode 33 - Energy Updates: Roundup of Hot Topics

Energy Central

Every week, I host 'The KJ Show,' which offers a mix of breaking news and practical advice on how the energy industry affects the consumer. During this fast-paced show, I combine weekly energy updates with conversations with leaders in the energy efficiency community. After each show, I'll share it here with the Energy Central Community in case you were.

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BP Pulse opens its 'most powerful' UK EV charging hub to date

Business Green

Site in Northamptonshire opens, as BP inks major new partnerships to accelerate roll out of fast chargers across Europe BP Pulse, the electric vehicle (EV) charging arm of oil giant BP, has today cut the ribbon on its largest and most powerful UK charging hub to date. The company officially opened the new hub in Kettering, North Northamptonshire, which features 10 300kW chargers that together boast 3MW of installed capacity.

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Ammonia Ports | UK

Energy Central

Kakinada, India Ammonia and Hydrogen

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How General Mills is advancing nature and climate goals hand-in-hand

Business Green

The consumer packaged goods company is figuring out how to meet all its sustainability goals, even if they contradict each other I recently wrote about the close linkage between the state of the world's biodiversity and our food systems, pointing out that the food and agriculture industry has an enormous role to play in halting and reversing biodiversity loss.

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Wilhelmshaven and the European Hydrogen Economy

Energy Central

Wilhelmshaven and a 400km hydrogen pipeline network Hydrogen Networks [link] [link]