Thu.Mar 31, 2022

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How to save global food security and climate goals amid war in Ukraine

GreenBiz

Russia and Ukraine are both large grain producers. The conflict could have ramifications for the food supply chain and the sustainable achievements made over the past few years.

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Consortium to assess the future of packaging waste sorting

Envirotec Magazine

Recycling infrastructure in Europe relies heavily on manual sorting, which contributes to materials not being recycled. Nine brand-owners, an independent test & research centre and two universities will bring expertise over 2 years to develop and test an artificial intelligence (AI) decision model 1 that could help with the separating of packages that are currently not properly sorted such as food and non-food packaging.

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The data center that warms homes with waste heat

GreenBiz

Why are we using energy to both heat and cool buildings at the same time?

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Risk of recycling crisis as UK Government ‘deaf’ to industry concerns about Red Diesel ban

Envirotec Magazine

The body representing Scottish SME resource and waste management operators says recycling services across the country are under threat following the UK Government’s refusal to exempt the sector from today’s cutting of the Red Diesel exemption. The comments follow an exchange between Resource Management Association Scotland (RMAS) and the Scotland Office about the impact of the ban on recycling and waste operators.

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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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How food companies can get ahead of stakeholder demands

GreenBiz

They recommend that food companies create an internal system to measure the impacts of all environmental and sustainability activities against each other.

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Humble Activewear: Sustainable Women’s Activewear Combats Fashion Waste

Green Business Bureau

“Connection with Nature and Environmental Stewardship”. Humble Activewear designs modest, breathable activewear that keeps women feeling comfortable and the world a little greener. Humble Activewear strives to promote slow fashion and encourage customers to “Buy less, choose well, and make it last”, as renowned fashion designer, Vivienne Westwood, puts it.

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Ford Pro to Launch All-New Suite of Commercial Chargers

Green Living Guy

INDIANAPOLIS, March 8, 2022 Ford Pro is aiming to create a smooth transition for commercial customers into an electric future by providing a one-stop-shop for fleet operations and investing in key areas of the business. Therefore, the latest is the launch of six new home and depot chargers to its end-to-end portfolio of charging solutions. […].

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The building industry takes aim at another 'chunk' of emissions

GreenBiz

Meanwhile, Arup and Skanska raise the bar on embodied carbon.

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5 Tips for Choosing an Eco-Friendly Hotel

Green Living Guy

These days, making environmentally conscious choices is one of the most important things you can aspire to do. Not only will being eco-friendly be good for the environment, but it can also have a positive impact on your overall health as well. Whether it’s the clothing you purchase, the car you drive, the food you consume, […]. The post 5 Tips for Choosing an Eco-Friendly Hotel appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric Car News

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Renewables agency forced to spend $100m on consultant and labour hire after staff cuts

Renew Economy

Years of Coalition public service staff cuts have led to a $100m consultant and labour hire bill for ARENA, paid for using its renewable energy grant funds. The post Renewables agency forced to spend $100m on consultant and labour hire after staff cuts 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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EV powertrain test systems solution brief

Charged

Sponsored by NI. EV powertrain components and systems are rapidly evolving, and test teams must keep pace. NI offers solutions that you can use across the product development process to accelerate test development and expand test coverage. Learn more about application requirements and solution briefs for signal-level inverter testing, EV battery pack/module and battery management (BMS) testing: Sponsored by NI.

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Streamlined HMI is Key to 41 Substation Rollout of SCADA System at Co-op

altenergymag

Ease of SCADA implementation enables Carroll Electric Co-op to install upgraded, modern SCADA systems in 41 remote substations, with centralized access and control at the home office

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The power surge: an EV roundtable (Webinar)

Charged

As the electric vehicle industry continues to boom, manufacturers are tasked with navigating a challenging innovation and supply chain landscape. Product developers are moving as quickly as possible to launch new technologies, and supply chains are quickly scaling to meet production demand that is projected to sharply grow through 2025 and beyond. Many challenges still exist to meet lofty production targets and much of the needed infrastructure does not yet exist.

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INTERSOLAR EUROPE 2022: INNOVATIVE AGRICULTURAL PHOTOVOLTAIC PROJECTS AND TECHNOLOGY

altenergymag

One of the key advantages of agrivoltaics is that it prevents land usage conflicts with agriculture by increasing solar power production using ground mounted PV systems. This can be seen in many European countries.

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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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City of Boulder saves $270 per month from Fermata Energy’s V2X application

Charged

Fermata Energy ’s mission is to use its vehicle-to-everything (V2X) software and hardware platform to turn EVs into energy-storage assets. The city of Boulder, Colorado has partnered with Fermata Energy on a vehicle-to-building (V2B) pilot that began in December 2020. Fermata says the project has demonstrated how V2B can deliver savings on a utility customer’s electricity bill.

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Taylor has third, last-gasp crack at regulations to redirect renewable energy funding

Renew Economy

Undeterred by senate slap down, Angus Taylor has made yet another, last gasp attempt to change the investment remit of ARENA. The post Taylor has third, last-gasp crack at regulations to redirect renewable energy funding appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The war in Ukraine is forcing German automakers to curtail production

Charged

The war in Ukraine has cost many lives, and has forced millions to flee their homes. Without minimizing this tragedy, we can also note the massive economic hardships it is causing. Forecasting firm LMC Automotive reports that the German auto industry has been especially hard-hit. At the beginning of March, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, almost all automotive production in the two countries quickly came to a halt.

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Garnaut’s Sunshot eyes 800MWh battery and new green hydrogen hub in WA coal centre

Renew Economy

Ross Garnaut's Sunshot Energy proposes 800MWh battery as part of new green hydrogen and industrial hub in heart of Collie coal region. The post Garnaut’s Sunshot eyes 800MWh battery and new green hydrogen hub in WA coal centre appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Vestaro launches new generation of EV battery packs

Charged

Germany-based Vestaro, a joint venture of specialty chemical provider Evonik and Forward Engineering , has launched a new generation of its EV battery packs. The new Pure Performance Battery pack is composed of a composite housing made with sheet molding compound (SMC) technology, a semi-integral modular design and LION Smart’s LIGHT battery cells. Vestaro’s glass fiber battery pack cover is based on Evonik’s epoxy curing agent VESTALITE S.

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Orange is the New Green, for Greenhouses

Energy Central

As climate change dries out the American West and much of the rest of the world, farmers are responding by growing more crops in greenhouses. In Colorado, where I live, from 2012 to 2017, the total number of greenhouse farms increased by 47%.

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Danish renewables player enters Australia market with big wind, solar and storage plans

Renew Economy

Danish renewables player enters Australian market with mandate for wind, solar and battery projects. The post Danish renewables player enters Australia market with big wind, solar and storage plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Batteries 101
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Alliander and GroenLeven to investigate role of hydrogen in electricity grid

Smart Energy International

Dutch network company Alliander and renewable energy developer GroenLeven have opened the first solar PV connected green hydrogen plant in the Netherlands. The 1.4MW hydrogen electrolyser from the Danish provider Green Hydrogen Systems is installed at GroenLeven’s 50MW solar park at Oosterwolde in northern Holland as a pilot to investigate the role of hydrogen in the electricity grid.

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Massive 3,000MW Queensland green hydrogen plant a step closer to reality

Renew Economy

A massive new green hydrogen export facility proposed for Queensland is closer to fruition, progressing to the next stage of federal environmental approvals. The post Massive 3,000MW Queensland green hydrogen plant a step closer to reality appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Enlit Asia 2022 event launch a resounding success

Smart Energy International

Ahead of the Enlit Asia 2022 event happening from 20-22 September, a launch event has been hosted in Bangkok. The recent announcement of Enlit Asia’s partnership with Sustainable Energy Technology Asia (SETA) and the launch of this combined event, alongside Solar+Storage Asia, took place on 24 th March. Co-located with SETA and Solar and Storage Energy Asia (SSA), the event was led by Simon Hoare, Portfolio Director of Energy for Clarion Events Asia.

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AGL marks the beginning of the end for Liddell, closing first unit

Renew Economy

AGL starts the decommissioning of the Liddell power station, closing the first of four units at the coal-fired plant, ahead of its full closure next year. The post AGL marks the beginning of the end for Liddell, closing first unit appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Strategic policy fixes can bring more savings to community solar subscribers

Solar Power World

By Kacie Peters, director of industry relationships, Pivot Energy Businesses and individuals alike love to capitalize on new ways to save money, and a utility bill is a natural place to start. Over the past few years, community solar has offered this opportunity to many electricity customers across the country. The impact is growing with… The post Strategic policy fixes can bring more savings to community solar subscribers appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Qantas says long-haul electric flight still “several decades away”

Renew Economy

Qantas CEO says electric powered long-haul aircraft still “several decades” from becoming a reality, as the airline focuses on sustainable fuels and carbon offsets. The post Qantas says long-haul electric flight still “several decades away” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Build Back Better for the Gig Economy with Herb Coakley, CEO of Courial

Elemental Excelerator

At Elemental, we don’t believe in tinkering on the edges, and seek companies passionate about tackling the real meat of a problem. That’s why we selected the gig-work innovation startup Courial for Cohort X. Courial is a last-mile courier service for everything that’s empowering gig workers nationwide with a people-first approach to technology and reducing GHGs through its efficient routing algorithm and electrified vehicle incentives.

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Australia had record renewables year in 2021, but there are clouds on horizon

Renew Economy

The construction of new wind, solar and storage projects reached new highs in 2021, but a slow down in new investment decisions could dent momentum. The post Australia had record renewables year in 2021, but there are clouds on horizon appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Grenzebach Envelon GmbH founded: power generation and innovative solutions for the energy revolution

altenergymag

Grenzebach founded the Grenzebach Envelon GmbH and entered a new business segment: photovoltaic building envelopes (also known as building-integrated photovoltaics, BIPV).

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Australia’s first offshore wind project starts mapping underground cable route

Renew Economy

The 2.2GW Star of the South project has started work on mapping the route for a 75km long underground cable to deliver power into the Victorian grid. The post Australia’s first offshore wind project starts mapping underground cable route appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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'Not just a catchline': UN Secretary-General launches Net Zero Expert Group

Business Green

New body tasked with developing stronger standards for net zero emissions pledged from non-state entities, including businesses, investors, and cities. Four months on from the COP26 Climate Summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has today advanced ambitious plans that he announced in Glasgow for a new mechanism to enhance the credibility of net zero pledges.

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Pumped hydro project promises money and jobs for NSW coal communities

Renew Economy

Study finds pumped hydro energy storage project would generate hundreds of jobs and tip tens of millions of dollars into dwindling NSW coal economies. The post Pumped hydro project promises money and jobs for NSW coal communities appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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