To decarbonize, the materials industry must embrace the circular economy
GreenBiz
JUNE 24, 2022
Companies that manufacture steel, aluminum, cement and chemicals, can turn to new business models and technologies to cut emissions.
GreenBiz
JUNE 24, 2022
Companies that manufacture steel, aluminum, cement and chemicals, can turn to new business models and technologies to cut emissions.
Green Living Guy
JUNE 24, 2022
Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group which represents the largest IKEA retailer[1], today announced it has acquired 1,321 hectares (3,264 acres) of land in Florida as part of its long-term commitment to responsible forest management. The investment property, Tupelo Honey, consists of two parcels of land. They’re in Gulf and Liberty Counties near […].
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GreenBiz
JUNE 24, 2022
Part of what the West decides not to wear is sent with a one-way ticket to Africa, which is good for the environment, but not for the local economy.
Green Living Guy
JUNE 24, 2022
Events can be very entertaining and relaxing while meeting the main objective of throwing the party: networking for business profit. Everyone loves an outing, even if it is only for a couple of hours. One other thing that events should be is sustainable. How do you make your events more sustainable? What does sustainability mean? […]. The post 7 Simple Ways to Make Your Events More Sustainable appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electri
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.
GreenBiz
JUNE 24, 2022
This week's episode features more insights from the 2022 GreenBiz 30 Under 30, plus interviews with Microsoft Corporate Vice President Elisabeth Brinton and Suzano CSO Cristina Gil White.
Green Living Guy
JUNE 24, 2022
In these worrying times of climate change, weird weather events, and depleted natural resources, we need to do all we can to save the planet. With a little help from you, your pets can also help the environment and look after Mother Earth by becoming more eco-friendly! Read this guide to discover nine sustainable pet supplies […]. The post 9 Sustainable Pet Supplies to Make Our Furry Friends More Eco-Friendly appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green
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Charged
JUNE 24, 2022
Lithium supplier Livent has announced an agreement to boost its ownership of a lithium hydroxide development project called Nemaska Lithium to 50%. Livent says it expects the site in Quebec, Canada to begin production in 2025. “We believe that Nemaska, as a large and low-cost integrated lithium hydroxide project, will be an important part of the supply of sustainable critical battery materials,” said Livent CEO Paul Graves.
GreenBiz
JUNE 24, 2022
Chemicals of concern are in your food packaging.
altenergymag
JUNE 24, 2022
Electriq’s PowerPod 2 battery systems will help households weather the island’s frequent electrical outages, as well as help residents manage the electricity costs.
GreenBiz
JUNE 24, 2022
It is always important to put challenges like this in context.
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.
altenergymag
JUNE 24, 2022
QuickBOLT’s QB2 with 3” Microflashing® has officially received Miami-Dade County Acceptance meaning easier permitting processes, greater permit approval coverage, and savings on solar installation projects.
Energy Central
JUNE 24, 2022
Earlier this year, Nils Rokke, executive VP for Sustainability at Norwegian research conglomerate SINTEF, contributed an article to Forbes about hydrogen production. The title, Blue Hydrogen Isn’t the Climate Enemy, It’s Part of the Solution, nicely captures the bottom line of the article. It’s a sentiment with which I heartily concur.
altenergymag
JUNE 24, 2022
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has served as Independent Engineer of Record on behalf of leading U.S. wholesale energy provider, Southern Power, for its battery-based energy storage projects at the Garland and Tranquillity solar facilities in California, which are now fully operational.
Business Green
JUNE 24, 2022
Decision to join Sustainable Productivity Growth Coalition comes in wake of UK government's much-criticised new National Food Strategy. The UK has signed up to a global coalition geared towards promoting sustainable food production, joining scores of major nations, trade bodies, and academic experts across the grain, dairy, and livestock sectors worldwide, Environment Secretary George Eustice announced yesterday.
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.
Energy Central
JUNE 24, 2022
NASA Plans to Deploy Nuclear Power on Lunar Surface Tractebel Leads EU Project on Nuclear Space Power Technologies Repowering Coal Plants with SMRs is the Largest Carbon Abatement Opportunity on The Planet’ – TerraPraxis Nuclear Start-Up Raised €300M; Wants to Turn UK Waste Plutonium Into Clean Energy Orano and TerraPower Awarded GAIN Vouchers to Help Advance.
Business Green
JUNE 24, 2022
Dutch carmaker behind brands such as Fiat, Chrysler, and Vauxhall invests in Vulcan, which aims to extract lithium in Germany without using fossil fuels. Automotive giant Stellantis has announced a major €50m equity investment in battery metals start-up Vulcan Energy Resources, while extending its existing lithium offtake agreement with the Australian start-up to 10 years in a move designed to bolster the firm's electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plans.
altenergymag
JUNE 24, 2022
LG Electronics Investment Expected to Accelerate Fractal's Growth
Business Green
JUNE 24, 2022
Government-backed demonstration plant aims to capture tens of thousands of tonnes of CO2 emitted by a power station for use in sodium biocarbonate manufacture. Emissions produced by a power plant in England's North West and now being captured for reuse in the industrial manufacture of sodium bicarbonate, after Tata Chemicals announced this morning that it had opened the UK's largest carbon capture and usage facility to date at a site in Northwich, Cheshire.
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?
Energy Central
JUNE 24, 2022
Climate Change, CO2 emissions and electricity prices have become Top Topics in our regular conversations. Energy Transition Plans should help us to fix those problems. But do we really understand them? Is realistic the Energy Transition Plan in your country? How is the Electricity Price related to this Plan? ADEX launches a Knowledge Series with 4 quizzes to make you aware of the chances to.
Business Green
JUNE 24, 2022
Ministers must urgently address a growing green skills chasm in the home retrofit sector that threatens to derail the UK’s decarbonisation agenda, argues the CSE's Ian Preston. In light of the current eye-wateringly steep increases in the cost of heating, the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE), wrote to the UK government earlier this year demanding urgent action to reduce the energy consumption of UK homes.
Energy Central
JUNE 24, 2022
Last October, I predicted that a period from late Winter 2021 to late Spring of 2022 would see a surge of price volatility in oil - see [link] This duly occurred with the first spike in price variance occurring on 25 November 2021. The Ukraine war increased whatever underlying instability was present in oil markets, however, the fact is that initiation of the current.
Business Green
JUNE 24, 2022
Significant funding raised by US start-up Amogy could pave the path to an emissions-free global shipping sector. Brooklyn, New York-based Amogy has announced that it has raised $46m in funding, with top investors including South Korea's largest oil refinery SK Innovation, Amazon via its Climate Pledge Fund, and Saudi Aramco Energy. The self-described "zero emission mobility" firm's product seeks to eliminate GHG emissions from transportation, beginning with the maritime sector, by means of ammon
Energy Central
JUNE 24, 2022
Join with me and a community of experts: Hydrogen for Ports Source: [link]
Business Green
JUNE 24, 2022
Partnership comes as Global Energy Monitor report warns steel industry faces $518bn of stranded assets unless measures to decarbonise are taken now. A series of new offshore wind farms and hydrogen facilities to supply the renewable energy and green hydrogen required for low-emissions steel production in Germany are set to be built following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between energy company RWE and steel producer ArcelorMittal.
Eco-Business
JUNE 24, 2022
A project to send solar power from Australia to Singapore has also been deemed investment-ready. These are important milestones for multilateral energy trade in Asia-Pacific, said experts, but the incremental gains reveal huge challenges.
Business Green
JUNE 24, 2022
EXCLUSIVE: SSE CEO Alistair Phillips-Davies calls on energy sector peers to ensure net zero workforce is more diverse and inclusive. The boss of energy giant SSE has this morning warned the success of the net zero transition rests on energy companies' ability to make diversity and inclusion a key priority as they look to expand their workforces. Speaking today, Alistair Phillips-Davies stressed that the energy industry needed to ensure its approach to hiring, training, and workforce development
Eco-Business
JUNE 24, 2022
Youth have the right to be involved in decisions that will dramatically impact their lives, says this 18-year-old climate activist. She shares about the biggest environmental issues facing New Zealand, and what she’s doing to tackle them.
Business Green
JUNE 24, 2022
But campaigners slam concessions, arguing they continue to give fossil fuel investments another 10 years of legal protection. Both the UK and European Union have secured opt-outs from provisions in the global Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) governing fossil fuel investments, with the 'modernised' treaty set to have "a much stronger focus on promoting clean, affordable energy", according to the UK government.
The Environmental Blog
JUNE 24, 2022
Countries around the world have set ‘decarbonization’ as one of the goals for 2050. Further, two-thirds of all Americans feel that government should do better on climate. About 77% of the citizens agree that a more important energy priority should be developing alternative energy resources like wind and solar power and hydrogen technology instead of increasing fossil fuel production.
Business Green
JUNE 24, 2022
A new era of climate- and sustainability-related lawsuits against companies is on the docket. Send in the lawyers! That seems to be the marching orders for climate activists these days. And not just the leading NGOs: Individuals, cities, Indigenous tribes, even kids are lawyering up to rush in where regulators fear to tread. And companies are a growing target.
Greentown Labs
JUNE 24, 2022
When Rice Management Company —a Greentown Houston Founding Partner and developer of Ion District—presented the idea of installing a mural on the east exterior wall of Greentown Houston, the Greentown team was excited. We saw it as an amazing opportunity to embrace Houston’s deep connection to the arts while sparking interest in climatetech and climate action for neighbors and passersby.
Charged
JUNE 24, 2022
Eaton has introduced a new battery disconnect unit (BDU) for EVs that acts as an on/off switch to the battery for different EV operating modes such as charging and driving. The BDU can be linked to Eaton’s Breaktor circuit protection technology, which provides current switching and resettable bidirectional short-circuit protection. The company says, “Eaton’s Breaktor circuit protection technology enables up to 350 kW DC fast charging when used to protect and switch the DC fast-charge circuit, al
The City Fix
JUNE 24, 2022
Electric vehicles (EVs) are on the rise in the United States. The Biden administration aims for 50% of new light-duty vehicle sales to be zero-emission by 2030. Some states have even more ambitious targets, like California, Massachusetts and New York, which plan to reach 100% new. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
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