Thu.Nov 10, 2022

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How to Use Climate Science to Drive Your Net Zero Strategy

GreenBiz

New Global Carbon Budget (GCB) projections – recently released at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt – showcase not only how much progress has been made in the past year to reduce CO2 emissions, but also how many years of “carbon budget” we have left.

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We are in the 6th mass extinction, said World Wildlife

Inhabitat - Innovation

The biodiversity of the planet is in peril. Today, over a million species of plants and animals are on the verge of extinction. Scientists believe we are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction, the largest since the dinosaurs.

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A deforestation roadmap that leaves a lot to be desired

GreenBiz

COP 27 started with the announcement of a plan to end deforestation in the soy, palm oil and beef but experts think it's without backbone or bite.

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Planning system change is ‘remarkable’ step forward for renewables industry in Scotland

Envirotec Magazine

Wind turbines at Ardrossan in North Ayrshire. A new planning system designed by The Scottish Government has been described as “a remarkable and major step forward” by Scotland’s renewable energy industry. National Planning Framework 4, a revised draft of which was released this week, seeks to “encourage, promote and facilitate all forms of renewable energy development onshore and offshore”.

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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 the private sector can help mitigate climate change

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Companies can drive collaborative actions towards preserving nature and reducing climate impact.

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Sesame milk is the new plant-based dairy alternative

Inhabitat - Innovation

Canadian-based Planting Hope Company Inc. introduced a new brand of sesame milk to the market. The company has termed its new product as the world's most planet-friendly and nutritious plant-based milk.

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This chocolate company delivers on flavor and sustainability

Inhabitat - Innovation

Seattle Chocolate Company embraces the miracle of chocolate from plant to product, creating a diverse range of chocolate and focusing on sustainability every step along the way.

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How to leverage policy, from the IRA and beyond, to accelerate climate tech

GreenBiz

At VERGE 22, entrepreneurs and policymakers discussed how to take advantage of the biggest climate bill in American history.

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£400k BEIS funding for project to explore green hydrogen potential for Sheffield’s steelmakers

Envirotec Magazine

The project will partner with other industry located at E.ON’s Blackburn Meadows renewable energy park. E.ON and a consortium of industry partners, academics and local authorities is launching a new study to assess the feasibility of green hydrogen as a planet-friendly fuel for South Yorkshire’s energy-intensive steel industry. The initial feasibility study, funded by the Department Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and its Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP), will be based a

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UN experts demand crackdown on greenwashing of net-zero pledges

GreenBiz

High-level group releases report at COP27 saying policies should be ‘about cutting emissions, not corners.

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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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Achieving net zero is the most ambitious engineering project ever, says IMechE report

Envirotec Magazine

We need to switch from fossil fuel to low-carbon energy in less than 30 years. Many challenges to make low carbon technologies robust, reliable, and cost effective. New skills and qualifications will be needed to underpin Net Zero. Cutting global greenhouse gas emissions to meet Net Zero targets is arguably the most ambitious engineering project ever undertaken, according to a new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

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Rules for a net-zero energy strategy

GreenBiz

Is your energy strategy greenwashing?

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Project aims to protect and connect nature across Europe

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Nathalie , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. The Horizon Europe NaturaConnect Project is intended to support European Union governments and other public and private institutions in designing a coherent, resilient and well-connected Trans-European Nature Network. In October 2020, European Union Member States committed to legally protecting a minimum of 30% of the European Union’s land and sea area and to strictly protect at least a third of these protected areas.

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Why Is Diesel Being Exported During A Shortage?

R-Squared Energy

Following my recent article — Why The U.S. Has A Diesel Shortage — one reader pointed out that I omitted one factor from my analysis. Even as the U.S. grapples with one of the worst diesel shortages on record, U.S. companies are exporting more than a million barrels of distillates a day. That’s a fair point, but it isn’t a new development. U.S. companies have been exporting more than a million barrels a day of distillates for about a decade.

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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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Revolutionizing energy with perovskite solar cells

Inhabitat - Innovation

A class of materials called perovskites is being explored to create solar panels within the next few years.

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Mercedes-Benz unveils electric trucks for construction site applications

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Mercedes-Benz Trucks presented several battery-electric trucks for construction site applications at this year’s bauma construction industry trade show in Munich. The manufacturer showed a “concept prototype” of the eActros LongHaul, which features an electric power take-off for semi-trailers such as tippers, making it suitable for deliveries to construction sites.

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Enjoy the first chef-to-consumer platform with CookUnity

Inhabitat - Innovation

CookUnity has more choices for pre-prepared meals than any other service out there with sustainability in mind.

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Dongfeng Fukang ES600 uses CATL’s battery swap solution

Charged

Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL) and Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile (DPCA) are collaborating on a battery swap project that uses CATL’s EVOGO system. The EVOGO modular battery swap solution will be incorporated into the Dongfeng Fukang ES600 electric sedan (which appears to be an electric version of the Peugeot 408 ). The EVOGO battery swap system is already being used in the FAW Bestune NAT and Aiways U5.

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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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Future of Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure: Automotive Vehicle Industry

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Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Industry Research report focuses on competitive scenario and key strategies o top key players along with industry size, share, growth revenue, geographical highlights. It also covers detailed information on segments and sub-segments of industry, SWOT analysis for the main market players.

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Automakers and infrastructure providers ask UK government for ZEV mandate

Charged

It’s anybody’s guess where the UK government stands on e-mobility and clean energy these days. Whatever one may think of Boris Johnson, he at least talked a green game, and his administration implemented some constructive pro-EV policies. His ill-fated successor put climate change deniers in charge of environmental policy, pushed a vast expansion of oil production, and even proposed banning ground-mounted solar panels.

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How Web3 can help the most climate-vulnerable

Impact Alpha

Innovative financial services and blockchain/Web3 solutions are a passport to greater climate resilience, writes Scott Onder, Mercy Corps’ chief investment officer. The post How Web3 can help the most climate-vulnerable appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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AMP closes $17-million Series A round for connected energy management platform

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EV energy management specialist AMP has closed a Series A funding round that raised $17.25 million. The funds will be used to speed up the development of ampOS —a connected energy management platform composed of the company’s ampCloud, battery management system and a bidirectional onboard charger. The company says its technology is aimed at accurately assessing the health of battery packs, providing improved battery pack management, supporting V2G and informing financial services involved in war

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How digitalisation and sustainability will shape the construction industry of the future – 7 trends

Smart Energy International

More sustainable and digital: The construction and real estate industry is on the verge of substantial changes. But what will the future of construction and building operations look like? Siemens Smart Infrastructure has identified seven trends that show where the journey is headed. By Michael Kiy, director of innovation management, Siemens Smart Infrastructure. 1.

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Shell acquires German provider of infrastructure for commercial  EVs

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Shell Deutschland, a subsidiary of global oil giant Shell , has acquired SBRS Charging Solutions , a provider of infrastructure products and services for commercial EVs. SBRS, which is headquartered in Dinslaken, Germany, has a client base that includes municipalities, public transport operators and OEMs. “The acquisition brings significant experience in electric bus charging and a material pipeline in electric truck charging,” says Shell.

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New French law mandates solar panels on new parking lots

Renew Economy

The French Senate has approved a bill that will require parking lots with a minimum of 80 spaces to be covered with a canopy of solar panels. The post New French law mandates solar panels on new parking lots appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Radical Ventures plants $9 million in seed funding for ranch management

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, November 10 — Billings, Montana-based Enriched Ag uses machine-learning to help U.S. ranchers reduce emissions, improve soil health and generate revenues from. The post Radical Ventures plants $9 million in seed funding for ranch management appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Neoen finds another game changing use and a new frontier for a very big battery

Renew Economy

Neoen's Blythe battery marks the latest in a series of ground-breaking projects pushing the boundaries of the technology and challenging how we think about the grid. The post Neoen finds another game changing use and a new frontier for a very big battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Rockefeller Foundation, Bezos Earth Fund, and U.S. tap private sector for energy transition funds

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Nov. 10 – Climate envoy John Kerry and the two foundations laid out plans for an Energy Transition Accelerator to generate funding. The post The Rockefeller Foundation, Bezos Earth Fund, and U.S. tap private sector for energy transition funds appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Batteries of gravity and water: We found 1,500 new pumped hydro sites next to existing reservoirs

Renew Economy

New ARENA-backed research identifies 1,500 new "water and gravity battery" pumped hydro storage sites where one reservoir is already in place. The post Batteries of gravity and water: We found 1,500 new pumped hydro sites next to existing reservoirs appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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VoLo Earth raises $90 million for debut climate tech early-stage fund

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Nov. 10 – Snowmass Village, Colo.-based VoLo Earth launched in 2020 to invest in early stage climate deals across electricity, mobility, buildings, The post VoLo Earth raises $90 million for debut climate tech early-stage fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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“Nine years left:” Emissions record in 2022 puts world on course to breach 1.5°

Renew Economy

On current emissions rates, the world has a 50:50 chance of breaching 1.5°C warming in the next nine years. The post “Nine years left:” Emissions record in 2022 puts world on course to breach 1.5° appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Brief: Impact: the video game, emerging markets’ energy transition, regenerative ranching, telemedicine in India, Web3 for climate impact

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! ?? Impact: The video game. ImpactAlpha has partnered with E-Line Media and Ford Foundation to explore the potential of. The post The Brief: Impact: the video game, emerging markets’ energy transition, regenerative ranching, telemedicine in India, Web3 for climate impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Trace Metal Analysis: An Established Technique Driving Advances in Alternative Energy Materials

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Aiming to play a role in the alternative energy industry, Alfa Chemistry recently demonstrated its trace metal analysis capability for clients worldwide.

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