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The enormous opportunity of e-waste recycling

GreenBiz

In Minnesota alone, the value of metals and materials that could be mined from electronic waste has an estimated value of over $2.8 billion annually

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TwinTorq says its electric/hydraulic motor extends EV range and battery life

Charged

EV motor and drivetrain manufacturer KersTech has developed a new motor for commercial EVs that combines electric and hydraulic functions, with the aim of maximizing efficiency and extending vehicle range and battery life.

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Advice on closing venture capital's equity gap

GreenBiz

Tech entrepreneur Mitch Kapor and social impact pioneer Freada Kapor Klein chat about diversity, rethinking startup compensation, and the role of corporations in supporting diverse entrepreneurs

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Improve EV charging ROI and customer experience by choosing the right fast chargers

Charged

Some charging operators assume they need the highest-power DC chargers available, but it makes more sense to choose the right power levels for the use case of each specific charging site.

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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

Join Ayesha Choudhury, Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium, to learn why we need eFuels in the carbon neutrality mix, how eFuels are produced, and how Infinium globally scales eFuel production to benefit society

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US Solar Market Insight: 2022 Year in Review

GreenBiz

The US solar industry shrank by 16% in 2022. It was a volatile year characterized by the anticircumvention investigation, widespread equipment detentions at ports and the historic victory of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).

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Li-Bridge calls for building a domestic US  battery supply chain

Charged

Public-private alliance Li-Bridge , representing the US battery ecosystem, has released an action plan to accelerate creation of a robust domestic manufacturing base and supply chain for lithium-based batteries. The alliance was convened by the DOE and is managed by Argonne National Laboratory.

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6 Facts You Didn’t Know About Solar Panels

Green Living Guy

Most people are familiar with solar panels and know that they can help reduce energy costs, but there’s much more to them than meets the eye. Here are 6 facts about solar panels you might not know – giving you a better understanding of their capabilities and advantages.

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Our Next Energy (ONE) to supply batteries for The Shyft Group’s electric trucks

Charged

Energy storage technology company ONE was selected to supply more than 15,000 Aries lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery packs over the next five years for use in The Shyft Group ’s Blue Arc Class 3, 4 and 5 electric trucks.

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Electric Aircraft Market Will Generate USD 50.86 Billion in Next Decade

altenergymag

The market for electric aircraft is expected to expand almost 20.6% over the next decade and generate $50.86 billion in annual revenue in 2032, according to Precedence Research

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Heroes of the HVAC: Thank You HVAC Installers

Mosaic

Mosaic would like to personally thank our HVAC partners for their dedication to keeping families and their homes safe. HVAC professionals work long hours through all temperatures and weather events to keep our machines running.

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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 Carbon Zero, Circular Economy, is easily the most profoundly important result of digital transformation. Industry 4.0 has a massively cumulative impact on dematerialization (in all forms) and resultant decarbonization (both emissions and embodied) throughout the economy. Join panelists Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Jimmy Jia, Fabienne Durand, and their moderator Roger Strukhoff as they discuss how bending the carbon/GHG heavy linear economy to the circular is one of the hidden benefits of digital disruption.

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A government program hopes to find critical minerals right beneath our feet

Grist

In a remote and heavily forested region of northern Maine, a critical resource in the fight against climate change has been hiding beneath the trees. In November, scientists with the U.S.

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CATL presents liquid-cooling CTP energy storage solutions at World Smart Energy Week

altenergymag

CATL, a global leader of new energy innovative technologies, highlights its advanced liquid-cooling CTP energy storage solutions as it makes its first appearance at World Smart Energy Week, which is held from March 15 to 17 this year in Tokyo, Japan

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TfL unveils first Climate Action Plan in response to worsening extreme weather risks

Business Green

Climate resilience plan aims to address challenges faced by London's transport network as flood and heatwave risks intensify Transport for London (TfL) has this week published its first Climate Change Action Plan as it looks to respond to the escalating impact of extreme weather events on the capital's transport network.

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Market Set for Rapid Expansion

altenergymag

The hydrogen fuel cell truck market is expected to experience significant growth in the coming years. With a focus on reducing emissions, more companies are investing in hydrogen fuel cell technology to power their trucks. This market is expected to expand rapidly due to increasing demand for clean and sustainable transportation solutions

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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

Join our amazing panelists, Nik Gowing, Founder at Thinking the Unthinkable and International Broadcaster; Brenda Laurel, PhD, Principal, Neogaian Interactive; Sheridan Tatsuno, Principal, Dreamscape Global; Archie Kasnet, CEO, Regenerative; and Bruce Armstrong Taylor, The Climate 4.0 Project, to discuss how today's AR/VR and related AI-enabled technologies can be effectively applied, using data from such sources as NASA and NOAA, to both improve and accelerate urban sustainability planning and design.

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Sol Clarity Conquers Solar-panel Dust, Saving Water While Increasing Energy Yield

Greentown Labs

“I come from India, the land of dusty solar panels,” says Malav Sukhadia. “At At the same time, growing up I saw moms waiting in the scorching sun for water, which is rationed. This instilled in me the value of conserving resources and using them sustainably.”

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Kseng Solar Makes a Hit at PV EXPO TOKYO 2023

altenergymag

March 15-17, Kseng Solar made a high-profile appearance at PV EXPO TOKYO 2023 by presenting its vast range of solar racking solutions, all of which were under the spotlight at the event

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Three months late, Asian developing states settle on loss and damage council reps

Eco-Business

“Very strong views” meant the standoff was resolved less than two weeks before a global meeting to flesh out details for the climate fund. South Korea and Saudi Arabia are among wealthy nations sharing APAC's “developing country” seats

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Environmental Justice in the 2023 Legislative Session

Front And Centered

If you haven’t fervently been reading proposed bills, watching committee hearings, or making weekly trips to our state capital, don’t worry, I’ve got you covered.

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'Too low and too tight': Clean energy auction budget will discourage investment, sector warns

Business Green

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Ben McAdams, Sorenson Impact: Marrying public real estate and private capital (podcast)

Impact Alpha

What is the net worth of Salt Lake City? It’s a relatively straightforward exercise to total up the balance sheet of a company. The post Ben McAdams, Sorenson Impact: Marrying public real estate and private capital (podcast) appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Agents of Impact agents-of-impact Podcasts

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Green Alliance: UK not on track to meet net zero targets

Business Green

As ministers prepare updated Net Zero Strategy, think tank warns less than a third of policies required to meet fifth carbon budget have been enacted The government is not on track to meet either its medium term emissions targets or its net zero by 2050 goal due to a lack of action and policy delivery, Green Alliance has this afternoon warned.

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Dealflow spotlight: Emerging market investors spot opportunities in essential products and services

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 17 – Economic uncertainty has kept many investors out of emerging markets. Seasoned impact investors know where to spot steady and. The post Dealflow spotlight: Emerging market investors spot opportunities in essential products and services appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Global briefing: Wind and solar dominate new Indian power projects

Business Green

Renewables accounted for over 90 per cent of all new power capacity in India last year India: Wind and solar account for over 90 per cent of new power capacity Wind and solar projects dominated new electricity capacity additions last year, according to a new analysis from think tank Ember.

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The Week’s Impact Jobs: March 17, 2023

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 17 — Employers in the fast-growing global impact investing market are hunting for talents. From impact associates and analysts to impact. The post The Week’s Impact Jobs: March 17, 2023 appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Impact Careers The Brief

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Treasury announces review of battery storage VAT anomaly

Business Green

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The Week in Impact Investing: Madness

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! Banking impact. March madness, indeed. The annual basketball tournament in the U.S. has so far been overshadowed by the. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Madness appeared first on ImpactAlpha. The Brief

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Environment Agency announces Philip Duffy appointed as new CEO

Business Green

Philip Duffy to take over as head of Environment Agency on July 1, after Sir James Bevan steps down after seven years The Environment Agency (EA) has announced Philip Duffy, director general of growth and productivity at HM Treasury, has been appointed as its new chief executive and will start in the role on 1 July.

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Forging a Clean Steel Economy in the United States

CleanTechnica

Achieving a net-zero US steel sector will require investments in new, low-emissions primary steel production. In a big year for climate action, 2022 saw the United States double down on strategies and mechanisms to accelerate its economy toward achieving net zero.

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Portsmouth Water confirms £325m funding for UK's first new reservoir in a generation

Business Green

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7-Eleven Now In EV Charging Business With 7Charge

CleanTechnica

Everyone, their mother, and their dog can see that the auto industry is electrifying. That includes oil companies (like Shell) and gas stations & convenience stores (like 7-Eleven). Regarding the latter, the news this week is that 7-Eleven has launched its own EV charging network!

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Is sustainability becoming all about accounting?

Business Green

Finance and accounting professionals are increasingly being brought in to incorporate ESG considerations into decision-making processes and reports During GreenBiz 23 last month, one speaker opined, "If you make sustainability professionals become accountants, they will quit."

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EIA Forecast: U.S. Energy-Related CO2 Emissions Will Fall Through 2050

CleanTechnica

energy-related CO2 emissions drop 25% to 38% below what they were in 2005 by 2030, according to our projections in the Annual Energy Outlook 2023 (AEO2023).

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Greener pools, food waste fears, and the Budget: BusinessGreen's most read stories of the week

Business Green

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Africa Soaks Up The Sun

CleanTechnica

African countries are moving rapidly towards renewable energy, primarily through their abundant resource of solar. Funding for these projects is coming from a variety of sources — EU, Arab states, US, and Kenya. The size of grids ranges from mini to maxi.

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