3 strategies for embedding product circularity from the start
GreenBiz
AUGUST 21, 2023
Sponsored: Product manufacturers can make circularity a reality for their company with circularity readiness. Here are early-stage strategies to consider.
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Space travel depletes red blood cells and bone, but bone marrow fat may come to the rescue
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 21, 2023
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet inserts blood samples for project MARROW into the -80°C laboratory freezer aboard the ISS. A study of 14 astronauts suggests that while space travel depletes red blood cells and bone, the body can eventually replenish them back on Earth with the help of fat stored in the bone marrow. The study, published in Nature Communications , has important implications for health in space and on Earth.
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3 ways eBay, Pepsi are addressing Scope 3 transport emissions
GreenBiz
AUGUST 21, 2023
These companies engage third-party fleet companies, but that doesn’t mean they are leaving transportation decarbonization to their suppliers.
Widespread contamination of PFAS in drinking water reported by US EPA testing results
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 21, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its first tranche of testing data for PFAS in drinking water, on 17 August, which seemed to find that hundreds of water systems are contaminated with these “forever chemicals”, as the Natural Resources Defence Council reported. About eight percent of water systems in the US (serving approximately 14 million people) detected two of the most common of these chemicals, PFOA and PFOS, in their drinking water at levels that exceed EPA’s proposed dri
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.
At Long Last, the Vison of the Grand Canyon Tribal Coalition Is Realized
NRDC onEarth
AUGUST 21, 2023
The designation of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni—Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument is not only extremely popular but its protections are long overdue.
Tannins: A possible answer to microplastic pollution?
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 21, 2023
The skins, pulp, and seeds of grapes, during the wine-making process. Scientists at UBC’s BioProducts Institute find that if you add tannins to a layer of wood dust, you can create a filter that traps virtually all microplastic particles present in water, according to recently reported research. While the experiment remains a lab set-up at this stage, the team is convinced that the solution can be scaled up easily and inexpensively once they find the right industry partner.
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Renewable Energy Investment Hits Record-Breaking $358 Billion in 1H 2023
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AUGUST 21, 2023
Global new investment in renewable energy skyrocketed to $358 billion in the first six months of 2023, a 22% rise compared to the start of last year and an all-time high for any six-month period. The post Renewable Energy Investment Hits Record-Breaking $358 Billion in 1H 2023 appeared first on BloombergNEF.
Rooftop solar rears its head again to take bigger bite out of coal
Renew Economy
AUGUST 21, 2023
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Bullet EV launches as installer of EV chargers, solar panels and battery storage systems
Charged
AUGUST 21, 2023
Newly launched renewables services company Bullet EV , headquartered in Austin, Texas, has announced its goal of taking on the challenges of EV charger scarcity, a strained power grid and volatile electricity rates. “Current and projected demand for EV chargers is the catalyst for the formation of Bullet EV,” said COO Mark Vogel, citing data from S&P Global Mobility showing that forecasts of EV sales demand will require the number of EV chargers to quadruple by 2025 and grow more than eightf
“This is the transiton in action:” AGL opens its first big battery, Liddell next in line
Renew Economy
AUGUST 21, 2023
AGL opens Torrens Island battery - the second biggest in the country and the first to be built by AGL - as it eyes more battery projects at the sites of its ageing coal plants. The post “This is the transiton in action:” AGL opens its first big battery, Liddell next in line appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Vitesco Technologies supplies e-drives to Honda
Charged
AUGUST 21, 2023
Vitesco Technologies , an electrification solutions supplier, is providing Honda’s new B-segment electric sport utility vehicle (SUV) with its third-generation integrated axle drive. The new B-segment SUV’s e:N Architecture F will be sold as e:Ny1 in Europe. The four-door e:Ny1 has a 412 km range under worldwide harmonized light vehicles test procedure (WLTP) test conditions.
German state looks to remove minimum distance rule for wind turbines
Renew Economy
AUGUST 21, 2023
North Rhine-Westphalia looks set to abolish a controversial rule on the minimum distance wind turbines must be from the nearest residence. The post German state looks to remove minimum distance rule for wind turbines appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Be ahead of the EV charging game: Location strategy for optimizing charger utilization (Webinar)
Charged
AUGUST 21, 2023
The arrival of alternative energy vehicles represents the biggest disruption to the fuel market in many years. For EV charging operators, this represents an opportunity to capture an untapped market potential that is destined to grow on a massive scale. Simultaneously, for gas stations owners, convenience stores and retailers alike, it is a matter of attracting drivers and creating new revenue streams, an element too big to be ignored.
Sydney moves to ban gas, as councils go where NSW Labor fears to tread
Renew Economy
AUGUST 21, 2023
City of Sydney becomes the latest NSW local government to harness its own planning powers to mandate all-electric appliances in new homes and businesses. The post Sydney moves to ban gas, as councils go where NSW Labor fears to tread appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
American Battery Factory raises capital to develop LFP battery gigafactory in Arizona
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AUGUST 21, 2023
American Battery Factory (ABF), a battery manufacturer that plans to build a network of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cell gigafactories in the US, has raised significant development capital in Series A funding. ABF will use the funds to secure production equipment and security technology needed for the first development phase of its recently announced gigafactory in Tucson, Arizona.
Star of the South identifies five ports to support Australia’s first offshore wind farm
Renew Economy
AUGUST 21, 2023
Star of the South reveals the findings from a year-long analysis of port options to support construction and operation of the pioneering offshore wind project. The post Star of the South identifies five ports to support Australia’s first offshore wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Cracking in lithium-ion batteries speeds up EV charging
Charged
AUGUST 21, 2023
Researchers at the University of Michigan have found that, although cracks in the positive electrodes of lithium-ion batteries shorten lifespans, they also reduce charging time. The team believes the findings apply to almost 50% of EV batteries. The positive electrode—or cathode—is composed of trillions of microscopic particles of either lithium nickel manganese cobalt oxide or lithium nickel cobalt aluminum oxide.
Eraring and Loy Yang A coal closure wrangles show need for hard renewable targets
Renew Economy
AUGUST 21, 2023
Australia is not likely to solve its coal closure issues until it gets serious about hard targets. But the extension of Eraring is not a fait accompli. The post Eraring and Loy Yang A coal closure wrangles show need for hard renewable targets appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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?
East Tennessee Clean Fuels launches workplace charging assistance program for employers
Charged
AUGUST 21, 2023
East Tennessee Clean Fuels (ETCF) and industry partners have established a new program to encourage workplace charging, complete with a nifty new acronym. Equitable Mobility Powering Opportunities for Workplace Electrification Readiness (EMPOWER) will provide up to 24 Tennessee workplaces with free technical assistance and consulting to help them install EV chargers.
SwitchedOn Podcast: How this regional town transitioned off the gas network in just 12 months
Renew Economy
AUGUST 21, 2023
Stephanie Unwin, the CEO of Horizon Power, discusses how 400 residential and business customers had just one year to electrify after the local gas distribution decided to cut off the gas supply. The post SwitchedOn Podcast: How this regional town transitioned off the gas network in just 12 months appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Teeny EV startup Arcimoto hooks up with defense contractor
TechCrunch: Climate
AUGUST 21, 2023
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Transgrid chooses lower cost option to connect NSW load centres with regional renewables
Renew Economy
AUGUST 21, 2023
Transgrid settles on new lower-cost option for a "Sydney ring" that will allow more renewables to flow into major load centres. The post Transgrid chooses lower cost option to connect NSW load centres with regional renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
4 Solar Battery Sales Tips
Mosaic
AUGUST 21, 2023
Solar battery storage sales are gaining momentum. According to Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), nearly 30% of all new solar systems will be paired with storage by 2027 — compared to under 10% in 2022. And in California alone, Wood Mackenzie projects that solar battery projects will rise from 11% today to over 80% by 2027. Policy changes and homeowners’ growing desire for energy resiliency are two factors increasing battery storage sales.
Norton Rose Fulbright advises Victorian Government on Loy Yang A Power Station closure
Renew Economy
AUGUST 21, 2023
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised the Victorian Government on the orderly closure in June 2035 of the Loy Yang A Power Station in the Latrobe Valley, a key Australian decommissioning project amidst the global energy transition. The post Norton Rose Fulbright advises Victorian Government on Loy Yang A Power Station closure appeared first on RenewEconomy.
One company’s quest to eliminate battery fires
TechCrunch: Climate
AUGUST 21, 2023
Battery fires are bad. Just ask LG , GM , Tesla , Volkswagen or any of the hundreds of people whose e-bikes have caught fire. While fires caused by EVs are a relative rarity compared with fossil fuel vehicles, that doesn’t mean they’re not dangerous. But there’s something that batteries have that fossil fuels don’t: the ability to monitor themselves.
The Brief: Gender bonds in Latin America, financing small truckers, renewable heat batteries, last-mile distribution in India, pro-ESG narratives
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 21, 2023
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How much do solar projects differ from California to Massachusetts?
Solar Power World
AUGUST 21, 2023
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Developing a pro-ESG narrative around transparency, long-term returns and political freedom
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 21, 2023
As political and corporate actors continue to discredit the ESG movement in national publications and on broadcast television, it is more important than. The post Developing a pro-ESG narrative around transparency, long-term returns and political freedom appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Ebb Carbon wants to pull CO2 from the sky with electricity and seawater
Canary Media
AUGUST 21, 2023
At a waterfront lab in Sequim Bay, a quiet inlet on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, the startup Ebb Carbon is trying to answer a crucial question for the climate: Can we supercharge the ocean’s role as a carbon sink to help limit global warming?
New approach shows hydrogen can be combined with electricity to make pharmaceutical drugs
Science Daily: Renewable Energy
AUGUST 21, 2023
The world needs greener ways to make chemicals. In a new study, researchers demonstrate one potential path toward this goal by adapting hydrogen fuel cell technologies.
Wind power with a high-tech twist could help ships burn less fuel
Canary Media
AUGUST 21, 2023
A big red cargo ship fitted with steel and composite-glass “wings” has set sail on its maiden voyage from China to Brazil. The Pyxis Ocean, a 750-foot-long bulk carrier, is the first vessel to deploy WindWings , which can stand up to 123 feet tall and are made from the same durable material as wind turbines.
How to solve a problem like indirect emissions from product use?
Business Green
AUGUST 21, 2023
Emissions generated from the use or products and services are notoriously difficult to measure and report on - yet current approaches are leaving major firms exposed to billions of dollars in climate risk, according to Planet Tracker
New York is reeling from its hot battery summer
Canary Media
AUGUST 21, 2023
New York state is grappling with how to adjust its ambitious buildout of clean energy storage after fires broke out at three separate battery projects between late May and late July. The immediate damage was quite limited, beyond the battery containers themselves.
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