Crocs wants your old shoes back. Here’s what it plans to do with them
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Shoemaker Crocs wants to keep old shoes out of landfills and reclaim materials that could be used in new products.
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Lack of funding top barrier to sustainability action for 38% of UK businesses
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The annual Sustainability Report produced by enterprise software firm SAP appears to reveal that 8 in 10 (83%) UK leaders will maintain or increase their investment in sustainability action by 2026. Yet, despite these intentions, UK businesses continue to create their own barriers to environmental progress, say the report’s authors. The global study of over 4700 business leaders, including over 300 from the UK, is the third edition of SAP’s annual Sustainability Study exploring the key mot
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CDP ranks 'A List' cities for transparency and climate performance
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
CDP names 119 cities as leaders in environmental action and transparency in 2023.
Even One More Oil and Gas Lease Sale in the Gulf of Mexico Is Too Many
NRDC onEarth
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
An expansion of offshore drilling would lock the region into decades of fossil fuel extraction at the expense of the climate, coastal communities, and marine life.
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.
The Energy Act 2023: What it is, what it means and when it will take effect
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Eleni Diamantopoulou is Practice Development Lawyer (Energy) at Womble Bond Dickinson. Eleni Diamantopoulou writes The Energy Act 2023 (the Act) is finally here. After sixteen months of consideration in Parliament including a short ping-pong round between the houses of Parliament and Lords, one of the biggest pieces of energy legislation in recent years has been received with enthusiasm in the public and private energy sector.
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Took £135,000 from Climate Science Deniers and Fossil Fuel Interests
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Nigel Farage ’s Reform party received £135,000 this year from donors linked to climate science denial and fossil fuels, DeSmog can reveal. Reform UK , formerly the Brexit Party, is a vocal critic of climate action, and last year called for a referendum on the UK’s net zero policies. The party has pledged to accelerate oil and gas drilling, start fracking for shale gas, end subsidies for renewables, and scrap the windfall tax on oil and gas companies.
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An electrocaloric heat pump that is more efficient than conventional air conditioners
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
A team of engineers at the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, working with a pair of colleagues from Murata Manufacturing Company, has developed a regenerative electrocaloric heat pump that is more efficient than conventional air conditioners.
Investigating pyrolysis for reclaiming carbon fibres from composite waste
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Valued for their combination of light weight and strength, CFRPs are increasingly deployed in sectors incuding automotive, aerospace and renewable energy. But it will only be sustainable if we can find cost-effective routes to recycling. Recent research at Dooshisha University in Japan highlights the potential use of pyrolysis to recover carbon fibres from composites Minimizing energy consumption is a fundamental element in our journey towards sustainable societies, and advanced materials play a
World's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric cars, researchers say
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
We hop in the car to get groceries or drop kids at school. But while the car is convenient, these short trips add up in terms of emissions, pollution and petrol cost.
Do or dye: Synthetic colours in wastewater pose a threat to food chains worldwide
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The ecological and health threats of synthetic dyes entering wastewater systems have been detailed in a new study, which calls for new laws worldwide on water management, and urgent investment in new sustainable treatment processes Dyes widely used in the textile, food and pharmaceutical industries pose a pressing threat to plant, animal and human health, as well as natural environments around the world, a new study has found.
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.
Chart: US EV sales are having a record-setting year
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Canary Media’s chart of the week translates crucial data about the clean energy transition into a visual format. Despite recent headlines declaring the industry stagnant or moribund, the U.S.
Farm-to-Glass Supports Organic Farming
NRDC onEarth
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Cheers! NRDC and our partners toasted a good cause on Capitol Hill: growing organic!
Demonstrating 5G Infrastructure From the Sky Using Hydrogen-Powered Aircraft
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
A team of UK companies led by Stratospheric Platforms Limited (SPL), a Non-Terrestrial Networks telecoms developer, has won a significant contract trialing advanced airborne 5G connectivity from a Britten-Norman Islander.
Masdar inaugurates ‘world’s-largest’ 2GW solar project in Abu Dhabi
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Encompassing about four million bi-facial solar modules, the project will supply power to the procurer of the project, Emirates Water and Electricity Company
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?
Smart Energy Finances: Norwegian investors buy 49% stake in Indian transmission scheme
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at a consortium of Norwegian investors acquiring a 49% stake in an Indian transmission scheme to help scale private capital. Also on the radar are the closing of Gridmatics’ storage fund, Siemens’ financial safety net and the sale of a 410MW battery storage pipeline. Norwegian investment in Indian transmission The Norwegian Climate Investment Fund, managed by government-owned Norfund and KLP, Norway’s largest pension company, is investing approximate
Australia’s Hydrogen & Renewable Energy Act 2023 Has Passed Both Houses of Parliament
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Bill 2023 for an Act to facilitate and regulate the generation of hydrogen and renewable energy in certain areas of South Australia has passed both Houses of.
California makes it harder for schools, farms and rental housing to go solar
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
California regulators have ordered changes to the state’s shared-solar programs that critics say will ruin the economics of rooftop solar on apartment buildings, schools and farms across much of the state.
EN.IT Launches Major Green Hydrogen Project in Dominican Republic
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
EN.IT, an Italian company with significant achievements in renewable energy, has embarked on an ambitious project to develop a 350 MW green hydrogen facility in La Romana, Dominican Republic (DR).
More efficient electrodes for carbon dioxide recycling
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
With the ever-increasing interest in renewable energy, scientists are continuously searching for new technologies to store energy. CO2 electrolysis is a promising way to store energy while recycling carbon dioxide. By applying electricity, CO2 and water react and produce more complex molecules.
NRDC Announces EPA Environmental Justice Leader as New Senior Vice President for Environmental Health
NRDC onEarth
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Tejada will lead the organization’s Environmental Health division, serving as the chief visionary and strategist for NRDC’s advocacy to protect human health.
The Week in Impact Investing: Optimize
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? Collective leadership. To “realize my full potential” at a recent conference, I took part in a vigorous morning. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Optimize appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
“The only winners here are big utilities” – Solar industry reacts to CPUC virtual net metering changes
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NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The California Public Utilities Commission yesterday (16th November) voted to approve a ‘proposed decision’ changing the state’s virtual net energy metering (VNEM) scheme.
GIST Researchers Improve Water Splitting Reaction for Green Hydrogen Gas Production
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
GWANGJU, South Korea— Green hydrogen (or H2) produced from renewable energy resources is the fuel of a decarbonized future. Electrolysis or splitting of water into oxygen and hydrogen with the help of.
BrightNight and partners begin construction on 300MW Arizona PV plant
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Independent power producer (IPP) BrightNight has broken ground on the300MW Box Canyon solar project in Pinal County, Arizona alongside its joint venture partner Cordelio power.
LA Auto Show: The tech, EVs and cars that got our attention
TechCrunch: Climate
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show is a wrap — for press, anyway. That means it’s time to recap the big launches, strange details, cars on display and peculiar absences we noticed this year. The highlights include the SUV that’ll make or break Lucid, Amazon’s auto fixation, a pickup that calls Tesla’s Cybertruck to mind […] © 2023 TechCrunch.
Lemon Sistemi and Volt ESG sign 2GW Italy BESS development agreement
Energy Storage News
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Another substantial development agreement for battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Italy has been struck, this time between solar and storage installer Lemon Sistemi and investor Volt ESG.
Geothermal well taps 80 °C water at Sidirokastro, Greece
ThinkGeoEnergy
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Testing of a large-diameter geothermal research borehole Sd17PN in the Sidirokastro geothermal field in Serres, Greece has indicated temperatures of around 78 °C from a depth of 153.8 meters. This represents the highest temperature recorded in the low-enthalpy geothermal fields in the Prefecture of Serres. The drilling and testing of the geothermal research well in Sidirokastro was made possible by the Hellenic Survey of Geology and Mineral Exploration (HSGME), m0re specifically Drs.
Aspern smart city grid to be modelled with digital twin
Smart Energy International
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
As part of its long running Aspern Smart City research demonstration, Siemens software is to develop a digital twin of its low voltage grid. Siemens is utilising its LV Insights X grid management software for the digital twin, to enable visualisation of the project’s entire low voltage grid in order to identify critical segments, increase the usable capacity of the grid and integrate more renewable energy without additional grid expansion.
MIGA, World Bank increases insurance coverage for Tulu Moye geothermal, Ethiopia
ThinkGeoEnergy
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency of the World Bank (MIGA) has increased the guarantees issued to Tulu Moye SAS of France covering its equity and quasi-equity investments in Tulu Moye Geothermal Operations Plc of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The original guarantees of $67.5 million were issued in 2021 for a period of up to 15 years against the risks of breach of contract, expropriation and war and civil disturbance, which have now been increased to $117 million, $49.5
Tires are saving us — and killing us, too
The Verge: Energy
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Illustration by Nico H. Brausch for The Verge Sustainable tires are becoming a reality, but are they coming soon enough? Tires are the most important safety component on a car, yet there’s increasing research that they’re doing a good deal of harm, too. Slowly, surely, one mote of black dust at a time, tires are leaving their mark on the environment.
Over $500 million investment in US EV charger plants announced since 2021
Charged
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
As regular Charged readers know, the US Inflation Reduction Act has spurred a tidal wave of investment in battery plants, as well as mines and processing facilities for critical battery minerals. EVSE manufacturers have also been joining the party (or “lining up at the trough,” as a fiscal conservative might put it). The DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office reports that manufacturers have announced investments of over $500 million in more than 40 plants to make Buy American-compliant EV chargers an
Australia’s first hydrogen fuel cell prime mover truck is ready for purchase
Hydrogen Fuel News
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The commercial fuel cell truck is available to buy. Produced by Pure Hydrogen (ASX:PH2), the hydrogen fuel cell prime mover truck, “Taurus”, is the first of its kind in Australia and is now available for sale on the commercial market, marking a major milestone for the Australian hydrogen company. The new HFC truck could revolutionize the country’s long haul transportation sector.
10 electric truck case studies: commercial electrification at scale (Webinar)
Charged
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
The North American Council for Freight Efficiency (NACFE) monitored and collected data from 10 major EV truck depots in September 2023. In this webinar at the Virtual Conference on EV Infrastructure, we explore the insights from interviewing 122 people at these sites and monitoring the charging and operations of 21 different trucks. Each of these sites has at least 15 MD/HD vehicles and some have many more.
UAE Oil Fields Constantly Flaring Despite 20-Year-Old Commitment To Stop, Analysis Shows
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
State-owned oil and gas fields across the United Arab Emirates have flared almost constantly despite a long-standing policy to eliminate “routine” flaring in their operations, DeSmog can reveal. New data, produced exclusively for The Guardian and DeSmog, found that a single gas field in the United Arab Emirates run by state oil firm Adnoc flared more gas than all oil and gas fields in Norway last year.
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