GreenBiz

AUGUST 23, 2023

The head of Fidelity International’s portfolio of climate and biodiversity funds, Velislava Dimitrova, addresses the rise of nature-related investments.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2023

A first-of-its-kind ‘atmospheric water harvester’ has secured funding from Innovate UK. NovNat Tech is developing a technology that can generate water out of air, and is based in the Unit 9 incubator at the Birmingham Research Park. “The harvest uses a proprietary material that has already been vigorously tested for its water sorption characteristics, and has displayed breakthrough performance, capturing and releasing water from air at a faster rate and with less energy required than any existin

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 23, 2023

Date/Time: September 28, 2023 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) With over 80 percent of emissions coming from outside a company’s direct operations (i.e. in the value chain) in most industries, the path to net zero is simply not achievable without decarbonizing the supply chain. Most companies have been on the ‘onramp’ toward this immense and complex challenge, setting targets, publishing net zero commitments, and using predictive analytics and models to estimate the current state.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2023

A water pipe in Auckland. A new knowledge-sharing partnership is bringing the UK and New Zealand closer together on shared water challenges. WRc, a centre of excellence in water sector innovation based in the UK, is working with ProjectMax, a New Zealand consultancy that helps water utilities and central government invest in their community’s water infrastructure, and share knowledge and expertise.

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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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GreenBiz

AUGUST 23, 2023

Wrong choices are typical in the confusing US recycling system, and recycling itself is often a poor choice among other options.

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NRDC onEarth

AUGUST 23, 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.

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NRDC onEarth

AUGUST 23, 2023

CARB's Low-Carbon Fuel Standard currently funnels millions of dollars a year to polluting fuels. Will CARB listen to the community voices calling for change ?

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Renew Economy

AUGUST 23, 2023

The shift to renewables will not be cheap, the Intergenerational Report confirms, but it won’t cost nearly as much as it did to set up Australia’s fossil gas industry. The post Shift to renewables will be cheaper than cost of setting up gas industry, says Chalmers appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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NRDC onEarth

AUGUST 23, 2023

Beavers and their habitat increase ecosystem health and help people and wildlife adapt to a warmer planet.

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Charged

AUGUST 23, 2023

Comcast Smart Solutions, a division of telecom titan Comcast, has announced a reseller agreement with NovaCHARGE, a provider of networked EV charging solutions. Comcast Business and Xfinity Communities customers, including local governments, multifamily properties and businesses, can now add NovaCHARGE’s utility-grade EV charging stations to their properties, including access to ChargeUP, the company’s charging platform management system, and NovaBOT proactive monitoring and analysis.

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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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Solar Industry

AUGUST 23, 2023

Officials from Dominion Energy and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) have broken ground on the Dulles Solar and Storage project at Dulles International Airport in Virginia. Once completed, it will be the largest renewable energy project ever developed at a United States airport. It will generate up to 100 MW of solar energy and store up to 50 MW of power, enough energy to power more than 37,000 Virginia homes at peak output.

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Charged

AUGUST 23, 2023

One of many complaints about public charging is that some public chargers require EV drivers to go through a cumbersome process involving apps and logins before charging. Plug & Charge , based on the ISO 15118 standard, eliminates all that, handling authentication and billing automatically when a driver plugs in. (This is basically the same feature set that Tesla Superchargers have had since the beginning.

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Energy Central

AUGUST 23, 2023

Thyssenkrupp Uhde will support the project OFFSET consortium to develop an industrial scale floating green hydrogen and ammonia plant. In March 2023, SwitcH2 B.V. announced it had received Approval in Principle from DNV on its design principles for an FPSO which will produce ammonia offshore solely from renewable sources of energy. As part of the Approval in Principle process, BWO developed.

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Charged

AUGUST 23, 2023

KACO , a German sealant manufacturer, is selling components and assemblies for common battery cell types. KACO’s battery quick exhaust valves release air immediately if a battery fails. The company says the flow-optimized vent valves provide an exceptional height-to-volume ratio. All designs can have extra aeration and deaeration elements to prevent failure and maintain battery pressure equalization due to pressure and temperature changes.

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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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Solar Industry

AUGUST 23, 2023

Telyon , a Connecticut-based renewable energy development firm, has finalized a strategic investment that will fuel continued growth and execution capabilities of its current and future pipeline of projects across the country. As part of the deal, Telyon has sold a significant minority stake of the company to a New York City-based private equity fund affiliated with Greenbacker Capital Management. “This investment allows Telyon to grow exponentially in the coming years, expand our platform

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Charged

AUGUST 23, 2023

Sponsored by Bosch Rexworth. As the demand for efficient and sustainable energy solutions grows exponentially, manufacturers are turning to automation to streamline their processes and accelerate speed to market. In this tech article, Bosch Rexroth explores the transformative power of automation technology in the world of battery production. Uncover the customized approaches, robotic systems, and smart manufacturing techniques that are revolutionizing battery production, ushering in a new era of

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BloombergNEF

AUGUST 23, 2023

Subsidies announced for low-carbon hydrogen – a critical input for a decarbonizing world - have quadrupled over the last two years to cross $280 billion, according to the latest update from BloombergNEF. The post Hydrogen Subsidies Skyrocket to $280 Billion With US in the Lead appeared first on BloombergNEF.

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Charged

AUGUST 23, 2023

Vertexcom Technologies , a smart charging communication chip design company, has announced support for ISO 15118-20 Bidirectional Power Transfer (BPT), also known as Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) transfer, in its chipsets. Vertexcom’s HomePlug GreenPHY SECC chipset MSE1021+MSEX24-i and EVCC chipset MSE1022+MSEX25-i support the implementation of ISO 15118-20 BPT.

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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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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 23, 2023

An excellent piece written by Aidan Mackenzie, Infrastructure Fellow at Institute for Progress, looks at the disparity of permitting requirements between geothermal and oil and gas in the context of the U.S., even though the two industries have processes that are virtually the same. Moreover, the piece argues that the length and multi-step permitting process of geothermal projects leave them open to counter-action by opponents of renewable energy and NIMBY groups.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

In the summer of 2022, it seemed that the days of an oil-by-rail facility in Portland, Oregon, were numbered. The previous year, the city had rejected a land use permit for a company called Zenith Energy, which receives crude oil shipped by rail from as far away as North Dakota. Zenith had appealed the decision, but had already suffered a string of defeats in the state.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 23, 2023

PT Archi Indonesia (ARCI), one of the largest pure-play gold produces in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, is currently in the process of evaluating the viability of diversifying into the renewable energy market thru a joint venture with PT Ormat Geothermal Indonesia. The decision to establish a geothermal subsidiary is currently pending. The critical deciding factor will be the result of a “heat check” or geothermal assessment being conducted by PT Ormat Geothermal Indonesia at the Toka

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Energy Central

AUGUST 23, 2023

Originally published in Master Resource. Do you think that wind, solar, and batteries can replace the hydrocarbon fuels that power our modern industrialized society? A new book, Green Breakdown, shows why the Net Zero agenda—a forced transition to renewable energy—is costly, dangerous, and destined for failure. Using science, economics, and in-depth analysis, the book exposes.

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CleanTech Group

AUGUST 23, 2023

Lithium-ion batteries have gained substantial importance in the global energy transformation, playing a critical role in driving the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs).

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Solar Power World

AUGUST 23, 2023

Every type of rooftop has its own quirks that contractors must consider when installing a solar project. Metal roofs come in a variety of profiles and material makeup that require specialized mounts to match them, but installing solar on these specialized roofs doesn’t have to be difficult. Metal rooftops are a common covering choice for… The post What to know about installing solar on metal rooftops appeared first on Solar Power World.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 23, 2023

This piece is a collaboration between DeSmog and ExxonKnews , a project of the Center for Climate Integrity. In May, NGOs and citizens sued Italian oil giant Eni for its decades of lobbying and greenwashing to delay climate action. Barely two months later, Eni has laid the groundwork for a lawsuit of its own, alleging it has been harmed by a “massive campaign” of “serious defamatory declarations.

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Canary Media

AUGUST 23, 2023

Welcome to Canary Media’s newest column, Electrified Life. With real-world tales, tips and insights, we’ll demystify what individuals can do to shift their homes and cars to electric power. Canary thanks Lunar Energy for its support of the column.

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TechCrunch: Climate

AUGUST 23, 2023

JLR has found a use for its second-life Jaguar I-Pace batteries. The automaker, formerly known as Jaguar Land Rover, is working with Wykes Engineering, a manufacturer of renewable energy products, to develop one of the largest energy storage systems in the U.K. to harness solar and wind power using old I-Pace batteries.

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The Guardian: Energy

AUGUST 23, 2023

Landowners – including many who support the shift to renewable energy – fear proposed lines will devalue properties and destroy ecosystems Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast If you ask Paul and Andrea Sturgess how much their view is worth, the answer is: priceless. To the electricity transmission network operator Transgrid, it’s less than $800,000.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 23, 2023

Indonesia’s state-owned electricity company PT PLN (Persero) has announced a second round of the Invitation to Bid for Geothermal Working Areas (WKP) in Indonesia. Three new sites are being offered for this round: Kepahiang (2 x 55 MW) – Kepahiang and Rejang Regency, Bengkulu Gunung Ungaran (55 MW) – Semarang and Kendal Regency, Jawa Tengah Oka Ile Ange (2 x 5 MW) – Flores Timur Regency, Nusa Tenggara Timur Again, the invitation is open to all interested parties including loca

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The Guardian: Energy

AUGUST 23, 2023

Public money still flowing into industry despite agreement to phase out ‘inefficient’ subsidies, thinktank says The G20 poured record levels of public money into fossil fuels last year despite having promised to reduce some of it, a report has found. The amount of public money flowing into coal, oil and gas in 20 of the world’s biggest economies reached a record $1.4tn(£1.1tn) in 2022, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) thinktank, even though world leader

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Greenability Magazine

AUGUST 23, 2023

Tap into the world of trees and learn from arborists and urban foresters about their care. The Heartland Tree Alliance Tree Keepers will host a series of classes beginning Thursday, September 7. The goal of Tree Keepers is to provide a corps of trained volunteers as a resource for local municipalities, school districts, and neighborhood associations to lead tree planting, pruning and maintenance projects regionally.

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Canary Media

AUGUST 23, 2023

This story was first published by Energy News Network. Critics say a pair of proposals to make Appalachian Ohio part of regional hydrogen hubs is likely to benefit the state’s oil and gas industry more than the climate.

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TechCrunch: Climate

AUGUST 23, 2023

Electric Era says it cracked the code for fast and reliable electric-vehicle charging stations that can go wherever they’re needed. Founded by former SpaceX engineers, the startup just announced an $11.5 million Series A round led by HSBC’s asset management arm. Climate-tech fund Blackhorn, lithium-mining giant SQM and mobility-focused investor Proeza also chipped in.

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