GreenBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Plugging into Amazon’s fleet electrification strategy. Mike De Socio. Fri, 10/30/2020 - 00:30. When Ross Rachey set out to electrify Amazon’s fleet of last-mile delivery vehicles a few years ago, he thought it would be a matter of matching the company’s needs to the right vehicle on the market. It was not that simple. "We were a little underwhelmed at the vehicles that were available to us when we looked across the industry.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Growing competition for wind turbine service revenue is forcing original equipment manufacturers to up their game in another important service for the equipment they make — remote diagnostics. This month, for example, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) revealed that its Model-Based Diagnostics system has been upgraded to work with machines of any make.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2020

A NEW facility has opened in Bolton that will seemingly recycle up to a quarter of a million mattresses thrown away in Greater Manchester every year. The initiative will further reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill, preserve a wide range of materials that can be recycled into products as diverse as pet bedding, carpet underlay, and even stab-proof vests, and has also created 25 new local jobs.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Episode 243: VERGE voices with Apple's Lisa Jackson, 350.org's Bill McKibben. Heather Clancy. Fri, 10/30/2020 - 00:10. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:30). Carbontech is getting ready for its market moment. The top 25 most sustainable fleets. Why Google, BASF and Sephora are coming together on safer chemistry. Features. VERGE 20 mainstage highlights (16:55) .

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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.

Energy

Jim Conca

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Low-dose radiation to the lungs is the best therapy to reduce the mortality rates from COVID-19. It reduces the cytokine storm - the deadly uncontrolled systemic inflammatory response of the body, flooding the lungs and killing the patient. It’s why we need ventilators. Radiation reduces the storm.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 30, 2020

October brings falling leaves, pumpkin spice and that devilish holiday that inspires all of us to turn our cozy abode into a haunted house. In addition to creepy treats, ghostly images and spooky decor, living plants are the perfect Halloween accent to celebrate both the holiday and the planet.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Hanoi has high levels of air pollution, but a new architectural design proposal could add a subtropical alluvial forest to improve air quality.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Xcel Energy is asking Minnesota regulators to approve $1.4 billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The new wind and solar plans announced Thursday are additions to a $22.6 billion, five-year capital investment plan from the multistate utility.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Amazon is working toward its net-zero carbon goal by introducing a fleet of electric delivery vans.

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The City Fix

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Cities are redefining their relationship with transport and it’s some of the smallest vehicles that are leading the way. Shared bike services, e-bikes, scooters and mopeds, together known as micromobility, are proliferating in the urban landscape. Recent changes in mobility. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Recent research shines a light on the biggest causes of light pollution.

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 30, 2020

EcoFasten, IronRidge & QuickMount solar racking and mounting now under the same industry-leading product safety certification

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Environmentalists usually promote reuse. But sometimes reusing does more harm than good.

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Charged

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence has launched a new strategic initiative to drive EV innovation. The 100% EV initiative aims to enable rapid innovation by unifying fragmented development processes, bringing together previously siloed disciplines in order to unlock innovation and enable widespread adoption of EV technologies ahead of regulatory deadlines.

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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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altenergymag

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Ultralife Corporation has produced a new range of Lithium Thionyl Chloride cylindrical cells for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The ER Generation X family of cells features one of the most rugged, energy dense lithium chemistries available on the market today.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 30, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 30 – Two years ago, ImpactAlpha recognized Kesha Cash as an Agent of Impact for her cutting-edge investment thesis: the billion-dollar opportunities in tech solutions that drive ownership, opportunity and empowerment in communities of color. Now, Cash has the scratch to prove out that thesis, closing one of the largest funds ever raised.

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Charged

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Honda has long been considered an electromobility laggard, but tightening emissions regulations in Europe are forcing its hand. According to The Times, Honda has brought its previously-announced 2025 deadline for phasing out non-hybrid cars in the European market forward by three years. “Honda has accelerated its plans for all its European mainstream car models to be electrified from 2025 to 2022 and our hybrid technology will play a key role in achieving this goal,” a spokesperson told Auto Exp

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Ideas 4 Sustainability

OCTOBER 30, 2020

By Joern Fischer If you are a publishing academic in sustainability science, chances are high that you have been approached by the journal “Sustainability” to lead a special issue.

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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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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 30, 2020

TGIF, Agents of Impact! Overconfidence can lead to complacency. Doomsaying can be self-fulfilling. The next few days will be fraught with confusion about what emotions are safe to feel. As Americans vote, volunteer and stand vigil, former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather’s oft-derided sign-off doesn’t seem so silly: Courage. Impact Briefing. On this week’s.

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 30, 2020

On October 27, the winners of the 2020 United Nations Global Climate Action Awards were announced, shining a light on some of the best examples of what people across the globe are doing to combat climate change. We are thrilled that Elemental Excelerator and our CEO Dawn Lippert were recognized in the category of Women for Results for pioneering a new funding model for climate tech.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Read time: 5 mins The Federal Court of Canada has decided to dismiss a climate lawsuit based on constitutional rights and brought by 15 young Canadians against the federal government. The decision , issued October 27, effectively denies the youths the chance to present their case and the supporting climate science at trial. Tags: climate lawsuits canada Juliana v.

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Solar Power World

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Solar technology’s pricing continues to trend downward, but the cost to go solar is still prohibitive for a large swath of Americans. Advanced solar market California has created programs to address energy inequity in disadvantaged communities — the places most affected by pollution and climate change. The state’s latest incentive recently marked one year in… The post California uses fossil fuel dollars to fund solar for disadvantaged communities <br><span style='color:#40

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 30, 2020

In the UK, around 54% of residential fires were electrical in origin. Here are some signs of circuit overload every homeowner should know.

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Charged

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Since it introduced electric school buses in 2018, the iconic yellow bus manufacturer Blue Bird (NASDAQ: BLBD), has seen a surge in demand. The majority of its e-buses have been sold in California, but they have been deployed all over the US. “With districts able to obtain grants and other financial assistance, [some] locations that we have deployed electric school buses in were the first in their state to have an EV bus in their fleet,” said Blue Bird CEO Phil Horlock.

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Channel expansion to promote high-quality solar in fast growing markets

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Charged

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Rice University engineers have devised a simpler and more efficient way to predict battery performance, which they claim is 100,000 times faster than current modeling techniques. The analytical model developed by materials scientist Ming Tang and graduate student Fan Wang of Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering doesn’t require complex numerical simulation to guide the selection and design of battery components and how they interact.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Schroders survey of 650 institutional investors managing $25.9tr worldwide signals surging interest in active company engagement on green issues. Active engagement with companies is now widely regarded by investors as a crucial mechanism for driving climate and environmental action, according to a major survey of 650 institutional investors, but asset owners' efforts to accelerate the adoption of credible decarbonisation strategies is being hampered by 'greenwashing' from corporate boardrooms th

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Register Now for the Virtual 2020 ACORE Grid Forum on November 17-18

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

After years of R&D there is growing evidence that carbon capture and utilisation technologies are edging towards the crucial commercialisation phase. It may be a little early to start writing about trends for 2021, but I'm going to do it anyway. What's on my mind? Carbontech, a category of climate tech I'd love to see break through next year. It's the exciting idea that we can take something that could be considered waste, draw it out of the atmosphere and turn it into a source of revenue or eco

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Ideas 4 Sustainability

OCTOBER 30, 2020

By Joern Fischer Current indications are that early March will be the next deadline for ERC starting grants. If you’re potentially interested in writing such a proposal — or another ambitious early-career research proposal — with Leuphana university as a host, and with a focus on social-ecological systems, please get in touch with me.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

UK's independent climate policy advisory body is poised to expand its international outreach efforts ahead of next year's crucial COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow. The UK's independent climate policy advisory body has this week launched a host of new briefing papers setting out the lessons it has learned over the past 12 years in a bid to help catalyse international action ahead of the COP26 Climate Summit.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

OCTOBER 30, 2020

O n October 22, the Massachusetts DPU issued an Order opening a new docket (DPU 20-75) that seeks comments on a proposal to shake up the way the electric distribution system is planned and paid for in Massachusetts. As I see it, the core idea is to move from being reactive—upgrading the system piecemeal when individual distributed resources seek to interconnect—to being proactive—planning prospectively for the integration of the distributed generation resources we know are coming.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Achieving 'well under' 2C degree by mid-century is possible, analysts claim, but it will require up to $130tr of investment in clean energy and green hydrogen. Despite the huge impact of the coronavirus pandemic on energy sector emissions, the world remains on track for a likely disastrous 3.3C temperature increase by 2100, according to the latest analysis from BloombergNEF.

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