GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

Amazon hands Mercedes-Benz its biggest electric vehicle order to date. Katie Fehrenbacher. Fri, 08/28/2020 - 00:00. German auto giant Mercedes-Benz announced its largest order of electric vehicles to date Friday: 1,800 electric delivery vans for retail giant Amazon to use across Europe. The deal shows how companies are increasingly paying attention to ways to decarbonize transportation including buying more zero-emission commercial vehicles.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2020

TerraPower, the Bill Gates-backed nuclear innovation firm, has launched a new small modular reactor system paired with a molten salt storage unit. The new concept, dubbed Natrium, is being developed in partnership with GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy. According to the pair, it could be used to boost a 345-megawatt small modular reactor (SMR) to around 500 megawatts for a period of up to five hours.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 28, 2020

Wind energy is well-known for its capability to cut electricity costs for consumers as it replaces the produced fuel with wind energy free of charge. Due to this factor, wind energy is strongly beneficial compared to traditional energy sources and power generators. Being constantly present in every continent of the planet, wind energy prones to be more efficient than even some other types of renewable energy generation.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 28, 2020

Community First! Village in Austin, a 51-acre sustainable development, provides affordable housing to Central Texas' chronically homeless. McKinney York Architects recently designed two new micro-house concepts inside the community.

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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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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2020

Exelon is following through with a threat to close two of its Illinois nuclear power plants by next year unless it receives state support to boost their financial viability, a move that could undermine the state's carbon-free electricity goals. But with a bribery scandal involving Exelon subsidiary Commonwealth Edison eroding its political clout in the state, and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker saying he won’t support the utility’s preferred plan to boost its nuclear plant revenue,

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 28, 2020

Over the last few years, veggie burgers have nearly gone mainstream. But Nestlé's new vegan tuna — aka Sensational Vuna — will be a whole new taste sensation for vegans and non-vegans alike.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 28, 2020

Both the redwoods and a condor sanctuary have been impacted by California's wildfires. Big Basin’s redwoods have stood in the Santa Cruz Mountains for more than a thousand years. In 1902, the area became California’s first state park. The trees are a combination of old-growth and.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 28, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Aug. 28 – When the lineup of the Milwaukee Bucks refused to take the court on Wednesday, the players didn’t realize they’d be joined by the rest of the NBA. And then the WNBA. And then professional leagues from baseball to soccer to tennis. The sports world’s bottom-up, wildcat strike followed the police shooting. The post Agents of Impact: Professional basketball players.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 28, 2020

Dreaming of a desert lifestyle? This luxury, solar-powered home near Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area could be yours.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 28, 2020

Convert, a global leader in the photovoltaic industry, is announcing the launch of its new and innovative TRJ-AI Tracker Control System, as a result of more than 35 years of continual research and development in the energy industry.

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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

AUGUST 28, 2020

These experiments are fun and educational.

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Charged

AUGUST 28, 2020

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Jilin University have investigated a promising anode material for future high-performance batteries: lithium lanthanum titanate with a perovskite crystal structure (LLTO). As the team reported in Nature Communications, LLTO can improve battery energy density, power density, charging rate, safety and cycle life without requiring a particle size decrease from micro to nano scale. .

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 28, 2020

Read time: 9 mins Three weeks after a shipping container full of tiny plastic pellets fell into the Mississippi River near New Orleans, cleanup hired by the vessel that lost its cargo stopped shortly after it started as a pair of major storms approached the Gulf Coast. But huge numbers of the pellets, which were made by Dow Chemical and are melted down to manufacture plastic products, still line the river banks in New Orleans and further afield. .

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Charged

AUGUST 28, 2020

Lonestar Specialty Vehicles has partnered with Los Angeles-based In-Charge Energy to offer customers turnkey energy and charging solutions for fleet conversion to EVs. Texas-based Lonestar is a supplier of fully electric remanufactured commercial vehicles. The company has deployed more than 3,000 Class 8 trucks and tractors. Its mission is to provide an alternative to internal combustion-powered terminal tractors (tractors that serve ports, logistics centers and industrial facilities).

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

Major order builds on tech giant's net zero pledge and plans to deploy 100,000 electric vehicles in the coming years. Amazon has moved to further accelerate the roll out of its electric fleet, today announcing that it has placed an order for more than 1,800 electric vans with auto giant Mercedes-Benz. The deal, financial details for which were not disclosed, is the largest order of electric vehicles (EVs) to date for Mercedes-Benz and will provide a major boost to Amazon's ambitions to decarboni

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altenergymag

AUGUST 28, 2020

According to a recent study from market research firm Global Market Insights, the solar PV mounting systems market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $9.9 Billion to over $16 Billion by 2026, gaining remarkable traction over the 2020 to 2026 period.

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Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

Direct loan from UK Export Finance aimed at supporting Aqua Africa project that will provide clean drinking water to rural communities in Ghana. The UK government has agreed to provide a £27m green loan to support the use of solar energy to sterilise drinking water for rural communities in Ghana, using technology developed by UK-based firm Aqua Africa, it announced today.

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Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 28, 2020

The new order comes on top of the 100,000 electric delivery vans Amazon ordered from startup Rivian.

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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

AUGUST 28, 2020

TGIF, Agents of Impact! Going deeper. If impact investing hasn’t gotten 10X bigger, it can at least try to go 10X deeper. That was the call from Bulbul Gupta and Jed Emerson, who challenged Agents of Impact “to bring all of our assets to bear upon the challenges before us to build back better and. The post The Week in impact investing: Deeper appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2020

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Solar Power World

AUGUST 28, 2020

Thursday, September 24, 2020 2 pm ET / 11 am PT Residential solar installers aren’t able to visit trade show booths this year, so SunModo is bring its booth to installers. There are a lot of residential mounting and racking products on the market, and no manufacturer provides more possibilities than SunModo. In… The post Webinar: A showcase of residential racking innovations to save money and time – September 24 appeared first on Solar Power World.

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LA CleanTech Incubator

AUGUST 28, 2020

LA CityView (Channel 35) program LA Currents recently featured an in-depth conversation with LACI CEO Matt Petersen discussing our various innovative programs and efforts to build an inclusive green economy for the city of Los Angeles. Watch the full interview above. The post LA CityView In-Depth Interview with LACI CEO Matt Petersen appeared first on LACI.

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Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 28, 2020

Fedorenko has built quality networks of considerable sizes across a range of countries and continents. A strong network is one of the most valuable assets for any enterprise, but many people don't place enough emphasis on building networks with the right approach and focus.

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Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

Almost a third of UK motorists told the Spanish car firm they considered chargers to be unsightly in a survey conducted to mark the arrival of four of the company's electric vehicles - and as such it is taking action to beautify charge points across the country. Electric vehicle (EV) drivers will be able to power their cars from dozens of colourful charge points dotted across the country, after Spanish car firm SEAT teamed up with UK children to redecorate the increasingly ubiquitous technology.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 28, 2020

On the edge of the Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area, just outside of Las Vegas, an AIA award-winning home has hit the market for $5.35 million. Designed by PUNCH Architecture and built by Bugbee Custom Homes, this custom, 3,270-square-foot residence embraces the breathtaking desert landscape with carefully framed views and an indoor/outdoor design approach.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 28, 2020

Episode 234: Circularity 20 highlights, talking green chemistry. Heather Clancy. Fri, 08/28/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (6:45). The rise (and rise) of sustainability-linked finance. This Israeli startup mimics mangroves, coral and oysters to create protective seawalls. Amid devastating forest fires, One Trillion Trees movement puts down U.S. roots.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 28, 2020

Eating your vegetables is one of the best things you … The post Cutting Carbon From Your Vegetarian Diet appeared first on Earth 911. Original post: Cutting Carbon From Your Vegetarian Diet.

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Eco-Business

AUGUST 28, 2020

Environmentally-conscious consumers

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 28, 2020

Community First! Village in Austin, a 51-acre sustainable development, provides affordable housing to Central Texas’ chronically homeless. McKinney York Architects recently designed two new micro-house concepts inside the community. These tiny homes are changing lives by providing homes for hundreds of locals who have fallen on hard times. The program, developed by Austin-based non-profit Mobile Loaves & Fishes , consists of 120 total units.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 28, 2020

California grid regulators approved the largest utility-led electric vehicle charging deployment in the country on Thursday. The new program allows Southern California Edison to spend $436 million of ratepayer funds to install 38,000 light-duty electric car chargers. The utility pays for supporting equipment to get power from the grid to the charger, while the customer typically owns and manages the charger itself, with optional rebates from the utility.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 28, 2020

Many kids will be spending more time learning from home as the school year ramps up during the COVID-19 pandemic. Without the beakers and test tubes of the science lab, it may seem difficult to provide hands-on learning. But have no fear, we’ve put together a list of easy (and fun!) home science experiments to entertain and educate youngsters at the same time.

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CleanTech Alliance

AUGUST 28, 2020

The CleanTech Alliance Breakfast Series presents notable clean tech executive speakers for a monthly conversation followed by networking with 100 cleantech industry leaders from across the region.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 28, 2020

The beloved giants of Big Basin Redwoods State Park have been facing massive wildfires in California. Fortunately, many survived, proving how tough and resilient these trees can be, although there has still been considerable damage. Meanwhile, a condor sanctuary has also been devastated, with experts fearing the loss of some of these critically endangered birds.

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