GreenBiz

JANUARY 24, 2020

A look at the two states’ policies show they have, to this point, prioritized different approaches to spur on electrification.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2020

Australian design studio Talina Edwards Architecture recently completed the Owl Woods Passive House — the first certified Passivhaus project designed by a woman architect in Australia.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 24, 2020

Our finance department measured the “before” of our office’s single-use plastic, and implemented improvements right away.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 24, 2020

NextEra Energy, North America’s leading wind and solar generator, is combing through its base of existing solar facilities with an eye to retroactively adding batteries, as it adopts a more “aggressive” view on the falling cost of energy storage. “We increasingly see storage as an important standalone business in its own right,” CEO Jim Robo said Friday on an earnings call.

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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

GreenBiz

JANUARY 24, 2020

The first fabric made entirely in a laboratory, nylon is most often found in activewear, swimwear and other technical performance garments because of its durability and useful stretch properties.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2020

Mumbai based architecture and design firm, unTAG has just unveiled a stunning home that was built for a retired school teacher looking to spend his retirement years in his home village of Dakivali, India. Working within the man's extremely limited budget, the architects employed several low-cost, passive strategies such as building the home in the middle of a lush bamboo field to use the vegetation as natural insulation.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2020

EWG has found that the amount of PFAS in drinking water is far higher than recent estimates.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 24, 2020

The new world of risk includes the physical and economic impact of climate change and the unknown path of future technology.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2020

The Pollution Pavillion was designed in collaboration with artists Climate and Cities and King’s College London. • Four out of five Britons are worried that UK air pollution limits don’t match WHO guidelines. • Nearly every area of the capital breaches WHO guidelines for PM2.5 pollution particles. • The #AirWeShare, backed by Grosvenor Britain & Ireland, urges public to contact their MP to support WHO guidelines for PM2.5.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 24, 2020

The sense of crisis is growing, along with the actual climate crisis.

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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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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 24, 2020

European utility giants EDP and Engie have finalized their 50-50 offshore wind collaboration amid a race for scale in the global offshore wind market. The pair revealed the plan in May last year after agreeing on a memorandum of understanding. EDP Renewables' and Engie's existing offshore wind projects, in various stages of construction and development, will be folded into the new entity.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2020

Related: + andBeyond Sossuvlei Desert Lodge Via Wallpaper

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 24, 2020

European car manufacturers have warned of missed decarbonization targets and job losses unless the sector gets more support from policymakers. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), whose members include Volkswagen, Ford, Honda and Toyota, issued a 10-point plan to help the industry align with Europe’s Green Deal. The Green Deal sets the course for Europe to achieve carbon-neutrality by 2050.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2020

The Doomsday Clock is closer to midnight than ever before.

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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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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 24, 2020

For almost every year in the historical record, utilities paid no attention to battery storage. Because of this, the past offers little insight into how quickly utilities will adopt the technology, which helps integrate renewables onto the grid, deliver peak capacity without carbon emissions, instantly adjust the frequency of the system and more. As costs have fallen and early adopters liked what they saw from initial trials, though, the cycle from pilot to evaluation to widespread adoption is s

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 24, 2020

The time is now for all companies and businesses to get serious about sustainability. This often starts with establishing priorities and formally writing an environmental mission statement or what we call a “green mission statement”. A green mission statement becomes the foundation of a company’s sustainability efforts. It provides the organization and its stakeholders with an understanding of what’s most important and what your company can do to protect the natural world and be more soci

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 24, 2020

Pacific Gas & Electric announced an accord with a key group of Wall Street bondholders this week, bringing it one step closer to its goal of emerging from bankruptcy by mid-year. But the California utility still lacks one key partner — Gov. Gavin Newsom, who has already rejected PG&E’s plan as insufficient to meet the state’s needs for a safer and more sustainable utility.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 24, 2020

Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company today filed with the Kentucky Public Service Commission for approval of three contracts that could mean one giant step forward for solar energy generation in Kentucky, with construction of the largest solar array in the Bluegrass. Kentucky is currently ranked 44th of U.S. states and territories… The post Kentucky finally goes big on solar, will install 100-MW array appeared first on Solar Power World.

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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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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 24, 2020

Microsoft is setting a new standard for corporate climate targets. The technology company promised to remove all of the carbon that it’s ever put in the atmosphere -- going back to when it was founded in an Albuquerque garage in 1975. That includes $1 billion in carbon removal technologies and methods. Can it pull off such an ambitious plan? And will it force other corporates to follow?

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 24, 2020

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell today announced Solar for All NOLA, a clean-energy initiative offering the financial and resiliency benefits of rooftop solar to all New Orleanians. Solar for All NOLA will be led by the Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance (GNOHA), a nonprofit that has been a tireless advocate for affordable housing — including… The post New Orleans mayor launches Solar For All campaign appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Charged

JANUARY 24, 2020

Power Integrations , a manufacturer of gate-driver technology for medium- and high-voltage inverter applications, has launched a new gate driver for 750 V-rated IGBTs. The new SID1181KQ SCALE-iDriver comes equipped with the company’s FluxLink communications technology and protection features such as desaturation monitoring; primary and secondary Undervoltage Lock-out; and Advanced Soft Shut Down.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 24, 2020

Trina Solar announced that the first large-size modules that deploy 210-mm silicon wafers developed by the company have formally rolled off the company’s production line. Trina is calling these new solar panels the “210 modules,” and they exceed 500 W of power. Trina began R&D of 210 modules in 2019. It is the largest solar… The post Trina Solar adopts industry’s largest solar cell size for 500-W modules appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Charged

JANUARY 24, 2020

The DOE recently launched the Energy Storage Grand Challenge, which will focus on the development of new energy-storage technologies. It’s part of the $158-million Advanced Energy Storage Initiative proposed in the 2020 federal budget’. The aim of the project is to develop a secure domestic manufacturing supply chain that is independent of foreign sources of critical materials by 2030.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 24, 2020

The Arizona Solar Energy Industry Association (AriSEIA) was happy to learn yesterday that Arizona Public Service has committed to a clean energy future. This announcement follows in the footsteps of many investor-owned utilities throughout the country, but AriSEIA would like to see this commitment expanded to include solar industry stakeholders in a more meaningful way.… The post AriSEIA asks APS to include solar industry in 100% clean energy commitment appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Sun Valley Solar

JANUARY 24, 2020

Every year, commercial solar continues its meteoric rise as the world's most successful businesses continue to tap into a clean and virtuall y limitless energy alternative. Going solar is one of the best ways to reduce operating expenses while dramatically improving bottom line performance. For companies like TJ Maxx, Target and PepsiCo , who have all recently gone solar right here in Arizona, it’s no longer a question of “if” solar will save them money, but how much and how quickly.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 24, 2020

Citizens Energy has celebrated the completion of a 6-MW community solar project in New York. “We are the national leader in community solar development because we believe the shared solar model addresses the two most fundamental issues that our country is facing — climate change and economic inequality,” said Citizens Energy VP Michael Kennedy, nephew… The post Citizens Energy flips switch on 6-MW community solar project in New York appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Grist

JANUARY 24, 2020

The words “climate tipping point” brings to mind collapsing ice shelves, rainforests burning to a crisp, and other irreversible environmental disasters. But what if I told you that not all climate tipping points are bad? A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences outlines the positive “tipping elements” needed to address climate change — society-wide shifts that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to avert disaster.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 24, 2020

TGIF, Agents of Impact! The Week’s Agent of Impact Faheen Allibhoy, J.P. Morgan Development Finance Institution. Most development finance institutions are government-owned entities seeking to mobilize capital from banks and other private investors. Now a major bank is creating its own development finance institution (inside its corporate and investment bank) to help governments mobilize capital for The post The Week in impact investing: Impact is tipping appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 24, 2020

The chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has responded to senators’ request that FERC ban Huawei inverters in the interest of cybersecurity. “My colleagues and I at the Commission will continue to work with the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and our federal partners including the Department of Energy and the Department of… The post FERC commissioner pledges to assess threat posed by Huawei inverters appeared first on Solar Power World.

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CleanTech Group

JANUARY 24, 2020

Last week two barge-mounted reactors in Russia started providing electricity to the coastal town of Pevek, marking the official start of operations for.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 24, 2020

Jacob Grose, investment manager for BASF Venture Capital, said the words that are magic to startup entrepreneurs’ ears: “Here are the things that accelerate the investment process.”. Five startups had an unparalleled look into the inner workings of BASF’s venture capital arm at the third Circularity Challenge workshop. The Circularity Challenge , run with BASF and supported by Stanley Black & Decker , is a six-month accelerator focused on disrupting the plastics, energy storage, and recyc

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2020

Former We Mean Business CEO tasked with getting businesses, investors, organisations, and cities engaged with the COP26 summit happening in Glasgow in November. Nigel Topping, the former CEO of climate organisation We Mean Business, has been appointed by the UK government as its ‘high level climate action champion' ahead of the COP26 climate summit it is co-hosting with Italy later this year.

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altenergymag

JANUARY 24, 2020

EU project MUSICA aims to provide a full suite of Blue Growth (BG) solutions including a renewable energy system (RES), desalination and BG aquaculture service offshore for small islands.

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