Big businesses are failing forests
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Amazon, TJ Maxx and Tyson are among well-known U.S. companies with no publicly stated deforestation strategy. Is your organization complicit?
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3-wheeled electric truck doubles as a sweet tiny camper
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The cute little "frog" campers have everything you need to enjoy a minimalist outdoor excursion.
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How digital identities could bring us closer to a circular economy
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Tracking technologies could provide information throughout a product's journey, from the start all the way through to its use at the consumer level, and ultimately to its disposal or reuse in the future.
Google Spinout Dandelion Energy Ramps Up Home Geothermal Installations
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Google spinout Dandelion Energy wants to push home geothermal heating to new heights in 2020. The company, which emerged from the X "Moonshot Factory" in 2017, has grown to around 100 employees and installed hundreds of sites in New York state. It continues to refine its drilling technology to make residential drilling and heat pump installation easier and more competitive with incumbent fossil fuels.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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.
Native species or invasive? The distinction blurs as the world warms
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
With species on the move as the climate changes, a growing number of scientists say that efforts must be made to help migrating species adapt to their new habitats.
A long weekend in nature at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Here's what it is like to immerse yourself in nature at the famous Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health.
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This modern furniture collection is made from manufacturing waste
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Dot Collection is made from linoleum and oak that would otherwise be sent to the landfill.
Drip, drip, drip: Water is a leading ESG concern
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Responsible investors are increasingly demanding water-related disclosures, such as measures of how much companies rely on water in their value chains.
Why States Need to Ban New Gas Hookups in Buildings (in 5 Charts)
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Fossil fuels, primarily gas, are a fixture in millions of American homes and businesses, but the building sector’s climate impact hasn’t received the same scrutiny as coal and gas in the power sector or oil in the transportation sector. Fortunately, that’s changing. In 2019, more than 20 California cities jump-started a building decarbonization movement when they took steps to eliminate gas from new buildings, ensuring they will instead be constructed with electric appliances s
Just how concerned should the solar industry be about battery fires?
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Plane crashes rarely happen, but the fear of an accident is real for many people. Still, thousands of Americans fly every day. The NBC television drama “This is Us” showed that Crock-Pots can cause house fires, but we’re still cooking chilis and roasts while we’re away at work. The threat of energy storage systems causing… The post Just how concerned should the solar industry be about battery fires?
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 State of Off-Grid Energy Access
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Investments in off-grid power in Africa and Asia have skyrocketed in the last five years. Thirty times more money went into the sector in 2018 compared with 2013. More than $500 million dollars was invested in electrification in 2018, for the first time, an analysis by Wood Mackenzie found. The money is finally bringing lights, cell phone charging and electric stoves to millions of people who had to rely on kerosene and wood.
ChargePoint and Truck Stop Owners partner on EV charging
Charged
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
EV charging network ChargePoint has announced a collaboration with the National Association of Truck Stop Owners (NATSO) to greatly expand EV charging options across the US. The memorandum of understanding will help to establish public-private partnerships at off-highway fuel retailers across the nation. Over the next decade, ChargePoint and NATSO believe the project will deploy over 4,000 charging stations at travel plazas and fuel stops by leveraging $1 billion in the capital.
A Home Solar Veteran Talks Batteries, Smart Home, Tesla Roof and More
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
This week: predictions for the future of home solar and batteries. Big rooftop solar installers are competing with the largest utility-scale plants in terms of yearly deployed capacity. Batteries are making their way into more installations, opening up new advancements in software and power electronics. Tesla finally says it’s making progress on the solar roof.
PlugVolt and Bio-Logic Science Instruments to Present Three Webinar Tutorial Series on EIS Measurements for Energy Storage - What, How and Why?
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
PlugVolt and Bio-Logic Science Instruments will be offering a three course webinar tutorial on everything you ever wanted to know and learn about the science and techniques of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) for batteries.
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.
Shell Signs Offtake Agreement With ‘Europe’s Largest Battery’
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Oil major Shell has signed a multi-year offtake deal with what would be Europe’s largest battery installation. The 100-megawatt Minety project in the south-west of England, an area with a high concentration of solar power capacity, is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The project is broken into two 50-megawatt systems. The financial backers of the Minety development are a state-run utility firm China Huaneng Group and the Chinese sovereign wealth fund CNIC.
EDF partners with UK Royal Mail Group to deliver EV charging solutions
Charged
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The UK’s Royal Mail Group, the owner of one of Europe’s largest vehicle fleets, has signed a deal with electric utility EDF to deliver electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure. Under the 3-year agreement, EDF will provide charging points, associated maintenance and ancillary items such as signs, bollards and wheel stops. In the first phase, the company will install chargers at Royal Mail Group sites in the Southeast of England.
Brewed by the sun: Heineken and Iberdrola toast Spanish solar deal
Business Green
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Dutch brewer signs power purchase agreement with Spanish utility to supply renewable electricity for its brewing operations in Spain. Heineken is set to power its entire Spanish brewing operations with renewable electricty sourced from a 50MW solar farm in Andalusia, the beer behemoth has announced. The new solar PV plant, which is expected to come online in October this year, forms part of a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) announced today with Spanish energy utility Iberdrola.
Delta And The World Need Carbon Offsets To Stop Global Warming
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Delta and other airlines have been criticized for relying on carbon offsets to claim they're achieving carbon neutrality. But offsets are actually one of few tools we have to arrest global warming.
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?
Shell inks deal to draw power from 'Europe's largest' battery in Wiltshire
Business Green
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The two 50MW batteries are located near the village of Minety in Wiltshire and are currently being developed by two Chinese state-owned companies. Shell has set its sites on using a major 100MW battery in Wiltshire to provide back-up electricity to the UK grid, with the oil giant today announcing a multi-year power offtake deal with the two Chinese firms behind the project.
Bezos Pledges $10 Billion—Nearly 10% Of Net Worth—Toward Solving Climate Change
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
“Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet,” Bezos said.
ScottishPower offers green power tariff entirely supplied by own wind farms
Business Green
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Energy supplier takes aim at 'greenwashing' utilities which purchase renewable energy certificates rather than investing in renewables. ScottishPower has launched a new household energy tariff through which it is promising 100 per cent renewable power directly supplied from its own UK wind farms, in a move it said was aimed at combatting "greenwashing" across the wider energy market.
CDP: Five British cities ranked among world's best for climate action and transparency
Business Green
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
London, Manchester, Bournemouth, Leicester and Coventry all make the grade among non-profit CDP's annual rankings of cities leading the field on climate action. London, Manchester, Bournemouth, Leicester and Coventry are the top English cities leading the field in climate action alongside global capitals such as Mexico City and Athens, according to CDP's latest annual rankings released today.
Solis Launches Residential Storage Hybrid Inverter into US Solar Market
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The Solis storage inverter combines top-of-class 98.4% efficiency with a wide product range and dynamic MPPTs to generate higher yield and stronger ROI for residential customers.
Reports: EDF readies plans for £16bn Sizewell C nuclear plant
Business Green
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
French-owned energy giant reportedly plotting new nuclear power station in Suffolk in partnership with China's CGN. EDF is gearing up to formally submit plans for a new £16bn-£20bn nuclear power station at Sizewell in Suffolk within weeks, which if approved could generate enough energy for around six million UK homes, according to reports.
Has US Nuclear Power Reached Its Half-Life?
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
While nuclear power is growing in some parts of the world, such investments are seen as quite radioactive in the US. Time will tell if small modular reactors are able to provide a new nuclear renaissance, but it appears that the days of building the large plants are over.
The Energy Expo (2nd edition) for 2020 was a great success!
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The Energy Expo (2nd Edition) had top sponsors, exhibitor's and educators which enlightened our attendees with special courses on Solar technologies. More than 25 featured sessions in both languages where included in the program along with an AIA-GBCI accredited 8-hr course by top experts. We are already gearing up and looking forward to next year's expo 2021!
The Climate Crisis: Focus on Change, not Blame
Terra Infirma
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
© Students4Earth. Last Friday saw an event which filled me with pride, but with a tinge of shame. My 10 year old middle son, Jimmy, stood up in front of a couple of hundred people at the Newcastle Climate Strike and, with no preparation or notes, told the crowd exactly what he thought (right). And he told them to stop pointing the finger at other people and instead think about what they could do themselves to fix the climate crisis.
The Stitch Fix Story: How A Unique Prioritization Of Data Science Helped The Company Create Billions In Market Value
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
Few companies make their data science teams their #1, much less have them report directly to their CEOs. Stitch Fix does — and it paid off.
The Aftermath of Greenhouse Gases
Unsustainable
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The Earth is changing. The beginning of 2020 marked the end of the hottest decade so far; 2019 being the second hottest year ever recorded. What do we make of this? By now, we are all familiar with climate change. Yet, some claim it a hoax and deny actual changes happening to our planet. With all the changes that are happening rapidly to our environment and the very recent fires in Australia and floods in Asia, the so-called deception turned into reality.
How A Danish Designer Is Making Heels For Life
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The fashion industry has woken up to sustainability. But all too often, this stops at the ankles.
3-wheeled electric truck doubles as a sweet tiny camper
AGreenLiving
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
The worlds of electric vehicles and tiny campers have collided to bring us the Elektro Frosch — a tiny, three-wheeled electric pickup truck that has a fold-out camper. The cute little “Electric Frog” campers have everything you need to enjoy a minimalist outdoor excursion, including a camper that sleeps two and a large tarp that pulls out from the vehicle to cover the cooking and dining space.
Guarding against the coronavirus, sustainably: Are reuseable face masks the answer?
Eco-Business
FEBRUARY 17, 2020
With surgical masks going out of stock all over the world as the Covid-19 coronavirus spreads, how can concerned citizens help to protect themselves and others without damaging the planet?
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