GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

Behind the coming ESG disclosure explosion. Jean Haggerty. Thu, 01/28/2021 - 01:00. This analysis of ESG and sustainable finance issues originally appeared in GreenFin Weekly, our free email newsletter. Sign up here. As we begin another year of what's being referred to in climate circles as the "decade to deliver," it is being defined by ESG, driven by shareholders and aided by new disclosure requirements on climate risk and human capital management. .

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2021

Toronto-based New Earth Solutions is offering a sustainable and compact method for natural air purification. Respira, a hydroponic smart garden, helps improve the air quality of indoor spaces, something that society has found an additional need for since spending more time inside the home.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 28, 2021

Salesforce, Accenture and a tipping point for carbon accounting. Heather Clancy. Thu, 01/28/2021 - 01:30. The events of 2020 thrust the issue of corporate sustainability front and center in many C-suites. With that heightened visibility comes questions about accountability and accounting — specifically carbon accounting. It’s a dilemma decades in the making: How to properly track and declare a company’s carbon dioxide emissions in real time, not just in lag time after an annual data hunt.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2021

President Joe Biden has announced his administration's plans to replace the entire federal fleet with electric cars. According to his remarks while signing the "Made in America" executive order, all the new electric cars will be made in the United States.

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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 28, 2021

What technology will become the dominant means of decarbonizing each part of the economy? The pattern we see now — and that we expect to continue over the coming couple decades — is a series of battles between consistent contenders: electricity, hydrogen and carbon capture. Electricity is hitting its stride. The power sector is getting cleaner, and electrification is spreading to light duty vehicles and even residential boilers.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2021

There's not much cuter than a baby squirrel — until they grow up to be invasive acorn hoarders that interfere with tree planting and, by extension, efforts to slow climate change. So, U.K. environment minister Lord Goldsmith has announced it's time to put these squirrels on the pill.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2021

Alchemy Architects has completed the Lake Elmo weeHouse, a new addition to the firm's series of eco-friendly, prefab homes.

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altenergymag

JANUARY 28, 2021

Rising awareness towards a replacement of existing conventional power generation technologies that utilize a substantial amount of fossil fuels whose emissions pollute the environment is expected to catalyze the offshore wind energy market growth.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2021

Grand Rapids Chair Co. is pivoting to offer durable, commercial-grade furniture to families.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 28, 2021

Florida Power & Light Company announced that construction has begun on the FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center , which is expected to become the world’s largest integrated solar-powered battery system, according to the company. Located in Parrish, Fla., the 409-MW/900-MWh FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center is expected to begin serving customers in late 2021 by storing extra solar energy produced by the nearby 74.5-MW FPL Manatee Solar Energy Center and sending it to the grid when there is a hig

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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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Charged

JANUARY 28, 2021

Commercial EV manufacturer Proterra has announced a partnership with construction equipment builder Komatsu to develop a battery-electric middle-class hydraulic excavator. The collaboration represents Proterra’s entry into the off-road vehicle market, and the company’s first Proterra Powered construction equipment. Komatsu will use Proterra’s battery systems to develop a proof-of-concept electric excavator this year, and expects to proceed to commercial production in 2023 or 2024.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 28, 2021

ImpactAlpha, Jan. 28 – President Biden marked his first week in office with 30 executive orders aimed at tackling the climate emergency. “Today. The post Say it again: climate action means job creation appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 28, 2021

Since its beginning in Sweden in the 1990s, Vision Zero has become a global movement to prevent road fatalities and serious injuries by undertaking a Safe System approach to road safety. But despite the documented successes of the approach in. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 28, 2021

ImpactAlpha, January 28 — ServiceNow has launched a $100 million Racial Equity Fund to invest in “homeownership, entrepreneurship and neighborhood revitalization in Black. The post Digital workflow platform ServiceNow launches $100 million racial equity fund appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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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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altenergymag

JANUARY 28, 2021

Renewable energy is all set to be the new basic of coming decade as it helps preserve the environment and produces minimal to zero toxic emissions. The basic aim of using renewable energy is to reduce dependence on carbon footprint and its resulting toxic emission.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 28, 2021

ImpactAlpha, January 28 — Bank of America is backing 40 minority-led fund managers to bridge the funding gap for Black, Latinx, women and. The post Bank of America places $150 million with minority-led fund managers appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 28, 2021

Read time: 12 mins When Congress lifted the export ban on U.S. crude oil in December of 2015 to allow for exports beginning in 2016, the oil industry celebrated. However, looking back at the impact of lifting the 40-year-old ban, it appears the move has helped hasten the financial demise of the U.S. oil industry — while also increasing the industry’s huge contribution to climate change.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 28, 2021

ImpactAlpha, January 28 — The Rise Fund’s solar investment arm, Matrix Renewables, is buying up a 154-megawatt solar portfolio from Santiago-based Verano Capital. The. The post Rise Fund’s renewables group acquires Chilean solar energy portfolio appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Charged

JANUARY 28, 2021

GMC has announced a multiyear sponsorship with Chip Ganassi Racing for the team’s venture in the inaugural season of the Extreme E off-road racing series. CGR’s 550-horsepower electric SUV was inspired by the GMC Hummer EV. The 2022 GMC Hummer EV , which is expected to go into production this fall, will offer a three-motor 4WD propulsion system with up to 1,000 horsepower.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 28, 2021

A free tool from City Light Capital guides entrepreneurs to illuminate their social impact in investor pitch decks and marketing materials. For example, The post Impact Beacon helps entrepreneurs shine light on their impact stories appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 28, 2021

This week, real estate developer Kimco Realty Corp. announced that it has initiated five new solar projects. Four of the projects will be at Kimco properties in the New York metropolitan region, including the company’s new headquarters in Jericho, Long Island, as well as Greenridge Plaza, Forest Avenue Shopping Center and Richmond Shopping Center, all on Staten Island.

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altenergymag

JANUARY 28, 2021

Solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power have grown significantly in the US during 2010 to 2020, and are estimated to add significant capacities in the current decade – despite the IRS’s plans to phase out the Investment Tax Credit (ITC), and the uncertainty of Production Tax Credit (PTC) extensions, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 28, 2021

GM joins Volkswagen, Ford and others in pledging a move to carbon neutrality although the other automakers have announced a 2050 timeline while GM plans to achieve this goal by 2040.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 28, 2021

Ten years ago, four startups joined together to split rent on a Cambridge warehouse. They were cleantech companies with a common need for prototyping space, but none of them imagined that what they started would turn into Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America. The startups— Promethean Power Systems , Altaeros , Coincident (now Embue ), and OsComp Systems (now Reach Production Solutions )—became a community wherein the spirit of collaboration spread to every f

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Bidgely

JANUARY 28, 2021

This time of year always brings the highest heating consumption in North America and Europe, with temperatures dipping to their coldest levels. This winter, heating consumption is being further exacerbated by the fact that many families around the world are spending virtually all of their time at home, working and schooling virtually. In this environment, increasing customer participation in Time of Use (TOU) rates is a utility imperative.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 28, 2021

Featured: Opportunity Zone deals flow as investors eye new rules. The post The Brief: Opportunity Zone window, executive climate orders, minority-led fund managers, solar in Chile, peer selection, beacon for impact entrepreneurs appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Bidgely

JANUARY 28, 2021

This time of year always brings the highest heating consumption in North America and Europe, with temperatures dipping to their coldest levels. This winter, heating consumption is being further exacerbated by the fact that many families around the world are spending virtually all of their time at home, working and schooling virtually. In this environment, increasing customer participation in Time of Use (TOU) rates is a utility imperative.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 28, 2021

Wednesday, February 24, 2021 2 pm ET / 11 am PT The North American utility PV market has been a success story worthy of admiration. The explosive growth in operational PV plants has increasingly brought clean energy to the grid and delivered financial success to investors. But how do we continue to simplify… The post Webinar: Take the guesswork out of large-scale PV and storage – February 24 appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 28, 2021

On Tuesday, the nation’s leading scientific body will recommend a carbon price in the effort to halt greenhouse-gas pollution, but as a mere sibling to many other policies.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

Jess Ralston from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) sets out her expectations for the government's imminent Heat and Buildings Strategy. Next up in the government's long-awaited set of sectoral decarbonisation plans is climate-proofing our homes. Expected 'imminently', the Heat and Buildings Strategy should bring a route to emission-free housing.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 28, 2021

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) last week announced new Biden-Harris Administration senior leadership appointees. The new leaders will direct policy at DOE, coordinate across the Administration, and enact President Joe Biden’s vision for bold action on the climate crisis and on safeguarding the Americans most affected by it. Among the appointed include Kelly Speakes-Backman, who will be the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

New R&D funding awards confirmed, as BP and Quantas ink fresh net zero emission partnership. The nascent green aviation sector received a dual boost today as the UK government confirmed a series of multi-million pound R&D funding awards and BP and Quantas inked a new sustainable fuel partnership. The government announced it has awarded £42m of funding to three green aerospace projects based in Bedford, Bristol, and Cranfield that should trigger nearly £85m of investment in conjun

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 28, 2021

With hundreds of renewable projects sitting in the regional grid operator interconnection queue, developers should investigate the fast track process at Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) and Southwest Power Pool (SPP) for project less than 5 MW in capacity. There are similarities and differences in both MISO and SPP fast track processes.

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Business Green

JANUARY 28, 2021

Up to 1,000 fast-charging EV stations to be installed at hotels across the country in deal claimed to be largest signed to date for charge points in hospitality sector. Electric vehicle (EVs) drivers staying at Premier Inn hotels will soon be able to refuel as they eat their breakfast, after its owner Whitbread signed a major deal with energy specialist Engie that will see 1,000 charge points installed at hotels around the country.

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