Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 16, 2020
Four years after its initial conception, Australia's Museum of Underwater Art has finally opened to the public, becoming the first-ever underwater art museum in the Southern Hemisphere. Located off the coast of Townsville North Queensland in the central part of the Great Barrier Reef, the unique museum aims to strengthen the region's position as a leader in reef conservation, restoration and education.
GreenTechMedia
JUNE 16, 2020
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced plans on Tuesday to develop an offshore wind port on an artificial island along the Delaware River, potentially giving the state a leg up in the race to attract offshore wind jobs and manufacturers. The New Jersey Wind Port, which is unlike anything yet revealed in the U.S., could grow to more than 150 acres and cost as much as $400 million to build, as the state looks to accommodate manufacturers of blades, nacelles and the other huge components that go
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Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 16, 2020
Have you ever considered eating insects as a source of protein? If your answer is no, now may be the time to reconsider.
GreenTechMedia
JUNE 16, 2020
Fluence is launching the sixth generation of its integrated grid storage product, and has already signed orders for 800 megawatts/2,300 megawatt-hours. The new version comes in a 10-foot cube shape, which the company plans to use as the building block for storage plants small and large, in place of the long rectangular containers from previous iterations.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 16, 2020
Up to 50,000 gallons of crude oil flooded Sumas First Nation's land in Abbotsford, British Columbia
GreenTechMedia
JUNE 16, 2020
Veteran roofer and solar installer PetersenDean filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June with the intention of reorganizing its business and debt. The California-based company released a statement Tuesday citing the effects of the coronavirus pandemic as the motivation for the claim. The company’s leads had dropped nearly 70 percent between March and April, PetersenDean told Greentech Media in late May.
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GreenTechMedia
JUNE 16, 2020
For BP, some drilling just doesn't make sense anymore. The European oil major said this week that it will write down as much as $17.5 billion from its oil and gas portfolio, while baking in a new carbon price forecast of $100 per ton by 2030 — up from the $40 figure it factors in now. Europe's oil super majors — BP, Shell, Total and Eni — have made a series of investments across the low-carbon sector over the past half-decade.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JUNE 16, 2020
The Equals Sanctuary can adapt to your needs, whether you need an office, a writing studio or a lounge.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 16, 2020
ImpactAlpha, June 16 – Climate innovations aren’t going to fund themselves. Prime Coalition, founded by Sarah Kearney (an ImpactAlpha Agent of Impact), set out in 2015 to syndicate high-risk, high-impact climate technology deals to risk-taking investors. Not venture capitalists, who didn’t have the appetite, but philanthropic foundations and family offices willing to take on risk.
Greentown Labs
JUNE 16, 2020
North America’s largest climatetech incubator will open its second location in the energy capital of the world to accelerate the clean energy transition. Somerville, Mass., and Houston, Texas, June 16, 2020 — In a celebratory announcement with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, the Greater Houston Partnership, and cleantech and energy leaders from around the region, Greentown Labs today announced its plans to open its second location in Houston, Texas.
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.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 16, 2020
ImpactAlpha, June 16 – Oil major BP lowered its long-term price assumptions for oil and gas by almost one-third, and hiked its estimate for the price it will have to pay for carbon dioxide emissions in 2030 to $100 a ton, from $40. The result: the company will write off assets of up to $17. The post Write-downs of stranded fossil fuel assets are here – and getting bigger appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
The City Fix
JUNE 16, 2020
In less than two months, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives, causing sickness, death, economic loss and fear. While this global health and safety crisis has been challenging for all of us, it has been especially tough for essential. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
DeSmogBlog
JUNE 16, 2020
Read time: 6 mins Before the U.S. fracking boom took off, shale drillers had access for over two decades to a particular tax incentive that experts say played a key role in setting the stage for the so-called shale revolution. Known as the Section 29 Unconventional Fuels Production Tax Credit, this subsidy resulted in more than tripling the production of unconventional gas, at a cost of at least $10 billion to taxpayers, from 1980 to 2002.
altenergymag
JUNE 16, 2020
It's a simple concept: less wind needed to make it spin and you more power out of it. But the execution took some doing. We wanted to produce more power in a wider variety of wind speeds and locations. The turbines, in any size, needed to be lightweight, efficient and affordable. We do all that with a patented blade technology and novel design that leapfrogs standard approaches to blade shape, materials, and form factor.
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.
Business Green
JUNE 16, 2020
New number plates to be launched from autumn, as Ministers announce new £12m zero emission vehicle research funding boost. The government has today confirmed it is to introduce green number plates from this autumn, in a bid to help drive demand for electric vehicles (EVs) as part of the UK's economic recovery plan. Transport Minister Grant Shapps today announced that following a recent consultation Ministers have approved plans for the new plates, which are designed to make it easier for cars to
altenergymag
JUNE 16, 2020
-Game-changing technology offers EV consumers safe, effortless and hassle-free at-home electric vehicle charging via first-of-its-kind automation that’s paired with integrated app-based monitoring and control; -Tesla, BMW, Nissan, Chevrolet, Ford, Volkswagen, Kia and other EV drivers to benefit from leading-edge solution making home charging safer, easier and more controllable than ever before
Charged
JUNE 16, 2020
Does it make sense for phone companies to get into the EV charging game? The Norwegian firm Telenor offers a full range of telecom services in the Nordic Countries, including mobile and fixed telephony, internet access and cable TV. Now Telenor has partnered with Swedish e-mobility company CaCharge to offer charging services to Telenor’s customers in the property and municipal sectors in Sweden.
altenergymag
JUNE 16, 2020
AWEA report reveals 20% of the biggest power-producing wind energy companies in the U.S. use Pandell’s integrated LandWorks & GIS software to gain operational efficiency.
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?
Forbes Green Tech
JUNE 16, 2020
California's investor owned utilities may soon be building a lot more localized microgrids -- a critical tool for them to battle wildfires and keep the lights on.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 16, 2020
ImpactAlpha, June 16 – California-based Haus helps homeowners restructure their mortgages, rather than refinance. The company “co-invests in the home,” taking a portion of the equity, giving homeowners liquidity and helping them lower monthly mortgage payments. Owners retain the home title and can repurchase equity or sell at any time, the company says.
Business Green
JUNE 16, 2020
Urgent need for 'transformational' business leaders who look beyond short term profits towards resilience, argues UN Global Compact. There remains a glaring shortage of "transformational" business leaders who look beyond short term profits to instead prioritise long-term corporate resilience, according to new research, which indicates sustainability experience is a requirement in just four per cent of high level management hires today.
Forbes Green Tech
JUNE 16, 2020
A new study highlights the need for a crash program to develop Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology and to agree on targets for each country, if we are to have any chance of avoiding the worst effects of the climate emergency, which are likely to occur much sooner than expected.
Charged
JUNE 16, 2020
Chinese automotive battery company SVOLT, a Great Wall Motors spin-off, has officially launched two cobalt-free batteries. In 2019, the company unveiled both the cobalt-free lithium-ion battery cells (NMx) and four-element lithium-ion battery cells (NCMA). At the product launch livestream event, SVOLT President Yang Hongxin said that the NMx battery cell rivals the NCM811 cell in performance while reducing the cost of materials by 5 to 15 percent, and the cell balance of materials cost by around
altenergymag
JUNE 16, 2020
RP Construction Services, Inc. (RPCS) and the Indiana Municipal Power Agency (IMPA) have partnered to build a number of solar tracker projects to supply communities throughout the state of Indiana with clean, renewable solar energy.
Business Green
JUNE 16, 2020
Perhaps decarbonisation is the easy part. That's not to say it is actually easy, obviously, but there is both a relatively broad agreement on how it might be done and growing evidence that it is starting to happen. BP's potentially landmark write down of $17.5bn of oil assets yesterday in response to its downwards recalibration of future oil demand is just the latest evidence that the net zero transition is poised to accelerate.
altenergymag
JUNE 16, 2020
Panasonic's 25-year warranty previously covered solar panels and Enphase microinverters, and will now offer comprehensive labor coverage for its authorized, premium and elite installers
Business Green
JUNE 16, 2020
Top corporates polled by The Climate Group finds overwhelming support for green recovery measures from governments. The disruption, uncertainty, and challenges presented by the coronavirus crisis have had little impact on the long-term sustainability strategies of most of the world's top corporates, according to the findings of a new survey carried out by non-profit The Climate Group.
altenergymag
JUNE 16, 2020
The collaboration will accelerate the growth of the nascent smart home energy market and provide intelligent and dynamic energy management of in-home appliances, allowing for grid-aware real-time flexible load management and optimization as well as enhanced resiliency and backup power longevity.
Impact Alpha
JUNE 16, 2020
Greetings, Agents of Impact, including our many new subscribers! RSVP for The Call No. 19: 10x’ing investments in green infrastructure. The pandemic-induced pause in greenhouse gas emissions has provided a glimpse of a low-carbon future. And long-term, steady yields have rarely looked so attractive. ImpactAlpha’s next Agents of Impact call will explore how to ramp up.
Charged
JUNE 16, 2020
The Swedish city of Jönköping plans to electrify several bus routes by the end of next year. The Norwegian firm Vy Buss, which will operate the electric routes, has ordered 49 Volvo 7900 Electric Articulated buses, each of which can carry up to 120 passengers. The new e-buses are scheduled to enter operation in Jönköping in summer 2021. The new buses will utilize zone management , a system of automatic speed regulation within specified areas, particularly areas of high pedestrian traffic near sc
Business Green
JUNE 16, 2020
Department for Transport announces winners of rail innovation funding competition as industry urges for more support for hydrogen trains. A host of innovative technologies to modernise Britain's railways, such as hydrogen-powered freight trains, zero carbon rail maintenance machines, and 5G WiFi infrastructure, are among 25 projects to win a share of £9.4m funding awarded by the government today.
altenergymag
JUNE 16, 2020
The Reykjavik based startup, IceWind, is developing rugged vertical axis wind turbines for any application- from powering arctic weather monitoring stations, to off-grid cabins.
Business Green
JUNE 16, 2020
Swell of support for Amazon's Climate Pledge comes as the tech behemoth announces that it has joined the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), which will requires it to commit to setting emissions targets in line with the Paris Agreement's goals. US telecoms firm Verizon, Indian IT services giant Infosys, and British consumer goods brand Reckitt Benckiser have become the first global companies to join Amazon's global climate initiative.
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