Mon.Sep 23, 2019

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Why caring about climate change means caring about chemicals of concern

GreenBiz

Finally. Climate change has risen to an unprecedented level of mainstream public discourse with the ramping up of 2020 U.S. presidential campaigning. In just five years, the number of Americans believing climate change is a threat to our country has increased by 49 percent.

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US and Canada in drastic crisis with 3 billion birds lost since 1970

Inhabitat - Innovation

The expression "a canary in a coal mine" serves as advanced warning of danger, and it is a fitting phrase for a recent study that finds the United States and Canada's massive loss of nearly 3 billion birds, or 29 percent of their bird populations, since 1970.

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The energy transition is coming on fast, but not fast enough

GreenBiz

Solar and wind are still growing at a furious pace, but two influential reports suggest that without a massive policy response on issues including carbon capture and storage, the shift to clean energy will be too slow to avoid dangerous warming.

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Old Paris railway site will transform into a carbon-neutral ecosystem neighborhood

Inhabitat - Innovation

An abundance of green will soon take over the heart of Paris with the transformation of the city’s old railway site, Ordener-Poissonniers, into a lush 3.7-hectare eco neighborhood.

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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.

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The big swing we need to mainstream sustainability

GreenBiz

Concentrating on culture, and the "who" of sustainable change, not just the "what," should be a bigger part of your portfolio.

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5 Eco-Friendly Décor Ideas for Your Home

The Environmental Blog

It’s a completely normal ideal to want your home to be beautiful, due to the amount of time most people spend indoors in modern society. Your home is your sanctuary, the place that offers you some reprieve from the stresses of the outside world, from responsibilities at work, to the inconveniences of rush hour traffic. However, redecorating your home doesn’t have to be done in a way that is harmful to the environment; in fact, there are several things you can do to reduce the carbon footprint of

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UN report: Ocean-based climate action could deliver a fifth of emissions cuts needed to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C

Envirotec Magazine

An area of seagrass and rock on the seabed, Mediterranean sea, France: “Blue carbon” ecosystems could prevent approximately 1 gigatonne of CO2e from entering the atmosphere by 2050, says the report. Ocean-based climate action can play a much bigger role in shrinking the world’s carbon footprint than was previously thought. It could deliver up to a fifth (21%, or 11 GtCO2e) of the annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cuts needed in 2050 to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

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Impossible Burger is now available in grocery stores

Inhabitat - Innovation

Previously found only at high-end restaurants and fast-food chains, the famous plant-based Impossible Burger now lines grocery store shelves in Southern California. Non on the West Coast? Don't worry. Impossible Foods will, in the next few weeks, announce when their cutting-edge meatless burger shall debut in East Coast grocery stores. By mid-2020, the Impossible Burger is expected to be available in every region nationwide.

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Environmental DNA project launches with sampling event on the River Adur

Envirotec Magazine

Launch of the first large-scale environmental DNA project using citizen science to monitor the health of rivers. The 1000 Rivers eDNA project is a non-profit initiative launched by NatureMetrics and partners to develop a database of 1000 rivers around the North Atlantic. This database is a vital underpinning for conservation efforts amidst escalating threats faced by freshwater species.

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Two sustainable rental units dressed in reclaimed brick are self-sustaining through solar power

Inhabitat - Innovation

Melbourne-based firm Breathe Architecture has brought a bit of California style to a Melbourne suburb.

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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.

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How marketers and advertisers can prioritize climate change

GreenBiz

Brands have the power to make an impact.

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Air pollution map goes global, with more localised detail, and covering more pollutants

Envirotec Magazine

Air quality expert EarthSense has announced a new release of its MappAir® high-resolution map of air pollution, with powerful new features and improved scalability from global down to 10 metres or street level. MappAir® now provides hourly concentrations of five pollutants, adding ozone (O3,), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and particle matter (PM10) to its existing nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particle matter (PM2.5) measures.

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From Science Project to Money Maker: Energy Storage Hits Inflection Point

GreenTechMedia

In 2014, the vast majority of storage projects Greensmith Energy was working on might have best been described as science projects, often dependent on grants or utility R&D budgets devoted to figuring out emerging technologies. But there was one 20-megawatt project in PJM territory that was unlike all of the others, and not just because of its size.

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Firms partner to develop “game-changing technology for offshore wind operations and maintenance”

Envirotec Magazine

A technician climbs a ladder on a turbine. Offshore wind specialist Ørsted has acquired a 22.5% share in Pict Offshore, the Scottish developer of an innovative technology that it is claimed will transform the way technicians access offshore wind turbines. The Get Up Safe (GUS) system, developed in partnership between Ørsted and Pict Offshore, is a motion compensated hoist solution that enables technicians to safely transfer between small moving vessels and offshore wind turbines.

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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?

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Scatec Takes Aim at Diesel With Solar Leases and Re-Deployable Systems

GreenTechMedia

Scatec Solar, the Norwegian solar developer specializing in emerging markets, has launched a lease finance product to foster sub 25-megawatt installations, CEO Raymond Carlsen said. The product, called Release, will allow offtakers to enter into lease agreements for the supply of smaller-scale solar power on more flexible terms than those currently available in most emerging markets, which Scatec expects will unlock “numerous opportunities” for growth.

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New partnership in waste pile management solutions

Envirotec Magazine

Equipment rental firm Ashtead Technology has been appointed as the exclusive distributor in the UK and Ireland for two innovative products that help waste managers improve composting efficiency; protect staff and site safety from waste fires; avoid odour complaints; protect the environment, and comply with the latest regulations. Developed by waste and recycling firm Freeland Scientific, ‘CompostManager’ is a complete system for managing the composting process, and ‘smarTprobe’ is a temperature

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Overlooked Factors Pushing UK Offshore Wind to Record-Low Prices

GreenTechMedia

Improving load factors, rising competition among developers, and the prospect of expanding electrification have contributed to falling offshore wind costs, experts say. The U.K. notched up its lowest offshore wind prices to date, with the results of Friday’s tender putting prices as low as $50 megawatt-hour. SSE, Innogy and Equinor were among the biggest winners.

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Loffredo Fresh Produce – Providing Safe, Healthy Food for 125 Years

Green Business Bureau

Background. Loffredo Fresh Produce is a full-line produce and specialty foods distributor that offers a wide variety of local and global products. Working out of five major distribution centers in Des Moines, Kansas City, Omaha, Madison, and Quad Cities, Loffredo focuses on working with local growers in their respective regions across a large product list that includes Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Fresh-Cut Items, Cheese and Dairy, Pantry, Eggs, Gourmet, Hors d’oeuvres, and Spices.

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Axial flux e-motor maker YASA closes £18-million funding round

Charged

YASA , a manufacturer of axial-flux electric motors and controllers for hybrids and EVs, has closed an £18-million funding round. YASA says the new funding will enable it to scale to meet growing customer demand from the automotive and aerospace sectors. Investors include Oxford Sciences Innovation (OSI) and Inovia Capital, which join existing investors Parkwalk Advisors and Universal Partners.

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Imelda dumped 40 inches of rain on Texas — and it wasn’t even a hurricane?

Grist

Tropical Depression Imelda turned southeast Texas into a disaster zone last week, dumping more than 40 inches of rain east of Houston and bringing back memories of the monster storm Hurricane Harvey in 2016. Hundreds of homes have been flooded and more than 1,000 people rescued from the floodwaters. Who would have thought a “tropical depression” could be this terrible?

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Mispriced climate risks signal investment shocks – and opportunities for action (podcast)

Impact Alpha

The bigger the protests, the better for investors. In a counter-intuitive shift, the estimated four million global youth climate strikers who took to the streets last week may be more pro-business than recalcitrant heads of state gathering at the United Nations intent on slow-walking climate action. The U.S., Brazil and Japan, for example, have not The post Mispriced climate risks signal investment shocks – and opportunities for action (podcast) appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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IONITY unveils new 350 kW Tritium fast charger

Charged

IONITY, a joint venture among Daimler, Ford, BMW, and VW that is building a fast charging network throughout Europe, has unveiled its next generation charger – the Halo – which it designed in collaboration with fast charger manufacturer Tritium. These next-gen chargers are capable of 350 kW DC charging, and can add 350 km (220 mi) of range in as little as 10 minutes.

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“The Age Of Waste” Is How Our Era Will Be Remembered. These 5 Synthetic Biology Companies Are Changing That

Forbes Green Tech

Well, we’ve been left with an overabundance of CO2 and, rather than panicking about it, the synthetic biology industry is bottling it up and leading us into a carbon neutral, sustainable future.

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UK to invest £400 million in expanding EV charging infrastructure

Charged

The government of the UK plans to invest over £500 million (about $626.4 million) in green technologies, including £400 million to develop rapid charging points across the country. The initial investment of £70 million will be used to create 3,000 rapid charge points by 2024. The UK currently has around 2,000 rapid charge points. The Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund fund is part of the UK government’s aim to end the sale of gas and diesel vehicles by 2040 and reach net zero emission

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California electric vehicle exports, already valued at $3 billion in 2018, expected to hit $3.4 billion in 2019

Forbes Green Tech

Electric vehicles have become one of California's largest exports, and will hit $3.5 billion in total value in 2019, according to new analysis.

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Renault K-ZE EV goes on sale for $8,700

Charged

Would you like to see a lower-priced EV, for those who can’t afford a Tesla or a Taycan? How does $8,700 sound? The Renault City KZ-E has a 30 kWh battery pack, a range of 168 miles (on the NEDC cycle), DC fast charging and an LCD control panel. There’s only one catch: you’ll have to go to China to buy one. The electric version of the Renault Kwid made its debut at the recent Chengdu Motor Show, and will be offered in five variants in the Chinese market by the end of this year.

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Natural Power awarded innovation grant to improve wind farm efficiency

altenergymag

Following a pilot project to improve windfarm efficiency, leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has been awarded more than £100,000 from Innovate UK, the UK's innovation agency, to further develop its research into ‘Combining complex and disparate data sources to define and deploy leaner and smarter operational strategies to improve the performance of wind farms'.

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The prerequisites for tomorrow’s EV and AV technologies

Charged

Sponsored by Scheugenpflug. Scheugenpflug focuses on e-mobility and autonomous driving and, with its high-quality dispensing solutions, is accompanying an imminent turn of events in the growth field of mobility. Digitalization, e-mobility, autonomous driving, industry 4.0 and energy system transformation: Many of today’s megatrends would be unachievable without safe, reliable electronics.

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Generac releases its PWRcell integrated energy storage system

Solar Power World

Generac Power Systems today introduced PWRcell: a fully-integrated solar energy storage system. PWRcell boasts exclusive technologies including expandable battery capacity and on-board power monitoring and management as standard. The PWRcell system consists of an integrated ecosystem of components, including an expandable battery pack, inverter and associated hardware.

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Delphi begins production of 800 V silicon carbide inverters

Charged

Delphi Technologies has begun volume production of an 800 V silicon carbide (SiC) inverter. The component uses silicon carbide-based metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) technology. Delphi’s announcement follows a recent partnership with SiC semiconductors manufacturer Cree, which will combine Cree’s MOSFETs with Delphi’s traction drive inverters and DC/DC converters and chargers.

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Dutch-Belgian consortium builds the first commercial plastic-to-oil plant of Europe

altenergymag

The first commercial plant in Europe where waste plastic is recycled into valuable fuel will be built by the Dutch company BlueAlp on behalf of a Dutch-Belgian consortium. This means that The Netherlands and Belgium are at the forefront of giving end-of-life plastics a new future as fuel.

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Liquid cooling in electric vehicles: What to know to keep EVs on the go

Charged

Sponsored By CPC. The number of electric vehicles on the road is increasing, but not as quickly as many may think. Fast, efficient and accessible charging is a major barrier to the large-scale adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), particularly as it relates to longer-distance trips. The current range of today’s electric vehicles is about 200-250 miles before requiring a recharge.

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LG to debut its own AC module at SPI with LG-branded microinverter

Solar Power World

LG Electronics is debuting its high-performance, fully integrated AC solar panel with a microinverter, expanding the company’s portfolio of advanced solar panels showcased atSolar Power International 2019. Available to U.S. homeowners later this year, the new LG NeON R ACe solar panel creates a home energy system with a faster, simpler installation process, smart monitoring and remote servicing, and… The post LG to debut its own AC module at SPI with LG-branded microinverter appeared

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Honeywell and NRStor C&I Launch Largest Behind-the-Meter Battery Energy Storage Program in the World

altenergymag

- Deployment will deliver 300 megawatts of renewable battery energy storage systems across North America - Program offers energy storage as a service to commercial and industrial customers to reduce electricity cost and improve sustainability