Why environmental justice research needs to include disability
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Disabled people make up more than 25 percent of the U.S population but remain left out of most environmental justice research.
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An entire street of 3D printed homes in Texas are move-in ready
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
This is East 17th Street, a collection of homes that range in size and style. It's got beautiful construction, lovely walkways and landscaping. But what truly makes this Austin, Texas project unique is that these are the first 3D-printed homes for sale in America.
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What's inside the new Net Zero Standard for Oil and Gas?
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Giants including BP and Shell with major investors have published net-zero principles to follow, but what constitutes a credible plan?
The world is failing to limit global warming
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
A newly released assessment by Climate Action Tracker (CAT) shows that nearly every nation has failed to meet a major climate goal. The goal in question is to keep global warming from rising 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, as per the Paris Agreement.
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.
Helping farms pivot away from synthetic fertilizers
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Pivot Bio is helping farmers reduce reliance on synthetic fertilizers, but it’s still working on replacing them entirely.
A More Integrative Approach Needed to Realise Global Energy Access Goals
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Despite these successes and promises of the 11 off-grid appliances assessed by Efficiency for Access in their Solar Appliance Technology Briefs, none are close to market saturation. Cross-cutting barriers identified include affordability, availability and the broader enabling environment. Without inclusive finance options, the gap between sales and market potential will persist.
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Will COP26 be postponed?
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Most studies coming out on climate change emphasize the need for immediate action. But now, almost 1,600 nonprofits want to postpone the COP26 climate summit until next year. The reason? Unequal access to the COVID-19 vaccine, which could prevent delegates from less developed countries from participating.
Gordon Gekko vs. ESG
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Want to know what does serve investors? Good governance: transparency and accountability.
Explore Minetta Lane, a green townhouse with a climbing wall
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Kushner Studios has completed a major renovation of a century-old townhouse in Minetta Lane, Greenwich Village. Glorious expansive living spaces look out onto New York’s skyline through a woven steel and foliage facade. The towering home even has its own climbing wall!
Meet WasteShark, the aquadrone taking a bite out of plastic waste
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
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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.
Renzo Piano-inspired Skyhouse nestles into Hollywood Hills
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Inspired by Renzo Piano's Fondation Beyeler museum in Switzerland, Skyhouse by XTEN Architecture is a multi-award-winning home in the Hollywood Hills. The 12,000-square-foot house consists of five bedrooms and seven bathrooms with amenities including an infinity pool, home gym, theater and eight-car garage.
Meet WasteShark, the aquadrone startup taking a bite out of plastic waste
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
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Solar Americas Capital Launches to Deliver a Portfolio of 2GW Commercial Solar Power Assets in Brazil By 2026
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
-UK finance as well as British expertise will enable Brazilian corporations to develop their own solar assets -Solar Americas will offer access to larger portfolio of asset sale options when partner companies are keen to divest -Company is backed by solar and capital finance experts who have over 25 years’ experience of the Brazilian market
Chicago, San Diego and San José win grants to electrify commercial vehicles
Charged
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
The cities of Chicago, San Diego and San José have won spots in the new Delivering Zero Emissions Communities program. Each of the three cities will receive a $100,000 grant, as well as technical support from the Natural Resources Defense Council and other EV advocacy groups, with the goal of converting 100 percent of their commercial vehicles to zero emissions by 2030.
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.
STI Norland launches new smart system for control and monitoring of solar power plants
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
STI Control is intended to provide with total control of a solar tracking project and maximized power generation
Learn about modular e-motor platform optimization
Charged
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Looking for a pioneering solution for complex design optimization challenges, ZF—a global technology company supplying systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and industrial technology—partnered with Altair to implement a data-driven development and optimization strategy for e-motors. The collaborative work of ZF and Altair has resulted in a user-friendly optimization environment capable of handling the complex definition of an e-motor platform design problem.
E-MOBILITY: THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE NEW ENERGY WORLD AND THE WORLD OF MOBILITY
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
E-mobility and the new energy world spur each other on, leading to more innovation. This bolsters the German economy as well as sustainable mobility. Speakers at the Power2Drive Forum will elaborate on various issues.
EV battery testing: Increase lab efficiency and minimize total cost of ownership
Charged
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
OEMs, battery designers and manufacturers, as well as test facilities, face increasing challenges in battery development, testing, and validation. Due to a growing number of devices under test (DUT), test laboratories for cells, modules or packs are becoming larger and more complex. There are many levers to increase efficiency and thus to minimize total cost of ownership, e.g. energy recovery capabilities of the test systems, optimization of workflows within the lab, use of resources, etc.
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?
5MP RTMP RTSP 3G 4G LTE Wifi CCTV Security Camera With Sim Card Operated by Solar PV Battery
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Jaste Solar 100% wire-free mobile HD security camera system operates on 4G-LTE and 3G GSM networks. An ideal live streaming video solution with no wiring hassles, when in areas with limited or no WIFI access, no electrical power source. Our 3G/4G/WIFI security camera systems are equipped with backup battery storage to enable monitoring without charging.
Wallbox unveils new Hypernova public charger with up to 350 kW of power
Charged
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Charging solution provider Wallbox unveiled what it calls its fastest and most sophisticated public charging station yet, at the recent IAA MOBILITY 2021 trade show in Munich. Hypernova can deliver up to 350 kW of power, matching the top speed of any passenger-vehicle charger on the market today. Currently, there are only a few cars on sale that can take advantage of this power level, but many of the upcoming generation of EVs will be able to handle 350 kW, and it may well be de rigueur by the t
CrossBoundary Energy and Zoodlabs develop solar-powered internet in Sierra Leone
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
ImpactAlpha, September 16 – CrossBoundary Energy invests in and develops commercial and industrial solar systems across Africa. Its latest deal is a 1.2-megawatt. The post CrossBoundary Energy and Zoodlabs develop solar-powered internet in Sierra Leone appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Roskill report shows concern over water consumption in lithium brine production
Charged
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Roskill’s Lithium, Outlook to 2031, 18th Edition report examines the environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns surrounding current lithium production. One environmental concern of the downstream sector is water consumption at lithium brine facilities, which operate in some of the driest areas on the planet. These operations take large volumes of water and brine for their process and to run their operations.
Target Enbridge, not Exxon, to prevent the lock-in of high-carbon infrastructure
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith, a longtime senior writer for Institutional Investor, contributes a bi-weekly column on the policies, practices and strategies of. The post Target Enbridge, not Exxon, to prevent the lock-in of high-carbon infrastructure appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Echion Technologies raises £10 million in Series A funding round
Charged
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Battery material developer Echion Technologies has completed a Series A funding round worth £10 million. The round was led by CBMM, BGF, the University of Cambridge, Origin Capital and existing shareholders. This financing will allow Echion to scale up to multi-ton-level material production, demonstrating high-yield, cost-effective manufacturability, and to supply the growing demand for pre-production trial materials.
The Brief: Optimizing for Impact challenge, institutional carbon lock-in, Jeb Bush aligns with impact, solar internet, ESG in real estate, alt-proteins
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Welcome to The Brief. Please enjoy this complimentary edition of The Brief. ImpactAlpha’s industry-leading newsletter is brought to you. The post The Brief: Optimizing for Impact challenge, institutional carbon lock-in, Jeb Bush aligns with impact, solar internet, ESG in real estate, alt-proteins appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Heritage Battery Recycling and 6K to commercialize cathode-grade battery recycling network
Charged
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Indianapolis-based Heritage Battery Recycling has signed a joint development agreement with materials management specialist 6K to produce new cathode material from recycled batteries. The process will use Heritage’s established network to collect and process end-of-life batteries, combined with 6K’s plasma technology to manufacture cathode-grade battery materials for applications with high purity requirements. 6K is named for 6,000 degrees, the temperature of the surface of the sun, and the temp
Jeb Bush launches Finback Investment Partners with $350 million for ‘impact aligned’ private equity
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
ImpactAlpha, September 16 – The former Florida governor’s new firm will focus on investing “private capital to solve public sector challenges.” It is. The post Jeb Bush launches Finback Investment Partners with $350 million for ‘impact aligned’ private equity appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
GE Renewable Energy, Fraunhofer IGCV, and voxeljet AG Plan to Develop World’s Largest Sand Binder Jetting 3D Printer for Offshore Wind Turbines
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
-Project to accelerate and optimize the production of a key casting components1 of the GE Haliade-X Offshore Turbine -3D Printing provides flexibility to produce large turbine components near offshore wind projects, lowering transportation costs and bringing environmental benefits -Trials of new technology expected to begin in Q1 2022
Lululemon signs agreement to reach 100% renewable electricity for North American operations
Renewable Energy World
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Follow @EngelsAngle. Lululemon has signed a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement to achieve 100% renewable electricity for its North American operations. The 15-megawatt agreement with Enel Green Power North America will provide the athletic apparel company with renewable energy from the Azure Sky Wind and Storage project in Texas. The energy purchased is equivalent to the electricity needed to power 100% of Lululemon's 380 stores, six offices, and five distribution centers in North America.
Climate TRACE: Oil and gas production emissions could be double official estimates, satellite data suggests
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Al Gore-backed Climate TRACE coalition hails 'new era of radical transparency' as it unveils real-time data captured from satellites and other technology. Greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas production and refining in the world's leading economies could be collectively almost twice as high as official estimates, according to fresh data released today based on real-time satellite observations.
Babcock & Wilcox acquiring Illinois-based solar project builder
Renewable Energy World
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
In another strong sign of the times, longtime conventional power equipment supplier Babcock & Wilcox is strengthening its move into renewable energy technologies with the acquisition of a solar construction firm. Ohio-based boilermaker B&W has agreed to buy a majority stake in Fosler Construction Co., a 20-year-old contractor firm based in Illinois.
Research finds measuring and maintaining correct bolt tension extends the lifetime of wind turbines
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
The Bolt-Check tool developed by Husum Wind exhibitor R&D Group was part of university study on wind turbine life extension; Anniversary of Germany's Renewable Energy Act (EEG) poses challenge to operate 20-year-old wind turbines economically
New York activates its largest opt-out 100% renewable energy program
Renewable Energy World
SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
Follow @EngelsAngle. New York's largest community choice clean energy program -- automatically providing residents and businesses with 100% locally sources renewable energy -- has been activated in the City of Rochester. The opt-out Rochester Community Power program will offer 57,000 residents and small businesses access to clean energy from hydropower and wind sources.
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