GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
This article was adapted from the GreenBiz Food Weekly newsletter. Sign up here to receive your own free subscription.This week, I want to talk about one of the most exciting options we have for reforming our food systems and tackling climate change: regenerative agriculture.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, a Russian spaceport located in Mirny: Plans being advanced to build a number of satellite launch sites in the UK are proceeding without due consideration for emissions of climate-warming gases and other impacts, according to the data collected by Stay in Cornwall. The black carbon emitted by rocket launches has a climate warming impact of up to 1,500 times stronger than CO2 per unit of mass, new research shows.
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GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The U.S. appetite for renewable energy is creating opportunity across the Lone Star state in places such as Brownsville, Houston, Corpus Christi and Galveston.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Study findings have revealed several alarming results, including that many plastics labeled as recyclable are not actually recyclable.
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.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
If we are to make any significant progress on critical issues such as ending poverty and climate change, as set forth in the Sustainable Development Goals, we will need everyone at the table.
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
California regulators on Thursday unanimously approved a controversial shared solar program proposed by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. The municipal utility will use the program, called Neighborhood SolarShares, to help meet new state building standards that require solar installations on all new residential roofs. The state’s new building code, which went into effect in January , allows community solar to act as an alternative to installing solar panels on the roof of each new
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Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The 3D-printed rabbit was an artist's gift to Heemskerk.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
A wrap-up of recent research on sustainable business and clean technology.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The first lowland gorilla born in the Los Angeles Zoo in 20 years is building her fan base while raising awareness about the connection between cell phone manufacturing and critically endangered gorilla populations.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Plus, outtakes from this week's interview with Maria Pope, CEO of Portland General Electric.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The results show an overwhelming interest in the products and an underwhelming satisfaction.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
We know water is an increasingly scarce resource. So, what can businesses do to improve the way that water is used, treated, recycled and disposed of in a more sustainable way? And is it possible to save money achieving this? Keith Hutchings, Europe Product Manager at Hydro International explained the financial burden that water treatment can put on businesses: “Since 2010, fines for unpermitted discharge of water and pollution have cost businesses £45.9 million.
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
A hefty legal settlement and delays on multiple projects weighed down Q4 earnings for First Solar, the largest solar module manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere. The 20-year-old company continued to expand production capacity for its Series 6 thin-film solar panels and has almost finished converting its remaining Series 4 factory lines. But after last year's choice to shed its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) practice, First Solar is exploring a possible sale of its U.S. dev
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Pump supplier KSB will be exhibiting at this year’s IFAT (4–8 May 2020), and a particular highlight will be the firm’s new Amarex KRT range of submersible motor pumps featuring jacket-cooled drives. They are designed to transport untreated waste water in municipal and industrial waste water management. The new pump sets are available with drive ratings of 10–30 kW and are suitable for vertical or horizontal dry installation.
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.
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Just weeks after taking over as CEO of BP, Bernard Looney unveiled a series of climate targets. This isn’t the first time BP has tried to make a push into clean energy and decarbonization — is this time different? In this week’s episode, we’ll look at the pressures that BP is facing. What does it take for a publicly-owned company to reevaluate its core product?
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The latest research from energy and water market intelligence firm Cornwall Insight highlights that as a result of the elevated wind speeds experienced in January onshore wind load factors averaged 42% for the month, and older offshore sites (pre-2016) reached an average of 52%. Newer (post-2016) windfarms fared much better with offshore wind farms load factors averaging 55%.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
MVRDV has unveiled designs for a BREEAM Excellent-certified office building in Amsterdam as part of a redevelopment plan for the Tripolis office complex, a project by celebrated Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck long considered a commercial failure. In addition to the renovation of the old buildings and the addition of a park, the Tripolis Park project will feature a new 11-story “groundscraper” office block that will stretch along the site’s south boundary to unite the campus while protecting.
Charged
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Nidec has launched two new models of traction motor systems: a 200 kW model for the D and E segments and a 50 kW model for the A segment. Both models are based on Nidec’s 150 kW E-Axle. Targeting luxury EVs for the European and Chinese markets, the 200 kW model features a motor and gears that increase the power of the system by more than 30 percent.
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
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Cities are increasingly at the forefront of the battle against climate change – not only will the issue affect them disproportionately but they can have an outsize impact in tackling it as well.
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced he is advancing a 30-day budget amendment to dramatically speed up the permitting and construction of renewable energy projects, combat climate change and grow the state’s green economy. If adopted, the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act will create a new Office of Renewable Energy… The post New York governor wants to speed up solar permitting and construction appeared first on Solar Power World.
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Even if you’re not personally sold on the idea of sustainability and “green energy,” you must acknowledge that this is the direction the world is headed in. Rather than fight it, we’ve made the decision to follow the money.
Greentown Labs
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
A member uses Greentown Labs’ walk-in fume hood. When you walk into the wet lab at Greentown Labs, the first piece of equipment you see on your right is a centrifuge. This piece of equipment spins solutions at high speeds and an angle to separate higher density materials from lower density materials. . Centrifuge. A centrifuge is crucial to scientists across a wide range of disciplines, from agtech to advanced materials to energy storage.
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Read time: 8 mins As oil prices plummet, oil bankruptcies mount , and investors shun the shale industry, America’s top oil field — the Permian shale that straddles Texas and New Mexico — faces many new challenges that make profits appear more elusive than ever for the financially failing shale oil industry. Many of those problems can be traced to two issues for the Permian Basin: The quality of its oil and the sheer volume of natural gas coming from its oil wells.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 21 – Cost curves for renewables are falling fast and everything needs to be rebuilt. Welcome to the resource revolution that Scott Jacobs and Jigar Shah spotted years ago. Jacobs and Shah founded Generate in 2014 and this month closed on $1 billion in financing. The capital will be invested in long-term sustainable-infrastructure-as-a-service.
Charged
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
In 2019, 95.6 GWh of battery capacity was deployed globally in new passenger EVs, an increase of 30% over the prior year, according to a tracking system developed by Adamas Intelligence. Asia Pacific led the pack with 50.9 GWh deployed, an increase of 27% year-over-year. Europe followed with 23.9 GWh deployed, a large increase of 89% year-over-year.
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
TGIF, Agents of Impact! The Week’s Agents of Impact Agents of Impact: Scott Jacobs and Jigar Shah, Generate Capital. Cost curves for renewables are falling fast and everything needs to be rebuilt. Welcome to the resource revolution that Scott Jacobs and Jigar Shah spotted years ago. Jacobs and Shah founded Generate in 2014 and this month. The post The Week in impact investing: Latin American solutions appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Wärtsilä has selected Corvus Energy to supply energy storage systems for three new hybrid ferries for Finnlines, a Finish ferry operator. Designed for roll-on/roll-off cargo, each ferry has a length of 238 meters, a beam of 34 meters, a capacity of 5,800 lane-meters, and more than 5,000 meter-square of vehicle decks. Built at Nanjing shipyard, the vessels are expected for delivery in 2021 for operation in the Baltic Sea.
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Clenergy Japan will exhibit at the upcoming PV EXPO 2020, scheduled on February 26 (Wed) - 28 (Fri) at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan. Don't miss Clenergy's Booth at S16-36.
Charged
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Low-carbon energy provider EDF has acquired Pod Point, an EV charging company. Pod Point has rolled out 62,000 charging points in the UK and 6,600 in Norway. The acquisition follows EDF’s acquisition last year of Pivot Power, which specializes in grid-scale batteries and provides high-voltage power for EV charge points. Simone Rossi, UK CEO of EDF, said, “With the addition of charge points, we can help our customers to reduce their carbon footprints and benefit from lower fuel costs by goi
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Heat network specialist Switch2 joins partners to design a smart local energy system for Warrington, following funding announcement from UK Research and Innovation.
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) received preliminary approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to move ahead with plans to own an additional 50 megawatts of the Badger Hollow Solar Farm, known as Badger Hollow II. The utility will now own a total of 100 MW of solar energy production. “The addition of this… The post Madison Gas and Electric approved to purchase more energy from Badger Hollow Solar Farm appeared first on Solar Power World.
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 21, 2020
The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved the Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) Neighborhood SolarShares Program, a proposal for community solar under the 2019 Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Energy Code). In November 2019, the commission decided to table the decision after the solar industry said SMUD’s original proposal would undermine the new home solar mandate and… The post CEC approves SMUD’s SolarShares program after previously tabling decision ap
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