Watch these four clean energy trends in U.S. cities
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Cities can ally with one another to overcome shared barriers.
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12 tips for a vibrant spring garden
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
When the frost begins to thaw and the first signs of spring appear, it’s time to start thinking about your garden. While it’s true that many of your plants won’t fully come to life for another six months, the more you can knock off your list before spring, the better off your plants, lawn, and schedule will be.
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New Jersey sets its sights on a decarbonized economy
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The state is planning comprehensively for economy-wide decarbonization, and putting meaningful, near-term policies in place to affordably reduce emissions.
Off-grid geodesic cabins by FUGU can handle harsh climates
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
From remote snow-covered mountains to idyllic beaches in far-flung corners of the earth, Parisian studio FUGU has you covered with its new line of geodesic cabins. The solar-powered cabins, which come in a range of sizes and can be customized, are made with durable, eco-friendly materials and designed to be resilient in almost any harsh climate.
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.
Ecolab CEO: 7 ways businesses can drive positive change at scale
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Doug Baker shares his philosophy for leading with purpose at GreenBiz 20.
Abandoned amusement park to gain new life as a nature park in Suzhou
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The nature park will even include an old roller coaster repurposed into a habitat for birds.
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Tropical greenery surrounds a sustainable, solar-powered home in Singapore
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
In Singapore, a lush veil of tropical plants has enveloped a sustainable home for a family of five.
Why BASF, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Colgate-Palmolive view the SDGs as an innovation catalyst
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
It’s time to stop mapping and start acting.
LEED Gold-targeted Ottawa library will honor local history
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Community input has shaped the design of this energy-efficient public library.
BP announces net zero by 2050 ambition
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
New CEO at the global oil giant plans to step up its investment in non-oil and gas activities. Campaigners argue much more detail is required on how the company will pivot towards net zero emissions.
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.
Digital tool helps utilities overcome sludge pumping challenges
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
SLOT 2.0 – short for System LOsses Tool – has been developed to help utilities know their sludge better, says BHR Group. Software developed by fluid engineering firm BHR Group and launched in January is helping water utilities analyse their sludge pumping systems and reduce costs. SLOT 2.0, which BHR says is underpinned by its world-leading sludge rheology database, can calculate sludge flow properties and behaviours, frictional pipe pressure losses and system curves.
Battery Market Faces Supply Crunch as Coronavirus Shuts China’s Factories
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
China produces a majority of the world's battery cells, but that manufacturing powerhouse is slowing down due to coronavirus. The Chinese government has imposed provincial travel bans and factory closures to fight the spread of the virus, which has killed more than 1,000 people and infected more than 43,000 as of February 13. Those efforts have slowed battery manufacturing in key industrial centers, enough to reduce China's expected 2020 cell output by 10 percent or 26 gigawatt-hours, ac
Water trade association pledges to improve gender equality
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The Board of British Water in February 2020. • Trade association calls for “a sector where everyone can succeed” • Pledge made to ensure equality within its own workforce. • Commitment to bring more women onto the board. British Water says it has committed to increasing the number of women on its non-executive board and has urged the rest of the industry to follow its lead.
WoodMac: Global Offshore Wind Capacity to Rise Sevenfold by 2028
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The 2020s will be a new chapter for the wind industry, according to Wood Mackenzie research , as offshore wind’s share of the annual global wind market reaches 25 percent by 2028, up from 10 percent last year. Onshore wind matured as an industry over the past 10 years. This maturation will continue in the new decade, as onshore wind increasingly competes with solar and suppliers undergo further consolidation.
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.
Repairing Scotland’s peatlands: Volunteer “Bog Squad” celebrates six years of progress
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Bog Squad volunteers blocking ditches (Photo credit: David Hill). Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation is celebrating six years of its “Bog Squad” initiative this March. Begun in 2014, this group of volunteers is carrying out rehabilitation works on damaged peat bogs across the Scottish Lowlands. As the charity puts it, “These volunteers are working on the front lines in the battle against the climate crisis.” Scotland’s bogs are vast stores of carbon laid down by slow
Circularity Challenge Spotlight: American Battery Metals Corporation
Greentown Labs
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Ryan Melsert, CTO of American Battery Metals Corporation, speaks at the Circularity Challenge Final Showcase. The Circularity Challenge is a six-month accelerator program designed to advance innovative solutions to enable a circular economy. The five participants are disrupting the plastics, energy storage, and recycling value chains. The Circularity Challenge is run by Greentown Launch —Greentown Labs’ internal accelerator—and BASF , and supported by Stanley Black & Decker.
Air pollution holding back next generation of GB sports stars: Link to long term sporting performance analysed for first time, says group
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
More than a quarter (28%) of children’s sports grounds analysed in five UK cities have dangerous air pollution. 92% of sports grounds analysed in London breach World Health Organization limits. 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham venue heavily polluted as well as University of Salford ground in Greater Manchester. Medical professionals warn for the first time that air pollution is likely to impact on children’s “potential to train” for sport.
Second-life batteries used to charge buses in German pilot
Charged
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The Volkswagen Group has partnered with MAN Truck & Bus on a pilot project that uses second-life batteries as stationary storage to support the charging of electric buses. At the bus depot of local transit operator VHH in the Bergedorf quarter of Hamburg, 50 battery packs, which were previously installed in VW Passat GTE plug-in hybrids, have been assembled to form a large virtual battery with a total capacity of 495 kWh.
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?
Tens of thousands of city trees to be planted in first round of Urban Tree Challenge Fund
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
(Photo credit: Forestry Commission). · First round of successful bidders to the Urban Tree Challenge Fund announced. · Projects across England have been awarded funding for new trees in towns and cities. · Urban trees vital in fight against climate change and connecting us with nature to boost health and wellbeing. Thirteen projects in urban communities across England have been awarded a share of the £10 million in the first round of the Urban Tree Challenge Fund.
Investors called to account for fintech lending practices as debt-traps emerge
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 13 – “Proceed with caution” in fintech investing was the conclusion of our lookahead at impact investing trends to watch in emerging markets in 2020. “In Kenya, for example, a proliferation of alternative credit-scoring services are providing first-time borrowers with near-instant access to mobile credit – at the same time usage of gambling.
California Lagged in Capping Century-old Oil Wells Leaking Under Homes of LA Residents Plagued by Illness and Odors
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Read time: 15 mins On November 28, 2015, Roger Majano, plagued by a noxious smell overwhelming his Los Angeles neighborhood, heaved a jackhammer onto the walkway in front of his property at 323 Firmin Street. It was the dead of night, but Majano had run out of patience trying to get to the bottom of the sickening and persistent smell. What he found, two days later, would eventually confirm his fears and frustrations surrounding an environmental and public health risk haunting the City of Angels.
Planet’s First Launch of 2020: 26 SuperDoves on a Vega
Planet Pulse
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Planet launches every three to six months to keep its constellation of Earth imaging satellites replenished and flying the latest and greatest technologies. Following on the heels of the successful launch of Flock 4p in November of 2019, Planet’s first launch of 2020 will be on Arianespace’s European-made Vega rocket, a first for the Doves. The 26 SuperDoves, Flock 4v, are scheduled for lift-off on March 23, 2020 from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.
Intersolar 2021 moves to Long Beach
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Intersolar North America, the first major solar + storage event of 2020, united industry leaders, policymakers and trailblazers across the solar, storage, and e-mobility industries at the San Diego Convention Center last week. The three-day event featured expo hall activities, the first-ever Solar Games live installer competition, NABCEP-approved continuing education training, a conference program offering… The post Intersolar 2021 moves to Long Beach appeared first on Solar Power World.
KKR raises $1.3 billion for Global Impact Fund
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
ImpactAlpha, February 13 – Private equity giant KKR launched its Global Impact Fund just under two years ago as an early entrant into the club of private equity firms seeking to raise 10-figure impact funds (see, “For private equity giants, $1 billion is table stakes for entry into impact investing”). KKR hit the billion-dollar mark. The post KKR raises $1.3 billion for Global Impact Fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
BlackRock announces shift away from funding tar sands
Business Green
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The firm's sustainability funds will exclude companies with thermal coal and oil sands exposure, it announced today. US investment giant BlackRock announced yesterday that one of its fastest growing sustainable funds will stop investing in tar sands projects, as the firm steps up the integration of climate risk into its decision-making. The firm's market-leading exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider, iShares, is launching three new fossil fuel screened ETFs under a new ‘Advanced' product ran
Copper 3D Printing Breakthrough Could Cut Cost Of Electric Vehicle Parts, Boost Power
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
A Massachusetts company has come up with a way it says will reduce automotive production and supply costs while boosting the efficiency of motors for electric vehicles by solving a previously unsolvable issue—successfully creating copper components with 3D printers.
KORE Power’s Mark 1™ Battery Cell Awarded UN, UL and IEC Certifications
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
KORE Power's Mark 1™ battery cells have passed the testing and factory audit process required for certification under UN, UL and IEC regulations. With these certifications complete, KORE Power remains on course to fulfill global customer orders for Mark 1™ battery cells this quarter.
London and Glasgow form partnership to pursue circular economy principles
Business Green
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The cities will share knowledge and best practice from case studies developed in the Circular London and Circular Glasgow projects which began in 2017. Business and local government bodies in England and Scotland's biggest cities are teaming up to develop initiatives aimed at spurring adoption of circular economy principles, it was announced today. Glasgow Chamber of Commerce and that London Waste and Recycling Board confirmed they are to share knowledge and best practices developed during the c
MCE becomes first CCA to require pollinator-friendly solar projects
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
MCE announced a pollinator program requirement designed to safeguard critical habitats. The organization became the first Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program that requires new solar project partners to plant pollinator-friendly ground cover throughout the project site and submit a pollinator scorecard every three years. This new requirement — which applies to both our Feed-in Tariff… The post MCE becomes first CCA to require pollinator-friendly solar projects appeared first on Solar
Intersolar North America Welcomes Thousands of Attendees at First Year in San Diego
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The three-day event featured expo hall activities, the first-ever Solar Games live installer competition, NABCEP-approved continuing education training, a conference program offering 25+ educational sessions, and numerous networking opportunities.
Net-zero pledges by BP’s new chief raise the stakes for oil majors
Impact Alpha
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 13 – New CEO Bernard Looney kicked off his tenure with bold promises to remake the oil giant for a low-carbon future. Climate change, he said, will require “reimagining energy,” the company’s new mission. “The world does have a carbon budget, it is finite, and we need a rapid transition to net zero,”. The post Net-zero pledges by BP’s new chief raise the stakes for oil majors appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Facebook commissions Dominion Energy for 100-MW Virginia solar system
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
Dominion Energy and Facebook are continuing to increase renewable energy generation by adding a new solar facility in Greensville County, Virginia. Sadler Solar, a 100-MW facility, was approved by the Virginia State Corporation Commission on Jan. 22, 2020, and is expected to become operational by the end of 2020. Dominion Energy will build, own and… The post Facebook commissions Dominion Energy for 100-MW Virginia solar system appeared first on Solar Power World.
Over 10 per cent of NHS properties to switch to green electricity
Business Green
FEBRUARY 13, 2020
The NHS is responsible for around five per cent of the UK's greenhouse gas emissions, making decarbonising healthcare key if the UK is to meet its 2050 net zero target. More than 10 per cent of the NHS estate is to switch to 100 per cent renewable electricity from April as part of a landmark deal, NHS Property Services (NHSPS) announced yesterday. The green electricity will be provided as part of two new energy contracts signed by the firm, with British Gas's business arm set to provide 100 per
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