Mon.Nov 15, 2021

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How vertical and indoor farming can supplement the food supply chain

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Innovative vertical and indoor farming technologies are helping bring fresh food closer to urban and arid populations and minimize supply chain risk while also helping reduce carbon impact.

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Renewables can power the world, according to new study

Inhabitat - Innovation

A recent study published in Nature Communications has found that renewables can meet most of the world's energy needs. According to the authors, even the most industrialized countries that need a heavy power supply can rely on renewable energy, specifically wind and solar.

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Anatomy of an impact investment: Comcast’s partnership with Inclusiv

GreenBiz

Treasury resources are a largely untapped source of capital for social impact investments and can significantly expand the reach and capabilities of community finance organizations.

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Seoul green city has food within a 10-minute walk anywhere

Inhabitat - Innovation

Hyundai Development Company hired UNStudio in 2019 to design a green, mixed-used neighborhood in Seoul, Korea, a 10-minute city for the new digital economy. That means mixed-use spaces, green energy and digital packages for residents who are expected to live, work and play in the 504,000 square meter neighborhood.

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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.

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Will big oil CEOs be tomorrow's birds on telephone wires?

GreenBiz

To those responsible for evolving our economic future: We need to tackle our past, present and future challenges simultaneously.

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Can the Amazon rainforest survive?

Inhabitat - Innovation

Humans are barreling toward a catastrophic tipping point for the Amazon rainforest, according to a recent study by more than 200 scientists. If we don’t change our habits immediately, the damage will be irreversible.

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Solar program has customers saving money from renewable energy

Inhabitat - Innovation

Making the individual choice to invest in renewable power is a good decision for the sake of the environment. Some areas make it easy to tap into solar, wind, water and other renewable energy options by paying a few extra bucks on your monthly bill.

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Workforce Strategies for the New Sustainable Energy Market

GreenBiz

Around the world, increasing societal and market pressures are driving decarbonization and sustainability initiatives.

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Aeon is a point between two worlds

Inhabitat - Innovation

From the steel door entrance, to the soft lines, to the stark contrast in the interior design, Aeon is all about embracing and breaking boundaries.

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Deloitte policy exec on ESG reporting, curiosity and cultivating connections

GreenBiz

Meet Kyra Kaszynski, director in global public policy at Deloitte.

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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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Drainage acquisition cements expertise in managing underground assets

Envirotec Magazine

Darren Pavan, managing director, Jet Aire Services. Environmental and energy infrastructure specialist Adler and Allan has acquired drainage expert Jet Aire Services, it was announced on 8 November. Jet Aire Services is a leading UK drainage service provider in the North of England with over 170 employees and a broad range of services including drain, sewer clearing and cleaning, CCTV surveys, remedials, patch and specialist linings, waste removal and tankering.

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On Twitter, fossil fuel companies’ climate misinformation is subtle

GreenBiz

Here's what I saw during COP26.

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Corporate Sustainability Training: Practical Employee Education

Green Business Bureau

Employee Training Is Essential For Any Corporate Transformation. Sustainability education can support a company’s initiatives in two ways. First, it can serve as a broad introduction to aspects of sustainability to support the decision-making process. Or it can provide supplementary technical information as well as guidance on implementation once the sustainability initiatives have been established.

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LevelTen Energy, The Nature Conservancy, and The National Audubon Society Advocate for a Sustainable and Equitable Energy Transition with Launch of New Impact Principles

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New jointly-written white paper provides principles and framework for buying and developing renewable energy projects with positive impacts on local communities, conservation efforts, and the climate

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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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What Makes CBD Gummies So Beneficial?

Green Living Guy

A lot has been discovered about CBD over the past few years, with research revealing the huge range of benefits that it can offer. People now turn to CBD products for various reasons, and this includes their impact on sleep quality, relaxation, stress and anxiety, and mood, among many other things. People also enjoy a […]. The post What Makes CBD Gummies So Beneficial?

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How to find a socially-responsible bank

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, November 15 – It’s no secret that many traditional banks use customer deposits to fund companies in industries that may not align. The post How to find a socially-responsible bank appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Agrivoltaic pilot program on Maine blueberry farm set to provide critical dual-use insights

Solar Power World

By Lisa DeMarco, principal consultant & founder, Climate Tech Marketing From increasing crop production and solar panel efficiency, to providing new land prospects in the face of dwindling solar project sites, to creating a sustainable, long-term food supply, there are myriad reasons why agrivoltaics, or the colocation of solar generating facilities with productive agricultural land,… The post Agrivoltaic pilot program on Maine blueberry farm set to provide critical dual-use insights a

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BASF and SVOLT enter cathode active material partnership

Charged

BASF and SVOLT have entered into an agreement to partner throughout their global operations with regards to cathode active materials (CAM) development, raw materials supply and battery recycling for SVOLT’s battery cells. Both companies will also assess joint upstream resourcing to strengthen the security of raw material supply. BASF has a global manufacturing and R&D footprint, and a broad portfolio of mid- to high-nickel, manganese-rich, cobalt-free CAM.

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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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Planet Announces Public Board with the Addition of Niccolo de Masi

Planet Pulse

We are pleased to share that Niccolo de Masi, Director of dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV, will be joining our Board of Directors after we go public! Earlier this year, Planet entered into a definitive merger agreement with dMY Technology Group, Inc. IV (NYSE:DMYQ), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), to become a publicly-traded company. The addition of Mr. de Masi provides another accomplished expert to Planet’s board to help us grow after going public under the ticker PL on the New Yo

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Nexperia’s new silicon carbide Schottky diodes have 650 V peak reverse voltage

Charged

Nexperia has released its first SiC Schottky diode, which boasts a 650 V repetitive peak reverse voltage and 10 A continuous forward current. Nexperia plans to expand its portfolio of SiC diodes, leading to a total of 72 products operating at voltage levels of 650 V and 1,200 V, with currents in the range of 6-20 A. The company is targeting industrial applications including Switch Mode Power Supplies (SMPS), AC-DC and DC-DC converters, battery charging infrastructure, Uninterruptible Power Suppl

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RWE plans €50 billion investment in renewables by 2030

Renewable Energy World

Follow @EngelsAngle. German energy titan RWE plans to invest €50 billion in renewable energy technologies by 2030 as part of a new strategy to deploy an additional 25 gigawatts of clean energy generating capacity. The plan, announced Monday, would bring RWE's total green generation to 50 GW by the end of the decade. The corporation will invest in onshore and offshore wind, solar, batteries, flexible generation, and hydrogen.

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Carbon Counter charts emissions and price of all US auto models

Charged

How green is an EV? A PHEV? A hybrid? Most Charged readers understand that the answer depends on many factors, including the efficiency of a particular model, the region in which it operates, and the type of driving it’s used for. The clever folks at MIT have devised the ingenious Carbon Counter , an online tool that allows you to compare the lifetime emissions and total cost of ownership of a selection of the most popular cars and light trucks sold in the US.

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Lessons from Lockdown: How COVID-19 Affected Road Safety Around the World

The City Fix

COVID-19 changed the way people move around cities. In 2020, demand for travel dropped dramatically, and many urban areas enforced restrictions on movement through lockdowns in a bid to control the impact of the pandemic. These lockdown periods throughout most. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Bioenergy Devco secures $100 million to reduce organic waste and produce clean energy

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, November 15 — Annapolis, Maryland-based Bioenergy Devco uses anaerobic digestion to produce renewable natural gas and sustainable fertilizer for plants while sequestering. The post Bioenergy Devco secures $100 million to reduce organic waste and produce clean energy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Green Hydrogen Market Economy to Show Strong Growth in Upcoming Years

altenergymag

Green hydrogen is the process of generating electricity from the separation of the electrolysis of water with the electricity that is often derived from low-carbon power sources. The average price of green hydrogen often varies from a higher tip point to a lower tip point.

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Energy Impact Partners raises more than $1 billion for its second fund

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, November 15 — New York-based Energy Impact Partners scored commitments from Microsoft’s Climate Innovation Fund, media conglomerate Cox Enterprises and utilities Southern. The post Energy Impact Partners raises more than $1 billion for its second fund appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Is Commercial Solar Worth It?

Sun Valley Solar

With commercial solar becoming increasingly popular and visible across Arizona, more organizations than ever are curious whether adding solar panels makes compelling financial sense for their business. Is commercial solar worth it? Let's take a closer look.

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The Brief: Finding a sustainable bank, decarbonization tech, anaerobic digesters, revenue-based financing, carbon-market rules

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! ?? Tomorrow’s Call: The disruption in small business financing in emerging markets. Enterprise software. Crowdfunding. Fintech. Crypto. A new. The post The Brief: Finding a sustainable bank, decarbonization tech, anaerobic digesters, revenue-based financing, carbon-market rules appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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In defence of COP26

Business Green

I left the Scottish Exhibition Centre and its network of slightly leaky Climate Enormo Tents on Saturday afternoon, just as COP26 President Alok Sharma declared the Summit had culminated in a 'clean' and 'balanced' text. He then implored delegations to let the proceedings move to their close, only to be ignored for two more hours as scores of Ministers alternated between diplomatic verbiage and soaring rhetoric in an attempt to get their views on the strengths and weaknesses of the Glasgow Clima

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Russelectric Announces Don Bachman as New Head of Strategy

altenergymag

Industry veteran brings knowledge to help shape company's key strategic initiatives

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JPMorgan Chase partners with EDF to ensure zero carbon energy supply

Renewable Energy World

Financial services firm, JPMorgan Chase and energy company, EDF, have announced a collaboration to help power JPMorgan Chase’s UK offices with 100% renewable electricity. EDF will provide JPMorgan Chase with approximately 120,000 MWh of renewable electricity each year to power more than 3 million square feet of offices across the UK, which is the equivalent of powering nearly 33,000 households in the UK.

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GREENPOWER MOTOR COMPANY ANNOUNCES OEM AGREEMENT WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY PROVIDER PERRONE ROBOTICS

Green Living Guy

AV STAR Partnership will accelerate autonomous shuttle offerings for transit authorities across America VANCOUVER, Canada (Nov. 8, 2021) – GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (NASDAQ: GP) (TSXV: GPV) (“GreenPower”), a leading manufacturer and distributor of zero emission electric-powered vehicles. So together with Perrone Robotics, a leading provider of fully autonomous vehicle (AV) technology and turnkey vehicle […].

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Bitfarms acquires 24-MW hydro power plant in Washington State

Renewable Energy World

Bitfarms Ltd., a Bitcoin self-mining company, has acquired a 24-MW hydro power plant in Washington State, U.S., and entered into a memorandum of understanding with the seller to co-develop additional farms in the area, increasing total mining capacity in Washington to 99 MW. Neither the name of the hydro plant nor the company from which it was acquired were disclosed.