Hydrogen Gains Steam As a Competitive Fuel and Energy
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DECEMBER 13, 2020
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First Time Electric Car Owner? Here’s How to Adapt!
Green Living Guy
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Okay, you took the plunge and now you have a brand new electric vehicle. Maybe it’s a Tesla, maybe the new Mercedes crossover, or maybe you went with the big boys, and you splurged on the cool looking Porche Taycan. The brand doesn’t matter, all that it’s important to you. The post First Time Electric Car Owner? Here’s How to Adapt!
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Building the Credit Commons with Mutual Credit Clubs: Matthew Slater
Low Impact
DECEMBER 13, 2020
This is the second in a series of interviews that will accompany a book I’m writing, that will be published by Chelsea Green – an employee-owned company, and part of the new economy that book is describing, built around a mutual credit core. Here’s more on the book deal and here’s some introductory information about mutual credit. Matthew Slater wrote the Credit Commons white paper – an idea for federating mutual credit networks to create a new global, moneyless trading system He’s p
How NatWest Group is delivering on its operational climate commitments
Business Green
DECEMBER 13, 2020
NatWest Group Energy Manager, Richard Eaton, offers the inside track on how the banking giant is working to deliver on its ambitious climate goals across its operations. Last Friday, NatWest Group became a signatory to the World Green Building Council's Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment for the bank's global property portfolio. This commitment builds on the bank's existing targets to be Net Zero Carbon for its directly-controlled operations in 2020 and Climate Positive by 2025, through a furt
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.
The Oil Industry Is Climbing Out Of A Hole
R-Squared Energy
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Since early November the oil industry — which some had declared dead after the crushing losses earlier in the year — has gone on an impressive rally. ExxonMobil shares are up 27% in one month. Chevron has risen 37%. Royal Dutch Shell shares are up 60%. ConocoPhillips is up 49%. The catalyst for this rally was news that effective Covid-19 vaccines are on the way, spelling a potential end to this pandemic.
IEA: Surge in clean energy capacity to drive five per cent drop in power sector emissions in 2020
Business Green
DECEMBER 13, 2020
International Energy Agency's latest electricity markets update confrms major drop in emissions in 2020, but warns that coal and gas-fired generation will bounce back next year. Global renewable energy generation is expected to grow by seven per cent in 2020, further bolstering record shares of the power mix for clean power sources after plummeting electricity demand during the coronavirus crisis saw fossil fuel generation marginalised.
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Green Homes Grant scheme: MPs urge improvements in response to major teething issues
Business Green
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Survey by Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee reveals 'poor experience' among many applicants for the schemes' vouchers. The government's flagship initiative to help homeowners pay for green upgrades such as insulation, heat pumps, and solar roof panels continues to face major teething problems two months on from its launch, with research suggesting many households are experiencing a "poor experience" when attempting to take advantage of the scheme.
Event - Strapline: Assessing and Mitigating Cyber Security Risks on your Assets
Green Market Oracle
DECEMBER 13, 2020
This event will take place on May 6 -7, 2021. Renewable Energy needs a common understanding of cyber threats and mitigation strategies to protect against the internal and external threats which could result in reduced energy production and economic losses. The lack of standards, insufficient board level understanding of cyber threats, legacy assets and new technology pose important challenges for cyber security professionals Participants at this event will learn about cyber security strategies a
The business case for a fair and just transition to net zero
Business Green
DECEMBER 13, 2020
SSE's chief sustainabilty officer and member of Scotland's Just Transition Commission, Rachel McEwen, sets out the principles underpinning the firm's Just Transition strategy. Alongside being chief sustainability officer for SSE, I am also a commissioner on the Scottish Government's Just Transition Commission. Setting out some reflections from that role is useful for providing context to what we've done with our Just Transition strategy at SSE.
Welcome the New and Improved Mearth X Pro
Mearth
DECEMBER 13, 2020
The Mearth X Pro offers riders improved and added features for an easier, sturdier, and safer ride. The Mearth X Pro includes enhancements in its control, motor, and built. Sleek, powerful, and efficient. The Mearth X Pro launched last year as one of the best electric scooters in Australia designed for people and powered by innovation. After just a year, the Mearth X Pro comes back with new and improved control, power, and durability.
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.
Event - Strapline: Assessing and Mitigating Cyber Security Risks on your Assets
Green Market Oracle
DECEMBER 13, 2020
This event will take place on May 6 -7, 2021. Renewable Energy needs a common understanding of cyber threats and mitigation strategies. This would help to protect renewable assets from the internal and external threats which could result in reduced energy production and economic losses. The lack of standards, insufficient board level understanding of cyber threats, legacy assets and new technology pose important challenges for cyber security professionals Participants at this event will learn ab
Putting sustainability on the menu in food manufacturing
Eco-Business
DECEMBER 13, 2020
To meet their sustainability targets, food manufacturers must tackle emissions across their entire supply chains. An immediate step they can take, is to reduce electricity consumption at their factories.
Home Solar Power Blew Up In 2020
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Despite the pandemic, Bloomberg New Energy Finance found that home solar PV installations were 21% higher in the first 7 months of 2020 compared to the first 7 months of.
Global Carbon Project: Coronavirus causes ‘record fall’ in fossil-fuel emissions in 2020
Eco-Business
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuel and industry are expected to drop by 7% in 2020, new analysis shows, as economies around the world feel the effects of Covid-19 lockdowns.
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.
Myth vs. Reality On Texas As Elon Musk & Tesla “Move” There
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 13, 2020
When news first broke that Elon Musk might be moving to Texas, most of the coverage was very "TMZ," as one of my editors here said. People are often interesting (especially when their name begins with "Elon" and ends with "Musk"), but ideas are what we try to focus on at CleanTechnica.
6 ways the pandemic changed sustainability in 2020
Eco-Business
DECEMBER 13, 2020
From greater wildlife protection to a swifter energy transition, Eco-Business rounds up how the pandemic changed sustainability, for better and for worse, in 2020.
We Can’t Take Toyota’s Word For It On Future BEVs
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Last week, Toyota put out a press release telling us that there's a battery-electric crossover SUV that the company is going to announce "in the coming months." Yes, that's right: they announced that they're going to announce something sometime.
Low earnings and agricultural neglect push Pakistan into food insecurity
Eco-Business
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Food prices have been rising in double-digit figures since August 2019, with incomes falling due to the Covid-19-induced economic downturn.
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?
Green Deal: Sustainable Batteries For A Circular & Climate Neutral Economy
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 13, 2020
The European Commission proposes to modernize EU legislation on batteries, delivering its first initiative among the actions announced in the new Circular Economy Action Plan.
6 Ways World Has Progressed Since Paris Climate Agreement
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Five years ago, world leaders met in Paris, France, to adopt the Paris Agreement. Since the adoption of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change in 2015, global momentum to tackle the climate crisis has been building.
Long-Term Fossil Fuel Contracts & Power Purchase Agreements Lock In Pollution
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Many companies that own power plants have signed contracts that obligate the utility to burn fossil fuels. The carbon in those contracts is the subject of a new UCS analysis: Contracts to Burn.
Over 50,000 Teachers Have Downloaded The Racing Extinction Curriculum
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Leilani Münter has shared with teachers and those of us who know teachers that Racing Extinction is now available to students for a virtual screening free of charge — along with lesson plans for all K-12 teachers worldwide.
Volkswagen Pilots DC Bi-Directional Wall Charger
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Volkswagen is rushing to develop a bi-directional wall charger that operates on direct current.
Tesla Parade of 340 Cars Raises $8,197 to Rescue Trafficked Children
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 13, 2020
A new Tesla record was set yesterday, and it helped children in need along the way. Although it is not official yet, the 340 Tesla vehicles that went on parade were the most in history — including a Roadster, a Model Y sponsored by Tesla, and many, many happy Tesla owners from all over the East Coast.
Elon Musk’s Vision For A Carbon Tax Is More Likely Now
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Five years ago, Elon Musk was pushing hard for a carbon tax. Since then, however, he's remained relatively quiet on the matter.
State Of New York To End Pension Fund Investments In Fossil Fuels
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Bill McKibben is celebrating the news that New York's pension fund is joining the fossil fuel divestment movement. That's good news but it's not enough.
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