AeroFarms is trying to cultivate the future of vertical farming
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
The vertical farming company is poised for a momentous 18 months and the consequences will inform the future of sustainable agriculture.
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Social media trends are driving illegal succulent poaching
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 10, 2021
The social media houseplant craze is driving illegal poaching of succulent plants from Africa. Kenya and South Africa have been identified as key destinations for succulent plant traders.
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Ceres report shows ‘stunning’ lack of Scope 3 action by Costco, McDonalds, others
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
Most of the largest food companies in North America aren't disclosing greenhouse gas emissions disclosures and don't have Scope 3 reduction targets.
MIT group uses graphene foam to filter uranium from water
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 10, 2021
Image credit: CORE-Materials , CC BY-SA 2.0 license. Some kinds of water pollution, such as algal blooms and plastics that foul rivers, lakes, and marine environments, lie in plain sight. But other contaminants are not so readily apparent, which makes their impact potentially more dangerous. Among these invisible substances is uranium. Leaching into water resources from mining operations, nuclear waste sites, or from natural subterranean deposits, the element can now be found flowing out of taps
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.
Netflix, Nature and Net Zero
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
The world's most popular streaming service is cutting film production emissions and investing in nature to reach net zero by 2022. Speaker: Emma Stewart, Sustainability Officer, Netflix This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.
Crowley to build the US's first fully-electric tugboat
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 10, 2021
After more than a century in business, tugboat pioneers at Crowley Maritime Corporation have revealed their design for the world’s first all-electric harbor tugboat, due to hit the water in 2023.
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A Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired green house in Menlo Park
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 10, 2021
Made with connected pavilions and gorgeous redwood, the home by Butler Armsden Architects (BAA) echoes the clean lines and simple elegance of Frank Lloyd Wright while blending seamlessly into the natural world all around it.
Powering sustainability and circularity with connected products
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
Sponsored: Companies can champion sustainability by establishing direct communication channels with customers through their products via digital IDs.
It's code red for Earth, says new UN study
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 10, 2021
In what’s probably the most terrifying of all recent terrifying new studies, the U.N. chief called the report by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “code red for humanity.
Welcome to VERGE Net Zero
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
Jim Giles, Conference Chair, VERGE Net Zero at GreenBiz Group welcomes you to VERGE Net Zero. This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.
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.
Studio. O. creates minimalist oasis in the heart of Warsaw
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 10, 2021
Located in the heart of Warsaw, this home invites a peaceful minimalist lifestyle with all the comforts of a larger place.
IKEA tests new model for accelerating electric delivery
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
A lack of commercial EV shipping services has prevented companies from adopting cleaner, more equitable solutions.
Study shows most promising well-to-tank routes for hydrogen
Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 10, 2021
Image credit: Martin Abegglen , CC BY-SA 2.0 license. When it comes to decarbonising the UK economy, many suggest the use of hydrogen for hard-to-electrify transport applications as indispensable. A new study and Well-to-Tank (WTT) model by low carbon technology consultancy Element Energy, commissioned by Zemo Partnership (formerly LowCVP), appears to identify a range of optimal pathways for the production, distribution and dispensing of low carbon hydrogen to transport end-users.
Day 2 Welcome
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
Jim Giles, Conference Chair, VERGE Net Zero at GreenBiz Group welcomes you to day two of VERGE Net Zero. This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.
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.
Tigo Energy to Highlight Optimization, Monitoring, and Rapid Shutdown at NABCEP Continuing Education Conference
altenergymag
AUGUST 10, 2021
Solar industry’s leading MLPE company to deliver solar installer training and education on August 10th and 11th at the preeminent PV training conference in Knoxville, Tennessee
Big Little Talks Day Two
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
Game-changing ideas from big thinkers in a very short amount of time: just one minute each. Speakers: Michael Greenstone, Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, University of Chicago Myles Allen, Professor of Geosystem Science, University of Oxford Sally Fouts, Director, The Climate Pledge, Amazon This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.
INFINITE STRIKES ‘GOLD’ AT THE ROYAL MINT
altenergymag
AUGUST 10, 2021
The Centre will incorporate a 2MW Solar Farm on adjacent land which in itself is forecast to provide 2.4GWh of annual generation directly to TRM. Wind, hydrogen-ready Combined Heat & Power (CHP) and battery storage form the mix of other technologies used.
How Green Beaches Could Power Drawdown
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
Meet the early-stage company trialing a radical carbon removal technology on a Caribbean beach. Speaker: Kelly Erhart, Cofounder & Director of Business Development, Project Vesta This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.
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?
A solar settlement for the good of the grid
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 10, 2021
Originally published on ILSR.org. Getting electricity customer-generators the compensation they deserve has been a battle in many states. Could a settlement between the utility and solar advocates squash net metering conflict for good? For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell speaks with Thad Culley, Senior Regional Director of the Southeast at Vote Solar.
Can America Reach Net-Zero Emissions?
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
Almost every part of our economy must change if we're to reach net zero. What will that look like and how can your organization contribute? Speakers: Eric Larson, Senior Research Engineer, Princeton University This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.
UN report places new emphasis on climate tipping points
Grist
AUGUST 10, 2021
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its sixth report on the science of climate change Monday, and the United Nations is calling the conclusions a “code red for humanity.” The science is clear: Atmospheric carbon dioxide is higher than it has been in 2 million years, the earth is hotter than it has been for at least 2,000 years, and sea levels are rising faster than in the last 3,000 years.
How Microsoft Is Changing the Corporate Agenda on Carbon
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
From its carbon removal fund to its commitment to repay carbon debt, Microsoft is reshaping how companies think about net zero. Speakers: Lucas Joppa, Chief Environmental Officer, Microsoft Akshat Rathi, Reporter, Bloomberg News This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.
Natural Power advises Cubico on Greek wind acquisition
altenergymag
AUGUST 10, 2021
Leading renewable energy consultancy and service provider, Natural Power, has provided technical due diligence to support Cubico Sustainable Investments' acquisition of Aoliki Panachaikou, the owner of two operational onshore wind farms in Greece, from Enora. The wind farms have a combined capacity of 48.5MW and are located in the Panachaiko mountains.
Big Little Talks Day One
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
Game-changing ideas from big thinkers in a very short amount of time: just one minute each. Speakers: Alberto Carrillo Pineda, Director, Science Based Targets, CDP Anthony Myint, Co-Founder, Zero Foodprint Sahara James, Senior Sustainability Consultant, Kinetic Communities Consulting This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.
Solar Energy Industry is Growing Faster
altenergymag
AUGUST 10, 2021
The solar energy industry growing at a CAGR of 20.9% from 2020 to 2027. Solar energy is the radiant energy emitted from the sun, which is harnessed by using various technologies such as solar heating, photovoltaic cells, and others.
The State of Net Zero
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
We need every company, city, region and nation to transition to net-zero emissions in a way that delivers real climate impacts. Is that happening? Speaker: Kate Cullen, Net Zero Researcher, University of Oxford PhD Student, Energy and Resources, University of California, Berkeley This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.
V2G and V2B: What’s currently operational and what’s still years away
Charged
AUGUST 10, 2021
Buses, especially school buses, represent a perfect use case for bidirectional charging. When the buses sit idle, they can earn money by providing demand response (DR) services for the local utility. This is one of the services that fleet charging specialist AMPLY Power provides, and as CEO Vic Shao told Charged in a recent interview , it can offer a revenue source that can offset part of the up-front cost of the vehicles.
The Leaders of 2050 Have a Message for You
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
The leaders of the companies and cities of 2050 are in elementary school today. We asked them how they feel about the future. This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.
Electric utility EDF launches V2G offering for Nissan fleet customers in the UK
Charged
AUGUST 10, 2021
Electric utility EDF, in partnership with Nissan, has launched a new commercial charging service using vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology in the UK. The V2G technology developed by DREEV, a joint venture between EDF and V2G technology specialist Nuvve , allows bidirectional energy flow in order to recharge an EV’s battery at times of low energy demand and to discharge energy to the grid at peak demand times.
A New Innovation Challenge for Carbon Finance
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
In collaboration with Salesforce, the World Economic Forum’s NCS Alliance and 1t.org launch the first UpLink Carbon Finance Challenge. Speakers: Betty Cremmins, Lead, Engagement, Nature Based Solutions, World Economic Forum Sherrie Totoki, Director of Startup Programs, GreenBiz Group This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.
Gaussin and Microvast to build batteries for road truck skateboards
Charged
AUGUST 10, 2021
Gaussin and Microvast are working together to integrate Microvast’s new generation of batteries with Gaussin’s electric skateboard and hydrogen applications. Gaussin’s skateboard platform is designed for hydrogen or battery-electric Class 8 tractors and trucks from 18 to 44 tons. Target customers include traditional truck manufacturers, body builders and autonomous navigation software companies.
Why the Net Zero Transition Must be a Just Transition
GreenBiz
AUGUST 10, 2021
What will a just transition look like in practice? And how can you organization help make it happen? Speakers: Ugbaad Kosar, Deputy Director of Policy, Carbon 180 Lauren Phipps, Circular Economy Director and Senior Analyst, GreenBiz Group This session was held at GreenBiz Group’s VERGE Net Zero, July 27-28, 2021.
IFC puts a rosy spin on a tough year for impact fundraising
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 10, 2021
Investments intended to create, contributing toward and measured for impact reached $636 billion last year, up from $505 billion in 2019, reports the. The post IFC puts a rosy spin on a tough year for impact fundraising appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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