The case for designing a circular battery
GreenBiz
MARCH 5, 2020
Some batteries designed for transportation applications may have the opportunity to be recovered and reused for another purpose before even reaching the stage of recycling.
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Biomethane could deliver 30% of the UK’s 2030 carbon budget in hardest to decarbonise sectors, says report
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 5, 2020
With a supportive policy environment, anaerobic digestion (AD) technology could produce 8 billion m3 biomethane/year, enough to heat 6.4 million homes, by 2030, according to a new report from the industry group ADBA. This would deliver a 6% reduction in total UK greenhouse gases emissions, specifically within the hard-to-decarbonise sectors of heat, transport, waste management and agriculture, and 30% of the reduction needed by 2030 to meet our legally binding carbon budget.
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Joel Makower on the state of green business
GreenBiz
MARCH 5, 2020
GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower opens GreenBiz 20 by discussing the current moment — “exciting, engaging and terrifying” — and the challenges ahead for sustainability professionals.
British Water launches micropollutants technical group
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 5, 2020
A collaborative technical focus group has been set up by British Water to find new ways to reduce levels of micropollutants in wastewater. The group, which comprises British Water members, had its first meeting in February and will meet again in May. Chaired by Fabio Bacci, innovation manager at consultancy Glan Agua, the group will work to develop solutions to treat emerging pollutants – contaminants that were unknown or that little was known about until recently – present in substances s
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.
Mapping out Charlotte's lead on green tariffs
GreenBiz
MARCH 5, 2020
Duke Energy worked with the North Carolina city on its path toward achieving net zero emissions and improving social equity.
WoodMac: Wind Developers Ordered a Record-Smashing 100GW of Turbines in 2019
GreenTechMedia
MARCH 5, 2020
Wind developers ordered up nearly 100 gigawatts of turbines last year, an unprecedented flood of demand that comes amid deepening uncertainty over the impact the coronavirus outbreak will have on global supply chains and economies. Last year’s orders crushed previous records in the wind industry and represented 65 percent growth over 2018, according to new figures from market researcher Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.
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In 2018, New York prioritized energy storage adoption as part of its clean energy transition strategy. Since then, energy storage development has moved faster than even the state’s policy architects expected. A $280 million bridge incentive launched last spring to pay for some of the gap between the calculated value of energy storage and the money it can earn in the market today.
Is the U.S. Fracking Boom Based on Fraud?
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MARCH 5, 2020
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