What climate adaptation technology looks like
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Pano AI is one example of climate tech startups emerging to tackle conditions, such as wildfires, exacerbated by climate change.
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Fuel bills could rise 90% under Government’s hydrogen plans
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Replacing gas with hydrogen for home heating would result in huge energy bill rises for households over the next three decades, a report by energy analysts Cornwall Insight appears to find. The report, commissioned by MCS Charitable Foundation, projects that hydrogen would cost 70-90% more than gas on average. The authors of the report conclude that hydrogen will be a much more expensive heating fuel than natural gas and thus it would be better to prioritise other technologies to decarbonise dom
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The GreenFin Interview: NAACP’s CEO on ESG and equity’s 'third act'
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, discusses the role of a new fund designed to provide exposure to American companies that fit the NAACP’s vision of good corporate citizens.
SEPA figures show recovering recycling rate in Scotland
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Statistics published on 27 September by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) reveal some of the impact of COVID-19 polcies on recycling. The figures provide detail on household waste collected across all local authorities during 2021, as well as waste landfilled and incinerated in Scotland in 2021. Standout findings include: Scottish 2021 household waste figures reflect the reality of easing pandemic restrictions.
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.
How the escalating climate crisis is impacting global livelihoods
GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
'More frequent and more deadly': Extreme hunger, fear and increased financial risk among effects of growing global climate crisis.
Vortex: The Future of Green Technology?
U.S. Green Technology
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
At a time when the world is focused on becoming more environmentally friendly, it’s no surprise that green technology is one of the hottest topics around. But what exactly is green technology? And what are some of the latest and greatest innovations in this field? Today, we’re taking a look at Vortex, an online atmospheric. The post Vortex: The Future of Green Technology?
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Environmental Impact Investing: What You Need To Know
U.S. Green Technology
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Costs of living are already on the rise, and yet, inflation continues to soar faster than wages can catch up. Thus, more and more people are looking for other ways to increase their income, one of which is being an investor. Until recent years, people were only concerned about how they could generate profit through. The post Environmental Impact Investing: What You Need To Know appeared first on U.S.
Energy Dome, Ørsted to Partner on Energy Storage Facilities
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Energy Dome and renewable energy leader Ørsted will work together to explore possibilities to deploy one or more ‘CO2 Battery’ long-duration energy storage plants to support Ørsted’s renewable energy projects in Europe
How To Find Sustainable Fashion Brands In 4 Easy Steps
U.S. Green Technology
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
As the number of green fashion brands is increasing and we start to hear more about sustainable fashion every day, there might be a few things that you will be wondering about. For example, you may want to know how to find the best sustainable fashion brands out there and what you should look out. The post How To Find Sustainable Fashion Brands In 4 Easy Steps appeared first on U.S.
New Hampshire utility to offer EV owners special rates in V2G program
Charged
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Utilities around the country are experimenting with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) systems. Now the New Hampshire Electric Co-op plans to offer its members real-time energy rates that will allow them to earn revenue from their EVs and battery storage devices. The co-op plans to offer members a “transactive energy rate” as soon as the end of this year. This will enable members to supply energy to the utility at peak demand times, and charge their batteries at times of low demand—and low prices.
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.
German steel giant tech breakthrough to steer industry away from coal
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
ThyssenKrupp gives green light to plan to replace blast furnaces with low-carbon technology at Germany’s largest steelmaking plant. The post German steel giant tech breakthrough to steer industry away from coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Talesun Solar's product lineup proves to be a head turner at Solar Power International 2022
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Talesun Solar caught the attention of customers and peers with the display of three of its flagship modules at Booth #430 of the 2022 edition of Solar Power International (SPI).
Queensland sets 80 pct renewables target for Australia’s most coal dependent state
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Queensland Labor announces new state target 70% renewables by 2032 ahead of launch of state's Energy and Jobs plan. Story developing. The post Queensland sets 80 pct renewables target for Australia’s most coal dependent state appeared first on RenewEconomy.
What the Climate Movement Can Learn From Collective Trauma Healing
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Christiana Figueres, the Costa Rican diplomat who played a key role in brokering the Paris Agreement, was renowned for using every conceivable ruse to charm, chivvy, and cajole world leaders to act. But this week she will address a theme, rarely mentioned in U.N. negotiations, that she sees as the hidden culprit behind 30 years of missed chances to confront the climate crisis: the legacy of collective trauma.
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.
How South Australia’s energy mix has changed since state-wide blackout
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
South Australia's state wide blackout triggered many things - a thousand headlines and a big political slap down. Most of all, it accelerated the switch to renewables. The post How South Australia’s energy mix has changed since state-wide blackout appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Centrica Business Solutions starts work on 50MW battery storage plant at former gas power station
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Centrica Business Solutions has announced plans to convert a decommissioned Lincolnshire gas-fired power station into a battery storage facility capable of supplying the equivalent of a full day's energy consumption for 11,000 households.
Queensland takes its own road to a decarbonised grid
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Queensland has made some interesting choice in its radical energy plan - a greater reliance on solar and storage, and transmission, and moving wind to the north. The post Queensland takes its own road to a decarbonised grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Test Drive Results Kia EV6 GT Electric Car
Green Living Guy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
What a hot car. Anyone that thinks twice is lying to themselves. Omg this Kia’s all-new EV6 GT is an all-electric high-performance crossover. It’s created for the new sustainable mobility era. You know, for peeps like us! EV6 GT Like No Other Kia’s […]. The post Test Drive Results Kia EV6 GT Electric Car appeared first on The Green Living Guy.
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?
Cannon-Brookes nominates ex Tesla boss and former ESB chair to AGL board
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Grok Ventures nominates four independent directors to AGL board, including the former heads of Tesla Energy in Australia and the ESB. The post Cannon-Brookes nominates ex Tesla boss and former ESB chair to AGL board appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Kent farm to power greenhouses using Europe's largest river source heat pump
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
New electrical infrastructure connecting river source heat pump to local grid is set to save 3,800 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. Distribution network operator Vattenfall IDNO has announced it has joined forces with Clock Farm in Maidstone, Kent, to power its 6.5-hectare greenhouse using renewable energy sourced from Europe's largest river source heat pump.
“Time to shine:” Queensland plans “supergrid” and world’s biggest pumped hydro
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Massive pumped hydro project dubbed Battery of the North and transmission upgrade dubbed SuperGrid are highlights of Queensland's new energy plan. The post “Time to shine:” Queensland plans “supergrid” and world’s biggest pumped hydro appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Plans advance for Teesside Green Lithium refinery
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Engineering services company Worley to work with Green Lithium to deliver refinery that aims to produce 50,000 tonnes of battery-grade lithium a year. Engineering services company Worley has announced it has secured a contract to support Green Lithium's plans to build the UK's first large-scale merchant lithium refinery at a site in Teeside. The new refinery is designed to supply low-carbon, battery-grade lithium chemicals to serve the growing European market for energy storage systems and elect
Frontier sizes up contractors for solar powered green hydrogen project
Renew Economy
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Frontier Energy narrows field of contractors to work on a WA solar plant that will be used to power a proposed 36.6MW green hydrogen electrolyser. The post Frontier sizes up contractors for solar powered green hydrogen project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Illegal timber trade hits record high
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Governments urged to double down on efforts to tackle illegal logging ahead of COP27. An estimated 15 per cent of all timber exports, worth around $19bn, were traded illegally over the past two decades, according to a new report from Chatham House, which warns the illegal timber trade is bigger than previously thought. The influential think tank estimates more than two thirds of recent tropical deforestation has taken place in breach of local laws and regulations.
The Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation: The Hydrogen Factor
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
The Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation: The Hydrogen Factor Policy Considerations • Hydrogen is part of a much bigger energy transition picture, and its development and deployment strategies should not be pursued in isolation. • Setting the right priorities for hydrogen use will be essential for its rapid scale-up and long-term contribution to.
'British power to the British people': Keir Starmer unveils plans for publicly-owned clean energy company
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Great British Energy would cut energy bills and deliver energy independence for the UK, Labour Leader tells party conference. Labour Leader Keir Starmer has pledged that a Labour government would set up a publicly owned clean energy company within a year of being elected to power. Addressing the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool this afternoon, Starmer said the state-backed company would take "advantage of the opportunities in British power, because it is right for jobs, because it is right f
EVs Early Fall 2022
Energy Central
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
There is a huge amount of new information coming out on the title-vehicles. Thus, I felt it was best to start and schedule this post before this trove requires a multivolume post. This paper will cover some additional clarifications to the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits for purchasing EVs, new battery and EV manufacturers building new battery plants in the U.S., some new information on.
Study: Global businesses improve disclosure on climate risks, but struggle to act on decarbonisation
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Latest EY 'Global Climate Risk Barometer' shows companies are doing more to disclose climate risks but many are still failing deliver credible decarbonisation plans. Businesses around the world are starting to improve their disclosures on climate-related risks, but are not yet taking sufficient action to address these risks and respond to investors and customers calls for an accelerated net zero transition.
OMCO Solar Reaches 9.5GW Milestone and Accelerates Domestic Manufacturing with Expanded Indiana Plant and $5 Million Investment
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Company Celebrates the Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act as it Continues to Invest in U.S.
Energy policy should protect the present and fund the future
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Short-term relief for the energy crisis must be combined with long-term investments in the future energy system, writes the ADE's Jonny Bairstow. Last week, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Kwasi Kwarteng, announced a package of fiscal measures aimed at tackling the energy price crisis and boosting the economy. Energy was front and centre, reflecting growing public anxiety about rising bills and the need to combine long-term infrastructure investment with short-term support as winter approac
Gearing up for Itron Inspire 2022: Conference schedule now available
Smart Energy International
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Itron, Inc. which is innovating the way utilities and cities manage energy and water, announced the conference schedule for its premier customer-focused event, Itron Inspire 2022 , which will be held in Marco Island, Florida, September 23-30, 2022. The in-person conference will bring together leaders from across energy, water, industrial IoT (IIoT) and smart communities to uncover the possibilities for a more connected, sustainable future.
Show Me (How to Get) the Money: Daring Cities 2022 Spotlights How to Fund Climate Emergency Work
The City Fix
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Since its inception in 2020, the focus of Daring Cities has been to catalyze and accelerate local climate emergency action. And certainly, with well over 2,000 jurisdictions from around the world having formally declared a climate emergency, there is no shortage of.
New PLC+RF hybrid solution launched by G3-PLC Alliance
Smart Energy International
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
The G3-PLC Alliance, a leading industry alliance for powerline communication in smart grid applications, announced at Enlit Asia the release of their PLC+RF Hybrid solution for ASEAN and the Japanese markets. In 2021, the G3-PLC Alliance introduced the first industry hybrid PLC+RF standard offering extended capabilities for smart grid and IoT applications in one seamlessly managed network over both media.
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