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In packaging, partnerships are key to unlocking the circular economy

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Partnership is essential to creating solutions that promote the circular economy. Sustana Fiber, Sonoco and Kellogg’s revealed the value of collaboration in a trial to prove the recyclability of paper containers.

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Planning reforms would incentivise rooftop solar in Scotland

Envirotec Magazine

The Scottish government has pledged to consult on lifting the need to obtain planning permission for larger solar installations on non-domestic buildings. In a letter published on 11 October, Planning Minister Tom Arthur and Chief Planner Fiona Simpson said they recognised that “people and businesses may consider that making an investment now in renewable energy for their premises could prove invaluable in securing their immediate and long-term resilience.”.

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San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo: 'This is where the action is'

GreenBiz

The 65th mayor of the "capital of Silicon Valley" on how the public and private sectors can get more done, faster, on climate and equity.

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Plugging into electricity’s energy challenge

Envirotec Magazine

Tom Christensen is Global Technology Advisor and Executive Analyst at Hitachi Vantara. How is technology helping to address the challenges faced by power grids? Tom Christensen writes. Despite popular belief, electrification does not always lead to a reduction in carbon footprint. According to the International Energy Agency, global electricity demand rose by more than 6% in 2021, the largest increase since the recovery from the financial crisis in 2010.

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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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Sustainability departments are shrinking — what that means for the job hunt

GreenBiz

As sustainability spreads out over many departments, finding a companies priorities, your secret skills and the right sustainable company will help land your dream role.

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Report identifies bottleneck in UK plastic recycling infrastructure

Envirotec Magazine

Plastics resource efficiency and recycling charity RECOUP has published its 2022 UK Plastic Packaging Sorting & Reprocessing Infrastructure report, which reported that there is a clear bottleneck in the UK’s recycling infrastructure for plastic recycling. The report noted the UK’s ability to sort both household and non-consumer plastic packaging from other materials into separate plastic streams, and to reprocess it into raw materials and products.

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Climate Change and Affordable Housing

Green Business Bureau

In this article, we discuss the tie between climate change and affordable housing, the role that legislation and government funding plays, along with a list of top U.S. organizations working to build greener, more affordable communities for all. The U.S. Housing Crisis: High Prices & Little Options. The U.S. is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis.

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Is the corporate world approaching a climate disclosure tipping point?

GreenBiz

An annual CDP report reveals a record number of corporations responded to requests for information on their environmental performance last year.

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Distributed Generation Market Size US$ 703 Billion by 2030

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The global distributed generation market size is expected to reach over US$ 703 billion by 2030 and poised to grow at a notable CAGR of 11.5% from 2021 to 2030.

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Piedmont Lithium wins $142-million DOE grant for Tennessee lithium project

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Piedmont Lithium has been selected to receive a $141.7-million grant from the DOE, one of the first wave of projects aimed at expanding domestic supply of battery raw material funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The funding will support the construction of Piedmont’s Tennessee Lithium project, which has a budget of approximately $600 million and a goal of establishing lithium hydroxide production capacity of 30,000 metric tons per year.

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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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ORPC Canada deploys its first hydrokinetic power system in Canada

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ORPC Canada today announced it is launching its first hydrokinetic power system in Canada called the RivGen? Power System which generates proven, emission-free electricity from free-flowing rivers and tidal currents.

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The upcoming Volvo EX90 will eventually be equipped with bidirectional charging

Charged

Bidirectional charging is rapidly becoming an expected feature for new EV models. The latest automaker to join the bi bandwagon is Volvo—the upcoming EX90 will be the automaker’s first model to be “hardware-ready” for bidirectional charging. “You could use [the EX90’s] battery in many ways, from topping up your electric bike when you’re out and about, to hooking up an outdoor cooking appliance for your weekend camping trip,” says Head of Electrification Ecosystem Olivier Loedel.

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Flipping the Switch to Sustainable Energy, U.S. Pork Producer Maschhoffs Commission 3.06-Megawatt Solar Array to Power Key Feed Mill

altenergymag

Need for reliable, affordable energy drove this top U.S. agribusiness to renewable solar, thanks Illinois Shine Program for financial incentives.

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Upcycle makes a $35k electric pickup out of used Toyota Corollas

Charged

Upcycle Green Technology, based in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, defies much of the conventional wisdom in today’s EV industry. It doesn’t appear to have ambitions of being “the next Tesla.” It is not starting out with a six-figure long-range luxury vehicle. It is not building a “clean sheet” EV, and it does not appear to believe that North American buyers are interested only in giant pickups and SUVs.

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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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Small Wind Electric Systems: Reducing Electricity Use and Costs

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Small wind electric systems can make a significant contribution to our nation's energy needs. Although wind turbines large enough to provide a significant portion of the electricity needed by the average U.S. home generally require one acre of property or more, approximately 21 million U.S. homes are built on one-acre and larger sites, and 24% of the U.S. population lives in rural areas.

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World’s biggest offshore wind company enters Australia with big project plans

Renew Economy

World's biggest offshore wind projects plans major investment in Australia, starting in Gippsland, as well as onshore renewables and "Power-to-X.". The post World’s biggest offshore wind company enters Australia with big project plans appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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FSP Microgrid Energy Storage System Creates New Value for Renewable Energy

altenergymag

FSP has proposed three tiers of ESS for various levels of applications: the mobile EMERGY 3K+ for smart homes, the 10 kW All-in-one ESS, the 60 kW ESS for smart commercial properties, and the 100 kW ESS for smart factories

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Battery projects to gain funds from Angus Taylor’s failed gas support scheme

Renew Economy

Battery storage to get funding boost from funds previously allocated by Angus Taylor to his failed UNGI scheme. The post Battery projects to gain funds from Angus Taylor’s failed gas support scheme appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Centrica and HiiROC to inject hydrogen at Brigg gas-fired power station in UK first project

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Centrica Business Solutions is set to start injecting hydrogen into its existing gas peaking plant at Brigg, Lincolnshire, as part of a UK first trial with HiiROC aimed at better understanding the role of hydrogen in power production.

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Iron-flow battery maker behind massive US project starts work on Australia factory

Renew Economy

US long duration energy storage developer ESS breaks ground on a battery manufacturing facility in Queensland. The post Iron-flow battery maker behind massive US project starts work on Australia factory appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Biophilic-seekers: Let new names take and root and thrive and growBiophilic-seekers:

Fairsnape

Morning from Felizitas. Our Living Future Europe Biophilic Camp that took place over 4 days at FeliZitas Sud-Tyrol in the Italian Dolomites was a truly nourishing and grounding experience. Read the latest Regen Notes for notes, thoughts, texts, images. The ‘retreat’ brought into being something that will stay with me, and all of us, for a very long time, with the conviction that more, all, regenerative sessions and biophilia events should be like this … co-creating conditions for all life t

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Energy loss is single biggest component of today’s fossil-based electricity system

Renew Economy

Switching from coal and gas will save a lot of energy. Renewables like wind and solar don’t need to convert heat into motion, so they don’t lose energy. The post Energy loss is single biggest component of today’s fossil-based electricity system appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Who benefits most from manufacturer tax credits in IRA, thin-film or crystalline silicon?

Solar Power World

When the average person thinks about a solar panel, they’re usually envisioning a crystalline silicon solar module. Silicon-based solar panels are the most dominant model on the market, holding somewhere between 90 and 95% of the global production market share. The other main module type is thin-film solar, typically made with cadmium-telluride (CdTe) deposits.

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Sydney solar pioneer Martin Green wins prestigious Millennium Technology prize

Renew Economy

UNSW's Martin Green wins prestigious Millennium Technology prize and says solar is the key for replacing fossil fuels. The post Sydney solar pioneer Martin Green wins prestigious Millennium Technology prize appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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EDP Renewables’ Lone Star I Wind Farm Celebrates 15 Years of Renewable Energy Production in Texas

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The 200-megawatt Lone Star Wind Farm has safely provided renewable energy since 2007, powering the equivalent of more than 86,000 average Texas homes annually.

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Sun Cable joins forces to find ways to build a green grid across Asia

Renew Economy

Sun Cable sets up new partnership looking at building a massive “green grid" to transmit renewable electricity across Asia. The post Sun Cable joins forces to find ways to build a green grid across Asia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Oregon Regulator Rejects Some of Utility’s Attempts to Bill Customers for Lobbying and Advertising Costs

DeSmogBlog

The Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC) partially rejected attempts by NW Natural to pass on the costs of lobbying and promotional advertising to ratepayers in what climate advocates are calling a major victory against the gas utility. The regulatory body also forged new ground by ordering a phasedown of subsidies that promote the growth of the gas system, citing the growing likelihood that customers may shift away from gas over the long-term.

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Labor spends big to restore defenestrated Climate Authority and international diplomacy

Renew Economy

Labor ploughs funds back into the Climate Change Authority, and efforts to restore Australia's international reputation - and to host annual climate talks. The post Labor spends big to restore defenestrated Climate Authority and international diplomacy appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Kaluza provides software for vehicle-grid integration program in California

Charged

Smart charging—which simply means scheduling EV charging for times of lower electrical demand—can greatly reduce the burden EVs place on the grid. In areas where utilities offer time-of-use rates, it can also save EV drivers substantial sums. East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), a public agency devoted to providing clean energy in California’s Bay Area, is working with energy software provider Kaluza on a vehicle-grid integration (VGI) program.

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Snowy Hydro admits contractors make claims on Snowy 2.0, but gives out bonuses anyway

Renew Economy

Snowy Hydro admits Snowy 2.0 contractors have made claims on costs, but executives still pocket big bonuses for meeting project milestones. The post Snowy Hydro admits contractors make claims on Snowy 2.0, but gives out bonuses anyway appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Cleantech 50 to Watch Case Study: Phycobloom

CleanTech Group

Solution: Phycobloom is a developer of novel strains of algae that use atmospheric CO2 to create hydrocarbons. Nisa Mirza of Cleantech Group sat.

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New Study Warns That Argentina Is Stuck in an ‘Oil and Gas Trap’

DeSmogBlog

Argentina’s risky gamble on fracking has led to massive environmental and public health costs , and despite years of government support , the industry remains on shaky financial ground. As the energy transition picks up pace, the South American nation could be left with tens of billions of dollars in stranded assets, according to a new report by Dutch consultancy Profundo.

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Sunnova Powers 30,000 Solar + Storage Customers Through Aftermath of Hurricane Fiona

altenergymag

Nearly 2 GWh of energy generated and supplied while Puerto Rico electric grid was down

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Energy Crisis Tracker: Real-Time Statistics on Europe's Gas Supplies

Energy Central

Unfortunately, everything points to a cold winter in terms of climate and economy.

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