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Circular ‘mining’ reaches for the mainstream

GreenBiz

Digging in: New initiatives aimed at “mining” materials from products already in circulation and out of the waste streams help cut extraction of natural resources.

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Mix to the max at new facility

Envirotec Magazine

Yorkshire Water’s £50M Energy & Recycling Facility in Huddersfield. This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Landia. At Yorkshire Water’s new £50M Huddersfield Energy and Recycling Facility (E&RF), the digester mixing system from Landia is ensuring that total gas production can reach its anticipated 22,192Nm3/d (normal cubic meter/day).

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Five lessons from AT&T’s climate resilience journey

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Assessing and addressing climate risk is critical for businesses. Check out five lessons from AT&T’s efforts to build resilience.

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Not-so-clear and present danger

Envirotec Magazine

The unfolding furore over sewage dumping seems to have mobilised political will in a way that observers suggest might be “game changing” And recent weeks appear to have uncovered important clues about what’s going wrong with water quality in UK waterways, and what might be done about it, from instigating new monitoring processes to linking executive pay to environmental performance.

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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.

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Climate goals and the collateral damage from Putin’s war

GreenBiz

It's not just the refugees or even the energy crisis in the making. The Russians are wreaking havoc on the climate agenda.

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Over 43% more gas with biogas mixing system

Envirotec Magazine

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Hayley Group & Landia. A leading food waste-to-energy operation has increased its biogas yields by an average of more than 43% – due to a new digester mixing system. After evaluating the performance of the facility’s first digester, built a decade ago, engineering component specialists Hayley Group were consulted about the availability of an alternative, superior mixing system for its customer’s second digester; mixe

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Radar boosts flood analysis in Rwanda

Envirotec Magazine

Radar technology from Geolux is being used to provide a network for monitoring surface velocity and flow. This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Geolux. Hydrology monitoring expert Geolux has provided technology being used to monitor the flow of mountain rivers in Rwanda – frequently a source of flooding that has in recent years devastated the region.

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The ESG bar is high this proxy season: Is your board prepared?

GreenBiz

Here’s how to move beyond reacting to activist investors and engage positively with shareholders.

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External heating units upgrade wastewater plant

Envirotec Magazine

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with HRS Heat Exchangers. A new sludge heater supplied by HRS Heat Exchangers has formed part of an upgrade to one of Tasmania’s most important wastewater treatment plants. TasWater is the water and sewage utility for the island state of Tasmania in Australia. It is responsible for providing drinking water and collecting and treating sewage across the state.

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Merchants Orders Fully Electric Step Vans from Xos, Inc.

Green Living Guy

Xos, Inc (NASDAQ: XOS) is a leading electric vehicle manufacturer. That’s of fully electric Class 5 to Class 8 commercial vehicles. For back in December, they announced a strategic partnership. All with Merchants Fleet. For Merchant’s is the nation’s fastest growing fleet management company. So I have learned, this partnership enables Merchants Fleet to expand […].

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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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Reusing captured carbon: ripe for a reappraisal?

Envirotec Magazine

Carbon capture and utilization (CCU) has been touted as part of the solution to the climate crisis. But a new paper published on 18 February in the journal One Earth calls into question the viability of such methods to meet both the long-term and short-term goals that follow from the Paris Agreement and seems to make the case for technologies that use non-fossil carbon dioxide and store carbon permanently.

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GreenPower Motor Electrifying Temecula’s Fleet for Senior and Special Program Mobility

Green Living Guy

Temecula, CA, October 4, 2021 – GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (NASDAQ: GP) (TSXV: GPV) (“GreenPower”), a leading manufacturer and distributor of zero-emission, electric-powered, medium, and heavy-duty vehicles, together with the City of Temecula, announces the delivery of an ADA-accessible EV Star for use by the City of Temecula’s Mary Phillips Senior Center.

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SEEPEX wins order from Thames Water for the most intelligent PC Pump in the world

Envirotec Magazine

SEEPEX SCT AutoAdjust, the intelligent pump of the future, at Thames Water’s Maple Lodge WwTW. This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Seepex. The first order has been received from Thames Water’s Maple Lodge WwTW for SEEPEX’s unique patented SCT AutoAdjust pump technology combined with their Digital Solutions incorporating Pump Technology 4.0.

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How Angus Taylor handed a $1.3 billion windfall to carbon traders

Renew Economy

Angus Taylor has handed billions in value back to carbon traders following his decision to make changes to the Emissions Reduction Fund. The post How Angus Taylor handed a $1.3 billion windfall to carbon traders appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Pioneering structural piling repair system acquisition

Envirotec Magazine

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Denso. Winn & Coales International has recently acquired the FX-70® Structural Piling Repair and Protection System from Simpson Strong-Tie. “In 2022 our long-established SeaShield™ Systems will have provided 50 years of pile protection and rehabilitation systems for timber, steel, concrete piles, and marine structures,” says Winn & Coales International. “By adding the FX-70 system to the SeaShield ran

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Tesla wins approval to start production at Gigafactory Berlin

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German authorities have granted Tesla conditional environmental approval to start production at Gigafactory Berlin, clearing the way for German-made Model 3s and Ys to start rolling off the line any day now. The plant has already assembled around 2,000 prototypes. Nothing is ever settled in a democracy, especially a paperwork-loving one. Tesla has received a 536-page “conditional building permit,” which contains 400 conditions that Tesla needs to meet in order to start production (the applicatio

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The solution for multi-agent site monitoring

Envirotec Magazine

This article contains paid for content produced in collaboration with Casella. Casella continues to demonstrate its commitment to helping its customers reduce environmental risks from large construction projects with the Guardian2. The system allows the simultaneous monitoring and reporting of noise, dust, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and vibration as well as wind speed and direction for an all-encompassing assessment of emitted levels.

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Nexamp Launches Developer Accelerator Program to Turbocharge Partner Network

altenergymag

Nexamp is enhancing its growth with the launch of a new program that makes it easier for developer partners to leverage the expertise and resources of Nexamp's professionals, bringing more new solar and storage assets to the grid.

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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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Australia’s biggest hybrid wind and solar farm about to start production

Renew Economy

Australia's biggest wind and solar hybrid facility to begin production in coming days after getting green light from market operator. The post Australia’s biggest hybrid wind and solar farm about to start production appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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SEMIKRON to supply German automaker with $1.1 billion in EV power modules

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Power electronics manufacturer SEMIKRON says it has signed a contract worth €1 billion ($1.1 billion) with an unnamed German automaker to supply its power module platform for EV inverters. Tailored for silicon carbide technology, SEMIKRON’s eMPack is composed of fully sintered Direct Pressed Die technology that the company says enables compact, scalable and reliable EV inverters.

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Roofing companies take the lead in solar shingle race

Solar Power World

Solar shingles, solar tiles, solar roofs — whatever you call them — are trendy once again with the announcement of a “nailable” product from GAF Energy. These products in the building-applied or building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV) category of the market take solar cells and condense them into smaller panel sizes that attach to a residential roof… The post Roofing companies take the lead in solar shingle race appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Drive high-performance power and communication connections for EV/HEV applications

Charged

Sponsored by Bizlink. BizLink’s Advanced ODM/OEM Interface Capabilities. Globally recognized as a trusted supplier with more than 25 years of expertise in developing proven, reliable interconnect solutions for a wide range of cross-market industries, BizLi n k delivers an extensive portfolio of power and communication electronic interfaces for EV and HEV applications.

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APsystems Surpasses 2 GW of Shipments Worldwide

altenergymag

APsystems, the global leader in multi-platform solar MLPE devices, today announced it has surpassed 2 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity to date. APsystems now has more than 146,000 solar installation sites in over 100 countries utilizing its groundbreaking microinverters and rapid shutdown devices (RSDs).

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Hexagon Purus and Hino to expand commercial electric truck partnership

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Cylinder and battery pack company Hexagon Purus signed a long-term binding letter of intent with Toyota subsidiary Hino Motors Manufacturing US to provide battery packs, aftermarket support and service to Hino for building electric and commercial trucks. “Commercial trucks use the most fuel and produce the most emissions in the transport sector, accounting for more than 40% of all road freight emissions.

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Plans unveiled for Australia’s biggest offshore wind project by Danish company

Renew Economy

Danish company proposes a massive 3GW offshore wind farm, which would rank as the biggest proposed so far in Australia. The post Plans unveiled for Australia’s biggest offshore wind project by Danish company appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Setting up your EV battery test lab for success?

Charged

For electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, suppliers and test facilities, intensive testing of EV batteries is crucial to secure an advantage over the competition. Efficient and reliable testing is essential for faster developments and shorter time-to-market. However, before testing can begin, thorough test lab planning is required. There are various approaches to planning and setting up a new battery test lab – whether it’s integrated into an existing building, or set up as standardized, location

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New Solar PV Training Courses to Improve Job Efficiency and Safety

altenergymag

IREC and partners announce a 12-part series of courses covering plan review and permitting for residential solar PV systems

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Hubject publishes Open Plug & Charge protocol

Charged

Hubject , the developer of an eRoaming platform that allows drivers to use charging stations from different networks in Europe, has published an independent protocol to standardize the developing Plug & Charge ecosystem. Plug & Charge (which, ironically for a system designed to enable interoperability, is also referred to as “Plug&Charge,” “Plug and Charge” and perhaps other variants) enables EVs to initiate charging automatically, with no need for a membership card or smartphone app

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Fortescue teams up with aero giant Airbus to accelerate green hydrogen planes

Renew Economy

FFI and Airbus form new partnership to accelerate development of a "green revolution" in the aviation industry. The post Fortescue teams up with aero giant Airbus to accelerate green hydrogen planes appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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What we’re looking to fund for Cohort 11

Elemental Excelerator

Applications for Elemental’s 11th Cohort are officially open ! Think of us as a nonprofit VC: First the investor part: We invest $300,000 (for growth strategy development) or $600,000 (for project deployment) to companies across six systems – water, food and agriculture, nature-based solutions, energy, mobility, and the circular economy. Then, built on the belief that it takes more than funding for companies to succeed, we surround them with holistic support across equity and access, fundraising

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City of Hamburg wants to become EU green hydrogen hub, import from Australia

Renew Economy

Northern German port city paves way for large-scale imports of green hydrogen from Scandinavia and even Australia via pipelines and ships. The post City of Hamburg wants to become EU green hydrogen hub, import from Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Amazon risks becoming a savannah as deforestation impact grows, study war

Business Green

New report comes as Greenpeace reveals continued lobbying by soya suppliers against EU's landmark rainforest protection law. The Amazon rainforest is becoming less resilient and approaching a potential tipping point which could turn its vital ecosystem into arid savannah, a new report has warned. Researchers from the University of Exeter, the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Technical University of Munich used satellite data to analyse the forest's response to periods of d

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Contractor gets final solar farm payment, but says damages claim is “wrongful”

Renew Economy

Dispute over who should bear costs of delays to 200MW solar project in NSW continues to weigh on listed contracting company. The post Contractor gets final solar farm payment, but says damages claim is “wrongful” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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