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Is A Bad Climate Tech Brand Name Holding Your Company Back?

Michael Grossman

Companies spend massive amounts of money worldwide to increase brand recognition. But what if your brand isn’t recognizable, or worse, what if your brand name makes it difficult for end-users and customers to find you? I often see this problem in the cleantech/climate tech startup world where the lack of attention to the brand name detail holds great ideas back from their full potential.

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Tinytag data loggers used to inform innovative energy solutions

Envirotec Magazine

This article contains paid-for content created in collaboration with Gemini Data Loggers. With increasing pressure for electrical and heating appliances to meet energy efficiency ratings , it can be a challenge to find a solution that both works and is profitable for small businesses and enterprises. Richard Baines is a committed conservationist who has used Tinytag data loggers for many years across his career in a number of different projects, which have aimed to help improve energy efficienc

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ACT reaps dividend from 100 pct renewables as energy bills fall despite market chaos

Renew Economy

Canberra households will see their electricity costs fall from 1 July, as renewables contracts shield consumers from surging wholesale electricity prices. The post ACT reaps dividend from 100 pct renewables as energy bills fall despite market chaos appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Blink subsidiary to deploy hundreds of charging points at parking facilities in the UK and Ireland

Charged

Blink Charging’s recent acquisition of UK charging provider EB Charging, added more than 1,150 chargers, installed or committed for delivery, to Blink’s footprint. Blink is now present in over 18 countries. Now EB Charging has announced an agreement with European parking operator Q-Park to deploy nearly 600 charging points across 80 sites in the UK and Ireland.

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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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Mandated home gas connections is mandating ill health for thousands

Renew Economy

States and territories to legislate against the mandated use in new houses and developments, and encourage existing homes to switch from gas to electricity. The post Mandated home gas connections is mandating ill health for thousands appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Smart meters and smart grids key in SDG&E’s clean energy plan

Smart Energy International

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has filed a $3 billion plan for the years 2024-2027 towards its ongoing clean energy drive. The plan, which is expected to take effect from January 1, 2024, is focussed on building resilience into the company’s electricity and gas networks and targets the meeting of California’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2045.

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The Brenner European Hydrogen Motorway.

Energy Central

Transport is a sector usually cited as one of the top three areas requiring urgent intervention if various CoP 26 commitments are to be met. With this in mind, I thought I'd pop along to see how things were going in the historic city of Bolzano in northern Italy. I was lucky enough to be shown around by Federica who brought me up to date with an.

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Australia’s biggest offshore wind project names new CEO

Renew Economy

Australia's biggest and most advanced offshore wind project names its new CEO, fresh from building one of the biggest onshore wind farms. The post Australia’s biggest offshore wind project names new CEO appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy 101
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Waitrose scraps coloured milk caps in supermarket first

Business Green

Familiar blue, green, and red milk bottle caps are being replaced with clear alternatives that are easier to recycle. Supermarket Waitrose has announced it is to replace the coloured plastic caps on its milk bottles with clear alternatives in a move that should increase the availability of recycled plastic (rHDPE) on the market by 1,560 tonnes. The change will make recycling the plastic much easier, the firm added, potentially resulting in lower costs and higher recycling rates.

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Dutton names Queensland LNP MP to climate and energy, Taylor promoted to Treasury

Renew Economy

Angus Taylor get the Treasury role in new Opposition front bench, while the head of the environment and climate committee gets energy and climate. The post Dutton names Queensland LNP MP to climate and energy, Taylor promoted to Treasury appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Energy 101
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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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New York - Troy plans for geothermal system to heat and cool downtown

Global Renewable News

The city is seeking state approval to sink 200.

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Sunshine state hosts best performing solar farms in May, but can’t stop record prices

Renew Economy

The top six solar farms in the month of May were all located in the Sunshine State, but could do little to stop the fossil-fuel inspired hikes in prices. The post Sunshine state hosts best performing solar farms in May, but can’t stop record prices appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Wyoming - New interactive map features Wyoming's geothermal data

Global Renewable News

Geothermal energy is heat generated and stored.

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Ultra-polluting gas project could blow Labor’s climate target – and it just got the green light

Renew Economy

It’s difficult to see how Labor can both embrace the gas industry and reduce emissions to its target of 43% by 2030. The post Ultra-polluting gas project could blow Labor’s climate target – and it just got the green light 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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Canadian Renewable Energy Association - Canada can't meet net-zero climate goals without responsible and sustainable renewable energy operations

Global Renewable News

Nearly 150 renewable energy operations leaders.

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Three ways Albanese government can ease pressure on power bills

Renew Economy

Labor needs to launch an inquiry into coal outages, turbocharge renewables, and introduce a capacity mechanism for new dispatchable capacity. The post Three ways Albanese government can ease pressure on power bills appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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CenterPoint Energy, Inc. - CenterPoint Energy launches green hydrogen project in MinnesotaThe company is among the first utilities in the United States to produce zero-carbon hydrogen for blending with its natural gas supply

Global Renewable News

CenterPoint Energy (NYSE: CNP) today (June 3).

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Building retrofits: the underrated weapon in the fight to decarbonise cities

Eco-Business

The built environment's sprawling carbon footprint can be reined in by giving old buildings a 'climate makeover' as cities grow. The Eco-Business Podcast talks to Vinod Jethani about the benefits and challenges of retrofitting buildings.

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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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WindEurope - Norway announces big new offshore wind targets

Global Renewable News

The Norwegian Government wants to allocate 30.

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New financial conditions, same climate calculus

Eco-Business

The financial sector’s annual general meeting (AGM) season has started. Shareholders should use AGMs as a platform to demand robust climate policies and decarbonisation strategies from banks and financial institutions.

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Canada Green Building Council - CAGBC Awards celebrate Canadian green building innovators

Global Renewable News

On June 2, the Canada Green Building Council.

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Indian traditions entwine with trees in green drive to revive land

Eco-Business

Communities in India's Rajasthan state are planting trees to celebrate local customs and events such as weddings and funerals amid growing efforts to restore degraded land.

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Mayflower Wind - Mayflower Wind's Offshore Wind Power Agreements include $120 Million in Economic Development

Global Renewable News

Mayflower Wind the developer of an offshore.

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Covid-19 and Ukraine war threaten clean energy gains for poorest

Eco-Business

Hundreds of millions of people are projected to remain without electricity by 2030 as concerns grow over the prospect of meeting Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) on access to green and affordable energy.

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Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc. - Kit Carson Electric Cooperative to Hit Goal of 100% Daytime Solar Power with Opening of Taos Mesa Solar Array New solar array, developed in partnership with Guzman Energy, to deliver up to 25% reduction in customer rates

Global Renewable News

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) and.

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Walking in the shadow of Madhya Pradesh’s devastating floods

Eco-Business

A walk along the River Sindh in central India reveals lasting damage from floods in August 2021, when unprecedented rainfall and mismanaged water reservoirs led to widespread losses for the region’s farmers.

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Geothermal Technologies Office - DOE Invests $6 Million in Geothermal Heating and Cooling Technologies at Federal Facilities New Technical Assistance Capacity Will Help Federal Government Lead by Example in Demonstrating Benefits and Potential of Decarbonizing Buildings with Geothermal Energy

Global Renewable News

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today.

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30 years on: What lessons does the Rio Summit offer for the drive to net zero?

Business Green

With countries now setting net zero targets on a thirty-year timeline, it is important to explore the legacy of a deal agreed by heads of state three decades ago, write Craig Jones and Felix Dodds. In 1972, Chinese premier Zhou Enlai was asked about the impact of the French revolution, almost 200 years on. "Too early to say", he replied. 30 years ago today, arguably the most important global sustainability meeting ever held was in full sway: the Rio Earth Summit.

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WindEurope - Europe can expect to have 10 GW of floating wind by 2030

Global Renewable News

The world's largest floating wind energy.

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Tesla, other EV-makers ask US government to fund heavy-duty EV charging infrastructure

Charged

Tesla, along with several other automakers and environmental groups, has formally asked the Biden administration to invest in charging infrastructure for electric buses, trucks and other medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill (BIL) signed by President Biden last November includes $7.5 billion in funding for EV charging. In an open letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the automakers and other groups asked the admini

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Ocean Renewable Power Company - ORPC Selects Maine Company to Fabricate Turbine Shafts for Underwater Power Systems

Global Renewable News

ORPC, a global leader in marine energy.

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Energy consumers deserve a better deal, and machines are not the answer

Renew Economy

We should repeal seemingly endless lists of rules and regulations and replace them with a single, simple and universal duty of care. The post Energy consumers deserve a better deal, and machines are not the answer appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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International Hydropower Association - Iberdrola leading the way on the energy transition

Global Renewable News

The La Muela pumped storage hydropower.