How will the Inflation Reduction Act spur job creation for the climate tech sector?
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 19, 2022
According to a new report, the Inflation Reduction Act is poised to support and dramatically increase the U.S. climate sector.
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Recycling food is top of UK businesses’ green agenda
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Nearly half of all businesses (46%) across the UK have ‘recycling food waste’ at the top of their priorities to reduce their organisation’s carbon footprint, according to new research. A study of 200 UK businesses conducted by Keenan Recycling, suggests that companies are more concerned about recycling food waste, than they are plastic and cardboard, (19%). switching to electric vehicles, (16%) or decreasing use paper and print materials, (10%) when it comes to its green agenda.
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Infighting among carbon credit verification bodies
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market's Core Carbon Principles and Assessment Framework have sparked debate and accusations from other crediting organizations.
Everything You Need to Start a Recycling Business
The Environmental Blog
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Do you have a passion for all things green? Starting a recycling business is your chance to combine passion with business. With the U.S.’s 32.1% recycling rate, this sector has enormous potential for improvement. It leaves plenty of opportunities for entrepreneurs to enter the recycling field to help build a greener world. Here’s everything you need to know about launching a recycling business.
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.
Green bonds are big business for climate investors
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Can financial instruments such as green bonds and other sustainability-related financial instruments deliver enough financing for a multi-trillion-dollar energy transition?
The State of Sustainable Agriculture
The Environmental Blog
OCTOBER 19, 2022
When it comes to sustainable agriculture, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Every farm and every farmer has unique needs and goals. But despite the challenges, more and more farmers are finding ways to produce food in a way that is environmentally responsible and economically viable. In this article, we’ll take a look at the state of sustainable agriculture around the world.
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Sustainable Real Estate: Trends and Trajectories
Green Business Bureau
OCTOBER 19, 2022
What Is Sustainable Real Estate? Sustainable real estate includes commercial and residential real estate property that is designed, built and operated in a way that minimizes environmental impact. The trend towards sustainability in the real estate industry has been driven by a number of factors including increasing global awareness of the need to protect the environment, stricter government regulations and the desire to save money on operating costs.
Business leaders must recognize it's OK not to be OK
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Executives should prioritize employees' mental health, which recent studies suggest are negatively affected by the climate crisis.
Which companies are making solar panels in the United States? A 2022 update on domestic solar panel manufacturing
Solar Power World
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The United States is hopefully, fingers crossed, entering a solar module manufacturing renaissance. After having its domestic supply decimated by China’s precise buildout of solar manufacturing over the last decade, manufacturing tax credits included in the Inflation Reduction Act should provide a lifeline to the market. As it stands today, U.S. solar panel manufacturing consists… The post Which companies are making solar panels in the United States?
Clean up mining, while addressing an undersupply of energy transition minerals
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Investors must engage strategically across the whole mining sector to ensure it is able to play the role society demands of it.
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.
Designing a hardware-in-the-loop simulation test rid for an EV startup
Charged
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Sponsored by Pickering interfaces. Imagine the challenge. You work for an electric vehicle startup company, designing the Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation (HILS) test system. Everything is new – the hardware, the software, the tools, the testers and the test code. Yet, the system must be as accurate as possible to simulate the operating environment correctly.
Victoria fast-tracks coal exit with target for 95 pct renewables by 2035
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Victoria Labor jacks up its renewable energy and net-zero emissions ambition, with promise of new government-owned energy company to deliver targets. The post Victoria fast-tracks coal exit with target for 95 pct renewables by 2035 appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Phillips 66 installs FreeWire’s battery-integrated charger at a Houston gas station
Charged
OCTOBER 19, 2022
For better or for worse, oil companies are moving into the EV charging industry in a comprehensive way. The latest gas retailer to add public charging to its offerings is Phillips 66, which recently installed DC fast chargers from FreeWire at a gas station near its headquarters in Houston. FreeWire’s Boost Charger incorporates battery storage, and is designed to deliver high-power charging without the need for expensive upgrades to a site’s grid connection.
Vast Solar plans “CSP gigafactory” for heliostats and receivers in Queensland
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Solar thermal developer says it aims to establish a "CSP gigafactory" on Australian soil, after a successful trial at a pilot manufacturing plant. The post Vast Solar plans “CSP gigafactory” for heliostats and receivers in Queensland appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Today’s EV engineering webinar schedule: Wednesday, October 19th
Charged
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Charged is hosting a virtual conference on EV engineering that’s free to attend and it starts today. The conference includes live webinar sessions with interactive Q&As and on-demand webinars. View the daily session schedule online here. All of the live sessions will be recorded and available to view after the broadcasts. You can access the recorded videos on each session’s registration page.
2030 London hydrogen fuel strategy
Energy Central
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Britain’s largest gas network companies have released the results of a study pointing to the importance of hydrogen fuel in London’s strategy The partnership between Cadent, SGN and National Grid Gas Transmission is designing a hydrogen vision for the capital setting out the potential benefits and opportunities to London and Britain. These include.
Electric Vehicle Market Size 2022-30
altenergymag
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The global electric vehicle market size was US$ 170 billion USD in 2021, grew to US$ 208.58 billion USD in 2022, and will reach US$ 1103.17 billion USD in 2030, with a CAGR of 23.1% from 2022 to 2030.
Data snapshot: Climate-related agrifoodtech in majority of upstream African investment, but more funding needed
AFN Sustainable Protein
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Africa is responsible for just 3% of global carbon emissions. But global warming and other climate change impacts are negatively impacting these economies, particularly the resulting and increasingly extreme and unpredictable weather events. In the context of the agrifood sector, these are threatening the continent’s food value chain, from farmers’ yields to consumers’ wallets.
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?
Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Market is Anticipated to Grow US$ 244.8 Million By 2030
altenergymag
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The global dye sensitized solar cell market was surpassed at USD 97.5 million in 2021 and is anticipated to grow USD 244.8 million by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 10.
Sustainability Monitoring in Financial Services
CleanTech Group
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The economic cost of extreme weather is growing exponentially, with the U.S. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) estimating that physical disasters in.
How to (Safely) Dispose of Old Electronics
Living Green Technology
OCTOBER 19, 2022
What to Do with Old Electronics. Electronic devices like smartphones, TVs, tablets, and laptops provide endless entertainment and help us stay connected. And it’s no secret that we can get a bit attached to our technology – research shows that over 97% of Americans own a cellphone!
Germany extends life of nuclear power plants, but phase-out stands
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 19, 2022
German chancellor agrees to delay the closure of the nation's remaining nuclear plants. But stresses that after winter, nuclear power is "finished in Germany.". The post Germany extends life of nuclear power plants, but phase-out stands appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Maturing Solar Asset Management in the Texan PV market
altenergymag
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Solarplaza spins off event focused on optimizing PV asset operations in the Lone Star State
Study: Gas crisis triggers $73bn investment in green hydrogen projects
Business Green
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Carbon Tracker analysis warns soaring gas process could leave projects that produce hydrogen from fossil gas stranded. The fledgling green hydrogen industry has seen an investment surge of over $70bn in the wake of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, as producers have looked to develop production facilities that do not rely on costly fossil gas as a feedstock.
“Pedal to the metal:” Musk says battery storage will outstrip electric vehicle growth
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Tesla reveals big surge in battery storage deployment, which Elon Musk says will outstrip the growth in electric vehicles. The post “Pedal to the metal:” Musk says battery storage will outstrip electric vehicle growth appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Vitesco Technologies receives 2 billion euros in BMS orders
Charged
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Vitesco Technologies , an electric powertrain supplier, has received over 2 billion euros (about $1.94 billion) in orders for its BMS products. “We have signed contracts with global high-volume manufacturers, with premium car makers and with start-up companies—in all relevant markets,” says Vitesco Executive Board Member Thomas Stierle. The company says one of its contracts is for a wireless battery control unit designed for 400 and 800 V systems.
Fossil fuelled-Australia’s climate policies still don’t stack up against G20, says report
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Despite a climate-forward federal government and boosted targets, Australia is still heavily wedded to fossil fuels, both for energy and transport. The post Fossil fuelled-Australia’s climate policies still don’t stack up against G20, says report appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Are Used Lithium Batteries Recyclable? - E-Recycling Tips
Living Green Technology
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Are Used Lithium Batteries Recyclable? Batteries are considered hazardous because of the metals and other toxic materials they contain. Most batteries are put into rubbish bins and then taken to landfill sites where they decay and leak.
Superconductivity tech to deliver up to 10x more renewable capacity
Smart Energy International
OCTOBER 19, 2022
National Grid and VEIR, a US-based early-stage clean technology company, have announced a collaboration to demonstrate VEIR’s use of superconductivity to modernise electric power transmission, critical to meeting clean energy goals. VEIR is coordinating this first application of superconducting transmission over long distances, which is needed to safely and reliably deliver renewable sources of energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, often across the country.
Fugro supports RWE’s delivery of clean energy with Geo-data of Dogger Bank South
altenergymag
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Fugro has successfully completed fieldwork on a geophysical, geotechnical and environmental site investigation contract for RWE Renewables' Dogger Bank South (DBS) offshore wind farm and export cable routes. DBS is located more than 110 km off the east coast of Yorkshire, England in the North Sea.
Brisbane based battery innovator in running for $150m in US government funding
Renew Economy
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Novonix has been tapped to get grant funding from the US Department of Energy as part of its strategy to build up America's battery supply chain. The post Brisbane based battery innovator in running for $150m in US government funding appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Hybrid Solar Wind Systems Market Size Hit US$ 1.87 billion by 2030
altenergymag
OCTOBER 19, 2022
The global hybrid solar wind systems market was surpassed at USD 0.98 billion in 2021 and is expected to hit around USD 1.87 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 7.44% from 2022 to 2030.
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