Mon.May 04, 2020

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Flattening the climate curve using social learning

GreenBiz

If we had to place on a time delay the impact of headlines, we likely would see the warnings from medical experts and scientists having the strongest impact in building lasting memories for us all.

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Using ‘Digital Twins’ to Boost Production, Cut Costs at Floating Offshore Wind Farms

GreenTechMedia

With assets installed far from shore in harsh conditions, offshore wind turbine manufacturers and project operators are turning to new digital tools to optimize performance, boost power production and minimize downtime. One such tool is the use of digital copies, or “twins,” of physical turbines to assist with real-time monitoring of offshore wind projects.

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As sustainability becomes professionalized, all professions look for sustainability skills

GreenBiz

GreenBiz’s 2020 State of the Profession report illuminates the hard numbers measuring career realities for sustainability leaders across all industries. Among other things, the data show shifts to more engaged CEOs, increased investor pressure and a boost in hiring of sustainability professionals among the surveyed companies. .

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Whimsical guesthouse uses prefab timber and corten steel

Inhabitat - Innovation

Love dreamy guest homes? Check out this curvaceous prefabricated guest home that boasts cinema-inspired features and a watchtower.

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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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The new normal in sustainable investing post-COVID-19

GreenBiz

The time has passed for small commitments, hyperbole and delays in embracing sustainable investing.

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UNStudio installs new energy-generating facade for solar producer Hanwhas HQ

Inhabitat - Innovation

The Hanwha headquarters is now home to a completely new, energy-generating facade with integrated solar panels to express the company’s identity as an ambitious global leader in the solar panel industry.

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Red brick firehouse in Belgium runs on solar power

Inhabitat - Innovation

It's not just a fire station — it's a landmark for the community.

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Green bonds are growing bigger and broader

GreenBiz

The variety of purposes has expanded beyond alternative energy to green building and sustainable-transport projects. And that's just a start.

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Community collects locally sourced materials to construct a school in Vietnam

Inhabitat - Innovation

This sustainable school is built with bricks made of soil and dried leaves.

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The impact of COVID-19 on corporate reporting

GreenBiz

The global pandemic is affecting risk disclosures and engagement with shareholders in several important ways.

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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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Dominion Targets 24GW of Renewables and Storage in Move Toward Virginia’s Clean Energy Goals

GreenTechMedia

Utility Dominion Energy is planning a major shift toward renewable energy and batteries as it looks to comply with Virginia's ambitious new clean energy law. Dominion Virginia’s new integrated resource plan (IRP), announced Friday, represents a potentially historic shift for the state’s largest utility, which has seen previous plans rejected by Virginia regulators for their over-reliance on fossil fuel power plants and infrastructure to be paid for by ratepayers.

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Sustainability Guide: 10 Best Ways to Build and Manage a Green Team

Green Business Bureau

Organizing a constructive and progressive green team or sustainability committee within your company can be one of the most empowering and valuable moves on your sustainability journey. Sometimes though, it can be a bit daunting to get one started, especially if you don’t have a serious focus on sustainability within the business yet and commitment from all executives.

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Pro tip: Never use soap to clean dirty solar panels

Solar Power World

One thing learned during the coronavirus pandemic was the effectiveness of soap and water — regularly washing our hands was our best defense. While solar panels do benefit from a regular washing to ward off reduced output and efficiency, soap isn’t the answer here. California-based solar installer and maintenance provider Bland Company never uses a… The post Pro tip: Never use soap to clean dirty solar panels appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Relax and unwind in this tiny home with a walk-in hot tub

Inhabitat - Innovation

Soak your troubles away!

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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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U.S. Light Energy installs New York’s 2nd largest community solar project

Solar Power World

U.S. Light Energy, a New York solar energy company specializing in community solar project development, and its project partners completed the 7.2-MW Denmark Community Solar Project in Lewis County, New York. U.S. Light Energy developed the ground-mount system and it will be owned and operated by Standard Solar. This project went live on February 27,… The post U.S.

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Closing racial gaps in COVID-19 response and recovery

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 4 – The average loan size of the U.S. Paycheck Protection Program has fallen to $79,000, down from an initial $300,000 or so when the small business relief program first launched in early April. Yet a grim set of stats making the rounds this weekend on social media showed that the money may. The post Closing racial gaps in COVID-19 response and recovery appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Amphenol’s new sensor detects water in EV battery packs

Charged

Amphenol Advanced Sensors now offers its Coolant Leak Detection Sensor to detect the presence of water and coolant in an EV battery pack enclosure, enabling the Battery Management System (BMS) to take proper countermeasures to reduce the risk of pack failure and electrocution. While substantial design measures are taken to prevent water intrusion into battery enclosures, there are still instances where this can occur.

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New Jersey Board of Public Utilities deems solar projects “essential”

Solar Power World

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced that the state considers solar projects “essential construction projects” under Governor Murphy’s Executive Order 122. Under this EO “utility projects, including those necessary for energy and electricity production and transmission and any decommissioning of facilities used for electricity generation” may continue during the Public Health Emergency… The post New Jersey Board of Public Utilities deems solar projects “essentia

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Cities, Battered by COVID-19, Remain Key to Recovery. How Can Investments Be Well Spent?

The City Fix

As the world reels from the COVID-19 pandemic, investment packages are taking shape to provide relief and recovery. Cities from New York to Nairobi are not only on the frontlines of the health and economic impacts, but they provide immense. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Encore Renewable Energy approved to install 5-MW solar array in Maine

Solar Power World

Encore Renewable Energy received permitting approvals to begin construction on a 5-MW array on underutilized land in Oakland, Maine. Once completed, the new solar array will produce enough clean electricity to power nearly 10,000 Maine homes. Encore was selected by Competitive Energy Services (CES) of Portland, Maine to provide net metering credits from the project… The post Encore Renewable Energy approved to install 5-MW solar array in Maine appeared first on Solar Power World.

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London firms partner to convert 1,000 storage units to EV charging hubs

Charged

The plight of urban dwellers who have no assigned parking spaces is emerging as the next big roadblock to faster EV adoption. In London, an estimated 78% of households have no private parking spaces, and Mayor Sadiq Khan has set a target of deploying 50,000 charging points in the city by 2025. With encouragement from local government, companies are coming up with creative ways to get large numbers of charging points into service quickly—for example, a startup called char.gy is installing charger

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May solar policy snapshots A guide to recent legislation and research throughout the country.

Solar Power World

New York creates first-in-nation Office of Renewable Energy Siting Albany, New York New York included significant solar legislation as part of its state budget in the midst of COVID-19 to help jumpstart the clean energy industry and fight climate change as part of recovery efforts. The act creates a first-in-the-nation Office of Renewable Energy Siting… The post May solar policy snapshots <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-size:15px;'>A guide to r

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Irish LNG Plan That Would Allow US Fracked Gas Imports ‘Dead in the Water’

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 4 mins It is increasingly unlikely that Ireland will develop new infrastructure to import liquefied natural gas ( LNG ) produced from fracked wells in the US , after the plans suffered a series of potentially fatal legal and political setbacks. First, the European Court of Justice advocate general, Juliane Kokott , ruled that An Bord Pleanála, Ireland’s planning appeals body, erred in not requesting an up-to-date environmental impact study for the proposed Shannon LNG terminal befo

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New Munro report compares 10 leading EV motors

Charged

Munro & Associates analyzed and compared 10 leading EV motors to develop a comprehensive side-by-side comparison in its latest report. Designed to help automakers and suppliers to effectively expand and compete in new EV markets, the 437-page report features detailed analyses and comparisons of the motors used in the Tesla Model 3, BMW i3, Chevrolet Bolt, Jaguar I-PACE, Nissan LEAF, Audi e-tron, Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius.

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Agents of Impact Call No. 16: Impact investors step up to the 10x challenge

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Apr. 4 – A disruptive technology has to be 10 times better than what it’s replacing. Tech venture capitalists aim to recoup 10 times the capital they invest in a company. Management gurus drill acolytes in the exponential mindset needed to solve intractable problems with “big, bold, 10x, moonshot ideas.” ImpactAlpha last week called. The post Agents of Impact Call No. 16: Impact investors step up to the 10x challenge appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Colorado adds medium- and heavy-duty vehicles to its electrification plans

Charged

Governments around the world are pursuing policies to speed up EV adoption, but most are piecemeal—a purchase incentive here, an investment in EVSE there. California and the UK are among the few entities that are developing comprehensive plans to electrify all forms of transport. The Centennial State is moving closer to that ideal, and is trying not to let the COVID-19 crisis derail its electrification plans, as Moe Clark And Tamara Chuang report in The Colorado Sun.

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EV Batteries: Creating a Circular Economy

CleanTech Group

In 2018, the total global stock of electric vehicles in all classes stood at nearly 6 million. By 2030, the International Energy Agency.

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Are We Going To Take Advantage Of This Small Window Of Opportunity For Change?

Forbes Green Tech

With more people willing to work from home, 2020 should be the year when cities everywhere decide to pedestrianize more and more areas, close central areas to cars, reduce the number of lanes on roads, eliminate parking spaces and free us from having to spend hours poisoning ourselves in our cars.

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Legal & General's low-carbon modular home scheme approved in North Yorkshire

Business Green

Modular housing will be able to weather Covid-19 crisis better than traditional construction due to controlled factory environment, L&G said as it unveiled plans to build 154 homes in Selby. The modular housing arm of insurance giant Legal & General has secured planning permission to build 154 energy-efficient homes in Selby, North Yorkshire. Legal & General announced today that the approval was a further vote of confidence in the important role factory-built housing could play in rampin

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Hawaii Has Big Renewables Ambitions, so Where’s the Community Solar? [GTM Squared]

GreenTechMedia

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'Another nail in the coffin': Westpac joins thermal coal investment exodus

Business Green

Australian banking giant becomes latest major investor to tighten coal lending rules with 2030 target for ending investment. Australian banking giant Westpac has become the latest in a string of major investors to signal it is to sever ties with the thermal coal mining sector, pledging to end investment in the industry by 2030. In an update to its climate strategy released today , the company said it would support existing thermal coal customers, but would do so alongside "a commitment to reduce

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High Is A Place: A Conversation With Airfield Supply Company Founder Marc Matulich

Forbes Green Tech

I was brought in to the cannabis industry by my passion for the plant, and a belief that the plant could change the world for the better.

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Tyneside abandoned coal mines to be transformed into multimillion-pound renewable energy system

Business Green

Project designer for £7m council minewater district heating project set to heat “fuel-poor homes” was appointed last week. Coal mines that have lain dormant for more than 80 years in North East England are set to be given a new lease of life thanks to an ambitious renewable energy scheme expected to cut hundreds of tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year.

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Windsourcing.com launches Europe-wide B2B online shop for spare parts and repair materials for wind turbines

altenergymag

Windsourcing.com has been a competent distributor for years in after-sales market of the wind industry and now also offers its product range in a B2B online shop throughout Europe.

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