GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million. Heather Clancy. Tue, 05/26/2020 - 06:01. While overall startup funding is down this quarter because of the economic disruption brought on by COVID-19, entrepreneurs focused on solving climate-related problems have been bucking the trend. This morning brings one of the biggest deals yet this year: an infusion of $250 million in new financing for food waste crusader Apeel Sciences.

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Waste Waste Startups Retail 544

Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 26, 2020

Following decades of car-oriented growth that replaced swaths of greenery with asphalt, the city of Montreal is attempting to bring nature back.

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

Advice for thriving amid crisis, from 14 sustainability vets. Kathrin Winkler. Tue, 05/26/2020 - 08:00. A few months back (and forever ago), our professional colleagues in our Sustainability Veterans group expressed their thoughts on the most important attributes for advancing a sustainability career. Our goal was to share lessons that we learned in the trenches to help those following us to build on our experiences.

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Sustainability Law Climate change Resilience 432

Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 26, 2020

Greenery spills down the sides of EDEN, a nature-filled apartment building in the historic Newton district of Singapore.

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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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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

Wisconsin utility Alliant Energy will spend $900 million buying 675 megawatts of utility-scale solar projects as it moves to replace uneconomic coal-fired plants with renewables. Alliant, which serves about 1 million customers in the Midwestern states of Wisconsin and Iowa, currently relies on renewables for about 20 percent of its generation capacity, largely wind power in Iowa, with twice as much coming from natural gas plants.

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Natural gas Batteries Wind power Demand 130

Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 26, 2020

Inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the proposed bridge would be covered with greenery on multiple levels.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 26, 2020

At three times the size of its predecessor with a recently minted LEED Platinum certification, California’s Half Moon Bay Library is an impressive community resource in more ways than one.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

A fundamental problem facing subsidy-free solar and wind in renewables-heavy grids is emerging as coronavirus cuts energy demand in Europe. The decline in demand is driving up the proportion of clean energy on many grids and highlighting an issue flagged by researchers in February: that merchant plants may be more expensive to run than subsidized projects once non-renewable generation drops out of the picture.

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Fossil fuels Demand Europe Investment 130

Inhabitat - Innovation

MAY 26, 2020

In response to how COVID-19 continues to reshape our lives, Studio BELEM proposes a live/work housing scheme.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

The world’s biggest wind turbine will be used at the largest U.S. offshore wind project, and the result may be the first American offshore turbine factory. Siemens Gamesa said it’s considering establishing the first global factory for its new 14-megawatt offshore turbine somewhere in the U.S., after confirming on Tuesday that it will supply that model to Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project.

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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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Impact Alpha

MAY 26, 2020

ImpactAlpha, May 26 – Sustainable funds outperformed their conventional peers in the first quarter downturn and held their own in the April bounce back (see, “Sustainable investments are growing, and outperforming, in a volatile market”). The outperformance was initially attributed to underexposure to the energy sector, which cratered in Q1. As a fuller picture emerges, The post Focus on workers, customers and governance drive ESG outperformance amid COVID uncertainty appeared first on ImpactAlp

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Government Sustainability Investment Energy 141

GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

The first major green hydrogen project to exclusively target the transport sector was revealed in Denmark on Tuesday. Offshore wind market leader Ørsted will work in and around Copenhagen to decarbonize transport on land, at sea and in the air, partnering with end users including the shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk and Scandinavian airline SAS.

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Transportation Hydrogen Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 130

Impact Alpha

MAY 26, 2020

ImpactAlpha, May 26 – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have been listening in to ImpactAlpha’s Agents of Impact call last week. The state’s New York Forward Loan Fund will channel $100 million through five local community development financial institutions to the kind of small, minority-owned businesses that have been left behind in hastily prepared.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

Earlier this month Hawaiian Electric announced a slew of solar-plus-storage projects to continue its shift to fossil-free energy. Tucked inside that announcement was a big development: a massive grid-tied battery that will take over crucial duties from the last coal plant anywhere in Hawaii. The 185 megawatt/565 megawatt-hour Kapolei Energy Storage project marks a dramatic arrival to the big leagues for developer Plus Power.

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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.

Sustainability

The City Fix

MAY 26, 2020

In Indonesia, climate change is already a pernicious threat. More than 30 million people across northern Java suffer from coastal flooding and erosion related to more severe storms and sea level rise. In some places, entire villages and more than a mile. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Solar Power World

MAY 26, 2020

Enphase Energy is using its expertise in grid-forming inverters, based on Enphase Ensemble technology, to support the initiative at the University of Washington to develop control systems for unrestricted penetration of PV solar on the grid. Combined with approximately $1 million in grant funding from the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable… The post Enphase Ensemble technology used in 100% renewable grid test project appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Forbes Green Tech

MAY 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is providing an opportunity to reshape mobility in cities around the electric bicycle: an alternative to public transport at a time when attempts are being made to maintain social distance, some reports conclude the electric bicycle is the future of urban transport.

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Transportation Electricity Innovation 98

Impact Alpha

MAY 26, 2020

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: ImpactAlpha Original New York’s $100 million loan fund for small businesses is a model for a $1 billion national fund. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have been listening in to ImpactAlpha’s Agents of Impact call last week. The state’s New York Forward Loan Fund will channel $100 million through five local community development.

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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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Charged

MAY 26, 2020

France has announced an auto industry bailout package worth some 8 billion euros ($8.8 billion), and it includes substantial support for electrification. The new funds are in addition to a 5-billion-euro loan guarantee being considered for struggling Renault, and the many millions already spent on temporary unemployment payments to auto workers. According to Le Monde , the auto sector employs some 900,000 people in France, and the industry saw an 89% drop in sales in April.

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 26, 2020

The coronavirus is a turning point that has changed the way we work. Remote working was already trending before the pandemic hit. However, the number of people working from home increased from 3.6 percent to 66 percent during the pandemic. The work from home trend has been facilitated by the proliferation of technologies related to telecommuting and videoconferencing.

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Forbes Green Tech

MAY 26, 2020

The U. S., the U. K. and Brazil have been “nothing but irresponsible” in their approach to the coronavirus crisis, and similarly isolationist stances will weaken any global response to climate change, climate advocate Christiana Figueres has said.

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Climate change Government Innovation Energy 94

altenergymag

MAY 26, 2020

• DNV GL’s ‘Strategies for Success in Small Scale Solar + Storage’ report provides new approaches to increase solar + storage project margins, reduce costs and support market growth • Behind the meter solar + storage systems had uneven success across the U.S., but is a valuable tool for addressing sustainability and resilience.

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Resilience Innovation Sustainability 78

Solar Power World

MAY 26, 2020

For aesthetic reasons, more customers and installers are turning to flush-mount, pitched rooftop solar systems that are increasingly getting closer to the roof. One thing sometimes overlooked when designing the most attractive system is just how to manage all the wires underneath. There isn’t a blanket method for proper wire management on these projects.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

Government-backed project aims to demonstrate how power, transport and heating technologies can be combined to shrink CO2 emissions and electricity bills. A government-backed project to integrate energy management across social housing, transport infrastructure and residential and commercial buildings in West Sussex is gearing up to begin development once lockdowns ease, the group of firms behind the project confirmed today.

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Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

MAY 26, 2020

Good for California’s Economy and Environment: E2 Business Community Supports Accelerating the Transition to Zero-Emission Trucks Transportation Decarbonization Promises to Reshape Our Roads California is indisputably a world leader on climate action?—?and that commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions has driven substantial economic growth, from $66 billion in clean energy investments to nearly 540,000 clean energy jobs.

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Fossil fuels Transportation Electric vehicle Policy 78

Greenability Magazine

MAY 26, 2020

The world’s largest Passive House Institute certified project opens in August with 282 luxury apartments that will operate on 92-percent less energy than comparable buildings. Second + Delaware apartments in the Kansas City’s River Market area were designed to be highly energy efficient for low-cost heating and cooling. The triple-glazed windows and 16-inch walls help the units maintain a consistent, year-round interior temperature and high air quality required for the Passive House Institute ce

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Energy Energy Cooling Sustainability 85

Solar Power World

MAY 26, 2020

Point Load Power announced the launch of its flagship technology, PV Booster Gen 2, a rooftop tracking system designed to maximize solar production from monofacial and bifacial solar panels, producing up to 70% more energy per panel compared to fixed-tilt rooftop mounting solutions. This advancement in solar performance means that building owners, occupants and project… The post Point Load Power releases latest version of flat rooftop solar tracker appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Charged

MAY 26, 2020

Sponsored by F&K Delvotec. Battery packs for e-vehicles are dropping in cost faster than ever predicted – this is one reason why the e-mobility markets are still growing at an expected 25% annual rate even over the next ten years. What is behind this drop in cost? It is not just the cost of cells that is coming down, but also the cost of battery pack assembly.

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Batteries Technology 84

Impact Alpha

MAY 26, 2020

ImpactAlpha, May 22 – The Truss Fund has raised $700,000 to backstop graduates of the GSBI Accelerator at the Miller Center at Santa Clara University. The fund’s first $50,000 loan is to Limited Resource Teacher Training, which serves teachers in Africa and the Caribbean. The fund also approved loans to Pollinate Group and iKure. Investors. The post Beneficial Returns raises emergency loan fund for social enterprises appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

Europe overtook China for government and industry investment in electric cars and batteries last year, analysis suggests. Europe secured a record €60bn-worth of investment from governments and industry to produce electric vehicles and batteries last year, with stricter CO2 targets helping attract higher sums for zero emission vehicles than even the world's largest car market China, according to fresh analysis by Transport & Environment (T&E).

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Europe Investment Electric vehicle Batteries 82

Forbes Green Tech

MAY 26, 2020

The logistics giant may be preparing to make a big move into the self-driving vehicle world.

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Logistics Startups Retail Innovation 105

GreenTechMedia

MAY 26, 2020

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altenergymag

MAY 26, 2020

The exhibition is poised to offset clients' disappointment brought by the postponement of the SNEC PV Power Expo initially scheduled in May due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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