What does never-ending drought mean for California agriculture?
GreenBiz
AUGUST 25, 2021
As water levels dip to historic lows, Blue Diamond Growers and Driscolls hope their small changes and big reaches will have immense impact.
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There Is Still Time To Save U.S. Global Leadership In Nuclear Energy If Congress Doesn’t Cut Off The VTR To Spite Its Face
Jim Conca
AUGUST 25, 2021
Congress is set to cut off funding for the very reactor we need to move nuclear power forward. Called the VTR, it will test new types of reactors that will get ten times the energy of existing reactors and create nuclear waste that is easier to handle and isn’t hot for very long.
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Partnerships will enable faster, more impactful cuts to carbon emissions
GreenBiz
AUGUST 25, 2021
Sponsored: Collaboration with varied partners including packaging specialists, customers and digital platforms helped Eaton address its Scope 3 footprint and empower its handprint.
Buinka designs worlds first 3D-printed parkour playground
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 25, 2021
Building Society Stavební spo?itelna ?eská spo?itelna (Bu?inka), the Czech Republic-based organization that brought us Protozoon, the country's first 3D-printed house, is adding to its list of 3D construction innovations with a new project. A cooperation between the private sector, the public sphere and research ventures, the new 3D-printed parkour playground is the first of its kind.
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.
Mobility vs. transportation: The difference is equity and access
GreenBiz
AUGUST 25, 2021
We have a long way to go in terms of EV battery and charging technology, infrastructure, equipping the necessary workforce, and educating buyers and sellers.
Ken Soble Tower sets an example for high-rise sustainability
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 25, 2021
Vacant and in disrepair, the Ken Soble Tower in the city of Hamilton in Ontario, Canada was a candidate for a sale or demolition. But, ERA Architects, known for retrofit architectural designs and integration of low-carbon systems, redesigned the building instead.
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'Climate shocks' threaten over half of Earth's children
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 25, 2021
UNICEF's first-ever Children's Climate Risk Index shows that almost half of the world's children fall into the extremely high-risk category for facing what UNICEF described in a tweet as "climate shocks.
DS Smith explores seaweed as alternative packaging material
GreenBiz
AUGUST 25, 2021
The European seaweed industry expected to be worth around 8 billion pounds in the next 10 years, according to the packaging company.
Mexico City oasis features terrace gardens on every floor
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 25, 2021
In a city otherwise characterized by dense populations, high altitudes and metropolitan buildings, Chiapas 168 Building represents a refreshing respite from the hustle and bustle.
Innovators in Indonesia are advancing renewable energy
GreenBiz
AUGUST 25, 2021
Every power-based decision in Indonesia runs into the all-powerful state utility, yet clean energy can grow.
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.
After 40 years, blue whales are returning to Spain
Inhabitat - Innovation
AUGUST 25, 2021
Rampant whaling once drove blue whales in Spain to near extinction. Now, blue whales are returning to Spain's coast.
What it Takes to Buy and Increase the Value of a Fixer-Upper
The Environmental Blog
AUGUST 25, 2021
Buying a fixer-upper home can be a shortcut to owning a home for first-time buyers or a good way for buyers to afford a home in a better neighborhood or one that offers more space and desired features. Of course, these days, the inventory of homes is low and the prices are high , which means a home that’s move-in ready can be difficult to find when you have a tight budget.
Sunverge Announces Strategic Partnership with Simply Energy, Nissan Australia and Wallbox to Deliver Electric Vehicle-to-Home and Electric Vehicle-to-Grid Services
altenergymag
AUGUST 25, 2021
Integrated solution will provide an advanced electric vehicle to home (V2H) capability with intelligent, dynamic and grid-aware energy management of Australia's growing fleet of electric vehicles, allowing for holistic real-time flexible multi-asset load management, co-optimized with multi-service VPP offering that now includes EVs, enhanced resiliency and backup power.
The Process of Making Your Home More Environmentally Friendly
The Environmental Blog
AUGUST 25, 2021
With the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warning the world that we have very limited time to reverse the warming of the planet , it is no longer adequate to blame large corporations who emit the most greenhouse gases. It’s no longer enough to blame transportation or the meat industry. While these entities make up the vast majority of carbon emissions and environmental degradation, everyone needs to make a concerted effort to decrease their carbon footprint and do
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.
Ever American-Made Offshore Wind Substation, Creating Jobs Across Three U.S. States
altenergymag
AUGUST 25, 2021
Offshore wind substation will be built at Kiewit’s Texas facility; New York union workers will support installation off Long Island coast.
Renewables made up 92% of new generating capacity in the U.S. in the first half of 2021
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 25, 2021
Washington DC – According to a review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data recently released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) dominated new U.S. electrical generating capacity additions and increased their contribution to the nation’s electrical production in the first half of 2021.
Residential Uses for Solar Energy
Green Living Guy
AUGUST 25, 2021
We were using solar energy for residential purposes for millennia before solar panels were invented. Think about it. Agriculture relies on solar energy. – home gardeners have been harnessing the power of the sun for longer than any of us have been alive. So too has home design been influenced by the use of solar […]. The post Residential Uses for Solar Energy appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Is your fund serious about climate? Show me your scientists.
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 25, 2021
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 25 – Money is pouring into climate tech funds. Separating the serious players from fund managers only toying around the edges. The post Is your fund serious about climate? Show me your scientists. appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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?
A look at material considerations for EV charging systems
Charged
AUGUST 25, 2021
Sponsored by Toray. It is fully expected that electric vehicle (EV) sales will erode internal combustion engine (ICE) market share over the next 10 – 15 years and new global government regulations will ensure this holds true. A recent Deloitte EV market analysis predicts EVs will have captured 30 – 35% of the global passenger car market by 2030. In fact, EV-volumes.com’s global battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEV) data shows global EV sales of 2.65M units through June 20
Solar installers can demand supply chain transparency from manufacturers
Solar Power World
AUGUST 25, 2021
A growing trend across all industries is consumers demanding greater transparency on the origin of the products they’re purchasing. Manufacturers claiming they’re producing cruelty-free or organic products can be subject to third-party audits to determine if that’s true. The solar industry is now also experiencing a push for supply chain traceability as allegations of forced… The post Solar installers can demand supply chain transparency from manufacturers appeared first on Solar Power Wor
German utility E.ON to offer home chargers from Turkish manufacturer Vestel
Charged
AUGUST 25, 2021
German electric and natural gas utility E.ON plans to add chargers from Turkey-based manufacturer Vestel to its portfolio of EV chargers. The Vestel home chargers will initially be offered exclusively to members of ADAC, Germany’s largest automobile club. Vestel’s range of smart, networked chargers includes entry-level designs as well as more powerful advanced models.
How Cities Can Rethink Housing After COVID-19
The City Fix
AUGUST 25, 2021
When the world shut down last March, the urban housing conversation took on a radically different hue. Suddenly, housing was a public health concern – which, of course, it always had been. Where you live, and under what conditions, appeared. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
Ford’s Eluminator crate motor is designed to make EV conversions easy
Charged
AUGUST 25, 2021
As batteries and other EV components steadily become cheaper and more capable, conversions of legacy gas vehicles, especially beloved classics, are becoming more attractive. Now Ford has announced an electric crate motor designed to make EV conversions easy. Ford teased a couple of renderings of the new Eluminator, which will be unveiled at the SEMA show in Las Vegas this fall.
AgNext scores $21 million for sensors for Indian farmers
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 25, 2021
ImpactAlpha, August 25 – AgNext supports a network of sensors that monitors crop conditions to boost productivity and reduce losses (for context, see, The post AgNext scores $21 million for sensors for Indian farmers appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Russian startup develops LNG- and hydrogen-powered off-grid EV charger
Charged
AUGUST 25, 2021
Russian based startup L-Charge has developed an off-grid EV charger that can be powered by liquid natural gas (LNG), hydrogen, or a mixture of the two—the ratio can be adjusted depending on regulations and fuel prices. The company is marketing its charger not only as a way to provide charging in locations where grid power isn’t available, but also as a way for oil companies and gas stations to stave off decline.
Investing in climate-smart farms to accelerate the net-zero transition
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 25, 2021
In case you haven’t seen the headlines – or haven’t experienced the extreme weather events yourself – climate change is here. In the. The post Investing in climate-smart farms to accelerate the net-zero transition appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Energy Vault Announces $100 Million Series C Funding
altenergymag
AUGUST 25, 2021
New Financing from Round Led by Prime Movers Lab Will Support Deployment of EVx™ Platform to Fulfill Strong Pipeline of Customer Demand
This amazing breakthrough in fighting dengue is taking flight
GatesNotes
AUGUST 25, 2021
This mosquito has been transformed into a surprisingly powerful ally to save and improve lives.
Nigeria’s Alerzo raises $10.5 million to digitize informal businesses
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 25, 2021
ImpactAlpha, August 25 – The digitization trend that’s taken off in the pandemic has focused on helping put small businesses online. Alerzo is. The post Nigeria’s Alerzo raises $10.5 million to digitize informal businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas receives 50 MW order in Poland
Renewable Energy World
AUGUST 25, 2021
Vestas, a global manufacturer and installer of wind turbines, has received orders for 50 megawatts from the Project Joint Venture between V-Ridium Power Group and KGAL in Poland. Vestas will supply and install turbines at the 15 MW Podlasek and 35 MW Wólka Dobry?ska projects, both with anticipated commissioning by the end of 2022. “We’re pleased that Vi-Ridium has entrusted Vestas with delivering their next two projects in Poland, building on our previous collaborations at the Mlawa and Grajewo
Urbint secures $60 million to prevent critical infrastructure failures
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 25, 2021
ImpactAlpha, August 25 – Investing in the improvement and climate-resilience of America’s aging infrastructure is the hot private-sector opportunity, particularly in light of. The post Urbint secures $60 million to prevent critical infrastructure failures appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
How to fight malaria during a pandemic
GatesNotes
AUGUST 25, 2021
A year ago, I feared there would be a malaria catastrophe. This is how the world avoided it.
Steward revamps its ‘crowdfarming’ model with short term loans for sustainable farms
Impact Alpha
AUGUST 25, 2021
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 25 – Sustainable farmers are on the front lines of the fight to mitigate climate change. Yet agriculture funding is geared. The post Steward revamps its ‘crowdfarming’ model with short term loans for sustainable farms appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
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