GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Circular business model lessons from IKEA, REI and Eileen Fisher. Deonna Anderson. Fri, 02/26/2021 - 00:30. . Moving from a linear business model to a circular takes time, effort and trial and error. But it also has its hidden benefits. "It can help you with some operational efficiencies. It can also position you to be sort of a company of the future, and also, frankly, tackle the environmental challenges that we have of our consumption model," said Tensie Whelan, director at New York Universit

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Plans for a new 3.6-gigawatt natural gas power plant in the U.K. have been shelved by the developer Drax, highlighting the challenging economics of converting coal-fired power to a cleaner, but still fossil-fuel-fired, alternative. It would have been the largest gas plant in Europe and, unsurprisingly, drew the attention of environmental groups. They had claimed that the project’s permit was not compatible with the U.K.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Electrifying everything should start with the masses. Sarah Golden. Fri, 02/26/2021 - 00:45. The case for electrifying buildings is a no-brainer. It makes buildings healthier , cheaper and is essential to addressing climate change (building operations account for 28 percent of emissions globally — more than all of the transportation sector). That doesn’t mean electrifying buildings will be easy.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Informed by 3D-modeling tools, the skyscraper features a futuristic, energy-efficient design with terraced levels, dramatic curves and expansive glazing.

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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.

Energy

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Episode 257: Happy Birthday, Bill McDonough; career advice for sustainability pros. Heather Clancy. Fri, 02/26/2021 - 05:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (1:50). Nestlé and Microsoft on financing circular innovations. What China can teach the US about EV fast-charging rollouts. Bill McDonough at 70: A look back. and ahead (featuring interview highlights at 10:40).

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Cooling towers of a coal-fired power plant in Saxony, Germany. “We cannot rely on linear developments and a steady energy transition over the next 30 years to 2050,” according to William Gillett, Energy Programme Director of the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC). The group believes the European Commission’s public consultation on the revision of the renewable energy directive provides an opportunity to remind the EU to step up its game.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Polypropylene bales. Sorting technologies manufacturer TOMRA and chemicals firm Borealis announced in January the operational start of their advanced mechanical recycling demo plant in Lahnstein, Germany, the result of a partnership that marries chemistry with technology to deliver “unsurpassed results” “This plant is just the beginning of what’s possible when key players in the value chain come together to make a truly significant impact in the market,” said Volker Rehrmann, Executi

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

This summer, the Chinese city of Jiaxing will welcome an innovative transportation hub that will be topped with a lush "borderless park" to bring nature back to the urban environment.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The carbon footprint of British pig farming has reduced by almost 40% over the last 20 years, according to a new study, using a new methodology, led by the Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS) at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. The independent research, funded by the EU, drew its conclusions from historic data on livestock systems across England, Scotland and Wales.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Stranded at sea with roughly 2000 cattle, two ships face are "crying out for help" from the Spanish government.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

City of Turlock installs air cleaning devices in entire bus fleet. The city of Turlock will become the first in California to install air cleaning devices across its entire operational bus fleet, in an effort to protect drivers from the risk of airborne transmission of coronavirus. Turlock Transit, the city’s transit agency, plans to install 20 of the AirBubbl air cleaning devices in the driver cabins of its buses by the end of the month, including eight devices which are already installed.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Off the shores of Dubai, the majestic Arabian Sea section of the northern Indian Ocean can trace its history back to important marine trade routes. Also known as the Sea of Oman, this massive body of water is known for its turquoise waters and unique wave patterns. This natural wonder was the inspiration behind Middle East Architecture Network's Mawj 3D Printed Chair, an innovative contemporary armchair meant to explore the potential of robotic 3D-printing in the furniture industry.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

SDS Greywater Reuse System. A next-generation water recycling system, unveiled by water infrastructure systems specialist SDS, will seemingly boost business sector efforts to save water by offering significantly improved investment returns for commercial developers and operators. The SDS Greywater on Demand (GWOD) system uses “a state-of-the-art ultrafiltration technology, unique to the UK, together with smart controls, to deliver a space-saving, low-energy and responsive water reuse syste

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Charged

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Charged has been reporting on electric trucks for a decade, but the electrification of real-world fleets has been frustratingly slow, and several would-be e-truck builders have gone bust waiting for fleet operators to conduct years-long pilots. Now we’re finally starting to see some large orders. Will 2021 be the year of the electric truck? A recent article in Transport Dive discusses the current state of electrification, and the relative merits of battery-electric versus fuel cell technology fo

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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.

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Forbes Green Tech

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The Polish city of Rybnik stands at the heart of the largest coal-producing area of the EU: Silesia. Now citizens are showing the ability to power a new economic model.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Redwood Materials , the battery recycling venture founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has signed an agreement to recycle scrap and defective battery cells for Envision AESC, which manufactures batteries for the Nissan LEAF in Smyrna, Tennessee. Recycling batteries is not only environmentally sound, but it may soon become an economic necessity, as demand for batteries outstrips supply.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Xcel Energy – Colorado today announced details of its upcoming Clean Energy Plan that will result in an estimated 85% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2005 levels by 2030. The plan will double renewable energy and battery storage on the Xcel Energy Colorado system, providing customers with electricity derived from approximately 80% renewable sources while maintaining affordable and reliable energy service, said Xcel in a press release.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Formula E , the urban electric racing series, begins its seventh season, and its first as an official FIA World Championship, on February 26 and 27, with a nighttime double header on the streets of Diriyah, Saudi Arabia. This season’s events will be broadcast live in over 150 countries around the world. Formula E has inked new or extended media partnerships with over 40 broadcasters, including CBS in the US, and Discovery (Eurosport) in Europe.

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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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altenergymag

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Drive more traffic to your property with the next level of charging! With US LED's TurboEVC, you'll have industry-leading DC fast charging technology that meets the needs of electric vehicles today and is ready to satisfy more demand tomorrow.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Read time: 8 mins Last August, ExxonMobil warned that it may need to remove 20 percent of its oil and gas proved reserves from its books. While that was a shocking number from the oil major, reality proved to be even more of a shock to the company. On February 24 , Exxon reported that it would actually remove over 30 percent of its proved reserves from its books — essentially wiping out the value of its Canadian tar sands holdings from its books. .

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

We are kickstarting a new blog series called “Belonging Spotlight.” Each volume we will feature various members of our Planet community. These will be valuable opportunities to get to know the person, the whole person, and to also understand what belonging really means at Planet…for them. . For our first volume, we will be celebrating Black History Month.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Read time: 16 mins As temperatures across Texas plunged in mid-February, memes showing frozen wind turbines — some including misleading photos from Europe in 2015 — spread rapidly on social media.

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altenergymag

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Growatt extends integrated PV offering with inverter, battery, ATS, smart meter, rapid shutdown system

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Under the plans 2,000 council homes will be powered by low carbon heat generated from effluent at Hogsmill sewage plant in Surrey. Thousands of homes in Kingston could soon take advantage of energy captured from sewage in a pioneering low carbon district heating trial that will channel heat recovered from a local sewage plant to a nearby council estate, it was announced today.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Moon Dog Brewing, an independent Australian craft brewery based out of Melbourne, is exploring ways to reduce its carbon footprint and drive environmental sustainability. To this end, the Moon Dog team selected Energis, a residential and commercial energy solutions company, to design a solar system that would reduce their reliance on using energy from the grid and lower their energy costs.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Featured: The Week's Agent of Impact Donnel Baird, BlocPower. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Block power appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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altenergymag

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Gridtential Energy was awarded a research project to generate sophisticated plug and play solar energy systems. The project will combine a silicon wafer, lead-based technology with the testing expertise of Electric Applications Incorporated (EAI) to develop high voltage reference batteries.

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Impact Alpha

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

ImpactAlpha, Feb. 26 – There was no heat in the building in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood where Baird grew up, so he and his sister. The post Donnel Baird, BlocPower appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Carney concedes avoided emissions do not count toward science-based net zero targets, despite previously claiming asset manager Brookfield is 'net zero today' due to its investments in renewables. Mark Carney has responded to mounting criticism of his recent claim that Brookfield - the Canadian investment giant for which he is a board member - is "net zero today", despite the fact it holds billions of dollars of fossil fuel infrastructure assets including coal and tar sands projects.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The competitive retail wing of American Electric Power has signed a clean energy supply deal with apparel firm Abercrombie & Fitch Co. AEP Energy will supply the retailer’s corporate headquarters and two distribution centers in New Albany, Ohio with clean energy through an Integrated Renewable Energy (IRE) solution – a long-term, fixed price retail energy option that supports new, locally-sourced wind and solar – for 13 years beginning in 2023.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

UN urges countries to submit tougher climate plans to meet Paris goals and prevent climate catastrophe. The United Nations has sounded the alarm that the world is falling "far short" of the goals set out in the Paris Agreement, warning that the wave of enhanced national climate plans published last year by treaty signatories are set to deliver negligible emissions reductions that will leave the global economy on track for dangerous levels of global warming.

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U.S. Green Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

One of the hallmarks of the 21st Century would have to be solar panels. These devices have become more widespread in recent years, and part of the reason for that is because they are a tremendous asset to a homeowner and society in general, producing an essential commodity. Here are some of the things you. The post Creating a Sunny Future with Solar Panels appeared first on U.S.

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Forbes Green Tech

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The Japanese government has supported fuel cell development, but the lack of fueling stations, and uncertainty about the resale value of hydrogen-powered vehicles remain significant barriers to broader adoption.

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