Wed.Mar 25, 2020

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Why plastics are also a climate issue

GreenBiz

We can’t tackle one successfully without tackling the other, as many of the reasons for and solutions to the growing plastic and climate problems are the same.

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Volkswagen revamps classic 1960s microbus into a cool electric ride

Inhabitat - Innovation

VW has updated the classic T1 Samba Bus into an electric van called e-BULLI.

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Where does your waste plastic go? This guide can help businesses develop the details

GreenBiz

The Plastic Leak Project, created by Quantis in partnership with 35 organizations, takes a science-based approach to understanding plastic pollution in order to help companies reduce their waste flows.

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SunPower Slashes Executive Salaries and Withdraws 2020 Guidance in Response to Coronavirus

GreenTechMedia

SunPower on Wednesday announced several belt tightening measures and slashed executive salaries, citing uncertainty related to COVID-19. The company said the efforts would save up to $50 million as it navigates an unpredictable 2020. The distributed solar and storage company also withdrew the guidance it offered in February for full year 2020, with GAAP revenue at $2.1 to 2.3 billion and between 2.5 and 2.75 gigawatts shipped during the year.

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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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COVID-19 pandemic shines spotlight on flexible, digital freight

GreenBiz

There have generally been three waves of logistics problems that have emerged alongside the novel coronavirus outbreak. Analytics and artificial intelligence are helping solve them.

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Stunning home on Spanish island built partially underground

Inhabitat - Innovation

Formentera-based Marià Castelló Architecture has become known for creating incredible homes that deftly combine contemporary design with nature-based inspiration. The firm’s latest project is the Bosc d’en Pep Ferrer, a family home that was partially built deep underground into the rocky terrain to use the landscape as natural insulation to reduce its energy usage.

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‘It’s Like a Snow Day Every Day’: Coronavirus Threatens Commercial Renewables Demand

GreenTechMedia

Restaurants, factories and hotels that have shut their doors and sent workers home don’t need much electricity. As that reality sets in, it could take the shine off one of the brightest spots for the renewables market: corporate demand. Experts say it’s still too early to draw conclusions about the coronavirus outbreak’s effect on power demand, let alone the secondary effect on demand for wind and solar.

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The backstory and purpose behind 5 leading ESG reporting frameworks

GreenBiz

If you're recruiting ESG specialists, it helps to know the backstory.

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How To Be A Successful Ecopreneur

Green Business Bureau

Interested in the benefits of creating an eco-friendly business? Learn everything you need to know about becoming an “ecopreneur” in this guide written by MAYO Designs. What Is An Ecopreneur? An “ecopreneur” is an entrepreneur focused on creating and selling environmentally-friendly products and services. Ecopreneurship is a new way of doing business – a way to create sustainable business models, and work together with (and for) the environment.

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How Europe’s Energy Sector Is Responding to the Coronavirus

GreenTechMedia

Europe's electricity giants are grappling with the demanding challenge of safeguarding staff, keeping the lights on and contributing to the relief effort — all while rolling ahead with their own energy transition plans. As Europe's utilities, project developers and network operators take stock, early speculation and guesswork on the impact of the coronavirus outbreak are giving way to more informed forecasts and detailed assessments.

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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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Green-roofed Honey Bee Research Centre targets LEED Gold

Inhabitat - Innovation

The state-of-the-art research center will promote honeybee health and awareness.

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North American Power Markets Will Look Different in the 2020s

GreenTechMedia

The next decade is expected to be another one defined by inexpensive power supply in North American power markets. Competition among renewable power developers with be fierce. Cheap capital will be plentiful. In this context, renewable energy developers, project financiers, utilities and commercial & industrial offtakers need to be wary of several key dynamics in North American power markets over the next 10 years.

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Federal Judge Tosses Dakota Access Pipeline Permits, Orders Full Environmental Review

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 6 mins Today, a federal judge tossed out federal permits for the Dakota Access pipeline ( DAPL ), built to carry over half a million barrels of Bakken crude oil a day from North Dakota, and ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to conduct a full environmental review of the pipeline project. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg indicated that he would next consider whether to shut down the current flows of oil through DAPL while the environmental review is in process, ordering bot

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A Boom Is Coming for All-Electric Homes Despite Lagging Consumer Awareness

GreenTechMedia

Global revenue for home electric heating, cooling, and cooking equipment could increase more than five times by the end of the decade. The surge in spending on all-electric homes is expected even though many consumers are unfamiliar with the natural gas-displacing electric appliances on the market today. Around 70 million American homes burn natural gas, oil, or propane for home space and water heating, according to Navigant Research.

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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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US Army plans for an EV future

Charged

The US Army has been tentatively testing EV technology for some time. Electrification offers opportunities to streamline the military’s logistics tail and to improve its mobility and reach, and the process needs to move faster, a general with Army Futures Command told Defense News in a recent interview. “Let’s be clear. We’re behind. We’re late to meet on this thing,” said Lt.

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Border wall could end jaguar recovery

Inhabitat - Innovation

Newly approved sections of the border wall could end jaguar recovery.

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Generation Q&A: How the pandemic strengthens the case for sustainable investing

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Mar. 25 – Health and well-being. Remote work and collaboration. Resilient food systems. Long-term sustainable investment theses once relegated to the fringes of the capital markets are suddenly fundamental to the global economy. “People being forced to stay in place is revealing a lot of the futility of a lot of our activities” says. The post Generation Q&A: How the pandemic strengthens the case for sustainable investing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Community At Increased Risk of COVID-19

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 6 mins “ Our people aren’t prepared for a pandemic,” Robert Taylor, executive director of the Concerned Citizens of St. John The Baptist Parish, told me a couple of days before the governor of Louisiana issued a stay-at-home order due to the rapid spread of COVID -19 in the state. “Many of us have cancer and weakened immune systems from the chemical onslaught we endure everyday.

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Luxury resort in Bali pays homage to traditional village design

Inhabitat - Innovation

This unique resort connects visitors with the community.

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Take that, Coronavirus! Polestar begins production of its EV in China

Charged

As auto plants around the world shut down or shift to producing ventilators, Polestar, the performance EV brand owned by Volvo (which is in turned owned by Geely), announced that production of the Polestar 2 would begin this week at its plant in Luqiao, China. The company is taking stringent health precautions: at the factory, work spaces are disinfected frequently, and workers are required to wear masks and undergo regular temperature screenings.

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App Data Capture The Plunge In Urban Movement As Cities Enter COVID-19 Lockdown

Forbes Green Tech

As much as 96 percent of personal movement in the world’s major cities vanished as mayors imposed lockdowns this month to slow the spread of COVID-19, according to data from Citymapper, an urban mobility app.

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ABB completes Chargedot acquisition

Charged

Global electrical equipment giant ABB has completed its acquisition of Chinese EV charging provider Chargedot. Chargedot supplies AC and DC charging stations and software platforms to EV manufacturers, EV charging network operators, and real estate developers. Chargedot has around 205 employees. The acquisition was initially announced in October 2019.

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Global wind power grows by more than 60GW in 2019

Business Green

But Global Wind Energy Council forced to revise its forecasts for 2020 and beyond as coronavirus fallout continues. The wind power industry enjoyed its second biggest growth year in history in 2019, adding 60.4GW of new onshore and offshore capacity amid surging demand for clean energy worldwide, latest data from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has revealed.

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Why Public Health Experts Support These Youth Suing the US Government Over Climate Change

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 5 mins Leading experts in the medical community, including two former U.S. Surgeons General, recently filed supporting briefs backing a youth climate lawsuit against the federal government because, like the current coronavirus pandemic, the climate crisis poses “unprecedented threats to public health and safety.”. Tags: public health Juliana v.

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Noodoe EV Moves US Headquarters To Irvine - Offices to Facilitate North America Expansion

altenergymag

Noodoe EV, a global leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging technology, has relocated its US Headquarters to Irvine, California. The announcement was made by Noodoe CEO Jennifer Chang. Noodoe’s move to larger quarters is in direct response to growing demand for its EV charging technology in North America.

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Getting Locked Down Underlines Why We Must Look Up And Work To Enable Drone Delivery

Forbes Green Tech

In the middle of a pandemic vital medical and other supplies need to be delivered fast. Drones are an obvious way to get goods around a city without human contact, or needing to quarantine operators. But to do that we need agreement on how to share the airspace.

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Strengthening collective bonds across the social distance

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 25 – A crisis can bring out the worst or the best in us. Across the globe, millions of people are choosing ‘best,’ picking up groceries for vulnerable neighbors, buying gift cards to keep local businesses afloat, and sending takeout orders to frontline health workers. This grassroots response is moving quickly to bridge. The post Strengthening collective bonds across the social distance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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SMA offers a unique solution to achieve superior economics in ground-mount projects with 480 VAC interconnections

altenergymag

Innovative PEAK3 125 kW is the industry's first and only 1,500 VDC inverter with direct 480 VAC output

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Singapore-based waste management company Blue Planet raises $25 million

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, March 25 – As Asia’s consumer class grows, so does the waste it produces. Blue Planet Environmental Solutions is trying to reinvent the waste stream so that zero waste ends up in a landfill. It raised $25 million from investment bank Nomura. Blue Planet’s strategy focuses on integrating the waste stream by buying up. The post Singapore-based waste management company Blue Planet raises $25 million appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Solar Industry Statement on $2 Trillion COVID-19 Stimulus Package

altenergymag

Following is a statement by Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, on the $2 trillion COVID-19 stimulus package agreed to by Congress late last night:

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Astral Power donates money from each community solar subscription to New York COVID relief

Solar Power World

Community solar provider Astral Power has been helping local upstate New York residents save on their utility bills by providing them access to clean, renewable and locally produced solar energy. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Astral Power is donating $50 to every community solar subscriber along with another $50 for the household’s selected local… The post Astral Power donates money from each community solar subscription to New York COVID relief appeared first on Solar Power Wor

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QEI's Integrated ADMS System

altenergymag

QEI offers their entire ADMS system (Advanced Distribution Management System) platform, which includes the integrated systems DMS, OMS, GIS and RTPS. These can be individually "bolted-on" to an existing or new SCADA system or integrated together.

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Green entrepreneurs urged to enter Postcode Lottery Green Challenge

Business Green

Just one week left for UK green businesses to enter €500,000 funding competition. Green entrepreneurs and start-ups have just a week left to submit their entry if they want to be in the running for grants worth up to €500,000 from the Postcode Lottery. The Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge is one of the world's largest competitions for sustainable entrepreneurship and offers British, Dutch, German, Norwegian and Swedish start-ups a chance to access grant funding and secure a place on a ded

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Starved for human voices? Listen to a podcast about whale songs and climate change.

Grist

Like the image of a polar bear adrift on an ice floe, “save the whales” is an environmental cliché. At this point, there might be more stickers with the slogan than actual whales in the ocean. But where did the whole “save the whales” thing come from, anyway? Now that we’re all holed up in our homes in hiding from the coronavirus, there’s no better time to hear the fascinating story of how it got popularized.