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How forests near and far benefit people in cities

GreenBiz

Forests at three scales — inner, nearby and faraway — offer dozens of benefits to cities.

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Long-term changes to extend the life of your house

Inhabitat - Innovation

As the number and intensity of natural disasters explode, we need to take a fresh look at how we’re building and renovating our homes and look at what we can do to mitigate damage caused by extreme weather events.

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Eaton showcases smart breaker EV charging technology

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Power management company Eaton has expanded the residential demonstration area within its Experience Center in Pittsburgh. As vehicle electrification continues to have a cascading impact on energy infrastructure, Eaton installed its latest smart breakers and EV charging infrastructure to show visitors how these technologies can contribute to home energy management strategies for the benefit of the grid.

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Energy Dome awarded €17.5M by the European Innovation Council to support deployment of its CO2 Battery

altenergymag

The European Commission selects Energy Dome, in the most competitive European funding scheme, as a game changer in the energy transition

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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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Sion Power to expand lithium-metal battery manufacturing operations in Tucson, Arizona

Charged

Large-format lithium-metal battery developer Sion Power has announced plans to expand its existing manufacturing operations in Tucson, Arizona. The expansion is expected to be complete by 2026 and create over 150 jobs, primarily in engineering and other manufacturing-related positions. The overall economic impact of the expansion is expected to be $341 million over the next five years, says the company.

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Holiday Lists No. 1: A dozen Agents of Impact who broke through in 2022

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Dec. 26 – Let’s give all of you Agents of Impact a round of applause. In dozens of profiles this year, we. The post Holiday Lists No. 1: A dozen Agents of Impact who broke through in 2022 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Tesco calls for 'Festive Use Up Day' to tackle Christmas food waste mountain

Business Green

Supermarket estimates festive season results in almost 270,000 tonnes of food waste. An estimated two million turkeys, five million Christmas puddings, and 74 million mince pies are set to be thrown away over the festive season despite still being edible, resulting in almost 270,000 tonnes of food waste. That is the stark warning from supermarket Tesco, which warned Christmas food over-ordering can add considerable sums to the approximately £800 of edible food the average UK household thro

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Origis Energy and Mitsubishi Power to Bring Battery Energy Storage Projects to the Southeast United States

altenergymag

Projects Will Add 600 Megawatt-Hours of Storage Capacity to Origis Solar Sites

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Technology Trending – Vehicle-based microgrid, wildfire prevention, programmable home insulation

Smart Energy International

Ford patenting a vehicle-based microgrid, Hitachi digitising wildfire prevention tech and Fraunhofer researchers investigating programmable materials for thermal applications are in the week’s technology radar. Ford investigates vehicle based microgrid. Vehicle manufacturer patents continue to mount and this week we have learned of a recent filing in the US by Ford for a vehicle-based microgrid system.

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How companies can deliver on the global deal for nature sealed at COP15

Business Green

McKinsey's Daniel Aminetzah sets out how companies can tackle their nature impacts and drive a nature positive economy. At the COP15 Biodiversity Summit which ended last week, much focus was on the depletion of natural capital, the world's stock of natural assets. Tangible consequences of this depletion are already affecting people's lives and livelihoods, from water shortages in California to a nitrogen crisis in the Netherlands.

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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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6 trends that will shape sustainability in 2023

Eco-Business

From Asia becoming a key fossil fuel provider to hi-tech agriculture, these are the trends that could reshape society and business as the world navigates global uncertainty borne out of the Russian-led conflict in Ukraine.

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Secure Solar Futures Installs Solar Array Atop Virginia Homeless Shelter

CleanTechnica

This month, CARITAS, located in Richmond, Virginia, started using solar energy to run its unique recovery and homeless services facilities. The solar energy system, which will be operated by Secure Solar, is anticipated to generate enough clean energy to power the equivalent of 39 ordinary households and to offset 310 tons of carbon dioxide pollution, […].

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India-wide subscription to research journals paves path for Global South

Eco-Business

With rising fees for research journals, India is pressing ahead with a nation-wide subscription to allow more people to access science.

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Carbon Tracker Reports on a “Slipped Gear”

CleanTechnica

Carbon Tracker’s recent report Slipped Gear analysed 20 passenger vehicle manufacturers’ alignment to the Paris Agreement and their position relative to the automotive energy transition. To start off, these 20 OEMs produce about 85% of global auto production: European (5) — Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Stellantis, Renault US (2) — Ford, GM Japanese (7) — Toyota, […].

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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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49 Habitat For Humanity Homes In Wisconsin To Be Solar Powered

CleanTechnica

Thanks to sustainable solar systems on their homes, 49 Habitat for Humanity homes in Wisconsin will notice a significant decrease in their energy costs this winter and beyond. The Grow Solar for Humanity initiative, which aims to bring solar to homes that will significantly benefit from lower utility bills, has been developed in collaboration with […].

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How to Knit an Electric Car

CleanTechnica

In a true sign that battery electric cars have now gone mainstream in Australia, The Australian Women’s Weekly has just featured an article about the MG ZS EV. The copy was supplied by MG and was (as you would expect) overwhelmingly positive. MG (owned by SAIC) has a well established and trusted dealership network throughout […].

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Sandy Munro: Tesla Is “Engineering At The Speed Of Thought”

CleanTechnica

Sandy Munro recently gave an extended Q&A at TeslaCon Florida 2022. I was there as well, to give a presentation on the state of the EV market and market trends. I recorded Sandy’s Q&A and was happy I did, as it was full of gems and other minerals. Below are a few video snippets of […].

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Riga Soon Getting Its First Solaris E-Buses

CleanTechnica

Rīgas Satiksme, a Latvian carrier, has made another advancement toward e-mobility. Soon, Riga’s bus fleet will welcome its first Solaris electric buses. The contract is for the delivery of 35 “Urbino 12” electric buses, with an option to add an additional 17 buses. The basic contract has a total value of more than €19 million […].

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Cities Begin To Question Minimum Parking Regulations

CleanTechnica

Many cities are questioning the wisdom of minimum parking regulations that deprive them of valuable land for development.

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4,000 Tembo e-LV EV Conversion Kits For Kenyan Utility Vehicles

CleanTechnica

One of the best ways to accelerate the transition to electric mobility is to convert the current fleet of ICE vehicles around the world to electric. Streamlining conversion kits to zone in on a particular model is one way of ensuring that significant volumes of ICE vehicles can be converted by targeting fleet operators and […].

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Australian Road Infrastructure Services Company, Evolution Group, To Convert Its ICE Vehicles To Electric In Partnership With Tembo

CleanTechnica

The Toyota Hilux pickup is one of the preferred workhorse in many sectors. It is used extensively by companies in the construction sector. Over 19 million Toyota Hiluxes have been sold worldwide since it was launched some decades ago. The Toyota Hilux could finally be getting an electric version. Recently, Toyota unveiled the Toyota Hilux […].

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Now We All Have to Be Wind, Solar, & Transmission Builders

CleanTechnica

Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2022 Climate & Clean Energy Developments With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the United States has an unprecedented opportunity to dramatically cut our greenhouse gas emissions. To deliver on the promise of the IRA, by 2030, we need to increase renewable energy deployment four-fold over today’s […].

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Food For The Planet: 5 Takeaways From 2022

CleanTechnica

What kinds of global food systems transformations took place this year that will help to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030?

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Tanzania Starts Filling The Julius Nyerere Dam For 2,115 MW Hydropower Plant

CleanTechnica

Tanzania has started filling the Julius Nyerere Dam for the new 2,115 MW hydropower plant. The project cost is said to be about $3 billion. Tanzania currently has an installed capacity of around 1,600 MW. 48% of this capacity is from natural gas, 31% from hydropower, with the rest mostly from other fossil fuels. The […].

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Oregon Joins Other US States In Adopting The Life-Saving Advanced Clean Cars II Standards

CleanTechnica

Oregon Environmental Quality Commission adopts Advanced Clean Car II Rule All new vehicle sales in the state to be electric battery or plug-in hybrid by 2035 model year Statewide, OR—The Environmental Quality Commission adopted rules Monday (3-1) to require all new passenger cars, trucks and SUVs sold in Oregon to be zero emissions by 2035. The commission […].

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Tesla Community Gets Into The Christmas Spirit, + Christmas “Electric Vehicle Association of America” 1912 Ad

CleanTechnica

Season’s greetings … and Merry Christmas to all those in the Tesla and EV community! Hopefully, you’ve been treated to some great gifts under the Christmas tree. Whether you received a nerdy Christmas sweater or a dorky dreidel (yeah, I got one) this holiday season, let’s face it — what you really wanted was something for […].

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EVs Enhanced To Offer 16 Blade LFP Battery Packs For Nissan Leaf

CleanTechnica

The 16 Blade Battery from EVs Enhanced is a liquid cooled direct replacement for the original battery in the Nissan Leaf.