From sustainability intern to hiring manager
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The sustainability sector is growing rapidly, which means you might be going from low level independent contributor to in charge of hiring an entire team before you know it.
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Tesla's new factory location revealed as Mexico
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Around the world, hopeful governments have been waiting all year for Tesla CEO Elon Musk to announce what country will be the site of a new EV-making gigafactory. And now we know: the winner is Santa Catarina, Mexico, according to Bloomberg.
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Can nature tech help save nature?
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 20, 2022
These seven startups are using technology to accelerate, scale-up and otherwise enhance the protection and restoration of biodiverse ecosystems.
The push for local composting programs in the US
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The good news is this: compost is separate enough from recycling and landfill waste in nearly every facility. Therefore, your organic waste is indeed becoming fertilizer. The bad news: the planet desperately needs us to increase our composting infrastructure and soon.
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.
What happened at COP15? Here's 5 things you should know
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The UN's Convention on Biodiversity wrapped up in Montreal this week. Nations and businesses established funding and global targets.
International design competition for wildlife pavilions
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 20, 2022
A new architecture contest urges entrants to explore the potential of Italy’s Torbiere del Sebino Reserve. Winners may be awarded up to 7,000 Euros, a prestigious prize from a prestigious international jury.
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The Poetizer Offices are an homage to nature
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 20, 2022
If you imagine a space where a bunch of poetry-loving social media enthusiasts might work, you would probably envision something exactly like the Poetizer offices.
Get your ESG story straight: A sustainability communication starter kit
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 20, 2022
COP27 is over, and now it’s time to turn corporate commitments into action. Here’s where your story begins.
10 Reasons Why Your Home Should Switch to Green Living in 2023
U.S. Green Technology
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Green living is a lifestyle that focuses on living in harmony with the environment. The green living movement seeks to reduce the impact of human activity on the environment and increase awareness about environmental conservation. It is the act of reducing your carbon footprint to help the environment. There are many ways to do this, The post 10 Reasons Why Your Home Should Switch to Green Living in 2023 appeared first on U.S.
South Australia’s remarkable 100 per cent renewables run extends to over 10 days
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 20, 2022
South Australia posts a remarkable and world-first run of net 100 per cent wind and solar for more than 10 days, or 249 hours. The post South Australia’s remarkable 100 per cent renewables run extends to over 10 days appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Record breaking number of brownfield sites identified for redevelopment as housing crisis deepens – CPRE report
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The number of new homes that could be built on brownfield land has reached record levels, new research by CPRE, the countryside charity, appears to find. To help address a growing housing crisis, over 1.2 million homes could be built on 23,000 sites covering more than 27,000ha. of previously developed land. Just 45% of available housing units have been granted planning permission and 550,000 homes with planning permission are still awaiting development.
Coral reusable water bottles made with 100% recycled plastic
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Coral is a company with reusable water bottles that are made from 100% recycled plastic.
Siemens selects site for second US EVSE manufacturing hub
Charged
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Siemens eMobility has announced plans to establish its second US EVSE manufacturing hub in Carrollton, Texas. Siemens is retrofitting the existing 80,000-square-foot plant, which will serve as the manufacturing site for the company’s new VersiCharge Blue, a Buy American-compliant Level 2 AC charger specifically designed for the US market. Siemens expects the plant to be fully operational by mid-2023.
Rooftop solar is eating coal and gas markets in every mainland state
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Rooftop solar has caused record lows for every mainland state in the last two months as it eats into the coal and gas markets. The post Rooftop solar is eating coal and gas markets in every mainland state appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Researchers aim to improve rare-earth-free magnets through microstructure engineering
Charged
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Researchers from the DOE’s Critical Materials Institute (CMI) and Ames National Laboratory have developed a new method of manufacturing manganese bismuth (MnBi) magnets based on microstructure engineering. They describe their wok in “ Engineering microstructure to improve coercivity of bulk MnBi magnet ,” published in the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.
Amara Raja Power Systems Selects Nextracker to Supply Solar Trackers for NTPC's 306 MWp Nokh Power Plant
altenergymag
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Solar systems leader chosen for its India track record and proven bifacial design that increases energy gain on utility-scale solar power plants
Coca-Cola deploys 30 Renault electric delivery trucks in Belgium
Charged
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) will use 30 Renault electric trucks to make last-mile deliveries to supermarkets and businesses in Belgium. The routes served average 150 km (93 miles) per day. The beverage manufacturer is electrifying one fifth of its truck fleet, which it says will reduce its CO 2 emissions by 75% compared to existing diesel trucks.
Spinning machines versus grid forming inverters: The search for control in 100 pct renewables
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Competition between spinning machines and grid forming batteries to replace retiring coal generators will be one of the landmark themes of the switch to renewables. The post Spinning machines versus grid forming inverters: The search for control in 100 pct renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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?
New electrode material preserves its volume, solving a major limitation of solid-state batteries
Charged
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Solid-state batteries (SSBs) offer several potential advantages over current lithium-ion batteries, including improved safety and faster charging. However, SSBs suffer from a problem that limits their durability. When lithium ions are inserted into or extracted from the electrodes, the crystalline structure of the material changes, making the electrode expand or shrink.
Singapore’s NTU researches smarter grids
Smart Energy International
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Research at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is investigating the working together of renewable energies and storage in a microgrid. The project taking place at NTU’s testbed on the Semakau landfill comprises solar photovoltaic panels and a wind turbine that are interconnected in a microgrid. The research led by NTU’s Energy Research Institute is investigating how different renewable sources can be integrated with energy storage systems including batteries and hydrogen fuel cells.
The Brief: Looking Ahead to 2023: Emerging Markets
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Greetings, Agents of Impact! ? Call No. 47: Looking ahead. This week’s thematic roundups on ImpactAlpha flag the signals we’ll be watching for. The post The Brief: Looking Ahead to 2023: Emerging Markets appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Environmental Activists Fight Back as Companies Resort to ‘Lawfare’ to Quash CriticismÂ
DeSmogBlog
DECEMBER 20, 2022
In 1999, when Shpresa Loshaj was 19, she fled her home town of Deçan, Kosovo, as a refugee and moved to Canada. When she returned in 2018, long after the war had ended, a journalist encouraged her to go into the hills and take a look at some new hydropower plants on the river Lumbardhi i Deçanit. The journalist was investigating claims by local people that the plants run by KelKos, a subsidiary of Austrian energy firm Kelag, were operating without permits and potentially damaging the local ecosy
The new year will be all about grid firming as Australia rejoins race to renewables
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 20, 2022
We leave 2022 with a new policy clarity and momentum in the shift to renewables. The vital role of energy firming – including from batteries on wheels – is the next frontier. The post The new year will be all about grid firming as Australia rejoins race to renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
2023 emerging market opportunities are locally-rooted, gender-smart and climate-friendly
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 20, 2022
ImpactAlpha, December 20 – Impact investing’s early advocates imagined a trillion-dollar industry. This year, by one estimate, the industry surpassed that target. Big. The post 2023 emerging market opportunities are locally-rooted, gender-smart and climate-friendly appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
NSW and federal Labor tip another $7.8bn to plug in Snowy 2.0 and boost renewables
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Federal Labor and NSW Coalition join forces to fund eight critical electricity transmission and REZ projects, including new lines to "plug Snowy 2.0 into the grid.". The post NSW and federal Labor tip another $7.8bn to plug in Snowy 2.0 and boost renewables appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Data-Driven Personalization Delivers Targeted Customer Participation in Peak Events
Bidgely
DECEMBER 20, 2022
As consumers, we constantly receive targeted ads in our inboxes, social media platforms, search results and more that offer suggestions as to what we should watch, listen to, buy or attend. Those ads are typically very relevant to us and in line with our preferences, because advertisers know that this behavioral science based approach makes it more likely that we will 1) pay attention and 2) respond to their call to action.
B Corp Sustainability and Certification
Green Business Bureau
DECEMBER 20, 2022
B Corps and Sustainability. Corporate sustainability has become one of the most popular management paradigms for businesses. It is an alternative to the traditional growth and profit-maximization model. While corporate sustainability recognizes that corporate growth and profitability are important, it also requires the need to pursue societal goals, specifically those relating to environmental protection, social justice and equity, and economic development.
Cement Industry Innovation in the Sprint to Net-Zero
CleanTech Group
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Cement is a primary material in concrete as well as mortars, blocks, and plaster. It’s the glue that holds buildings and structures together.
Contractor’s Corner: Sumpter Solar Services A foundation of solar repair work builds a dedicated customer base for this small residential installer.
Solar Power World
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Big, national solar installers often command many headlines thanks to vast marketing and public relations budgets, but when bad things happen and those companies close up shop, small local contractors are the ones that pick up the pieces. Such was the case for Detroit, Michigan-area installer Sumpter Solar Services when a national solar outfit active… The post Contractor’s Corner: Sumpter Solar Services <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-size:15px;'&#
Cincoze Rugged Embedded Computer Facilitates Internet of Energy
altenergymag
DECEMBER 20, 2022
The DV-1000 high-performance and essential rugged embedded computer in the Cincoze Rugged Computing - DIAMOND product line offers high-performance computing in a compact chassis with flexible expansion and industrial wide temperature support, making it the best choice for IoE applications.
Australian fund managers snap up 49 pct stake in Australia’s biggest wind farm
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Asset managers to buy 49% stake in Australia's largest wind farm from global turbine giant Goldwind. The post Australian fund managers snap up 49 pct stake in Australia’s biggest wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Shopify orders up latest carbon removal deals
Business Green
DECEMBER 20, 2022
Shopify and Stripe announce latest $11m investment round through Frontier negative emissions fund. Ecommerce tech giants Shopify and Stripe have announced the latest round of investment as part of the Frontier negative emissions technology initiative, securing $11m worth of carbon removal credits through six new deals. The companies are both founding members of the Frontier group of technology firms, which earlier this year committed to spend a combined $925m on carbon removal projects through t
The five big energy events of 2022, and what they mean for wind, solar, EVs and batteries
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 20, 2022
There is going to be a large step up in demand for wind, solar, and EV batteries over the next decade. But trade barriers emerge as a problem. The post The five big energy events of 2022, and what they mean for wind, solar, EVs and batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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