GreenBiz
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Following the money: A sustainable finance odyssey. Joel Makower. Tue, 12/08/2020 - 02:11. I’ve been following the money this past week. "The money," in this case, is the sprawling and spiraling world of sustainable finance. The occasion, as you may have guessed, was our announcement Nov. 30 of our newest annual event: GreenFin , taking place in April.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Building information modeling (BIM), modular construction and low-carbon timber materials combine in the sustainable Buitenhuis, a small low-impact home with beautiful farmland views in Heinenoord, the Netherlands.
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GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 8, 2020
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology team has shed light on a key challenge for the nuclear industry: the rising cost of new plants. And the answer provides support to those who believe small modular reactors ultimately may be the best route to cost reduction. It turns out that the main reason for spiraling nuclear plant construction bills is soft costs, the indirect expenses related to activities such as engineering design, purchasing, planning, scheduling and — ironically — esti
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 8, 2020
This is the first time that the tiny animal has been spotted after a wildfire ravaged the island last summer.
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.
GreenTechMedia
DECEMBER 8, 2020
The soaring hype surrounding green hydrogen reached new heights this week, as a seven company-strong consortium unveiled plans for a fiftyfold scale-up in production capacity by 2026. ACWA Power, CWP Renewables, Envision, Iberdrola, Ørsted, Snam and Yara launched a coalition called the Green Hydrogen Catapult with the aim of deploying 25 gigawatts of renewables-based hydrogen production capacity by 2026.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 8, 2020
JHU has tapped BIG to add a new student center to serve as a modern, welcoming social hub for students.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Nimble is taking care of plastic and e-waste by turning them into cool new accessories for your smart phone.
Charged
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Ebusco is a supplier of electric buses and depot chargers, while ROCSYS supplies plug-in robots. The two Dutch companies are working together on a system to automate charging at bus depots, using a robotically-controlled CCS charging system. “The advantages of automating bus depots are many and varied,” says Peter Bijvelds, CEO of Ebusco. “Automating this process means there is no need for human hands, and that has two major benefits.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) have both withdrawn from Architects Declare. The issue? Airports.
Solar Power World
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Hail is becoming a bigger financial risk for insurers, and they’re not covering all the damage. As glass gets thinner, solar asset owners need to take notice. By Paul Wormser, VP of Technology, Clean Energy Associates Virtually all solar module manufacturers use glass for the top surface of the panel — and they all pass the… The post Can your solar project weather a hailstorm?
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.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Ex-LM Wind Power Chairman John Leahy Joins Board of Blade Maintenance Specialist GEV Wind Power to support its growth ambitions.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 8, 2020
ImpactAlpha, December 8 – Environmental and social laggards beware. A growing set of hedge funds are redefining “activist shareholder” to mean pressure for. The post There’s a new impact sheriff in town: activist hedge funds appeared first on Impact Alpha.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Effort underway to hire and train local laborers and military veterans
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 8, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 8 – Financial technology has transformed how we pay for things, invest, raise money, and assess risk. A new focus: making. The post Can fintech startups combat climate change? appeared first on Impact Alpha.
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.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 8, 2020
New turbine design elements, such as carbon blades and uptower transformers increase not only fire risk, but severity of a turbine fire – which could drive up losses for insurers in the near future
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 8, 2020
ImpactAlpha, December 8 — SoLa Impact, a family of social impact-focused affordable housing funds, launched a billion-dollar fund to build affordable housing in. The post SoLa Impact’s billion-dollar impact fund targets Black and Latinx communities appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Planet Pulse
DECEMBER 8, 2020
The Copernicus Masters is an international competition that awards prizes to developers who leverage Earth observation data to solve important commercial and social problems. We issued a call for submissions to the Planet See Change, Change the World Challenge. This year, we’re in search of novel applications of Planet’s daily global imaging capabilities that will help solve climate and environmental challenges.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Analysis by Cornwall Insight shows the number of public electric vehicle (EV) charge points per EV has fallen to its lowest level since 2018 (when Cornwall Insight records began). In fact, for every one EV in the UK, there are 0.28 public charge points.
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?
Forbes Green Tech
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Global furniture giant IKEA says that after seven decades of uninterrupted publication, it will no longer publish its iconic catalog, due to a steady decline in interest from customers. It’s time to follow IKEA’s lead and embrace a paperless future.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 8, 2020
What on earth could connect 100 meter sprinting and impact measurement, two activities that, on the face of it, seem a world apart? The post The (impact) performance mindset appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Business Green
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Government introduces first dedicated number plates for zero emission vehicles, potentially paving the way for new incentives for electric vehicle drivers. Green number plates are to appear on the UK's roads for the first time from today, as the government looks to accelerate demand for zero emission vehicles ahead of the 2030 ban on the sale of new internal combustion engine cars and vans.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Featured: There’s a new impact sheriff in town: activist hedge funds. The post The Brief: Activist hedge funds, climate fintechs, impact benchmarks and classes, SoLa’s Black Impact Fund, Latin America’s gig workers appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Solar Power World
DECEMBER 8, 2020
By Katherine Burk Cheema, product marketer, Aurora Solar In the past decade the solar + storage market has seen incredible growth. Decreasing costs, along with favorable incentives, have contributed to a swell in demand. In fact, according to a recent Aurora Solar survey of installers, over 70% of respondents currently offer storage today. Participants in… The post Introducing battery storage for Aurora: Sell storage with confidence appeared first on Solar Power World.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Updated legislation for heat networks came into force on 27 November 2020. The revisions aim to drive best practice in smart metering & billing and improve network performance.
Mr. Sustainability
DECEMBER 8, 2020
QuantumScape is building a better electric car battery that it says charges to 80% in 15 minutes Summary - Volkswagen-backed QuantumScape is building a solid-state lithium metal battery for electric vehicles that it says will be safer and better than the cells on the market today. In extensive testing, they found that its batteries should allow a car to charge to 80% of its full capacity in 15 minutes.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 8, 2020
The Accelerate membership program is made possible by founding support from Amazon Web Services and Berkshire Hathaway Energy Foundation, and is sponsored by BayWa r.e. and Monarch Private Capital.
Business Green
DECEMBER 8, 2020
New report from Green Finance Institute identifies barriers to investment in green heating systems and trails series of new demonstration projects. A range of innovative new policies and financial products are to be debuted over the next year in a bid to make it easier for households and businesses to deploy zero emission heating systems. That is the headline commitment from a new report from the Green Finance Institute (GFI) and the Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings (CEEB), which
Forbes Green Tech
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Electric car startups now worth $75 billion gorged on $50 million in PPP money. Some of the biggest recipients, like China's Nio, are keeping the cash.
Business Green
DECEMBER 8, 2020
A host of leading industry figures five their views on how can firms support and accelerate the transition to net zero buildings. From whichever angle you look, net zero buildings offer a compelling vision. They are the homes and offices of the future that promise to keep occupants cool in the summer, warm in the winter, and healthy in mind and body all year round, while also providing a critical component of the zero emission energy system that should emerge over the next decade.
Forbes Green Tech
DECEMBER 8, 2020
“We’ve seen a huge upturn,” said Damien Mander, displaying a graph charting a steep rise in the recovery of tusks from poached elephants.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Company’s electric customers can simply sign up and enjoy the benefits of solar energy
GatesNotes
DECEMBER 8, 2020
In a year like this, sometimes you want to go deep on a tough issue. Other times you need a break.
Business Green
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Corporate climate disclosure accelerates across private sector in line with increasing investor expectations during year dominated by pandemic, according to ratings agency. The number of companies to make CDP's 'A List' has ballooned by almost 50 per cent over the last year, according to an update from the climaterisk disclosure and environmental ratings body which highlights improving environmental transparency and action across the business world.
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