GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

Chefs could be the missing ingredient to circular food systems. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 06/22/2020 - 01:00. It’s often said that the way to a person’s heart is through the stomach. The same principle could apply to fixing the broken food system. . Food loss and waste, the carbon-intensive production and distribution of food, hunger and food deserts: These are just a few inefficient and unequal outcomes of today’s global food system.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

The EU’s trillion-euro coronavirus recovery package may not support big renewable energy projects in the way that was expected. The EU is currently working through the details of a €1.85 trillion ($2.08 trillion) recovery package. Before the stimulus was signed off, a leaked document by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy (DG Energy) ran through a serious of policy plans to marry the European Green Deal and the COVID-19 recovery effort.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 22, 2020

All around the country — and, in fact, the world — toxic plants are located by the most poor and vulnerable populations, most of whom are people of color.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

A new fund is channeling philanthropic dollars into early-stage clean technology investments in the hopes of catalyzing major climate-change impacts. The Prime Impact Fund closed a $50 million raise in recent weeks and has already made eight investments. The fund uses an unusual structure: It screens prospective investments for their carbon-reduction potential in order to direct investment to high-impact technology companies that might struggle to find funding through conventional means.

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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.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 22, 2020

After previously living out of his bicycle packs, the owner decided to downsize his living conditions by commissioning a 329-square-foot, one-bedroom tiny home in Wanaka, New Zealand.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

Investment in commercial and industrial (C&I) solar seems to be holding up in Africa as the COVID-19 pandemic dents investor confidence across the continent, insiders have said. The Sun Exchange, a South African peer-to-peer solar leasing platform, has had its busiest period ever during the “peak pandemic” period from February to May this year, said Abraham Cambridge, founder and CEO.

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The City Fix

JUNE 22, 2020

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been told to stay at home, stay close to our neighborhoods and try to enjoy being outside. But what if there is no park nearby? What if your home is tiny with no outdoor. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JUNE 22, 2020

Humans must address environmental issues now if they wish to avoid future pandemics, WWF International stated in a report released last week.

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Charged

JUNE 22, 2020

A large group of electric utilities in the three West Coast states have announced the results of a study that examined the possibility of building charging infrastructure to facilitate freight transportation along the Pacific Coast’s main highway corridor. The West Coast Clean Transit Corridor Initiative study recommends adding charging infrastructure for freight haulers and delivery trucks at 50-mile intervals along Interstate 5 and adjoining highways.

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altenergymag

JUNE 22, 2020

Solar Frontier Americas becomes Idemitsu Renewables. Cary Vandenberg is in charge of US operations. The company launches a new website www.idemitsurenewables.com and continues its solar development and independent power production business under new parent Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

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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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Forbes Green Tech

JUNE 22, 2020

“Our planet's health is so important as is its natural resources,” Bella Thorne said in an exlusive chat. “I'm proud to align with a company that makes eco-friendly textiles.”.

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altenergymag

JUNE 22, 2020

• Conditional order from innogy to use 100 units of new Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD offshore wind turbine pending final investment decision; service agreement included. • The project will have the capacity to generate enough electricity to power more than 1.2 million British households • The announcement takes the total conditional order backlog for the new offshore wind turbine to 4.3 GW, following conditional orders in Taiwan and the U.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2020

Move from the world's largest asset manager delivers a warning shot to other boardrooms dithering on climate action. BlackRock voted last week to oust the chief of Swedish manufacturing giant AB Volvo, citing his role in the company's perceived failure to adequately disclose its climate risks. The world's largest asset manager, which promised at the start of the year to make sustainability a cornerstone of all investment activity, said that it held Carl-Henric Svanberg accountable for an ongoing

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altenergymag

JUNE 22, 2020

The new Canadian Solar PV modules will mark another breakthrough in module efficiency, propelling solar energy to achieve ever lower levelized cost-of electricity ("LCOE"). The new products will be supported by competitive warranties and the highest level of pre- and post-sales service.

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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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Impact Alpha

JUNE 22, 2020

ImpactAlpha, June 22 – More than 100 institutional investors signed on to a Racial Justice Investing Coalition pledge to address structural racism. “We recognize that the investor community has contributed to, and benefited from, racist systems and the entrenchment of white supremacy,” the group states. “We therefore take responsibility and commit to hold ourselves accountable.

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altenergymag

JUNE 22, 2020

We are grateful to House leaders for introducing the Moving Forward Act, which includes several pro-solar provisions.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 22, 2020

The following is an excerpt from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisor’s forthcoming Impact Investing Handbook: A Practitioner’s Guide to Impact Investing. The “Who” in impact investing starts with you. Whether you’re new to impact investing or further along in the journey, it important to understand your position in the ecosystem of players and to consider what resources.

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Solar Power World

JUNE 22, 2020

DEPCOM Power has always cared for its employees and communities. The utility-scale EPC and O&M company has largely weathered the coronavirus storm and continued to keep its focus on supporting its core team and 2,000 construction contractors. In this episode of the Contractors Corner podcast, Solar Power World editor-in-chief Kelly Pickerel talks with Johnnie Taul,… The post Contractors Corner: DEPCOM Power appeared first on Solar Power World.

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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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Impact Alpha

JUNE 22, 2020

ImpactAlpha, June 22 – Cario-based Chefaa launched its prescription drug marketplace in 2017 to help chronic-disease patients fill prescriptions and access items like menstrual and baby products. The women-led startup, whose name means “healing” in Arabic, directs customers’ prescription orders to nearby pharmacies for fulfillment and delivery to customers.

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U.S. Green Technology

JUNE 22, 2020

The Benefits Of Ground Source Heat Pumps In the modern era, the growing importance of a ground source heat pump is undeniable. Many homeowners are widely accepting this efficient heating/cooling system. A ground source heat pump is known to deliver numerous services like air cooling, accurate humidity level, heat generation, hot water, etc. The market.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 22, 2020

India’s proposed social stock exchange has the potential to bridge the gap between investable capital and the country’s large and diverse social enterprise sector. It is important that the exchange (SSE) does not forego some of the most important principles of social impact – namely, inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity for all deserving impact.

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U.S. Green Technology

JUNE 22, 2020

Top Sustainable Interior Design Tips With rising awareness of how valuable natural resources are, we are finally seeing a shift in human perception as we start prioritizing our environment over the goods we consume. As consumers, we now insist that the products we buy are made of sustainable materials and we’re more than ready to. The post Recent Developments in Sustainable Interior Design appeared first on U.S.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 22, 2020

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Agents of Impact Call: Building impact-investing portfolios for all stakeholders. Join Alabama Power Foundation’s Myla Calhoun, Ford Foundation’s Margot Brandenburg and Grove Foundation’s Rebekah Saul Butler to discuss Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors’ new Impact Investing Handbook with authors Patrick Briaud and Steven Godeke (see below), on The Call, Thursday, June 25 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 6pm London.

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altenergymag

JUNE 22, 2020

Cape Town based IMPower has developed a market-leading Medium Sized solution comprising of solar and energy storage technologies for the Commercial & Industrial market, which includes business parks, factories, shopping malls, schools and many others, providing reliable, affordable power.

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Charged

JUNE 22, 2020

Sponsored by Heraeus. The electrification of the powertrain requires the massive use of power electronics and places new demands on the power semiconductor industry. For electromobility to become established, it must be cost-effective and reliable – to achieve this, power semiconductors must have a higher power density, increased efficiency and improved temperature resistance.

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altenergymag

JUNE 22, 2020

Bluebeard’s Castle resort solar system was initially commissioned in January 2014 with a rated capacity of 500 kW. Before the resort property and solar system were severely damaged by Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, the system was composed of 1,887 solar modules and Enphase M250™ microinverters, spanning 18 resort buildings and four ground-mounted arrays.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2020

Industry commits to halving operational emissions within the next decade, as it seeks to deliver net zero emissions from UK basin by 2050. The UK's oil and gas industry has this month published a new roadmap, setting out how the sector could deliver one of the world's first net zero emissions basins. Industry body Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) last week published a wide-ranging new report, titled The Pathway to Net Zero: Production Emissions Targets , which it said makes the sector "one of the first in

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EDF Voices

JUNE 22, 2020

Lyft's EV commitment is huge. Here are three things to emulate so you're not left behind.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2020

A new OECD report weights up the pros and cons of a host of carbon pricing options, from cap and trade systems to flat fuel taxes. As the world reels from the shockwaves unleashed by the coronavirus pandemic, focus is understandably and necessarily on efforts to build a recovery from the economic wreckage, with consensus fast building around the need to place tackling climate change and the destruction of the natural world at that heart of any stimulus efforts.

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Impact Alpha

JUNE 22, 2020

ImpactAlpha, June 22 – The Vatican’s call last week urging Catholic congregations to divest from fossil fuels came in a 225-page manual meant to provide practical steps for implementing Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical on climate change. ‘Journeying Towards Care For Our Common Home’ calls for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics to “shun companies that are.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2020

Interim report published by UK's first citizens assembly for the climate crisis urges government to use forthcoming economic stimulus to move closer to net zero goal, while highlighting that public is prepared to make emissions-slashing lifestyle changes. From handwashing to homeworking, the coronavirus crisis has highlighted how rapid behaviour change is possible, prompting questions about whether policymakers should capitalise on the public's new found adaptability to try and promote and embed

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altenergymag

JUNE 22, 2020

With offices in San Francisco and Reno, Idemitsu Renewables develops, finances, owns and operates utility-scale solar and storage projects.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2020

Ferrymuir utility-scale battery project marks the private equity investors first such investment in Scotland. The UK's burgeoning battery storage market continues to mature rapidly, with private equity investor Gore Street Capital this week snapping up a 100 per cent interest in the 50MW Ferrymuir utility-scale battery project in Fife through its Energy Storage Fund.

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