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Moore’s Law is our 'secret weapon' for a sustainable civilization

GreenBiz

Renewable energy can take advantage of this huge increase in computing power, along with artificial intelligence (AI), robotic deployment, and automation, in a way that fossil fuels cannot.

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PNNL’s Transactive Energy Coordination Puts The Smart In A Smart Electric Grid

Jim Conca

PNNL’s Transactive Energy Coordination technology offers a partnership between consumers and utility operators that could help keep the U.S. electric grid stable and reliable even in extreme weather with lots of renewables. It’s the kind of thing we imagine when we talk about a Smart Grid.

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Energy Market Outlook: What to Expect in 2022 and Beyond

GreenBiz

The energy landscape is changing quickly, and it affects every organization and every sector in countless ways. From energy prices to grid reliability to emissions, organizations must understand the major national and regional energy trends to successfully plan for the years ahead. In Enel X’s 2022 Energy Market Outlook, our experts offer analysis for 2022 and beyond.

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Ground-breaking project leads to advanced wastewater grit removal system

Envirotec Magazine

Hydro International and the University of Exeter have completed a seemingly ground-breaking two-year research project to optimise the performance of the company’s advanced wastewater grit removal technology. Suspended solids carried in water can cause a range of harmful effects in rivers, lakes and oceans, making the capture and removal of these solids critical for effective environmental protection.

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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.

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Lessons from whale oil on the clean energy transition

GreenBiz

Corporate clean energy procurements are on the rise. So are emissions. What gives? The history of whale oil holds answers.

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Dolce & Gabbana to stop using animal fur for fashion

Inhabitat - Innovation

Major Italian fashion brand Dolce & Gabbana announced that it will stop using animal fur in its products. In a statement released Monday, the firm said it will transition to eco-friendly faux fur options.

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McDonough House is built to last 80 years

Inhabitat - Innovation

McDonough House at Loghaven Artist Residency in Knoxville, Tennessee is a cabin built of RHEINZINK-prePATINA gray zinc material. It's meant to last more than 80 years on the 90 acres of woodlands overlooking the Tennessee River.

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How to help level the playing field for small farmers and ranchers

GreenBiz

The pandemic also revealed deep vulnerabilities in our concentrated meat processing system. Fixing them can help fight climate change.

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This company brought NASA's space tires down to earth

Inhabitat - Innovation

"Survivor" winner Earl Cole and Brian Yennie presented a unique idea to "Shark Tank": bring NASA's space rover tires to earth vehicles. This is the first consumer application of NASA's eco-friendly, airless shape memory alloy tire technology.

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Will the Great Resignation also lift up food and ag workers?

GreenBiz

Strikes, unions and walkouts: Food workers are paving their own path.

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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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Peacocks in precarious position after Miami loosens laws

Inhabitat - Innovation

Peacocks in southern Florida could be pushed from their habitats after the Miami-Dade commission loosened a law protecting them. On Tuesday, the commission voted to allow cities to opt-out of a 20-year-old law protecting the peacocks. Still, the commission explained that cities can only do so if they find a safe way to move the animals.

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Raising the bar for green arenas

GreenBiz

How the Climate Pledge Arena was born and will it be the first or last of it's kind.

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One of Sydneys biggest transport hubs just got a makeover

Inhabitat - Innovation

Many construction projects focus on revitalization, green-friendly upgrades and large-scale changes. But this project in Sydney, Australia went above that, encompassing no less than four separate sites. The design is all about transportation and movement.

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability: What’s the Difference?

Green Business Bureau

Corporate Sustainability versus CSR. The business world is becoming more environmentally and socially responsible. Customers demand it. Employees demand it. Partners and vendors demand it. As businesses continue taking steps to be more purpose-driven, conscientious and responsible, the terms “corporate sustainability” and “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) are thrown around a lot, often without clarity and without knowing what these terms mean.

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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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Australia’s first “milestone” hydrogen shipment carried just one tonne of “clean” hydrogen

Renew Economy

While the Morrison Government praised the first shipment of "clean" hydrogen exports as a milestone, it mostly consisted of conventional fossil hydrogen. The post Australia’s first “milestone” hydrogen shipment carried just one tonne of “clean” hydrogen appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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HYPERION ANNOUNCES NEW HYDROGEN FUEL CELL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURING CENTER

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Green Hydrogen Company Moving its Headquarters from Southern California to Columbus

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Solar farm and big battery in Latrobe Valley gets planning green light

Renew Economy

Planning approval given to solar farm to be located in heart of Latrobe Valley, with a big battery to be added later. The post Solar farm and big battery in Latrobe Valley gets planning green light appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Battery recycler Lithion raises $99 million, inks Korean licensing deal

Charged

Battery recycling technology company Lithion has raised 125 million Canadian dollars ($99 million US) in a Series A funding round, and has granted construction and manufacturing firm IS Dongseo the exclusive right to use its lithium-ion battery recycling technology in the South Korean market. Canada-based Lithion will use the funding on a separation plant, a Technology Development Center for R&D of its technology, and engineering studies to prepare for a hydrometallurgy plant in Quebec.

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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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Nextracker announces investment and partnership with TPG Rise Climate

altenergymag

- Strategic partnership with TPG to support long term growth and innovation at Nextracker - $500 million convertible preferred equity investment represents an implied $3.

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NSW swamped by 34GW of wind, solar and storage for new renewable zone

Renew Economy

NSW overwhelmed with massive response from wind, solar and storage projects for new renewable zone, taking total offerings to nearly 100GW. The post NSW swamped by 34GW of wind, solar and storage for new renewable zone appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Citi issues $2.5 billion bond to preserve affordable housing

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, February 3 — Proceeds from the bond will finance the construction, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing properties for low- and moderate-income. The post Citi issues $2.5 billion bond to preserve affordable housing appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Five new solar farms set monthly record for Clean Energy Regulator accreditation

Renew Economy

Accreditation of five new solar farms in December helps set a new monthly record. The post Five new solar farms set monthly record for Clean Energy Regulator accreditation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Zero Acre Farms raises $37 million to remove vegetable oils from the global food system

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, February 3 — Vegetable oils, including soybean, sunflower, canola and palm oil, are used to make most packaged foods and restaurant meals. The post Zero Acre Farms raises $37 million to remove vegetable oils from the global food system appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Labor’s plan to green the Kurri Kurri gas power plant makes no sense

Renew Economy

Why bankroll a dud? Converting Kurri Kurri to hydrogen means completely rebuilding the plant and its pipeline and storage infrastructure. The post Labor’s plan to green the Kurri Kurri gas power plant makes no sense appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Rising price of carbon starts to hit balance sheets – and corporate decision-making

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Feb. 3 – The carbon footprint of corporations, long regarded as a “nonfinancial” factor, is about to become very material indeed. The. The post Rising price of carbon starts to hit balance sheets – and corporate decision-making appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Not all hydrogen is the same: If it’s not green, it’s probably greenwash

Renew Economy

Hydrogen can be made from fossil fuels or from renewable energy and water using an electrolyser producing zero carbon emissions. We must tell the difference. The post Not all hydrogen is the same: If it’s not green, it’s probably greenwash appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Race to the Top: How responsible asset allocators are investing for a better world

Impact Alpha

This post by Scott Kalb of New America is in response to “O Canada, how do your pension plans get high ESG scores. The post Race to the Top: How responsible asset allocators are investing for a better world appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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University of California system sues 8minute Solar, co-founder

Renewable Energy World

A lawsuit accuses developer Tom Buttgenbach of misappropriating the University of California system’s money after the latter invested in a collection of solar projects. The complaint, filed by public university regents in January in Alameda County Superior Court, claims that Buttgenbach submitted false claims to the university system to induce solar project investments worth $150 million, which he allegedly used to enrich himself.

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Briefing: The rising price of carbon and Kim Folsom of Founders First

Impact Alpha

Host Monique Aiken is joined by David Bank to preview next week’s call on the real world effects of a rising price of. The post Briefing: The rising price of carbon and Kim Folsom of Founders First appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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PNNL researchers announce waste-to-hydrogen conversion process

Renewable Energy World

A research team at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a system capable of converting waste from sewage, food crops, algae and other renewable carbon sources into hydrogen fuel. PNNL’s electrocatalytic oxidation fuel recovery system turns waste carbon from farms, sewage and other sources into high-grade bio-based fuels, while simultaneously generating hydrogen.

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Planet-AMAGGI Partnership to bring even more innovation to Brazilian Agriculture

Planet Pulse

The digital revolution is transforming agriculture around the world, and Planet’s daily earth imaging is helping the industry gain precise data for informed decision-making. This month, we are thrilled to announce our newest agriculture customer, AMAGGI , a large Brazilian-based commodities company, specializing in producing and exporting cotton, soybeans, and corn.

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The Brief: Corporate carbon calculus, healthier fats, Black-owned bond issuers, sharing scooters, Latin American e-commerce, asset owners’ race to the top

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Climate Finance Rising price of carbon starts to hit balance sheets – and corporate decision-making. The carbon footprint. The post The Brief: Corporate carbon calculus, healthier fats, Black-owned bond issuers, sharing scooters, Latin American e-commerce, asset owners’ race to the top appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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CEFC eyes cuts in construction emissions through $300m boost for timber buildings

Renew Economy

CEFC launches $300 million fund to boost the use of timber in large-scale construction to cut embodied emissions. The post CEFC eyes cuts in construction emissions through $300m boost for timber buildings appeared first on RenewEconomy.