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New sparks for the electric vehicle industry

GreenBiz

New sparks for the electric vehicle industry. Zoé Bezpalko. Tue, 08/25/2020 - 01:45. Thinking back to the beginning of 2020 can seem like a lifetime ago. Before the pandemic took root on a global level, the transportation industry was already in the midst of a great and exciting transition. The move to electric vehicles (EVs) was intensifying. . Take General Motors, for example.

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80% of oil workers considering career impacts of climate change

Envirotec Magazine

New study shows half in oil and gas have considered new role in renewable energy industry – or are already diversifying into it. Eight in ten Scots oil workers have considered that their careers could be impacted by actions being taken to tackle climate change, new research suggests. The equivalent of 90% of Scotland’s electricity demand is now met from renewables like wind and solar power.

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USDA closes Tiger King zoo for animal welfare violations

Inhabitat - Innovation

A USDA report found multiple animal welfare violations, leading to the closure of Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park.

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Stop perverse climate impact of biomass by radically reforming CO2 accounting rules, says advisory body

Envirotec Magazine

Several European countries who are considered leaders in climate protection owe their apparently good emission reductions to biomass. These might turn out to look quite different in the future, if carbon-accounting under the Emissions Trading System (ETS) were to be based on science and the real effects on climate. As the European Commission works on a revision of its central climate policy tool, the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council suggests a radically new standard.

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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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FaulknerBrowns Architects proposes to reinvigorate a Victorian villa

Inhabitat - Innovation

International architectural practice FaulknerBrowns Architects has submitted a proposal for sensitively preserving Ashfield Towers.

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COVID-19 pandemic should be a wake-up call for water security, say researchers

Envirotec Magazine

Urgent action on water security is essential to better prepare societies for future global health crises, say experts at the University of Birmingham in the UK and Northwestern University in the US. In a comment article published in Nature Sustainability , the researchers are urging policy makers across the world to focus on behavioural change, knowledge promotion and investment in water infrastructure.

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Making the Case for an Integrated Energy Market in the Southeastern US

GreenTechMedia

The Southeast U.S. is one of the last parts of the country that lacks an integrated market for transmitting electricity across utility and state boundaries. A new study says changing that could save the region’s utilities and customers billions of dollars over the next two decades — and highlights that a currently proposed plan to create an energy-trading market encompassing the region’s dominant utilities likely won’t be enough to get the job done.

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This tiny home on stilts features an awesome secret patio

Inhabitat - Innovation

LaLa's Seaesta has playful design touches around every corner.

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WoodMac: 2020s Will Be the ‘Decade Of Hydrogen’

GreenTechMedia

Falling costs and growing project pipelines will ensure the 2020s are the “decade of hydrogen,” according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. Over the past 10 months, the global green hydrogen project pipeline has swelled from 3.5 gigawatts to more than 15 gigawatts. Green hydrogen is considered by many to be a vital component of any credible net-zero carbon plan, and it can be used to decarbonize a number of industrial processes and heavy transport.

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Nestbox turns regular SUVs into camper vans

Inhabitat - Innovation

If the pandemic has you itching for a socially distant camping adventure, check out Nestbox.

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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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SparkMeter Closes $12M Round to Expand From Metering Minigrids to Analyzing ‘Broken Grids’

GreenTechMedia

Remote minigrids are a tough market for a traditional smart meter vendor. The meters that minigrids use need to be cheap, rugged and reliable, and they must be able to adjust to the often unstable operating conditions of solar-powered standalone grids. They also need to carry enough computing power to support a growing array of prepay and pay-as-you-go options and diagnostic capabilities, all without reliable internet connectivity or the typical back-office utility IT staff and technical support

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Electriq Power Introduces New Longer-Lasting, Cobalt-Free Residential Battery System, the PowerPod LFP

altenergymag

Electriq’s newest addition to the product line comes amid growing demand for longer-lasting, more sustainable battery alternatives. The non-toxic, non-hazardous solution features Lithium-Iron-Phosphate (LiFePO4) cells, allowing for longer battery cycle life, increased reliability, and enhanced safety.

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How investors can blend finance for CDFIs to advance economic and racial justice

Impact Alpha

Community development finance institutions have long been “first responders” to small businesses in historically underinvested communities. The COVID-19 pandemic has in stark terms revealed the degree to which those same communities are subject to the impacts of systemic racism and an economy built on poor-quality jobs. This moment in time requires each of us—community lenders, The post How investors can blend finance for CDFIs to advance economic and racial justice appeared first on ImpactAlpha

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Michael Dunne shares the latest Chinese EV news in the transport treehouse

Charged

The transport treehouse podcast is a good place to hear some of the world’s top EV experts talk about trends in the industry. Hosts Chelsea Sexton and Russell Frost are two of the most experienced EV journalists out there, and they have an ongoing stream of guests who have expertise in various aspects of the electromobility ecosystem. Past episodes include a chat about CHAdeMo with David Patterson, one of the engineers who developed the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, and a rundown of the coming wave of elec

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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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Clashing Eastern Superpowers, Explosions in the Middle East, Dark Fishing Fleets and More

Planet Pulse

Despite these uncertain times, when on the ground coverage is limited, satellite imagery is still there for journalists–helping them find new insights and report on global happenings. Check out how Planet imagery has helped reporters follow stories and bring news to readers. Beirut blast leaves city shocked and port in shambles. Hours after an unexpected explosion ripped through the city of Beirut, Lebanon, satellite imagery showed the extent of the widespread destruction.

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BMW X3 PHEV—finally worth plugging in

Charged

One of a coming wave of low-volume luxury plug-in hybrid SUVs, the 2020 BMW X3 xDrive 30e offers 18 miles of electric range—and the ability to use it in the real world. The 2020 BMW X3 xDrive 30e is the first conventional plug-in hybrid model from BMW that’s actually worth plugging in. It’s one of a growing number of sedan and utility models from the German maker to be offered in the States with optional plug-in hybrid powertrains, following a few earlier models that simply didn’t justify making

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LACI Produces 30,000 Face Shields for Essential Workers across Los Angeles

LA CleanTech Incubator

LACI Produces 30,000 Face Shields for Essential Workers across Los Angeles Advanced Prototyping Center Supported With Key Partners to Increase Production To help alleviate the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) Los Angeles area hospitals are facing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) has partnered with the Los Angeles Public.

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Teens fight food deserts as Urban Chicken Whisperers

Greenability Magazine

When 15-year-olds Tabitha Burt and Elise Collins discovered that they were living in a “food desert,” they wondered if their experience raising chickens could help others in Wyandotte County, KS. Nearly a year later, the self-proclaimed Urban Chicken Whisperers have created public displays, educational videos and chicken coops made from recycled and repurposed materials.

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5 benefits to standardized solutions for rapid shutdown

Solar Power World

By Tom Tansy, chairman of the SunSpec Alliance Rapid shutdown compliance has become a bit of a pain point for professionals in the solar industry, but there is good reason for this rule when it comes to first responder safety and working around a solar array. While safety is the essential and most important purpose,… The post 5 benefits to standardized solutions for rapid shutdown appeared first on Solar Power World.

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EnergyX and ProfMOF partner on lithium-ion nanotechnology

Charged

Energy Exploration Technologies (EnergyX) and ProfMOF have announced a partnership to promote the use of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), a relatively new class of nanotechnology materials suitable for applications in the renewable energy and battery storage fields. Capable of separating, transporting and isolating specific elements at the ionic level, MOFs are dense and malleable materials made up of metal nodes such as zirconium or titanium, connected by organic carboxylic ligands, with a larg

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Southeast U.S. Wholesale Electricity Market/RTO Online Data Explorer

Energy Innovation

New modeling shows how a fully competitive wholesale electricity market for the Southeast U.S. would generate economic savings of approximately $384 billion, create 285,000 clean energy jobs, and reduce electricity sector emissions 37 percent by 2040. This Southeast wholesale electricity market/RTO online data explorer allows anyone to view the economic, jobs, generation, and emissions data in a dynamic format along with specific results for each of the seven states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, M

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5 Most Eco-Conscious Ways to Update Your Diet

Green Living Guy

If you want to lead a more eco-friendly life, it’s best to start with your diet. It may or may not surprise you to know that many meat, dairy and grain products aren’t sourced sustainably. Our consumption habits often lead to pollution, deforestation and other issues that concern the planet. The post 5 Most Eco-Conscious Ways to Update Your Diet appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Office furniture giant Steelcase sets 2030 'carbon negative' goal

Business Green

US firm secures approval from the Science Based Targets initiative after setting new green goals in line with 1.5C global warming trajectory. Office furniture giant Steelcase has set its sights on becoming a 'carbon negative' organisation within the next decade, yesterday unveiling plans to ramp up its use of renewable energy, slash carbon emissions, and finance carbon offset efforts that deliver "external emissions reductions with social benefits".

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How Cloud Enables Utility Decarbonization and Flexibility

GreenTechMedia

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Deploy 'Blue Bonds' to align interests of fishing industry and marine life, study argues

Business Green

Planet Tracker reaches its conclusion in a carefully argued analysis that urges policymakers to draw on the power of financial markets to support commercial fishing companies while marine ecosystems regenerate. So-called 'Blue Bonds' could play an important role in restoring ocean ecosystems and setting the world's fisheries on a sustainable development course, according to a new study from financial think tank Planet Tracker.

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Algae-based materials company Checkerspot raises $36 million

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, August 25 – Checkerspot is working on a range of sustainable industrial and commercial building materials that aren’t petroleum-dependent. The Berkeley, Calif.-based company, launched four years ago, has brought to market three materials derived from microalgae, including one used to make commercial skis, manufactured with recycled plastic.

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Renewables costs keep on falling fast, but clean energy challenges remain

Business Green

New reports from the government and the Energy Systems Catapult have today provided further evidence the UK's energy industry is facing a decade of unprecedented and rapid change. Renewables costs are continuing to fall - and they are doing so at a startling pace. That is the headline conclusion from the government's latest update to its energy cost projections , which provide official confirmation of what clean energy advocates have been saying for years: wind and solar are now the cheapest for

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Motiv secures $15 million to convert trucks to electric vehicles

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, August 25 – With states like California passing policies to accelerate electric vehicle adoption, Motiv’s technology offers an intermediary step for commercial vehicle and fleet owners. The San Francisco-based company makes chassis that can convert gas-powered vehicles to electricity. Clients include the U.S. Postal Service. Motiv raised $15 million in convertible notes from existing investor.

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Equinor advances major offshore wind extension off Norfolk coast

Business Green

The extension will double the capacity of two sites to 1400MW, enough to power 1.5m homes. Plans to double the size of two of the UK's largest offshore wind farms moved closer to realisation today, as energy giant Equinor today signed Agreements for Lease with the Crown Estate for two major projects off the north Norfolk coast. The agreements secure a 196 square kilometre area of seabed for extensions to the Sheringham and Dudgeon offshore wind farms, which will see Equinor double the capacity o

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California Legislature Continues Clean Energy Leadership with Latest Vote

altenergymag

Following is a statement from Rick Umoff, senior director and counsel for California at the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA):

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Can all energy giants be like Orsted?

Business Green

Too many major power companies are still blocking rather than embracing the transition away from fossil fuels, writes Forum for the Future's Will Dawson. Renewables are now the cheapest source of power for 70 per cent of the world's population. Yet the World Benchmarking Alliance's latest look at the fifty most influential power companies shows that most of the sector is planning to increase use of fossil fuels.

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KC hosts free, pop-up fresh food pantry

Greenability Magazine

Families in need, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, can get free, fresh fruits and vegetables at a Pop-Up Pantry hosted by the Kansas City, MO Health Department. Fresh produce is available on the second Tuesday of each month beginning at 1:30 p.m. until supplies last at the KCMO Health Department, 2400 Troost Ave. The next event will be held September 8.

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The Brief: Blending finance for racial justice, petroleum-free materials, commercial EV conversions, smart metering, managing chronic disease

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices How investors can blend finance for CDFIs to advance economic and racial justice. Community development finance institutions, or CDFIs, have proven themselves as “first responders” for small businesses in historically underinvested communities. “What we are asking is that CDFIs and their investors go much deeper and with greater.

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Brazil's largest aluminium producer sets 2050 science-based emissions target

Business Green

The aluminium sector is industry's fourth biggest CO2 emitter, following figures from the International Energy Agency. The largest aluminium producer in Brazil, Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA), has committed to setting a science-based emissions target (SBT), making it the first Brazilian firm to offer sustainable certified aluminium. The manufacturing giant boasts total annual production of around 480,000 tonnes and undertakes the entire aluminium production process, from mining bauxite t

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