Tue.Jun 13, 2023

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Sustainable packaging tracking: Shifting from pain to progress and purpose

GreenBiz

Sponsored: With emerging regulations targeting sustainable packaging, and mounting customer and investor pressure, businesses need to better understand the packaging they use.

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“Day for history books:” Hazelwood becomes first coal plant to transition to big battery

Renew Economy

Hazelwood big battery officially commissioned, becoming first of many big batteries to be built at the site of a former coal generator in Australia. The post “Day for history books:” Hazelwood becomes first coal plant to transition to big battery appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Dispatch from the Global Plastics Treaty talks

GreenBiz

Companies urged to get engaged, take action after Paris negotiation.

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World must add 1.5TW of new wind and solar each year to keep to 1.5°C of warming

Renew Economy

New analysis lays out the safest path to limit global warming to 1.5°C – and to slash future reliance on unproven methods of carbon removal. The post World must add 1.5TW of new wind and solar each year to keep to 1.5°C of warming appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Hospitals get the green light for green backup power

GreenBiz

Kaiser Permanente already sees microgrids as its “first line of defense.

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Volvo receives order for up to 1,000 electric trucks

Charged

Volvo Trucks has signed a letter of intent to sell 1,000 electric trucks to Swiss building solution provider Holcim by 2030. The deal is the largest commercial order to date for Volvo electric trucks, and the first 130 units will be delivered in 2023 and 2024 to markets including France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK. By replacing 1,000 Volvo FH diesel trucks with Volvo FH Electric trucks using green electricity on a typical route, up to 50,000 tons of CO 2 could be saved every year, according

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Liacon launches new 12 V  lithium iron phosphate battery

Charged

German battery manufacturer Liacon has released its new Group 31 lithium iron phosphate (LFP) 12.8 V, 150 Ah battery. Liacon’s LFP battery is designed to replace Group 31 lead-acid batteries for deep-cycle applications such as renewable energy storage, recreational vehicles and marine, according to the company. With 1,000 cranking amps, it can also start diesel engines, making it a flexible solution for a range of power applications.

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Solar pushes global grid to “cascading tipping points”, and puts science targets within reach

Renew Economy

The surge in global solar investments is creating cascading tipping points for the global grid, and even putting science based climate targets within reach. The post Solar pushes global grid to “cascading tipping points”, and puts science targets within reach appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Sakuu launches new Cypress Li-metal battery cell chemistry for manufacturing licensing

Charged

Solid-state battery pioneer Sakuu has launched a new Li-metal cell chemistry called Cypress. The new technology, which Sakuu says delivers safer batteries with high energy and power densities, is now available for manufacturing licensing. “Our proprietary lithium-metal battery chemistry delivers key cell performance and safety attributes that enable a new paradigm in battery manufacturing and energy storage,” said Sakuu founder and CEO Robert Bagheri.

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The Brief: Collateralizing social loans, carbon-neutral metal, mushroom materials, manufacturing building boom, AI job creation, electric India

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! ? Join tomorrow’s Agents of Impact Call. Impact activity is stirring in the stodgy municipal bond market. Tim Coffin of Breckinridge. The post The Brief: Collateralizing social loans, carbon-neutral metal, mushroom materials, manufacturing building boom, AI job creation, electric India appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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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CharIN North America issues call for partners to establish EV charger testing sites

Charged

The Charging Interface Initiative ( CharIN ) is a global alliance of EV and EVSE providers, including 60 members headquartered in the US. It promotes universal charging standards such as CCS, MCS and ISO 15118. For the past seven years, the organization has hosted bi-annual testing events, including the recent Vehicle Interoperability Testing Symposium (VOLTS) in Long Beach, California.

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Victoria comes under pressure to ban new home gas connections

Renew Economy

Pressure is building on Victoria to ramp up its gas phaseout, following reports of companies luring consumers to switch from electric appliances to gas. The post Victoria comes under pressure to ban new home gas connections appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Ecovative secures $30 million to produce fungi-based sustainable materials

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, June 13 — The strength and durability of mycelia, the threadlike root structure of mushrooms, have made mushrooms a favorite for alternative. The post Ecovative secures $30 million to produce fungi-based sustainable materials appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Solar pushes world to “cascading tipping points”, and puts science targets within reach

Renew Economy

The surge in global solar investments is creating cascading tipping points for the global grid, and even putting science based climate targets within reach. The post Solar pushes world to “cascading tipping points”, and puts science targets within reach appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Collateralizing small business loans to bring institutional capital to local impact 

Impact Alpha

Momentus Securities is taking a page from the corporate credit playbook and applying it to loans for affordable housing, healthcare, education, small businesses. The post Collateralizing small business loans to bring institutional capital to local impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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“Truly momentous:” Solar is changing everything, and Australia must seize the occasion

Renew Economy

Treasurer Jim Chalmers should introduce a solar module production tax credit so Australia can secure its position in global solar production supply chain. The post “Truly momentous:” Solar is changing everything, and Australia must seize the occasion appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Zendure Showcases Innovative Solar Power Solutions at Intersolar Europe in Munich

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Zendure presents its latest innovations at Booth B0.336 during Intersolar Europe. Among the showcased products are SolarFlow, a plug-and-play storage system designed for harnessing balcony solar energy, and SuperBase V, the first modular, portable power station featuring semi-solid-state batteries for safer and cleaner solutions.

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Ex Labor climate minister Greg Combet to chair federal Net Zero Agency

Renew Economy

One of Australia's first ministers for climate change and a former trade unionist will head up the body charged with helping communities transition from fossil fuels. The post Ex Labor climate minister Greg Combet to chair federal Net Zero Agency appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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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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Morningstar Corporation Announces Availability of Its 2 Most Revolutionary Products in 30 Years

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New GenStar MPPT and SureSine inverter line enable solar professionals to design and build “all-Morningstar” systems to meet their highest standards; both now shipping

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Fortescue signs up China steel giant to green metals mission

Renew Economy

Australian iron ore giant signs up its biggest customer, China Baowu Steel, to collaborate on making greener metals, including with renewable hydrogen. The post Fortescue signs up China steel giant to green metals mission appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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'Glastonbury's biggest fan': Octopus Energy debuts 'try before you buy' wind turbine

Business Green

Twenty-eight metre tall turbine erected at Festival site to provide clean power to food vendors and demonstrate speed with which onshore renewables can be deployed

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WA nickel miner plans “all-electric” mine to provide ore for EV batteries

Renew Economy

ABB and mining services group Perenti engaged to provide study for full underground electrification of Cosmos Nickel Project in Western Australia. The post WA nickel miner plans “all-electric” mine to provide ore for EV batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Canadian Solar Will Present EP Cube Residential Energy Storage Solution at Intersolar in Munich

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EP Cube is an all-in-one energy storage solution for residential applications. After the successful launch in North America in September 2022 and Spain and Italy in the first quarter of 2023, we are now presenting EP Cube for the German market where demands for residential solar PV systems and residential battery storage solutions are growing rapidly.

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Climate blind spot: Report calls for new focus on renewable heat and fuels

Renew Economy

New report from REN21 warns that a failure to evolve renewable heat and fuels is prolonging reliance on coal, gas, oil and nuclear. The post Climate blind spot: Report calls for new focus on renewable heat and fuels appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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JONSOL Partners with Ampt to Offer Flexible PV plus DC-coupled Storage Solution

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JONSOL has been working with Ampt to develop a much-needed string inverter-based DC-coupled PV+storage solution that delivers cost savings through flexibility, scalability and simplicity.

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'Significant investment opportunity': BlackRock launches materials transition fund

Business Green

Analysts tout materials decarbonisation as a major investment opportunity, noting that firms leading on reducing emissions intensity are likely to see 'persistent advantages'

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Castillo Engineering Expands Through New Civil Engineering Division

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Company addresses critical void in the distributed generation marketplace

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Green Hydrogen Demand Forecast | Deloitte

Energy Central

Green Hydrogen Demand Forecast | Deloitte Clean hydrogen is now clearly recognized as a potential breakthrough technology to overcome these limits.2 Hydrogen is a versatile molecule,3 which can be used directly via fuel cells or for electricity generation, and as feedstock to produce more suitable derivatives—such as ammonia, methanol, or sustainable aviation fuels.

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A Roadmap to Achieving 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy

The City Fix

Over the past 10 years, large energy buyers including corporations and cities have taken major strides to reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions by setting 100% renewable energy targets and then purchasing renewable electricity to demonstrate progress on an annual basis.

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Innovations to Extend an EV's Range

Energy Central

Is hydrogen the future for EVs? To increase the range of EVs Honda plans to build an all-new hydrogen fuel cell EV in 2024. According to Honda batteries could power local trips while fuel cells handle longer excursions. Honda and General Motors have partnered on a fuel cell manufacturing joint venture since 2017. Keep an eye on these and other technologies that will ultimately help make EVs.

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ImpactAlpha Open: Institutional climate opportunity + Asia’s appetite for impact

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! ⏰ Join tomorrow’s Agents of Impact Call. Impact activity is stirring in the stodgy municipal bond market. Tim Coffin of Breckinridge Capital. The post ImpactAlpha Open: Institutional climate opportunity + Asia’s appetite for impact appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Toyota’s Newly Revealed EV Plans Include 900-Mile Batteries

Energy Central

Toyota is far behind Tesla and the rest of the world's automakers in moving over to EV's. It will be interesting to see how their strategy plays out over the rest of this decade.

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VoLo Earth and Capricorn back Magrathea to make carbon-neutral metal from seawater

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, June, 13 – Lightweight magnesium is used in everything from laptops to bikes to EVs. San Francisco-based Magrathea has developed a method. The post VoLo Earth and Capricorn back Magrathea to make carbon-neutral metal from seawater appeared first on ImpactAlpha.