GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Ensuring Performance and Safety in Recycled Plastics. As companies and consumer brands incorporate recycled plastic content into their products and as part of their circularity goals, product integrity becomes an important consideration. There are many ways to evaluate the performance and safety of recycled materials. This one-hour webcast will show you tools to evaluate these aspects and how brands like HP are increasing recycled content in their products and assessing performance and sustainab

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

Germany’s depressed onshore wind market finally looks set to get some relief. Long a global leader, Germany's wind market fell to its lowest point in years in 2019, due in part to a botched auction design. The design change saw lawmakers replacing feed-in tariffs with an auction system that was opened up to community projects. Under the new system, community developers weren’t required to have obtained a permit prior to bidding, and were given a generous four-and-a-half-year comm

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

Who has the most sustainable fleets? Time to name names. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 08/26/2020 - 00:30. Sustainable fleets are at an inflection point , and we here at GreenBiz are looking to celebrate them. That's why I'm particularly excited to share that GreenBiz plans to publish the top 25 list of sustainable fleets the week before our annual VERGE 20 conference (which will run virtually the last week in October). .

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 26, 2020

People around the world have watched with increasing horror as Amazon forest destruction has accelerated in recent years. Now, U.K. officials have proposed a law to make large companies operating within the U.K. comply with environmental laws and show where their products originate.

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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.

Energy

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) has already arrived in some areas of the energy industry and has the potential to further advance the integrated energy transition – such are the findings of a recent analysis by the German Energy Agency – Deutsche Energie-Agentur ( dena ) – titled “Artificial Intelligence – from Hype to Reality in the Energy Industry” It examined the technical development status and the cost-benefit ratio for nine specific areas of application and provided so

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 26, 2020

In a bid to bring greater green space to Barcelona, local architecture firm ON-A has proposed converting the city’s Camp Nou football stadium into a 26-hectare forested park.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 26, 2020

Delphinus delphis has been observed multiple times off the coasts of Italy and Slovenia.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2020

Environmental and industrial measurement firm Vaisala has appointed Kai Öistämö (b. 1964) as President and CEO. Öistämö starts at the firm on 1 October, 2020. Current President and CEO Kjell Forsén is to step down by the end of 2020. Öistämö joins from US technology company InterDigital, where he has held the position of Chief Operating Officer since 2018, before which he served as Member of the Board.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 26, 2020

A minimalist passive house in East Devon generates more energy than it needs through solar panels.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

The global PV inverter and module-level power electronics market crossed the threshold of $9 billion in value for the first time in 2019. Inverter shipments also hit a record high last year, falling just short of 130 gigawatts, according to a new analysis of the inverter market from research firm Wood Mackenzie. In addition to growing global solar installations, two factors propelled the inverter market to record highs in 2019: the rush to secure solar equipment before the stepdown of the U.S.

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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 26, 2020

Talk about getting back to nature!

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2020

The best compromises tend to leave all parties equally dissatisfied. By that measure, the German coal phaseout looks like a great compromise. The first tender to pay German coal power plants to close will begin next week, and no one is entirely happy. Environmental groups say the closures will come too late to align with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 26, 2020

Small business owners are facing catastrophically bad choices these days, with half predicting they will be forced to close as a result of the COVID-19 economic crisis. Meanwhile, nearly 40 million workers have lost jobs and are struggling to get by, as evidenced by miles long lines at food banks and a brewing eviction crisis. The post Turning the small business crisis into an opportunity for equitable employee ownership appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Charged

AUGUST 26, 2020

New-car salespeople have simple motivations: They want to spend the least time selling you a new car for the highest possible commission. You buy a new car every five years or so; they sell up to 25 cars a month. They make money on the difference in knowledge. That makes electric cars a problem: they take time to explain to shoppers. Why should salespeople spend the time to learn educate shoppers on unfamiliar vehicles that make up just 2 percent of US sales?

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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.

Sustainability

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2020

£10m available from the scheme’s £50m pot for farmers and land managers to create new woodlands to help tackle the effects of climate change. Scheme gives land managers the option to sell Woodland Carbon Units to the government at a guaranteed price protected against inflation. Previous auction helped stimulate 1,517 hectares of tree planting. Farmers and land managers across England are encouraged to apply for the Woodland Carbon Guarantee scheme by 11 October, ahead of the next auction which w

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Charged

AUGUST 26, 2020

Mercedes-Benz and Contemporary Amperex Technology ( CATL ) are collaborating to create new battery technology for the high-volume electrification of Mercedes vehicles. The carmaker is accelerating its Electric First strategy, and plans to use carbon-neutral battery cells, modules and systems supplied by CATL. The agreement covers the full range of battery technologies, from cells to modules for passenger cars to entire battery systems for vans.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 26, 2020

Agilitas Energy, a leading energy developer, recently commenced construction of its latest utility-scale solar photovoltaic community-solar project under the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) Program in the Town of Auburn, Massachusetts.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 26, 2020

Read time: 6 mins Pennsylvania, traditionally a battleground state in electoral politics, is currently embroiled in a battle over the state potentially joining a regional program to curb carbon pollution from the power sector. That program, called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative ( RGGI ), has seen carbon dioxide emissions from power plants slashed by 47 percent over 10 years while generating over $3 billion in revenue.

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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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altenergymag

AUGUST 26, 2020

National EPC energy firm, majority owned by funds managed by Ares Management Corporation, achieved significant milestone in August 2020

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 26, 2020

With more of a focus than ever on sustainability and environmentally-friendly practices, now is the time to start making greener choices for your business. Not only can more sustainable workplace practices help to lower your energy bills but it can help to improve your company profile with today’s increasingly-conscious consumer. The post 5 Ways to Encourage Sustainability Within Your Workplace appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

Current regulation and risk disclosure efforts are insufficient for tackling the varying and complex risks posed by nature loss and climate change, UCL research argues. Material financial risk is an issue which has likely been thrust to the top of many a boardroom agenda right across the world in 2020. With the rug having been swept from underneath the global economy by the coronavirus crisis, huge numbers of companies, investors, and auditors have been forced to confront the resiliency of their

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Low Impact

AUGUST 26, 2020

With autumn approaching, Ruby Taylor of Native Hands shares one of her all-time favourite recipes for an elderberry elixir. This is one of my all-time favourite elderberry recipes, and it comes from Lucinda Warner at Whispering Earth. It’s a long-lasting and delicious preparation that Lucinda describes as ‘warming your wintery cockles’ I can definitely attest to that!

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

The waste plastic conversion facility is located in the Humber, where local authorities hope to establish a world-leading green industrial hub. Construction of the UK's first facility to convert waste plastic into hydrogen came a step closer to realisation this week, with the completion of an assessment phase covering the project's design, engineering challenges, and costs.

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Mr. Sustainability

AUGUST 26, 2020

Summary - Europe and China double-down on renewables, investing hundreds of billions into electric vehicles, solar, wind and hydrogen. Not despite the corona crisis, but fueled by it. This article is taken from Oilprice.com. For the original, click here. Adhering to Churchill’s famous words - “Never waste a good crisis” - the EU and China are doubling-down on renewable energy stimuli.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Sky CEO Jeremy Darroch will tell Edinburgh TV Festival that broadcasters should work together to better communicate environmental issues through the critical decade ahead. Broadcasters should be more willing to use their voice and creative abilities to raise awareness of the climate crisis and tackle the environmental challenges that will "define our generation".

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 26, 2020

The global Covid-19 pandemic led to an abysmal second quarter for the earnings of U.S. oil companies, but oil prices themselves staged a recovery during the quarter. The second quarter began with oil prices having fallen into the teens, and then West Texas Intermediate (WTI) went negative for the first time ever. But by the end of the quarter, the price of WTI had recovered back to $40/bbl.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

Pension schemes holding more than £1bn of assets will be required to publicly disclose climate risk in their portfolios by 2023 or face penalties. UK pension schemes will soon be required to publicly disclose the risks posed to their savers' investments by climate change and the net zero transition under new rules proposed by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) today.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 26, 2020

ImpactAlpha, August 26 – Many pay-as-you-go solar startups in Africa have moved “up market,” focusing on small commercial or community solar energy access. Not Energy+. As a new company in a frontier market, Energy+ is selling basic home solar products from d.light to Malian households. Its equity round from VentureBuilder, Cordaid Investment Management and the.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

The move makes it the only UK juice or smoothie brand using 100 per cent recycled plastic packaging, manufacturer PepsiCo claims. Smoothie brand Naked is now manufacturing all its bottles from 100 per cent recycled plastic, brand owner PepsiCo announced this week, with the shift advertised in new labels emphasising the packaging's sustainability credentials.

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2020

Everyone loves a good TEDTalk. Here’s one of ours: In this insightful interview, Al Gore discusses how the steadily declining cost of wind and solar energy will transform manufacturing, transportation and agriculture, offer a cheaper alternative to fossil fuels and nuclear energy and create millions of new jobs. To meet the global climate goal established by the Paris Conference of net zero CO2 equivalent emissions by 2050, Gore argues we need to cut emissions in half by 2030, which is about a s

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CleanTech Group

AUGUST 26, 2020

Although no one is sure what the future of mobility will look like, and quarantine mandates imposed due to the Covid-19 pandemic have.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 26, 2020

ImpactAlpha, August 26 – An increasing number of sustainability-linked loans reward companies with lower interest rates if they meet environmental and social milestones (see, “An incentive for companies that deliver on sustainability: lower-cost capital”). Japanese real estate developer Hulic Co. is taking an opposite approach with a 10 billion yen ($94 million) sustainability-linked bond: if.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2020

Wind power provided almost 60 per cent of the UK's electricity in the early hours of Saturday morning, providing a fresh milestone ahead of a busy week for the fast-expanding industry. Wind farms provided their highest ever share of electricity to the UK grid over the weekend, as Storm Ellen's gale force winds saw turbines produce 13.5GW of power in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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