Tue.Jun 08, 2021

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

GreenBiz

Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish? Elsa Wenzel. Tue, 06/08/2021 - 02:12. Put down that beet-juice burger. The next big wave in plant-based protein is fake fish. Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood.

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Turtle Sanctuary at Kalba Mangrove Reserve houses facilities in modular pods

Inhabitat - Innovation

The wildlife at Kalba Mangrove Reserve ranges from migratory seabirds and endangered turtles to stingrays and gazelles, though all of them are feeling substantially more protected thanks to the new Khor Kalba Turtle and Wildlife Sanctuary.

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What You Need to Know about Policy

GreenBiz

What You Need to Know about Policy. Regulations are quickly changing, with far-reaching implications for the future of electrification. Our experts give a crash course. Speakers: Sara Baldwin | Director Of Electrification Policy | Energy Innovation. Vincent Barnes | Senior Vice President of Policy and Research | Alliance to Save Energy. Jon Wellinghoff | CEO | GridPolicy.

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This Harvey Milk memorial brings green space to San Francisco

Inhabitat - Innovation

SWA Group has reimagined San Francisco's Harvey Milk Plaza in an ambitious new project honoring the late LGBTQ+ hero. Chosen out of 17 design firms invited to submit proposals, SWA Group envisioned a standout design for The Memorial at Harvey Milk Plaza.

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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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4th International Conference on Food and Nutrition

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BioLEAGUES and Universal Society of Food and Nutrition is excited to invite all the experts, professionals, officials, practitioners, researchers, experimenters, scholars and others from different parts of the world, who are in the field of Food and Nutrition industries to participate in 4th International Conference on Food and Nutrition, scheduled to be held on the 23rd -24th September 2021 in Singapore.

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Here's your opportunity to join the Inhabitat team as a writer!

Inhabitat - Innovation

Inhabitat, a leading website in green design and sustainable living, is seeking remote writers to contribute two or more articles per week with a focus on breaking environmental news, green design/architecture and/or sustainable lifestyle features. An ideal candidate is an avid environmentalist and excellent writer with the ability to meet deadlines and communicate professionally with editors and sources.

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Awaawaroa Bay off-grid home offers an escape through simplicity

Inhabitat - Innovation

Escaping the daily grind doesn't have to be complicated. In fact, simplicity may be the solution.

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Tesla grants $3 million to Dalhousie University for advanced battery research

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Dalhousie University researcher and lithium-ion battery pioneer Jeff Dahn has been cooperating with Tesla since 2016, and the partnership has already resulted in significant progress that Tesla hopes will lead to the development of its vaunted million-mile battery pack. Now Professor Dahn, along with his Dalhousie colleagues Chongyin Yang and Michael Metzger, have received a grant of $3.1 million from Tesla, and another, for $2.9 million, from Canada’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research C

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South Korea to plant 3 billion trees by 2050

Inhabitat - Innovation

This is part of the country's larger plan to attain net-zero emissions by 2050.

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EV battery swapping: Better idea or big boondoggle?

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Why is the idea of battery swapping so persistently popular in the mainstream press? Perhaps it’s because people who’ve never driven an EV imagine that it needs to be like driving a legacy vehicle, with periodic stops at public stations to quickly refuel. Those who are actually involved in the EV industry tend to be more skeptical about swapping. In a recent article in IEEE Spectrum , Lawrence Ulrich equates battery swapping with hydrogen fuel cells, calling both “automotive ideas that are never

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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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Chocolate frog surprises Australian scientists in New Guinea

Inhabitat - Innovation

This adorable creature lives in hot, swampy areas of New Guinea.

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Thomas Built Buses delivers 50th Proterra Powered electric school bus

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Thomas Built Buses (TBB), a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America, vehicle dealer Sonny Merryman and commercial EV manufacturer Proterra recently celebrated the delivery of the 50th Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley battery-electric school bus. The milestone delivery went to Loudon County Public Schools in Virginia as part of Dominion Energy’s Electric School Bus Initiative.

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Abhi raises $2 million to help Pakistani workers access earned wages

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, June 8 – Nearly 80% of Pakistan’s 217 million people don’t have a bank account; just 1% have access to formal credit. Karachi-based. The post Abhi raises $2 million to help Pakistani workers access earned wages appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Franklin Energy plans enormous public charging hub at London shopping center

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EVSE provider Franklin Energy plans to construct a gigantic 236-bay EV charging hub at Brent Cross Shopping Centre in North London. The public charging station will part of Franklin’s LiFe Network, and will use chargers built by EVBox. Franklin Energy will build the mega-hub in several phases. Initially, fifty 22 kW AC charging points and two 350 kW DC fast chargers will be installed in the shopping centre’s car park.

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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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The Brief: Capitalism reimagined, good jobs in Pakistan, impact exit in Uganda, edtech in Vietnam, biotech financing in Hong Kong, biodiversity risk disclosure

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Reminder: Tideline is hosting “Impact Investment at the Institutional Tipping Point,” Thursday, June. 10. RSVP. Featured: Capitalism Reimagined Omidyar. The post The Brief: Capitalism reimagined, good jobs in Pakistan, impact exit in Uganda, edtech in Vietnam, biotech financing in Hong Kong, biodiversity risk disclosure appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Tesla to use LG’s new NCMA cathode materials in Chinese Model Y

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Over the last few years, Tesla has been diversifying its battery supply chain, working with new suppliers and trying out new chemistries in its cells. Gigafactory Shanghai, which is geographically close to the Asian firms that currently supply most of the world’s Li-ion cells, has been the center of the automaker’s brave new battery biz. As it develops new sources of cells, Tesla has also been looking for new chemistries that use less controversial cobalt and a higher concentration of nickel.

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Omidyar Network’s Chris Jurgens on mobilizing policies and power for an economy that works for all (podcast)

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, June 8 – Entrepreneurship is up, stakeholders are in and the President of the United States is vowing to “change the paradigm.” The. The post Omidyar Network’s Chris Jurgens on mobilizing policies and power for an economy that works for all (podcast) appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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ABB to electrify its fleet of 10,000 vehicles by 2030

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Global electronics giant ABB has been involved in the e-mobility segment since the early days, and it is currently delivering everything from battery systems to charging stations to large-scale EVSE projects. Articles referring to the company in the world’s leading EV magazine number at least a hundred. So when we read about ABB’s recent announcement that it plans to electrify its vehicle fleet by 2030, our reaction was: “ABB is still using fossil fuel vehicles?”.

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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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Fuel Cell Technology to Take a Leap on Different Applications; New product Launches and Demand in the Automobile to Boost up Further

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The prevalence of these activities and further advancements in the market are opening new ways for the industry to garner great attention. According to a report published by Allied Market Research, the global fuel cell market is projected to hit $8.64 billion by 2022. The growing demand for portable devices and increasing pollution levels are the factors majorly driving the industry.

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KKR Global Impact backs EQuest Education’s low-cost schools in Vietnam

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, June 8 — KKR Global Impact, the impact arm of private equity giant KKR, has invested an undisclosed amount in Ho Chi. The post KKR Global Impact backs EQuest Education’s low-cost schools in Vietnam appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Clenergy Signs an Agreement on a 150MW Solar Portfolio with Government of Kongtong District

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Clenergy has signed an agreement on a 150MW solar portfolio with the local government in Kongtong, a district located in the city of Pingliang, Gansu province, China.

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Drive System Design’s software tool identifies optimal EV powertrain

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Drive System Design (DSD), a specialist in the rapid engineering and development of electrified propulsion systems, has enhanced its proprietary Electrified Powertrain Optimization Process (ePOP). This software-based tool is designed to help e-mobility providers swiftly identify the propulsion systems that best fit their specific needs. DSD says its comprehensive analysis tool can quickly review tens to hundreds of thousands of powertrain combinations against cost, mass, range and efficiency, ac

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ReNew Power Announces New Affiliate Relationship with the Precourt Energy Institute's 'StorageX Initiative' for New Energy Storage System Technology Development

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- The StorageX Initiative at Stanford leverages the resources of industrial partners, to help overcome real-world barriers in energy storage. - Collaboration will focus initially on large scale battery performance in India. - The collaboration will assist ReNew in optimizing its storage solutions.

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Showa Denko launches ST60-HSM aluminum alloy on-board EV bus bars

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Showa Denko has started full-scale marketing of its ST60-HSM aluminum alloy board, which is designed to be used in place of copper as an on-board bus bar connecting an EV’s motor and power electronics. In 2021, SDK started to provide several automotive parts manufacturers with samples of the boards. Showa Denko says the ST60-HSM, which is lighter and less expensive than a conventional copper bus bar, has a heat conductivity equivalent to that of pure aluminum, and a strength that’s o

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The Hong Kong stock exchange is helping biotech companies raise billions

Impact Alpha

Editor’s note: Impaakt is a crowd-sourced platform that uses collective intelligence to produce impact analyses and scores. Each week, the Impaakt reviewing team. The post The Hong Kong stock exchange is helping biotech companies raise billions appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Learn how to build your own composter

Greenability Magazine

Explore a new way of composting and help build a Johnson-Su compost bioreactor at these free Hands-On Compost Workshops. Marty Kraft will lead workshops two workshops this weekend from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Saturday, June 12 at The Light Center, 1542 Woodson Road, Baldwin City, KS and from 12 – 4 p.m., Sunday, June 13 at the Antioch Urban Growers, 2727 NE 44th St., Kansas City, MO.

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Small business investor iungo capital inks 30th deal – and first exit

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, June 8 – Uganda-based iungo capital has made two working capital investments totaling $700,000 in Kenya, backing Kwalito, an avocado and macadamia nut. The post Small business investor iungo capital inks 30th deal – and first exit appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Keystone Tower Systems’ spiral steel wind towers coming to market

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Three industry leaders join to scale onshore and offshore applications and open new regions for economical wind power

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Ecotricity sells pioneering Electric Highway charge point network to Gridserve

Business Green

Sale will unlock new funding to upgrade 10-year old network and allow Ecocitry. Ecotricity has completed the sale of its pioneering Electric Highway charging network to electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure firm Gridserve, the companies announced today. Ecotricity founder Dale Vince said he was "delighted" to sell the charge point network to Gridserve following a decade of development, arguing the UK's fast expanding charging network was facing a critical turning point in the transition from foss

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Cornwall Insight Green Certificates survey | REGO prices 50% higher than January

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Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs) prices are on the rise, according to the latest results from Cornwall Insight's Green Certificates survey. In fact, reported average REGO prices have increased for Fuel Mix Disclosure (FMD) years 2020-21 up to 2023-24, with averages up to 50% higher than the January 2021 survey. However, prices are yet to recover to pre-pandemic levels.

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These graduate students make me hopeful about the future of education

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Our conversation served as the inaugural session of a new series called Gates Notes Deep Dive.

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Electric Vehicle Market 2020-2027 Future Trends and Investing Developments

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Electric Vehicle (EV) Market Worth US$ 2000+ Billion by 2027, Growing at a CAGR of 40.7% From 2020 to 2027 Exclusive Report by Precedence Research.

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'Net zero plastic': Corona toasts plastic recovery milestone

Business Green

Beer brand said it now recovers more plastic from the environment than it produces, as Waitrose announces expansion of its refillable food range. Corona claims it has become the first global drinks brand to achieve a 'net zero plastic footprint', after ramping up its plastic waste collection and recycling efforts and conducting an extensive plastic audit of its operations.