How the U.S. power grid is evolving to handle solar and wind
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 16, 2019
As renewable energy sources move mainstream, electricity generation and distribution systems are getting an extreme makeover.
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A hotel suite inside a shipping container hovers over the landscape in Brazil
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Brazilian architecture firm Bruno Zaitter arquiteto has once again given new life to a shipping container with the Bosque Refuge, one of the Hotel Fazenda Cainã suites in Balsa Nova, Brazil.
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Opus 12 is one startup on a mission to convert CO2 into useful products
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 16, 2019
It may sound a bit like alchemy to create building blocks out of thin air, but plants and algae have been doing essentially the same thing for hundreds of millions of years.
First-of-its-kind device prototype harnesses renewable energy from ocean waves
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 16, 2019
With today’s renewables market rapidly expanding, it’s no wonder then that wave energy has recently gained traction as a contemporary energy source.
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.
Filter media optimises treatment for Norwegian fish farm
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 16, 2019
An onshore fish farm in Norway has introduced a new type of filter media to reduce the size of the MBBR required in its water treatment process. Warden Biomedia’s managing director, Mark Barrett explains the advantages. The MBBR at Sterner AS. Norwegian water treatment company Sterner AS focuses on recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) for fish farming.
Self-sustainable childrens center in Tanzania harvests water like a baobab tree
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 16, 2019
In northern Tanzania, a Swedish team of architects, engineers, and a non-profit collaborated with local workers to complete the Econef Children’s Center, a self-sustaining facility for orphans in the King’ori village. Asante Architecture & Design, Lönnqvist & Vanamo Architects, Architects Without Borders Sweden, Engineers Without Borders Sweden, and Swedish-Tanzanian NGO ECONOF created the center to provide sleeping quarters and classrooms to orphaned children, as well as to also increas
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Top Strategies For Preparing For A Major Natural Disaster
The Environmental Blog
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Even though we can predict incoming disasters with a greater degree of efficiency than ever before, the simple fact of the matter is that when major disasters do strike they will still catch us all off guard. That’s why you need to get ready now rather than waiting until the last minute. It’s not wise enough to just say that it will never happen to you.
“Smart cube” model for wind tunnels could help improve accuracy of air pollution data
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 16, 2019
A project led by the University of Surrey will manufacture a miniature building model, with state-of-the-art pressure, airspeed and temperature sensors, with the aim being to help develop a better understanding of how to tackle air pollution in cities across the world. Urban air pollution is very difficult to measure, as flow of air between buildings can affect how vehicles’ exhaust and other pollutants are carried away from street level.
Artist unveils furniture collection for insects
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 16, 2019
As the world's insect population plummets, it is becoming more and more important to create insect-friendly habitats. Now, you can have one right in your own backyard!
Where’s your Zero Czar?
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 16, 2019
What if net zero were the default setting for everything we use and make?
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.
Liverpool company develops virtual reality tool to save Sellafield £20 million
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Driving a crane using the VR system which is based on existing 3D design models of the facility at Sellafield. A leading centre of digital engineering technology integration, the Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC), has developed a mixed reality training tool for Britain’s biggest nuclear waste site, Sellafield, which will ensure the safety of workers in hazardous areas and seemingly save the organisation an estimated £20 million.
Integrating CSR with diversity, equity and inclusion at Caesars Entertainment
GreenBiz
OCTOBER 16, 2019
The gaming and entertainment company is upping the ante on all of these concerns.
Indigenous groups call for urgent action to protect Amazon headwaters region in Peru and Ecuador
Envirotec Magazine
OCTOBER 16, 2019
A number of indigenous groups have called for emergency support to stop the governments of Ecuador and Peru from expanding new fossil fuel, mining, and large-scale industrial development in one of the critical headwaters regions of the Amazon River. In a Declaration released on 15 October , the indigenous leaders (the Indigenenous federations that are part of the Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative) say their ancestral territories, one of the most biodiverse regions of the Amazon, are under imme
EIT Food Marketplace disrupts the industry with additive-free beverages, veggie milk and more
Inhabitat - Innovation
OCTOBER 16, 2019
The future of food appears to emphasize clean, sustainable eating that boosts personal and planetary health.
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.
Google Promises $150M for Renewables to Green Manufacturing Footprint
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Google on Tuesday announced it will spend $150 million on renewable energy projects in “key manufacturing regions” for its products, including Nest, with a goal to encourage $1.5 billion in capital investment for renewables. Details on the commitment were scarce. Because the deals are yet to be negotiated, the technology giant could not confirm whether it would spend the funds through direct investments, power-purchase agreements or other means.
New Zealand impact investments set to grow six-fold over five years
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 16, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 16 – Just 1% of New Zealand’s private assets under management, or $889 million, is in impact investments, according to the first in-depth study of the country’s impact investing market. Last year, an Impact Enterprise Fund in the country fell short of its fundraising target. Still, “There’s high interest and demand for impact The post New Zealand impact investments set to grow six-fold over five years appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Germany’s Largest Solar Farm Will Also Be Subsidy-Free
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 16, 2019
German utility EnBW has signed off on the investment for a 180-megawatt subsidy-free solar farm. As well as becoming Germany's largest solar farm, EnBW says it will be the first major unsubsidized solar project in the country. Work on the Weesow-Willmersdorf plant, in the state of Brandenburg, will begin at the start of next year. The company expects commissioning to take place before the end of 2020.
Battery cooling performance: Comparing liquid-dispense gap fillers with thermal pads
Charged
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Sponsored by LORD Corporation. The focus of LORD Corporation’s study is to investigate how the superior thermal transfer provided by gap fillers versus gap pads affects cooling of actual battery modules. Battery modules were assembled using LORD gap fillers with thermal conductivity of 2 and 4 W/m·K, and also with commercially available gap pads of the same nominal thermal conductivity.
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?
Human Rights Challenges Flying Below Radar for Renewables
GreenTechMedia
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Renewable energy is set to lead efforts to temper climate change and expand access to electricity. But as the third energy transition gathers pace, a deeper examination of the industry’s supply chains and operational practices reveals a darker side when it comes to human rights. Some of these challenges, such as those around the cobalt used in lithium-ion batteries, are well known.
Philanthropy can do more to catalyze private capital for public good
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 16, 2019
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 16 – We’re on the brink of a significant shift in the global flow of capital. We have the opportunity to redirect trillions of dollars as new wealth seeks to align investments with values – a massively different scale than philanthropy today. Unfortunately, very few in philanthropy are taking advantage of this potential. The post Philanthropy can do more to catalyze private capital for public good appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Fact-checking the American Petroleum Institute's New Ads Selling Natural Gas as a Climate Solution
DeSmogBlog
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Read time: 8 mins In 1998, the U.S.'s largest oil and gas industry lobbying group, the American Petroleum Institute ( API ) , was involved with a communications plan whose goal was promoting “uncertainties in climate science” among the American public. Over 20 years later, their communications plan looks a little different but still needs fact-checking. .
Gig economy insurer Verifly raises $22 million and rebrands as Thimble
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 16, 2019
ImpactAlpha, October 16 – The founders of Verify picked a niche demographic when they launched the insurance company in 2016: drone pilots. Last year they shifted focus to a much larger opportunity, launching insurance products for contractual and part-time workers, who make up more than one third of the U.S. workforce. Their company, now operating The post Gig economy insurer Verifly raises $22 million and rebrands as Thimble appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Solar PV Market Outlook On The Basis Of Application, Region And Forecast To 2020 : Grand View Research Inc.
altenergymag
OCTOBER 16, 2019
The report Solar PV Market includes the forecasts, Analysis and discussion of important industry trends, market size, market share estimates and profiles of the leading industry Players.
The Existential Threat To Lead-Acid Batteries
R-Squared Energy
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Batteries became an indispensable part of our daily lives during the 20th Century. But the pace of change has dramatically increased in the 21st Century with the development of new battery types. The resulting battery revolution that is underway is enabling the beginning of a seismic shift in the way we power our transportation systems and heavy equipment, as well as how we power our cities.
Discover latest changes to heat network regulations at seminar roadshow
altenergymag
OCTOBER 16, 2019
The latest updates to the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations will be announced at Switch2 Energy's breakfast seminar road show this November in London and Leeds.
ACORE releases whitepaper on the need for a federal renewable energy standard
Solar Power World
OCTOBER 16, 2019
In a new white paper released today by the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, the organizations offer recommendations on how U.S. policymakers can most effectively design a federal high-penetration renewable energy standard (RES) that enhances grid reliability, creates American jobs, and increases American economic competitiveness globally.
True Balance closes $23 million to expand mobile payments to rural India
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 16, 2019
ImpactAlpha, October 16 – True Balance started in 2014 to give prepaid mobile customers in India an easy way to check their cellular data usage and balance. It soon discovered there were other services its mobile customers lacked. The Gurgaon and Seoul-based startup now offers a range of financial services through its app, including utility The post True Balance closes $23 million to expand mobile payments to rural India appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Solar FlexRack Sponsors MnSEIA Gateway to Solar Conference
altenergymag
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Event is the sixth annual MnSEIA solar conference which is dedicated to supporting growth in the state's solar industry
The Brief: Leveraging philanthropy, mobile money in India, impact startups in Miami, Mirova completes Althelia acquisition, New Zealand’s inflection point
Impact Alpha
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices Philanthropy can do more to catalyze private capital for public good. Less co-investing. More more willingness to take lead, early, junior and gap-filling positions that draw additional capital to solutions that matter. Many foundations are doing more intentional impact investing but too few are seizing the catalytic potential of The post The Brief: Leveraging philanthropy, mobile money in India, impact startups in Miami, Mirova completes Alt
Energy Foundry Invests in Sistine Solar
altenergymag
OCTOBER 16, 2019
With investment from Energy Foundry, Sistine Solar will begin offering its patented SolarSkin technology nationwide.
Solect Energy completes 300-kW system for Massachusetts middle school
Solar Power World
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Solect Energy has completed the installation of a 300-kWDC solar energy system on the roof of the Daniel L. Joyce Middle School in Woburn, Massachusetts. “Every dollar saved on our electric bills is a dollar we can apply to students, which was a major factor in the decision to go solar. But we benefit from… The post Solect Energy completes 300-kW system for Massachusetts middle school appeared first on Solar Power World.
Guardian becomes B Corp and targets net zero by 2030
Business Green
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Media company says it is stepping up efforts to tackle the climate emergency, both in its journalism and its own organisation.
Functional, Fun, Affordable: Meet Rad Power Bikes’ RadRunner Electric Bike
Forbes Green Tech
OCTOBER 16, 2019
Responding to the electric bike zeitgeist is RadRunner by global ebike brand Rad Power Bikes, conceived to be functional and fun at a price designed to introduce new riders to ebiking.
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