Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 19, 2021
We can now harness the carbon scavenging power of Japanese knotweed and other invasive plants, explains Nic Seal, Founder and MD of Environet, a UK specialist in the topic. The Japanese knotweed removal industry generates thousands of tonnes of plant waste every year which is consigned to landfill sites where it either regrows or decays, giving off harmful gases such as methane.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Global renewable energy developer, service provider and distributor, BayWa r.e., was named 2021 Solar Company of the Year in the 'Distributor' category at the Philippines Solar Week Leadership Awards 2021.
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Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 19, 2021
A new ‘data pack’ available to anaerobic digestion (AD) operators provides a reference point for UK digestate characteristics. It is said to comprehensively report key positive and negative characteristics of UK digestates produced from different feedstock types. Specialist laboratory analysis has been carried out, focussing on microplastic analysis and dewaterability of digestates derived from food waste processes.
Green Living Guy
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Yes folks, we got picked up by Mother Earth News. Here is a sample of the post we wrote over there: When electric meets luxury, you get into a Karma GS-6 plug-in hybrid 2021 sportscar. It’s sleek, low, and just plain sexy. As we move towards a more electrified future, the GS-6 is definitely a […]. The post Mother Earth News Post for Karma GS-6 Test Drive Results appeared first on Green Living Guy.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 19, 2021
A large heat exchanger supplied and installed by Exchanger Industries. By Matt Hale, International Sales & Marketing Director, HRS Heat Exchangers. The recent acquisition of HRS Heat Exchangers by Canada-based Exchanger Industries Limited (EIL) has created an international group with more than 100 years of combined experience in heat transfer technologies.
Business Green
DECEMBER 19, 2021
As a leasing round for floating offshore wind projects in Scotland gets underway, Aker Offshore Wind is aiming to bolster the supply chain in anticipation of increased demand. An offshore wind developer has committed £235m to boost the renewable energy supply chain in Scotland ahead of the development of a new wave of floating offshore wind farms.
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Business Green
DECEMBER 19, 2021
New credit facility will offer M&S discounted interest rates to support its Scope 3 net zero target. Marks and Spencer is to benefit from a lower interest rate on a £850m loan if it delivers on its net zero goals, under the terms of a new credit facility announced last week. The leading retailer has come to an agreement with BNP Paribas on a new £850m revolving credit facility to support the delivery of M&S's 2040 Scope 3 net zero goal covering its value chain emissions.
Eco-Business
DECEMBER 19, 2021
The ESG movement has largely focused on publicly-traded companies, but private firms, which hire more people and make more money, aren't getting the same attention. Consortiums can be formed to ensure that private organisations also advance their sustainability efforts.
Business Green
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Projects developing algae, grasses, hemp, seaweed, and other crops that could act as sustainable feedstocks for biomass energy generation can apply for UK support. The government is offering up £26m to help increase UK production of biomass energy sources such as grasses, hemp, and seaweed, with the launch today of a funding competition to help develop more environmentally sustainable fuels for heating and powering homes and businesses.
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 19, 2021
A new way of processing rare-earth and other key metals to separate them from other materials could reduce environmental impact and cost. Courtesy of MIT News. By Becky Ham | MIT News correspondent New processing methods developed by MIT researchers could help ease looming shortages of the essential metals that power everything from phones to automotive batteries, […].
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.
Business Green
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Emmanuel Faber has been appointed as Chair of the newly established International Sustainability Standards Board. Former CEO of Danone, Emmanuel Faber, has been appointed as Chair of the newly established International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). The International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation, a not-for-profit that creates financial reporting standards, announced the appointment last week, confirming the position will become effective from 1 January 2022.
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 19, 2021
The Ford F-150 Lightning will be available with two battery sizes and four trim levels. Here's more.
Business Green
DECEMBER 19, 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, examining lessons from the past will be critical in helping us to transform the future, writes Forum for the Future’s CEO Dr Sally Uren. December 2021. As another year draws to a close, there comes a natural inflection point in which we all look back and consider what has and what hasn't been achieved in our sustainability efforts.
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have experimentally synthesized a nitride perovskite that previously only existed in theory and measured its properties in collaboration with researchers at the Colorado School of Mines. Making the nitride perovskite a reality opens the possibility of its application as a material for microelectromechanical devices used in telecommunication […].
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.
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 19, 2021
In an article by the Louisiana Illuminator, the author made some very crucial points about how hunkering down and weathering hurricanes is not enough. The United States isn’t prepared for the dramatic effects of climate change, and Louisiana, my state, is front and center in this battle. Hurricane Ida impacted Baton Rouge badly, yet we […].
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Senator Bernie Sanders asked an important question last week, and I answered it. Elon Musk agreed with me on this by sharing his response on Twitter. The question was simple. “When future generations ask us what we did to stop the climate crisis, how will we answer?” In my opinion, which I shared on Twitter, […].
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 19, 2021
The warming of the Arctic is something that should alarm all of us. Unfortunately, the BBC has reported that it’s been seeing Mediterranean-like temperatures in the summer. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), an agency of the United Nations, recently verified the record that was set on June 20, 2020, in the Siberian town of Verkhoyansk. […].
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 19, 2021
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) fuel and vehicle regulations expert Ted Sears has been tasked with supporting the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) in efforts to convert the federal fleet to zero-emission vehicles. The appointment follows a January 2021 Biden Administration executive order that set a goal of achieving 100% acquisition of zero-emission federal fleet vehicles.
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?
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 19, 2021
It's not like we are doing any mining for exotic materials on the moon or Mars, so I suspect that this interesting intellectual capital might sit on a shelf for a few decades.
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Hertz has started installing EV chargers for some of its first Tesla Model 3 rentals, Drive Tesla Canada reports. Hertz is preparing for the rise in customers choosing an EV over an ICE vehicle and is installing EV chargers at some of their rental lots. One such lot is at the Fort Myers International Airport […].
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 19, 2021
SEA Electric has signed a contract to convert 10,000 school buses to battery power over the next 5 years.
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 19, 2021
Sam Fursey shared his story on YouTube this week about how the glass roof of his Tesla Model 3 saved his life. In a typical scenario, when a tree weighing 2,000 pounds crushes your car, you will most likely be severely injured or even killed. The fact that the glass on Sam’s Tesla Model 3 […].
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