GreenBiz

JULY 12, 2021

Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity. Heather Clancy. Mon, 07/12/2021 - 02:00. The plastic waste problem gets plenty of attention, and for good reason: If we continue mismanaging this material as usual, there could be 7.7 gigatons of the stuff cluttering landfills, waterways and oceans, or being incinerated by 2040. Just as stunning: Plastic isn't the fastest growing waste stream the world needs to deal with. .

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Waste Waste Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 545

Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 12, 2021

If you want to beautify your yard while simultaneously doing your little part to save the world, consider planting a pollinator garden.

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altenergymag

JULY 12, 2021

The Mango Power Union fuses a Tesla Powerwall-type home battery with a portable power station in an energy storage system that uses the best batteries on the market today. Housed in a sleek, modern, stylish design, the Mango Power Union is made to suit any area of any residence while giving users the flexibility to take the comfort and convenience of home wherever they go.

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Batteries Energy Energy 158

Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 12, 2021

Governor Gavin Newsom has placed 50 of California's 58 counties under a drought emergency order, and the number may grow.

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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.

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Green Business Bureau

JULY 12, 2021

Small Businesses Need To Be More Sustainable. Facing pressures to be more sustainable from consumers, employees, partners and suppliers, small businesses must respond and become greener. Surveys on average report that 75 percent of consumers are more likely to buy a product or service if the company is making an effort to be sustainable. Attracting these customers and employees is more effective when your business is sustainable.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 12, 2021

Each belt funds the prevention of 10 kilograms worth of plastic waste from entering the ocean.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 12, 2021

The beauty industry is notorious for plastic waste, but Meejee wants to be the solution with its new facial cleansing massager made from recycled plastic.

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altenergymag

JULY 12, 2021

Firm's first solar project in Utah provides savings to local residents.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JULY 12, 2021

Giant pandas are no longer endangered, according to an announcement made by the Chinese government.

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Charged

JULY 12, 2021

GM has big plans to release as many as 30 new EV models by 2025—the company claims that, by 2035, its only ICE vehicles will be heavy-duty trucks. The new Ultium battery system is at the heart of GM’s electrification strategy. GM says the Ultium system delivers a pack-level cost close to the magic number of $100 per kWh—a tenth of the cost of the batteries that powered the 2010 Volt, and a price point that will finally make selling EVs a profitable proposition.

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Energy Monitor Batteries Lithium Innovation 141

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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Impact Alpha

JULY 12, 2021

Carter Transportation is a minority-owned freight delivery service that operates nationwide. It is a relatively young company, without an operating history for traditional. The post How usable capital can unleash Black business growth and close racial gaps appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Transportation 126

Charged

JULY 12, 2021

The Atlanta-Region Transit Link Authority (ATL) has secured a $5.4-million grant from the Federal Transit Administration’s Low-No Program to purchase electric buses. “We have secured this funding because electrification of Georgia’s public bus fleet is an economic and environmental imperative,” said US Senator Jon Ossoff (D-GA). “These new buses will reduce air pollution and increase the efficiency of transit in Georgia.”.

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altenergymag

JULY 12, 2021

PV racking system manufacturer AEROCOMPACT, based in Satteins, Austria, has added three sliding seam clamps to its COMPACTMETAL TM product range.

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Charged

JULY 12, 2021

Sponsored by Eaton. The vehicle electrification era is here, bringing with it a wave of innovative technologies and exponential advancements. However, there are important safety implications to be considered as these technologies and market trends are adopted. What are these trends and how do they impact circuit protection of electric vehicles? The market today sees demand and development towards decrease charging times, increased range requirements, and a wider variety of vehicle models.

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Energy Monitor Electric vehicle Electricity Technology 119

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

Green Living Guy

JULY 12, 2021

In contrast to some people’s beliefs, living a sustainable lifestyle will not necessarily make your life hard and miserable. Instead, the key to achieving an easy and sustainable life is to identify one’s actions that affect the planet. Activities like foods you eat, clothes you wear, cars you drive, and the likes impact the planet Continue reading "5 Ways to Live an Easy and Sustainable Life".

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 12, 2021

Earlier this month, the New Jersey legislature passed two pieces of legislation that will help increase solar development across the state. S2605 establishes the SREC-II program at the Board of Public Utilities (BPU), which includes incentives for at least 1500 MW of behind-the-meter solar facilities and 750 MW of community solar by 2026. It also includes a new competitive solicitation process to incentivize at least 1500 MW of large-scale solar power facilities by 2026, and develops siting crit

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Solar Power World

JULY 12, 2021

There have been some announcements of crystalline silicon solar panel manufacturing outfits coming to the United States in the last couple years, but so far, nothing new has opened since Q CELLS (Georgia), LG (Alabama) and JinkoSolar (Florida) unveiled their panel assembly facilities in 2019. In fact, this year saw the closure of one of… The post Convalt Energy to open 700-MW solar panel assembly facility in New York in 2022 appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Charged

JULY 12, 2021

Electric aircraft manufacturer Bye Aerospace has secured a pair of launch customers for its eFlyer 800 , an 8-seat all-electric twin turboprop-class airplane. Jet It and JetClub, North American and European sister companies that provide fractional aircraft ownership, have agreed to purchase a fleet of eFlyer 800 aircraft. Bye Aerospace expects the eFlyer 800 to deliver a range of 500 nautical miles with 45-minute IFR reserves, a maximum payload of 1,540 pounds, a 320-knot cruising speed and a 35

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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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Solar Power World

JULY 12, 2021

In this special edition of Contractors Corner, solar mounting manufacturer Preformed Line Products (PLP) talks about the advantages of using uniform, building-block-style solar carport designs on all projects. Listen to the full episode here or on your favorite podcast app. This podcast is sponsored by Preformed Line Products (PLP). The post Solar Spotlight: How one solar carport design can fit all projects appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Solar Power 110

Impact Alpha

JULY 12, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 12 – Chemical giant DuPont spun out DuPont Sustainable Solutions two years ago as an industrial consultant. DuPont Sustainable Solutions has. The post DuPont spinoff acquires George Serafeim’s ESG consultancy KKS Advisors appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Charged

JULY 12, 2021

Silicon Mobility , a provider of digital controls for EV powertrains, says its control system improves inverter and motor efficiency by 2% to 4.6% compared to the industry-standard SVPWM control technique. During the 34th International EV Symposium, Silicon Mobility and Cascadia Motion presented their latest research results, in which Optimized Pulse Pattern (OPP) modulation increased the efficiency of the inverter and the permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) by reducing switching losses in

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Patents Technology 101

Impact Alpha

JULY 12, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 12 – Andrew D’Souza and Michele Romanow launched Clearco (then Clearbanc) in 2015 to back e-commerce, mobile and software startups. The. The post Clearco secures $215 million from SoftBank to finance online businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Green Living Guy

JULY 12, 2021

Are you looking forward to having an earth-friendly garden at your home? The good news is you won’t have to spend so much trying to bring it into existence. You will come to see that what is most important is how much labor you put in and utilizing tricks and tips needed to grow your Continue reading "5 Ways to Plant an Earth-Friendly Garden on a Budget".

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Impact Alpha

JULY 12, 2021

ImpactAlpha July 12 – Can venture capital be kind? This simple question is at the heart of the impact investing firm Kind Capital. The post The Reconstruction: Practicing kindness to disrupt venture capital and deepen diversity appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2021

New tracker from MSCI warns that based on current emissions world's publicly listed companies will burn through carbon budget before the end of the decade. The avalanche of net zero commitments from the world's largest companies is yet to translate into deep and sustained decarbonisation, according to a sobering new report from investment research firm MSCI.

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Energy Monitor Carbon Climate change Investment 101

Impact Alpha

JULY 12, 2021

ImpactAlpha, July 12 – The pandemic inspired a wave of enterprise technology providers to help businesses go online (see, “Helping small businesses in. The post Kenya’s MarketForce raises $2 million to digitize small businesses and streamline supply chains appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2021

Leading supermarket announces plans to slash its own emissions 80 per cent by 2030 and work with suppliers to develop ambitious decarbonisation strategies. Lidl GB this morning became the latest supermarket to announce ambitious new decarbonisation goals, pledging to make its operations 'carbon neutral' by 2022 before slashing its direct emissions by 80 per cent against 2019 levels by 2030.

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Impact Alpha

JULY 12, 2021

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: The Reconstruction Kind and usable: Two takes on the restructuring of finance and investment. Systemic flaws in traditional. The post The Brief: Kinder capital, business digitization in the U.S. and Kenya, solar tech SPACquisition, KKS Advisors gets acquired, fungi-based protein appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Ideas 4 Sustainability

JULY 12, 2021

Originally posted on SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY : As is becoming abundantly clear, early climate-change warnings have not been effective, as the planet continues on its unsustainable pathway, crossing planetary boundaries and racing towards a sixth mass extinction. Despite the existence of many international agreements and goals being made, more diverse interventions are needed.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 12, 2021

On Friday, solar financing company Sunlight Financial announced the closing of its previously-announced business combination with Spartan Acquisition Corp. II, a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by funds managed by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, Inc. Sunlight partners with contractors nationwide to provide homeowners with financing for the installation of residential solar systems and other home improvements.

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Business Green

JULY 12, 2021

New communique warns government that without new devolved powers local authorities, cities, and regions will struggle to deliver decarbonisation necessary to meet net zero goals. More than 30 local leaders and mayors from across the UK will today sign a communiqué urging the government to grant them additional powers so that regional authorities can deliver on the country's net zero goals.

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Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 92

Green Living Guy

JULY 12, 2021

It wasn’t long ago that you had to buy or commission paper invites for major occasions like weddings, graduations and anniversaries. On the spot right now, there’s another alternative: digital solicitations. An online greeting can be a very effective way to inform people about your event. They’re frequently well-planned, with many practical benefits, and they’re Continue reading "Benefits Of Eco-Friendly Wedding Cards".

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Sustainability 52

Business Green

JULY 12, 2021

INEOS and Petroineos sign memorandum of understanding with Acorn CCS project, with a view to capturing one million tonnes a year of CO2 from 2027. Petrochemicals giant INEOS has become the latest major carbon intensive company to ramp up its carbon capture and storage plans in a further boost to the UK's hopes of establishing a series of zero carbon industrial clusters.

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