Why protecting soil carbon is a win-win for farmers and the planet
GreenBiz
APRIL 2, 2020
The benefits of protecting and restoring soil carbon go well beyond any one farm or any one year. But not enough people are taking these steps.
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Where to order vegetable seeds online
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 2, 2020
There's no better time than now to start a garden. Here are some tips for buying seeds and getting started.
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This is agtech's fertile future
GreenBiz
APRIL 2, 2020
The hunger for alternative protein and non-synthetic approaches to cultivation are inspiring new innovation recipes for animal health and aquaculture.
Solar Panel Landfill Deemed Safe as Recycling Options Grow
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 2, 2020
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is to release research showing solar panels could be landfilled safely amid growing concern over the disposal of renewable energy components. Solar panels have a range of recycling options but none are perfect. The challenges for wind turbine blades are even greater. The IEA study will show that disposing of solar panels in landfill is unlikely to have an adverse impact on human health, according to co-author Dr.
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.
Orchestrating the energy transition: Tuning into buildings
GreenBiz
APRIL 2, 2020
For the sector to play its part means adopting aggressive energy efficiency, zero-carbon and grid-interactive strategies, especially for existing structures.
DIY yurt could be the answer for true social distancing
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 2, 2020
In these trying days when social distancing seems to be so hard for so many, perhaps a change of living space is the key to finding some alone time. Designed by the team from Wooden Widget, the Plurt is a lightweight yurt that can be assembled quickly with just a few simple tools.
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California Renewable Curtailments Surge as Coronavirus Cuts Demand
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 2, 2020
California grid operator CAISO has been curtailing renewable energy at record levels this year, as the state’s ever-rising share of solar power during daylight hours increasingly outpaces electricity demand. Adding to its challenges, the grid operator is now contending with falling power demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. San Francisco Bay Area counties issued a shelter-in-place order and ordered a halt to all non-essential work on March 17, and Gov.
Fully circular office can be sustainably demounted and rebuilt in weeks
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 2, 2020
In its latest example of circular construction, Dutch architecture firm cepezed has completed Building D(emountable), a modern structure that can be fully dismounted in the heart of Delft.
Iberdrola Plots Post-Lockdown Renewables Investment Spree
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 2, 2020
Spanish power group Iberdrola, one of the world's largest investors in clean-energy projects, pledged to ramp up its investments in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. Iberdrola’s total investments in 2020 will hit €10 billion ($10.7 billion), up from €8.15 billion last year, as it barrels ahead with its 9-gigawatt portfolio of projects under construction, half of that capacity due for completion before the year's end.
Effect of COVID-19 on Environment
The Environmental Blog
APRIL 2, 2020
As COVID-19 i.e. corona virus comes in the world it shows positive and negative both impacts. Positive or good impact on environment and negative or adverse impact on human being. Due to the lockdown of many countries, the pollution level gets reduced due to the decreasing level of harmful gases like CO2, CFCs, Green House Gases and Particulate Matter etc.
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.
The environmental trail of the global charcoal supply chain
GreenBiz
APRIL 2, 2020
Use of the fuel is alive and well, with devastating implications for forests in sub-Saharan Africa.
Knowns and Unknowns About the Energy Transition
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 2, 2020
Feeling a bit stir crazy? Us too. We were looking for a way to close the social distance this week, so Interchange co-hosts Stephen Lacey and Shayle Kann hopped behind the microphone with Chris Nelder, host of The Energy Transition Show for some wonkery while in quarantine. In this episode we are exploring two simple questions: What was an unknown about the energy transition five years ago that we now know?
Story book of timber designed for University of Arkansas
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 2, 2020
Dublin-based Grafton Architects and Fayetteville-based Modus Studio have won an international design competition for the Anthony Timberlands Center for Design and Materials Innovation at the University of Arkansas’ Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design. Developed to bolster the university’s role as a leader in mass timber advocacy, the $16 million applied research center will be a “story book of timber” promoting timber and wood design initiatives.
‘No One Is Being Spared.’ Coronavirus Shutdowns Sap Demand for Residential Solar
GreenTechMedia
APRIL 2, 2020
Large-scale solar and wind projects face possible coronavirus-related delays, but perhaps no part of the U.S. renewables industry has felt the outbreak's sting more quickly than home solar developers and installers. The solar industry has pushed to remain an “essential” industry, allowing it to stand among the businesses that can continue working during the pandemic.
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.
These adorable fish lamps raise awareness of plastic pollution
Inhabitat - Innovation
APRIL 2, 2020
Heliograf found design inspiration from tiny, fish-shaped soy sauce packets.
Startups and Corporates Take Action on COVID-19
Greentown Labs
APRIL 2, 2020
Kevin Gill / Flickr Creative Commons. At Greentown Labs, we are in awe of how our members and partners have mobilized their technologies, resources, and connections to fight the spread of COVID-19. Innovation and a strong sense of community are crucial to navigating this unprecedented time—please help us celebrate these companies that are stepping up to the challenge.
Historic RapidEye Constellation Captures Last Light
Planet Pulse
APRIL 2, 2020
As announced at the start of the year, the RapidEye constellation has retired, capturing its last magnificent images, which we are sharing with you today. While RapidEye satellites will no longer collect imagery for commercial or noncommercial use, their archive of impressive data will remain available to customers, and will be used and appreciated for years to come.
Broad coalition applauds New York renewable siting and transmission reform
Solar Power World
APRIL 2, 2020
A broad coalition of environmental, clean energy industry, real estate and labor groups applaud Governor Cuomo, Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie on the inclusion of the renewable energy siting and transmission reform in the State Budget. The improved siting process for renewable energy projects will help New York achieve 70% renewable electricity by 2030,… The post Broad coalition applauds New York renewable siting and transmission reform appeared first on Solar Power Wo
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?
The carbon bubble has burst. Let’s not re-inflate it
Impact Alpha
APRIL 2, 2020
ImpactAlpha, April 2 – The coronavirus likely jumped from animals to humans. Now it has leaped from humans to the fossil fuel industry. As oil prices sunk to new lows this week, Goldman Sachs analysts called the virus a game-changer that will “permanently alter the energy industry and its geopolitics, restrict demand as economic activity. The post The carbon bubble has burst.
CESA organizes collaborative to help states attain 100% clean energy goals
Solar Power World
APRIL 2, 2020
The nonprofit Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) launched the 100% Clean Energy Collaborative, a new initiative to provide critical information sharing and knowledge transfer among states that have established 100% clean energy goals for their electricity sectors. The rapid adoption of aggressive clean energy targets by states has been one of the most important energy… The post CESA organizes collaborative to help states attain 100% clean energy goals appeared first on Solar Power World.
Amit Bouri: Impact investors are stepping up to the challenges of COVID – and capitalism (podcast)
Impact Alpha
APRIL 2, 2020
The coronavirus crisis has laid bare issues of inequality that private investors – not just governments – must urgently address. In a podcast interview with ImpactAlpha, the Global Impact Investing Network’s Amit Bouri said the large and growing impact investing marketplace that has developed in the past decade cannot be considered a success if the.
Enphase launches online training for Ensemble technology
Solar Power World
APRIL 2, 2020
Enphase Energy unveiled a comprehensive portfolio of training options to ensure that installers are trained and ready for Enphase Ensemble technology. To ultimately serve installers with hands-on training when COVID-19 social distancing measures subside, Enphase is preparing turn-key training centers around the U.S. Enphase is also introducing a full suite of online training resources to… The post Enphase launches online training for Ensemble technology appeared first on Solar Power World.
6 Resources To Teach Kids About Weather And Climate During The Coronavirus Shutdown
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 2, 2020
6 online resources to teach kids about weather and climate during the coronavirus crisis.
Company car tax rule change could provide keys for "massive" EV market boost
Business Green
APRIL 2, 2020
Drivers of company cars who opt to go electric will pay no benefit-in-kind (BiK) tax from next week, marking a dramatic drop from the 16 per cent rate in place today. The government's new company car tax regime has the potential to spur a boom in electric vehicle (EV) sales, once the industry weathers a supply crunch that is being further exacerbated by the coronavirus crisis.
Standard Hydrogen Introduces Groundbreaking Method to Turn Most Garbage Into Zero-Emission Fuel
altenergymag
APRIL 2, 2020
New, Innovative Company Converts Plastic, Tires, & Other Waste into Hydrogen, Making it Possible to Empty Landfills While Consuming Most Pollution
The Brief: Carbon bubble RIP, women’s health access, favorable-term COVID loans, GPIF’s new investment chief, Amit Bouri reimagines capitalism (podcast)
Impact Alpha
APRIL 2, 2020
Greetings, Agents of Impacts! Hop on The Call today. Join Agents of Impact Call No. 14 to co-create a COVID recovery model for small and growing businesses in emerging markets. In addition to previously announced guests, ImpactAlpha’s David Bank and Jessica Pothering will be joined by local capital providers like Vox Capital’s Gilberto Ribeiro (São Paulo), Secha Capital’s Brendan Mullen (Johannesburg), Aruwa Capital Management’s Adesuwa Okunbo.
Hackney Council announces it is fully powered by renewables
Business Green
APRIL 2, 2020
The clean energy milestone comes just weeks after Hackney Council revealed plans to open a 'library of things' where citizens can borrow useful items in a bid to reduce household waste. Hackney Council has this week revealed that it is now sourcing all of its electricity from wind and solar sources. The clean energy milestone places it among a small number of councils that are fully powered by renewables, according to Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville.
As Cities Face COVID-19, The Digital Divide Becomes More Acute
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 2, 2020
Children in China, Europe, North America, and elsewhere have been participating in a live experiment of large-scale, remote, primary education through digital portals.
Severn Trent joins EV100 as part of pledge to go fully electric by 2030
Business Green
APRIL 2, 2020
Water firm plans to convert 2,000 of its fleet vehicles to run on battery power by the end of the decade. Severn Trent Water has become the latest corporate to join the ranks of the global EV100 initiative, in a move which follows its pledge to covert its entire fleet of vehicles 2,000 to run on battery power by 2030. The UK's second largest water company, which supplies 4.4 million homes and businesses in England and Wales, confirmed it had joined the global non-profit campaign yesterday, build
14 Cloud Migration Tips To Ensure A Smooth Transition
Forbes Green Tech
APRIL 2, 2020
In order to circumvent complications from cloud migration, organizations must be clear about the goals they are trying to achieve beforehand.
Minnesota makes dramatic decarbonization progress, new Factsheet reveals
altenergymag
APRIL 2, 2020
New findings in the 2020 Minnesota Energy Factsheet, commissioned by the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) and released today, also show state imports of electricity last year fell to their lowest level in over two decades as new local wind and solar projects filled the gap. As the clean energy transition speeds up across the nation, the report illustrates the big gains Minnesota has made since 2010 in its own energy transition.
Getting started with remote solar sales
Solar Power World
APRIL 2, 2020
By Sunny Wang, director of government affairs and communications, Aurora Solar Making the transition from meeting your customers in-person to conducting your solar sales 100% remote for the first time can seem daunting, but it can be done. Some of the most successful and fastest growing solar companies have already adopted remote sales processes. Several advantages… The post Getting started with remote solar sales appeared first on Solar Power World.
Is smaller better? Large scale green tech 'not the best way' to reach net zero, study finds
Business Green
APRIL 2, 2020
Nuclear plants, CCS, and whole-building retrofits should not be prioritised over smaller cheaper alternatives, study argues, while acknowledging small scale technologies do not offer a panacea. Low carbon technologies that are relatively small in scale, more affordable, and can be mass deployed, are more likely to enable a faster transition to net zero emissions than high cost mega-projects, a new academic study released this week has argued.
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