GreenBiz
JANUARY 5, 2022
Solar farms are proliferating on undeveloped land, often harming ecosystems. But placing solar canopies on large parking lots offers a host of advantages — making use of land that is already cleared, producing electricity close to those who need it, and even shading cars.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 5, 2022
Los Angeles County suffered a sewage spill of historic proportions last week. More than 8 million gallons of raw sewage led to seven beach closures over the New Year weekend.
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GreenBiz
JANUARY 5, 2022
Can North America’s largest roofing company nail it when it comes to integrating solar energy with shingles? And what are the implications for commercial buildings?
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 5, 2022
The Center for Culture and Community, a research project by network of architecture (noa*), stands as a model for any community building anywhere in the world. Noa* worked with a philosophy that a community center should meet the needs of all members of the neighborhood.
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.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 5, 2022
There's an opportunity to proactively address the industry’s long-standing labor concerns by designing new business models.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 5, 2022
A smaller space consumes less resources, but can create problems when trying to move in the furniture. Resource Furniture understands the struggle and responds with multi-purpose furniture that fits the needs of the minimalist lifestyle, reduces waste and provides solutions for small spaces.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 5, 2022
Investigators are moving closer to determining the cause of the Colorado Wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,000 buildings. Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle told reporters on Monday that investigators have narrowed the fire's origin to an area near Boulder. Pelle declined to give out more information, saying that the full report will come later.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 5, 2022
LA’s building stock is responsible for 43 percent of the city’s total greenhouse gas emissions.
The Environmental Blog
JANUARY 5, 2022
Almost regardless of where you look, you will see examples of businesses and industries that are striving to work in more environmentally friendly ways. Consumer pressure, legislation, and a realization that everyone needs to pull together to literally save the planet have combined to prompt business leaders to speed up the rate of change. To the point where whole sectors are radically shaking up the way they work.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 5, 2022
Motorcycles often get a bad rap, environmentally speaking. The Italian company GPR Italia is trying to change all that.
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.
altenergymag
JANUARY 5, 2022
Uniquely integrated battery and control system powers potential for American homeowners
U.S. Green Technology
JANUARY 5, 2022
Over the last couple of years, sustainability became one of the hottest topics in the business world. We can’t say anyone should be surprised by this development. Putting aside the obvious environmental implications aside, sustainable practices make organizations leaner, affordable, and much more efficient so they bring more than tangible benefits to the companies in.
Green Living Guy
JANUARY 5, 2022
“The Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX is how we imagine the future of electric cars. Just one-and-a-half years ago, we started this project leading to the most efficient Mercedes-Benz ever built – with an outstanding energy consumption of less than 10 kWh per 100 kilometers. It has a range of more than 1,000 kilometers2 (620 miles) on a […]. The post VISION EQXX – taking electric range and efficiency to an entirely new level appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Charged
JANUARY 5, 2022
Commercial vehicle manufacturers Volvo Group, Daimler Truck and the Traton Group have agreed to create a joint venture to build and operate a high-power public charging network for heavy-duty long-haul trucks and coaches across Europe. The planned JV, which will be equally owned by the three firms, is scheduled to start operations in 2022. The parties have committed to invest a total of €500 million.
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.
Green Living Guy
JANUARY 5, 2022
Ford Motor Company said today it is planning to nearly double production of the F-150 Lightning™ pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year to meet high demand for the first all-electric version of America’s best-selling vehicle, the F-Series. And beginning Thursday, the first group of reservation holders will be […].
Andrew Winston
JANUARY 5, 2022
[Happy New Year! This is my year-end article from Harvard Business Review that I mentioned in my last post (which has many more stories and links). Here are the 6 big themes I drew from the last year, and 6 things to look out for in 2022]. How do you know when something becomes the norm? Trends in corporate sustainability have been mostly consistent — an expanding climate crisis, lightning-speed growth in clean tech, rising pressure from many stakeholders, and more.
Green Living Guy
JANUARY 5, 2022
In the past five decades, the amount of waste that we produce has not only risen but has been higher than ever before in history. This is partly because we have had a bigger global population than ever before but also because products have never been packaged quite the way they are today. Whether you […]. The post Useful Tips To Help You Get Rid Of Waste In An Environment Friendly Way appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Charged
JANUARY 5, 2022
GM has announced plans for electric versions of the Chevy Equinox and Blazer SUVs. Speaking at CES 2022, CEO Mary Barra noted that the compact and midsize SUV segments are growing in the US market. SEE ALSO: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV unveiled. Few details of the proposed new EVs have been offered. The Equinox EV will be built on GM’s Ultium Platform, and will be offered in both fleet and retail versions, including LT and RS trims.
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?
Green Living Guy
JANUARY 5, 2022
Are you having trouble selling or trading in your old car? For car owners, when it comes to an old car, the first option is always to sell it. If that doesn’t work then trade it in. But if the car is not in great condition, you won’t get much for it. Which results in […]. The post Eco-friendly Ways To Dispose of Your Scrap Car appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Greenability Magazine
JANUARY 5, 2022
Evergy announced today that it will build a 22,000-panel solar array at its’ Hawthorn power plant in northeast Kansas City by fall 2022 as part of its Solar Subscription program. Pending regulatory approval, the new 10MW (megawatt) array will cover 67 acres of land surrounding the existing coal-fired plant. The energy created will provide 5MW of electricity for the 1,200 Evergy customers who signed up for its Solar Subscription program and an additional 5MW for all Evergy customers.
altenergymag
JANUARY 5, 2022
-Estimated $29.3 million contract increases iSun’s Commercial segment backlog from $9.6 to $38.9 million. -A total of 1,780 canopies expected to be delivered to charging stations. -Anticipated initial delivery of 450 Canopies in 2022. -Contract award is iSun’s largest EV Infrastructure contract to date.
Renewable Energy World
JANUARY 5, 2022
(Source: GAF Energy). GAF Energy announced the release of a solar roof system incorporating nailable shingles. The new product is called Timberline Solar. GAF said shingles are installed like a traditional roof “with only a nail gun required.”. The company says Timberline combines solar technology with traditional roofing processes, allowing for faster installation.
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 5, 2022
ImpactAlpha, January 5 — Tel Aviv-based StoreDot, launched in 2012, set out to prove its Li-ion battery technology can charge a vehicle in. The post Israel’s StoreDot secures $60 million for ‘extreme fast charging’ EV batteries appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Grist
JANUARY 5, 2022
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Insect DNA has been gathered from the air and for the first time used to detect 85 insect species, according to scientists from Lund University in Sweden. Bees, moths, flies, beetles, wasps, and ants have been identified in a study which raises hopes that airborne environmental DNA (eDNA) could become a useful tool in monitoring insect abundance and declines in biodiversity.
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 5, 2022
Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith, a longtime senior writer for Institutional Investor, contributes a bi-weekly column on the policies, practices and strategies of. The post Long live ESG! ESG is dead! ESG is… stepping up? appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Renewable Energy World
JANUARY 5, 2022
Appalachian Power said it wants to acquire or contract for 294 MW of solar and 204 MW of wind power over the next three years as part of its plan to meet targets set in 2020 by the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). The law requires the utility to file an annual plan with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) outlining how it will meet key mandates to achieve 100% carbon-free status by 2050.
Business Green
JANUARY 5, 2022
Achievement marks major step forward in ongoing push to build a homegrown supply of lithium for burgeoning electric vehicle market. British Lithium has announced it has extracted lithium from granite mined from Cornwall's bedrock, in an achievement it has hailed as both a world first and a major milestone in the development of a domestic supply of raw materials for the UK battery market.
Bidgely
JANUARY 5, 2022
With billions of dollars on the way from the federal government to deploy the infrastructure needed to fast track transportation electrification, energy businesses need proven accurate, credible data to drive their EV charging investments. Hear more from Florida Power & Light, Austin Energy, Portland General Electric and more utilities nationwide about how data informs their strategic plans, and learn how Bidgely’s EV Solution makes it easy to access the data insights that are critical to ge
Business Green
JANUARY 5, 2022
European energy giant announces it is to begin offering heat pumps in the Netherlands, as it eyes UK market potential. European energy giant Vattenfall has announced it is to launch a high-temperature heat pump solution, as it looks to accelerate the shift away from gas boilers across the continent. The Sweden-based clean energy specialist confirmed it has partnered with heating technology outfit Feenstra to offer competitively priced all-electric heat pumps in the Netherlands ahead of a potenti
Solar Power World
JANUARY 5, 2022
As residential battery demand continues to grow due to state incentives for systems and the need to aid the grid during extreme weather, more inverter manufacturers are getting in the game. Companies including Enphase, SolarEdge and Tigo Energy have started producing residential batteries of their own for seamless technology pairings. Enphase released its residential Encharge… The post Inverter manufacturers add in-house batteries for seamless pairings <br><span style='col
Business Green
JANUARY 5, 2022
Defra says new Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Recovery schemes will work in conjunction with incoming Sustainable Farming Incentive. The government has today announced fresh plans to restore 300,000 hectares of habitat across England, as it attempts to push forward with plans to reform farming subsidies to help enhance nature protection and accelerate the net zero transition.
Solar Power World
JANUARY 5, 2022
Residential solar paired with smart home offerings has become ubiquitous over the years for many national solar installers. If homeowners can access their pet’s automatic feeders through an app, then they of course expect to see their solar generation on a small screen, and be able to actively interact with it in conjunction with their… The post Residential solar installers get versed in EV chargers <br><span style='color:#404040;font-weight:600;font-size:15px;'>2
Renewable Energy World
JANUARY 5, 2022
PosiGen, which targets renewable energy and efficiency for low-to-moderate income (LMI) households, closed a $100 million preferred equity financing deal with Magnetar Capital’s Energy & Infrastructure group as the lead investor. As part of the deal, Magnetar will nominate two new directors to join PosiGen’s Board of Directors. Existing PosiGen investors, including Emerson Collective, Irradiant Partners, Activate Capital, The Builders Fund, SJF Ventures, and The Kresge Foundation
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