GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Carbontech is getting ready for its market moment. Heather Clancy. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 01:30. It may be a little early to start writing about trends for 2021, but I’m going to do it anyway. What’s on my mind? Carbontech, a category of climate tech I’d love to see break through next year. It's the exciting idea that we can take something that could be considered waste, draw it out of the atmosphere and turn it into a source of revenue or economic growth.

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Carbon-negative Startups Carbon Aviation 530

Jim Conca

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Nationally, power consumption dropped 4% compared to the same time period last year but it was different for different states, according to a new study. Power requirements for workdays basically dropped to Sunday levels under the lockdown.

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Energy Energy Real Estate 226

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Why Google, BASF and Sephora are coming together on safer chemistry. Elsa Wenzel. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 02:02. It's probably fair to say that nobody expressly set out to devise a sunscreen to bleach coral reefs or a yoga mat to emit carcinogens. Yet toxic substances circulate in waterways and bloodstreams, leached out from all the consumables of everyday life.

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Plastics Innovation Organic Retail 464

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A glass waste worker in a recycling facility in Sofia, Bulgaria in May 2016. Switzerland, Sweden and Denmark have succeeded in recovering over 98% of their municipal waste on average over the last five years. Germany is now recycling half of its waste (50%), having improved year-on-year for the last five years. Despite a 12% reduction over the last five years, Turkey is still sending 88% of its waste to landfill.

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Waste Waste Recycling Recycling 248

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.

Energy

GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Kraft Heinz sustainability chief reflects on 'interdependence'. Heather Clancy. Wed, 10/28/2020 - 01:00. Food company Kraft Heinz has been relatively quiet about its corporate sustainability strategy in the five years since it was formed through the merger of food giants Kraft and Heinz — stepping out in early 2018 to provide an update. In September, the maker of well-known brands such as Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, Planter’s Nuts and Heinz Ketchup — which had $25 billion in revenue last year — spo

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Ultrasonic algae control specialist LG Sonic suggests its time to move on from using chemicals when managing this aspect of the environment. Usage of chemicals in lake management dates back to 1939. While its harmful effects have become increasingly apparent, it is still commonly used to diminish the impacts of algal blooms. Commonly used copper sulphate is toxic to most aquatic species.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Carbon impact of waste down 1.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent from 2011. Less than 1 million tonnes of household waste sent to landfill for the first time. Plastic and glass recycling increase, paper and cardboard continues downward trend. Total household recycling rate 44.9%. Scottish households generated the equivalent of 0.44 tonnes of waste per person in 2019.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Oceanbird is a massive sailing cargo ship designed to reinvent sustainable ocean shipping and reduce transatlantic travel emissions by 90%.

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Wind power Sustainability 271

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Protestors at the Preston New Road site in 2017. Fracking operations at a site in Blackpool, UK, have caused an unintended release of methane gas into the atmosphere to the equivalent environmental cost of 142 trans-Atlantic flights according to new research. Operations at the Preston New Road shale gas site led to a venting of around 4.2 tonnes of methane gas to atmosphere that was detected at a nearby monitoring station installed by researchers from The University of Manchester.

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Methane Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 162

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Solar plants are cheaper to build than maintaining current coal plants, and clean energy could save households $1,000-$2,585 per year.

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Energy Energy Electricity 239

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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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Are you constantly looking for ways to save money? If so, you’re not alone. After all, these days more than ever before, every dollar counts. Life is expensive, thus it’s important to cut expenses by any means possible. This includes reducing your monthly energy costs. Fortunately, you’ve come to the right place for help. This article takes a look at the incredible benefits of going solar.

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Solar Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 195

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 28, 2020

This self-driving, zero-emission ferry will carry 12 passengers at a time.

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Electricity 278

GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Each year, Wood Mackenzie’s grid edge analysts release an update on what’s going on in the markets they cover. From the new quarterly update , which covers everything from microgrids to home energy management to EV charging, Wood Mackenzie selected three key highlights to share with Greentech Media. 1) SPACs are on the rise in cleantech.

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Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 130

Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Reed is a sustainable, renewable resource. Designers are researching its durability for construction.

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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

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Aqua Enviro, a SUEZ company, is to be part of a consortium on an important new project, known as TERM*, that is looking for traces of SARS-CoV-2 virus in the wastewater of schools. The study will establish whether this could provide a useful ‘early warning’ system of infection levels. And it is intended this will provide new evidence on the safety of schools reopening and additional insights on transmission of coronavirus from children-to-children and children-to-adults.

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Health Sustainability 130

altenergymag

OCTOBER 28, 2020

• Driven by this achievement, Siemens Gamesa doubles its CO2 savings within just one year to 80,000t CO2 annually • The company meets its target five years ahead of its original schedule and advances in its roadmap to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

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Electricity 146

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Metals recycler EMR is supporting the Transport for London (TFL) scrappage scheme at six sites across the capital. EMR Metal Recycling has Authorised Treatment Facilities (ATF) in Brentford, Canning Town, Mitcham, Neasden, Wandsworth and Willesden which are supporting the TFL scrappage scheme. Offering a complete service, EMR will collect the vehicle, produce the Certificate of Destruction and recycle the vehicle in a responsible manner.

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Charged

OCTOBER 28, 2020

EV conversion one-stop shop EV West has announced a new Tesla crate motor kit designed to convert V8 muscle cars to EVs. The drop-in package consists of a complete Tesla drive unit, including inverter and mounting brackets. “Our new Revolt Tesla crate motor mounts to your small block motor mounts and attaches directly to your driveshaft, allowing you to use your existing rear axle,” says EV West.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

A French-government award that recognises sustainable chemistry initiatives has been picked up by Minakem, a CDMO for active ingredients in the pharmaceutical industry. The firm received the 2020 Pierre Potier prize for the continuous flow chemistry process it developed to produce a special bio-sourced solvent which repurposes plant waste, notably corn stalk or sugar cane residue.

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Waste Waste Organic Sustainability 130

Charged

OCTOBER 28, 2020

SAE International has published a new global standard that specifies both the vehicle-side and charger-side requirements for wireless charging of EVs. The new standard, SAE J2954 , was more than a decade in the making. In 2007, when SAE began its research, there were few EVs on the market, and wireless power transfer (WPT) may have seemed a whimsical pursuit.

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Batteries Technology Government Energy 135

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

One of the UK’s specialist collectors of surplus food product has invested in a piece of specialist lifting equipment that it says has boosted its operations significantly. A Tucker and Son Ltd specialises in collecting surplus food products and converting this into animal feed which is distributed all over the country using specialist HIAB lifting equipment.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Distributedl solar and storage company SunPower logged $109 million in net income and $274.8 million in GAAP revenue in the third quarter, its first after its August separation from its manufacturing arm, now a company called Maxeon Solar Technologies. SunPower also laid out its expectations for the full year, updating guidance it withdrew in March due to uncertainty related to the coronavirus.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Industry can now submit information on substances of very high concern to ECHA’s SCIP database. The aim is to make recycling of products safer and improve information about dangerous chemicals in products. The SCIP database was launched on 28 October and companies can submit data on substances of very high concern. The Waste Framework Directive requires companies to submit their data as of 5 January 2021.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Last month, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved Order 2222 , a groundbreaking effort to open up U.S. wholesale energy markets to aggregated solar systems, smart inverters, batteries, electric vehicles, smart appliances, grid-responsive building controls and other distributed energy resources (DERs). But ordering the country’s transmission grid operators to comply with FERC Order 2222 doesn’t mean those multibillion-dollar markets are open to the hundreds of gigawatts

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Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 100

altenergymag

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Leading SCADA network and wireless telecommunications supplier, EMR Integrated Solutions today announced it has completed a communications infrastructure upgrade at 15 onshore windfarms for independently-owned renewable energy provider, Enerco Energy.

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Energy Energy 113

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 28, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 28 – Impact investing, like most investing and even philanthropy, tends to vest power in the hands of those with the capital, who can dictate when and how financing flows to enterprises and nonprofits. Now, some investors are using donor-advised funds to shift at least some power and decision-making authority to affected communities. .

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Precedence Research predict that the global vehicle-to-grid technology market is projected to garner revenue around US$ 17.43 billion by 2027 by recording compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 48% during the forecast period 2020 to 2027.

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Technology 113

Sustainability Consulting

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Everyone loves a good Ted Talk: With the majority of the world’s population living in cities, city mayors are in a unique position to address the effects of climate change. In this TED Talk, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti talks about his efforts to address climate change and inequality in his city during the global pandemic. Along with mayors from 40 megacities around the world, Mayor Garcetti is using this moment -- of facing a global pandemic with growing concerns about inequality -- to build

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Climate change Electric vehicle Transportation Sustainability 105

altenergymag

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Partnership will focus on real-time monitoring, compliance, and price risk management for corporate PPAs and enable 24/7 carbon free electricity through intelligent power management

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Energy Monitor Energy Energy Carbon 111

Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Technology has enabled some big winners in the world of commerce. The five largest U.S. companies by market cap – Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Facebook – have a combined value of $6.5 trillion and annual earnings of $144 billion. These companies, and others like them, have achieved impressive growth and captured incredible market share. The post Why investing corporate cash to close racial wealth gaps can shore up long-term growth appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The global autonomous vehicle market size in terms of volume was estimated to be over 6 thousand units in 2019 and the market will expand at a moderate CAGR of 40% from 2020 to 2030.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 28, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 28 – The online payments company is injecting $50 million into eight early-stage venture funds run by Black and Latino managers to support “investment in Black and Latinx entrepreneurs at the earliest stages,” PayPal’s Dan Schulman said in announcing the news. The funds include Chingona Ventures, Fearless Fund, Harlem Capital, Precursor Ventures, Slauson & The post New and under-represented fund managers get a $50 million boost from Paypal appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Investment 109

altenergymag

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The two companies have now executed O&M service agreements for more than 500 solar plants across North America totaling nearly 1GW of capacity.

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North America 103