Tue.Jan 11, 2022

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Which Is More Important To Biofuels – The Soil Or The Crop?

Jim Conca

Biofuels are a key component of a clean energy future, and the soil is more important than the crop. Soil texture influences the local microbiome which in turns influences crop yield, the physical and chemical attributes of soil and the chemical makeup of organic matter in the soil.

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Circularity factors big in Goodyear’s ‘sustainable’ tires

GreenBiz

One of the world’s largest tire companies is talking up airless tires, new products for EVs and progress on sustainable materials.

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Rilu the snow leopard has passed away due to COVID

Inhabitat - Innovation

Rilu the snow leopard, a big cat at the Miller Park Zoo in Illinois, has died from COVID-19 complications. The 11-year-old leopard tested positive for COVID on Dec. 3 alongside three other big cats at the zoo. After struggling for over a month, the endangered cat was pronounced dead in an official announcement on Thursday.

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Is this resilient farm-to-fork system 'proof of concept' to revolutionize hospital food?

GreenBiz

Efforts led by the star chef at UC-Davis provided a stark contrast to the pandemic supply chain problems faced by hospitals and corporate wholesalers.

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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.

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These shoes are made in the world's only entirely vegan factory

Inhabitat - Innovation

Buying vegan sneakers from Grounded People means supporting your choice of charity. Founded in Vancouver by CEO Maximilian Justus, Grounded People, an eco-friendly apparel company, started just as the pandemic began.

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How to use long-term thinking when choosing near-term energy solutions

GreenBiz

Sponsored: When discussing which energy solutions businesses should prioritize, Shell Energy applies this three-phase approach.

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How to address legacy fossil fuel sites for a clean energy future

GreenBiz

There could be millions of defunct oil and gas wells in the U.S. alone.

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Womb building reflects nature in the middle of Milan

Inhabitat - Innovation

UOOU Studio’s recent project provides the cozy architectural atmosphere the project name Womb implies. The office building was developed in conjunction with MAO Architects, Studio Dedalo Architettura, BEONE, Davide Frati for client Reale Group/Reale Immobili.

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Panasonic to Add Campus in Reno as Electric Vehicle Market Revs Up

Green Living Guy

The multi-function facility will support the company’s overall EV strategy Panasonic Energy of North America (PENA) is a Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America. Moreover, Panasonic announces plans to expand in Northern Nevada with a new campus in Reno. The campus will open in spring 2022. Industrial Realty Group, LLC (IRG) is managing the […].

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England Environment Agency tells people to ignore pollution

Inhabitat - Innovation

England Environment Agency tells people to ignore pollution

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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.

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New soundscapes for pure-electric driving pleasure: BMW IconicSounds Electric

Green Living Guy

The spread of driving experiences by the fully electric models from BMW ranges. That’s from hushed pleasure to enthusiastic exploration of their dynamic limits. And now a brand-typical drive sound adds even further depth to the pleasure of locally emission-free driving. BMW IconicSounds Electric will bring new and emotionally rich soundscapes into the brand’s model […].

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White Deer Invests in Fortress Power, a Battery Energy Storage Business

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Fortress Power is a Leading Designer and Manufacturer of Battery Energy Storage Systems

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Eaton buys EV connector manufacturer Royal Power Solutions for $600 million

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Eaton has acquired US-based Royal Power Solutions for $600 million. “Growth opportunities tied to the electrification of our economy are accelerating, and Eaton is fully participating through our mobility and electrical businesses. The addition of Royal Power Solutions enhances our ability to capitalize on this secular growth trend across our eMobility, aerospace and electrical businesses,” said Eaton Industrial Sector President and COO Heath Monesmith.

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Energy Impact Partners builds a tech portfolio for the low-carbon transition

Impact Alpha

At EIP, the entire investment focus of our coalition is accelerating the clean energy transition. For our 33 coalition partners, which include utilities, The post Energy Impact Partners builds a tech portfolio for the low-carbon transition appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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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.

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Bachman’s Roofing and Solar leads the Nation in offering innovative Timberline Solar from GAF Energy

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GAF Energy’s Timberline Solar™ is the only roof system to directly integrate solar technology into traditional roofing processes and materials

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Chinese battery-maker Gotion to establish US LFP cell production for…Tesla?

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Chinese battery cell manufacturer Gotion High-Tech reports that it has agreed to supply 200 GWh of LFP battery cells to an unnamed “large US automaker” between 2023 and 2028. Initially, the cells will come from China, but the agreement also envisions establishing LFP battery cell production in the US. Gotion wrote in a filing on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (translated from the Chinese by Electrek ) that it “agreed to…build new production capacity in the United States to meet the cust

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Long-term investors cotton to firms scoring high on ESG, and vice versa

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Jan. 11 – It makes sense that pension funds with long time horizons would gravitate to portfolio companies that take seriously the environmental, The post Long-term investors cotton to firms scoring high on ESG, and vice versa appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Tesla mobilizes fans to lobby for direct sales in New York

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Yes, the war between Tesla and the powerful auto dealers’ groups is still going on—the US is currently a patchwork in which some states allow Tesla to sell cars directly to consumers, some prohibit it, and some have reached some sort of compromise. (To be clear, one can buy a Tesla in any state by ordering it online—the main issue is whether Tesla can sell vehicles at physical showroom locations.).

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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?

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Al Nowais Investments invests $1 Billion in Egyptian solar and wind projects

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UAE-based Al Nowais Investments is putting $1 billion in two renewable energy plants in Egypt via its energy company AMEA Power. The plants will be ready in 2 to 3 years, the firm’s Chairman Hussain Al Nowais revealed.

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Breakthrough agricultural loan rewards farmers for environmental stewardship

EDF + Business

Quantifying the long-term financial benefits of conservation practices that build farm resilience and recognizing that value in the financing offered to farmers would be transformative for farms, lenders and the environment. That idea received a major boost when Farmers Business Network, a global farmer-to-farmer network and ag tech company, launched a new farm operating loan that includes a lower interest rate incentive for farmers who achieve climate and water quality benchmarks.

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Ceniarth seeks to build ‘bridges to somewhere’ with its impact-first portfolio

Impact Alpha

The past year required acceptance of the reality that an ability to adapt to changing circumstances is simply the new normal for successful. The post Ceniarth seeks to build ‘bridges to somewhere’ with its impact-first portfolio appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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FTC Solar’s New Voyager+ Solar Tracker for Large Format Modules Withstands Winds up to 120 Miles Per Hour

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-FTC’s proprietary damper design eliminates torsional galloping, working like a shock absorber. Company collaborated with engineering and environmental engineering consulting firms RWDI and -Engineered Power Solutions (EPS) on data analysis and wind tunnel testing to independently validate structural stability. -The 2P tracker is designed for modules 550 watts and higher.

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Career Karma raises $40 million to reskill workers for digitally-based careers

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, January 11 – Nine out of 10 employers see or expect to see skill gaps in their workforce. San Francisco-based Career Karma. The post Career Karma raises $40 million to reskill workers for digitally-based careers appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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10 notable battery storage projects that went live in 2021

Renewable Energy World

Concept drawing of an energy storage system. Battery storage is having its moment in the sun. In its most recent Electricity Monthly Update , the U.S. Energy Information Administration said that when it totals up the numbers for 2021, it expects they will show that battery storage capacity grew by 4.5 GW, or 300%, in the year just ended. “Declining cost for battery storage applications, favorable economics when deployed with renewable energy (predominantly wind and solar PV), and value-added add

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The Brief: Impact portfolio lessons, skill-building for tech careers, clean energy in rural communities, sustainable supply chains, long-term + ESG

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices Two impact investors mine their portfolios for lessons for 2022. The twin crises of COVID and. The post The Brief: Impact portfolio lessons, skill-building for tech careers, clean energy in rural communities, sustainable supply chains, long-term + ESG appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Living Closer to Oil and Gas Drilling Linked to Higher Risk of Pregnancy Complications, New Study Finds

DeSmogBlog

Living near oil and gas drilling may increase pregnant women’s risk of developing gestational hypertension and eclampsia, according to a new study. “We observed for those pregnant women within one kilometer of drilling that there’s about a 5 percent increase in odds of gestational hypertension, and 26 percent increase odds of eclampsia,” Mary Willis, a postdoctoral scholar at Oregon State University and one of the authors of the study, told DeSmog.

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Silicon Ranch secures $775 million for clean energy in rural communities

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, January 11 — Nashville-based Silicon Ranch provides clean energy, carbon and battery storage for rural communities in the U.S. and Canada, with. The post Silicon Ranch secures $775 million for clean energy in rural communities appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Greenbacker invests in energy storage startup

Renewable Energy World

Startup Delorean Power LLC said that Greenbacker Capital Management made a $20 million strategic equity investment into the company. Delorean is a developer and owner-operator of standalone battery energy storage projects up to 250 MW in size in the United States. In addition to the Greenbacker investment, Delorean said it is working to raise a “significant” amount of asset-level capital to support its project pipeline.

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Refundability: The key to a clean energy revolution 

Solar Power World

By Anastasia Gordon, energy and transportation policy manager, WE ACT for Environmental Justice Solar power continues to grow in popularity for communities nationwide, with the clean energy source now accounting for over half of all new electricity-generating capacity added in the U.S. in the first three quarters of 2021. However, solar power has remained inaccessible… The post Refundability: The key to a clean energy revolution appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Global Infrastructure backs solar + storage developer, AES fossil fuel project

Renewable Energy World

Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and co-investors closed on a $500 million investment in independent power producer BrightNight, LLC, a Florida-based solar and energy storage developer. The investment includes preferred equity and a letter of credit facility. GIP made the investment through Global Infrastructure Partners Capital Solutions Fund II (GIP CAPS II).

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'Faster than expected': EV sales predicted to overtake fossil fuel cars within three years across Europe

Business Green

Transition to electric vehicles now 'inevitable' in UK and much of Europe thanks to declining upfront costs, major new study finds. Electric vehicles (EVs) are set to become the most in-demand option for drivers across Europe within the next three years, with a rapid shift to electric mobility on roads now inevitable over the coming decade and beyond, a major new study of seven national auto markets has concluded.

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Renogy to Unveil LYCAN 5000 Power Box at Intersolar North America 2022

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Save $430 by pre-ordering the portable home energy storage unit

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POSCO to build lithium hydroxide plant in Argentina by 2024

Charged

Global materials firm POSCO plans to spend $830 million on a lithium hydroxide plant in Argentina. POSCO chose a location near the Salar del Hombre Muerto salt lake in northern Argentina. The plant is to be built by the first half of 2024, and the company expects the 13.5 million tons of lithium on site to support an annual production capacity of 43,000 tons of lithium hydroxide, which is part of the company’s plan to increase its annual lithium production capacity to 220,000 tons by 2030.

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