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Bush Brothers counts on water reuse to reduce local impact of bean production

GreenBiz

Bush Brothers counts on water reuse to reduce local impact of bean production. Jesse Klein. Wed, 05/20/2020 - 03:20. "There was nothing except a pipe going out the back of the plant.". This was how Rodney Aulick, president of integrated solutions and services at Evoqua Water Technologies, described the wastewater system at Bush Brothers and Company’s Tennessee plant, when it first engaged with the food company.

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Modernist, off-grid home in Los Angeles features a huge green roof

Inhabitat - Innovation

New York-based Marc Thorpe Design has brought its savvy architectural talents to the City of Angels in the form of a beautiful, off-grid home set in the Hollywood Hills.

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RRC IEMA Environmental Management qualifications (sponsored)

Envirotec Magazine

This article is sponsored by RRC. RRC is a well-established health and safety and environmental management training provider, with over 90 years experience of delivering high-quality training and education worldwide. It offers a range of IEMA environmental management courses, suitable for all with interest or responsibilities for Environmental Management.

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Rare blue bee spotted in Florida

Inhabitat - Innovation

While most Americans have been inside watching Netflix and cultivating sourdough starter, Chase Kimmel has scoured the Central Florida sand dunes for the blue calamintha bee.

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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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Arrested Development: Global Renewables Market to Fall for First Time in 20 Years, IEA Says

GreenTechMedia

Global deployment of renewable energy in 2020 will fall short of last year's tally, the first interruption of year-on-year growth in nearly two decades, according to the International Energy Agency. New data from the IEA released Wednesday reaffirms earlier forecasts of lower wind and solar installations in 2020 due to coronavirus impacts. Supply-chain bottlenecks, social distancing requirements and, in some cases, financing holdups, have made project delivery more challenging.

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Self-sustaining retreat in Idaho is the perfect social distancing getaway

Inhabitat - Innovation

This base camp for outdoor adventures has become a welcome getaway during these uncertain times.

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Charles Library boasts one of Pennsylvania's largest green roofs

Inhabitat - Innovation

Designed by Snøhetta, the new Charles Library at Temple University features one of Pennsylvania's largest green roofs at 47,300 square feet.

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Smarter Grid Solutions Finalizes Five Solutions for Flexible Solar Interconnection to Utility Grids

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Using the company’s ANM Element software product, utility companies can monitor the amount of power generated by solar photovoltaics (PVs), wind turbines and other renewable energy devices connected to their substations in real-time and react to spikes in output and network loading.

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Work from home in style in these slippers made of natural and recycled materials

Inhabitat - Innovation

Spending a lot of time at home? Give your feet a little support and style with these vegan leather slippers.

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BYD to launch Tang electric SUV in Norway, sets out EV expansion strategy for Europe

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Chinese EV powerhouse BYD has big plans to sell EVs in Europe. The first move will be the introduction of the second-generation Tang electric compact SUV to the Norwegian market. The BYD Tang EV600 features permanent all-wheel drive, and a 373-mile NEDC range. Pricing will be announced later this year. BYD is already selling electric buses in European markets.

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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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6 Ways to Make City Streets Safer for Pedestrians

The City Fix

For many city leaders, more cars and more highways mean better transportation. And during the current pandemic, fear of COVID-19’s spread is pushing some to turn to private vehicles. But a safe, sustainable transport future does not include further dependence. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Exxon Sued Again for 'Misleading' Advertising

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 5 mins ExxonMobil is facing yet another lawsuit challenging the corporation’s allegedly deceptive behavior related to climate change. The latest suit , filed May 15 in the D.C. Superior Court, claims the oil major is misleading consumers with “false and deceptive” advertising about its investments in “clean” fuels and technology.

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Olamina Fund deploys first $14.5 million to Black, Native and rural lenders

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 20 – The $40 million Olamina Fund fund was launched by Candide Group in November to address a persistent lack of capital in low-income communities as well as the few financial institutions that serve them. In its first six months, it has made low-interest loans to five lenders, including Oweesta, a community development. The post Olamina Fund deploys first $14.5 million to Black, Native and rural lenders appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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LG Chem deployed more battery capacity than Panasonic in Q1 2020

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In the first quarter of 2020, EV battery suppliers deployed 20.5 GWh of capacity globally, down from 26.5 GWh in the fourth quarter, and 20.9 GWh during the first quarter of 2019, according to data from Adamas Intelligence’s EV Battery Capacity and Battery Metals Tracker. After losing the top spot to LG Chem in January and February of 2020, Panasonic bounced back in March, deploying 3.8 GWh globally, compared to LG Chem’s 2.2 GWh.

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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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The outlook is bleak, and financing needs clear, for small businesses in emerging markets

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 20 – COVID is crushing small and growing businesses in emerging markets. Four in 10 companies supported by members of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs members risk failing in the next six months. Half of businesses in a Global Accelerator Learning Initiative survey have lost more than half their revenues. The impacts. The post The outlook is bleak, and financing needs clear, for small businesses in emerging markets appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Tesla exec electrifies his sailboat with Torqeedo hybrid drive

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A Tesla boat? Not yet, but marine electric drive maker Torqeedo has won a Tesla exec as a customer. Dr. Charles Kuehmann is Head of Materials Engineering for Tesla and its sister company Space X. He recently bought a new Elan GT5 43-foot sailboat, and had it fitted with a Torqeedo Deep Blue 25 kW electric saildrive system. The system is powered by two 10 kWh Deep Blue batteries, which also supply the boat’s AC load through a 15 kW inverter, backed up by a small diesel generator.

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SOLTEC WILL SUPPLY ITS SF7 BIFACIAL TRACKERS FOR A 101-MW PLANT IN ANTOFAGASTA, CHILE

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THE PLANT WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH OVER 2,800 BIFACIAL TRACKERS AND NEARLY 235,000 BIFACIAL MODULES

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ABB to supply EVSE for Norwegian grocery wholesaler?s electric fleet

Charged

ABB has agreed to supply charging infrastructure for Norwegian grocery wholesaler ASKO’s growing fleet of electric trucks. ASKO operates a fleet of 600 trucks, and hopes to achieve zero-emission distribution of groceries by 2026. ABB will provide charging infrastructure for ASKO’s distribution centers throughout Norway. The first ABB HVC 150C (150 kW) chargers are already in operation at ASKO’s Oslo facility, where the company operates two Scania electric trucks, each with a payload of 10 metric

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SunShare adds 4.5 MW of community solar to Minnesota energy market

Solar Power World

SunShare completed three new solar gardens in Scott County, Minnesota that are now providing 4.5 MW of renewable energy to more than 800 households in and the county. These systems mark SunShare’s 80th megawatt of Minnesota community solar and deliver approximately 11% on subscriber’s electricity costs during the garden’s first year of operation.

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Two steps forward, one back, for Bain Capital’s Double Impact fund

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 20 – Some impact investment funds are reconsidering their portfolios and restructuring arrangements with companies hard hit by the COVID crisis. Others are pressing ahead with new investments in sectors that stand to grow in the emerging business environment. Bain Capital Double Impact is doing both. The private equity firm’s $390 million impact.

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Renewable pipeline shows evidence of developer appetite

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Research from Cornwall Insight's Renewables Pipeline Tracker reveals there is ample evidence of developer appetite for future renewables investments in the UK.

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State of Virginia partners with SolSmart to help more local governments improve solar access

Solar Power World

The national SolSmart program is partnering with experts at the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) and the University of Virginia (UVA) to help local governments across the state make it faster, easier, and more affordable to go solar. Carrie Hearne at the DMME and Elizabeth Marshall at UVA will serve as SolSmart… The post State of Virginia partners with SolSmart to help more local governments improve solar access appeared first on Solar Power World.

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A Bottom-Up Approach To Cheaper, Next-Gen Electric Vehicles

Forbes Green Tech

Israeli tech startup REE’s concept is radical, but it’s finding support from several traditional automotive partners.

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ReneSola Power to Participate at Cowen 2020 Virtual Industrial Technology, Robotics & Sustainability Summit

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Management will be available for virtual one-on-one meetings with institutional investors at the event. Portfolio managers and analysts who wish to request a meeting should contact their institutional sales representative at Cowen.

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Builders, Helpers, and Closers: Insights from Interactive 2020

Elemental Excelerator

On May 14, we hosted our 7th annual Interactive event bringing together the two of the most important groups in the Elemental ecosystem — the entrepreneurs building companies to overcome our most urgent environmental challenges and the investors, experts, customers, and other partners who are critical for their success. As we kicked off our very first virtual incarnation of Interactive, we asked our friends around the world — over 350 people tuning in from 10 different time zones — to give us

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Stanford researchers demonstrate major advance in dynamic charging

Charged

Stanford engineers say they have taken a big step toward a practical system for dynamic charging, which would allow EVs to recharge while hurtling down the highway. Stanford Professor Shanhui Fan has been working on dynamic charging for some time. In 2012, he and his team published a description of a dynamic system , which they tested using computer models.

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RenewableUK: Green hydrogen and wind energy boom crucial to UK's net zero transition

Business Green

In its vision for the UK's transition to net zero, RenewableUK predicts that installed wind capacity will surge six-fold to more than 120GW by 2050. Renewables could provide more than three quarters of the UK's power needs by mid-century, according to a report published today by trade body RenewableUK that touts the critical role wind energy expansion and green hydrogen development will play in the country's net zero transition.

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Volkswagen invests €450 million in Northvolt battery operations at Salzgitter

Charged

Volkswagen recently announced that it will erect buildings and infrastructure for a new factory in Salzgitter, under its joint venture with Swedish battery producer Northvolt AB. Volkswagen will invest €450 million in the new Northvolt Zwei facility, which will produce lithium-ion battery cells. Construction is scheduled to commence before the end of this year, and production is expected to start in early 2024 at an initial annual production capacity of 16 GWh.

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How a greener homes drive could hold the key to over 150,000 post-Covid jobs

Business Green

Two major new reports today have highlighted how relatively modest policy reforms and financial innovations could turbocharge UK decarbonisation efforts and provide thousands of construction jobs. With unemployment already climbing and the construction sector expected to face severe job losses as the current recession worsens, two new reports detailing how the UK could engineer a green building jobs boom could not have come at a more opportune time.

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Driving Decarbonization Initiatives Amidst the Global Pandemic

Bidgely

Decarbonization has emerged as one of the defining utility trends of the decade. In fact, over the past three years, more than 20 utilities in the United States have announced they’ll supply their customers with carbon-free or net-zero-carbon energy by 2050, with some making commitments to do so as early as 2035. At the same time, states and municipalities are making a similar push with 455 U.S. cities expressing support for emissions reductions and more than 25 percent of those establishing for

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5 Ways to Lower Your Company's Electric Bill

Sun Valley Solar

Many business owners think of their company's electric bill as inevitable. Although it's a large and often times painful expense, most simply pay it with a grimace and move on to the next task. With summer right around the corner, it's worth taking a minute to consider a few simple ways to shore up your company's energy consumption before the temperatures, and power bills, start climbing.

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The Innovation Challenge: A Win-Win for Start-Ups and Corporations

CleanTech Group

If you’re like me, you hear the term “win-win” and immediately raise an eyebrow. In much of today’s version of capitalism, it seems.

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EU PVSEC 2020 goes online

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The 37th edition of the European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC) goes online and will open its virtual doors from Monday 7 to Friday 11 September 2020.

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British supermarkets threaten to boycott Brazilian products over proposed land-grab law

Business Green

Bolsonaro-backed bill – scheduled to be decided today – could lead to the deforestation of an additional 16,000 square kilometres of the Earth's largest rainforest, according to NGO Imazon. British supermarkets and food groups have warned Brazilian lawmakers they could boycott products from the country if a contentious bill that would authorise further destruction of the Amazon rainforest is approved today.

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