Tue.Nov 12, 2019

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Vehicle-to-grid technology is revving up

GreenBiz

Utilities expand the grid without building power plants. Consumers get backup power and a virtually free electric car. Such are the promises of V2G tech, even if the infrastructure isn't quite here yet.

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Cambridge students create the UKs most efficient solar-powered electric car

Inhabitat - Innovation

Helia is a solar-powered electric car that is so energy efficient, it can travel more than 500 miles at 50 miles per hour on the same amount of power it takes to boil a kettle.

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How indoor ag is growing a resilient food revolution

GreenBiz

It's not just about growing more food and using fewer inputs. It's also about creating local, adaptive food systems that can withstand the effects of climate change.

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Tech-free hobbies that benefit you and the planet

Inhabitat - Innovation

Technology has become an integral part of our everyday life. From smartphones to smart appliances, the advancements continue to make our lives easier while simultaneous distracting us from traditional hobbies and interests. How we spend our time has changed so much over the past few decades that those seeking to reconnect with non-techy hobbies sometimes struggle to think of ways to spend their time that doesn’t involve a screen of some sort.

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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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What it will take for micromobility to have real, sustained impact

GreenBiz

Shared bikes and scooters can contribute to lowering transportation emissions, but they can also have a more immediate impact on cities: equity.

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LAVA designs carbon-neutral LIFE Hamburg with an edible green roof

Inhabitat - Innovation

Slated to open 2023, the solar-powered sustainable building will feature a carbon dioxide-absorbing green facade and an organic rooftop garden.

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Look inside BIGs yin and yang-shaped Panda House in Copenhagen

Inhabitat - Innovation

With their cutest new inhabitants comfortably settled in, the Copenhagen Zoo and Bjarke Ingels Group have shared new pictures of the recently completed yin and yang-shaped Panda House, a new home for giant pandas Mao Sun and Xing Er.

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Inside the transition from diesel to electric

GreenBiz

Key learnings from the UPS fleet electrification project outside London.

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Bifacial Solar Is Ready for Prime Time

GreenTechMedia

There is no doubt that bifacial modules are ready for their breakout role in the world of solar photovoltaic projects. By the dawn of 2020, there will be a cumulative 5.4 gigawatts of bifacial solar capacity installed globally, mostly in Asia, according to Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables' first report focused on this market. In five years, there will be a nearly equal share of deployment divided among Asia and North America, with cumulative installed capacity growing tenfold, according

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Green Mountain's Svein Atle Hagaseth on carbon neutral data centers

GreenBiz

As companies' data center use continues to grow, there's an expanding need for the facilities to be energy efficient.

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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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Collection of plant-based shirts raise awareness of endangered species

Inhabitat - Innovation

The collection includes vibrant, hand-drawn images that are printed on seaweed fiber T-shirts using natural dyes.

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Sunrun Sales Outpace Installations in Q3 as Labor Crunch Hits Home

GreenTechMedia

Sunrun met expectations for solar installations in the third quarter, but a tight labor market is getting in the way of its annual growth objective. The San Francisco-based company delivered 107 megawatts in Q3, up 7 percent from the same quarter last year. That hit the low end of the guidance for this quarter's activities; Sunrun has met or exceeded guidance for each quarter this year.

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Carbon: That was then, This is now

Fairsnape

The biggest contribution we can make to the climate crisis is to urgently deliver buildings that are carbon sinks. Cuerden Valley Park Visitor Center, Lancashire,, designed and constructed to Living Building Challenge Standard, demonstrates that is possible. The plethora of climate, carbon and biodiversity targets, visions and reports within, and beyond, the built environment, may seem to cause confusion, but there is a core, science based purpose.

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Will PG&E’s Blackouts Catalyze California’s Microgrid Market?

GreenTechMedia

Bankrupt California utility Pacific Gas & Electric has come under fire on many fronts for the scope and execution of its self-imposed blackouts last month. The blackouts will continue as the company pursues a decade-long grid-hardening project. Electric utilities bear the solemn mission of keeping the lights on, but PG&E's intentional shutoffs leave customers to fend for themselves.

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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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Koch Industries Ramps Up Lobbying Against Clean Car Policies

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 4 mins Koch Industries, the second largest privately held company in the United States, has significantly increased its lobbying spending this year, including efforts to influence policy on key climate and transportation issues and legislation.

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Tracking Progress on 100% Clean Energy Targets

GreenTechMedia

A transition toward 100 percent clean electricity is underway in the United States, led by cities and states across the country. “An enormous amount of authority still rests with the states for determining your energy future. So we can build these policies that will become a postcard from the future for the rest of the country,” said David Hochschild, chair of the California Energy Commission, speaking last week at a UCLA summit on state and local progress toward 100 percent clean en

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Intersolar North America to Debut Solar Games Competition in San Diego

altenergymag

Set to debut at Intersolar North America from February 4-6 at the San Diego Convention Center, the Solar Games is a four-person, eight-team bracketed competition with the objective of building a residential rooftop solar-plus-storage system.

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Pakistan and China-based venture capital firms team up to support Pakistani entrepreneurs

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, November 12 – Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world, but its investment ecosystem is still more development-focused than innovation-focused. (Micro- and small business finance rather than venture capital.) But a new $20 million fund launched by Pakistani conglomerate Fatima Group and Shanghai-based Gobi Partners wants to invest in Pakistan’s homegrown The post Pakistan and China-based venture capital firms team up to support Pakistani entrepreneurs appeared first

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Latin America and Caribbean on the Brink of Massive Solar Power Growth

altenergymag

As new markets emerge worldwide, IRENA’s latest report sees solar PV covering one quarter of global power by 2050

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“Weaving systems” for impact investing in Central America and the Caribbean

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, Nov. 12 – Agents of Impact from around Central America and the world arrive in Antigua, Guatemala this week for the fifth Foro Latinoamericano de Inversión de Impacto Centroamérica y El Caribe. The spinoff of the annual FLII in Mérida, Mexico, aims to advance solutions on issues from gender equality and economic inequality to migration and The post “Weaving systems” for impact investing in Central America and the Caribbean appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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PRESS RELEASE – LACI Launches Pilot Projects to Improve Air and First/Last Mile Zero Emissions Mobility Solutions in Underserved Los Angeles Communities

LA CleanTech Incubator

The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator will deploy up to $500,000 in investments, grants and technical assistance for zero emissions technology pilots in San Pedro, Pacoima, Long Beach and Huntington Park Los Angeles, November 12, 2019. The Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) announced the recipients of the Zero Emissions Mobility and Community Pilot Project Fund today.

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Alabama Public Service Commission holds hearing on solar fees

Solar Power World

On Thursday, November 21, the Alabama Public Service Commission will hold a hearing requested by Gasp, represented by SELC; and private plaintiffs, represented by Ragsdale, about Alabama Power’s unnecessary and discriminatory monthly fee on solar power customers and the utility’s attempt to increase that fee. The hearing will be open to the public interested in… The post Alabama Public Service Commission holds hearing on solar fees appeared first on Solar Power World.

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SMA America and EnergyHub partner to deliver cutting-edge solar inverter management for utilities

altenergymag

SMA America, a prominent specialist for photovoltaic system technology, and EnergyHub, the leading provider of distributed energy resource (DER) solutions for utilities, are proud to announce the two companies have finalized a partnership poised to deliver valuable inverter management functionality to EnergyHub's utility clients.

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What Is Aramco Worth?

R-Squared Energy

Last week Saudi Arabia’s national oil company Aramco announced its intention to publicly offer shares on the Riyadh stock exchange. The IPO has been pending for several years, but many questions still abound. One of the most important is “What is Aramco actually worth?”. It’s a difficult question, because it really depends on how you measure it. The valuation among 16 banks that offered a valuation ranged from $1.1 trillion up to $2.5 trillion.

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SimpliPhi Power CEO Catherine Von Burg: California Must Urgently Reform its Energy Market and Infrastructure

altenergymag

As Californians face fires, shutoffs, and billions in losses, SimpliPhi CEO calls on policymakers to restructure the state's energy markets and infrastructure to mandate distributed energy and real safety

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Array Technologies finds long-term supplier in Big River Steel

Solar Power World

Array Technologies has struck a deal with manufacturer Big River Steel to be a long-term steel products supplier to be used in the solar tracking company’s equipment. Demand for Array’s solar tracking technology has grown consistently as interest in commercial and utility-scale solar projects has soared, the company said. Array has manufactured solar products in… The post Array Technologies finds long-term supplier in Big River Steel appeared first on Solar Power World.

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SolarWindow Adds Lead Scientist to Improve Performance, Cost, and Optimize Processes

altenergymag

Dr. Whitaker will lead our team scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) through our Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with NREL to develop new and improved, lower cost, and more efficient SolarWindow™ coatings and technologies; and optimize processes required for our goal of integrating our process into industry.

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New Columbia Solar, Amalgamated Bank fund over 100 small solar projects in D.C.

Solar Power World

New Columbia Solar and Amalgamated Bank announced plans to front-load costs for $25 million in financing dedicated specifically for the District of Columbia’s unique solar market. Amalgamated Bank’s investment serves as the anchor investment for a $50 million fund New Columbia Solar raised specifically to invest in District solar projects located on commercial, industrial, multi-family,… The post New Columbia Solar, Amalgamated Bank fund over 100 small solar projects in D.C. appeared first

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Sofdesk: First Canadian Company to Partner with Google Project Sunroof Through its Launch of Shading Analysis Feature

altenergymag

This partnership will give North American installers another easy-to-use option to automate their sales & design process while scaling their solar business. This feature will also significantly reduce their site visit requirements and the use of multiple platforms to complete their production calculations.

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Teams can now apply for Intersolar solar + storage installation competition

Solar Power World

Intersolar North America has launched an innovative, real-time competition for solar and energy storage installers called the Solar Games. Applications to compete are open now through December 20, 2019, and interested teams can submit their information through this online form. Set to debut at Intersolar North America from February 4-6 at the San Diego Convention Center,… The post Teams can now apply for Intersolar solar + storage installation competition appeared first on Solar Power Worl

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Willkommen Elon! Musk Says Next Tesla Gigafactory Will Be In Germany

Forbes Green Tech

Even as the company puts the finishing touches on its Chinese plant, Tesla's billionaire CEO is looking ahead to expanding the electric-car maker's global footprint.

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Mechatron Solar dual-axis tracker installed as solar carport

Solar Power World

Mechatron Solar will inaugurate a unique six-unit dual-axis commercial solar tracker car canopy at the Kahala Tower in Burlingame, California on November 13. Mechatron Solar will inaugurate its patented M18KD-20 tracker, the largest dual-axis solar tracker available in the U.S., at the Kahala Tower in Burlingame, California, November 13. The six-unit dual axis solar tracker… The post Mechatron Solar dual-axis tracker installed as solar carport appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Vodka made from captured carbon dioxide? That’s the spirit.

Grist

A 20-foot tower of tubes and wires rises inside a narrow building in Brooklyn. Crystal-clear liquid flows from the array into big plastic drums, which chemists wheel toward a tall metal still. They pour in the product and, when it’s ready a few hours later, take a sip. It’s vodka, made without any potatoes or grains, and the key ingredients are hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide.

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The Rise Of CarbonTech - CO2 Finds Market Value

Forbes Green Tech

As climate change threatens our world, a new breed of companies is rising that proposes to remove waste carbon from the environment and turn it into products of real value.