GreenBiz
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Set to be finalized in early 2022, the GBF’s draft sets out targets for protecting marine and land habitats, reducing pesticides and plastic waste, and increasing investments.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Tennessee may not strike people as the most progressive state with 46% of the population conservative and 27% moderate, according to a Pew Research Center poll. You might not expect it to be a bastion of green energy, but the greater Chattanooga area is stepping out in front of many other parts of the U.S. as a solar pioneer.
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GreenBiz
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Co-founder and CEO Khaled Hassounha believes startup Ample will succeed where others have failed thanks to the modularity of its car batteries.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Indian Ocean coral reefs are in danger of collapsing within the next 50 years, according to a new study. From Seychelles to South Africa, reef systems could face functional extinction, threatening the lives and livelihoods of marine and terrestrial animals — including humans.
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
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Study finds 93% U.S companies view sustainability is a lasting trend. Many companies are conducting major sustainability initiatives to improve the efficiency of their operations and reduce impact on the environment. The initiatives are taken for reasons ranging from lowering the operating costs of their buildings to complying with regulations or from satisfying client demand for efficient tenant space.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Norilsk, the world's most northern city, has been dubbed one of the world's most polluted cities by experts. The small city of about 176,000 started experiencing its pollution during the early days of the Soviet Union. As an area rich with precious metals, Norilsk remains a hotbed of mining at the expense of the ecosystem.
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Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Competitions are often an effective way to bring new ideas to the table. In the case of the Pierrefonds Public Library in Montréal, Canada, the competition winning design presented by the team at Chevalier Morales embodied a flow of public space that mirrors architectural elements from shopping malls and parks.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Mining firms are using the green energy movement as an excuse to keep extracting rare earth minerals on public land for next to nothing.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 7, 2021
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) published statistics on 7 December detailing household waste collected across all local authorities during 2020, as well as waste landfilled and incinerated in Scotland in 2020. Key highlights include: COVID impacts likely to be responsible for a 2.9 percentage point reduction in household recycling rates from 2019 to 42%.
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Bird is putting adaptive e-scooters and e-wheelchairs on San Francisco streets.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 7, 2021
How plants adapt to climate change, and the challenges therein, is coming into clearer focus, according to researchers from UC Santa Cruz. Research has long anticipated that plants might be able to respond to increasing temperatures by changing their phenology — or the timing of seasonal life processes — at a rate that matches the rate of climate change.
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Sandy Bodecker founded the N M Bodecker Foundation in 2017 to create a collaboration and presentation space for creatives and artists in Portland, Oregon. The warehouse in Portland is designed to look like a labyrinth that reminded Bodecker of the journey of discovery he loved in the creative realization process.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 7, 2021
PowerMarket, a leader in community solar management services and trusted partner of New York Solarize programs, has subscribed nearly 1 MWdc of capacity as part of the Solarize Ulster campaign.
Charged
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Renault has acquired a 21% minority stake in electric motor company Whylot. Renault previously signed a partnership with Whylot to develop a large-scale axial-flow e-motor. This technology will be applied to electrified powertrains with the objective of reducing costs and emissions. . “We are delighted to take a further step in our relationship with Whylot, a promising start-up specializing in the design and development of high-tech electric motors.
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.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Ski resort in rural Maine embraces sustainability as part of its comprehensive economic revitalization plan
Green Living Guy
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Having plants can be a great way to brighten up a room and help bring some nature into your home. Unfortunately, not all apartments and homes are perfectly plant-friendly. They might not get a lot of sun and light, or you simply might not have a ton of space or energy for plants. However, that […]. The post The Best Plants For Not-So-Plant-Friendly Apartments appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Charged
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Utility vehicle manufacturer Polaris (NYSE: PII) has launched a new electric 4-wheeler that it calls “the hardest-working, smoothest-riding UTV ever built.” The RANGER XP Kinetic features a new electric powertrain that Polaris developed in partnership with Zero Motorcycles. Polaris points out that an electric powertrain offers many advantages for off-road utility vehicles.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 7, 2021
McKinstry and the Northwest Colorado Regional Partnership are celebrating the completion of 13 solar projects across the Northwest Colorado region. The projects included solar arrays installed at 13 government facilities in the cities and towns of Craig, Steamboat Springs, Hayden, Oak Creek and Yampa. Eight of the solar arrays are ground-mounted while the remaining five are rooftop systems.
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?
Charged
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Electrify America has installed on-site, behind-the-meter battery energy storage systems at over 140 DC fast charging stations around the country, representing a total energy storage capacity of more than 30 megawatts. Electrek reports that these storage systems are Tesla Powerpacks. In 2019, the two companies announced a deal to deploy Powerpacks at over 100 EA sites.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 7, 2021
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 7 – Injustice is a feature, not a bug, of our current operating system. It has haunted us for centuries. In the. The post Rethink, Redress, Liberate: Reflections on two dozen conversations about being a good ancestor appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Charged
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Farasis Energy and Group14 Technologies have developed a new silicon-based anode for an EV-scale battery. In cells built and tested by Farasis using Group14’s silicon-carbon anode material SCC55, the company says it can reach a specific energy of 330 Wh/kg (750 Wh/L energy density) in typical automotive cells, and deliver more than 1,000 charge-discharge cycles.
GatesNotes
DECEMBER 7, 2021
2021 was an incredibly hard year for many people, including me, but I’m hopeful that 2022 will be better.
Renewable Energy World
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Operations at the 185 MW Glacier Sands wind project are under way, Cordelio Power announced Tuesday. The wind farm, located in Mason County, Illinois, includes 43 Vestas V150-4.3 wind turbines. Microsoft Corporation will purchase 100% of the renewable energy generated from the project over a 15-year contract. Cordelio announced it had completed financing for the project in July.
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 7, 2021
ImpactAlpha, December 7 – Amid a frenzy of big-ticket climate deals and energy-transition funds, oil and gas investor Lime Rock raised less than. The post Oil and gas investor Lime Rock Partners raises $375 million for clean energy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Q CELLS’ latest integrated inverter and battery system, Q.HOME CORE, will jointly be showcased at the exhibition with the new Q.TRON n-type module. Q CELLS will also exhibit its new low-CFP Q.PEAK DUO M-G11 solar module in Montpellier.
Business Green
DECEMBER 7, 2021
New data from the SMMT shows that demand for plug-in vehicles has increased by nearly 70 per cent year-on-year. Electric vehicle (EV) registrations have continued to soar year-on-year, despite an overall decrease in vehicle registrations compared to pre-pandemic levels. According to new figures this week from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) vehicle registrations in November 2021 were down 31 per cent compared to the pre-pandemic average.
altenergymag
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Luminous Power Technologies — a subsidiary of Schneider Electric — today announced a formal evaluation agreement with Gridtential Energy, the inventor of Silicon Joule® bipolar battery technology. The partnership is another milestone in the continued adoption of Silicon Joule in the fast-growth residential energy storage solutions market. The demand and growth of energy storage in the Indian market will drive the need for low-cost, safe and recyclable storage batteries for years to come.
Mr. Sustainability
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Summary - What is solar inflation? What is “the grid” and why is it “full”? Why are Germany and Chile struggling with negative energy prices? Tune in with our special guest Benjamin, as we discuss these questions, what they mean to electricity production in the future and how we could potentially solve these massive challenges. In this episode you learn all about “the grid”, how complex it can be, where it is "failing" - we are still not certain - and the ultimate wizard solution: virtual power
Renewable Energy World
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Despite widespread, intense drought conditions, hydroelectric power plants in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the grid operator for most of the state, provided a significant amount of generation from April 2021 to September 2021, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Although drought conditions reduced water supply , hydroelectric generation during this period still increased in response to the higher average hourly electricity prices in the late afternoon.
Greenability Magazine
DECEMBER 7, 2021
‘Tis the season to celebrate, but how can we do it without sending an extra five-million tons of trash to the landfills? Try these nine easy ideas for gifting, wrapping, partying and more. Go natural, or reuse holiday decor. Using natural items from your yard or garden, such as flower heads, holly or pinecones, is a great way to get a fresh holiday look.
Business Green
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Opening session at BusinessGreen's Net Zero Culture summit sees former BBC science editor call on climate communicators to take care when 'translating' environmental concepts and terms for the wider public. Players from across the climate movement and green economy need to sharpen up their language if they want to cut through to audiences and enlist citizens in the next phase of the net zero transition, according to veteran broadcaster David Shukman.
GatesNotes
DECEMBER 7, 2021
As Africa faces many challenges during the pandemic, these heroes are making a difference.
Business Green
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Findings from BeZero Carbon reveal that nearly nine in 10 people would welcome greater business and government support for nascent carbon removal sector. Polling has suggested there is strong public support for public and business investments in carbon removal measures, ranging from afforestation to technological solutions such as direct air capture (DAC).
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