Jim Conca
MARCH 25, 2021
Energy Northwest in Richland, WA, which operates the only nuclear power plant in the region, the Columbia Generating Station, has earned the American Public Power Association’s Safety Award of Excellence for safe operating practices in 2020. Not to mention breaking all generation records.
GreenBiz
MARCH 25, 2021
Unilever sets out net-zero plans for shareholder vote. Michael Holder. Thu, 03/25/2021 - 00:30. Unilever has become one of the first multinational companies in the world to publish a corporate net-zero action plan for oversight by its shareholders, as it prepares to put the climate strategy to an advisory vote at its upcoming AGM in early May. The consumer goods giant this week unveiled its strategy for achieving net-zero emissions across its entire supply chain by 2039 in line with recommendati
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Inhabitat - Innovation
MARCH 25, 2021
This year's Banking on Climate Chaos report shows that despite feel-good environmental marketing, major financial institutions still back fossil fuel companies.
The Environmental Blog
MARCH 25, 2021
House pants are a great addition to any home. They are known to help remove toxins from the air , improving the environment, and making you feel better about life. In short, everyone should have a look at the available indoor plants online and get some for their home. Of course, not everyone finds it easy to look after plants. They take time as they need to be watered regularly, perhaps fed, and you need to make sure they have enough sunlight.
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
MARCH 25, 2021
Thanks to New Delhi-based interior decor and architecture firm Envisage, the Mann School in Alipur has a new girl's hostel featuring sustainable elements like all-natural thermal insulation and solar panels. The White Flower Hall girls dormitory boasts all the creature comforts to build a haven for the school's female students, helping to make them feel at home during their studies.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 25, 2021
The Government will not deliver on its commitment to net zero by 2050, say the authors of a new research paper, without taking radical action to decarbonise the 12 most carbon-intensive industries, which together represent three-fifths of UK emissions and employ one in every five jobs. But if ministers take the right steps, they believe, the new demand for renewables and low carbon technologies could deliver up to 1.7 million new green jobs, half of which are likely to be located in the North, M
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altenergymag
MARCH 25, 2021
Fred. Olsen Renewables has welcomed the approval by Scottish Ministers for two of its onshore wind farm applications in two consecutive days. The consents for extensions to two operational wind farms, Windy Standard Wind Farm in Dumfries and Galloway and Crystal Rig Wind Farm in the Scottish Borders, will deliver enough electricity to power the equivalent of more than 300,000 homes annually and provide the local communities with more than £20m in community benefit during their lifetime.
Inhabitat - Innovation
MARCH 25, 2021
The problem is rising waters and limited landmass; the solution is floating structures.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 25, 2021
Molasses is one of the by-products contributed to the project by Nordic Soya. Four companies have collaborated to develop what is said to be the first process in the world to produce compostable bioplastic from food and feed production side streams. A biopolymer plant will be built in Uusikaupunki , Finland, in which bioplastic production will be piloted on an industrial scale.
Inhabitat - Innovation
MARCH 25, 2021
Lucas Couto, Senior Industrial Designer at EGGS Design in Norway, is focused on turning plastic pollution into innovative recycled designs. The designer has teamed up with plastic recycling company Precious Plastic to help reveal the potential of plastic waste in the design space.
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
MARCH 25, 2021
Liquid handling using a multichannel pipette at SEPA molecular biology lab. A project to monitor Covid-19 by measuring its genetic footprint in wastewater will continue for another year after an additional £2.3 million of funding was announced by the Scottish Government on 22 March. The extension until March 2022 means that the Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s laboratory near Eurocentral will continue analysing around 200 samples a week, collected by Scottish Water from wastewater treatm
altenergymag
MARCH 25, 2021
• The contract boosts the company's operating indicators (operating backlog) at Soltec Industrial. • The Brazilian market is strategic for Soltec Power Holdings, where it has a clear leadership position with a market share of 35.7% and a track record of 2.2 G in installed projects (of a total of 8.4 GW for the company as a whole).
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 25, 2021
The Blackwater dam in Kinlochleven. The small Scottish town of Kinlochleven has an extraordinary claim to fame as the first place in the world in which every home was connected to electricity. That was courtesy of a 1907 hydroelectric dam project that generated power for the aluminium smelter near the town. Three auxiliary spillways feeding the power plant were mothballed in the late 1960s.
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 25, 2021
Most people know solar power benefits the people who use it because it reduces their utility costs. In fact, some solar-powered homeowners don’t pay anything for electricity. A lesser-known fact is that solar powered homeowners help everyone in their community through net metering, even their neighbors who still depend on the grid alone for home energy.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 25, 2021
Wet processing plant at Longliffe Quarries in Derbyshire. Wet processing equipment manufacturer CDE has scheduled another global virtual conference on materials processing topics for 18-20 May. It follows a previous virtual event held in October 2020, which featured 100+ industry professionals speaking at 90 sessions over two days. The firm says the event will examine the challenges most operators face on a day-today basis, with transforming materials and processes, and unlocking hidden value.
Charged
MARCH 25, 2021
Bring the prices of EVs down, and people will buy. That’s the latest lesson from China, where customers took delivery of an astonishing 200,000 Wuling Hongguang Mini EVs in the vehicle’s first 200 days of production. According to the Asian auto industry gurus at ZoZo Go , it’s the strongest product debut in the history of four-wheeled vehicles. The Mini EV (no relation to the MINI brand owned by BMW) comes in two- and four-seater versions.
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 25, 2021
A seemingly ground-breaking government-funded initiative to accelerate innovation in the roads sector has published its latest white paper, looking at the role of digital tools, platforms and data in this area, and some of the outstanding challenges. The document, from ADEPT (Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Places and Transport), presents recent progress in the SMART Places Live Labs programme.
Forbes Green Tech
MARCH 25, 2021
Wildlife filmmaker Sir David Attenborough has appeared in a video campaign for a new plastic recycling technology in the U.K., alongside other naturalists calling for stronger protections for the world’s oceans.
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
MARCH 25, 2021
Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, has announced plans to invest some 5.2 billion euros in measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality. Under the city’s Green City Action Plan and the related Action Plan for Sustainable Energy and Climate, the funds will be used to increase the efficiency of heating systems and to boost the use of renewable energy, including the establishment of a 111 MW wind farm.
Forbes Green Tech
MARCH 25, 2021
J.B. Straubel's Redwood Material is partnering with ERI, North America’s biggest processor of electronic waste, to get access to thousands of tons of cells it can turn back into valuable raw materials.
Charged
MARCH 25, 2021
Magna’s roadmap to e-mobility now includes the company’s new connected hybrid powertrains and EV drives. The company recently demonstrated both systems at its winter test driving site in northern Sweden. The Magna EtelligentEco, an intelligent, connected PHEV system, offers a cloud connectivity feature that allows it to perform several new functions.
Impact Alpha
MARCH 25, 2021
ImpactAlpha, March 25 – Fresh off of a $170 million funding round that secured Flutterwave unicorn status, the Nigerian digital payments company is using. The post Flutterwave backs Lagos fintech Bankly to bring cash-dependent consumers online appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Charged
MARCH 25, 2021
At the Osaka Prefecture University, Atsushi Sakuda and colleagues have been studying a type of battery that they believe holds the key to the future of energy storage: all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs). “In 2019, we developed a solid electrolyte using sodium ions, which showed the highest conductivity in the world reported at room temperature,” said Dr.
Forbes Green Tech
MARCH 25, 2021
The U. K.-based startup is getting ready to sell electric trucks and buses that cost about the same as conventional carbon-powered models.
Green Business Bureau
MARCH 25, 2021
U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy. The U.N. SDGs are driving governments, individuals, universities, and businesses to adjust their practices to achieve benchmarks and secure a sustainable future by 2030. Incorporating SDG 7 “Affordable and Clean Energy, into your business will empower you to tackle the unique challenges of energy insecurity, increase self-reliance, reduce your carbon footprint and show your customers you prioritize the needs of all.
Clean Energy Canada
MARCH 25, 2021
VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling that the federal government’s carbon pricing system is constitutional: “Today’s Supreme Court decision makes clear that the federal government has the authority to tackle climate change at the level required—something Canadians both want and expect from their political leaders.
EDF + Business
MARCH 25, 2021
Anyone who’s recently purchased a personal care item knows how overwhelming the experience can be. From price and aesthetics to brands, there are many factors to consider. Now add the safety and impact of the ingredients, whether or not it’s “clean”, and the decision becomes more difficult. Alissa Sasso, Project Manager, EDF+Business. The clean beauty industry has seen enormous growth, with projections estimating it will reach $11 billion by 2027.
Business Green
MARCH 25, 2021
Chancellor demands that PCA and FCA take net zero target into account, just weeks after similarly updating key Bank of England regulators' remit. All of the UK's principal financial regulators now have an explicit mandate to consider climate-related risks and trends in their decisions, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer officially updated the remits of the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Committee.
Impact Alpha
MARCH 25, 2021
ImpactAlpha, Mar. 25 – Dozens of mayors across the U.S. have committed to piloting guaranteed income programs that put regular, no-strings-attached cash payments into. The post Spurred by stimulus checks, guaranteed income gains steam as an anti-poverty policy appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Business Green
MARCH 25, 2021
Oxfordshire-based start-up Arrival began trading on the tech-heavy Nasdaq under ticker ARVL at 1:30pm UK time. British electric van and bus start-up Arrival is believed to have delivered the biggest stock market listing of all time by a UK firm, after securing a valuation of $13.6bn when it floated on the Nasdaq this afternoon. Arrival's stock was listed on the index at $22 as the US market opened today, giving the business an overall value of roughly £13.6bn when the deal closed.
Renewable Energy World
MARCH 25, 2021
Guess what? America is on the road to a clean energy transformation. Our lives and our economy are becoming more electrified, and cleaner, as a result of the growth of renewable energy generation. In 2019, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported 8.8 percent of utility-scale electricity was generated by wind and solar. With record capacity additions from wind and solar energy in 2020 announced recently by various outlets, that needle is moving up.
Business Green
MARCH 25, 2021
The UK must ramp up heat pump installations at least 25-fold by 2028 to meet current goals, but governance, incentives, and funding support are lacking, a new report argues. Efforts to solve the UK's heat decarbonisation conundrum are at present comparable to a rudderless ship: the expertise and cargo are all on board, yet navigating any clear sense of direction remains a major challenge.
Green Business Bureau
MARCH 25, 2021
U.N. Sustainable Development Goal 7: Affordable and Clean Energy. The U.N. SDGs are driving governments, individuals, universities, and businesses to adjust their practices to achieve benchmarks and secure a sustainable future by 2030. Incorporating SDG 7 “Affordable and Clean Energy, into your business will empower you to tackle the unique challenges of energy insecurity, increase self-reliance, reduce your carbon footprint and show your customers you prioritize the needs of all.
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