GreenBiz
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Seven ways to inform better decisions with TCFD reporting. Steven Bullock. Mon, 09/28/2020 - 00:00. This article is sponsored by Trucost, part of S&P Global. The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is helping to bring transparency to climate risk throughout capital markets, with the aim of making markets more efficient and economies more stable and resilient. .
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
· VAT on labour-intensive activities can make repairing broken items too expensive, frustrating consumers who want to avoid waste. · Once the UK is no longer subject to EU VAT rules, it will have the power to zero-rate VAT on repairs. · As well as preventing waste, this would satisfy public demand, stimulate the economy and help to create 34,000 new jobs in the repair sector and 346,000 new jobs in remanufacturing.
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The Environmental Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
If you want to try out a new way of living then, why not consider going off-grid? This way you will be able to save money, learn new things enjoy a different style of living and much more. An off-grid living lifestyle is very different from what you might be used to so, make sure you do your research to see if this is a lifestyle that you would enjoy.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Thanks to modern furniture companies such as HoekHome, furniture assembly has changed. You can assemble HoekHome's click-together furniture with no tools other than your hands.
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.
GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
As solar costs continue to decline, unique use cases for trackers will likely gain in popularity, according to a new Wood Mackenzie report on the tracker market. Half of the new tracker products released during 2019 and 2020 so far were geared toward expanding the range of potential sites where solar PV can be installed to more difficult sites, such as uneven terrain, high winds or rocky soil.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
An old logistics port and ferry terminal in Bergen, Norway has been reimagined into an inspiring zero-emission district.
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GreenTechMedia
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Concentrated solar power is facing its biggest opportunity in years with an important new tool at its disposal. As Spain considers procuring 5 gigawatts of CSP, the largest amount ever tendered, the sector is looking to avoid mistakes with a highly detailed best-practice guide. The Concentrating Solar Power Best Practices Study , published in June by the U.S.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Irrigation for agriculture accounts for about 70% of freshwater use worldwide, and is a large contributor to global water shortages. New research from Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam and KWR Water has seemingly found a way to meet this water demand. The researchers suggest using wastewater in underground irrigation systems, killing two birds with one stone by meeting water demand whilst purifying the waste water.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
This fall, online retailer ASOS is launching its first collection of circular fashions.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
The group says the cement (right) is more durable against corrosion than Portland cement (left). Researchers from RMIT University (in Melbourne, Australia) have developed an eco-friendly zero-cement concrete, which is said to all but eliminate corrosion. Concrete corrosion and fatbergs plague sewage systems around the world, leading to costly and disruptive maintenance.
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.
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
As part of the agreement, ReneSola Power and Vodasun will create a 50/50 joint venture company with a starting project portfolio of 50 to 100 MW. The JV intends to develop these projects, as well as develop an additional 50 to 100 MW of new projects per year.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Lebanese tech start-up Mrüna has been deemed the winner of a new global innovation competition, InfraChallenge, run by infrastructure advisory group The Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub), which is based in Sydney. The firm’s success followed a live pitch against nine other finalists from the UK, US, Sierra Leone, Australia, Mexico, Singapore and Spain.
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
VANCOUVER, CANADA - Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP; TSX: BLDP) today announced the company is expanding manufacturing capacity for production of its proprietary membrane electrode assemblies, or MEAs - a critical component of every fuel cell - 6x by early 2021 at its headquarter facility in Vancouver.
U.S. Green Technology
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
As October, Energy Awareness Month, approaches, perhaps it’s a good time to interrogate your knowledge of energy sourcing. You use energy in its various forms every day, but what do you know about where it comes from and how your energy consumption affects the planet? With discourse around climate change becoming increasingly mainstream, you’ve no.
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.
Solar Power World
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
As a comprehensive energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions company, Ameresco is dedicated to meeting its clients’ energy needs. From school districts to municipalities to healthcare customers, the company approaches each portfolio holistically to ensure load is reduced before suggesting distributed generation options. In this episode of the Contractors Corner podcast, Solar Power World editor-in-chief… The post Contractors Corner: Ameresco appeared first on Solar Power World
Charged
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Patrick Collignon, former COO for Volvo Trucks North and South America, has launched a startup called Trova Commercial Vehicles. The new company, which is located at a business incubation center in Fairlawn, Virginia, offers customized engineering and manufacturing expertise for electric trucks. TrovaCV will offer its industrial model and manufacturing capability to other commercial vehicle OEMs, and also develop its own fully electric vehicle.
Inhabitat - Innovation
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
We tested the Re:vive Mini Backpack on a number of outdoor adventures. Here's how it held up.
DeSmogBlog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Read time: 9 mins By Karen Savage, The Climate Docket. Originally published on The Climate Docket. Amid a summer rife with climate-related disasters, the liability lawsuits came like an advancing flood, first Minnesota and Washington D.C. within days of each other in June, followed by Hoboken , Charleston , Delaware and Connecticut in rapid succession in September.
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?
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
ImpactAlpha, September 28 – Citi launched its $150 million impact fund in January to invest its own capital in companies addressing workforce development, financial inclusion, sustainable energy and water use, and high-impact infrastructure, with a focus on women and other underrepresented founders. Citi has now allocated an additional $50 million in capital to invest specifically.
Forbes Green Tech
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Access to safe drinking water affects 785 million people and wastewater treatment and desalinization will become the world's most important industries.
The City Fix
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
California will require that all new passenger cars and trucks sold in the state be emissions-free by 2035 – a move that is expected to lead to more than a 35% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and an 80% cut in. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Battery recycling specialist Li-Cycle will invest over $175 million dollars in a lithium-ion battery recycling “Hub” at Eastman Business Park in upstate New York. The new facility will work in conjunction with Li-Cycle’s “Spoke” facility, which is already located at the Rochester site. Li-Cycle plans to begin construction on the Hub facility in 2021.
Impact Alpha
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Greetings, Agents of Impact! Reshaping capitalism to drive real change. Sir Ronald Cohen joins ImpactAlpha’s David Bank in the third episode of SOCAP’s series highlighting Cohen’s book, Impact. The session, with Suzanne DiBianco of Salesforce and Franz Paasche of PayPal, will explore corporate venture capital, stakeholder accountability and “impact-weighted accounts.” And meet special guest, Vivienne.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
New standard aims to help protect companies from accusations of greenwash by ensuring they prioritise the highest-quality, most effective carbon offsets available. Academics from the University of Oxford have today launched a new standard for carbon offsetting, in a bid to ensure the growing number of net zero strategies adopted by state and corporate actors are effective in their stated goal of halting increases in the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases.
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Solar energy has gained the tract in almost every arena. More and more people are adopting solar energy owing to its amazing benefits. However, along with the rising demand for solar panels, the questions regarding the use of panel tracking are escalating as well.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
EVSE manufacturer and charging network operator ChargePoint plans to go public via the trendy vehicle of a special purpose acquisition company. ChargePoint will merge with Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: SBE) to form a company called ChargePoint Holdings, which will be listed on the NYSE. The boards of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction, which is expected to close by the end of this year.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Prime Minister sets out fresh nature recovery targets for UK as he joins leaders of Germany, France, Bangladesh, and Mexico in backing Leaders Pledge for Nature, a 10-point plan geared at reversing global nature loss. In plans set to be announced later today, Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pledge to protect 30 per cent of the UK's land by 2030 in a bid to put "nature and biodiversity on a road to recovery".
Charged
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Proterra has sold electric buses to over 120 customers in North America—more than any other manufacturer, the company claims. Now Proterra has introduced its fifth-generation battery-electric transit vehicle, the Proterra ZX5 electric bus. The ZX5 is available in 35-foot and 40-foot versions, and with battery capacity of 220, 440 or 660 kWh. The 660 kWh option (40-foot version only) delivers up to 329 miles of range.
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Solar energy firm teams up with private equity investor in 200MW boost to pipeline of subsidy-free UK solar projects. Plans for six subsidy-free solar projects across Great Britain have been revealed, as part of a new joint venture between Elgin Energy and investment group Foresight. The project aims to deliver 200MW of clean power capacity in support of the UK's net zero by 2050 target, the developers announced last week.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Sponsored by Knowles Precision Devices. The worldwide electric vehicle (EV) market is exploding in demand and mainstream adoption as governments push for fuel economy improvements and automotive companies look for new market opportunities. According to Forbes , “by 2020, EVs are likely to cost the same as conventional fuel powered equivalents.” Major manufacturers – like General Motors, Toyota, and BMW – plan to release “a mouthwatering potential of 400 models and estimated global sales of 25 mi
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Deal represents major milestone for the rapidly-growing UK energy technology firm's international expansion plans. UK energy company Octopus Energy has launched into the US following the $5m purchase of Silicon Valley and Houston-based energy technology start-up Evolve Energy. The acquisition, announced this morning, will allow the rapidly-growing firm to introduce its Kraken cloud-based smart grid technology platform to US customers for the first time.
Charged
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Battery startup Anzode has received a $1.7-million award for a three-year effort to develop a new generation of non-lithium batteries, as part of the California Energy Commission (CEC) Grant Funding Opportunity “Developing non-Lithium Ion Energy Storage Technologies to Support California’s Clean Energy Goals.” The CEC has awarded almost $11 million for developers of energy storage technologies other than lithium-ion batteries to meet California’s 100% clean energy statutory requirement and the n
Business Green
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Green Home Retrofit Finance Principles spearheaded by Green Finance Institute aim to 'strengthen integrity of retrofit finance market'. A group of leading banks and property industry bodies have thrown their weight behind a new set of standards for financing green building upgrades, in a move spearheaded by the Green Finance Institute that is aiming to unlock much needed capital for retrofitting the UK's draughty homes and offices.
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