Charged
AUGUST 30, 2020
Amazon made a splash in the EV world last September when it ordered 100,000 electric delivery vans from EV startup Rivian. Now the company says it will buy an additional 1,800 electric vans from Mercedes-Benz. The order includes 1,200 large eSprinter electric vans and 600 medium-size eVito electric vans. It represents Mercedes-Benz Vans’ largest order of EVs to date.
Business Green
AUGUST 30, 2020
The facility will be built by French renewable energy firm Voltalia SA. A new 33MW battery storage facility is set to be built near Bristol after a lease was signed this month between land investor Electric Land and Hallen Energy, part of renewable energy firm Voltalia SA. Voltalia has 1.2GW of solar and wind power already in operation or construction, and a pipeline of 7.8GW, the firm said.
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GatesNotes
AUGUST 30, 2020
It’s hard to believe Warren Buffett is entering his tenth decade.
Business Green
AUGUST 30, 2020
Impact of lockdown offers glimpse of how a net zero energy system could operate in the future, highlighting need for more grid flexibility, study argues. Lockdown measures taken to combat Covid-19 in March led to a much greener and cheaper electricity system in Britain in the weeks that followed, but at the same time the increased reliance on renewables made managing the grid far more challenging, offering a glimpse of the UK's future power requirements as the economy transitions towards net zer
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.
Seyi Fabode
AUGUST 30, 2020
Photo by Clem Onojeghuo from Pexels Short stories provide completion. The great short stories provide completion but also leave you with a lingering sense that you’ve just read/heard something that shifted something for you. I’m sure this has been said about other times in our history but the short story absolutely feels like the form for now. The short story has so little time to grip you and, in the words of Ali Smith, consumes you and the great ones do.
Ideas 4 Sustainability
AUGUST 30, 2020
Originally posted on SCIENCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY : A pandemic is changing the world: Covid-19 is causing an unprecedented disruption of social and economic systems on a global level. In their recent comment, Engler et al. (2020) draw comparisons between two challenges the world is facing at the moment: the coronavirus outbreak and anthropogenic climate change.
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Eco-Business
AUGUST 30, 2020
Mauritius is a biodiversity hotspot and much of the island’s unique wildlife depends on intricate connections between the reefs, lagoons, seagrass meadows and mangroves, so pollution in one habitat will have devastating ripple effects.
Business Green
AUGUST 30, 2020
Defra announces plan to double 5p plastic bag charge and extend levy to all retailers from next year. The 5p charge on plastic bags is being ramped up to 10p and will be extended to all retailers in England from April next year, under plans aimed at curbing waste plastic pollution that will be announced by the government today. Defra said the "hugely successful" 5p charge has prevented billions of plastic bags being sold and ending up in the ocean and environment since it was first introduced in
Eco-Business
AUGUST 30, 2020
The new trading platform will allow clean power producers to sell renewable energy certificates across Southeast Asia. Commercial discussions with parties expressing interest in participating in the project are already underway.
Green Market Oracle
AUGUST 30, 2020
VERGE Energy Conference (VERGE 20) will take place on October 26-30, 2020. This online event can be attended from anywhere, The central theme at VERGE 20 will focus on how energy systems can be decarbonized, decentralized, digitized and democratized. It will specifically explore systemic solutions to the climate crisis focusing on clean energy, electrified, transportation, the circular economy, carbon removal and sustainable food systems.
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.
Eco-Business
AUGUST 30, 2020
The coronavirus crisis presents an opportunity to rebuild the tourism industry in a more sustainable manner. Fostering eco-tourism initiatives could ensure recovery for the sector and for nature go hand in hand.
Low Impact
AUGUST 30, 2020
Can we avoid ecological collapse? This is part 2 of a conversation with Julia Steinberger, professor of ecological economics at the University of Leeds and a member of the intergovernmental panel on climate change – the IPCC. Part 1 is here. I read a survey recently that close to half of US under-24s consider themselves to be anti-capitalist. Yes, youth is going in a completely different direction.
Eco-Business
AUGUST 30, 2020
The US$5.9 billion project has faced opposition since mineral reserves were discovered there in the ’90s, with pushback coming from indigenous communities, the Catholic church, environmentalists, and even communist rebels.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 30, 2020
Portugal recently held a solar power auction (in which power plant developers submit different bids for what price they can offer electricity under a new contract), and one of the bids broke the world record for the lowest solar power price.
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.
Eco-Business
AUGUST 30, 2020
Experts wonder why a bill riddled with errors has been tabled in the upper house of parliament.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 30, 2020
On the day my previous article was published, Tesla stock closed at $1500.84. Today, as I write this, the stock price is currently at $2,213.40 per share, right before the split occurs.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 30, 2020
AES has made a major investment in 5B Solar, an Australian company that makes Maverick, a portable solar farm that cost less than traditional ground mount solar and can produce twice as much electricity per area of measure.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 30, 2020
Electric boats are starting to bloom. There are a lot of different types of boats, and thus a lot of different powertrains that need to be electrified.
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?
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 30, 2020
42, as we all know, is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Knowing how fond Elon Musk is of that Douglas Adams classic, and knowing how much he likes to thread allusions into his companies, there's a decent chance that is the reason why Tesla is now looking to put Supercharger stations at 42 Target stores.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 30, 2020
General Motors is putting some engineering muscle behind its EV and AV push by reassigning the Corvette engineering team to those tasks.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 30, 2020
I met with Pratap Raju, Founding Partner at the Climate Collective, two years ago at the 2018 ClimateLaunchpad Global Grand Final in Edinburgh. That was the first year India was a participating country in the global competition, and it was a great success. India has seen massive growth in the cleantech startup scene, and Pratap is one of the leaders in the space.
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 30, 2020
The tech fanatics at VOLTA are back with a new line of USB charging products that bring an entirely new lineup of durable USB cables with features you care about. The military grade nylon braided cables ensure a long life, but the real innovation is down at the ends of the cable. VOLTA is currently running an Indiegogo campaign for the UNIVERSAL cable - learn more and join in!
CleanTechnica
AUGUST 30, 2020
When hybrids like the Toyota Prius were new, everyone "knew" that they were a bad buy. Eventually a battery would need replacement, and it would cost as much as a house in California, if not more. In reality, the cost was around $5,000 (which was still pretty steep).
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