Trend: Companies warm to nature-based solutions
GreenBiz
JANUARY 27, 2020
More than 350 companies have made commitments to help reverse nature loss and restore vital natural systems on which economic activity depends.
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Zero-carbon home uses hemp fiber for innovative design
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 27, 2020
As designers and architects continue searching for innovative, sustainable building materials, hemp is becoming a front runner in the world of green design. In fact, London-based firm Practice Architecture collaborated with local hemp farmers in Cambridgeshire for the Flat House — a zero-carbon home built using hemp grown on-site.
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Seed preservation is vital for a sustainable food system
GreenBiz
JANUARY 27, 2020
"Our seeds are more than just food for us. Yes, they are nutrition. But they’re also… spirituality," says Electa Hare-RedCorn, a member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and a Yankton descendant. "Each seed has a story and each seed has a prayer."With a background in social work, Hare-RedCorn was brought on to the Pawnee Seed Preservation Project in 2012 as a seed-keeper, to carry the conversation forward with youth and families.
Tencent gets proposal from MVRDV for green smart city
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 27, 2020
After two years of development, MVRDV has unveiled their competition entry for Chinese tech giant Tencent’s next campus—a green and futuristic smart city shaped like a continuous undulating mountain range. Located on a 133-hectare site in Shenzhen’s Qianhai Bay, the nature-inspired development combines references to the lush, mountainous surroundings with Tencent’s cutting-edge technology.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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.
How companies can source man-made cellulosics more sustainably
GreenBiz
JANUARY 27, 2020
As a plant-based fiber, man-made cellulosics have the potential to be a more sustainable choice because they are renewable. But the production process can contribute to deforestation.
Sherpa Light for indoor farming wins CES 2020 Innovation Award
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 27, 2020
Developed with the tagline “Grow whatever your heart desires, wherever you are”, Sherpa Light is a tunable artificial light source with the potential to replicate the exact sunlight conditions needed to grow any plant from around the world. Using tunable, full-spectrum LEDs, the device was created to emit different lighting intensities depending on the plant’s cellular structure in order to optimize growth.
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Eco-friendly house uses only 19% of the energy it creates
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 27, 2020
Lexington, Massachusetts is known for its historical landmarks, but now the city is also home to a powerhouse of energy-efficient design. Designed by Stephanie Horowitz of Zero Energy Design, the Lexington Modern Residence is a contemporary 4,400 square-foot home that not only generates its energy through solar power, but is strategically built to significantly reduce its overall energy consumption.
Restricting trade in endangered species can backfire, triggering market booms
GreenBiz
JANUARY 27, 2020
Consumer purchases no longer trigger market booms. Speculative investments do.
Volkswagen reveals plans for mobile electric car charging robot
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 27, 2020
As the number of electric cars continues to increase, the need for charging stations comes along with it. Often finding a charging station not only involves planning to be at the location before the car runs out of battery power, but also being able to pull into one of the typically shared spots to complete the actual charge. Volkswagen is developing a mobile robot that eliminates the need to plug into a hard-wired charging port, bringing the charge directly to your vehicle regardless of which p
Where Does the Natural Gas ‘Bridge’ End?
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 27, 2020
ABU DHABI — The role of natural gas is one of the stickier points of debate related to the global energy transition, and that debate was on full display here this month. Meg Gentle, president and CEO of Houston-based gas company Tellurian, argued that natural gas is a key driver of the energy transition and is already lowering emissions by replacing dirtier fuels like coal and oil.
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.
D.C.’s first solar + storage resiliency system will serve low-income residents
Solar Power World
JANUARY 27, 2020
SimpliPhi Power, a provider of cobalt-free, non-hazardous energy storage systems, has partnered with Pepco and New Partners Community Solar to launch one of the first resiliency centers in Washington D.C. that is powered by solar and SimpliPhi Power’s batteries at a new affordable housing development, The Maycroft. As climate change intensifies with increased extreme weather… The post D.C.’s first solar + storage resiliency system will serve low-income residents appeared first
Energy Blockchain’s Most Obvious Use Case Is Not What You Think
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 27, 2020
Blockchain finally seems to have found a here-and-now application in the power market — and it isn’t energy trading. Instead, a select group of blockchain companies is finding success with a focus on certificates of origin, helping demonstrate the provenance of renewable energy supplies. While certificates of origin are nothing new in the energy business, the recent rise of corporate power-purchase agreements is leading to increased scrutiny over the source of carbon-free kilowatts.
Sandy Munro says the Tesla Cybertruck’s unorthodox design makes it cheap to manufacture
Charged
JANUARY 27, 2020
Sandy Munro, the auto manufacturing expert who delivered some detailed insights about Tesla’s manufacturing strengths and weaknesses after tearing down a Tesla Model 3 , recently made some comments about the upcoming Cybertruck. Of course, Munro hasn’t gotten his hands on an actual Cybertruck (as far as we know, Jay Leno is the first non-employee to have that honor).
Fifth Third Bank commits $100 million to impact-focused Opportunity Zone projects
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 27, 2020
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 27 – Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank will invest a capital gains windfall in community development projects within its 10-state footprint. The $100 million investment will be equally divided between four regional investment partners, including National Equity Fund, an affiliate of New York-based Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and Raymond James Tax Credit Funds.
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.
Battery pack prices continue plummeting towards price parity with ICE vehicles
Charged
JANUARY 27, 2020
If you drove an EV back in 2010, it’s likely that you paid an average of about $1,100 per kilowatt-hour for your battery pack. By the end of 2019 this figure had fallen a full 87%, to $156 per kWh. According to BloombergNEF ’s 2019 Battery Price Survey, the average price by 2023 will be approximately $100/kWh, and below that by the following year, when aggregate demand is expected to exceed 2 TWh.
More Agents of Impact answer the call for new tools to reshape finance
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 27, 2020
ImpactAlpha’s What’s Next series, produced in partnership with the Global Impact Investing Network, provides a platform for practitioners and experts to reflect on the future of impact investing. ImpactAlpha, Jan. 27 – Capitalism must change to respond to climate change and widespread inequality. But how? More than two-dozen Agents of Impact answered our call for ways to The post More Agents of Impact answer the call for new tools to reshape finance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
GROB invests in new EV motor production facility
Charged
JANUARY 27, 2020
German machine and tool manufacturer GROB says that it spent more than four years of intense R&D to established itself as a leading technical expert in the manufacture of electric powertrain systems. The GROB product portfolio now ranges from the complex stator, rotor and electrical machine assembly systems to complete electrical axle assembly systems.
Report: Electric bin lorries promise massive carbon savings
Business Green
JANUARY 27, 2020
Major new cost-benefit analysis argues that electric refuse collection vehicles can slash greenhouse gas emissions, air pollution, and running costs. There may be only a handful of projects globally to deploy fully electric bin lorries, but according to a new report released today the nascent sector could soon deliver massive carbon emission savings alongside improved air quality and reduced operational costs for local authorities.
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?
Is IONITY’s prodigious price increase designed to steer customers to “mobility services?”
Charged
JANUARY 27, 2020
EV advocates cheered the advent of IONITY , a European charging network owned by a joint venture of BMW, Daimler, Ford, and the Volkswagen Group. The network currently includes 205 DC fast charging stations in 18 European countries, and aims to have 400 in service by the end of 2020. However, the applause has recently been replaced by a chorus of catcalls, in response to the news that charging at IONITY stations just got exponentially more expensive – unless you subscribe to one of the par
Duke Energy Florida completes solar systems, announces 2 more
Solar Power World
JANUARY 27, 2020
Duke Energy Florida (DEF) announced the locations of its two newest solar power plants which will provide clean energy solutions to its Florida customers. The Twin Rivers Solar Power Plant will be built on 460 acres in Hamilton County. Once operational, the 74.9-MW facility will consist of approximately 235,000 tracking solar panels, enough electricity to… The post Duke Energy Florida completes solar systems, announces 2 more appeared first on Solar Power World.
Sainsbury's promises to go net zero by 2040
Business Green
JANUARY 27, 2020
Supermarket giant is to set Science-Based Target in line with 1.5C of warming, as CEO Mike Coupe pledges to 'put environmental impact at the forefront of every decision we make'. Sainsbury's has today become the latest corporate giant to adopt a net zero target, pledging to turn the UK's second largest supermarket chain into a net zero emissions operation by 2040, a full decade ahead of the UK government's national target and the goal set by arch rival Tesco.
Offshore Wind Energy is Key to New Jersey’s Energy Master Plan
altenergymag
JANUARY 27, 2020
The National Wildlife Federation and its New Jersey affiliate, New Jersey Audubon Society, applauded Murphy’s leadership in seizing the immense clean energy and job creation opportunity of offshore wind power.
Comic Relief gets serious about tackling the climate emergency
Business Green
JANUARY 27, 2020
Comic Relief, which banned fossil fuel investments last year, has joined more than 30 charities that have signed the Funder Commitment on Climate Change. A trio of charities have joined a fast-growing initiative encouraging charitable trusts and foundations to incorporate awareness of the climate emergency into their investment strategies, the bodies announced this morning.
GM Investing $2.2 Billion To Build To Only Electric Vehicles At Detroit Factory
Forbes Green Tech
JANUARY 27, 2020
GM will convert its Hamtramck plant entirely to production of electric vehicles including pickup trucks, SUVs and the Cruise Origin
Sustainable Supply Chains start on the inside…
Terra Infirma
JANUARY 27, 2020
I’m busy planning the next meeting of the Corporate Sustainability Mastermind Group on Friday. The topic is one we keep coming back to – making Supply Chains sustainable. This is no surprise as for most organisations, the bulk of their eco-footprint lies in the supply chain along with a myriad of potential hidden landmines which could go off at any moment.
Shoals' BLA (Big Lead Assembly) wins PV Magazine 2019 BoS Award
altenergymag
JANUARY 27, 2020
The BLA is a pre-manufactured, plug-n-play solution that transmits power from the solar panel to the inverter without the combiner boxes and in-array trenching that have burdened conventional systems with reliability challenges, increased labor, and higher O&M costs.
Oil Prices Are Getting Slammed By Coronavirus
R-Squared Energy
JANUARY 27, 2020
One of my energy sector predictions for this year was that oil prices would not drop below $50 a barrel. This may turn out to be the fastest falsified prediction I have ever made. Since I made that prediction, China has experienced an outbreak of coronavirus, an illness similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). So far, the virus has killed at least 41 people in China , and around 1,400 people have been infected.
AutoGrid and Schneider Electric Announce a Fully Integrated ADMS and DERMS Solution to Digitize the Electric Grid of the Future
altenergymag
JANUARY 27, 2020
Schneider Electric signs a global reseller agreement to distribute AutoGrid Flex™ to electric utilities to automate the entire value chain from Consumers to Control Center
How Even Stronger California Climate Policies Could Spark A $7 Billion Economic Opportunity
Forbes Green Tech
JANUARY 27, 2020
Results from the newly released California Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) find the state’s existing climate policy strategy risks falling short of California’s 2030, but identify six policies that can meet the emissions gap while creating $7 billion in direct economic benefits.
Digital methane management: an industry perspective
EDF + Business
JANUARY 27, 2020
US $30 billion worth of methane released into the atmosphere each year. With US $30 billion worth of methane released into the atmosphere each year from industry, many of the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas companies, and select national oil companies and independents, have started taking steps towards setting and achieving methane reduction targets for their operations.
Hal Harvey’s Insights And Updates: Can California Hit Its 2030 Climate Goal?
Energy Innovation
JANUARY 27, 2020
California is an unquestioned leader in America’s – and the world’s – clean energy transition, routinely establishing aggressive decarbonization policies, and then achieving them ahead of schedule, all while building a thriving economy. But as California’s climate policy targets grow more stringent, can the state’s existing policies meet its goals? A new California version of Energy Innovation’s peer-reviewed Energy Policy Simulator analyzes the state’s expected future emissions trajectory and t
Fast food firms failing to effectively confront climate-related risks, investor coalition warns
Business Green
JANUARY 27, 2020
The investor coalition representing $11.4tr in assets wants several of the world's biggest fast food companies to act to reduce their exposure to climate- and environment-related risk. An investor coalition calling on some of the world's largest fast food chains to take concrete action to tackle their climate impact has succeeded in securing a series of emissions reduction and water quality commitments, it announced yesterday.
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