Where do ESG and sustainable finance go from here?
GreenBiz
MAY 25, 2022
The tone, texture and temper of the attacks on ESG has meaningfully shifted, and the factors upon which 'it depends' are naturally shifting as a result.
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GHG Protocol: Scope 3 Emissions Explained
Green Business Bureau
MAY 25, 2022
The GHG Protocol’s emission classification system. A 2021 report by Natural Capital Partners analyzed carbon neutrality commitments made by the Fortune Global 500, finding that there’s been a three-fold increase in net-zero targets, which means a 50% increase in the number of companies that have either achieved carbon neutrality, or are targeting it by 2030.
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CO2 removal buyers unite
GreenBiz
MAY 25, 2022
Alphabet, Microsoft, Salesforce, Boston Consulting, LGT, Mitsui, Swiss Re and UBS ramp up purchasing pledges for "high-quality" carbon removals.
New Ground-Breaking Volvo Penta-Powered Hybrid-Electric Vessel Sets Sail
Green Living Guy
MAY 25, 2022
The vessel Kvitbjørn (translation: Polar Bear), which was first announced in November 2021, is powered by a complete helm-to-propeller Volvo Penta twin D4-320 DPI Aquamatic hybrid-electric solution. It is the result of collaboration partners Volvo Penta, Marell Boats, and Hurtigruten Svalbard. They have established this three-year pilot project to test new electromobility technology in one […].
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.
German startup digitizes restaurant orders to address food waste
GreenBiz
MAY 25, 2022
Startup Choco, which recently raised $111 million, has created a platform that hones in on food waste in the hospitality industry, connecting food suppliers directly to restaurants and cafes.
The Top 3 Diets That Have Been Scientifically Supported In 2022!
Green Living Guy
MAY 25, 2022
The world has advanced in many ways and it applies to the revolution of the health community too. Nowadays, there are diets of all types and kinds which are backed up by science as well. After the pandemic, people have been cautious regarding their immunity, gut health, and overall health being. Therefore, don’t be surprised if […]. The post The Top 3 Diets That Have Been Scientifically Supported In 2022!
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Kia Debuts its New 2023 Soul
Green Living Guy
MAY 25, 2022
The new 2023 Kia Soul, arriving later this summer, features refreshed design elements inside and out, a simplified lineup, new smile-inducing colors, and two options packages brimming with technology and convenience. Soul redefined the boxy small-car segment when it was first launched in 2009 and has evolved steadily since, appealing to customers across generations with […].
If it's cheaper to electrify buildings, why isn't it happening more broadly?
GreenBiz
MAY 25, 2022
"Electrify everything" is a defining goal in campaigns to rebuild infrastructure around clean fuels. What's the resistance?
Green Business Ideas for Eco-Minded Entrepreneurs
Green Living Guy
MAY 25, 2022
There are many ways you can make an impact on the environment, and when it comes to your business, one of the ways to do that is by shifting it towards a more sustainable way of doing things. Many entrepreneurs understand the importance of making their businesses more green, so it’s inspiring to see that […]. The post Green Business Ideas for Eco-Minded Entrepreneurs appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric Car News, New York, Calif
Australian vanadium battery technology gets fresh shot at long duration game
Renew Economy
MAY 25, 2022
Australian vanadium flow battery maker signs MoU with Sydney-based firm to develop grid-scale opportunities for its long-duration storage technology. The post Australian vanadium battery technology gets fresh shot at long duration game appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
IoTecha Announces Availability of New White Label EV Charging Column
Green Living Guy
MAY 25, 2022
Dallas, May 24, 2022 — IoTecha announces the general availability of the IoT.ON™ CCS-C80C, “Bolt, Power and Go” charging column. The CCS-C80C is an EV charging column designed to significantly reduce the cost and complexity of the installation of level 2 charging infrastructure for commercial customers and multi-family residences. The white label column features IoTecha’s […].
Morrison’s “legacy” is higher power bills: Bowen pins price spike on Coalition
Renew Economy
MAY 25, 2022
Incoming energy minister Chris Bowen says electricity price increases are the legacy of Morrison's energy policy failures. The post Morrison’s “legacy” is higher power bills: Bowen pins price spike on Coalition appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Los Angeles’ Better Buildings Challenge Partners With Digital Twin pioneer Cityzenith
Green Living Guy
MAY 25, 2022
The partners will implement the company’s SmartWorld Digital Twin product in LA’s Bunker Hill area. The goal is to explore the use of this advancing technology to enable owners of buildings of any size, anywhere, to simulate their optimum financial paths to net-zero emissions. Urban Digital Twins are virtual replicas of real buildings, infrastructure, networks, […].
How expensive coal and gas blew up the Queensland electricity market
Renew Economy
MAY 25, 2022
Queensland - home to most of the LNP climate deniers and technology troglodytes - is paying the very high price of fossil fuel dependence. The post How expensive coal and gas blew up the Queensland electricity market appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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.
Industry Experts Provide Perspective of Expected Future Wind Plant Design
Green Living Guy
MAY 25, 2022
Anticipating key features of wind plants a decade or more ahead of their installation can inform today’s investment, research, and energy system planning decisions. Researchers Philipp Beiter and Eric Lantz from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), together with collaborators from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy, elicited opinions from […].
Victoria urged to aim for 100 pct renewables by 2030 after glowing parliamentary report
Renew Economy
MAY 25, 2022
A Victoria parliamentary report says Victoria has sufficient resources to go 100 per cent renewables, and the government is being urged to do this by 2030. The post Victoria urged to aim for 100 pct renewables by 2030 after glowing parliamentary report appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Biden Administration Announces Clean School Bus Program
Green Living Guy
MAY 25, 2022
FALLS CHURCH, VA – Today, at Meridian High School, the Biden-Harris administration will announce the Clean School Bus Program, which offers funding for school districts to move dirty diesel buses off their routes and transition to a cleaner school bus fleet. Currently, 95 percent of the nation’s school buses are diesel. Diesel exhaust is a […].
Over 300 battery gigafactories in the global pipeline
Charged
MAY 25, 2022
As EV demand steadily grows, automakers and their suppliers are wisely hustling to increase battery production capacity—preferably close to their auto plants and markets. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence reports that there are currently over 300 battery gigafactories in the construction or planning stages around the world. This represents some 6,388 GWh worth of battery capacity, a 68% increase compared to the figure a year ago.
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?
Households slugged as Australia’s coal addiction sends electricity prices soaring
Renew Economy
MAY 25, 2022
Electricity prices in some parts of Australia will increase by as much as 14.1 per cent, as surging coal and gas costs push prices higher. The post Households slugged as Australia’s coal addiction sends electricity prices soaring appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Switch Mobility to supply 12 Metrocity electric buses to London’s Tower Transit
Charged
MAY 25, 2022
Switch Mobility, a manufacturer of electric buses and light commercial vehicles, will supply a fleet of 12 Metrocity E-Buses to London’s Tower Transit. The fleet of Metrocitys will be deployed on Route 339, operating out of Lea Interchange and running between Shadwell and Leytonstone. Switch Mobility was formed from the EV elements of commercial vehicle OEM Ashok Leyland and UK bus manufacturer Optare.
Broken Hill renewable micro-grid revived after Transgrid finds a way to dump diesel
Renew Economy
MAY 25, 2022
Transgrid revives renewable micro-grid proposal for Broken Hill, dumping diesel option in favour of compressed air storage. But it will depend on a grant. The post Broken Hill renewable micro-grid revived after Transgrid finds a way to dump diesel appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Intertek expands service offerings at North American EV testing lab
Charged
MAY 25, 2022
Intertek, a Total Quality Assurance provider to industrial firms, has expanded the services on offer at its lab in Plymouth, Michigan in order to “meet the auto industry’s increasing demand for safe and reliable testing for evolving EV and EVSE technologies. The company says its Plymouth facility offers “some of the most extensive EV battery and EVSE testing capabilities in North America to assist automotive OEM and tier suppliers.”.
SolarEdge Opens 2GWh New Battery Cell Facility in South Korea to Meet Growing Demand for Battery Storage
altenergymag
MAY 25, 2022
New facility to drive energy storage solutions sales, supply chain resilience and product innovation
Work begins on big battery adjoining Australia’s biggest solar project
Renew Economy
MAY 25, 2022
Work is underway on a potential 400MWh big battery energy storage system being built alongside biggest solar PV project in Australia. The post Work begins on big battery adjoining Australia’s biggest solar project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
THE ALL-ENERGY AND DCARBONISE 2022 SUCCESS STORY
altenergymag
MAY 25, 2022
The 21st anniversary edition of All-Energy 2022, the UK's largest renewable and low carbon energy exhibition and conference and the co-located Dcarbonise 2022 held at Glasgow's SEC on 11 and 12 May attracted total attendance of 7,642, more than 250 exhibiting companies from home and overseas, some 575 speakers, and plaudits in plenty.
US Government Awards Planet EOCL Contract
Planet Pulse
MAY 25, 2022
We are excited to announce that the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has selected Planet Labs Federal, Inc. (Planet Federal), our wholly owned subsidiary, for an award to the Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) contract. EOCL is the U.S. government’s industry-defining procurement vehicle for unclassified commercial satellite imagery and represents the Federal government’s significant investment in and commitment to the commercial remote sensing sector and the capabilities and value it pr
Part 2: Will energy storage live up to the hype? Trends beyond five years
Solar Power World
MAY 25, 2022
By Jennifer G. Gallegos, director of programs and communications, Yotta Energy In my previous article, I discussed several key factors that are likely to shape the energy storage industry. However, these factors’ precise effect is yet to be seen. What happens when we juxtapose current events with other emerging technologies also being developed and refined today?
Polls Show Widespread Support for Pro-Domestic Energy Policies And Candidates That Back Them
Energy Central
MAY 25, 2022
Polling continues to show that Americans support increasing the production of U.S. natural gas to aid Europe and are more likely to vote for candidates that support robust domestic energy policies, as the energy crisis and rising inflation remain top of mind for voters. A Sixty-one percent of Americans are in favor of expanding natural gas production to export to European countries, according.
Greentown Labs Member Milestones — May 2022
Greentown Labs
MAY 25, 2022
Our 200 startups never fail to impress us with their hard work and commitment to scaling their climatetech solutions! Check out their latest accomplishments below. Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Funding. SparkCharge raised a $23M Series A , co-led by Tale Venture Partners and Pendulum and featuring a slew of other impressive investors, including the Mark Cuban Com
Fugro brings high-efficiency geotech rig to US for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind
altenergymag
MAY 25, 2022
Fugro is back on the water for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind (Atlantic Shores), performing a third year of integrated site characterisation services for the New Jersey-based offshore wind farm developer. Geophysical, metocean and environmental scopes of work are currently underway, while geotechnical services will commence later this month, using a newly commissioned Fugro C30 mobile rig.
Sustainability alliance upgrades energy infrastructure in Solano County
Smart Energy International
MAY 25, 2022
Solano County, California, and renewable energy services provider ENGIE North America, have broken ground on a $41 million new energy infrastructure upgrade programme as part of a sustainability alliance. The new energy infrastructure includes 3.4MW of solar, four sustainable microgrids, with 1.9MW/7.6MWh of battery energy storage with microgrid controls.
Gas Utility Sends Kid-Friendly Activity Books to Oregon Schools
DeSmogBlog
MAY 25, 2022
Oregon gas utility NW Natural offered free activity booklets in English and Spanish to schools in its service territory last year. The booklets target kids as young as kindergarten with games and puzzles that position fossil gas as a clean source of energy. The utility claims the materials relate to safety, and as a result, the company is trying to get ratepayers to cover the costs of the campaign.
SAS Grid Guardian AI analyses emissions data and predicts system failures
Smart Energy International
MAY 25, 2022
SAS Grid Guardian AI has made its debut at DISTRIBUTECH International. The solution aims to improve grid reliability while reducing crew injuries and fatalities without adding new equipment. SAS Grid Guardian AI analyses the data flowing from mobile edge computing sensors mounted to utility and service vehicles – like garbage trucks – roaming alleys and streets.
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