Going public: Boards should take the lead in ESG planning
GreenBiz
MARCH 23, 2022
Directors should take an active role by asking the right questions and setting the expectation that ESG is a critical piece of the company’s go-to-market strategy.
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Strengthen red route pollution monitoring to save lives, says London air report
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 23, 2022
The London Assembly Environment Committee launched ‘Clean Air for all Londoners’ – a report on air pollution in the capital – on 23 March. The report makes a number of recommendations to the Mayor of London to tackle the city’s air pollution, including: Strengthen monitoring of pollution from London’s red routes and incorporate new monitoring of air quality emissions for the Silvertown Tunnel project.
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Looking for post-undergraduate sustainability education? Pick your path
GreenBiz
MARCH 23, 2022
The sustainability career path can be confusing. Here are three ways you can level up your skillset.
Local authorities ask for backing to accelerate net zero
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 23, 2022
Cut VAT on retrofit measures to reduce energy waste, household bills, and UK reliance on Russian gas. To reduce the costs of public transport to improve the travel choices of the poorest in society and to cut UK reliance on Russian oil. Fund Local Net Zero Hubs to accelerate the transition to Net Zero. A network of UK mayors and council leaders is urging the Chancellor to “unlock the power of local government” to boost energy security and cut household bills.
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.
What mandatory SEC disclosure would mean for ESG software
GreenBiz
MARCH 23, 2022
The SEC’s proposed disclosure mandate will be a boon for ESG, climate intelligence and carbon management software — regardless of where it lands.
Ocean protection further delayed as UN negotiations close without treaty
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 23, 2022
Negotiations for a new UN Treaty to protect two thirds of the planet have ended without conclusion at the UN Headquarters in New York, meaning that a further meeting will be required, the High Seas Alliance reported on 18 March. The final scheduled negotiation was hoped to conclude a multi-year process to bring protection to marine biodiversity through a new, High Seas Treaty.
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Planning order removes consent requirement for adding solar to homes in Chelsea and Kensington
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 23, 2022
Residents in Kensington and Chelsea will no longer need to apply for individual consent to have solar panels fitted on their listed homes in what appears to be a UK first. Much of the borough is within conservation areas, with around 4,000 listed buildings. Until now, all owners of listed buildings required individual listed building consent if they wanted to instal solar equipment.
Kristina Wyatt on the SEC’s proposed climate disclosure rule
GreenBiz
MARCH 23, 2022
What will the new proposed disclosure standard mean for companies?
Manchester to review options and evidence for new Clean Air Plan
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 23, 2022
A road sign in Edenfield, Manchester, alerts road users to the new Clean Air Zone which will operate from 30 May 2022. The Greater Manchester Air Quality Administration Committee says it will begin the process of reviewing the evidence and options for a new Clean Air Plan “that can improve public health without hurting jobs and businesses” when they meet on 23 March. “The committee will consider the scope of the options available as Greater Manchester works with government to d
Silicon Valley climate innovations need to focus on inclusion
GreenBiz
MARCH 23, 2022
The climate crisis demands bolder action from all of us.
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.
Report flags “overlooked” potential of groundwater
Envirotec Magazine
MARCH 23, 2022
Groundwater accounts for 99% of all liquid freshwater on Earth. However, this natural resource is often poorly understood and consequently undervalued, mismanaged and even abused. According to the latest edition of the United Nations World Water Development Report published by UNESCO, the vast potential of groundwater, and the need to manage it sustainably, can no longer be overlooked.
100,000th XPENG P7 rolls off the production line
Green Living Guy
MARCH 23, 2022
The XPENG P7 smart sports sedan has become the first model from a Chinese pure-EV brand to reach the production milestone of 100,000 units. The 100,000th P7 rolled off the production line 695 days after its official launch on April 27, 2020, setting a record for pure electric vehicles from emerging auto brands in China. […]. The post 100,000th XPENG P7 rolls off the production line appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric Car News,
Washington state legislature passes 2030 target for gas vehicle phase-out
Charged
MARCH 23, 2022
The Washington legislature has voted to set a target for ending the sales of gasoline-powered cars by 2030. That’s the most aggressive goal of any US state so far, and five years ahead of California’s 2035 target. The measure, passed as part of the $16.9-billion Move Ahead Washington transportation package, will now go to Governor Jay Inslee’s desk.
Big batteries notch up “mammoth” 2021, head for more than 1GWh in 2022
Renew Economy
MARCH 23, 2022
Big batteries have notched up a “mammoth year” in Australia in 2021 and delivered the bulk of a new record for large- and small-scale energy storage growth, with a combined capacity of more than one gigawatt-hour installed nationally for the year. New data from solar and storage market analyst SunWiz has found that a total […]. The post Big batteries notch up “mammoth” 2021, head for more than 1GWh in 2022 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.
C-Therm teams up with Rigaku to bring thermal analysis instruments to US
Charged
MARCH 23, 2022
Thermal-conductivity instrumentation company C-Therm Technologies is partnering with analytical and industrial instrumentation firm Rigaku to bring Rigaku’s thermal analysis product line to the US. Rigaku instruments include instruments for Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), and Thermogravimetry and Differential Thermal Analysis/Simultaneous Thermal Analysis (TG-DTA/STA).
How Putin’s war has “turbocharged” green hydrogen, and long term shift from fossils
Renew Economy
MARCH 23, 2022
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has opened the door for renewable electricity to make hydrogen and hydrogen-derived products more cheaply than gas. The post How Putin’s war has “turbocharged” green hydrogen, and long term shift from fossils appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Transphorm to demonstrate R&D results of its 1,200 V GaN FET for EVs
Charged
MARCH 23, 2022
Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductor designer and manufacturer Transphorm plans to demonstrate R&D results from its 1,200 V GaN Field-Effect Transistor (FET) at the upcoming International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs (ISPSD), and expects to have samples available in 2023. Designed for EVs, infrastructure power systems, industrial applications and renewable energy systems, the the 1,200 V FET comes in a TO-247 package, and has an RDS(on) of 70 milliohms.
NSW begin tender process for Waratah battery that will help replace biggest coal plant
Renew Economy
MARCH 23, 2022
NSW kicks off tender process for Waratah Super Battery that will help replace Eraring coal plant and will be largest of its type in southern hemisphere. The post NSW begin tender process for Waratah battery that will help replace biggest coal plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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?
Rivian working on 800-volt architecture, bidirectional charging, in-house drive units and battery cells
Charged
MARCH 23, 2022
EV startup Rivian’s Q4 2021 Shareholder Letter is reminiscent of the ones we used to see from a certain other Californian EV startup in its idealistic younger days—full of forward-looking technical innovations. Rivian appears to embracing several current trends on the EV scene—going bidirectional and moving towards 800 volts, LFP cells and more in-house production of key components.
Greentown Labs Member Milestones — March 2022
Greentown Labs
MARCH 23, 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. Tender Food raised a $12M seed round , led by Lowercarbon Capital.
Assessing Li-ion cells with computed tomography and high-resolution 3D X-ray microscopes (Webinar)
Charged
MARCH 23, 2022
In the last three decades, significant progress has been made on lithium-based battery technologies. However, lithium-ion battery cell manufacturers still face quality and process control challenges when trying to non-destructively map the battery electrodes’ microstructure, its heterogeneities, and their effect on battery aging and performance. This webinar session at our Spring Virtual Conference on EV Engineering, presented by ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions, introduces workflows that comb
Solar-plus-storage energy projects join Nexamp community farms
Smart Energy International
MARCH 23, 2022
Nexamp and Borrego have activated two solar-plus-storage energy projects within ISO New England Territory, namely the Nexamp community solar farms in Massachusetts, USA. They aim to build momentum for a cleaner and more resilient regional power grid. The projects were completed by Nexamp, which provides solutions for the deployment and operation of solar energy assets, in partnership with Borrego, a developer, EPC and O&M provider that delivers solar and energy storage projects in the U.S.
Australia’s carbon market is in crisis
Renew Economy
MARCH 23, 2022
The Morrison government faces a multi-level crisis impacting Australia's carbon markets. Will it take responsibility for the mess? The post Australia’s carbon market is in crisis appeared first on RenewEconomy.
LG invests $1.4 billion into first US cylindrical battery plant
Smart Energy International
MARCH 23, 2022
LG Energy Solutions (LGES) has announced a KRW1.7 trillion ($1.4 billion) investment in a cylindrical battery plant. It is said to be the first-ever cylindrical-type battery manufacturing plant in North America. The Korean battery manufacturer will be the cylindrical battery plant’s sole investor. Construction is to begin in the second quarter of 2022.
Greens refer carbon scheme to AG after whistleblower labels offsets “fraud to the environment”
Renew Economy
MARCH 23, 2022
Most of Australia's carbon offset units lack environmental integrity, whistleblower claims, labelling them an "environmental and taxpayer fraud". The post Greens refer carbon scheme to AG after whistleblower labels offsets “fraud to the environment” appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Denmark supports China’s energy transition with new partnership agreement
Smart Energy International
MARCH 23, 2022
Danish transmission system operator Energinet has co-signed a three-year framework cooperation agreement with the State Grid Corporation of China to support China’s renewable energy target of over 1,000GW by 2030. The new framework agreement focuses on sharing experiences on the green energy transition and building capacity within the State Grid Corporation of China to integrate over 1,000GW of variable renewable energy by 2030.
Local experts and international developers discuss the challenges of entering Central Asia’s renewables market
altenergymag
MARCH 23, 2022
Central Asia has a unique renewable energy potential, having a capacity to expand solar, wind and hydropower projects. With the ambitious renewable energy targets set both in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the sector is experiencing great interest among international investors.
Climate resilience: London announces funding boost for capital's green spaces
Business Green
MARCH 23, 2022
Grants scheme will improve Londoners lives while also helping to prepare schools for climate impacts, according to Mayor Sadiq Khan. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has awarded £4m to six projects in the capital designed to increase green space and protect the city from the impacts of climate change. Projects to receive a tranche of £3.44m of grant funding include plans to open up access to the West Reservoir in Hackney, plant new areas of meadow in Lambeth, as well as schemes that tackle
Sustainability Guide For Commercial Landscaping And Lawncare Businesses
Green Business Bureau
MARCH 23, 2022
Sustainable Commercial Landscaping and Lawn Care. Lawncare and landscaping businesses that are eco-friendly and practice sustainability are realizing real benefits including cost savings, new customers, and sales growth. Attracting new customers has become more complicated since consumers often consider how eco-friendly and green a business is before making a purchase decision.
Natural gas & Co.: will next winter be cold?
Energy Central
MARCH 23, 2022
Originally posted here, co-authored by Tobias Federico. The current discussion in Germany and Europe regarding a possible delivery stop of natural gas & Co. from Russia in the course of the Ukraine war is moving many. Part of the debate is not based on factual information. This blog article examines the topic of security of supply in a data-driven manner.
Nextracker Unveils NX Horizon-XTR Terrain-Following Solar Tracker for PV Power Plants
altenergymag
MARCH 23, 2022
New tracker technology saves time, money and lowers project risk
The huge technology leaps that will lead to global renewables based grid, and Australia’s key role
Renew Economy
MARCH 23, 2022
Global shift to electrification and renewables will require a series of technology milestones, and Australia will play a key role, new report says. The post The huge technology leaps that will lead to global renewables based grid, and Australia’s key role appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Panasonic Announces 2021 Customer Appreciation Award Winners for Renewable Energy Solution Installers
altenergymag
MARCH 23, 2022
High-performing installers are honored for their commitment to providing the ultimate customer service experience
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