Sat.Oct 01, 2022

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How SBTi could unlock billions of corporate dollars to protect forests

GreenBiz

There is continued confusion over guidance on the role protecting forests should play on a company’s road to net zero.

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British Compressed Air Society suggests further energy-saving measures as relief scheme launches

Envirotec Magazine

The British Compressed Air Society (BCAS) says it welcomes the Government’s new Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which comes into effect on 1 October – but is encouraging compressed air users to also act now to minimise their compressed air energy consumption for the long-term through a series of low-cost measures. With 10% of all the energy consumed by industry used to compress air, any Government programmes which can help mitigate for the unprecedented rise in the cost of business energy are v

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What Is a Targeted Cyber Attack And How To Avoid Them

U.S. Green Technology

A targeted cyber attack is a type of cyber attack where the attacker specifically targets their victim or victims. The targets can be an event, a specific industry, a group of people, a country, or even an individual. Every day, cyber attacks do occur and usually go unnoticed because they are not widely publicized. Targeted. The post What Is a Targeted Cyber Attack And How To Avoid Them appeared first on U.S.

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Measurements show huge methane peaks in the atmosphere after the Nord Stream leaks

Envirotec Magazine

Installation site of underwater Nordstream 2 gas pipelines in Lubmin, Germany in August 2018 (image credit: Stefan Dinse/Shutterstock). The methane leak resulting from the damage to the Nord Stream gas lines in the Baltic Sea is estimated to be equal to the size of a whole year’s methane emissions of a country like Denmark or a city the size of Paris.

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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.

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With Vanguard 1P, TrinaTracker proves in the US market that its pioneering spirit is firmly rooted in the company’s DNA

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TrinaTracker team organized a series of demonstrations at the Trina Solar booth during the three days of the exhibition. Clients, solar journalists, and institutional organizations participated in the workshops and learned the innovative features that lead to the system's high adaptability, stability, and efficiency.

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Paint containers and washing machine tubs recognised by RECOUP plastic recycling awards

Envirotec Magazine

Plastics resource efficiency and recycling charity, RECOUP launched its inaugural awards at its annual conference on 29 September, the first in its 32-year history. The first winner announced was for the ‘Best Development or Innovation to enhance recyclability or reuse’ award which was presented to Berry Global for its [aint container recycling programme.

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No magic bullet: Industry cannot solely rely on energy price freezes

Envirotec Magazine

Energy-intensive manufacturers need to heed the warning that the Government’s energy support package is not a ‘magic bullet’ for under-strain organisations, and further action must be taken within large-scale plants to weather the ongoing crisis, says building analyst experts CIM. Under plans unveiled by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, electricity prices will be fixed for all non-domestic energy customers at £211 per MWh for electricity for the next six months sta

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Terbine aims to synchronize EVs, charging stations and utilities

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Internet of Things (IoT) specialist Terbine has announced a new initiative designed to intelligently synchronize EVs, charging stations and electric utilities. The system is based on the company’s cloud-based platform, TerbineLink. The idea is that EVs share their locations and states of charge via the cellular network to an automaker or fleet operator’s cloud system, which feeds the data to TerbineLink.

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Utility uses drones and laser technology to improve sewer network

Envirotec Magazine

Drones and lasers are being used together – in an apparent UK first – to improve the functioning of the sewers and are helping Scottish Water to reduce its carbon emissions. A combination of drones and laser technology adapted for use in the wastewater Industry is being deployed by the utility to survey sewers for potential problems by flying the drones inside them, often to parts of the network that traditional surveying methods can’t reach.

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How Big is the Renewable Energy Certificate Market?

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The global renewable energy certificate market will exceed a value of about $ 100.96 billion by 2030. The current value of the market was valued at $12.72 billion in 2021.

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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.

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USEA Virtual Press Briefing: Electric Utilities and The 2050 Dilemma

Energy Central

Study after study finds that the United States must double its electricity production by 2050 in order to meet the surging demand for electricity in transportation. The anticipated load is for surface vehicles, but the aviation industry has its eyes on electric flight. The National Academy of Sciences says that production must increase 170 percent by 2050 without taking any fossil.

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Quinbrook bags huge profit on sale of US wind, solar and battery company

Renew Economy

Australia's Quinbrook has locked in big profits from the sale of a US wind, solar and storage company it bought as a start-up five years ago. The post Quinbrook bags huge profit on sale of US wind, solar and battery company appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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GreenPower secures vouchers from California and New Jersey incentive programs for its EV Star electric trucks

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The states of California and New Jersey offer voucher programs to help fleet operators purchase commercial EVs (the HVIP and ZIP programs, respectively). GreenPower Motor Company (NASDAQ: GP), a manufacturer of medium- and heavy-duty EVs, has become expert at helping its customers navigate the voucher application process. GreenPower recently secured an additional 85 vouchers under the California HVIP program for 75 EV Star 22-foot cargo vans, 8 EV Star box trucks and 2 EV Star 25-foot cargo vans

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Xendee Integrates UtilityAPI for Easier, Faster and More Precise Energy Load Modeling

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• The integration maximizes the efficiency of downloading past building load data directly from the utility, which gives engineers a more accurate view of past usage and peak requirements of their project. • The more exact the interval load data, the more precise the model, as the number of assumptions made during the optimization can be greatly reduced. • The integration reduces engineering hours through programmatically loading data, ensuring that the solution will be more tailored to the need

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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?

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So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply

Renew Economy

It’s becoming ever more likely that 100% renewable electricity in Australia’s electricity grid could be achieved by the end of the decade. The post So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Mercedes-Benz: Pricing and Packaging for All-Electric EQS SUV Available Now

Green Living Guy

The EQS SUV represents the first all-electric Mercedes-EQ built in the United States and the third model series from Mercedes-EQ built on the new dedicated electric vehicle architecture. The fully-electric SUV offers space, comfort, and connectivity for up to seven passengers, paired with a high level of flexibility to fit a wide range of customer […].

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Uplight releases grid-minded EV software suite with AMI analytics

Smart Energy International

A new software suite has been released with the aim of driving EV adoption through a grid-minded charging solution for electric utilities. The suite consists of multiple models, one of which uses Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) analytics to coordinate demand response and peak shift modelling. The suite comes courtesy of clean energy tech developer Uplight, which announced the launch of the EV Solution Suite, an end-to-end set of software solutions for utilities, aiming to drive customer a

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Seth Leitman the Green Living Guy Talks About Creating a More Sustainable Planet

Green Living Guy

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, September 29, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — “For a better tomorrow, we must first create a better today,” states Seth Leitman. Mr. Leitman is a twenty-year advocate and spokesman for the go green initiative. He is up in arms when it comes to sustainability and preserving the way of life many Americans […].

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BayWa r.e. Eyes Expansion of Standalone Power Systems in Australia

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This follows the company's success in providing SPS to farming, mining, business communities and homeowners in parts of rural Western Australia at the beginning of 2018, who have greatly benefited from this innovative and cost-effective power source.

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Department of Transportation and Biden Administration Announce $5 Billion Plan for EV Charging Stations Nationwide

Green Living Guy

BY ASHLEY BELANGER VIA ARSTECHNICA.COM For drivers choosing electric vehicles, convenient access to reliable charging stations remains one of the biggest pain points after adopting the eco-friendlier way to cruise. Just the thought of driving out of the way to find a charging station when planning road trips—rather than pop into a choice of many gas […].

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Centrica helps Affinity Water reduce carbon emissions with solar

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A water treatment plant in Surrey has seen a summer of savings after Centrica Business Solutions completed construction on a solar farm at Affinity Water's production site in Chertsey.

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‘We can’t recycle our way out’

Grist

This piece was originally published by InvestigateWest. When dealing with the life cycle of plastic, hundreds of solutions await, from alternative bioplastics that might be able to degrade themselves through the magic of fungus, to complex chemical recycling that can break plastics down to become other petroleum products or to be rebuilt good as new.

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Homeowners Guide to Eco-Friendly Pest Control

Green Living Guy

Are you looking for a way to get rid of pests without harming the environment? It’s important to be proactive when it comes to pest control, but you don’t want to use harmful chemicals that could hurt your family or pets. This guide will show you how to control pests in an eco-friendly way. Inspect […]. The post Homeowners Guide to Eco-Friendly Pest Control appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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Doctors File False Advertising Complaint Over Hidden Health Risks of Gas

DeSmogBlog

Dr. Melissa Lem was shocked when she saw an advertisement from a major Canadian fossil fuel lobby group showing young parents and their two children happily cooking a meal over a brand new gas stove. The Vancouver-based physician said that ad is “terrible and misleading” because dozens of scientific studies suggest that children who grow up breathing the fumes from gas stoves have a heightened risk of asthma — a potentially 42 percent increased risk, according to one meta-analysis.

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West Midlands Gigafactory Now Supporting an Investment Zone

Green Living Guy

A Message from Midland 23rd SEPTEMBER 2022: We support the Government’s proposals to introduce Investment Zones across the UK. That includes the West Midlands Gigafactory at Coventry Airport, and I look forward to discussing the plans in more detail. An Investment Zone which includes the West Midlands Gigafactory could supercharge growth in our region and […].

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Heathrow-Sponsored ‘Lounge’ at Labour Conference Draws Criticism

DeSmogBlog

LIVERPOOL, UK – Heathrow was a major presence at the Labour Party’s annual conference, held this week in Liverpool, where the theme was “A Fairer, Greener Britain”. The airport paid an unknown sum to host a “Heathrow Lounge” at the event. Heathrow has been called the second most-polluting airport in the world. The airport is pushing ahead with plans for a third runway, even though experts warn that the expansion may lead to the release of several million additional tonnes of carbon emissio

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New Study: Thailand’s Natural Gas Reserve is Declining and More Renewable Energy is Key

Green Living Guy

Renewable energy development is key for Thailand to cut its dependency on fossil fuel imports, as gas-based thermal power generation accounted for nearly 61.3% of the country’s annual electricity generation in 2021, says GlobalData, a leading data, and analytics company. GlobalData’s latest report, ‘Thailand Power Market Size, Trends, Regulations, Competitive Landscape and Forecast, 2022-2035’, reveals […].

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Peter Rabbit, precipitous polling, and the 'attack on nature'

Business Green

Nature charities unite to launch 'the People's Plan for Nature' in a bid to push back against proposals to dilute environmental policies. Most of the headlines over the past few days may have been focused on the economic turmoil unleashed by last week's mini-budget, but the uncertainty created by Ministers' plans to overhaul key environmental policies appear to have further fuelled the impression of a government in disarray.

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Yet Another Color

Energy Central

Among the many "colors" of hydrogen -- blue, green, grey, brown, turquoise, pink, red -- it seems we now have yet another one to add to our lexicon: "gold" hydrogen. Startup Cemvita Factory, with offices in Houston, Texas and Westminster, Colorado, has staked a claim to that color for hydrogen produced by a new process they have been working on.

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'The next era of aviation': Eviation hails first electric 'commuter' plane flight

Business Green

US battery plane developer is aiming to have its first zero emission aircraft commercially operating within five years. Eviation Aircraft has hailed the first flight of its zero emission, battery-powered 'commuter and cargo' plane in the US earlier this week as "a historic day and major milestone in electric aviation". The electric plane developer confirmed its Alice aircraft took off on Tuesday morning from Grant County International Airport in Washington state before successfully completing an

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A toolbox for the EU’s energy crisis

Energy Central

From FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, Watt Matters is a podcast all about the energy transition and the shift to a decarbonised economy. In response to the energy price crisis, EU national governments have been grappling with finding the proper measures to reduce their energy demand and alleviate consumers and industry from high prices without harming the energy companies’ ability.

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Converting captured carbon into rock really is that easy

Business Green

Icelandic company Carbfix has cracked the code on converting liquified CO2 into rock, leading the charge to capture and store excess carbon. Capturing carbon from the atmosphere is quickly becoming a popular venture. The sector skyrocketed in 2022 as the top emerging segment of climate tech funding , and the Inflation Reduction Act passed earlier this year increased the financial compensation for every ton of carbon captured in the U.S.

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Beware of starving the enemy of oxygen.

Energy Central

if you don't know others and don't know yourself, you will be in danger in every battle. (The Art of War, Sun Tzu, 5th century B.C.) Warnings in politics are usually always the result of some concern or fear of consideration arising from analysis of the situation: Biden warns Russia, in the face of losses, against using unconventional weapons.

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3 Ways to Boost Customers’ Energy Efficiency

Mosaic

It’s no surprise that with the continual rise of electricity rates, energy savings have been top of mind for homeowners. According to Rewiring America, 80 percent of voters say decreases in their monthly energy costs would have a “Very” or “Somewhat” significant impact on their household budgets. Energy Awareness Month is the perfect time to talk to your customers about how energy efficiency can lower their utility bills and save them money.