Fri.Dec 09, 2022

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How Microsoft is integrating environmental justice into business development

GreenBiz

The tech giant's close collaboration with Emerald Cities Collaborative has informed renewable energy projects with equity as a central concern.

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750,000 tonnes of household plastic packaging goes uncaptured

Envirotec Magazine

Plastic resource efficiency and recycling charity RECOUP estimates that 750,000 tonnes of post-consumer plastic packaging is not currently collected for recycling, in its new UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey report. Legislation could bridge an important gap between the UK’s current capture rate and what plastic packaging is placed on the market each year.

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What's up with the global plastics treaty?

GreenBiz

An update from WWF's Erin Simon and OPLN's Dave Ford, who attended INC-1 in Uruguay.

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UK armed forces opts for lower emissions electric generators

Envirotec Magazine

Bespoke Ground Power Units will replace diesel-powered generators and reduce harmful emissions by over 90%, says the group. Following successful trials, Defence Equipment and Support – the group which procures all the equipment and support for the UK Armed Forces – will deliver innovative electric generators that it says will dramatically reduce harmful emissions and running costs.

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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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Trucking needs to U-turn on its carbon emissions — here’s how

GreenBiz

Cemex is collaborating with several original equipment manufacturers on new transportation technology, including its first 10 all-electric, heavy-duty ready-mix concrete trucks.

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Researchers propose new structures to harvest freshwater from ocean surface

Envirotec Magazine

Illustration showing the proposed approach for capturing moisture above ocean surfaces and transporting it to land for condensation (image credit: Praveen Kumar and Scientific Reports). An almost limitless supply of fresh water exists in the form of water vapour above Earth’s oceans, yet remains untapped, it seems. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is said to be the first to suggest an investment in new infrastructure capable of harvesting oceanic water vapour as a sol

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Megacities out-shine the moon in coastal environments says first quantification of artificial light at night

Envirotec Magazine

Los Angeles by night. Coastal megacities could be illuminating the marine environment up to six times more than the moon but are often not considered when reviewing stressors on coastal ecosystems, according to new modelling research on Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) published in the trans-disciplinary, open-access journal Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene in early December.

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Episode 343: Keeping SCORE on net zero, what's your 'political footprint'?

GreenBiz

This episode features commentary from Kaya Axelsson, Net Zero Policy Engagement Fellow at the University of Oxford, and Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island.

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Switching to microgrids for a clean, reliable power supply

Inhabitat - Innovation

As a result of climate change's increased and more severe storms and natural phenomena, weather-related power outages continue to grow across the world. In fact, between 2010 to 2019, the U.S. experienced 70% more power outages than in the previous decade. Given our increasing reliance on electricity, we will continue to require more reliable, clean and robust means of generating and distributing electricity.

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Renault breaks silos in the automotive industry to achieve circular goals

GreenBiz

What will it take to get to “car-to-car” recycling?

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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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Regenerative architecture in Japan is 100% off-grid

Inhabitat - Innovation

You may have heard of regenerative agriculture, but architects on an island in southern Japan have taken that idea to new levels with regenerative architecture. It’s the idea that structures can be built in such a way that they support and enhance the surrounding environment.

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Oxford energy management start-up raises close to £1m

Envirotec Magazine

(left to right) John Walsh, Sales Director; Zsuzsa Mayer, Founder; Nick Pledge, CEO; and Matt Bailey, Head of AI. Tech start-up EcoSync has raised close to £1 million in its second seed funding round. The firm’s energy solution, developed by Oxford University engineers, is said to allow owners and operators of commercial buildings to reduce their heating bills and carbon footprint by up to half, without compromising on occupant comfort.

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LIVSN clothing focuses on experiences and adventure

Inhabitat - Innovation

LIVSN isn’t shy about its mission to stand out against the standard practices in the clothing industry, creating basics that are built to last with the best materials it can find.

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Sustainable Office Gifts: A Guide For Green Holiday Shopping

Green Business Bureau

The holiday season is upon us which brings the challenge of finding a thoughtful gift for the special people in our lives. If you’re wondering what to get your favorite coworkers while keeping your carbon footprint low, then here’s a must-have guide on sustainable office gifts! For the Organizers. Use what you already have around the home or office to create a chic upcycled organizer!

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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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Hayes Group awarded Palo Alto sustainable mixed-use project

Inhabitat - Innovation

The City of Palo Alto in California has selected a design by Hayes Group Architects for a sustainable mixed-use development out of a selection of over 100 projects for its design awards for 611 Cowper Street.

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E-Fuels Conference & Exhibition

altenergymag

On behalf of Curtis & Wyss Group, it is a pleasure to invite you to participate in E-Fuels Conference & Exhibition scheduled on February 6th-7th, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.

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Government auctions Pacific Coast offshore wind power sites

Inhabitat - Innovation

For the first time, the U.S. government has auctioned Pacific coast offshore wind power sites.

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SAE International launches initiatives centered on EV charging station reliability

Charged

The abysmal dependability of public chargers is a major problem, and fixing it is going to require some serious technical expertise and industry-wide cooperation. So it’s encouraging to see industry heavyweight SAE International, which calls itself “the oldest and largest technical society for engineers in the US, and the largest mobility standards organization in the world,” taking aim at the issue.

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SolarDuck will build Japan’s first offshore floating solar demonstrator in Tokyo Bay

altenergymag

• SolarDuck’s partner, Tokyu Land Corporation, has been awarded the contract from Tokyo Metropolitan Government to realize the Tokyo Bay ESG Project. • This project is aimed at realizing local production and consumption of energy in the Tokyo Bar Area through the implementation of cutting-edge, sustainable technologies. • The Tokyo Bay ESG Project’s consortium consists of Tokyu Land Corporation (project owner), SolarDuck (offshore floating solar technology) and Everblue (automated sailing boat w

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Continental’s new Green Caliper for EV brakes reduces weight and residual torque

Charged

As EVs move into the mainstream, companies are looking for ways to improve every component of a vehicle in order to squeeze out more range and/or better performance. The latest innovation comes from Continental, whose new Green Caliper for disc brakes is more compact and lighter than those for legacy vehicles, but boasts the same deceleration power.

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Empty promises of carbon capture usher through decades more coal from the UK

Renew Economy

Justifying approvals of a new coal mine with the promise of CCS is like smoking cigarettes and gambling that a cure for cancer will exist by the time you need it. The post Empty promises of carbon capture usher through decades more coal from the UK appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Volvo to build electric trucks using fossil-free steel

Charged

Volvo Trucks has begun production of heavy-duty 44-tonne (GCW) electric trucks partly made from “fossil-free” steel produced by the Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB. SSAB claims to use a new technology that relies on fossil-free electricity and hydrogen. The company estimates that the new process eliminates some 90% of CO 2 emissions from steel production.

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Agile Aerospace Innovation: Leveraging synthetic data in satellite data product development

Planet Pulse

The use of synthetic data to facilitate machine learning development has been growing over the past few years. It is used by many major technology companies to do things as varied as build guidance for autonomous vehicles, develop insights for the financial sector, and extend and enhance healthcare applications. Synthetic data is simulated using a number of physical process models and labeled to be as realistic as possible to support machine learning (ML) model training.

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Swiss startup Morand launches fast charging energy storage system combining batteries and ultracapacitors

Charged

Swiss technology startup Morand has launched a hybrid energy storage system that combines the characteristics of an ultracapacitor with that of a chemical battery to create “a durable and ultra-fast energy pack that can be usefully recharged in seconds.”. Morand says its eTechnology is designed for applications that require fast, frequent charges of around 5 minutes or less.

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ZEP-RE and Planet Collaborate on Drought Insurance Program in Africa

Planet Pulse

Today, we announced an exciting new contract with ZEP-RE, a reinsurance company based in Nairobi, Kenya who will leverage our Basemaps products to enhance drought risk protection in the Horn of Africa (HOA)! ZEP-RE aims to utilize PlanetScope 3-5 meter resolution imagery through our analysis-ready, Surface Reflectance Basemaps products. Using pre-processed, Basemaps, we will deliver Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) time series data to measure vegetation health for an area of more th

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Solvay and Orbia to supply North American market with polyvinylidene fluoride Li-ion binder and separator coating

Charged

Solvay and Orbia have teamed up to produce suspension-grade polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) for the North American market. According to Orbia, demand is increasing for PVDF, a thermoplastic fluoropolymer used as a lithium-ion binder and separator coating in batteries. The Solvay-Orbia joint venture aims to fill a supply gap for this critical battery component.

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EES EUROPE AND INTERBATTERY COOPERATE: SOUTH KOREA TO PRESENT IN MUNICH

altenergymag

ees Europe, the largest and most international exhibition for batteries and energy storage systems in Europe, and InterBattery, South Korea's leading battery trade fair, have agreed to cooperate. For the first time, the South Korean battery industry will present itself with an "InterBattery Showcase" and a conference for battery cell manufacturers and automotive companies at ees Europe 2023 from June 14 – 16 in Munich.

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Flagship EU Farming Reforms in Peril as Lobbyists Exploit Ukraine War

DeSmogBlog

Europe’s leading farming lobby group Copa-Cogeca has used the war in Ukraine as a pretext to push back behind the scenes against flagship EU laws to protect nature, DeSmog can reveal. The meeting records reviewed by DeSmog are the latest evidence to emerge of a long-running effort by agribusiness lobby groups and pesticide firms to roll back rules aimed at safeguarding birds, bees, and butterflies.

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Kseng Solar successfully wraps the EnerGaïa Forum with its eye-catching solar racking solutions

altenergymag

December 7-8, EnerGaïa Forum, the major event for renewable energy professionals in France, was held as scheduled in Parc des Expositions de Montpellier, France. At the expo, Kseng Solar expands solar racking options with its latest solar racking solutions.

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The Week in Impact Investing: Proximity

Impact Alpha

TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? Ground up. Impact investors gathered at the Mission Investors Exchange conference in Baltimore this week to regroup and. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Proximity appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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MGE's Use of Solar and Battery Storage to Grow with Purchase of Darien Solar Energy Center

altenergymag

Approval to purchase a share of the Darien Solar Energy Center is latest step in advancing MGE's net-zero carbon electricity goal.

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Policy promoting climate finance

Energy Central

From FORESIGHT Climate & Energy, Watt Matters is a podcast all about the energy transition and the shift to a decarbonised economy. The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest climate and energy package in the history of the United States. It will unleash some $370 billion for energy and climate and touch every sector of the economy, from manufacturing to renewable energy.

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Best Metal Recycling Locations in Seattle

Living Green Technology

Best Metal Recycling Locations Near Seattle. Since the discovery of metals – supposed 5000 years BC – society has benefited from its helpful properties. In fact, the “Bronze Age”, as it was called, was a prolonged period during which humans learned to find, manipulate, and use metal to their advantage.

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Why Has LMS Considered the Best Option For Online Education?

U.S. Green Technology

Introduction A learning management system, or LMS for short, is a piece of educational software used in schools to create, implement, and deliver instructional programs. It is a forum for dialogue, learning, and communication between teachers and students on academic subjects. It has grown in popularity and variety for K–12 schools since the epidemic.