GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

An inside look at pricing in the forest carbon market. Wilder Person. Tue, 03/02/2021 - 00:05. On June 23, Amazon commenced its $2 billion Climate Pledge Fund to further endeavors to become net-zero by 2040. In January 2020, Microsoft committed to invest $1 billion over the next four years as part of their Climate Innovation Fund. And on July 21, Apple committed to become 100 percent carbon neutral across its entire business, supply chain and product life cycle by 2030. .

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

(Image credit: Parilov/Shutterstock.com). Team Portables, a consortium for lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) recycling incentivization, has received Phase II funding from the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize. The initiative “Closing the loop on portable lithium-ion batteries” aims to help the DoE capture 90% of all discarded or spent lithium-based batteries in the US for eventual recovery of key materials for a sustainable re-introduction into the supply chain.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 2, 2021

Why the ESG bandwagon must embrace adaptation. Peter A. Soyka. Tue, 03/02/2021 - 02:00. With the explosive growth of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing in recent years, it appears that we may be at or approaching an inflection point. As ESG investing becomes ever more prominent, it may be timely to ask whether, as currently practiced, it considers all issues of material importance to investors.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 2, 2021

Manatee mortality in Florida has shot up this year, with 358 recorded deaths in January and February. Last year, the first two months had a combined total of 143 deaths — less than half this year's current toll. Conservationists worry that the manatees are starving to death.

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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.

Energy

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

New analysis estimates that of the 100,000 new jobs the government promised through the scheme, just 14,500 have been created to date. The union body says that more than 8,000 of those jobs could be lost because of a government funding cut of more than £1bn. The TUC is calling for government to reverse its plan to cut the programme in a time of rising unemployment, and deliver a green jobs drive in the Budget.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 2, 2021

A private residence in San Anselmo, California has received a green renovation with some unique features. Designers from Pfau Long Architecture expanded the space to 2,800 feet to help this project stick out from the rest, complete with sustainable solar power and recycled denim insulation.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 2, 2021

The award-winning Columbia Building successfully meets its design targets with an attractive green roof and a visible stormwater management system.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 2, 2021

The Playbook for Becoming a Sustainable Business. If your company is working toward becoming a more sustainable company, you need a strategy, plan and roadmap. There are ten steps we’ve defined at Green Business Bureau to gear your company’s purpose, culture, focus and actions towards sustainability. The steps below were summarized in Executive Guide for Becoming a Sustainable Business – Step 1.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 2, 2021

By using hydropower with its existing ammonia plant, Norway’s Yara is about to manufacture green ammonia commercially

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altenergymag

MARCH 2, 2021

Two independent solar companies have joined forces in a strategic alliance to better position both companies for future growth in residential and commercial solar installations.

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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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Grist

MARCH 2, 2021

When Weatherly Oil and Gas filed for bankruptcy in February 2019, the company was walking away from several hundred Texas wells. Many hadn’t produced a drop of oil in years. Companies are legally required to “plug” wells that they’re no longer using to extract oil and gas by pouring concrete into all their openings and cracks; this prevents them from leaking fossil fuels or harmful pollutants into the air and water sources nearby.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 2, 2021

A new, luxury apartment complex on the Upper West Side meets the stringent Passive House standards.

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altenergymag

MARCH 2, 2021

Leading Brazilian EPC Andrade Gutierrez to build 830 MW Janaúba PV plant in state of Minas Gerais using NX Horizon™ bifacial optimized solution

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 2, 2021

ImpactAlpha, Mar. 2 – Chevron’s venture arm has launched a $300 million low-carbon tech fund. Future Energy Fund II is the oil and gas. The post Chevron’s venture arm stands up $300 million low-carbon tech fund appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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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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altenergymag

MARCH 2, 2021

According to the research report, the global electric vehicles market in 2019 surpassed USD 140 Billion. The market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 22% and is anticipated to reach around USD 700 Billion by 2026.

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Charged

MARCH 2, 2021

Volvo became the latest automaker to announce a phaseout of fossil-fuel vehicles, and it did so with a stronger statement than GM , Ford and Jaguar have done. No “aspirations,” no plug-in hybrids, no exceptions for profitable models, and no geographic carve-outs: “Volvo Cars is committed to becoming a leader in the fast-growing premium electric car market and plans to become a fully electric car company by 2030.”.

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altenergymag

MARCH 2, 2021

Currently, hydroelectric power is the largest source of renewable energy in the U.S. Moreover, it is responsible for around 7% of the total energy production in the country. Apart from the U.S., China is the world's largest producer of hydroelectric energy, which includes the world's largest power station that produces more than 15% of the country's total energy.

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Charged

MARCH 2, 2021

Magna has broken ground on a new manufacturing facility in St. Clair, Michigan, that will build battery enclosures for the upcoming 2022 GMC Hummer EV. Construction of the 345,000-square-foot facility, named Magna Electric Vehicle Structures, represents an investment of over $70 million. The new plant is expected to bring more than 300 jobs to the city of St.

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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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altenergymag

MARCH 2, 2021

The O-AMPP program will enable RE2 to apply its outdoor, autonomous robotic technology, which uses state-of-the-art computer vision and machine-learning techniques, to the solar construction industry. RE2’s mobile robotic arm capability will be optimized to support the transfer, manipulation, and placement of photovoltaic (PV) modules to enhance the process for solar field assembly.

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Charged

MARCH 2, 2021

Although silicon anodes could greatly boost the capacity of Li-ion batteries, their performance rapidly degrades with use. Polymeric coatings can help solve this problem, but few studies have explored the underlying mechanisms. In a recent study , scientists from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) investigated how a poly(borosiloxane) (PBS) coating stabilizes the capacity of silicon anodes.

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altenergymag

MARCH 2, 2021

3megawatt is pleased to welcome Energy Support Services (ESS) to its partnership network of asset management service providers for the renewable energy industry. ESS is an O&M and Asset Management company dedicated to safely protecting and preserving solar investments.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 2, 2021

ImpactAlpha, Mar. 2 – An experiment is going on inside Apollo Global Management and other major private-equity firms that are dipping their toes into. The post Private equity giant Apollo Global invites agents of impact inside appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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altenergymag

MARCH 2, 2021

Sunverge's advanced platform integrated with Panasonic's EverVolt energy storage system provides customers and utilities with advanced consumer, grid and market services

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 2, 2021

ImpactAlpha, March 2 — Revenue-based financing investment firm Founders First Capital Partners invests in underfunded and underrepresented small businesses across the U.S. The. The post Founders First scores $9 million to deploy revenue-based finance to diverse founders appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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altenergymag

MARCH 2, 2021

Large in person events in 2021 remain a big question mark. With this series, solar and storage workers can ensure their businesses are in the know on the latest technologies and offerings all without spending a penny or traveling across the country.

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Greenability Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

Meet the native plant experts who can help you get your garden started, and find the plants you need at the Native Plants: Ask the Experts Expo on Saturday, March 13. This free outdoor event features educational stations with native plant and landscape design experts and a native plant sale. Naturalists at the Burr Oak Woods Conservation Nature Center will show participants how to save time and money while creating wildlife habitat with native plants.

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altenergymag

MARCH 2, 2021

Guest blog by Volker Schulte, Senior Industry Expert at Triton Partners and Advisory Board member of IPG, on how recent events in Texas highlight the true value of grid resilience and flexibility.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 2, 2021

Over the past ten years, vocabulary moved from ‘global warming’ to ‘climate change’ to ‘climate crisis.’. On March 1, BayWa r.e. launched its new “Decade That Matters” report, a deep dive into online climate discussions over the past 10 years and what these may tell us about where we are heading over the next 10 years. The report highlights how attitudes to the environment have shifted, how discourse was becoming more urgent and how Covid-19 has affected the global online climate conversation.

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Charged

MARCH 2, 2021

Portuguese charger manufacturer Efacec Power Solutions recently presented several new products and upgrades to existing lines. Efacec’s Level 2 Public Charger offers power levels from 11 kVA to 22 kVA, the ability to charge two EVs at once, smart charging features, over-the-air software updates, and optional payment terminal integration. With the latest generation, the company has made the user interface simpler and more intuitive, and has simplified maintenance access.

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 2, 2021

After ice formed on many wind turbines in Texas and caused them to shut down, it raised questions about whether that source of power could have kept running with the right modifications. Is keeping the turbines spinning in severe winter weather a cost-effective way to bolster the grid.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 2, 2021

ImpactAlpha, March 2 — Edtech firm Newsela offers 14,000 classroom-ready texts in partnership with over 175 publishing companies, including the Associated Press, National. The post Newsela raises $100 million to bring daily news to K-12 classrooms appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 2, 2021

Evolugen, the Canadian operating business of Brookfield Renewable, and Gazifère Inc., an Enbridge company, announced a green hydrogen project for injection into a natural gas distribution network in Quebec, Canada, to be powered by hydro. The Quebec-based companies, as part of a collaboration formed to advance the development and use of green hydrogen, announced plans to build and operate an about 20-MW water electrolysis hydrogen production plant in the Outaouais region.

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Greenability Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

Watch the latest films on environmental social justice, waste, recycling, clean energy and food, including Kiss the Ground , at the free virtual One Earth Film Festival from March 5 – 14. The One Earth Film Festival will feature: Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth (Ages 3 to 10+) , 11 a.m. CST, Saturday, March 6. Gather: The Fight to Revitalize Our Native Foodways , 3 p.m.

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