GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2021

For a clean, resilient grid, look to EV infrastructure. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 03/24/2021 - 00:30. Electric vehicle charging infrastructure could provide a major benefit — boosting both clean energy and resiliency — for the power grid. On Monday, automaker BMW and northern California utility PG&E announced a new expanded program that could help incentivize 3,000 BMW drivers to shift the charging of their vehicles to times of day when clean energy (namely solar power) is abundant.

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Jim Conca

MARCH 24, 2021

As of 3/20, VHA has delivered over 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been given to over 2 million veterans, VA employees, health care workers and support personnel, this out of about 9 million veterans enrolled in the VA health care programs and about 400,000 employees at the agency.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 24, 2021

Prepare for more drought in the West and flooding in the East, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's spring outlook report. Most of the western half of the country is already in moderate to exceptional drought conditions, which, unfortunately, is likely to expand into the most significant spring drought since 2013.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2021

Is TCFD a catalyst for transformational climate adaptation? Karl Schultz. Wed, 03/24/2021 - 01:00. This commentary is part of a series on emerging issues from Adaptation Leader. The Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), an initiative of the influential Financial Stability Board (FSB) , offers a framework for disclosure of climate risks.

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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.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 24, 2021

Named for former NBA star Earvin “Magic” Johnson in 1994 and known as the largest park in South Los Angeles, the 126-acre Magic Johnson Park has recently undergone a sustainable renovation.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 24, 2021

These smart freezer sensors help Domino's, 7-Eleven combat food waste. Jesse Klein. Wed, 03/24/2021 - 00:05. As director of operations for 11 Domino’s Pizzas in Colorado, Bill Oliver has a unique anxiety that rattles around his brain — that one morning his staff will open the store and head back to the freezer section to start the day’s orders only to find the dough, vegetables and meats sitting there unfrozen. .

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

Cruachan dam (image credit: Drax Group). Price floor should fill gap in ‘fragmented’ market. Report funded by Scottish Renewables, the British Hydropower Association, Buccleuch, CCSQ, Drax Group, Intelligent Land Investments Group, SSE Renewables. Vital electricity storage capacity needed to help the UK meet its net-zero target should be supported by an innovative funding mechanism, new research launched on 24 March appears to have found.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 24, 2021

Can Tomeu, a preserved historical site, has been renovated into a gorgeous off-grid home.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

A puffin on Skomer Island. Wales’ protected natural sites and vital wildlife habitats are getting a nearly £10 million boost, the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths has said today. The funding “will give a helping hand to some of Wales’ most loved species of animals and plants, as it seeks to support projects that improve Wales’ protected natural sites, from the Severn Estuary to the Llandegla Moors.” These sites are home to wildlife both iconic (ott

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Inhabitat - Innovation

MARCH 24, 2021

Illinois-based designer and builder Wil Fidroeff has been helping people build their own dome homes for the past 30 years.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

Electrical systems developer Thales and resource recovery firm Veolia have joined forces to create what is seemingly the first eco-designed SIM card made from recycled plastic. The use of recycled materials in a special industrial production process will eliminate the need for close to 5,000 metric tonnes of virgin plastic a year, says the partners, and will help to meet the ambitious sustainable development objectives of the Thales Group and the mobile phone operators that use its products.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 24, 2021

ImpactAlpha, March 24 – Field drones. Harvesting robots. Big Data-driven farm insights. Innovative technological applications in agriculture can have a profound impact on farmers’ The post African agtech is boosting yields, protecting resources and raising incomes appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Charged

MARCH 24, 2021

FLO, a Quebec-based charging network operator and EVSE provider, has added Greenlots to its list of roaming partners, giving users of its smartphone app access to an even greater number of public charging stations across the US and Canada. Los Angeles-based Greenlots , a subsidiary of oil giant Shell Group, has a large network of charging stations around the world, particularly in North America.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 24, 2021

The recent events at Danone have raised critical questions about the evolution of capitalism. Activist hedge funds, stating a concern for maximizing shareholder. The post Emmanual Faber’s ousting puts Danone on ‘impact watch’ 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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Charged

MARCH 24, 2021

Teijin and Applied Electric Vehicles (Applied EV) have developed a polycarbonate solar roof for future mobility applications. The new solar roof uses Teijin’s Panlite polycarbonate resin glazing for its surface, which is then molded into shape. Teijin says the material achieves the strength and rigidity required for vehicle roofs. Conventional polycarbonate resin must be specially processed to realize the level of weather resistance needed for long-term outdoor use.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 24, 2021

ImpactAlpha, March 24 — The Nature Conservancy has formed a partnership with iSelect Fund, an impact venture firm that invests mainly in agriculture. The post The Nature Conservancy is building a portfolio of agtech ventures to improve soil health appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Charged

MARCH 24, 2021

EV manufacturer Mullen Technologies has announced a strategic partnership making NexTech Batteries an EV battery supplier and partner for battery development and technologies. Mullen plans to produce more than 100,000 vehicles over 5 years using NexTech Li-S pouch format batteries. NexTech says its battery materials are fully recyclable, sustainable, readily available and inexpensive.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 24, 2021

The Greentown Labs community continues to grow and we’re excited to introduce you to the 16 climatetech startups that joined our Boston and Houston incubators in the first months of 2021! These groundbreaking members are working on solutions ranging from a screen that removes dust from solar panels, to reusable N95 respirators, to blockchain for ESG initiatives, and more.

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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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Charged

MARCH 24, 2021

HORIBA has announced the availability of STARS VETS, its vehicle emission test automation software for Windows 10. STARS VETS is part of the company’s STARS Automation platform. HORIBA says the platform ensures vehicle emission tests run smoothly and efficiently, with preloaded cycles, configuration data and results calculations for a wide range of regulatory standards.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 24, 2021

Photo by Sobrevolando Patagonia. The post Despite climate pledges, Goldman Sachs continues fracking finance appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

New figures show that significant improvements in carbon intensity have been made since 2012, although these have slowed in recent years. Total shipping industry emissions grew by almost 10 per cent from 2012 to 2018, accounting for 2.89 per cent of total global anthropogenic emissions, according to the fourth International Maritime Organisation (IMO) greenhouse gas study, the executive summary of which was published today.

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Bidgely

MARCH 24, 2021

Learn how Bidgely is helping leading utilities remain #FutureReady as we embark on our shared clean energy mission. Access curated resources and the latest videos. Leading, not Lagging: Winning Utilities Embrace Digital-First and AI-Driven Approaches to Power the Future. Historically, most analyses of digitalization trends and the role of AI within the energy sector have taken the position that utilities are lagging far behind other industries when it comes to digital transformation, and failing

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

Achieving net zero is crucial to the long-term success of our customers, our communities and our economy, writes NatWest Group chief executive Alison Rose. As we begin to emerge from the most challenging and disruptive period in recent memory, and as societies reopen and economies rebuild, leaders across the world are grappling with the same era-defining challenge; to ensure a more sustainable, resilient and greener path is forged.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 24, 2021

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO) funded development of the newly released Pumped Storage Hydropower Valuation Guidebook to advance the state-of-the-art in assessing the value of pumped storage hydropower (PSH) plants and their contributions to the power system. PSH is a valuable energy storage resource that provides many services and benefits for the operation of power systems, but determining the value of PSH plants and their various services and co

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 24, 2021

The world’s biggest banks have pumped a staggering $3.8 trillion into fossil fuel industries in the years since the Paris Agreement, a new report by an alliance of NGOs shows.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MARCH 24, 2021

May 27, 2021. 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT. Virtual Event. Register. A special members-only virtual happy hour where WCS members can meet each other, network, and learn about our new member portal. Come join WCS for a special members-only virtual happy hour! In this exclusive meet-a-member event, WCS members will have a chance to connect, network, and get to know other members.

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 24, 2021

At least one fifth (21%) of the world’s 2,000 largest public companies have committed to meet net zero targets, according to a new report called Taking Stock: A global assessment of net zero targets.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

But Ministers insist end to financial support for overseas fossil fuel energy projects, £16bn transition plan for North Sea, and climate compatibility test for new projects can put UK on track to net zero emissions. Environmental groups have responded angrily to the publication today of the government and industry-backed North Sea Transition Deal, arguing the refusal to rule out the possibility of a new wave of oil and gas exploration licenses and the failure to set a target for ending fossil fu

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 24, 2021

Musk says Tesla will not convert the cryptocurrency, boosting its $1.5 billion Bitcoin holding.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 24, 2021

EDP Renewables SA, through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA), and Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource, have executed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and a Build & Transfer Agreement (BTA) for two renewable energy projects in Indiana. The PPA will enable the construction of the 204-MW Indiana Crossroads II Wind Farm in White County.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

Business leaders from around the world provide perspectives on the impact economic downturn could have on corporate sustainability efforts in major Deloitte poll. A survey of hundreds of top business executives by consultancy giant Deloitte suggests the Covid-19 crisis could slow sustainability initiatives at companies around the world, despite climate change remaining a major concern within the overwhelming majority of organisations.

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Solar Power World

MARCH 24, 2021

By Charlie Knadler, CEO, EnerBank USA At the end of last year, Congress extended the renewable energy tax credit through the end of 2023. For solar projects that begin construction in 2021 and 2022, the tax credit will remain at 26%, and then decline to 22% for 2023. Until recently, 2021 was going to be a critical… The post How residential solar installers can take advantage of 2021’s perfect storm appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

VIDEO: Climate Bonds Initiative's Sean Kidney, LaFargeHolcim's Nicolas Vaniet, MSCI's Elisabeth Seep, and Ben Caldecott of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme discuss the trends, challenges and potential of the rapidly evolving green bonds market. The emergence of new bonds in support of the net zero transition has been one of the big stories of the past few years, with green finance issuance set to surge by 60 per cent in 2021.

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