GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A telework transition won't slash emissions unless we make car-free lifestyles viable. Hannah Budnitz. Tue, 10/20/2020 - 00:02. Even before the pandemic, the proportion of people working from home was slowly but steadily increasing. But COVID-19 has put the practice into hyperdrive. Down from an April peak of about 47 percent in the United Kingdom, recent reports suggest that 20 percent of those in employment still work exclusively from home, with many more continuing to do so at least some of t

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A proposed fusion reactor design by Commonwealth Fusion Systems has received a boost after its underlying scientific principles were validated by peer review. CFS, one of two fusion hopefuls that have attracted oil industry interest , published seven papers last month in the Journal of Plasma Physics that appeared to confirm that the company’s theoretical approach could yield real-life results, CEO Bob Mumgaard said in an interview.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Green groups urge UN to raise climate ambition on global shipping. Cecilia Keating. Tue, 10/20/2020 - 00:15. The global shipping industry's decarbonization efforts once again face stormy seas. Ahead of the latest crucial round of talks this week at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), green groups are warning proposals are "an empty shell" that will have a negligible impact on the sector's emissions.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A new report appears to reveal how and why businesses can and should become more sustainable – and fast. “ The Future of Workplace Sustainability Report ” explores how sustainability, climate change and COVID-19 are shaping the future of the workplace. Authored by environmental and sustainability expert Dr Leyla Acaroglu , and intranet provider Unily, the report appears to respond to a survey within its pages revealing that the vast majority of employees are concerned that thei

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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

OCTOBER 20, 2020

European aerospace corporation Airbus has unveiled three designs for the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircrafts that would rely on hydrogen as a primary power source.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Whether you are a well-established firm or a start-up, green business certification is a must for any company committed to the welfare of people and the planet. GBB’s forward-thinking certification program enhances your credibility and paves the way for long-term positive impact and rewards. This step-by-step guide shows you how to get started on your company’s green certification journey. .

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Over the past half-decade, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has consistently won court battles upholding its authority over states to set the rules for how distributed energy resources can play in wholesale energy markets. Now FERC is being asked to put that authority to a new use: ending a decade-old provision allowing individual states to opt out of letting demand response companies enlist customers to turn down their energy use to support the power grid.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A new study uses coral fossils to analyze carbon dioxide and its role on changes in climate.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2020

As part of an urgent programme to safeguard China’s food security, president Xi Jinping recently launched ‘operation empty plate’ – an initiative to minimise food waste. The writer of this piece spoke to Philip Simpson, commercial director at ReFood, about whether we face similar issues closer to home and what lessons can be learnt. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, increasing reliance on imports, devastating floods and rising tensions with the US, food shortages are becoming a real possibility acr

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Solar Power World

OCTOBER 20, 2020

By Allison Ruedig, freelance copywriter, Aurora Solar Could selling battery storage be the key to growing your solar installation business? Several industry leaders think so. In July, Aurora hosted its first ever virtual summit dedicated to navigating the unique challenges and possible opportunities amid COVID-19. One of the most popular sessions of the summit was Charging… The post 4 experts share their insights on the future of solar + storage appeared first on Solar Power World.

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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

OCTOBER 20, 2020

App aims to help organisations take a more sustainable approach to IT hardware purchasing. An app that helps organisations take a sustainable, 360 degree approach to IT, from first hardware purchase through to its end-of-life has been launched by Stone Group, a UK ICT solutions provider. The Stone 360 app is said to help organisations manage the entire lifecycle of their IT assets, “in just a few easy clicks.” Via the app, organisations can arrange collection of their redundant IT eq

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Bronx 1 features energy-efficient updates to existing buildings plus eco-friendly new structures and a curriculum focused on sustainability.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Business ownership and entrepreneurship are some of the best tools we have to grow the wealth of Black communities. “The median net worth for Black business owners is 12 times higher than Black nonbusiness owners,” regardless of their level of wealth before beginning a business, according to an AEO report. If Black businesses were fully. The post Path to 15|55 has $100 million in commitments to grow Black businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The Sage Collection combines visual appeal, functionality and sustainability to withstand the test of time.

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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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Forbes Green Tech

OCTOBER 20, 2020

London-based Arrival is preparing to build battery-powered vans and buses at flexible $50 million “microfactories.” It’s lined up orders worth half a billion dollars and is backed by BlackRock, Hyundai and UPS, but has to prove smartphone-inspired manufacturing beats big auto plants.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching effects on not only human health, but also economic impacts around the world due to the severe disruption of our daily lives. Individuals in regions where smallholder farms comprise most of the agricultural production sector, such as many sub-Saharan African countries, are at greater risk of economic and food insecurity due to disruptions to supply chains and local food markets.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Netflix and Goldman Sachs are in vastly different businesses, but in formulating their responses to the racial crisis facing America, these corporations came to a similar conclusion: both bet big on Black-controlled financial institutions. Other corporations should follow their example. Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) and Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) led and owned by Black.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2020

More than 40 backbenchers and Lords call for new climate plan in line with CCC's recommendations backed by strong diplomatic resources to ensure successful COP26. The UK's departure from the EU provides an opportunity to establish a "much more" ambitious climate target for 2030 that aligns with its longer-term statutory goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050, Conservative backbenchers have told the government.

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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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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 20, 2020

ImpactAlpha, October 20 – Two new funds aim to streamline pay-for-success (sometimes called social impact bonds) and make it easier for nonprofits to raise impact capital to run and expand their programs. Impact investing advisor NPX structured place-based funds for the San Francisco Bay Area and Colorado to be payors to nonprofit organizations once their.

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Charged

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Norwegian silicon specialist Elkem has received 10 million Norwegian Kroner (about $1.1 million) in financial support from Enova, a Norwegian government enterprise that supports the development of clean energy technology. The company will use the funds for initial planning of a large-scale battery materials plant. Elkem’s Northern Recharge project aims to supply the fast-growing battery industry, while making the production process greener, with lower CO 2 emissions.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Health costs incurred as a result of air pollution are collectively higher in London than any other city in Europe, according to study that quantifies how much money European city dwellers spend due to particulate matter, NO2, and ozone. The average London resident spends roughly €1,294 a year on various health costs incurred due to air pollution, coughing up marginally more money due to toxic air than the average European city resident, a major study published this morning reveals.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 20, 2020

ImpactAlpha, October 20 – Early-stage fundraising is difficult. Finding mission-aligned growth capital can be just as hard. Most of the few impact-oriented private equity funds have come from private equity giants like KKR, Bain and TPG. Chicago-based Impact Engine is aiming to expand the supply of growth-stage impact capital by investing in new managers of.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2020

While the most affluent London boroughs have more electric vehicle charge points, most Uber drivers live in less affluent boroughs, the ride-hailing giant said. Uber plans to invest more than £5m in rolling out public electric vehicle (EV) charging in London's less affluent areas, in a bid to encouarge more drivers to make switch to zero emissions vehicles, it announced today.

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Washington D.C. – The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) today issued the following statement after leaders in the U.S.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Offtake agreement will see green energy provider purchase renewable obligation certificates from solar projects backed by asset manager Armstrong Capital. Green energy provider Ecotricity has signed an offtake agreement that will see it purchase Renewable Obligation Certificates linked to a portfolio of operational solar projects owned by UK energy company Solar Growth Limited for 15 years.

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Two thirds of global automotive fleet will remain gasoline-powered in 2050, IHS Markit Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin says

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Forbes Green Tech

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The purpose of the battery management system is to track and manage the flow of energy into and out of the battery pack and estimate its state of charge. NXP is providing the BMS for VW's MEB-platform EVs.

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 20, 2020

ImpactAlpha, Oct. 20 – Investors and advocates are increasing their focus on Black and Brown-owned businesses, which even before COVID struggled to access capital and since have been hit disproportionately hard. Solving capital access gaps for founders of color can accelerate job growth and help close racial wealth gaps while adding billions to the U.S.

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Aggreko’s solutions allow oil and gas operators to repurpose this gas to provide power for their operations, saving money on fuel costs and reducing their net carbon emissions.

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Forbes Green Tech

OCTOBER 20, 2020

In the warmer parts of the world, life would be unbearable without air conditioning. But a new study from the University of Oxford reveals some startling insights into a crisis waiting to happen, and an opportunity to tackle global inequality.

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Interconnection with EU nations, regardless of trading arrangements post-Brexit, will continue to play a pivotal role in driving wholesale power prices and system flexibility in the future. Modelling of the GB and EU markets by Cornwall Insight shows that increased interconnection through the 2020s and 2030s could provide a route for excess offshore wind power in GB to be consumed elsewhere in Europe.

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Charged

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Battery electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles have unique marketplaces. Electric vehicles that must minimize weight (e.g. heavy duty trucks and airplanes) consider fuel cells as a primary power source for electrification, as they reduce the significant battery weight associated with battery electric vehicles. Engineers are continuing to develop new fuel cell designs for vehicles.

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 20, 2020

- Transparency around wind turbine fires is key for industry to demonstrate improved safety record - New report suggests that without reliable industry-wide data, wind farm owners and operators will lack the baseline necessary to assess and update best practice

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