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4 carbontech companies making products from thin air

GreenBiz

From feedstock to fuel to flooring, these businesses are turning excess carbon dioxide into value and profit.

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Designers made this pavilion out of upcycled paper waste

Inhabitat - Innovation

Originally created for the Copenhagen Art Fair to showcase a new sustainable method of design, the Paper Pavilion is made out of upcycled paper collected from the city itself. The art fair, in its fifth season, had a specific focus on pavilion designs that spotlighted sustainable construction, urbanization and recycling. The pavilion was created by PAN-PROJECTS, an architect firm based in Denmark run by two Japanese architects.

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BlackRock and Ellen MacArthur Foundation launch circular economy fund

GreenBiz

The asset manager plans to explore how investment flows can drive the circular economy.

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The Caribbean Shows the Way to a Renewable Future

GreenTechMedia

In just a few short years, the focus at the annual Caribbean Electric Utility Services Corporation conference has shifted from issues around producing electricity from thermal capacity — usually oil — to what blend of renewable options are the best path forward. It is not just a theoretical question for the future, says Risto Paldanius, director of business development for Wärtsilä’s Energy Storage and Optimization, business unit, and a long-time attendee of the confe

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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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Want the real deal for a New Deal on climate? Look to the states

GreenBiz

These leading states are setting legally binding, economy-wide, greenhouse gas emissions targets.

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How to Boost Your Career in Construction

The Environmental Blog

The construction industry is a popular, ever-growing field, and with more young people than ever before opting to learn a trade in favor of attending college and earning a degree, the competition is getting fiercer. If you’ve decided to make your career in the construction industry, then you’ll be glad to hear that it’s a sector where employees tend to be happier compared to various others.

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Climate change is forcing major airports to future-proof against rising sea levels and floods

Inhabitat - Innovation

To mitigate against the risks of sea level rise and consequential flooding, many airports across the country and internationally have had to invest in protective countermeasures.

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How to use mental time travel and forethought to navigate our climate futures

GreenBiz

Forethought can be a useful tool in saving ourselves and the planet.

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A striking new gateway to Copenhagen celebrates green transit and Danish design

Inhabitat - Innovation

Earlier this summer, Copenhagen officially opened Køge Nord Station, a stunning new transportation landmark that raises the bar for beautiful urban infrastructure.

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Can Solar and Batteries Outlast an Extended Power Outage?

GreenTechMedia

Even by the standards of the generally well-informed clean energy customers in California's Bay Area, Todd Karin is a savvy one. Karin works as a postdoctoral researcher in the energy storage and distributed resources division at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Last year, he chose to add solar and storage to his home, first buying an array of Panasonic panels and then adding a Tesla Powerwall a few months later.

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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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Celebrate the second International E-Waste Day

Inhabitat - Innovation

The day is meant to raise awareness for proper disposal of electrical equipment and electronic devices worldwide.

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Duke Energy to Build Its First Large Battery in South Carolina

GreenTechMedia

Duke Energy has promised major investment in energy storage for its Carolina territory. It took another step toward substantiating that promise by designing a battery project to back up a South Carolina community center. The 5 megawatt/5 megawatt-hour project, announced Monday, does not stand out among the much larger projects underway elsewhere in the country.

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Stunning green-roofed home in Poland is embedded into the idyllic landscape

Inhabitat - Innovation

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10 Countries Moving Toward a Green Hydrogen Economy

GreenTechMedia

Air Liquide had a special gift for the U.S. on the little-known National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day this month: The French industrial giant announced plans to make renewably produced liquid hydrogen at an upcoming plant near Las Vegas. The company said its facility will have a production capacity of 30 tons of liquid hydrogen a day. Most of this would be destined for California, where there are plans for 200 hydrogen filling stations by 2025, Air Liquide said.

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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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Porsche announces base version of Taycan EV

Charged

As anticipation builds for Porsche’s upcoming Taycan EV , the company has announced a third, entry-level version. The Taycan 4S will be available with two battery sizes: the Performance Battery, with total capacity of 79.2 kWh and power of up to 522 hp (390 kW); and the Performance Battery Plus, with 93.4 kWh and 563 hp (420 kW). All Taycan variants feature two permanently excited (Wow!

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Renewable Power Topped Fossil Fuels in UK During Q3

GreenTechMedia

Renewable energy sources generated more electricity than fossil fuels in the U.K. for the whole of the third quarter, the first time that has happened, according to research by the Carbon Brief. Chunky capacity additions, largely from offshore wind, alongside a spate of coal plant closures and an overall decrease in demand have all accelerated the trend.

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Electrify America launches Level 2 home charger

Charged

Electrify America has launched its first level 2 home charger. The charger features charging power of up to 7.6 kW. It comes with a standard NEMA 14-50 supply power plug, colored lighting to indicate charge status, Wi-Fi connectivity, and a three-year warranty. Electrify America also aims to add a home charging section to its mobile app. Nina Huesgen, Senior Manager of L2 Operations & Program Management at Electrify America, said, “We recognize that many of today’s EV drivers do more t

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Introducing Planet Orbit: Planet’s New Partner Program

Planet Pulse

Today we’re happy to announce the launch of Planet Orbit—Planet’s new partner program—which provides customers with a trusted partner ecosystem and unique data set. The program allows partners to gain access to geospatial data not otherwise available in the commercial market, create powerful solutions and differentiate their business. “Planet is positioned to transform a variety of industries through our unique dataset, providing insights to our customers at a speed never before possible,” says

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New front in the war against EVs: ferreting out erroneous tax credit claims

Charged

Governments often use selective law enforcement to blunt the effects of unwanted policies instituted by previous administrations. Is this what’s going on with an audit of federal EV tax credit claims? The Wall Street Journal reports that the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), an arm of the Treasury Department and thus of the executive branch, has been investigating taxpayers who claimed the federal plug-in vehicle tax credit, and has found some $74 million worth of undese

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Suntrace and BayWa r.e. support B2Gold in implementing the Fekola Solar Project

altenergymag

Suntrace and BayWa r.e. were selected to support B2Gold during implemention of the project as solar experts, providing all relevant technical expertise, such as detailed engineering, procurement support and support during construction and commissioning until completion of the project.

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Is the honeymoon over for Tesla and Panasonic?

Charged

The relationship between Tesla and Panasonic has been a rocky one from the start. When Gigafactory 1 was in the planning stages, the Japanese giant waffled about how much it planned to invest, causing TSLA stock to gyrate. Panasonic doesn’t seem to have prospered from the partnership – the conglomerate’s battery unit is reported to be losing money, and its stock price has been on a downward trend since mid-2018.

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REC Group Kicks Off Mass Production of Its Ground-breaking Alpha Module in Singapore

altenergymag

REC Group's Alpha Series with HJT technology and a patented panel design rolls off the lines on October 10 at the manufacturing site in Singapore. Being the highest power 60-cell module, this marks a significant step for REC and the whole solar industry. With the Alpha, REC once again demonstrates its commitment to empower consumers with clean solar energy through innovative high-performance products.

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Queen's Speech: Government promises to tackle plastics, air quality and habitat damage in Environment Bill

Business Green

Long-awaited legislation expected to be published shortly, as government puts environment and climate change concerns centre stage in Queen's Speech.

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A Look at FERC’s Proposed PURPA Fixes [GTM Squared]

GreenTechMedia

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Good Energy launches EV charging offer for business

Business Green

One Point to offer 'streamlined' workplace charging installs, just months after green electricity provider snapped up a stake in EV charge map Zap Map.

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How This Founder Grew A Moonshot Project At Google X Into A Million-Dollar Geothermal Business

Forbes Green Tech

Kathy Hannun, Co-Founder and CEO of Dandelion Energy, shares Dandelion Energy's organizational journey from the idea stage to where it is now as a geothermal company worth millions.

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Green grid: UK renewables outstrip fossil fuels for electricity production for first time

Business Green

New Carbon Brief analysis reveals in third quarter of 2019 renewables generate more electricity than oil, gas and coal.

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New $104K Porsche Taycan Looks Nice But Is No 'Tesla Killer'

Forbes Green Tech

Porsche has released an electric Taycan at a lower price that people will compare to a Tesla Model S.

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FAO: Between harvest and retail, 14 per cent of food is wasted

Business Green

Fruit and vegetables the most vulnerable to food waste at all stages of the supply chain across rich and poor countries, according to UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation.

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Why Internet Shopping Isn’t Always Better For the Environment

Forbes Green Tech

Online shopping is big business - worth $1.8 billion in sales last year alone. But it generates big emissions - and it isn't just because of the fossil fuels used in home delivery vehicles.

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Government tables 'groundbreaking' Environment Bill

Business Green

Long-awaited legislation to deliver new environmental regulator and legally binding green targets.

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Book Review: Ruined by Design by Mike Monteiro

Terra Infirma

In 1996, I visited the Auschwitz/Birkenau death camps in Poland. I was in two minds about going, with a nagging feeling that I was indulging in genocide tourism, but came to the conclusion that I really should face up to one of the most horrific passages in human history. And it did really affect me – the gas chambers, the piles of false limbs, and that grimly iconic Birkenau gatehouse with rails still running through it – the journey to doom for so many.

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Schools and hospitals should offer plant-based dishes to cut emissions, says climate watchdog

Business Green

CCC report on behaviour change needed to hit net zero goal also calls for a frequent flier levy and scrapping of air miles schemes.

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Celebrating Oxymorons: Canadian Thanksgiving and Columbus Day

Green Market Oracle

Although they co-occur, in many respects Columbus Day and Canadian Thanksgiving are diametrically opposed to each other. While Canadian Thanksgiving is a harvest festival celebrating nature's bounty, Columbus Day marks the start of our systematic destruction of the new world. Monday October 8th is Canadian Thanksgiving, a time to be grateful, it is also Columbus day in most parts of the new world.