Wed.Jul 21, 2021

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GM scales up EV fleet support infrastructure

GreenBiz

GM scales up EV fleet support infrastructure. Liz Morrison. Wed, 07/21/2021 - 02:00. Electrifying delivery vehicles is no longer a race predominantly amongst startups. In the past year, big-name OEMs have revealed plans for an entire lineup of new battery-electric commercial vehicles — ranging from Ford’s unveiling of the 2022 E-Transit to Mercedes-Benz’s announcement that eSprinter is heading to the U.S. market.

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RHS Hilltop opens its wings to the study of horticulture

Inhabitat - Innovation

The widely respected Royal Horticultural Society is getting a promotion, coming out from the shadows and into the forefront of horticultural science. The U.K.'s first dedicated garden science hub is opening at the RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey, which will showcase educational opportunities and scientific work in the field of horticulture.

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The M&A Turf Battle Over Wind, Solar and Storage Projects

GreenTechMedia

In March of 2020, Covid shut down economies, closed off supply chains, and sent unemployment to historic levels. No one knew what would come next for energy. Oil prices went into negative territory. Industrial electricity use plummeted. Residential demand shot up. And there were big pipelines of renewable energy projects waiting to get built. “I think we were all a little bit nervous about how COVID was going to affect all of the deal flow in the market,” says Britta von Oesen, a man

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This vineyard suite is tucked into a Tuscan UNESCO world heritage site

Inhabitat - Innovation

The first unit of luxury vineyard suite Casa Ojalá was recently unveiled in the hills of Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco in Val d’Orcia, Italy, part of a UNESCO world heritage site.

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Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization

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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Solarwatt Glass-Glass panels power a new generation of learning for Essex school pupils in renewable energy scheme

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Solarwatt, a leading German manufacturer of complete photovoltaic (PV) systems and the European market leader in Glass-Glass solar panels, is helping schools in Essex cut their utility bills and lower their carbon emissions.

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Minka Solar Pods provide versatile off-grid work or chat hubs

Inhabitat - Innovation

Duffy London understands the need for comfortable and functional gathering spots with off-grid functionality.

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Cloudy Courtyard is crystal clear in its historical inspiration

Inhabitat - Innovation

The best architecture tells a story.

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Siemens and German utility to develop giant Li-Ion battery project

Renewable Energy World

The need to ensure renewable energy resources can meet baseload power demand is intensifying the race for giant battery storage systems across Europe. Siemens Smart Infrastructure and German grid operator Zukunftsenergie Nordostbayern GmbH are the latest companies to join the race to improve battery storage, by planning to develop a 100-MW lithium-ion battery storage facility in the town of Wunsiedel.

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Native-led organizations join forces to accelerate entrepreneurship in Indian Country

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, July 21 – U.S. tribal lands are among the hardest places in the world to do business, with entrepreneurs struggling to access. The post Native-led organizations join forces to accelerate entrepreneurship in Indian Country appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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INTERSOLAR AWARD 2021: WINNERS PRESENT PIONEERING SOLAR TECHNOLOGY

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The ceremony for the solar industry’s flagship award was held online as part of The smarter E Industry Days from July 21 to 23, 2021, when the ees AWARD and The smarter E AWARD innovation prizes were presented too. Lots of the winners and finalists will be showcasing their innovations at The smarter E Restart 2021 at Messe München from October 6 to 8.

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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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New Jersey developer steps up to fill state’s void of trained solar workers

Solar Power World

When the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities announced a three-year community solar pilot program in 2019, many local installers scrambled to grab a piece of the initial 75-MW allotment. When another 300 MW opened up to be awarded over the next two years, an issue became apparent: There weren’t enough trained solar workers to… The post New Jersey developer steps up to fill state’s void of trained solar workers appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Clenergy Releases High Value-added Solar Fencing Solution

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PV-ezRack® by Clenergy has recently unveiled its new Shield Series, dubbed SteelFarm. SteelFarm is an innovative high value-added fencing solution suitable for the building & construction industry, and also can be used for PV installations in solar plants, gardens, farms, etc.

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Cities face charging challenges as they electrify refuse truck fleets

Charged

For the past few years, the glamorous WasteExpo trade show has featured presentations and discussions of battery-electric trucks. Transport Dive reports that this year, there were several models on display, and one available for test drives. Manufacturers of electric refuse trucks at the show included Peterbilt, Battle Motors and Rubicon. Various cities around the world have announced plans to convert their refuse truck fleets to EVs.

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THE SMARTER E AWARD 2021: WINNERS ANNOUNCED

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The award ceremony was held online as part of The smarter E Industry Days from July 21 to 23, 2021, when the Intersolar AWARD and ees AWARD innovation prizes were presented too. Lots of the winners and finalists will be showcasing their innovations at The smarter E Europe Restart 2021 at Messe München from October 6 to 8.

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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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TED Talk: Women and Girls, You are Part of the Climate Solution

Sustainability Consulting

Everyone loves a good TED Talk, here’s one of our favorites: Educating and empowering women and girls is one of the most important things we can do to confront carbon pollution and could result in a reduction of 80 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions says Omani scientist, activist, and athlete Rumaithat Al Busaidi in her compelling TED Talk. Most people think of technological or political solutions to climate change but the way our societies are structured, who has power and who does not, can have

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Palmetto Launches Instant Proposal for Residential Solar Customers

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Provides Accurate, Instant Assessment of Solar Viability and Savings Through Proprietary Data

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Enel Green Power grows US portfolio with 450MW solar+storage

Renewable Energy World

Enel Green Power North America has acquired a 3.2GW solar portfolio, including 450MW solar-plus-storage projects, from Dakota Renewable Energy. The portfolio comprises 24 projects in the development stage, will be located in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and Western United States and are planned for commercial operation beginning in 2023. “While momentum continues to build for clean energy in the United States, we are accelerating our own growth plans by adding this substantial portfolio of solar pr

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LG PLEDGES TRANSITION TO 100 PERCENT RENEWABLE ENERGY BY 2050

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Commitment Expands on Zero Carbon 2030 Initiative

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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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Vantage Capital raises $207 million in mezzanine debt for African businesses

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, July 21 — The Johannesburg-based firm will provide non-dilutive financing for mid-sized African businesses “that would otherwise struggle to access capital through. The post Vantage Capital raises $207 million in mezzanine debt for African businesses appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Green Science Alliance Has Developed Quantum Dot Solar Cell with Printing Procedure

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Mr. Hirohisa Iwabayashi and Dr. Ryohei Mori at Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd. have developed a dry type quantum dot solar cell with printing procedure.

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Florida solar installer continues to work through the storms, pandemic and a tornado

Solar Power World

December 16, 2020, was already an atypical day of year-end operations for Florida-based contractor Solar Source (No. 209 on the 2021 Top Solar Contractors list). The company was rounding out the year of adapting to installing solar in a global pandemic, which resulted in steady sales in pool and water heating and a slight decrease… The post Florida solar installer continues to work through the storms, pandemic and a tornado appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Remote Medical International Launches RMI Access™ Telemedicine and Case Management For Industrial Environment Across the United States

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Expanded physician network and telemedicine programs deliver exceptional healthcare to the worksite, virtually saving costs and improving patient outcomes.

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Petroleum Engineer Turned Climatetech Founder’s Take On the Energy Transition: ‘All I See is Opportunity’

Greentown Labs

In college, Patricia Vega ’s professors told her the same thing again and again: as a woman and a mother, there was no place for her in petroleum engineering. That repeated discouragement, Vega says, only made her more determined to “be part of the change.” She persevered through college while running a chocolate business to support her family, and went on to spend 25 years in the energy industry, working her way from a drilling engineer at bp to various positions at Schlumberger, Baker Hughes,

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SMA launches an expanded feature-set for the Sunny Tripower CORE1

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SMA America brings new, innovative solutions to commercial PV customers

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How to Create a Sustainable Garden in Your Retirement 

Green Living Guy

The battle to become more environmentally conscious is becoming increasingly important. Therefore, practicing sustainability is a great way to do your bit about climate change. Creating a sustainable garden simply means you are using responsible gardening practices that don’t cause harm to the environment, whilst simultaneously trying to help it thrive.

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Introducing the First Round of Explore 2021 Keynote Speakers

Planet Pulse

Explore 2021 is all about building connections across sectors and geographies to find solutions to pressing global challenges, and this year you will hear straight from the leaders and organizations reimagining how we drive economic growth, improve human livelihoods, and steward the environment. Introducing the first three members of our keynote speaker lineup!

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The Brief: Accelerating Native entrepreneurship, managing zero-carbon grids, mezzanine debt for Africa, building renter credit, catalyzing climate capital

Impact Alpha

Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Inclusive Economy Native-led organizations join forces to accelerate entrepreneurship in Indian Country. U.S. tribal lands are among the. The post The Brief: Accelerating Native entrepreneurship, managing zero-carbon grids, mezzanine debt for Africa, building renter credit, catalyzing climate capital appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund and Greentown Labs Collaborate to Scale Climatetech Solutions

Greentown Labs

The Fund will engage directly with the incubator’s climatetech startups to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon economy. Somerville, Mass., July 21, 2021 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, today announced Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund has joined its growing network of industry-leading organizations committed to climate action and innovation.

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Camus Energy secures $16 million to help utilities manage low-carbon electric grids

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, July 21 — The San Francisco startup, launched by ex-Google engineers, uses AI- and machine learning to help local utilities and energy. The post Camus Energy secures $16 million to help utilities manage low-carbon electric grids appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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World on ‘Borrowed Time’ as Celebs Urge MPs to Pass Climate Emergency Bill

DeSmogBlog

Celebrities have joined scientists and cross-party politicians in calling for the UK government to pass a “crucial” bill to meet international climate targets. Former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and broadcaster Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are among the thousands to back the Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) bill through a “ Zero Hour ” campaign launched this week.

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Solar installer leans on community generosity to make nonprofit dream come true

Solar Power World

Carlson Electric operates in one of the more frigid markets in the country, installing solar in Northwest Wisconsin and just over the border into Northeast Minnesota. The heavily rural community isn’t a burgeoning market and requires some creativity when working with certain clients. “I believe it’s more relationship-focused here,” said Tim Dilley, director of business… The post Solar installer leans on community generosity to make nonprofit dream come true appeared first on Solar Power Wo

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Condo owners’ appeal could be last legal hurdle for offshore wind in Great Lakes

Renewable Energy World

A legal challenge by two lakeview condo dwellers seeking to block Lake Erie’s first offshore wind farm faces a high legal bar before the Ohio Supreme Court — with equally high stakes for clean energy in the region. The Icebreaker Windpower project’s six turbines would sit roughly 8 to 10 miles northwest of Cleveland and produce roughly 20.7 megawatts of electricity per year.

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California contractor nails hospital solar design despite tight squeeze

Solar Power World

Sun Light & Power (No. 223 on the 2021 Top Solar Contractors list) has installed solar on many different roof types in the San Francisco Bay Area. Tile roofs, shingled roofs, flat roofs, metal roofs — the Berkeley-based installer has seen them all in the last 45 years. But none were such a tight squeeze… The post California contractor nails hospital solar design despite tight squeeze appeared first on Solar Power World.