Carbon capture: Solution or sideshow?
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 28, 2022
CCS is either the climate tech breakthrough of the 21st century, according to its advocates, or a multibillion-dollar boondoggle, say activists.
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The clean energy transition is happening faster than forecasters thought
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 8, 2022
A revised energy forecast from the IEA shows the 'largest ever upward revision.
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The ecological cost of a tweet
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Image credit: Shutterstock.com / Koshiro K. Each of our digital activities comes with an ecological cost – and we perhaps shouldn’t discount those carried out under the blue glare of the chirpy bird icon. A new study conducted by Greenly – a Paris-based firm with a professed interest in measuring the carbon footprint of companies and events – has examined the carbon footprint of Twitter, it says, by taking into account the energy consumed by a smartphone, the impact of re
8 Ways A Thermostat Can Help You Save Money
U.S. Green Technology
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Can a thermostat help you save money? Yes. How? Google analysis reveals that nest thermostats tend to save about 10-15% on their heating and cooling costs. Simply by pressing a button, you can command and regulate your heating and cooling system to your satisfaction. Investing in home automation is a smart move if you want. The post 8 Ways A Thermostat Can Help You Save Money appeared first on U.S.
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.
Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages
Charged
DECEMBER 13, 2022
By cutting red tape and avoiding costs for construction and electrical work, combined with free solar energy, Beam Global says its EV ARC systems can offer customers a lower total cost of ownership compared to grid-tied charging stations. In almost every instance, Beam says its customers’ savings on construction and electric work exceeds the cost of the EV ARC, which starts at $59,400.
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Upstart Co-Lab’s pipeline of creative economy deals is now an investable impact strategy
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 7, 2022
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 7 – The “creative economy” of fashion, food, film, video games and other art and culture industries has emerged as a. The post Upstart Co-Lab’s pipeline of creative economy deals is now an investable impact strategy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
13 essential newsletters for sustainability professionals
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 28, 2022
When you’re in the business of sustainability, a regular infusion of original voices keeps the work fresh. Add illumination, provocation and entertainment to your inbox with these titles.
Surrey firms unveil hydrogen-powered craft gin
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The special edition gin is available from The Surrey Copper Distillery website. The Surrey Copper Distillery is teaming up with AFC Energy, a provider of hydrogen power generation technologies, to produce a low-emission craft gin. The special edition ‘Copperfield H 2 Gin’ is being produced in a limited initial batch of 500 bottles and went on sale 6 December.
Carbon Footprint Assessment
U.S. Green Technology
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Methods used to determine the carbon footprint Several methodologies have been developed to measure and estimate the carbon footprint of an organization or product. This method of quantifying greenhouse gas emissions is a useful tool for assessing the impact of a company’s activities on the climate. Using this method can help businesses differentiate in the.
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.
Here’s why oil and gas companies are racing to invest billions in EV charging
Charged
DECEMBER 16, 2022
As regular Charged readers know, oil companies have been on an EV charging spending spree. They’re getting into public charging in a big way, and it goes far beyond just installing chargers at their gas stations. Oil majors including bp , Shell and Total have been buying up companies at all points along the charging value chain, from equipment manufacturers to network operators to makers of “solutions”—those nebulous mixes of product and service that make the whole system work better.
Poll: Canadians see a clean energy system as more affordable and secure than a fossil fuel one
Clean Energy Canada
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Eight in ten think it’s important for Canada to invest in clean energy opportunities in response to American Inflation Reduction Act investments in climate action. In the latest round of survey work by Clean Energy Canada and Abacus Data, Canadians believe a clean energy system that includes hydro, wind, solar power and electric vehicles would be both more affordable and more secure than a fossil fuel energy system.
Using ESG and impact to sort leaders from laggards in 2023
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 22, 2022
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 22 – It’s not about the scores. It’s about the solutions. ESG – shorthand for the consideration of environmental, social and governance considerations. The post Using ESG and impact to sort leaders from laggards in 2023 appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Could insurers pull the plug on renewable energy?
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 12, 2022
The climate crisis stands to roil the insurance industry along with its customers, including renewables and other climate tech entrepreneurs and developers.
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?
Reservation Dogs
Grist
DECEMBER 14, 2022
The sun is setting in Glacier County, Montana. Souta Calling Last guns her diesel-powered white GMC pickup truck east on Highway 2. The car following her can barely keep up as she hurtles across the dimming prairie, one hand resting lightly on the steering wheel, her eyes scanning the side of the highway. Calling Last, a researcher and an enrolled member of the Blood Tribe — one of the four nations that make up the Blackfoot Confederacy — grew up on the Blackfeet reservation.
How Cities Can Build Food System Resilience
The City Fix
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Let’s not forget what we learned during 2020 about the fragility of our food supply chains:?the prevailing, globalized model is as fragile as a spider web. It can shatter into dangling threads in times of crisis, such as a pandemic.
Archer unveils its production electric VTOL aircraft
Charged
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Archer Aviation , a manufacturer of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, has unveiled its production aircraft, Midnight. Midnight features a twelve-tilt-six configuration: it has six propellers tilted forward in cruise position to provide propulsion during forward flight, and all 12 of the aircraft’s propellers generate vertical lift during take-off and landing.
Building a Sustainable Lifestyle the Simple Way
Green Living Guy
DECEMBER 5, 2022
If you want to make your lifestyle more sustainable than it is now, there’s good news. It’s not necessary to turn your world upside-down to achieve the noble goal of living in a more responsible way. In fact, it’s the small changes that can add up to major transformations and deliver excellent results. Most start […]. The post Building a Sustainable Lifestyle the Simple Way appeared first on The Green Living Guy.
Next Year in Impact Investing: Abundance
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 23, 2022
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 23 – “Americans will always do the right thing, after they have tried everything else,” as Winston Churchill (may have) once said. The post Next Year in Impact Investing: Abundance appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
The US is finally getting serious about nature-based solutions
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 5, 2022
A new Biden administration framework acknowledges that harnessing nature-based solutions to fight the climate crisis has become table stakes.
'An amazing year': Scotland sees renewables generation soar 55 per cent
Business Green
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Government data confirms surge in wind and solar generation during July and September. Renewable energy generation in Scotland during the third quarter of the year rose a massive 55 per cent year-on-year, according to new figures from the Scottish government released yesterday. The data for the period from July to September shows that a combination of increased capacity and higher wind, solar, and hydro output resulted in a sharp rise in clean power generation.
Dr. Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma is saving lives with math
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DECEMBER 1, 2022
She’s a statistician who faced impossibly long odds.
GreenPower to supply Malaysian bus OEM with right-hand-drive EV trucks and vans
Charged
DECEMBER 27, 2022
GreenPower Motor Company , a manufacturer of medium and heavy-duty EVs, has expanded its partnership with Malaysian bus manufacturer Gemilang International (GML) by agreeing to supply right-hand-drive heavy-duty Class 4 trucks and vans for fleet customers across Asia, the Middle East and Europe. GML has more than 30 years of experience as a bus body manufacturer and has built bodies for various chassis companies, including MAN, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz and Scania.
Blume Suggests More Differentiation Between Volkswagen Group Brands
CleanTechnica
DECEMBER 31, 2022
Volkswagen Group CEO Oliver Blume told investors recently that he and his management team have a 10-point plan for the future.
This week’s webinar: The benefits of energy storage for EV charging
Charged
DECEMBER 11, 2022
Most high-powered electric vehicle DC fast chargers require three-phase 480 V input, restricting many possible sites from installing new hardware without costly and time-intensive infrastructure upgrade projects. One solution is to install battery-integrated DC fast chargers that require lower input than conventional fast chargers. Energy storage solutions can enable fast charging without extensive electrical upgrades as well as help control ongoing energy costs by reducing peak power demands on
Rimac Nevera takes title of world’s fastest production EV
Charged
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Croatia is not exactly known as a center of the auto industry, but Rimac Automobili (which Charged has been covering since 2013 ) has achieved some impressive things. In 2021, the Rimac Nevera (which is named for an unexpected Mediterranean summer storm) did a quarter-mile in 8.582 seconds to set a record as the world’s fastest-accelerating production car.
How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice
Charged
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Fleets tested Volvo VNR Electric Class 8 tractors for three years: Here’s what they learned. Large commercial trucks and other heavy equipment have run on diesel fuel for many decades now. Requirements for more aggressive emission after-treatment and the hardware to achieve that add cost and complexity for fleet operators. Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same.
FLO to provide up to 40,000 public chargers for GM’s Dealer Community Charging Program
Charged
DECEMBER 10, 2022
Auto dealerships, which EV advocates have long seen as bottlenecks and bogeymen, could soon be deploying vast numbers of public charging stations. On the heels of the news that Ford’s US dealership network will be installing up to 4,000 DC fast chargers over the next few years, we learn that GM has selected charging provider FLO as the supplier for the automaker’s Dealer Community Charging Program , which will install up to 40,000 public Level 2 EV chargers in local communities across North Amer
TurnOnGreen to supply EV chargers for Best Western Hotels & Resorts in North America
Charged
DECEMBER 29, 2022
TurnOnGreen has been selected by Best Western Hotels & Resorts as an endorsed supplier of EV chargers for the hotel chain’s North American properties. Under the agreement, TurnOnGreen will supply Best Western’s hotels and resorts in the US and Canada with its EV700 and EVP700 Level 2 wall chargers. Both versions are 32 A and 7.7 kW Level 2 chargers.
ENC’s new buses to use propulsion and power management systems from BAE
Charged
DECEMBER 23, 2022
US-based bus manufacturer ENC , a subsidiary of the REV Group , will use propulsion and power management technology from BAE Systems in its new battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell transit buses. BAE Systems will supply its Gen3 power inverters and electric motors, Modular Power Control System (MPCS) and Modular Accessory Power System (MAPS) to ENC for use in its Axess Battery Electric Bus (EVO-BE) and its Axess Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Bus (EVO-FC).
Tesla delivers “badass” Semi, teases megawatt charging for Cybertruck
Charged
DECEMBER 3, 2022
The Tesla Semi is finally here, and it’s officially a beast. “If you’re a truck driver and you want the most bad-ass rig on the road, this is it,” said Tesla’s CEO at a delivery event at the company’s Nevada Gigafactory, just before he handed over key cards to two PepsiCo executives. EV pundits were using slightly more respectable adjectives such as “disruptive” and “game-changing,” and this is no hyperbole.
5 electric vehicle trends seen in 2022
Charged
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Just over a decade ago, a report by IDTechEx predicted 1.5 million battery-electric vehicle (EV) sales by the start of 2021—a prediction seen by many as overly optimistic. Yet, it turned out to be a significant underestimate by more than half. And there is no sign of EV sales slowing in 2022. In fact, Bloomberg Green expects this growth to continue with more than 10 million plug-in vehicle sales this year—up from 6.6 million in 2021 and 3.2 million in 2020.
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