November, 2022

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9 ways the circular economy can help avert the climate crisis

GreenBiz

Circular economy strategies can complement decarbonization measures and support scaling the clean energy transition.

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Forestry at a tech conference? How nature has become the most popular topic in tech

GreenBiz

This is one of the most exciting sectors for innovation.

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Green Technologies to Make Your Home Better

U.S. Green Technology

At one point in history, the only materials that could be utilized by individuals who wanted to create a home were mud, straw, stone, or wood. Those who desired to build a home were limited in their options. Those more primitive ages no longer look to be as scary as they did in the past. The post Green Technologies to Make Your Home Better appeared first on U.S.

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Lightning eMotors partners with HEVO for wireless fleet charging demo

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Commercial vehicle manufacturer Lightning eMotors and wireless charging specialist HEVO are collaborating on a program to demonstrate wireless charging of Lightning’s fleet vehicles. After an initial integration phase, the two companies will test HEVO’s Rezonant E8 wireless charging technology on a ZEV3 platform at Lightning’s Loveland, Colorado headquarters.

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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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Pursuing environmental justice through the Inflation Reduction Act 

Impact Alpha

The Inflation Reduction Act is a historic investment in marginalized communities on the frontlines of climate change. However, the bill also links renewable. The post Pursuing environmental justice through the Inflation Reduction Act appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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'All the pieces are in place': IEA tips global heat pump market for rapid growth

Business Green

New report reveals heat pump sales globally rose 15 per cent in 2021 and are now doubling year on year in some markets. Global sales of heat pumps are set to hit record levels again this year, as demand for the low carbon technology soars in key markets around the world. That is the headline prediction from a new special report from the International Energy Agency, which details how heat pumps have become a key technology in the response from governments and businesses to the global energy suppl

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Four lessons from a journey to be forest positive

GreenBiz

Sponsored: We all depend on healthy forests — and so does our economy. Here are key lessons from a company aiming to counteract deforestation for their products.

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How To Make Your Glamping Experience Eco-Friendly 

U.S. Green Technology

If you and your family love spending time outdoors as a recreational activity, there are many ways to do so. You can go camping, trekking, and fishing. And for those who want to combine nature with comfort and convenience, you’ll never go wrong with glamping. It’s where you camp in nature but with a more. The post How To Make Your Glamping Experience Eco-Friendly appeared first on U.S.

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NI announces its highest-performing EV battery cycler to date

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Battery labs need power—lots of power—in order to test batteries by cycling them over and over. NI , a provider of automated testing and measurement systems, keeps turning up the voltage. The company has just unveiled its highest-voltage EV battery cycler to date, the High Power System-17000. This 150 kW battery cycler is designed to support existing EV architectures “while leaving room for future higher-voltage variants as technology continues to evolve.

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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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Beware of paper billionaires bearing gifts, and other lessons of the FTX implosion 

Impact Alpha

Editor’s note: ImpactAlpha contributing editor Imogen Rose-Smith, a longtime senior writer for Institutional Investor, contributes a bi-weekly column on the policies, practices and strategies of the. The post Beware of paper billionaires bearing gifts, and other lessons of the FTX implosion appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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5 of my all-time favorite books

GatesNotes

I decided to try something different for my list of holiday books this year.

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Survey: Buyers willing to pay 10.5 per cent more for low carbon homes

Business Green

Climate emergency and soaring energy bills are driving increased demand among home buyers and renters for low-carbon homes. The housing market may be facing its first serious headwinds in decades, but the cost-of-living crisis means buyers are still willing to pay a sizeable premium for low carbon homes, according to new research published yesterday by financial services provider Legal & General.

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Can a 'carbon coin' save the world? It may be put to the test

GreenBiz

Steps are inching forward toward a real-world demonstration of the planet-saving financial tool from the sci-fi novel 'Ministry for the Future.

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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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‘Tis The Season To Replace That Gas Fireplace — Electrify Everything!

CleanTechnica

Note: this is not an article about how individual action will solve the climate crisis. This is an article about how individual environmental action can feel good and has brought joy into my life during this wonderful holiday season. Hopefully, sharing this story with you will help to solve the climate crisis (If only it were that easy). […].

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Innovative approaches to electrified propulsion system development

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Sponsored by AVL. There are many ways to develop an e-drive system, or a vehicle with an e-drive system as the source of propulsion. Traditional development methods, while effective for some applications, also present some major challenges—especially when it comes to scalability. Technical and non-technical issues challenge developers and manufacturers in this propulsion system development process.

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Schneider Electric commits €500 million for climate and industrial tech

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, November 21 — French electrical equipment maker Schneider Electric launched SE Ventures, its corporate venture capital arm, with an initial €500 million. The post Schneider Electric commits €500 million for climate and industrial tech appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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How COP27 became the food systems COP

GreenBiz

For the first time food, agriculture and food systems have taken center stage at the global negotiations. Finally.

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Why ocean climate tech deserves more respect

GreenBiz

The tide is turning in our knowledge about the ocean’s depths and the critical role it could play in mitigating climate change.

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Komatsu presents 20-ton-class Proterra Powered electric hydraulic excavator

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Komatsu showed off a 20-ton-class electric hydraulic excavator at the recent bauma trade show in Munich. The machine is powered by a lithium-ion battery system from Proterra. Since January 2021, the two companies have been jointly developing electric medium-sized hydraulic excavators , and have been conducting proof of concept tests on research machines at customers’ construction sites.

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How Phoenix Contact’s e-mobility infrastructure is shaping charging technology

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Sponsored by Phoenix Contact. Phoenix Contact Group is made up of 15 German and four international companies, along with 11 manufacturing locations, and has a footprint in more than 100 countries. The 99-year-old company offers creative solutions in the fields of connection technology, electronics and automation and is independent in its entrepreneurial and decision-making freedom.

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Cirba Solutions and GM extend collaboration on EV battery recycling

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Cirba Solutions and GM have extended an existing agreement to recycle battery scrap generated by manufacturing and research at selected GM facilities through 2024. The original agreement dates from 2021, and GM has already recycled more than a million pounds of batteries. Cirba provides GM with reverse logistics, disassembly and processing to return recycled materials to the market.

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US Army orders 367 EV ARC solar-powered EV chargers from Beam Global

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Orders is orders, and the US Army is going electric. Executive Order 14057 (signed by President Biden in December 2021) calls for all new federal fleet vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035, and all light-duty vehicles must go green by 2027. That’s going to require federal agencies to get a lot of charging infrastructure set up in a fairly short time, and Beam Global’s EV ARC charging system, which generates and stores its own electricity, and can be rapidly deployed with no trenching, electrical

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Thor Industries partners with Harbinger Motors to electrify RVs

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Thor Industries, which claims to be the world’s largest manufacturer of RVs, has formed a strategic partnership with Harbinger Motors, a commercial EV specialist that delivers technology targeted to the medium-duty chassis platforms used in the RV industry. Thor aims to create “a superior electrified experience that drives a best-in-class experience for Thor owners.

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New York City orders 71 more EV ARC solar charging systems from Beam Global

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New York City has placed an order for an additional 71 of Beam Global ’s EV ARC solar-powered EV charging systems. This is the city’s seventh order, and it brings its fleet of EV ARC EV charging systems to 160. The new units are flood-proof to 9.5 feet, wind-rated to 125 mph, and feature an emergency power panel for use by fleet operators and first responders during grid failures and extreme weather events.

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Redwood Materials to supply cathode material to Panasonic’s new US battery plant

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JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials will supply remanufactured battery cathode material to Panasonic, beginning in 2025, for a new factory the Japanese battery-maker is currently building in Kansas. Panasonic’s $4-billion factory, which is said to be larger than Tesla’s Nevada Gigafactory, is expected to begin production of 2170-format cylindrical cells by March 2025.

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Pilot and Volvo to build charging network for medium- and heavy-duty electric trucks

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Pilot Company (formerly Pilot Flying J), which operates over 800 retail fuel stations, is moving with confidence into the EV charging space. Now the company has signed a letter of intent with the Volvo Group to develop a charging network open to all battery-electric Class 8 truck brands. Chargers will be located at select Pilot and Flying J travel centers across the US, which are ideally positioned along transportation corridors and are well-equipped to serve professional drivers.

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ZF’s new e-axle for pickup trucks features 800 V SiC inverters

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ZF has introduced an e-axle designed for Class 1-6 pickup trucks in the North American market. The eBeam Axle is composed of a motor, transmission, solid axle and the company’s 800 V SiC inverters. It is intended for 400 and 800 V systems, and is capable of supporting up to 350 kW and 16,000 Nm per axle. “The eBeam Axle allows for the same level of performance as traditional internal combustion engine-powered pickup trucks, specifically in towing capacity, torque and smooth acceleration required

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Envision AESC to supply battery cells for BMW’s next-gen EVs

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Japanese battery manufacturer Envision AESC has formed a new multi-year partnership with BMW to supply battery cells for the automaker’s next-generation EVs. Envision has committed to invest in a new 30 GWh battery manufacturing plant in South Carolina, which it says will be powered by “100 percent net zero carbon energy.” The company is currently searching for a suitable site close to BMW’s existing vehicle production and battery assembly facilities.

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Hyundai breaks ground on Georgia EV and battery plant

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Hyundai has broken ground on a new manufacturing plant at the Bryan County Mega Site in Georgia. At the new plant, where the automaker and its affiliate suppliers are expected to invest some $5.54 billion, Hyundai plans to produce a diverse range of Hyundai, Genesis and Kia EVs, as well as batteries. The new plant is part of a strategy to establish a stable supply chain for EV batteries and other EV components in the US.

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Skeleton Technologies launches supercapacitor/battery, joins coalition to electrify mining

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Skeleton Technologies has introduced a new product that combines supercapacitors and batteries, and has joined a coalition of nine members, including Shell , that aims to electrify mining equipment. The SuperBattery doesn’t use any cobalt, copper, nickel or graphite. The company says it can last for 50,000 cycles. It is currently being used or tested in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles and charging infrastructure.

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Researchers achieve a breakthrough in the development of lithium metal batteries

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A team of researchers working in collaboration with the Nagoya Institute of Technology has discovered a new mechanism to stabilize the lithium metal electrode and electrolyte in lithium metal batteries. The researchers say the new mechanism, which does not depend on the traditional kinetic approach, has the potential to enhance the energy density of batteries.

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