February, 2019

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Salt Is A Pillar Of Our Nuclear Future

Jim Conca

Canada’s Terrestrial Energy has assembled a team of partners that makes the success of their molten salt reactor quite likely. Cheaper than coal, producing little waste, is small and modular, operates at low pressure, doesn’t need water, can last for decades, and can’t melt down.

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89 groups endorse the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) Act

Front And Centered

Note from Front and Centered: This post will be continually updated with new endorsements. . Eighty-nine groups in our state agree: lawmakers should pass Senate Bill (SB) 5489, the HEAL Act. Sen. Rebecca Saldana, proud prime sponsor of Senate Bill 5489, with Front and Centered’s David Mendoza. Front and Centered and HEAL Act endorsers representing doctors, faith leaders, environmental justice advocates, labor unions, farmworkers, scientists, family, immigrant and civil rights leaders and

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Oh, The Water Systems We'll Need.

Varuna

As the sources of water continue to become scarce ?—?especially with the rise in populations, urban growth and climate change?—?the water utility’s role in ensuring people get potable water becomes ever more critical. Every step along the process of sourcing, collecting, treating, storing and distributing water to a customer’s home has to be upgraded to cater to these changes.

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5 predictions for residential solar in 2019

Sighten

As we advance into 2019, the residential solar industry finds itself in a very different place compared to the start of 2018. A year ago massive uncertainty surrounding President Trump’s solar tariff decision cast a shadow over the industry; this year there is optimism about a return to growth. Of course, solar remains a rapidly evolving industry and likely overall market growth in 2019 belies significant changes happening at the ground level in all aspects of how residential solar is delivered

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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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This is the Last Year of the 30% Solar Tax Credit

Sun Valley Solar

One of the many factors contributing to the massive expansion of solar energy over the last decade is the 30% federal solar investment tax credit, known more simply as the ITC. In short, the ITC allows businesses that go solar to offset up to 30% of the purchase price in the form of a federal tax credit. Sadly, though, this great program is about to start getting a lot smaller.

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Do Solar Panels Work at Night?

Sunrun

There is plenty of sun to go around and now is the time to harness its power. Solar energy is as reliable as the sun. Yet, it’s fair to ask: Do Solar Panels Produce Energy At Night? Technically, no. Solar panels do not produce energy at night. The photovoltaic cells in solar panels must have sunlight to create electricity. But that’s not the bottom line.

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Join Us for Deal Day

Elemental Excelerator

What is Deal Day? Every year we see hundreds of amazing entrepreneurs and world-changing technologies, and while we can only fund 15-20 ourselves, we are thinking creatively about new ways to help you grow your company. We want to accelerate your path to revenue with our Global Partners — and we’ll be incentivizing action with $10k awards to the first four startups that reach commercial agreements at (or following) Deal Day.

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Evaluating Water Tech (A Guide For Water Utility Production Teams)

Varuna

As the world rushes forward into the future, it feels like the water industry is being left behind. But that is not quite the case. To those on the inside, doing the great work of providing clean potable water for our homes, it feels like every other company is coming in trying to sell technology. Some of the technology is directed at customers and some is directed at the utility producing the water.

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Why The Hype Around The Green New Deal Is Good For Our Country’s Future

Jigar Shah

On February 7, 2019, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey released — in the form of a 14-page resolution — the first real blueprint for the ambitious Green New Deal (GND). The bumpy rollout has made it even more of a lightning rod for pundits and politicians alike, with folks on one side of the aisle deriding it as “ a disaster ,” and those on the other — 2020 presidential candidates very much among them  — eagerly lining up to endorse it.

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Sacramento forum is one of the year’s best opportunities for green companies

Green Technology

DGS headquarters in Sacramento. In recent years, California’s role as sustainability leader has become increasingly important on both national and international levels. No state can match California’s combination of economic strength, technology innovation and public support for environmental stewardship. As part of setting the pace for green programs around the country and the world, the state aims to lead by example through its own operations.

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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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Home Improvement Loans Through Mosaic vs Putting Renovations On Your Credit Card

Mosaic

You’ve got a world of possibilities to consider when renovating your home. You need to think about not only your design sensibilities – farmhouse chic or mid-century modern? – but also your values, through choices like sustainable materials and energy efficiency. You also need to think about how you’re going to pay for these home improvements, and homeowners today have more options than ever.

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Super Bowl LIII Snack Food -- Lots Of Energy With A Little Radiation

Jim Conca

Americans will consume billions of lbs of snacks and beer during Super Bowl LIII between the Rams and the Patriots, producing more energy than the total output of America’s 98 nuclear reactors during the game.

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How Much Will My Electric Bill Be With Solar Panels?

Sunrun

Recent research from the Rocky Mountain Institute shows that monthly electric bills for a typical home in Westchester County, New York may rise to $350 a month by 2030. Yet, the same household may spend $260 or less a month if they’ve installed solar panels and battery storage. The time for solar is now. Going solar can reduce your electric bill dramatically, to the point where it’s not a significant player in your monthly budget.

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Updating The Water Utility With Low-Capital Tech. For The People.

Varuna

Every step along the process of sourcing, collecting, treating, storing and distributing water to a customer’s home has to be upgraded to cater to the changes we are seeing with water production/distribution. With the rise in populations, urban growth , and climate change action has to be taken soon. The EPA suggests that, over the next 20 years, $472.6Bn is needed to maintain and improve the drinking water infrastructure in the US.

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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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This Could Be Apple’s Greatest Accomplishment

Jigar Shah

In an interview with CNBC last month, Tim Cook — CEO of Apple, the first American company ever to cross $1 trillion in value — said something interesting, if not surprising. “I believe if you zoom out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, ‘What was Apple’s greatest contribution to mankind?’ It will be about health.” In other words, Cook believes that Apple’s most important accomplishment will not be our collective addiction to small screens like the iPhone and iPad , but

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Proterra

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

? Position: Financial Analyst. About the Role. Proterra is hiring a Product Analyst based in Burlingame, CA. The focus of the role is to lead the cost reduction effort for components, and support product decision making from a financial perspective.This role will potentially expand in scope to include mass reduction ownership. It is a unique opportunity to be exposed to a wide variety of manufacturing processes, suppliers, and systems of a heavy duty electric vehicle.

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Global Capital: T-REX CEO Benjamin Cohen Quoted in Article on Technology’s Impact on the ABS Industry

T Rex Group

Fintech Pros Announce Stay of Robot Executioner’s Hand on ABS Jobs. GlobalCapital.com. February 25, 2019. Read the full article here: bit.ly/2CVUN7h . The post Global Capital: T-REX CEO Benjamin Cohen Quoted in Article on Technology’s Impact on the ABS Industry appeared first on T-REX.

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Nuclear In Space -- The NETS Meeting

Jim Conca

The NETS meeting at PNNL in Richland this week explored what we need to do to really get humans into space – specialized nuclear power for space, specialized materials, energy conversion technologies – and the policies needed to implement them.

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Can Solar Panels Break?

Sunrun

How are Solar Panels Protected? Solar panels are made of solar cells and encased in durable glass for protection. Beneath the glass there is a layer of insulation and a protective back sheet. This technology protects against heat and humidity inside the panels to keep your home solar system running smoothly. Your solar panels also have an anti-reflective coating that allows them to absorb maximum power from the sun.1 Guarding Against Physical Damage to Solar Panels Your solar array is built to l

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Living Green Technology recycles over 2 tons of electronics during Portland trip

Living Green Technology

We made a trip down to Portland last week in an effort to expand our recycling operations and are very excited to share that it was a total success! Our team was able to collect almost 5,000 pounds of electronics to recycle! This included networking equipment, telecom, laptop docking stations, computer power supplies, motherboards, and AC adapters. Moreover, we also organized a few pickups from local Portland businesses.

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Part 1: How Judo Taught me my First Business Lesson and Saved my Life

Green Tech Challenge

Life Lessons about Business It was too late. My front wheel had left the bike path and was dumping down on the main road along with my then current life expectancy. I’ve only had glasses for a few weeks, so my eyes weren’t used to using the blurry peripheral vision outside of the glasses – considerations for later. In that moment, a car, a BMW, with a driver on the phone, was about to show me that size does matter and that I was not of a mattering size.

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Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC)

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Position: Sustainability and Facilities Coordinator. Description Sustainability and Facilities Coordinator (SFC) will lead energy and water data management and benchmarking efforts to meet our Better Buildings Challenge (BBC) goals. Assist both, the Sustainability Manager (SM) and the Capital Improvement Project Manager (CIPM) in the implementation and coordination of capital improvement building projects.

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Analysis: Cost and Rate Impact of 100% Clean Energy

Low Carbon Prosperity

Analysis: Cost and Rate Impact of 100% Clean Energy. This Low Carbon Prosperity Institute (LCPI) analysis examines the rate impacts of eliminating coal power, achieving an 80% clean energy standard by the year 2030, and a 100% clean energy standard by the year 2045. LCPI relies on a variety of sources, and deploys its own utility-specific model. .

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CTFusion -- Bringing The Sun's Power To Earth

Jim Conca

This new company at the University of Washington in Seattle just received a $3 million grant to harness the power of the Sun using a spheromak, which contains the 150-million-degree fusion reactions in a donut-like toroidal shape using strong magnetic fields.

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The Pros and Cons of Solar

Sunrun

Solar power is our most abundant sustainable energy source. It’s as reliable as the sun. Today’s solar panel technology is increasingly affordable and attractive for American households. If you're wondering what are the pros and cons of solar panels for homes, you're in luck. We address that below in detail. And as always, if you have any questions feel free to reach out.

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Why The Hype Around The Green New Deal Is Good For Our Country’s Future

Jigar Shah

On February 7, 2019, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Senator Ed Markey released?—?in the form of a 14-page resolution?—?the first real blueprint for the ambitious Green New Deal (GND). The bumpy rollout has made it even more of a lightning rod for pundits and politicians alike, with folks on one side of the aisle deriding it as “ a disaster ,” and those on the other?

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HOW TO BE MORE SUSTAINABLE IN YOUR OWN LITTLE WAY

Green Tech Challenge

GREENTECH CHALLENGE is glad to share with you some tips that are part of our Company’s Culture! Did you know that Eco-Friendly offices lead to happier, healthier and more efficient employees? INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY A Green Office boosts cognitive thinking by 26%, improving problem solving abilities, strategic thinking and better management and usage of information.

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Corporate Member: Metrus Energy

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Position: Business Development Director. Location: San Francisco or other key market. Description: This individual will be responsible for generating sales of new projects and helping drive the growth of Metrus’ energy and water efficiency pipeline. The Business Development Director will help recruit channel partners as well as generate increased project volume from the company’s existing energy services company (ESCO), contractor and utility partners.

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Evaluating Water Tech (A Guide For Water Utility Production Teams)

Seyi Fabode

As the world rushes forward into the future, it feels like the water industry is being left behind. But that is not quite the case. To those on the inside, doing the great work of providing clean potable water for our homes, it feels like every other company is coming in trying to sell technology. Some of the technology is directed at customers and some is directed at the utility producing the water.

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[Blog] Be "Smart on Smart" - A Smart Home Workshop for Contractors at HPC19

Home Energy

Sponsored by Google (Nest) and ecobee, join this unique contractor training workshop and make home performance, smart performance.

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How To Buy Solar Panels with No Credit Check

Sunrun

So, you’ve been thinking about reducing your carbon footprint and lowering your electric bill by possibly going solar for months, maybe even years, and now you are ready to purchase a solar system but don’t want that annoying credit hassle. We get it. That’s why Sunrun has specific plans made just for you. Take control over rising electricity prices today, by owning your own solar panel system.1 Own Your Home Solar System & Battery Storage You’re tired of being on the tail-end when it comes

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This Could Be Apple’s Greatest Accomplishment

Jigar Shah

In an interview with CNBC last month, Tim Cook?—?CEO of Apple, the first American company ever to cross $1 trillion in value?—?said something interesting, if not surprising. “I believe if you zoom out into the future, and you look back, and you ask the question, ‘What was Apple’s greatest contribution to mankind?’ It will be about health.” In other words, Cook believes that Apple’s most important accomplishment will not be our collective addiction to small screens like the iPhone and iPad , but

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AutoGrid Case Study: Solar + Storage Pencils Out for this AutoGrid Innovator

AutoGrid

AutoGrid Case Study: Solar + Storage Pencils Out for this AutoGrid Innovator. By Vish Ganti. The incentives to pair rooftop solar with energy storage couldn’t be greater than now. And if the changing climate, wildfires and rising energy bills aren’t enough motivation to trim your carbon footprint, maybe the economics will put you over the edge. As you’ll see with my own experience, the extrinsic and intrinsic rewards of operating your home energy system with sunlight and a battery really add up.

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Proterra

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

? Position: Financial Analyst. About the Role. Proterra is hiring a Product Analyst based in Burlingame, CA. The focus of the role is to lead the cost reduction effort for components, and support product decision making from a financial perspective.This role will potentially expand in scope to include mass reduction ownership. It is a unique opportunity to be exposed to a wide variety of manufacturing processes, suppliers, and systems of a heavy duty electric vehicle.