Sunrun

JULY 18, 2017

Ever get that overwhelming feeling of dread before opening up your electric bill? Yeah, we know the feeling. If you’re considering going solar, you’d probably like to know the facts. To help you get a better idea on what to expect, we have highlighted a few solar energy tidbits. It can reduce or even eliminate your electric bill By utilizing the sun as a cost-saving alternative, you are going to start seeing savings quickly.

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CleanTechies

JULY 30, 2017

India has auctioned the largest capacity of rooftop solar power projects in history and the results are extremely promising and could provide a much-needed boost to the rooftop solar power…

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Ambisense

JULY 18, 2017

To characterise a process, data is a necessity. In the absence of data, important parameters of a process are not tracked, their significance cannot be evaluated and their behaviour over the course of time cannot be understood. Here’s Why useless data is worse than no data Data – the basis of making decisions To characterise a . Continue reading "Why Useless Data Is Worse Than No Data".

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Green Technology

JULY 26, 2017

A study published in the journal Science Advances offers findings from the first-ever global analysis of all mass-produced plastics ever manufactured. The authors estimate that 8300 million metric tons (Mt) of virgin plastics have been produced since 1950, the beginning of large-scale production. They also document the fate of these plastics, reporting that around 9% have been recycled and 12% incinerated.

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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.

Energy

AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 10, 2017

Land O’Lakes , the Minnesotan agricultural cooperative and food brand business, has created a dairy entrepreneurship program to support dairy product startups that are at a plateau and have a hard time reaching scale, according to Patrick Aaberg, marketing director innovation, and new business development at Land O’Lakes. Following a similar structure to other accelerator programs in the sector, the Dairy Accelerator will consist of a three-month boot camp in the Twin Cities area focusing on bra

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Living Green Technology

JULY 31, 2017

Younger generations are already more progressive when it comes to being environmentally conscious, and some of that is thanks to our education system and how a variety of institutions are paving the way in terms of finding innovative ways to help preserve the environment. Here a few: Goucher College Goucher is taking 'reusing' to a whole new level this summer.

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CleanTechies

JULY 31, 2017

India’s first attempt to include battery-based storage with utility-scale solar power projects has failed. Solar Energy Corporation of India recently announced that it had to cancel two solar+storage auctions.

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Ambisense

JULY 26, 2017

Preface: Technology is disrupting industry value chains and business models the world over. The worlds largest taxi company Uber, owns no vehicles, Facebook, the worlds largest media company creates no content & Air B&B, the worlds largest accommodation provider owns no real estate. The environmental industry, however, with its complex value chains & regulatory controls .

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Climate-KIC

JULY 26, 2017

Is the era of petrol and diesel coming to an end? Could we soon be producing zero-carbon protein from solar energy? And, how is a Dutch project making bike lanes and bottles from used loo roll? This, and more, in the week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories. 1. The ick factor: Dutch project making bike […]. The post This week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories — 27 July appeared first on Climate-KIC.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 10, 2017

Land O’Lakes , the Minnesotan agricultural cooperative and food brand business, has created a dairy entrepreneurship program to support dairy product startups that are at a plateau and have a hard time reaching scale, according to Patrick Aaberg, marketing director innovation, and new business development at Land O’Lakes. Following a similar structure to other accelerator programs in the sector, the Dairy Accelerator will consist of a three-month boot camp in the Twin Cities area focusing on bra

Startups 52

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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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Living Green Technology

JULY 26, 2017

Oftentimes it’s easy to lose sight of the progress that’s being made in improving our environment when the mainstream media continues to focus on all the problems in the world. We here at Living Green Technology take a glass half-full approach and believe it’s important to keep up with the recent developments and improvements in the recycling industry in order to appreciate the strides that are being made.

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Sunrun

JULY 26, 2017

Sometimes, doing the right thing isn't always the easiest thing to do. Going solar is the right thing to do; it allows you to save money and protects the environment in the long run. That’s why we have taken it upon ourselves to ensure that nothing stands in the way of your home’s solar energy savings potential. It's 2017, buying solar panels doesn't have to be difficult.

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CleanTechies

JULY 30, 2017

Solar power market in India seems to have expanded at such an astounding pace that now states are unwilling to accept more solar power market, such a case has propped…

Solar Power 60

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 16, 2017

WCS Member of the Month is our new initiative to highlight the amazing stories of female leaders in the industry. One woman from WCS will be featured every month to share her accomplishments, ambitions, and advice for other women in the sector. This month, we spotlight WCS Board Member Susan Kasper, Application Engineer at ABB. WCS: What excites you most about the work you’re doing?

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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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Climate-KIC

JULY 25, 2017

As much of Europe heads off on vacation, we’ve chosen five books on climate action that are a must-summer read. From Bloomberg’s pro-city and business approach to legal activism and sailing on a junk raft, these five authors offer a diverse range of approaches to tackling climate change. 1. Climate of Hope – Michael Bloomberg […]. The post Energy revolution, junk rafts and legal activism: inspiring summer reads appeared first on Climate-KIC.

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Energy Energy Climate change Europe 40

Earth Gratitude

JULY 11, 2017

The Earth Day Network is the world’s largest environmental organization, partnering with over 50,000 organizations in over 190 countries. For additional information about their environmental literacy resources, their No Child Left Inside and Green our Schools campaign, visit EarthDay.org. This month, I had the pleasure to interview Kathleen Rogers and Ken Berlin, the president and CEO of The Earth Day Network and The Climate Reality Project , respectively.

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Vote Solar

JULY 5, 2017

Who doesn’t love a good challenge? The folks at the US Department of Energy’s SunShot Initiative sure do, and by the looks of things there are a lot of teams in the country who love a challenge, too. Late last year, the SunShot Initiative announced its Solar in Your Community Challenge. This challenge involves seed money, funds for technical assistance, and prizes totaling $5 million?

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Sunrun

JULY 25, 2017

That whole “getting smart” concept is what Sunrun has been working on within the residential solar sector for a decade. Experimenting with innovative energy options makes sense, because the utility company model isn’t always the most cost effective and reliable source of energy. What do you do when you need electricity for your home, but you’re disconnected from the standard power source or your utility has an outage?

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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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CleanTechies

JULY 31, 2017

15 project developers on the verge of commissioning their utility-scale solar power projects in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh recently received a shock when the state’s regulator asked them…

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Green Tech Challenge

JULY 4, 2017

There’s an excellent chance that you purchase most of your fruits and vegetables from the local grocery store, particularly in the winter months. Although your supermarket may be a couple of blocks or miles from your home, the brightly coloured fruits and vegetables most likely came from a farm hundreds or even thousands of miles away. The process of growing and transporting high-quality organic produce requires a high level of effort, and coordination and some luck.

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Climate-KIC

JULY 19, 2017

Which tech giants are teaming up to advance smart urban renewables? Why does the circular economy need to be part of a bigger discussion about growth? And, how is one engineer using old cell phones to stop illegal logging? This, and more, in the week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories. 1. Climate scientists flock to […]. The post This week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories — 20 July appeared first on Climate-KIC.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 28, 2017

CropLogic to List on ASX After Acquiring Professional Ag Services. New Zealand in-field IoT provider CropLogic is set to go public on the Australian Stock Exchange. The company plans to raise $8 million in exchange for approximately 30% of its equity. The IPO follows an earlier $2 million funding round from individual investors earlier this year, and a $512,200 crowdfunding round in 2016.

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Sunrun

JULY 17, 2017

Technology is advancing so rapidly, it’s hard to keep up. With every new breakthrough there comes an entirely new vocabulary that can sometimes make things even more confusing. That is why we would like to take a second to explain the true backbone of solar: solar power inverters. What is a solar inverter? If solar panels are the heart of a system, then inverters are the brain.

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CleanTechies

JULY 29, 2017

Increased hydro power generation and a newly commissioned solar power project has reduced the overall cost of electricity in El Salvador, the power regulator of the country – Siget recently…

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CleanTechies

JULY 31, 2017

India’s first attempt to include battery-based storage with utility-scale solar power projects has failed. Solar Energy Corporation of India recently announced that it had to cancel two solar+storage auctions.

Solar Power 52

Solar Power Batteries Energy Energy 52

CleanTechies

JULY 30, 2017

Indian government’s think tank has proposed in the National Energy Policy to withdraw all incentives available to the renewable energy sector to be withdrawn gradually with none available from 2022.

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Energy Energy Policy 56

CleanTechies

JULY 31, 2017

One of India’s leading solar power project developers – Azure Power – managed to raise $500 million through bond sale to overseas investors.

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CleanTechies

JULY 31, 2017

One of India’s leading solar power project developers – Azure Power – managed to raise $500 million through bond sale to overseas investors.

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CleanTechies

JULY 31, 2017

Delay in payments from utilities, non-compliance with renewable energy procurement targets and non-availability of transmission infrastructure for power injection are some of the major issues Indian renewable energy developers are…

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Energy Energy Solar Power 53

CleanTechies

JULY 30, 2017

While the central government and most states in India are looking to promote, even obligate, the use of rooftop solar power projects, one state is looking to reduce tariffs for…

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CleanTechies

JULY 30, 2017

Solar power market in India seems to have expanded at such an astounding pace that now states are unwilling to accept more solar power market, such a case has propped up in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Solar Power 40

Solar Power Energy Energy 40

CleanTechies

JULY 31, 2017

15 project developers on the verge of commissioning their utility-scale solar power projects in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh recently received a shock when the state’s regulator asked them to reduce the tariff for their projects.

Solar Power 40

Solar Power Electricity Energy Energy 40

CleanTechies

JULY 31, 2017

Delay in payments from utilities, non-compliance with renewable energy procurement targets and non-availability of transmission infrastructure for power injection are some of the major issues Indian renewable energy developers are facing.

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