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The robotic, hybrid-electric future of agriculture

GreenBiz

The robotic, hybrid-electric future of agriculture. Shane Downing. Tue, 05/12/2020 - 00:15. While many around the world, ordered indoors amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, are coming up with innovative ways to plant small victory gardens in, around and on top of their homes, plenty of change is afoot in big ag — much of it driven by new technologies. A recent IDTechEx webcast, "Electric Vehicles and Robotics in Agriculture: $50 Billion Market Soon,” provided a brief overview of a 215-page report , "E

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3D Printing Has Entered The Nuclear Realm

Jim Conca

3D-printing has come to nuclear and it’s saving a lot of time and money, like 90%. Right now, it’s best for small spare parts, in developing micro-reactors, and in using new high-tech materials like carbon fiber composites, but expect it to eventually end up on Mars.

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Whimsical, off-grid earthship is made out of reclaimed tires and bottles

Inhabitat - Innovation

It's not everyday that you get to stay in an earthship, but if you're able to travel to Ironbank, South Australia in the future, make sure to check out the amazing Earthship Ironbank.

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Synthetic Fuels Are the Final Piece of the 100% Renewable Grid

GreenTechMedia

Electricity grids can handle a lot of wind, solar and water resources. But what will help us get from 80% renewable energy to 100% renewable energy? The missing piece may be renewable synthetic fuels. “When we really want to decarbonize the whole electricity system, absolutely synthetic fuels will play a key role,” says Matti Rautkivi, the director of Business Development and Strategy at Wärtsilä In this episode, produced in collaboration with Wärtsilä, we’r

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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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Could indoor air quality become part of the post coronavirus playbook?

GreenBiz

Could indoor air quality become part of the post coronavirus playbook? Joe Snider. Fri, 05/15/2020 - 01:29. Here is what we know, or think we know, about COVID-19: it can spread through the air. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , it is thought that the COVID-19 virus can spread "through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks.

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Researchers Explore Low Doses Of Radiation To Treat Severe Coronavirus Cases

Jim Conca

Low-dose radiation to the lungs may be a good therapy to reduce the mortality rates from COVID-19. The virus causes a cytokine storm - an uncontrolled systemic inflammatory response of the body that floods the lungs and kills the patient. Low doses of radiation can reduce the storm.

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Corporate Social Responsibility: The Power of Using Business as a Force for Good

Green Business Bureau

With consumers more careful than ever before about the companies they are buying from and with employees more meticulous about the organizations they are working for, businesses need to understand and embrace their role as agents of change within the society. It’s no longer only about the gains for the company or shareholders, but about seeing and using your business as a force for good.

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Coca-Cola

GreenBiz

Coca-Cola. taylor flores. Fri, 05/15/2020 - 14:03.

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Sunverge Selected for Proposed Virtual Power Plant in Maryland

altenergymag

The Elk Neck Behind-the-Meter Virtual Power Plant in Cecil County, Maryland will provide backup power for homes in an isolated community on the Chesapeake Bay while enhancing grid reliability and DER integration, and demonstrating the overall grid value of aggregated behind-the-meter residential battery systems to Maryland energy companies and policy makers.

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Architects turn waste wood into a 3D-printed cabin in upstate New York

Inhabitat - Innovation

A stunning cabin in upstate New York is making waves thanks to groundbreaking technology that allowed it to be 3D-printed with wood waste.

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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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Forget 400 watts. JinkoSolar launches 580-W solar panel for utility-scale market

Solar Power World

JinkoSolar has announced the official launch of its 2020 flagship Tiger Pro module series. Unveiled through a virtual product lunch, the Tiger Pro module series can generate a maximum power output of up to 580 W — 40% higher than current mainstream 72-cell modules. The Tiger Pro modules use half-cut cells, nine busbars and tiling/shingling… The post Forget 400 watts.

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10x Challenge: Four ways to drive exponential growth in gender lens investing

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha’s David Bank challenged investors to “10x” impact investing, to grow total assets under management from billions to trillions and to develop “moonshot ideas” that could catalytically grow our impact. Solutions flowed in ranging from meeting the immediate needs of the crisis, to laying the foundations for long-term change around themes such as climate change, the.

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Seven future electric pickup trucks. Maybe.

Charged

Over the first 10 years of their existence, most modern battery-electric cars have been compact hatchbacks or Teslas. While a few are marketed as crossover utility vehicles, none have been the full-size pickup trucks that make up a huge and very profitable segment of US vehicle sales. That’s about to change. What follows is a list of battery-electric pickup models expected to go on sale in the US over the next two to three years.

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MIT moves toward greener, more sustainable artificial intelligence

Inhabitat - Innovation

Current artificial intelligence (AI) technology is powerful, but often relies on high energy consumption. MIT might have the solution to fix this.

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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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Dept. of Interior approves plans for 690-MW Gemini solar project with 1,400-MWh battery

Solar Power World

The Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today the approval of a proposal to construct and operate the largest solar project in the United States. U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for Solar Partners XI to construct a 690-MW solar PV… The post Dept. of Interior approves plans for 690-MW Gemini solar project with 1,400-MWh battery appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GIIN launches Response, Recovery and Resilience Investment Coalition

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 12 – The GIIN has launched the Response, Recovery and Resilience Investment Coalition. The ‘R3 Coalition’ aims to identify opportunities to invest in health interventions and access to capital and direct new capital to fill COVID financing gaps. The Global Impact Investing Network will coordinate deal flow across multiple networks, including Aspen Network.

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Urban Electric concludes successful trial of on-street pop-up charging stations

Charged

British charging startup Urban Electric Networks has completed a trial of its UEone prototype on-street pop-up charging hub, which was conducted in association with Oxford City Council. Urban Electric’s pop-up charging hubs were developed specifically to solve the problem of at-home charging for the 43% of UK households who have no assigned parking spaces, and have to park their cars on the street (an estimated 8 million vehicles across the UK).

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Protect or destroy a virtual world in The Sims new eco pack

Inhabitat - Innovation

A new expansion for The Sims franchise lets players add solar panels, dumpster dive and craft homemade candles in a maker space — or let the garbage pile up.

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Branding Your Business for Eco Friendliness

U.S. Green Technology

Green Marketing Ideas to Promote Eco-Friendly Small Businesses Using eco friendly products is a great way to get the word out on your company or nonprofit organization. Unlike decades before, more businesspeople know about the detrimental effects of overusing energy and the environment. They also know that they need some way to market their products.

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A post-pandemic plan for the creative economy in Kenya

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 14 – Kenya’s musicians, DJs, fashion designers, visual artists, event planners, chefs and other creatives are on the frontlines of COVID’s economic shocks. Half of Kenya’s creative professionals have seen 80% or more of their normal income disappear, as events were cancelled, creative spaces closed and tourism stopped, according to Nairobi-based HEVA Fund, an.

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No room for solar on a high-rise? Seek out a parking deck

Solar Power World

Locating open surfaces that can host solar arrays large enough to offset a substantial amount of energy can be a challenge in cities. Often, rooftops are riddled with obstructions like HVAC units, and there isn’t enough roof surface on high-rises to build a solar system that could offset significant electricity use — not to mention… The post No room for solar on a high-rise?

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PADI is making face masks from recycled ocean plastic

Inhabitat - Innovation

The recycled plastic masks feature fun ocean-inspired prints, too, like sharks and waves.

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Carbon Intensity Of U.S. Power Plunges As Coal Accelerates Collapse

Forbes Green Tech

The carbon intensity of the U.S. power sector reached a new low in 2019, more than a third below its 2005 level, tracking an accelerating collapse in the burning of coal.

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'Disaster Capitalism at its Worst': Report Details Big Oil's Efforts to Cash in on Coronavirus

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 4 mins By Andrea Germanos , Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY - SA 3.0 US. Recent lobby filings from major oil and gas paint a picture of “disaster capitalism at its worst.”. So declares a report released Tuesday, May 12 by Friends of the Earth ( FOE ) showing how Big Oil is working to make sure the legislative response to the coronavirus crisis is beneficial to the industry.

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Stretch goal for foundations: Shift power, as well as assets, for the post-COVID economy

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 12 – A handful of philanthropic foundations have committed themselves to align 100% of their endowments with their social impact missions. Even before most of them reach that goal, some foundation leaders are raising the bar. The new stretch goal: changing who deploys the assets in the first place. The Heron Foundation in 2016. The post Stretch goal for foundations: Shift power, as well as assets, for the post-COVID economy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Tips for reducing food waste amid coronavirus

Inhabitat - Innovation

Follow these tips to reduce your household's food waste during the pandemic and beyond.

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Guest column: The role of aesthetics in the solar industry

Solar Power World

Michael Levitt, director of business development, Quest Renewables In my role as director of business development at Quest Renewables, I continually seek to better understand our customers’ interests. Quest Renewables is a commercial carport manufacturer, and historically our clientele has been primarily economic buyers. However, as the cost of solar has become significantly more affordable… The post Guest column: The role of aesthetics in the solar industry appeared first on Solar Power W

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4 Green Car Buying Tips – U.S. Green Technology’s Green Guide

U.S. Green Technology

When buying a new green car, going green is a great idea. Vehicles produce a large percentage of the earth’s pollution [read more]. The post 4 Green Car Buying Tips – U.S. Green Technology’s Green Guide appeared first on U.S. Green Technology.

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Climate makes a comeback in coronavirus recovery plans (just don’t call it climate action)

Impact Alpha

ImpactAlpha, May 14 – The science was undermined. The economics were ignored. But the case for jobs and livelihoods in the wake of the COVID crash may finally succeed in driving decisive action on climate change. Even in the first few months of the Great Pandemic, climate politics have already gone through several spin cycles. The post Climate makes a comeback in coronavirus recovery plans (just don’t call it climate action) appeared first on ImpactAlpha.

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Old Polish barn transforms into a cool contemporary home

Inhabitat - Innovation

Recently transformed from a decrepit old barn into a sleek contemporary home, the Silesian House by mode:lina incorporates timber and other natural materials.

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GM’s Tennessee assembly plant to run 100% on solar by 2022

Solar Power World

General Motors plans to shift its Spring Hill, Tennessee, manufacturing plant to run 100% on solar power by late 2022. GM has signed a green tariff agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority for 100 MW of solar power. The power comes from a 200-MW solar array in Mississippi that is currently under development by Origis… The post GM’s Tennessee assembly plant to run 100% on solar by 2022 appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Tesla Autobidder software aggregates solar and storage into a giant virtual utility

Charged

The future of energy is distributed. Instead of buying energy from a small number of giant power plants, traders on the energy market are increasingly dealing with a large number of small, widely distributed assets. Energy assets include not only power-generating plants such as wind and solar installations, but storage facilities such as stationary batteries (and, in the future, EVs equipped with V2G technology).

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SkySats 16-21 to Launch on SpaceX Falcon 9 Rideshare Missions

Planet Pulse

Planet is set to launch six more SkySat satellites (SkySats 16-21) into Low Earth Orbit this summer, rounding out the fleet of 15 SkySats already in operation. SkySats 1-15 operate in Sun Synchronous Orbits, a specific type of Low Earth Orbit that results in the Earth’s surface always being illuminated by the Sun at the same angle when the satellite is capturing imagery.

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Eco-friendly Everlasting Forest Pavilion champions circular living in Bangkok

Inhabitat - Innovation

For this year’s Bangkok Design Week, Thai design firm Plural Designs created the Everlasting Forest Pavilion, a temporary structure built of biodegradable materials that promotes sustainable ideas and products to the public.