Solar Power World

JANUARY 11, 2021

By Melissa Ann Schmid, Marketing Communication Manager, EnergyBin Over the next five years, a growing number of U.S. solar owners and operators will choose to repower their systems. Total supply of decommissioned material will increase, but not all equipment is bound for recycling. Brokers engaged in the trade of used goods, particularly second-hand modules, are… The post Think before trashing: The second-hand solar market is booming appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

5 circular economy questions for 2021. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 01:00. As I begin to think about the year of content and coverage ahead, I thought I’d start things off by sharing some big questions I’ll be asking in 2021 — plus some predictions on how they might be answered. . 1. Will companies align circular economy initiatives with climate goals, or continue to treat these as discrete initiatives?

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Jim Conca

JANUARY 14, 2021

The small modular nuclear reactor designed by NuScale has received an order to prepare for a combined construction and operating license application to build their SMR as part of the Carbon Free Power Project of Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS).

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 14, 2021

Locally sourced bamboo and adobe bricks make up the new Meditation Cathedral & Sunset Sala, a cluster of organically shaped buildings on top of a hill in northern Chiang Mai.

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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.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

This is the second article in a series. Read part one here. It’s easy to see what’s motivating India’s emerging ecosystem of sustainable technology startups with a glance out the window from the office of Sangam Ventures in Gurugram, just outside of Delhi. Several floors below the firm’s balcony, power lines crisscross over piles of garbage, a fleet of rickshaws and cow patties on a rooftop, being dried for cooking fuel.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be. Heather Clancy. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:00. One of the biggest stories of 2020 was the rise of the corporate tree-planting movement, with dozens of multinational businesses from virtually every industry pledging millions of dollars to one of nature’s most effective carbon sequestration solutions. .

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 13, 2021

Charleston, South Carolina has raised the bar for inclusive healthcare design with the opening of the new Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital and Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

After losing out on an early opportunity to build New York state's biggest battery, the owner of New York City's biggest power plant is taking steps to import renewable electricity generated upstate. The Ravenswood Generating Station is undergoing a strategic shift to carry out the transition to clean energy called for by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the New York legislature.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 14, 2021

How the EU’s new ‘toxic-free’ vision could shape your safer chemicals strategy. Bob Kerr. Thu, 01/14/2021 - 01:00. For the last two decades, the European Union has played a leadership role in tackling the risks hazardous chemicals pose to our health and environment. It has now proposed a new vision for a "toxic-free environment" and published a strategy for moving the EU towards that goal.

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U.S. Green Technology

JANUARY 9, 2021

Wind power is one of the largest sources of clean, renewable energy in the United States, and it’s only going to keep growing. By 2030, wind power is expected to produce 20% of the U.S. electricity demand and cost less than fossil fuels. With wind already making its way into the mainstream energy grid, it’s. The post Pros and Cons of Wind Power for the Home appeared first on U.S.

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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 15, 2021

All aspects of the project, which was completed free of charge, are united by a floral logo of a pink primrose and the motto “With a flower, Italy comes back to life.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 13, 2021

The benefits of sustainable business certification go well beyond a seal or certificate of proof. The process itself becomes a journey to get more sustainable. The starting point is often a way to do an assessment of how sustainable your business currently is. The program engages employees and helps create a culture committed to environmentalism and social responsibility.

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Fairsnape

JANUARY 11, 2021

Reading Zoe Cohen’s recent linkedin share of a 2016 Ego-Eco article from Art Tawanghar lead me to revisit my my framing of regenerative sustainability work and consultancy support within Ego-Eco-Seva thinking … Ego-Eco is a great way to frame our past and current approach to the environment, sustainability and the climate crisis, but does it go far or deep enough?

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 11, 2021

The Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx), launched by Harvard University scientists, hopes to examine the effects of spraying calcium carbonate (CaCO3) dust into the atmosphere — a sun-reflecting aerosol that may offset the effects of global warming.

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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.

Sustainability

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 11, 2021

Just 20 minutes from the town of Odda, through the steep Norwegian hillsides, something magical sits at the edge of the fifth-longest fjord on Earth.

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Charged

JANUARY 15, 2021

Cities in Europe and elsewhere are being forced to come up with some innovative public charging solutions. Faced with the task of providing charging to residents who do not have assigned parking spaces, they need chargers that can be installed in large numbers throughout city centers, without consuming valuable space on already-crowded streets and sidewalks.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 13, 2021

After years of signaling its intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement to fight climate change, the United States made the decision official. The post What the U.S. return to the Paris Agreement means for investors appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 12, 2021

French automaker Groupe Renault and U. S.-based Plug Power today announced a memorandum of understanding to create a stand alone joint venture that will develop, build and market electric fuel cell light commercial vehicles.

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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 15, 2021

In working closely with the client, the architects crafted a home that respected her desires for privacy without compromising a sense of community.

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Charged

JANUARY 15, 2021

Commercial truck OEM Dennis Eagle’s electric 26-ton refuse collection vehicle has gone into service with customers around the UK, and early customers are giving it glowing reviews. The eCollect is based on Dennis Eagle’s Elite 6×2 rear-steer chassis with Olympus 19-cubic-meter body and Terberg automatic split bin lift. This is the company’s best-selling vehicle configuration, so it’s already familiar to most drivers, operators and maintenance teams.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 13, 2021

ImpactAlpha, January 13 – Small, privately-run clinics are often the only providers of essential health services in remote and low-income parts of Africa. The post Medical Credit Fund blends $19.2 million to finance Africa’s frontline health clinics appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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altenergymag

JANUARY 12, 2021

Free upgrade to “Make It Solar” and launch of new Reliant “Truly Free Flex Days” meets customers’ evolving lifestyles and interests

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 11, 2021

Tesla is known for its state-of-the-art electric vehicles, but how sustainable is the company really?

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Charged

JANUARY 11, 2021

Bogota public transit agency Transmilenio has ordered 596 new BYD electric buses, bringing the city’s electric bus fleet to a total of 1,485 units. The new e-buses are expected to be in operation by 2022, and will operate in the Fontibón, Usme and Perdomo areas. María Fernanda Ortiz, the General Manager of Transmilenio, proudly claimed bragging rights: “Having one of the two largest electric fleets in Latin America is a point of pride, and shows that we are on the right path in terms of fleet re

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 14, 2021

Read time: 15 mins It seems like nearly every day another hopeful article touts the potential of using hydrogen as a fuel to tackle climate change. What’s known as “green hydrogen” — which relies on renewable power for production — is getting the bulk of that attention.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 14, 2021

ImpactAlpha, Jan. 14 – Last January, some 170,000 attendees and 4,400 exhibitors flocked to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show. The. The post Sustainability is the new new thing at the Consumer Electronics Show appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 15, 2021

As the fashion world looks for alternatives to plastic and leather, mycelium is rising to the top of the material supply chain.

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Charged

JANUARY 13, 2021

Irish charging operator EasyGo , which boasts a network of 1,200 charge points and 7,000 customers, has formed a partnership with telecom company Eir to replace 180 telephone kiosks around Ireland with Tritium DC fast chargers. EasyGo Director Gerry Cash said the idea of transforming phone boxes came about because of their locations around the country.

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 15, 2021

After suffering a serious illness and giving up law school in California, Raven Hernandez went back to her hometown of Nashville and started an all-EV ride share company, where every car is a Tesla.

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Impact Alpha

JANUARY 11, 2021

ImpactAlpha, January 11 – Bangalore-based CropIn helps farmers analyze crop yields and risks with satellites, sensors and weather data. The 10-year-old company says it. The post Indian agtech venture CropIn raises $20 million appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 12, 2021

Not only is this chemical thought to kill bees, but rainwater will wash it from fields into rivers.

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Charged

JANUARY 12, 2021

Proterra is best known as an electric transit bus OEM, but it has branched out into providing electric powertrain solutions to other vehicle manufacturers and turnkey charging and energy management solutions to fleets. The company has long been considered a likely candidate for a public share offering, and now it has announced that it will go public through a transaction with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called ArcLight Clean Transition (Nasdaq: ACTC).

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 10, 2021

The food system is arguably the largest contributor to greenhouse-gas emissions (details below), and it remains the most neglected.

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