Jim Conca
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Texas’ energy mix of mostly gas and wind did not do well with this week’s extreme cold snap. Gas used for heating increased dramatically, removing much of it from generating electricity, some pipelines froze up and couldn’t deliver, and there just isn’t enough pipeline capacity to begin with.
U.S. Green Technology
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
The pandemic may have put the world on pause but global warming continues to become a threat to the environment and people. Fortunately, green technology has helped develop solutions that slow down global warming and climate change and preserve the environment. Moreover, different sectors have been finding ways to use sustainable materials and processes, furthering.
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GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
EVs are just one part of sustainable transportation. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 02/17/2021 - 01:15. Want more great analysis of electric and sustainable transport? Sign up for Transport Weekly , our free email newsletter. While electric vehicles hold big promise in 2021, another aspect of decarbonizing transportation could get major support this year: reducing car driving.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Only half (53%) of UK engineering firms think net zero by 2050 is achievable for them. 1 in 2 are currently experiencing a skills gap or limitations in their current workforce (46%), however due to the current economic climate, recruitment is currently their lowest priority (35%). Almost half say new applicants lack the required technical skills needed to fill vacancies (48%).
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.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Last year, the Global Forest Watch tracking system starting allowing people to help monitor deforestation in far-flung parts of the world while sitting at home with their laptop. But the satellite program had a flaw: perpetrators could hide behind cloud cover. The system recently announced a new upgrade that uses radar to see right through the clouds.
GreenTechMedia
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
The economic, environmental, and public health challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis in 2020 continue unabated as we usher in a new presidential administration. And yet, utilities across the United States are expecting to spend more money with their guaranteed rate of return, which clearly means higher electricity bills.
CleanTech Focus brings together the best content for cleantech professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Research reveals manufacturing sector as one of the best prepared to meet 2050 UK Net Zero targets with 57 per cent of businesses having a strategy to reduce their carbon footprint. 33% of manufacturing businesses said the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the sustainability goals of their manufacturing business as priorities have shifted. A new survey of SME[1] decision makers conducted by YouGov on behalf of World Kinect Energy Services appears to reveal that the manufacturing industry is one of
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
AMP Robotics has developed an innovative recycling robot. The increased efficiency means less waste in the landfills and more materials being recycled.
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Wide-ranging interviews with CXO's of the major companies operating in the global waste to energy market, the primary research concludes that the global waste to energy market to witness a substantial growth of nearly 7.2 % over the forecast period. On the basis of the technology segment, thermal WTE technology dominated the global waste to energy market in 2019.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Insights from green banking: What keeps customers from switching banks? Diane Osgood. Wed, 02/17/2021 - 00:05. ESG may be all the rage, but what about retail banking? The deposits you make at your retail bank for personal and business accounts sustain the bank’s ability to make loans and investments. Loans and investment fuel growth. Put simply, a bank’s capital can flow towards fossil fuels or renewable energy, towards local business loans or financing environmentally damaging projects.
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.
Envirotec Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Photo credit: Marco Curaba/Shutterstock.com. A new research project aims to deliver a sustainable source of rare earth magnets for electric and hybrid vehicles for one of the most sought after luxury car brands in the world. The collaborative effort was announced on 18 February by the University of Birmingham and Bentley Motors. The £2.6m RaRE (Rare-earth Recycling for E-machines) project is funded by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) and delivered in partnership with Innovate UK, and
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Brette Haus has created an incredibly versatile tiny cabin that can unfold and be installed within only three hours.
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
• Designed to help protect Lithium-Ion Energy Storage Systems (ESS) in solar and wind farms, as well as Lithium-Ion batteries used in data centers and battery manufacturing facilities • Provides rapid off-gas detection, battery stack disconnection and early intervention activation resulting in an integrated and comprehensive solution • Delivers an early warning detection of off-gases and toxic vapors with a response time within a few seconds
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Why SPACs will be key to the sustainability revolution. Andrew Shapiro. Thu, 02/18/2021 - 02:11. Technology and finance have complementary histories of innovation, from the royal charters that launched the first global explorers to the early stock markets that fueled the industrial era. Today, the rise of SPACs is a capital markets innovation that matches the urgency and scope of our global sustainability challenges.
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.
U.S. Green Technology
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Guitars produce a distinct and quality sound not just from the strings, but also from the tonewood of the body. The soundboard, the back, and the sides, all contribute to the desirable sound of this stringed instrument. Some brands and manufacturers source out their tonewood from sources that are used and hidden by other species. . The post 7 Most Sustainable Guitar Woods & The Brands Using Them appeared first on U.S.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
The new Braunstein Taphouse can be moved should its harborside location become dangerous due to rising sea levels.
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) today issued the following statement on the ongoing power outages in Texas.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
The 'last mile' of consumer sustainability behavior. Mike De Socio. Thu, 02/18/2021 - 00:05. These days, it’s hard to argue that sustainability is a niche consumer interest. A vast majority of consumers worldwide believe we need to consume less, according to research by GlobeScan. More to the point, 57 percent of consumers in that survey were willing to pay more for sustainable products.
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?
The City Fix
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Road development throughout the 20th century was based primarily on the premise that more infrastructure eases traffic. But evidence shows that road building, instead of reducing congestion, actually increases traffic. When travel time by car is reduced and convenience increased, Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Scientists at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) have found that Cotoneaster franchetii could help absorb pollution on heavily trafficked roads.
Charged
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
The French city of Triel-sur-Seine has launched a trial of an electric shuttle service that uses a six-meter electric bus made by Bluebus, a subsidiary of the Bolloré Group. The minibuses, which will be delivered this summer, are part of an order for up to 800 e-buses from three manufacturers by Île-de-France Mobilités, an agency that coordinates the various transport companies (including some 90 private bus companies) operating in the Île-de-France region.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Introducing GreenBiz.org, a new nonprofit for BIPOC professionals. Joel Makower. Tue, 02/16/2021 - 02:11. Last week, during GreenBiz 21, Jarami Bond — a new colleague but an old friend — announced the launch of a new nonprofit "that exists solely to nurture and empower BIPOC professionals to accelerate a just transition to a clean economy," as he described it.
Forbes Green Tech
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Turbines in colder climates are typically equipped with de-icing and other tools, such as built-in heating. In Texas during this week’s historic cold snap, they were not.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
The current deadly cold weather across the U.S. is climate change in action.
The City Fix
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
In response to the massive challenges confronting cities around the world, more city planners have begun to experiment with quick, high-impact urban design solutions. From pop-up bike lanes and parklets, to sidewalk extensions, to tactical urbanism safety interventions, many cities. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
GreenBiz
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
We need to talk about consumption. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 02/15/2021 - 01:30. Want more great analysis of the circular economy? Sign up for Circularity Weekly , our free email newsletter. I know, it’s not the most popular of subjects. But on the heels of last week’s GreenBiz 21 conference, the annual gathering of corporate sustainability professionals, I can’t help but address the elephant in the room.
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Read time: 10 mins Fossil fuel industry supporters and climate deniers are pushing a new climate falsehood when it comes to renewable energy: that natural gas offers a more affordable future. And they’re focusing their misinformation campaign on New Jersey.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
HÜGA House is a safe, strong tiny home with the added benefits of affordability and flexibility.
Solar Power World
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
More electronics are being incorporated into residential rooftop solar systems all the time, mostly due to updates to the National Electrical Code (NEC). With evolving rapid shutdown requirements and a strong desire for module-level monitoring, inverter or optimizer choice becomes important when determining how a battery fits into a solar + storage system.
Charged
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
In December 2019, public fast charging network EVgo, in collaboration with Tesla, began installing the automaker’s proprietary connector at its DC fast charging stations around the country (Tesla drivers can use CHAdeMO or CCS plugs, but they need a bulky and pricey adapter, and a CCS adapter only recently became available in the US ). Now EVgo is expanding its offering for Tesla drivers, upgrading hundreds of its stations with integrated Tesla connectors.
Grist
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Palm oil is a dirty word for many environmentalists. Thousands of acres of forest, and the carbon-dense peat soils beneath, have gone up in flames, clearing the way for rows of oil palm trees. For decades, governments of Southeast Asia gave agricultural companies the rights to develop vast swathes of forest, and those companies turned wilderness into plantations as fast as they could.
Inhabitat - Innovation
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
POWERPASTE could be revolutionary for the transport sector.
altenergymag
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Project to Minimize the Water and Carbon Footprint of Lithium Extraction and Production to More Sustainably Power E-Mobility
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