GreenBiz

APRIL 21, 2021

A wave of electric workhorses is coming. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 04/21/2021 - 01:45. When most folks think of the electrification of transportation, they naturally think about electric cars. And all those new models coming out — from Ford's Mach-e to Volkswagen's ID.4 — are super exciting. But of equal importance is all those other vehicles big and small that aren't carrying passengers on commutes or to the local Starbucks, but that are toiling behind the scenes.

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Jim Conca

APRIL 23, 2021

China will soon have more nuclear than America and France combined. China plans to build another hundred reactors by 2035, their domestically-developed third-generation reactor designs, which in turn are based on the Westinghouse AP1000 reactor of the type we are building at Vogtle in Georgia.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

What looks set to be the world’s most powerful operational tidal turbine was launched on Earth Day, Thursday 22 April, from the port of Dundee. The 2MW tidal turbine, the Orbital O2, has been under construction since 2019 and it was developed by Scottish firm Orbital Marine Power (Orbital). Thursday’s operation was managed by Osprey Shipping and saw the 680-tonne tidal turbine transferred from the Forth Ports quayside facility in Dundee into the River Tay using a submersible barge.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

APRIL 21, 2021

What's better than having your own backyard swimming pool? How about having a pool that relies on an underground garden to filter the water rather than chlorine and other harsh chemicals?

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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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GreenBiz

APRIL 23, 2021

When you think climate change, you need to think about water. Melody Waintal. Fri, 04/23/2021 - 00:05. With nearly a half its land lying below sea level, the Netherlands knows a lot about water and how to make sure a city’s infrastructure is resilient to it, particularly flood risks and freshwater supply. Arcadis , a Dutch engineering firm, is applying that knowledge to cities around the world by creating infrastructures with sustainability at the forefront, such as water recycling facilities in

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 21, 2021

Since acquiring Greentech Media in 2016, we have continued to use greentechmedia.com and GTM Squared news subscription service as vehicles to present greentech and renewables news. However, as outlined in February, we are in the process of fully integrating GTM with Wood Mackenzie. The final step of this integration comes at an exciting time, as we are expanding our Lens platform later this year to include power and renewables assets.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

APRIL 22, 2021

Last year, the College of Forestry at Oregon State University welcomed Peavy Hall and the Advanced Wood Products Laboratory (AWP)—two new mass timber buildings that serve as living laboratories for sustainable architecture. Designed by Canadian architecture firm Michael Green Architecture, the mass timber structures comprise a total of 2,130 cubic meters of wood that store 1,884 metric tons of carbon dioxide.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Apple creates $200 million fund for nature-based climate solutions. Jesse Klein. Thu, 04/22/2021 - 00:12. Nature-based solutions to climate change are having a moment, and Apple is riding the trend with a $200 million fund dedicated to related investments. . The tech titan has invested in protecting forests for some time , but last week it launched a new venture in collaboration with Conservation International that is dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, restoring biodiversity and add

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 19, 2021

Serving multiple cities throughout Southeastern Virginia, Eco-Green Office Cleaning Services provides commercial janitorial cleaning that ensures clean, safe, and healthy work environments. Eco-Green specializes in office buildings and maintains the highest standard of cleanliness for every crevice of the workspace. While a sparkling office is a happier place to work and can boost employee morale, Eco-Green also makes sure its cleaning practices are in the planet’s best interest too.

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altenergymag

APRIL 17, 2021

What stage is your business at on pathway to net-zero? Do you have a clear roadmap of where you're going and how you'll get there? Or are you working out the best way to get started on your journey?

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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

APRIL 23, 2021

As we all know, Earth Day’s 24 hours aren’t quite enough time to offset the other 364 days. So the U.S. Olympic Surf team and Wyland Foundation are partnering on a year-round eco-challenge, starting April 24.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 20, 2021

Electrification gets down to the wire. Joel Makower. Tue, 04/20/2021 - 02:11. Reprinted from GreenBuzz, a free weekly newsletter. Subscribe here. It’s a shockingly heady time for electricity. The push to quickly transition carbon-intensive activities away from fossil fuels while meeting the world’s growing energy needs has put electricity producers and consumers squarely in the forefront of the emerging clean economy.

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U.S. Green Technology

APRIL 20, 2021

In the United States alone, there are over 600,000 businesses in the food and beverage industry. With an intensely competitive marketplace and demanding regulatory requirements, merely staying afloat can often seem impossible for smaller companies that need to contend with an endless supply of mature products. The only way to establish sustainable operations is to.

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altenergymag

APRIL 21, 2021

New York businesses address peak demand reduction and load relief on the distribution grid while propelling forward the state's distributed energy resource goals

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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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Inhabitat - Innovation

APRIL 21, 2021

The United Mine Workers of America has come out in favor of renewable energy, provided that miners can shift to well-paid jobs in that sector.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

Improving Biodiversity and Communities With Net-Zero Goals. Date/Time: May 20, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT). Join GreenBiz and SilviaTerra co-founder and CEO Zack Parisa for a discussion about the correlation between climate change, biodiversity, and community. Every year, more and more organizations pledge to go net-zero. These goals can drive impact beyond climate — from strengthening of rural communities to improving habitats for biodiversity.

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U.S. Green Technology

APRIL 19, 2021

Going green has permeated almost every industry. That’s the way it should be, considering the state of the earth. One of the many industries affected is the death industry. Although that’s not something everyone likes to think about on a daily basis, there are perks to planning your death. However, the face of the field. The post 4 Types of Green Technology Changing the Death Industry appeared first on U.S.

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altenergymag

APRIL 23, 2021

SPOC Grid Inverter Technologies is equipped to further allow enhanced performance and provide new energy alternative configuration choices, assist in reducing carbon emissions and give the user control of their power systems in numerous applications

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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

APRIL 22, 2021

Mocean Energy, a U.K.-based wave power company, has unveiled Blue X, a machine prototype that will be used to harvest tidal energy.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 19, 2021

Why corporate reporting isn’t a proxy for progress. Ken Pucker. Mon, 04/19/2021 - 02:00. Corporate sustainability reporting starts with a laudable goal: that measurement and reporting of a company’s social and environmental footprint would trigger the following positive chain reaction: Individual companies’ social and environmental performance would improve (because what gets measured gets managed).

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 21, 2021

ImpactAlpha, April 21 – If overlooked markets and underserved entrepreneurs represent untapped opportunities, Pakistan presents i2i Ventures with a rich bounty of possibilities. The. The post In Pakistan, investing with a gender lens gives i2i Ventures an early-stage edge appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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altenergymag

APRIL 21, 2021

Power Edison, the leading developer and provider of utility-scale mobile energy storage solutions, has been contracted by a major U.S. utility to deliver the world's largest mobile battery energy storage system. Mobile and flexible solutions provide higher reliability and unlock additional benefits for electric utilities, enabling them to make prudent investments on behalf of their ratepayers.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

APRIL 21, 2021

Last year, Triodos Bank welcomed its newest office, a green-roofed circular building that raises the bar for sustainable architecture.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 23, 2021

Indoor farming funding heats up. Jim Giles. Fri, 04/23/2021 - 01:45. The billions of dollars flowing into indoor ag, followed by news of a big announcement in regenerative farming, is yet more evidence of the furious pace of change we’re seeing in food production. On the indoor side, the update comes in the form of details on a big vertical farm that the startup Plenty is building in Compton, California.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 22, 2021

Through an agreement with NASA and their Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program , access to Planet imagery is available to all NASA-funded researchers. Taking advantage of the high cadence of PlanetScope and the high resolution of SkySat, these researchers have utilized Planet imagery to understand dynamic processes on Earth. The cryosphere—frozen areas of our planet such as the Arctic, mountain glaciers, and Antarctica—is changing at a rapid pace due to climate change.

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altenergymag

APRIL 22, 2021

Industry experts answer homeowners’ biggest solar and battery storage questions in joint webinar on April 27 at 7 p.m.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

APRIL 19, 2021

MCXA designed Casa Mague around existing trees.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 22, 2021

ImpactAlpha, April 22 – Call it The Great Acceleration. Goals for cutting carbon emissions that seemed ambitious when the Paris Agreement was forged. The post 2030 is the new 2050 as countries and companies compete on climate ambitions appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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U.S. Green Technology

APRIL 19, 2021

Welding is an integral part of many manufacturing industries worldwide. In the United States, welding operations consume power that’s worth more than $15 million annually. How, then, can welders produce quality projects while adhering to the power-saving demands? To understand the need for energy-efficient welding programs, look at the toll excessive energy consumption has had.

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altenergymag

APRIL 19, 2021

• Clean energy sees first recorded drop in overall jobs, yet policies hold promise for unparalleled growth in years ahead • Sector recovered 300,000 jobs since unemployment peaked in Q2 • Clean vehicles and wind energy finish year in the positive, despite early losses

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Charged

APRIL 22, 2021

Rolls-Royce and Italian aeronautics manufacturer Tecnam are joining forces to deliver an all-electric passenger aircraft for the commuter market. The new plane is expected to go into revenue service with Widerøe, a regional airline serving Scandinavia, in 2026. Rolls-Royce and Widerøe began a joint research program to evaluate and develop electric aircraft concepts in 2019.

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Impact Alpha

APRIL 22, 2021

ImpactAlpha, April 22 – Latin America a testing ground for innovative environmental financing and business solutions: Lending incentives supporting smallholder farmers; partnerships with Indigenous. The post Fifteen startups with solutions for land restoration in Latin America appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Solar Power World

APRIL 19, 2021

Describe an off-grid solar setup, and someone 20 years ago would imagine a remote cabin in the woods, with lead-acid batteries and diesel generators used as backup power. But in the 2020s, off-grid homes might be closer than you think — like, right next door. Many neighborhoods, either because of their geography or restrictions on… The post Going off-grid in the 2020s: Updated battery choices for today’s power needs appeared first on Solar Power World.

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