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It’s Time To Think Of Electric Vehicles As A Growth Sector

CleanTechnica

Recent data suggests passenger electric vehicles may be poised for exponential growth over the next decade. They're still early in a projected trajectory, with some exponential expansion occurring but not yet at top speed.

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Environmental Impact Investing: What You Need To Know

U.S. Green Technology

Costs of living are already on the rise, and yet, inflation continues to soar faster than wages can catch up. Thus, more and more people are looking for other ways to increase their income, one of which is being an investor. Until recent years, people were only concerned about how they could generate profit through. The post Environmental Impact Investing: What You Need To Know appeared first on U.S.

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AI start-up aims to predict if the world can really avoid a long-term increase in global climate temperature

Envirotec Magazine

Permutable AI , an award-winning UK start-up in the field of ESG data, has been awarded a grant by the UK’s innovation agency Innovate UK, to improve accuracy in predicting the world’s CO2 emissions trajectory. Permutable will use its world-class AI technology – specifically Natural Language Processing (NLP) – and data from Permutable’s global data partners, to fill in data gaps caused by companies’ failure to disclose carbon emissions and use this to improve prediction accurac

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Can companies ever move past incremental approaches to climate action?

GreenBiz

A new report focuses on how companies can move from commitment to bold action that can accelerate the transition to a decarbonized, just economy.

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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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13% Of New Car Sales In Europe Electric (21% Plugins)

CleanTechnica

dFor the first time since June 2021, the overall European car market grew YoY. It was only by 3%, but it signals that the worst of the production constraints might be over. Although, with an energy-derived recession looming on the horizon, this uptick might not last for long… Looking at the plugin vehicle market in […].

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Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) Technology Market Challenges and Developments

altenergymag

The growth of the global vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology market is being driven by the surge in demand for electric vehicles globally. The surge in demand for electric vehicle charging stations all around the globe are driving the expansion of global vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology market.

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Tools and solutions that stand out from Climate Week

GreenBiz

Action against plastics and fossil fuels. New tools to embed carbonization throughout businesses of any size. These developments from the climate confab in the Big Apple offer ways to move climate action forward.

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Why Is Sustainability Important In Business?

Green Business Bureau

The case for business sustainability. 90% of executives believe sustainability is important in business. Today, it’s incontestable that instituting a sustainability strategy is good business. The benefits of this go beyond environmental and social security. That is, more and more studies indicate business sustainability delivers greater prosperity, and designs organizations to last.

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Why You Shouldn’t Wait To Switch On Solar Panels?

U.S. Green Technology

Solar panels help you save money on electricity costs by generating your own power. They’re often the first step in going solar. But if you want to go solar, you need solar panels. These cost-effective devices convert sunlight into electricity to power your home and charge your battery backup system. So how do you pick. The post Why You Shouldn’t Wait To Switch On Solar Panels?

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Fuel bills could rise 90% under Government’s hydrogen plans

Envirotec Magazine

Replacing gas with hydrogen for home heating would result in huge energy bill rises for households over the next three decades, a report by energy analysts Cornwall Insight appears to find. The report, commissioned by MCS Charitable Foundation, projects that hydrogen would cost 70-90% more than gas on average. The authors of the report conclude that hydrogen will be a much more expensive heating fuel than natural gas and thus it would be better to prioritise other technologies to decarbonise dom

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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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What climate adaptation technology looks like

GreenBiz

Pano AI is one example of climate tech startups emerging to tackle conditions, such as wildfires, exacerbated by climate change.

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Energy Dome, Ørsted to Partner on Energy Storage Facilities

altenergymag

Energy Dome and renewable energy leader Ørsted will work together to explore possibilities to deploy one or more ‘CO2 Battery’ long-duration energy storage plants to support Ørsted’s renewable energy projects in Europe

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Vortex: The Future of Green Technology?

U.S. Green Technology

At a time when the world is focused on becoming more environmentally friendly, it’s no surprise that green technology is one of the hottest topics around. But what exactly is green technology? And what are some of the latest and greatest innovations in this field? Today, we’re taking a look at Vortex, an online atmospheric. The post Vortex: The Future of Green Technology?

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Anthropogenic air pollution impacts health and climate in the Middle East

Envirotec Magazine

A visible layer of air pollution stretches out across the sea. Photograph taken from the research vessel during the AQABA campaign (image credit: © 2022 AQABA project). Desert dust was assumed to be the primary contributor to elevated air pollution across the Middle East. But now a research group seems to have shown that pollution from anthropogenic sources contributes to health risks and is an important climate factor across the region.

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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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Global 'stilling': Is climate change slowing down the wind?

GreenBiz

As carbon dioxide levels rise and the Earth’s poles warm, researchers are predicting a decline in the planet’s wind speeds. This ‘stilling’ could impact wind energy production and plant growth and might even affect the Gulf Stream, which drives much of the world’s climate.

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Two new “grid forming” batteries and an electrolyser: Victoria races to replace coal

Renew Economy

Victoria Labor will help fund two new large-scale battery systems and a renewable hydrogen electrolyser project as part of a raft of new projects and targets for the state. The post Two new “grid forming” batteries and an electrolyser: Victoria races to replace coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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How To Find Sustainable Fashion Brands In 4 Easy Steps

U.S. Green Technology

As the number of green fashion brands is increasing and we start to hear more about sustainable fashion every day, there might be a few things that you will be wondering about. For example, you may want to know how to find the best sustainable fashion brands out there and what you should look out. The post How To Find Sustainable Fashion Brands In 4 Easy Steps appeared first on U.S.

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The UK Government’s deregulation agenda is dangerous

Envirotec Magazine

Image credit: Colin , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license. For the good of future generations, we must retain existing laws and improve protections for nature, writes Joan Edwards, director of policy for The Wildlife Trusts. We face an urgent nature and climate crisis. The situation is dire, with more than one in ten species in England on the brink of extinction and the UK among the most nature-depleted countries in the world.

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The GreenFin Interview: NAACP’s CEO on ESG and equity’s 'third act'

GreenBiz

Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, discusses the role of a new fund designed to provide exposure to American companies that fit the NAACP’s vision of good corporate citizens.

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World’s first offshore green hydrogen electrolyser begins production

Renew Economy

First offshore green hydrogen electrolyser produces its first batch of green hydrogen in France. The post World’s first offshore green hydrogen electrolyser begins production appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Antelope Valley schools to buy 20 BYD electric school buses

Charged

California’s Antelope Valley Schools Transportation Agency (AVSTA) has announced plans to buy 20 BYD electric school buses. The buses will be built in Lancaster, California at the BYD Coach & Bus facility by members of the SMART Union. The BYD Type D Battery Electric School Bus has a top speed of 65 miles per hour and a range of up to 155 miles.

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Ocean oil pollution is growing — and not from oil spills

Grist

Oil spills may be dramatic and devastating, but they’re not the biggest contributor to ocean oil pollution — not by a long shot. A report released Wednesday gives that distinction to fossil fuel runoff from highways, parking lots, and other land-based infrastructure, mostly transportation related. According to the report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, “ Oil in the Sea ,” these sources are by far the largest and fastest-growing contributor to ocean oil polluti

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U.S. Energy Storage Monitor

GreenBiz

Each quarter Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association (ACP) gather data on U.S. energy storage deployments, prices, policies, regulations, and business models. We compile this information to create the most comprehensive, timely analysis of energy storage in the U.S. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights from the latest report. The US energy storage market set a new record in the second quarter of 2022, with grid-scale installations totaling 2,608 megawatt hours (MWh) – the

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Australia’s huge new nickel mine will host world’s biggest renewable micro-grid

Renew Economy

Huge $1.7 billion copper and nickel mine in remote part of Australia will feature world's biggest off-grid renewables plant and extended periods of no fossil fuel power. The post Australia’s huge new nickel mine will host world’s biggest renewable micro-grid appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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ZF Wind Power and R&D Test Systems to develop 30MW test bench

altenergymag

• Test bench for ZF Wind Power's future Test & Prototype Center • 30MW powertrain and gearbox test rig will be world's most powerful • "Back-to-back" concept: two gearboxes or two powertrains tested in parallel • Simulating variable loading of nacelle by applying wind loads to full powertrains • Tests to prove nacelle's reliability for future 20MW wind turbines • Delivery in 2024

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BYD and Castrol to collaborate on fluids and greases for EVs

Charged

Chinese automaker BYD and bp-owned lubricant company Castrol have signed a three-year collaboration agreement for Castrol ON products, which include fluids and greases designed for EVs. BYD will officially recommend Castrol ON EV Transmission Fluid for its Han EVs, and will use Castrol ON fluids in its EVs. “BYD (China) will promote Castrol ON products in its online stores, after-sales centers and across its dealer network in China,” says bp.

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Converting captured carbon into rock really is that easy

GreenBiz

Icelandic company Carbfix has cracked the code on converting liquified CO2 into rock, leading the charge to capture and store excess carbon.

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German steel giant tech breakthrough to steer industry away from coal

Renew Economy

ThyssenKrupp gives green light to plan to replace blast furnaces with low-carbon technology at Germany’s largest steelmaking plant. The post German steel giant tech breakthrough to steer industry away from coal appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Tigo Energy Surpasses One-Terawatt Hour of Monitored Solar PV Energy in Europe

altenergymag

As highlighted by residential installations in one Spanish neighborhood, Tigo MLPE drives sales with module-level monitoring and optimization.

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Ideanomics tests WAVE’s 500 kW wireless charger at Port of Los Angeles

Charged

Commercial EV specialist Ideanomics (NASDAQ: IDEX) has successfully tested WAVE’s 500 kW wireless charging system at the Port of Los Angeles. In a test, WAVE’s system fully charged a Class 8 electric truck in less than 15 minutes. (Ideanomics acquired WAVE in 2021.). Construction and charger installation at the Port of Los Angeles is underway, and Ideanomics expects the first 500 kW charger to enter service in 2023.

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Is green hydrogen the biggest opportunity for climate tech funding?

GreenBiz

Sponsored: Dr. Maria Anez-Lingerfelt, senior scientist at Pall Corporation looks at how finance and tech must align to make further progress for sustainable energy.

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Australian zinc bromide batteries start rolling off production line in Sydney

Renew Economy

Gelion launches production of its “safe and durable” Endure batteries at a newly repurposed manufacturing facility in Western Sydney. The post Australian zinc bromide batteries start rolling off production line in Sydney appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Meet the founder: Mzansi Meat’s co-founders on building a global foodtech company with African roots

AFN Sustainable Protein

Mzansi Meat debuted as Africa’s first cultivated meat company in 2020. Co-founders Brett Thompson and Tasneem Karodia share the ambition of creating high-quality, great-tasting meat with without slaughtering or harming the animals. Thompson, who is also the CEO of Mzansi, runs a non-profit called Credence Institute that advocates for animal interests; he is also a spokesperson for Meat-Free Mondays South Africa.

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Oil wells could soon be pumping lithium in Alberta

Charged

Everybody loves lithium, but mining it does have an environmental footprint. Everybody (around here) hates oil, which has a much bigger footprint. But what if I told you that there’s a way to extract lithium from existing oil wells, and that it’s not only greener than other lithium extraction methods, but could even clean up some of the damage from the oil drilling?

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