Why Unilever’s downshift on sustainability is good news
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Environmental and social commitments are aligning more closely with tangible financial goals, a sign of sustainability’s maturity in business.
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£36m award will use waste heat from data centres to heat homes in London
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The Mayor of London’s development corporation, OPDC has been awarded £36 million from the government’s Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) to harness waste heat from the cooling of several data centres. The innovative project is the first of its kind to secure GHNF support and will provide low carbon heating captured from data centres into buildings. It forms part of a wider £65m award from the GHNF to five projects across the UK.
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National Scorecard Says Illinois Can Do Better on Transportation
NRDC onEarth
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
A new scorecard from NRDC shows that Illinois is trailing behind its neighbors in building a clean and equitable transportation system.
China Will Guarantee Financial Support for Coal-Fired Power Plants
POWER Magazine
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
A government agency in China announced that operators of coal-fired power plants will receive guaranteed payments based on the installed capacity of their units, part of a program to ensure […] The post China Will Guarantee Financial Support for Coal-Fired Power Plants appeared first on POWER Magazine.
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.
Unilever CEO signals radical shift in sustainability agenda
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Under new Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher, sustainability will become part of a composite score by which brand managers will evaluate performance.
Michigan just passed one of the country’s most ambitious clean energy bills
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Michigan’s Democrat-controlled legislature has passed a package of clean energy bills that includes one of the most aggressive state-level clean energy targets in the nation.
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UAMPS and NuScale Power Terminate SMR Nuclear Project
POWER Magazine
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and NuScale Power Corp. (NuScale) have mutually agreed to terminate the Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP), a small modular reactor (SMR) project that was […] The post UAMPS and NuScale Power Terminate SMR Nuclear Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Master class: Planning your transition for later career and life
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Here's how late-career sustainability professionals can effectively navigate the transition and identify priorities and interests.
US Could Become Odd Market Out in EV Success Story
BloombergNEF
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
With just two months left in 2023, it’s a good time to take stock of where things stand on global electric-vehicle adoption. The post US Could Become Odd Market Out in EV Success Story appeared first on BloombergNEF.
Overseas LNG Investment Undercuts U.S. Climate Credibility
NRDC onEarth
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
A recent flurry of U.S. overseas LNG investments puts the Biden administration’s financing policies starkly at odds with the Paris Agreement’s warming goal.
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.
Bowen says accelerating switch to renewables essential to “keep the lights on”
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
In a speech in Adelaide, federal energy minister doubles down on 82% renewables target and hints at new policy initiatives to "amplify" efforts to reach it. The post Bowen says accelerating switch to renewables essential to “keep the lights on” appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Listen up, utilities: The EV industry is telling you what it needs
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Utility queuing challenges, standardizing charging equipment and improving financing mechanisms are driving the conversation on EVs.
Top Tory Think Tank’s North Sea Oil and Gas ‘Vested Interests’
DeSmogBlog
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The influential Conservative-linked Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) has been pushing for further North Sea oil and gas drilling while several of its board members hold financial interests in the industry, a DeSmog investigation has found. The news follows the government’s approval of the major Rosebank oilfield and the issuing of new North Sea licences, which the government intends to turn into a mandatory annual process, as announced in this week’s King’s Speech.
Problem Plastics Are Poisoning People and Polluting the Planet
NRDC onEarth
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Plastic polymers, chemical additives, and plastic products that pose the greatest hazards and/ or are unnecessary should be phased out.
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?
Hyundai Engineering & Construction Finalizes Design for Korea’s Largest Water Electrolysis Hydrogen Plant
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The company is accelerating the enhancement of its core competencies to lead the global clean energy market and to achieve carbon neutrality. By developing technology for clean energy sources and.
How Unilever uses AI to cut petrochemicals out of laundry soap
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Unilever used AI to identify replacement ingredients for its laundry and cleaning products five times faster than previously possible.
Kentucky utilities get approval for plan to replace coal plant with 1GW solar, storage by 2027
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Two utilities in Kentucky, US, have received approval from the Kentucky Public Service Commission (KPSC) to add 1GW of solar PV and energy storage to replace a 600MW coal plant by 2027.
Ammonia fuel offers great benefits but demands careful action, says study
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Ammonia, a main component of many fertilizers, could play a key role in a carbon-free fuel system as a convenient way to transport and store clean hydrogen. The chemical, made of hydrogen and nitrogen (NH3), can also itself be burned as a zero-carbon fuel. However, new research led by Princeton University illustrates that even though it may not be a source of carbon pollution, ammonia's widespread use in the energy sector could pose a grave risk to the nitrogen cycle and climate without proper e
Gas industry reached for tobacco playbook after science showed that gas stoves are harmful
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
The gas industry was told by science in the 1970s that gas stoves were harmful to health, so it reached into the tobacco industry's playbook of denial. The post Gas industry reached for tobacco playbook after science showed that gas stoves are harmful appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Emissions keep rising among world's biggest meat and dairy producers
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Urgent policy is needed to combat this trend, according to an analysis led by the FAIRR investor network.
FERC decides if LNG facilities benefit the public. Is it doing its job?
Canary Media
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Sometime in the next few weeks, a government agency that most Americans know little about could approve a new fossil-fuel project that would have lasting consequences for the climate.
US Bureau of Land Management brings online two California PV projects, advances on 13 other renewables projects
PV Tech
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the Department of Interior, has advanced on 15 clean energy projects across the West, with two solar PV and storage plants operational in California.
Lightening the load: Researchers develop autonomous, customizable electrochemistry robot
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology have developed an automated laboratory robot to run complex electrochemical experiments and analyze data.
Finding the right message for taking the sustainability movement mainstream
GreenBiz
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
How to use the power of advertising for the fight against climate change.
TES Launches $4 Billion Projet Mauricie for Québec’s Green Hydrogen Production
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
TESCanada H2 Inc. (hereinafter “TES Canada”), a Canadian developer of innovative projects aimed at accelerating the energy transition, is proud to present the Projet Mauricie. Totalling $4 billion in investments.
“Marvel of engineering:” Giant wind turbine transporters find their way to Australia
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
New turbine blade transport technology deployed at the 923MW MacIntyre wind farm will drastically reduce the impact on farmland and vegetation. The post “Marvel of engineering:” Giant wind turbine transporters find their way to Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Former fracking site could lead UK’s renewable revolution
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 5, 2023
Final testing being done in project to give North Yorkshire site new life as source of geothermal energy A former fracking site in the North Yorkshire village of Kirby Misperton, once a lightning rod for environmental protests, may soon be a new frontier in Britain’s clean energy revolution. For the first time in the UK, an abandoned gas well could begin a second life as a source of geothermal energy.
New study finds electric vehicles are driven less than gas cars
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Mass adoption of electric vehicles (EV) is a key part of plans to decarbonize the United States' energy system. As EV ownership in the U.S. increases, understanding how much EV owners are driving their cars informs everything from climate and energy models to U.S. policy and energy planning.
Hyster Recognized by Fast Company for World’s First Hydrogen-Powered Top-Pick Container Handler
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
GREENVILLE, N.C.— Hyster Company announces that leading business publication Fast Company recognized the hydrogen-powered top pick as a finalist in its Innovation by Design Awards. The port equipment was named among the.
ARENA reports “unprecedented” interest in community batteries
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 4, 2023
ARENA receives applications request for $1.3 billion of community battery proposals, more than 10 times the $120 million available under its funding program. The post ARENA reports “unprecedented” interest in community batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.
The Week in Impact Investing: Buffers
Impact Alpha
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
TGIF, Agents of Impact! ? Thriving in turbulence. As we’ve seen in past moments of volatility, commitments to positive impact are again helping. The post The Week in Impact Investing: Buffers appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
Battery materials: What is the battery of the future made of?
TechXplore
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The Empa research group led by Maksym Kovalenko is researching innovative materials for the batteries of tomorrow. Whether it's fast-charging electric cars or low-cost stationary storage, there's a promising material or a novel manufacturing process for every application.
Taking to the Skies, Powered by Hydrogen
FuelCellsWorks
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Hydrogen will be a major lever for the decarbonization of air transport, which is committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. It’s a major challenge, and one that requires.
Australia’s big batteries: What do they do and how do they make money?
Renew Economy
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Battery storage is changing the grid: Neoen provides insight into how they make money, including three new revenue streams. The post Australia’s big batteries: What do they do and how do they make money? appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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