Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

Through Innovate UK, DfT has commissioned a consortium to assess the economic and technical potential of the UK’s first ‘eHighway’. The study is part of the UK government’s plan to reach zero net emissions for heavy road freight. It aims to demonstrate the technology is ready for a national roll-out. The Department for Transport has awarded funding through Innovate UK to a consortium to lead the UK’s first ever study on the electrification of long range trucks with dynamic charging, using overhe

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Grist

AUGUST 3, 2021

Malaysia’s Kinabalu Park, which surrounds Mount Kinabalu, the 20-largest peak in the world, is home to a nickel mine like none other. In lieu of heavy machinery, plumes of sulfur dioxide, or rivers red with runoff , you’ll find four acres of a leafy-green shrub, tended to since 2015 by local villagers. Once or twice per year, they shave off about a foot of growth from the 20-foot-tall plants.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 2, 2021

The software giant, which famously pledged to pay back its carbon debt in January 2020, is reminding other corporations that avoiding carbon and removing carbon are two very different things.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 2, 2021

Greenland's vast ice sheets are melting away at an alarming rate, according to a recent report. As reported by the Danish government, the ice sheet lost 8.5 billion tons of surface mass on Tuesday alone.

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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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altenergymag

AUGUST 3, 2021

Following is a statement from John Smirnow, vice president of market strategy and general counsel at the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) on the August 2, 2021 Section 201 petition:

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U.S. Green Technology

AUGUST 5, 2021

Sustainable packaging is and will continue to be a pressing issue in today’s society. There are concerns regarding the packaging industry’s processes — using fossil fuel resources is unsustainable and more companies are looking into viable alternatives. Without proper packaging, it would be difficult to provide consumers with the items they need to survive.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 6, 2021

Research led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has found that bottled water's environmental impact is 3,500 times higher than tap water's.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 2, 2021

Mathias Muther hands over the operational management of the globally operating expert for PV mounting solutions AEROCOMPACT in the respective country organizations to Manfred Ganahl for the European market and Dirk Morbitzer for the US market. Muther, the company founder and sole owner, will focus on strategically developing and internationalizing the company from August and remain Global CEO in the parent company AEROCOMPACT Holding.

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U.S. Green Technology

AUGUST 2, 2021

While caring for the environment, we are not only safeguarding our health but also the future of the generations to come. A stable and clean environment is possibly the most thoughtful gift that we can give to our future generations. Slowly, in the past decades, the world has witnessed the formation of a global environmental. The post Decarbonization of Industry: Technologies for Sustainable Future appeared first on U.S.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2021

Sinai Technologies, which just raised $10 million in seed funding, is a part of a wave of software startups focused on carbon accounting.

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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

AUGUST 2, 2021

Turkey’s Aegean coast has been evacuated due to epic wildfires. At least eight people have perished, and boats rescued thousands of holidaymakers from resorts.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 4, 2021

AttaBox® Heartland Series Enclosures are now available in color in a wide range of sizes from 6" x 6" to 20" x 16".

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U.S. Green Technology

JULY 31, 2021

Electric scooters are now more than just a leisurely ride for children and teenagers. They now help clean the transportation sector. Cities across the globe have been seeing the benefits of legalising and implementing shared and private electric scooters on city roads and lanes. For one, it helps replace car trips and reduce road emissions. The post The Economic and Environmental Impact of Electric Scooters appeared first on U.S.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 6, 2021

A new paper, "Decarbonizing our toughest sectors — profitably," makes the case that deep decarbonization isn’t a cost: It’s an investment that will make communities and companies money.

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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

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Sierra Nevada red fox is to be listed as an endangered species following a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday.

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altenergymag

AUGUST 4, 2021

Comprehensive management software designed to help solar installers around the world save time and money

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 4, 2021

Electricity is an important utility, to say the least. It is arguably the bedrock of modern civilization, and it is necessary for a vast percentage of modern luxuries. However, electricity costs money, and taking full advantage of modern conveniences without the proper considerations can be quite expensive. Finding ways to cut costs on your electric […].

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 3, 2021

Sponsored: By following three key steps, businesses can develop goals and follow actions to support the restoration of biodiversity, a move that has benefits for both business and nature.

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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

AUGUST 6, 2021

The project, Garden City of the Crescent Moon, seeks to showcase what the design of the future can look like.

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Charged

AUGUST 5, 2021

Researchers from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have increased the lifetime of a lithium metal battery to a record 600 cycles. The research was done through DOE’s Innovation Center for Battery500 Consortium. The work was published in the journal Nature Energy. The PNNL team found a way to increase the battery’s lifetime using 20-micron-wide strips of lithium.

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 4, 2021

In less than a decade, the typical small business startup has changed a lot. Modern companies tend to have fewer workers, take up less office space (if any) and use less energy. The human imagination continued to come up with ways to get by with less fuel and energy. Especially when entrepreneurs make that philosophy […]. The post How Businesses Cut Energy and Fuel Usage appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 2, 2021

Sponsored: When it comes to shipping, consumers have been conditioned to think faster equals better but fast delivery is rarely the best choice for the planet. A growing number of e-commerce companies are working to combat that trend.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2021

It’s a nautical home that boasts plenty of space for entertaining plus a green design.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 6, 2021

A research project at California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is preparing to test, what the group calls, “breakthrough” technology capable of generating solar power in space for use on Earth. The institution, and its Space-based Solar Power Project (SSPP), recently disclosed a $100 million donation made in 2013 by Donald Bren, chairman of Irvine Company and a member of the Caltech Board of Trustees, to fund the research.

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 4, 2021

The twenty-first century or the modern age has blessed its people with many boons. Today, you live in an age where you can make miracles just by sitting at home. Thanks to technology and innovation to provide humans with such advantages. But, with the boons come the bays. As times and technology has advanced, mother earth […]. The post 6 Eco-friendly Things That You Didn’t Know About appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 4, 2021

Making the transition will require new approaches for hiring, governance and R&D. Here’s how companies such as Walmart, Shopify, Just Salad and Allbirds are approaching the challenge.

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Grist

AUGUST 4, 2021

It’s a warm day in early June, and researcher Nicholas Dietschler is standing in front of an eastern hemlock sapling about a quarter of a mile up a steep ridge in New York’s Catskill Mountains. The evergreen is not looking good. Its lower branches are brittle and dead. Its upper limbs are balding. Dietschler visually scans the tree’s stubby needles.

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Charged

AUGUST 4, 2021

Power electronics specialist Exro Technologies has announced a new application for its patented Coil Driver technology, which it says could dramatically reduce the cost and complexity associated with deploying EV infrastructure at scale. According to Exro, EVs currently require three different types of power electronics components to power the vehicles and charge the batteries: a motor drive, an on-board charger and an external DC fast charger.

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 6, 2021

Learning to live more lightly on the earth is a process that adults can often struggle with. However, many schools and preschools are setting a terrific example. Children who can learn sustainability in school will have the power to go home and educate their parents on ways to lower the pressure we’re putting on the […]. The post How Schools Can Practice and Promote Sustainability appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 5, 2021

Floating wind has the potential to make a huge contribution to filling the installed capacity gap in renewables and represents a game changer for the energy sector globally.

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Solar Power World

AUGUST 5, 2021

After burning the Thanksgiving turkey in an attempt to brew his own beer, Tony Magee was asked to take his new-found interest outside of his Northern California home. Since 1993, he’s grown his hobby into one of the top solar powered craft breweries in the United States and his Lagunitas beers are now available in… The post Check out this case study on Lagunitas Brewing Company in California going solar appeared first on Solar Power World.

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Charged

AUGUST 4, 2021

Azul, a Brazilian airline that serves 110 destinations and operates a fleet of more than 160 aircraft, has ordered 220 electric aircraft from Lilium in a $1-billion commercial deal and strategic alliance. The companies aim to establish a co-branded network in Brazil. Azul will operate and maintain the Lilium Jet fleet, and Lilium will provide an aircraft health monitoring platform, replacement batteries and other custom spare parts.

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 3, 2021

As eco-consumer rates increase, renewable energy device sales rise. In 2020, the solar energy industry achieved its most profitable year. An enhancement of renewable power production supports President Biden’s Build Back Better plan. He established a national carbon neutrality goal upon entering office. Converting our energy reliance away from fossil fuels and towards solar power […].

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