The US is finally getting serious about nature-based solutions
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 5, 2022
A new Biden administration framework acknowledges that harnessing nature-based solutions to fight the climate crisis has become table stakes.
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Tesla delivers “badass” Semi, teases megawatt charging for Cybertruck
Charged
DECEMBER 3, 2022
The Tesla Semi is finally here, and it’s officially a beast. “If you’re a truck driver and you want the most bad-ass rig on the road, this is it,” said Tesla’s CEO at a delivery event at the company’s Nevada Gigafactory, just before he handed over key cards to two PepsiCo executives. EV pundits were using slightly more respectable adjectives such as “disruptive” and “game-changing,” and this is no hyperbole.
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Electric dreams: Innovators step up at the Scottish Green Energy Awards in Edinburgh
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2022
The UK’s first all-electric intercity bus service drove off with a top prize at the Scottish Green Energy Awards on 1 December. Ember, whose low-emission coaches can complete a 130-mile round trip to Edinburgh and Dundee on one charge, were proud winners of the Carbon Reduction Award. Scottish Renewables’ flagship event returned to the EICC in Edinburgh where more than 1,200 guests celebrated Scotland’s renewable energy industry and applauded the 13 award winners who were recognised for their ac
December in the Arctic is hotter than ever before
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 7, 2022
The Arctic is way hotter than it should be this month. In Utqiagvik (formerly known as Barrow), the temperature hit 40 degrees Fahrenheit on Monday. That’s an unwelcome record not only for December but for the entire span of late October to late April.
Manufacturing Sustainability Surge: Your Guide to Data-Driven Energy Optimization & Decarbonization
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.
The clean energy transition is happening faster than forecasters thought
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 8, 2022
A revised energy forecast from the IEA shows the 'largest ever upward revision.
8 Ways A Thermostat Can Help You Save Money
U.S. Green Technology
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Can a thermostat help you save money? Yes. How? Google analysis reveals that nest thermostats tend to save about 10-15% on their heating and cooling costs. Simply by pressing a button, you can command and regulate your heating and cooling system to your satisfaction. Investing in home automation is a smart move if you want. The post 8 Ways A Thermostat Can Help You Save Money appeared first on U.S.
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Switching to microgrids for a clean, reliable power supply
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 9, 2022
As a result of climate change's increased and more severe storms and natural phenomena, weather-related power outages continue to grow across the world. In fact, between 2010 to 2019, the U.S. experienced 70% more power outages than in the previous decade. Given our increasing reliance on electricity, we will continue to require more reliable, clean and robust means of generating and distributing electricity.
Why I’m becoming a climate optimist
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Whether for selfish or moral reasons, the greater mobilization of coalitions that can yield climate progress is an essential reaffirmation of our common humanity and the ability of people to govern themselves.
Microvast Wins Contract to Supply 1.2GWh Battery Energy Storage Project in the United States
altenergymag
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Microvast will supply its BESS ME-4300 container solution for a 1.2GWh battery energy storage project co-located with a solar facility in the United States.
Co-location of energy could significantly cut the cost of expanding renewables ??????
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 8, 2022
A new report from Cornwall Insight and national law firm Weightmans on the co-location of energy assets, entitled “ Co-location, co-location, co-location” , has laid out the significant cost savings of using one grid connection for multiple renewable generation or storage assets. The report outlines how co-location could incentivise the development of battery storage and the expansion of a variety of energy sources including solar and wind power, as well as low-carbon hydrogen production.
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.
Why alternative homes are becoming increasingly popular
Inhabitat - Innovation
DECEMBER 8, 2022
In light of the current circumstances, people are on the look for alternative means of housing.
Finding your 'sustainability and…'
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Job seekers need more than just a degree in sustainability to be attractive to companies. It's important to pair your degree with another skill or interest.
Sustainable Office Gifts: A Guide For Green Holiday Shopping
Green Business Bureau
DECEMBER 9, 2022
The holiday season is upon us which brings the challenge of finding a thoughtful gift for the special people in our lives. If you’re wondering what to get your favorite coworkers while keeping your carbon footprint low, then here’s a must-have guide on sustainable office gifts! For the Organizers. Use what you already have around the home or office to create a chic upcycled organizer!
Global standard for biodiversity impacts moves a step closer
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Judy Kuszewski is Chair of the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB), which is responsible for setting the GRI Standards. A proposed reporting standard that seeks to unlock accountability for the impacts organizations have on the natural world, informing the global response to a deepening biodiversity crisis, has been made available. A public comment period for the exposure draft of the revised GRI Biodiversity Standard is underway, with feedback sought so that the final standard delivers
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.
What Happens In A Blower Door Test?
U.S. Green Technology
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Leakage in exterior building enclosures waste energy and can impact your health and well-being. When there are cracks and gaps in the air barrier and other connections of your home, then they can cause several detrimental issues. These gaps not only allow warm or cold air, contaminants, and moisture to get in, but they are. The post What Happens In A Blower Door Test?
Maker's Mark's case for business conservation of nature
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 5, 2022
The bourbon company is investing in trees and other crop species to ensure the whiskey sector's viability for decades to come.
Building a Sustainable Lifestyle the Simple Way
Green Living Guy
DECEMBER 5, 2022
If you want to make your lifestyle more sustainable than it is now, there’s good news. It’s not necessary to turn your world upside-down to achieve the noble goal of living in a more responsible way. In fact, it’s the small changes that can add up to major transformations and deliver excellent results. Most start […]. The post Building a Sustainable Lifestyle the Simple Way appeared first on The Green Living Guy.
WRAP updates voluntary agreements, outlining circularity vision for food, plastic and textiles
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2022
We will not tackle the climate crisis without changing our consumption systems, says group, whose voluntary agreements aim to lead industry response. Climate action NGO WRAP published annual updates of its voluntary agreements for the food, plastics and textiles sectors on 1 December. The publication came with a stark warning that while the UK is making some progress in tackling key environmental issues, a lot more collaboration and action is needed from businesses to achieve the level of change
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?
Adults are back in the room, with policy that paves the way for cheaper electricity
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Storage mechanism paves way for grid decarbonisation at the speed and scale required as we leave behind our unreliable, ultra-expensive thermal power fleet. The post Adults are back in the room, with policy that paves the way for cheaper electricity appeared first on RenewEconomy.
How Microsoft is integrating environmental justice into business development
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 9, 2022
The tech giant's close collaboration with Emerald Cities Collaborative has informed renewable energy projects with equity as a central concern.
Upstart Co-Lab’s pipeline of creative economy deals is now an investable impact strategy
Impact Alpha
DECEMBER 7, 2022
ImpactAlpha, Dec. 7 – The “creative economy” of fashion, food, film, video games and other art and culture industries has emerged as a. The post Upstart Co-Lab’s pipeline of creative economy deals is now an investable impact strategy appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
750,000 tonnes of household plastic packaging goes uncaptured
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Plastic resource efficiency and recycling charity RECOUP estimates that 750,000 tonnes of post-consumer plastic packaging is not currently collected for recycling, in its new UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey report. Legislation could bridge an important gap between the UK’s current capture rate and what plastic packaging is placed on the market each year.
First massive floating offshore wind tender gets underway in California
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 6, 2022
A mammoth offshore wind auction is underway in the US which will spur at least 4.6GW of floating turbine projects off California's coast. The post First massive floating offshore wind tender gets underway in California appeared first on RenewEconomy.
In a post-COVID world, what’s the future of shared micromobility?
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 6, 2022
The industry aims to boost its sustainability commitment by focusing on circularity and proving the value of shared e-scooters and e-bikes to cities.
How Cities Can Build Food System Resilience
The City Fix
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Let’s not forget what we learned during 2020 about the fragility of our food supply chains:?the prevailing, globalized model is as fragile as a spider web. It can shatter into dangling threads in times of crisis, such as a pandemic.
UK armed forces opts for lower emissions electric generators
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 9, 2022
Bespoke Ground Power Units will replace diesel-powered generators and reduce harmful emissions by over 90%, says the group. Following successful trials, Defence Equipment and Support – the group which procures all the equipment and support for the UK Armed Forces – will deliver innovative electric generators that it says will dramatically reduce harmful emissions and running costs.
CSIRO says Australia can – and must – build its own silicon and solar cell supply chain
Renew Economy
DECEMBER 8, 2022
Major new report says domestic production of silicon is the first step to breaking Australia's dependence on overseas markets and meeting its huge solar power goals. The post CSIRO says Australia can – and must – build its own silicon and solar cell supply chain appeared first on RenewEconomy.
What's up with the global plastics treaty?
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 9, 2022
An update from WWF's Erin Simon and OPLN's Dave Ford, who attended INC-1 in Uruguay.
Li-ion battery pack prices rise for first time, to $151/kWh
Charged
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Lithium-ion battery prices have been dropping for so long that industry players and pundits tend to factor ever-cheaper cells into their predictions, and many have made (dubious) comparisons to Moore’s Law, one of the core tenets of the computer industry. Now, thanks to rising raw material and battery component prices, along with more general inflation, battery pack prices have logged their first increase since BloombergNEF began following the market in 2010.
UK government announces funding for green installers training
Envirotec Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2022
Thousands of training courses will be rolled out across England to grow a skilled workforce of heat pump and energy efficiency installers, said the UK government as it announced winners of its Home Decarbonisation Skills Training competition. “Shining a light on the huge scope for economic growth and job creation in the green energy sector, the £9.2 million funding will offer free and heavily subsidised training opportunities for installers of clean heating and energy efficiency measures.&
E-Fuels Conference & Exhibition
altenergymag
DECEMBER 9, 2022
On behalf of Curtis & Wyss Group, it is a pleasure to invite you to participate in E-Fuels Conference & Exhibition scheduled on February 6th-7th, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain.
From plan to progress — what 2022’s women in food accomplished
GreenBiz
DECEMBER 8, 2022
We asked the badass women in food what was their greatest accomplishment and what lessons they learned in 2022.
Rheinmetall introduces modular curb chargers
Charged
DECEMBER 7, 2022
When all or most cars are EVs, cities will need massive numbers of on-street chargers, and innovative designs will be required to minimize intrusion into already-cluttered public spaces. Düsseldorf-based technology group Rheinmetall presented a novel curb charging system at a recent e-mobility conference in Germany. The new charger integrates charging electronics into the curb itself, so it blends into the cityscape almost invisibly.
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