GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

The State of Green Business 2021. Joel Makower. Mon, 01/25/2021 - 02:11. Adapted from the 14th annual State of Green Business report, our annual report card on progress by the world’s largest companies. The report, published in partnership with S&P Global Trucost, is a free download. Now, where were we? A year ago at this time, we looked ahead and confidently saw more engagement, new initiatives and a continuation of the forward march of progress that constitutes a typical year in the world of s

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Jim Conca

JANUARY 25, 2021

Centralized power systems are inefficient and cumbersome in our new technological future. Like the old telephone system that gave way to autonomous locally-controlled hand-held devices, nuclear batteries can make the same change for power to small, mobile, safe, clean, and affordable markets.

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Batteries Technology Innovation Energy 522

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 26, 2021

In the next 15 years, the Amazon rainforest is on track to be a larger source of carbon emissions than it absorbs because of the rapid rate of deforestation.

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altenergymag

JANUARY 24, 2021

Switch2 Energy has welcomed publication of the new CIBSE CP1 (2020) Heat Networks Code of Practice, which will drive further improvements in the planning, design, development, commissioning and operation of UK district and community heating schemes.

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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

JANUARY 29, 2021

This acquisition could help make sustainable packaging the norm . Deonna Anderson. Fri, 01/29/2021 - 00:30. In Manteca, California, a small company is pioneering the creation and production of paper bottles for brands such as L'Oreal and Seventh Generation. Across the U.S. in St. Petersburg, Florida, a manufacturing giant is strategizing on design, development and packaging services for the likes of Apple, Cisco Systems and HP Inc.

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U.S. Green Technology

JANUARY 24, 2021

At a time when steel and glass construction is increasingly the norm, wood might seem like an old-school building material to use. But if you think wood is going by the wayside, think again. Timber is coming back with a new look – and a new attitude (toward it) in today’s green revolution. That’s because. The post Green Jobs: Timber to Replace Glass in Buildings?

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Construction Technology Energy Energy 144

altenergymag

JANUARY 27, 2021

The smaller capacity and reduced weight of the 1200 HLX and 1200 CHLX make them ideally suited for applications such as marine and RV/camper use, golf carts, medical devices, and off-grid solar energy storage.

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Batteries Energy Energy 159

GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

SteelZero commitments represent a new era in heavy manufacturing production. Jesse Klein. Wed, 01/27/2021 - 00:30. Decarbonizing steel has a chicken or the egg problem. Industry experts say current processes for doing it are so extremely expensive that few manufacturers have the financial ability. And right now, there isn’t enough demand for decarbonized steel for manufacturers to justify investing several millions of dollars into lower-carbon steel facilities.

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Hydrogen Real Estate Carbon Demand 467

CleanTech Group

JANUARY 27, 2021

The last five years have seen unprecedented enthusiasm for recycling in the private and public sphere. Many companies, such as Coca-Cola (the worst.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2021

President Joe Biden is expected to issue a suite of directives by end of the day today that will kickstart the process of combating climate change.

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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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U.S. Green Technology

JANUARY 27, 2021

One of the hallmarks of the 21st Century would have to be solar panels. These devices have become more widespread in recent years, and part of the reason for that is because they are a tremendous asset to a homeowner and society in general, producing an essential commodity. Here are some of the things you. The post Creating a Sunny Future with Solar Panels appeared first on U.S.

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Technology 138

GreenBiz

JANUARY 29, 2021

Proposed model shows potential for circular practices in construction steel. Niraja Chopade. Fri, 01/29/2021 - 01:00. Contrary to popular belief, a profitable business model for reused construction steel is not nearly as impossible as one may believe. Steelmakers have almost perfected the "recycle" element of the four hierarchical elements of the circular economy — reduce, reuse, remanufacture and recycle — with steel recycling rates of almost 90 percent.

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 29, 2021

Billions of dollars have been poured into research and testing by companies like Waymo, Cruise, Amazon’s Zoox and TuSimple to teach cars and trucks how to drive. Up to now, transit has been an afterthought.

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Electricity Innovation Transportation Energy 144

Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 26, 2021

A new report has found that the rate of global ice loss is now in line with worst-case scenario predictions. Find out what this means for our planet.

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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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LA CleanTech Incubator

JANUARY 29, 2021

For Immediate Release Contact: anthony@laci.org Report Makes Key Recommendations Needed at Local, State Federal Level to Achieve Goal & Ensure an Equitable, Inclusive Green Economy LOS ANGELES, CA – A new report released on Friday by the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), researched by HR&A Advisors, and funded by the California Workforce Development Board (CWDB), Read more » The post LACI Report Lays Out Path to Create 600,000 Green Jobs Countywide by 2050 appeared first

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

Amazon aims to clean up aviation. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 01/27/2021 - 02:00. The aviation sector in a pandemic has 99 problems. And climate change remains a big one. . The industry aims to build back better, aware that it's one of the few sectors that hasn't yet embraced electrification. The key solutions today are biofuels, only displacing a mere fraction of fossil fuels-based jet fuel, and offsets.

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 25, 2021

The results are in: last year, for the first time, renewables generated more electricity than fossil fuels across the EU, spurred on by new solar and wind power projects.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 26, 2021

The first phase of construction on the new Nordic Harvest vertical farm has been completed after just 6 months of work.

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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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Grist

JANUARY 25, 2021

The Great Lakes are threatened by toxic, greenhouse-gas-emitting algae that thrive on phosphorus pollution. The muck suffocates fish and contaminates drinking water, posing a threat to the 1.3 million jobs that depend on proximity to Great Lakes shipping routes and beauty. Since the 1970s, farmers and cities have been cutting phosphorus pollution — in the form of fertilizer washing off fields and sewage — but algal blooms keep killing fish and grossing out tourists.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Let’s rid our work environments of the toxic smoke of dysfunction. Chris Gaither. Mon, 01/25/2021 - 01:30. Before he saw the smoke, he felt it in his throat. It tasted foul. It curled into his nose, his mouth, his lungs. He looked up from his computer. His colleagues were tapping at their keyboards. The smoke hovered around them. He walked to his manager’s door.

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altenergymag

JANUARY 25, 2021

Leading solar and storage developer, EPC and O&M provider charts ambitious gigawatt-scale course

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Inhabitat - Innovation

JANUARY 25, 2021

The team beat out over 70 proposals from around the world in an international competition.

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U.S. Green Technology

JANUARY 27, 2021

If you are looking to make your business greener, one of the ways to do so is through sustainable waste management. Sustainable waste management is not only about recycling as it is about managing waste from the time it is created to the time it is deemed to have little to no impact on the. The post Sustainable Waste Management for Businesses appeared first on U.S.

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Waste Waste Sustainability Recycling 133

Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 29, 2021

In a historic ruling against the oil giant Shell, the Court of Appeal in The Hague has found in favor of four Nigerian farmers along with environmental activists in an oil spill case that was first filed in 2008.

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Innovation Energy Energy 137

Charged

JANUARY 25, 2021

Tier 1 battery supplier Octillion Power Systems will provide battery packs for electric motorcoaches and city transit buses offered by ABC Companies and Lightning eMotors. Lightning will provide its electric powertrains, including Octillion’s batteries, to convert popular models including Van Hool T2145e highline touring coaches and TD double-deck coaches.

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Batteries Electricity 135

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 27, 2021

ImpactAlpha, January 27 – Seattle-based Upaya Social Ventures invests in small and growing businesses creating dignified jobs for underserved Indians. It closed four convertible. The post Upaya Social Ventures supports ‘good jobs’ in India with four investments appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Investment 131

U.S. Green Technology

JANUARY 27, 2021

The eco-friendly movement has gained noticeable momentum in recent years. More and more customers are taking the time to notice if the brands they use every day are green or not. Your brand doesn’t need to offer the greenest products on the market, but there are ways to make the most of your current products’ eco-friendly elements. With. The post Develop your Eco-friendly Business Strategy for 2021 appeared first on U.S.

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Technology 123

Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 25, 2021

Australia's Fortescue Metals is the latest company that says it wants to make steel from green hydrogen, not coal. It can be done but will it ever be cost effective?

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Hydrogen Innovation Energy Energy 141

Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 28, 2021

Florida Power & Light Company announced that construction has begun on the FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center , which is expected to become the world’s largest integrated solar-powered battery system, according to the company. Located in Parrish, Fla., the 409-MW/900-MWh FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center is expected to begin serving customers in late 2021 by storing extra solar energy produced by the nearby 74.5-MW FPL Manatee Solar Energy Center and sending it to the grid when there is a hig

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Solar Power Construction Batteries Natural gas 129

Impact Alpha

JANUARY 26, 2021

The impact investing industry has matured over the past couple of years, especially when it comes to aligning investors around common standards for. The post The next building block for impact investing: quality impact reporting appeared first on Impact Alpha.

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Investment 128

Charged

JANUARY 29, 2021

GM has thrown down the electric gauntlet to the auto industry, announcing plans to become carbon-neutral by 2040, and to set “science-based targets” to achieve carbon neutrality. GM worked with the Environmental Defense Fund to “develop a shared vision of an all-electric future and an aspiration to eliminate tailpipe emissions from new light-duty vehicles by 2035.”.

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Carbon-neutral Electricity Electric vehicle Pollution 126

The City Fix

JANUARY 29, 2021

This is the first entry in a series on capacity development for city leaders. By 2050, the global urban population is expected to grow by 2.5 billion people, continuing a decades-long trend of urbanization. And as the number of people. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 27, 2021

Corporations purchased a record of 23.7 GW of clean energy in 2020, up from 20.1GW in 2019 and 13.6GW in 2018, according to new research published by BloombergNEF (BNEF). The increase came despite a year devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, a global recession and uncertainty about U.S. energy policy ahead of the presidential election. The analysis is presented in BNEF’s latest report, 1H 2021 Corporate Energy Market Outlook.

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