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This week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories — 31 August

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Is it possible for a phone to repair itself? Which country has sold off its last oil company? And, how can plant waste make carbon fibre more sustainable? This, and more, in the week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories. 1. Little London apartment building is made of Cross-Laminated Timber Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT, or crosslam) was […].

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More to see in the Expo

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Exhibit Hall at the 2106 Green California Schools Summit. (Photo by David McNew). Another look at the companies that attendees at the 2017 Green California Schools and Community Colleges Summit will find in the Green Solutions Expo on November 28-29. Interface. Interface founder Ray Anderson shook the foundations of the petroleum-intensive carpet manufacturing industry by declaring that Interface was committed to becoming the world’s first environmentally sustainable—and, ultimately, restorative

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Power to the People. Action Plan for 2017 & Beyond.

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Anti-Nuclear Power Plant Rally on 19 September 2011 at Meiji Shrine Outer Garden. © WikiMedia Commons. Used with permission. Power to the People! An Action Plan For 2017 and Beyond. Over the past few weeks, I’ve seen a long list of “I Will Not” circulating on the Internet. Muhammad Yunus, the creator of Grameen Bank and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, says that when we see a problem, we should create the solution.

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DIY powerwall enthusiasts rival Tesla in home energy storage units

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Tesla first announced the Powerwall in 2015—a rechargeable lithium-ion battery energy storage unit intended for home usage that retails at over €5,000. Now, on social media and online forums, users are sharing DIY powerwall instructions involving recycled laptop batteries, enabling people to power their homes at a fraction of the cost. Several powerwall hobbyists have […].

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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.