Energy Innovation

MARCH 29, 2024

By Rebecca Rasch , Social Scientist at Aspen Global Change Institute Electric vehicle charging by Zaptec via Unsplash. While electric vehicles (EVs) are not a panacea for reducing emissions from the transportation sector, widespread adoption can be a significant step toward meeting CO2 reduction targets.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 13, 2021

GM's electric delivery foray, plus other mobility trends headlining CES. GM showed off images of an electric delivery vehicle called the EV600, as well as a pallet system called the EP1. GM also showed off a new electric Cadillac luxury vehicle and more details about its next-gen battery technology. . Katie Fehrenbacher.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

With 2023 coming to a close, the impact of climate change and rapidly increasing electricity demand have illustrated the crucial importance of grid investment to ensure the grid is fit for purpose. Not investing in the grid is like accumulating cholesterol – you find out you are in bad shape.” With plans to spend €35.8

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

They are, however, essential to the health of the UK economy, with the new plan citing them as “critical to our economic wellbeing,” transporting 98% of our food, consumer and agricultural products across the country. Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) currently emit 18% of all road vehicle CO2 emissions , despite only representing 1.2%

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 20, 2021

The transmission project team — a collaboration between New York Power Authority (NYPA), energyRe and Invenergy — will make $270 million in investments focused on job training, education, community health and the environment.

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Business Green

JUNE 26, 2020

Whether you are a healthcare property owner, advisor, service provider or all of the above, we all know how vital it is for healthcare organisations to implement strategies that will reduce their negative environmental impact and, simultaneously, save money that can then be re-invested and used for wider sustainability initiatives.

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Charged

MARCH 27, 2023

Bechtel provides electric vehicle charging infrastructure to fleet customers so they can focus on their core business, whether it is safely moving students or delivering packages,” said Bechtel’s Catherine Hunt Ryan. Source: Bechtel via The EV Report

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The Environmental Blog

MAY 21, 2024

Assess Financial Stability and Offerings Investigate the financial health of the installer through credit ratings, financial statements, and company longevity. However, the transition to solar energy involves significant investment and planning. Assess the technical knowledge and qualifications of the installation team.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A seemingly ground-breaking project to create a circular end-of-life supply chain for the electric vehicle industry is being led by EMR Metals Recycling. Under current EU law and also post Brexit, manufacturers retain responsibility for the safe disposal of electric car batteries.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This biogas can then be used to produce heat and electrical power via a CHP engine or upgraded to biomethane and injected into the gas grid or used to power vehicles, including tractors. Benefit #4: Crop rotation Biogas production can support new crops in the rotation, improving diversity and boosting crop health.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 21, 2021

To invest in energy conservation and clean energy generation is to invest in a healthier community. For this episode of the Local Energy Rules podcast, host John Farrell talks with Patrick Hanlon, Director of Environmental Programs for the Minneapolis Health Department. Clean Energy, the Environment, and Public Health.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 5, 2024

Let’s unravel this financial package together and discover why investing your dollars into these environmentally-friendly entities may potentially make your financial portfolio greener too. But let’s chit-chat about something that often tags along with investing: dividends. Let’s dig in. BP plc – BP p.l.c.,

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 24, 2020

The most engaged financial institutions — those investing more than $500 million annually in renewable energy — responded with the highest level of conviction for the sector’s attractiveness and long-term health. private-sector investment in renewable energy and enabling grid technologies by 2030.

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Canary Media

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Back in October 2022, the Biden administration announced the first investment from its historic program aimed at addressing the climate and health impacts of the nation’s nearly 500,000 diesel-burning school buses. The initial award of nearly $1 billion in rebates was enough to order around 2,300 electric school…

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Elemental Excelerator

MAY 15, 2024

The facility will serve over 200 electric drayage trucks per day with high-speed charging infrastructure once complete by the end of 2024, supporting California’s transition to zero-emission transportation. “Forum is building dedicated infrastructure for heavy-duty trucks to transition from diesel to electricity.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 10, 2022

A positive Return On Investment (ROI) and Sustainability go hand in hand, as many sustainable business practices save money, create a competitive advantage, open new markets and attract customers and employees. The simplest way to calculate the hard dollars saved from energy efficiency is to track your electric, gas, and oil bills.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Amid the complexities of this process, a key point of contention has emerged — whether the CEC should retain baseline methodologies that make room for natural gas in new buildings, or switch to baselines that strongly encourage all-electric buildings. Why decisions now could drive investment through this decade. "A

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Board of Directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) have approved €4 billion ($4.2 billion) in clean energy investment to upgrade energy networks, enhance energy efficiency and increase renewable energy sources across Europe. billion) is intended to go into modernisation projects for health and urban development.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Harvard University recently purchased four Proterra electric buses, along with the necessary charging infrastructure. Harvard has already electrified several campus operations, including electric leaf blowers and service vehicles, and has installed dozens of EV charging stations across the campus in Cambridge and Allston.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2023

investment in zero-emission electric buses for its new bus service (“the Bee Network”), £30.5m “It is for government to decide the measures that get the green light – Greater Manchester’s preferred investment-led, non-charging plan, or a charging Clean Air Zone.” The investment-led plan includes a £51.2m

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

And it calls for as much investment into tyre wear research as there is for reducing fuel emissions – and for understanding their interactions. Even if all our vehicles eventually become powered by electricity instead of fossil fuels, we will still have harmful pollution from vehicles because of tyre wear. “We

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2021

Working under the banner 'Health Care Without Harm', the new group has formed "in recognition of the severe health implications of climate change" and has committed to deliver on a new Road Map that aims to reduce the sector's emissions by 44 gigatons of CO2 over 36 years.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Clean technology venture capital investment strategies for the next decade will look much different than those of the past two decades. In the first wave of venture green technology investing, firms sunk billions of dollars into companies whose success depended on replacing entire industrial ecosystems.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

Coronavirus will create a $400 billion hole in energy investment in 2020, but the power sector is faring relatively well compared to oil and gas, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Going into 2020, the IEA had expected a 2 percent increase in global energy investments this year. ” Oil and gas investments crushed.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

electrical grid playing a central role. . And when the grid fails, it has real implications for health and safety. NREL crunched the numbers and found this also would be a darn good investment. According to NREL, for every $1 invested in interconnecting the grid, the U.S. Here are three ideas. Reimagine the U.S.

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Energy Innovation

AUGUST 13, 2020

The public health benefits of realizing 100 percent zero carbon electricity by 2035 would be enormous. Moreover, avoiding all these negative health impacts creates massive economic productivity gains – getting to 100 percent in 2035 would avoid losing at least 1.6 million workdays to poor health.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 28, 2020

Electric vehicle sales are expected to take a big hit this year amid the current health and economic crisis. Boosting government investment in clean transportation is being championed by advocates and several lawmakers as a way to put Americans back to work and build out of the coronavirus downturn. economy overall.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2021

Leaded petrol is no longer officially being sold or used anywhere in the world, in a move hailed by the UN as "a huge milestone for global health and out environment" and an exemplar of successful multilateral efforts to phase out harmful fossil fuels. At the time PCFV was established, 117 countries were still using leaded petrol.

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Energy Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The public health benefits of realizing 100 percent zero carbon electricity by 2035 would be enormous. Moreover, avoiding all these negative health impacts creates massive economic productivity gains – getting to 100 percent in 2035 would avoid losing about 1.7 million workdays to poor health.

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The Environmental Blog

MARCH 4, 2020

Fortunately, there’s a new trend on the rise – that of electric vehicles (or EVs for short). From Audi to Volkswagen, almost all popular manufacturers have at least one electric vehicle in their offer, with over 50 models to choose from in total. But cars are not the only type of electric vehicle available for purchase.

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AutoGrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Cleaner Electricity Grids Equal Longer Life Expectancy By Nils Frenkel, Sales Director, North America When I was working with the City of San Antonio’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan a few years ago, I learned about a shocking statistic in the city I call home. Peaker Plants Are Located Throughout the U.S.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Beyond the coordination needed between building owners, contractors and occupants to retrofit buildings, electric appliances still have a higher upfront cost (although they are cheaper over the life of the appliance). Many clean energy technologies save money over time, so upfront finance can be a great investment.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

electric utilities are poised to be a key part of the momentum to shift American school buses from diesel fuel to electricity. Federal and state-level investments, along with other funding and financing opportunities, promise to accelerate the transition, bringing health, climate and.

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Business Green

JULY 9, 2020

NHS Sustainability Day campaign launches annual impact report as work continues by expert panel commissioned by NHS England to investigate into how and when the health service can meet net zero. The group was convened in January, as NHS England launched an intiaitve dubbed For a Greener NHS, in a bid to tackle the 'climate health emergency'.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Even in Indiana, whose electricity generation is dominated by coal, utility regulators rejected a proposed new gas plant , citing “the potential risk that customers could sometime in the future be saddled with an uneconomic investment” if the plant were built. It seemed like a safe bet.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 23, 2021

The electricity will be provided by 28 distributed renewable energy (DRE) systems, designed as solar PV and battery-powered mini-grids. Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy, but is plagued by poor energy access, particularly in rural areas, where only 25% of people have access to electricity.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The economic, environmental, and public health challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and the climate crisis in 2020 continue unabated as we usher in a new presidential administration. We have an opportunity to re-imagine this centralized electricity system with innovation and smart planning. The results are striking.

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