GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

Overall, industrial thermal energy accounts for about a tenth of global emissions, according to a December study by Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF, a Japan-backed multinational expert group). In fact, the wind example can help illustrate how early efforts to decarbonize industrial thermal energy are shaping up.

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Clean Energy Trust

JULY 14, 2021

Credit: Institute for Local Self-Reliance Earlier this summer, Clean Energy Trust hosted a webinar that featured a conversation between industry experts as they explore how the community solar industry is growing and evolving. Community solar uses a centralized solar farm to produce renewable energy that flows back to the grid.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 14, 2021

Achieving Decarbonization with Power Purchase Agreements Date/Time: July 13, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) As the need for climate action grows, decarbonization is becoming a major goal for more organizations. Procuring clean energy is a crucial strategy in this effort.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 25, 2020

But renewable energy companies are already grappling with near-term impacts of this unprecedented global economic dislocation, and the conversation about the longer-term implications is starting to get underway. And if longer-term business outlooks darken, corporations may reevaluate their energy needs. Reading the tea leaves.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

But SMEs typically don't own their facilities or, in some cases, pay their own energy bills, making efficiency upgrades difficult. And SMEs lack the buying power that can help drive down the cost of such things as renewable energy or alternative packaging materials. That makes addressing net zero seemingly simple. What, not how. "The

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

But SMEs typically don't own their facilities or, in some cases, pay their own energy bills, making efficiency upgrades difficult. And SMEs lack the buying power that can help drive down the cost of such things as renewable energy or alternative packaging materials. That makes addressing net zero seemingly simple. What, not how. "The

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Business Green

AUGUST 14, 2020

Investment is starting to flow towards efforts to tackle one of the biggest clean energy challenges going - industrial heat. Overall, industrial thermal energy accounts for about a tenth of global emissions, according to a December study by Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF, a Japan-backed multinational expert group).

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JULY 31, 2014

The subject has been on a lot of people’s minds lately, not least at the recent Intersolar North America. And it’s not all talk: more people and organizations are trying to take concrete actions to get more women into solar. I’m not alone. The issue Why is it important to bring more women into the solar industry?

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Erica Mackie, P.E. – CEO and Co-Founder, GRID Alternatives During the 2001 California energy crisis, Erica Mackie, a mechanical engineer, along with Tim Sears, had a vision for free, clean, solar-driven electricity that would be practical and accessible for the low-income communities that needed it the most.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

On top of this, according to Chemical Market Analytics in their 2022 Circular Plastic Industry Update webinar, the sustainable retail business must prioritize waste avoidance above all else. Fossil fuel energy avoidance : Incineration with energy recovery. Combustion with energy generated. Waste generated. Waste recycled.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 7, 2020

according to the American Wind Energy Association, including 6 gigawatts in Texas alone — many with contracts to sell clean power to corporations such as Facebook, McDonald’s and ExxonMobil. ” Still, developers have deadlines to answer to, and power offtakers like utilities may have their own clean-energy mandates to meet.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 24, 2020

Renewable energy groups are continuing to push to include solar and wind tax credit extensions and "direct pay" provisions in a nearly $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill that failed to move ahead in the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Policy. Elizabeth Crouse, a partner at K&L Gates, agreed. "It

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