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The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy

GreenBiz

The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy. The call for a more resilient, circular and low-carbon economic model has garnered support from a growing number of businesses and governments over the past few years, and appears today more relevant than ever. Jocelyn Bleriot. Fri, 05/29/2020 - 01:00.

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Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves

GreenBiz

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves. In fact, in Europe and the United States, more people die of heat waves than from all other natural disasters combined. There is an urgent, global need for building urban resilience to heat and, as usual, business has a key role to play. Roland Hunziker.

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European PV manufacturing needs to find balance between scale-up and innovation, says ETIP PV

PV Tech

Europe has to find a balance between a rapid need to scale up PV manufacturing capacity and innovation to remain competitive, according to a report from The European Technology & Innovation Platforms for Photovoltaics (ETIP PV).

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SP Energy Networks orders innovative grid balancing power solution

Smart Energy International

Hitachi Energy has won an order from SP Energy Networks to design and deliver an innovative power quality solution to balance the grid and boost the flow of renewable energy across the UK.

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€21 million available for climate adaptation via new Horizon 2020 programme

Envirotec Magazine

” A total of €21 million will be awarded across 100 European local and regional governments for “advancing climate change adaptation and resilience”, says the announcement. .” Local or regional public authorities from EU Member States and Horizon Europe Associated Countries are welcome to apply.

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Call for nominations – Iceland Geothermal Conference Innovation Award

ThinkGeoEnergy

The upcoming Iceland Geothermal Conference has announced a call for nominations for the IGC Innovation Award. This award seeks to highlight innovative approaches and projects in geothermal utilization. The entries will then be evaluated based on the level of innovation, impact, scalability, and feasibility.

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Peers sought to build urban resilience platform

Envirotec Magazine

Nature-based urban resilience infrastructure in Milan, Italy. A new peer-to-peer platform is helping municipalities and water utilities find reliable innovative solutions to their infrastructure resilience challenges, according to the firm behind it, Isle Utilities. Technology pilots. Best practice.