Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

What appears to be the UK’s first hydrogen-fuelled waste collection vehicle was revealed on 17 February in Aberdeen, seemingly running on green hydrogen from existing refuelling infrastructure in the city.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

Lyft plans to electrify all of its cars by 2030. In an unprecedented move, the ride-hailing company Lyft revealed Wednesday it plans to electrify every car on its platform — those owned by Lyft and rented to drivers as well as cars owned by drivers — by 2030. Katie Fehrenbacher. Wed, 06/17/2020 - 10:00. Media Source. Media Authorship.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The top 25 most sustainable fleets. Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Zach Freeze, senior director of strategic initiatives and sustainability at Walmart, told GreenBiz that "more needs to be done," and Walmart wanted to set the ambitious goal of zero emission "In order to get to zero, we need to transition the fleet," Freeze said. . 1 on the city of Oakland's circular renewable diesel project).

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 17, 2024

A project is being run between the municipality of Hague and Dutch grid operator Stedin to develop a battery-powered smart beach electric grid to power the coast of Scheveningen. The project will power various beach pavilions, a beach volleyball stadium and other major event venues. Innovation is key to addressing this challenge.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

June 22 marked the publication of the fifth annual GreenBiz 30 Under 30 , our report celebrating rising young professionals in the field of corporate sustainability. . Do you think the COVID-19 crisis marks a turning point for the sustainability movement? . Sustainability must be a must have and not a nice to have.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

The golf industry, for one, is increasing its efforts to promote environmental sustainability and marketing to the general public its desire to embrace a more diverse demographic. Over the last few years, the golf industry has made strides towards being more "sustainable," but is it enough? Aubrey McCormick. Fri, 04/09/2021 - 02:00.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2021

The call was for new powers and resources to be devolved from Whitehall to shape local energy markets, decarbonise transport and tackle emissions from homes and offices. The call was for new powers and resources to be devolved from Whitehall to shape local energy markets, decarbonise transport and tackle emissions from homes and offices.

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GreenBiz

JULY 29, 2021

The initiative — the creation of a manufacturing plant for Nexii’s "sustainable concrete" alternative Nexiite — will bring at least 300 new jobs to a redeveloped brownfield site in the "Steel City" of Pittsburgh that thrived in the era of industrialist Andrew Carnegie.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 3, 2024

Eneos will also produce hydrogen for the station in line with the city’s government plan for the site. This hydrogen energy project is a joint venture between Tokyo Gas, Toshiba, Panasonic, and Eneos. Trialing a new technique. The government is using the project to test a new technique.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 18, 2021

Latin America’s largest e-commerce marketplace — Mercado Libre, a company with roughly twice the market capitalization of eBay at $78 billion — is putting part of the proceeds from its $400 million sustainability bond toward two forest restoration projects in the remnants of the Atlantic Forest, which once covered 15 percent of Brazil.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 30, 2022

GIS project management startup Matidor and global built environment consulting firm Arup have announced a partnership to develop platforms to support energy system planning and analysis for smart city modelling. Smart city partners. ” Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 22, 2023

Stephen Kennedy is head of digital and innovation at MWH Treatment, a firm offering end-to-end treatment projects for water and wastewater. What does ‘sustainable water sector’ actually mean? One of the biggest challenges is defining what ‘sustainable’ actually means for the water sector.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 7, 2023

A new study led by the University of Gothenburg appears to show that the best trees for air purification depend on the type of pollutant involved. Trees and other greenery in cities provide many benefits that are important for the well-being of residents. This project has focused on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

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GreenBiz

JUNE 15, 2020

The move from cubicles to open planning drastically decreased the average space per employee in an office. A standard office desk for an open plan is almost half that, typically 5 feet wide and 2.5 Another side effect of open planning was more people sharing the same air with fewer physical barriers. . Jesse Klein.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

How a Blue New Deal charts a course for a sustainable sea change. They called it the Blue New Deal. Yes, provisions in the Green New Deal address fisheries and fishing communities, but that’s only a drop in the ocean, say blue-economy experts. Joel Makower. Mon, 07/20/2020 - 02:11. Its focus: an ocean-based blue economy.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2020

Eight ‘shovel ready’ projects, ranging from the National Brownfield Land Institute to Very Light Rail developments are to benefit from £66 million of Government funding secured for the region, it was announced on 4 August. Combined, the projects will create about 2,110 jobs, as well as support 1,419 construction jobs during development.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The geothermal project is expected to be completed by 2028, towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2030. This coincides with the timeline of the net-zero goals of the city of Northampton. With the project, the Smith College aims to fully move away from fossil fuels for the heating and cooling systems of the campus.

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Greenability Magazine

MAY 10, 2023

City recognized for its sustainability and commitment to a greener future The City of Kansas City, MO has achieved a new level of sustainability leadership with the LEED for Cities rating system for local governments. On Tuesday, the city announced it has achieved LEED Gold. LEED, by the U.S.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 24, 2024

The Swiss tech major also announced an investment of $180 million in a new state-of-the-art transformer factory in the Vaasa region, Finland, a 30,000-square-meter campus with double transformer production and testing capacity. Hitachi Energy has revealed investments of over $1.5 The facility will be ready in 2027.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2022

ENOWA is launched to develop smart energy and water systems for the Saudi Arabian future city NEOM and markets internationally. NEOM is envisaged as a future 100% renewable powered destination with sustainable energy, water and wastewater facilities throughout and the new subsidiary ENOWA, will lead the development of these utilities.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Sewage pollution is raising bacteria levels in Oxford’s popular swimming spots to unsafe levels after rainfall, new research appears to find. The monitoring programme is part of an application for Port Meadow to become a designated bathing water area, which Oxford City Council will apply for in October.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Monitoring expert EarthSense is among the firms supporting the project. A pilot project in Sandwell to reduce poor air quality through community measures has been backed by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) with a £50,000 Fast Start: Innovation grant. This unique community-based project will act as a proof of concept.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 19, 2023

Homeowners who make their properties more energy efficient could see their mortgage rate cut under a new government-backed pilot. The projects are among 26 green finance products being developed and tested, backed by £4.1 million of government funding.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 27, 2024

The original developer of the Makushin geothermal power project in city of Unalaska in Alaska has now been removed from the project following the expiry of the PPA that has been signed with the City. The project, estimated to cost around $250 million, had only secured $2.5 This has always been an expensive project.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2019

A sustainable housing development is to be developed in Bristol, featuring innovative low-carbon heating. Bristol City Council’s 133 homes at Ashton Rise are being built using the high efficiency Sig iHouse solution, and heated by individual ground source heat pumps connected to a shared ground loop array of boreholes.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

APRIL 11, 2024

The first consortium project will center around the test well that was commissioned in October 2023 at the Baker Hughes Energy Innovation Center located at the Hamm Institute for American Energy in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. “At The full piece can be accessed via this link.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 6, 2022

New York sustainability: Urban sustainability that supports the green business. For the purpose-driven business operating within the New York district, this Green Business Bureau article looks at the New York sustainability agenda to detail the developments this city is championing to achieve urban sustainability.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 15, 2022

“Africa is full of potential infrastructure project opportunities in the pipeline. We just need to fix that missing link and carry through projects to a financial close to finally close the infrastructure gap.” Getting projects investment-ready. Geordin Hill-Lewis, Executive Mayor, City of Cape Town, South Africa.

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The Verge: Energy

MARCH 6, 2024

. | Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images A new report warns that a boom in computer chip manufacturing in the US could fuel demand for dirty energy, despite companies’ environmental claims. Now, the four companies scrutinized in the report have plans to build megafactories in Arizona, Ohio, Oregon, Idaho, Texas, and New York.

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Charged

JUNE 30, 2021

The Spanish city of Zaragoza aspires to be a climate-neutral city, and its City Council recently took the decision that all new urban buses would be electric. The city currently has 4 zero-emissions buses and 111 hybrids, out of a fleet of about 470 vehicles. Source: Sustainable Bus.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

AUGUST 18, 2023

A combination of geothermal energy and solar power have provided sustainable cooling and air-conditioning to the Moncloa Transport Hub in Madrid, Spain. This has been the outcome of the “Hybridization of geothermal energy with flow batteries for the air conditioning of zero-energy tertiary buildings (GEOBATT)” project.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

JANUARY 11, 2024

The AGSM AIM Group has announced investment on a geothermal project that aims to supply clean, renewable heat to the district heating network of the city of Verona in Italy. Further expansion of the project is also planned to the district heating plants in Vicenza. AGSM AIM is public utilities company, with 61.2%

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Could your neighborhood benefit from new trees, a community garden, solar installation or an affordable housing project? The program will be administered by the KCMO Neighborhood Services Department and will primarily use American Rescue Plan Act Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. “I

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Business Green

MARCH 26, 2024

The shortlist is announced ahead of the glittering awards ceremony and dinner on the evening of Wednesday 12th June, and finalists can now book their place and join around 600 top green business executives, investors, entrepreneurs, policymakers, campaigners in showcasing the achievements of the fast-expanding sustainable business community.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

The company can produce 90 million gallons per year of sustainable aviation and diesel fuel. Aemetis, Inc (NASDAQ stock symbol AMTX) has announced that it has recently received a Use Permit from the City of Riverbank, California, for the production of renewable fuels including negative carbon intensity sustainable aviation and diesel fuel.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 7, 2022

has announced both an expansion of its energy infrastructure projects in Berlin as well as a partnership with Estrel to develop a CO2-neutral hotel complex. The energy company announced energy infrastructure projects in Berlin with a total installed capacity of up to 80MW, enough to supply 16,000 households with green energy.

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