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Sun Cable: Cannon-Brookes wins battle for world’s biggest solar and battery project
Renew Economy
MAY 25, 2023
Battle of billionaires ends with a Grok-Quinbrook consortium taking ownership of the massive Sun Cable project, keeping alive plans to export solar power to Singapore. The post Sun Cable: Cannon-Brookes wins battle for world’s biggest solar and battery project appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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How Indigenous Nations are leading the conservation-based economy
Corporate Knights
MAY 1, 2023
Sharing Indigenous Elders’ lived experiences through oral Nêhiyaw (Cree) history is at the top of Kevin Lewis’s daily to-do list. Lewis is the founder of the non-profit kâniyâsihk Culture Camps, where land-based teachings on foraging, birch-bark-canoe building and other bushcraft in northeast Saskatchewan’s boreal forest are passed down. Lewis’s kokum (grandmother) used to tell him that the water was once so pure their ancestors could simply fill their pots and make tea.
Most of US faces elevated risk of blackouts in extreme heat this summer, NERC warns
Utiliity Dive
MAY 17, 2023
All areas are expected to have adequate resources for normal summer peak load, but extreme weather could create widespread challenges, the North Americal Electric Reliability Corp. said Wednesday.
Can Businesses Meet Increasing Consumer Expectations?
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According to 3BL and TriplePundit’s Consumer Insights & Sustainability Benchmark two-thirds of U.S. adults actively seek and follow sustainability issues. This leaves room for businesses to fill in the gaps currently seen between consumer expectations and corporate ESG communication. This research reveals what issues consumers care about and how businesses can tailor their communications to different segments of consumers.
ABB Partners to Build an Offshore Wind Farm to Create Green Hydrogen
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 18, 2023
The ABB Energy Industries is driving the move toward renewable hydrogen with an offshore wind project: SoutH2Port – a project that has two key hurdles, which include the cost of making hydrogen from wind and solar and building offshore wind farms.
AI-powered marketing and sales reach new heights with generative AI
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 11, 2023
AI technology has revolutionized marketing and sales; now, generative AI promises to disrupt the way B2B and B2C players think about customer experience, productivity, and growth.
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Spanish renewable production exceeds 100 pct of demand for 9 hours
Renew Economy
MAY 22, 2023
Renewables generate enough power to cover all demand in Spain for the longest period yet. The post Spanish renewable production exceeds 100 pct of demand for 9 hours appeared first on RenewEconomy.
This Canadian company is planning to grow tomatoes using heat from computers
Corporate Knights
MAY 18, 2023
There are more than seven million data centres in the world, housing servers that store massive amounts of digital information. They act as the world’s IT brain or hive, receiving and transmitting all sorts of information and enabling everyday conveniences like online shopping. But these facilities, which are notorious for their high electricity consumption and enormous carbon footprints , may soon have a new spin-off function: helping grow food.
FERC commissioners tell senators of major grid reliability challenges, with some blaming markets
Utiliity Dive
MAY 5, 2023
Power plants are retiring faster than they’re being replaced, according to FERC Commissioner Mark Christie. “The arithmetic doesn’t work,” he said at a Senate hearing Thursday.
DOW on Route to Making Chemicals Using Small Modular Reactors
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 25, 2023
When Dow and X-energy inked an agreement to develop an advanced nuclear reactor at one of Dow’s sites along the Gulf Coast, it was a big deal – a technology the two will license to other industrial customers.
What Consumers Are Saying About ESG – And What That Means for Your Business
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A growing body of evidence shows that environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are important to business growth. And it all relies on a simple fact: ESG issues matter to consumers. Consumers see businesses as crucial change agents and are willing to take their business to the competition if their current brand comes up short on ESG. In pursuit of identifying where such trends are today, 3BL Media and TriplePundit partnered with the research technology firm Glow to survey 3,648 U.S.
What every CEO should know about generative AI
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 11, 2023
Generative AI is evolving at record speed while CEOs are still learning the technology’s business value and risks. Here, we offer some of the generative AI essentials.
Nike Launches First-Ever Hydrogen-Powered Inland Container Ship
ESG Today
MAY 25, 2023
Nike announced the launch of the H₂ Barge 1, the first-ever hydrogen-powered inland container ship, that will transport the company’s products for Europe between Rotterdam and Nike’s European Logistics Campus (ELC) in Belgium, while producing zero operational CO2 emissions. Originally a diesel barge, Nike said that it retrofitted the vessel with hydrogen technology to replace its combustion engine, with the barge now emitting only humid air and clean water.
First big battery in world’s biggest isolated grid charges up for first time
Renew Economy
MAY 23, 2023
The Kwinana battery - the first in the world's most isolated gigawatt scale grid in Western Australia - has charged up for the first time. The post First big battery in world’s biggest isolated grid charges up for first time appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Teck needs to figure out how to transition out of the coal business
Corporate Knights
MAY 3, 2023
It has been an intense few weeks for Teck Resources, as Canada’s largest diversified mining company faces an existential fork in the road. With a takeover lurking in the wings, the company must now figure out how to transition out of its 20-million-tonnes-a-year coal business. The proposed takeover of Vancouver-based Teck, a company recognized as a sustainability leader, by Swiss mining giant Glencore PLC, a company saddled with a history of human rights, bribery and environmental problems,
Which ESG Topics Get the Most Attention?
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People are focusing on how companies are responding to the headline issues of the day, says a report from 3BL Media on evolving interests in ESG subjects, which also found a mismatch between the stories brands publish and topics audiences want. So which emerging sustainability & ESG topics garner more audience attention? Download the guide to find out!
USDA offers $10.7B for rural electrification and energy transition
Utiliity Dive
MAY 16, 2023
“This represents the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936,” the department said.
Expect $264B of Investment in Electric Vehicle Charging by 2030
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 1, 2023
Global technology company Siemens predicts that the market for wireless EV charging in Europe and North America will reach $2 billion by 2028. The post Expect $264B of Investment in Electric Vehicle Charging by 2030 appeared first on Environment+Energy Leader.
The art of data: Empowering art institutions with data and analytics
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 10, 2023
A data-driven view of key metrics can help art organizations articulate value, reshape strategy, build resilience, and achieve operational excellence.
Global Investment in Solar Outpacing Oil for First Time Ever: IEA
ESG Today
MAY 25, 2023
Investment in clean energy sources and technologies continues to outpace fossil fuel investment, with the gap reaching approximately 70% in 2023, and solar PV on track to attract more capital than oil production globally this year for the first time ever, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) flagship report, World Energy Investment 2023.
7 Trends in ESG: What PR Pros Need to Know in 2023
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What does the evolution of ESG programs mean for communicators? As it turns out - a lot. New challenges are coming into focus, driven by the increasing attention to corporate sustainability and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs, and the evolving state of ESG reporting regulations. This new ebook from 3BL Media explores seven trends in detail and unpacks what they mean for communicators.
Big batteries “cannibalising” gas plants, says AGL, as Torrens BESS charges up
Renew Economy
MAY 18, 2023
AGL says big batteries are eating its own gas generator profits, but they are also being saddled with unnecessary and expensive kit by AEMO and transmission companies. The post Big batteries “cannibalising” gas plants, says AGL, as Torrens BESS charges up appeared first on RenewEconomy.
UN metrics measure enterprise impact on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals
Impact Alpha
MAY 23, 2023
Time is running out to meet the ambitious UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set for 2030. There are real concerns that data related. The post UN metrics measure enterprise impact on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals appeared first on ImpactAlpha.
The disappearing computer -- and a world where you can take AI everywhere | Imran Chaudhri
TEDxInnovations
MAY 9, 2023
In this exclusive preview of groundbreaking, unreleased technology, former Apple designer and Humane cofounder Imran Chaudhri envisions a future where AI enables our devices to "disappear." He gives a sneak peek of his company's new product -- shown for the first time ever on the TED stage -- and explains how it could change the way we interact with tech and the world around us.
WWF Proposes Global Ban on ‘High-Risk, Unnecessary’ Single-Use Plastics
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 15, 2023
Research on plastic pollution done by WWF and Eunomia will present the feasibility of banning certain plastics from circulation at the UN plastic pollution treaty talks later this month.
Looking within: How Walmart in Mexico changed everything for an omnichannel future
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 2, 2023
The executive committee at Walmex had to lead differently to take the company into the digital age. They reflect on the changes in the organization and in themselves.
JPMorgan Announces one of Largest Ever Carbon Removal Purchases
ESG Today
MAY 23, 2023
JPMorgan Chase announced today a series of deals aimed at removing and storing 800,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, valued at over $200 million, marking one of the largest carbon dioxide removal (CDR) purchases to date. The agreements are expected to enable JPMorgan to match its entire unabated direct operational emissions footprint by 2030, the firm said.
Four charts on the unstoppable growth of solar – our best hope against climate change
Renew Economy
MAY 11, 2023
To supply everyone with enough electricity to live a good life, we’ll need about 200 billion megawatt-hours per year. Assuming solar does the heavy lifting, is it possible? The post Four charts on the unstoppable growth of solar – our best hope against climate change appeared first on RenewEconomy.
European scientists group urges ban on new natural gas boilers
Envirotec Magazine
MAY 24, 2023
Natural gas is not cleaner than other fossil fuels and using it instead of coal or oil risks achieving little or no reduction in greenhouse gas effects, says science advisory group the European Academies’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC) in a new report “Future of Gas”. The document highlights the extremely high global warming potential of largely unrecorded methane leakages along the whole natural gas supply chain.
Matter 1.1 is here, but it’s not a big deal
Stacey Higginbotham
MAY 18, 2023
The first update to the Matter smart home interoperability standard is here. When the Matter standard launched in October of last year , the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) promised that it would release updates every six months or so. Surprisingly, they delivered (it took much longer to get the initial standard out). The updates in this release are relatively small, and as part of the announcement the CSA also said it had opened a permanent interoperability testing facility in Portland, O
Rubicon Partners with Atlanta for Sustainable, Efficient Public Works Operations
Environment + Energy Leader
MAY 12, 2023
The company's cloud-based smarty city technology will help Atlanta's Department of Public Works implement sustainable operations for its existing fleet.
California could face $50B price tag by 2035 to prepare grid for DERs, study finds
Utiliity Dive
MAY 16, 2023
The state could also see system-level peak load increase by 56% from 2025 to 2035, driven largely by transportation electrification, the study by analytics firm Kevala for the California Public Utilities Commission found.
EU Parliament Proposes Ban on Green Claims Based Solely on Carbon Offsetting
ESG Today
MAY 15, 2023
Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 544-18 to approve the adoption of new proposed rules requiring companies to substantiate and verify their environmental claims and labels, aimed at protecting consumers from greenwashing. The new rules form Parliament’s negotiating position on the EU Commission’s proposed “Directive on Green Claims” released in March 2023.
WA to fund Australia’s biggest battery as part of $2.8bn renewable and storage plan
Renew Economy
MAY 10, 2023
WA to fund country's biggest battery - a 2,000MWh facility at the coal town of Collie - as part of a multi-billion budget package supporting renewables and storage. The post WA to fund Australia’s biggest battery as part of $2.8bn renewable and storage plan appeared first on RenewEconomy.
Agile insurance: Lessons from leaders of Greek insurer Interamerican
McKinsey Sustainabilty
MAY 8, 2023
Interamerican demonstrates how Southern European insurers can launch a successful agile transformation within their own cultural contexts.
New York To Build 13 Fast Charging Hubs
CleanTechnica
MAY 28, 2023
From where I’m sitting in New Mexico, it sure looks a lot like large cities like New York already have enough. After all, it already has a lot more charging than our whole state has! However, expanding the electric vehicle fast charging infrastructure in cities that already have such facilities is important for several reasons.
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