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Green news- Mars regenerative agriculture specialist joins Rainforest AllianceHarper McConnell, the NGO’s new chief impact and growth officer, spent the last decade leading sustainable sourcing for Mars and Starbucks. The post Mars regenerative agriculture specialist joins Rainforest Alliance appeared first on Trellis.
- How ‘Balance Units’ consider nature and local communities as well as carbonIt's time to go beyond offsets, said Balance Eco, the company behind the new crediting methodology. The post How ‘Balance Units’ consider nature and local communities as well as carbon appeared first on Trellis.
- A detente is needed between the nature and tech communities. Here’s whyCultural and institutional divides are preventing a unified approach to decarbonization. The post A detente is needed between the nature and tech communities. Here’s why appeared first on Trellis.
- Why IKEA’s biggest retailer paused reporting for most emissionsIngka Group’s biggest supplier, Inter IKEA, is withholding its data as it makes updates to comply with European disclosure regulations. The post Why IKEA’s biggest retailer paused reporting for most emissions appeared first on Trellis.
- Chilean diplomat named to revive plastics treaty talksJulio Cordano was chief negotiator during Chile’s presidency of the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference (COP25). The post Chilean diplomat named to revive plastics treaty talks appeared first on Trellis.
- Mars regenerative agriculture specialist joins Rainforest Alliance
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Battery Storage with Solar PV: The Next Logical Step
With solar installations continuing to grow in the residential, commercial and utility segments, one of the biggest criticisms of solar technology — that it is an intermittent source of power and does not generate electricity once the sun has set — is now coming up against the benefits and values of combining battery storage with solar PV systems. Combining banks of batteries with solar systems has primarily been an application occurring in the off grid market for those buyers living in more remote areas who have not had access to centralized electricity grid service.
The market for combining battery storage with solar has historically remained small due to, among other things, a lack of integration of varying parts of solar with storage systems. Another reason for the market’s small size is the belief that electricity pricing from electric utilities will remain reasonable and power from the grid will remain reliable. Continue reading
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Enel Moves Hybrid Renewables Forward Again with World’s First Biomass and Geothermal Project
Italy’s Enel Green Power is entrenching itself as a global leader in hybrid renewables engineering and construction with another announcement of a global first. In November, the company revealed that it would build a €15 million, 5-MW biomass plant to boost the Cornia 2 geothermal plant’s 13-MW capacity in Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, Tuscany, as “the first plant in the world to use biomass to heat geothermal steam and boost the energy efficiency and output of the geothermal cycle.” Continue reading
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