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Green news- Live from London: Unilever’s CSO on moving from vision to executionIn this podcast episode, Rebecca Marmot explains why today’s sustainability professional must align long-term strategy with short-term operations — and EQ. The post Live from London: Unilever’s CSO on moving from vision to execution appeared first on Trellis.
- Report: Circular business models receive just 2% of all investmentsThe innovations that matter the most are getting the least attention, according to the Circularity Gap Report Finance. The post Report: Circular business models receive just 2% of all investments appeared first on Trellis.
- The CSO: Choosing a business leader or sustainability warriorThe pros and cons to hiring CSOs with business backgrounds or sustainability experience. The post The CSO: Choosing a business leader or sustainability warrior appeared first on Trellis.
- Consumers expect collective action to make sustainable fashion a realityThe EU, social media platforms and influencers can play a role. The post Consumers expect collective action to make sustainable fashion a reality appeared first on Trellis.
- Google holds to ambitious 2030 net-zero goal despite another big emissions hikeThe tech giant’s carbon footprint has swelled 51 percent since the 2019 baseline year for its 2030 commitment. The post Google holds to ambitious 2030 net-zero goal despite another big emissions hike appeared first on Trellis.
- Live from London: Unilever’s CSO on moving from vision to execution
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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