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Green news- The world is becoming less circular. Here’s how to reverse thatBusinesses must adopt circular design, extend product lifespans and collaborate to reduce waste and dependence on raw materials, according to the 2025 Circularity Gap Report. The post The world is becoming less circular. Here’s how to reverse that appeared first on Trellis.
- Inside Gucci parent Kering’s ambitious plan to reduce water-related business risksThe strategy requires key suppliers — especially tanneries — to set goals to reduce withdrawals and improve the quality of wastewater discharges. The post Inside Gucci parent Kering’s ambitious plan to reduce water-related business risks appeared first on Trellis.
- These state recycling bills offer relief from tariff uncertaintyThey're called Extended Producer Responsibility bills and they offer supply chain relief. The post These state recycling bills offer relief from tariff uncertainty appeared first on Trellis.
- Climate Policy Outlook: 4 stories to follow this weekRepublicans continue to debate the longevity of IRA clean energy credits; Montana Republicans advocate for federal land to remain public The post Climate Policy Outlook: 4 stories to follow this week appeared first on Trellis.
- IBM’s CSO: The easily overlooked data-driven approach to smart sustainability strategyHere's how to optimize company assets to drive progress over time. The post IBM’s CSO: The easily overlooked data-driven approach to smart sustainability strategy appeared first on Trellis.
- The world is becoming less circular. Here’s how to reverse that
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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