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Green news- The State of the Sustainability Profession in 2026Though the pace of investment has slowed and priorities have shifted, most large businesses continue to advance sustainability in stormy times, according to our ninth biennial survey of sustainability professionals. The post The State of the Sustainability Profession in 2026 appeared first on Trellis.
- Georgia-Pacific updates its barcodes to speed EPR reportingThe paper and building products company is using guidance developed by nonprofit GS1, which manages UPC standards. The post Georgia-Pacific updates its barcodes to speed EPR reporting appeared first on Trellis.
- The corporate benefit of linking water risk to strategyCompanies are using local water data more efficiently, but need to embed water insights into core capital planning. The post The corporate benefit of linking water risk to strategy appeared first on Trellis.
- Sustainability professionals respond to the paradox of AISustainability leaders are simultaneously exhausted by AI and intensely curious about it, writes Trellis Group CEO Hana Kajimura. The post Sustainability professionals respond to the paradox of AI appeared first on Trellis.
- It’s time to bring back the Montreal Protocol principlesStable pricing, phased transitions and direct incentives are more effective than carbon credit-based systems. The post It’s time to bring back the Montreal Protocol principles appeared first on Trellis.
- The State of the Sustainability Profession in 2026
Daily Archives: 24/12/2014
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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