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- The $78 billion opportunity redefining fashion’s supply chainNext-gen textiles can help companies reduce sourcing risk and build resiliency. The post The $78 billion opportunity redefining fashion’s supply chain appeared first on Trellis.
- Inside Iron Mountain’s data center battery projectThe New Jersey installation was motivated by the data center company’s need to improve access to reliable, lower-carbon power. The post Inside Iron Mountain’s data center battery project appeared first on Trellis.
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation names first chief AI and innovation officerNathan Allen will lead efforts to deploy AI-driven solutions for circularity as the foundation enters its next phase. The post Ellen MacArthur Foundation names first chief AI and innovation officer appeared first on Trellis.
- The math behind Lego’s big virgin plastic reductionMore than half of the materials the toymaker bought in 2025 to make its bricks came from recycled or renewable sources. The post The math behind Lego’s big virgin plastic reduction appeared first on Trellis.
- The biggest barrier to more sustainable diets: Affordability
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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