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The POWER Interview: Modeling Solutions for the Future of Energy

August 31, 2022 admin Business, clean energy, data, didem cataloglu, digitization, direxyon technologies, engineering, esg, Instrumentation & Controls, Interview, O&M, Plant Design, Renewables, Research and Development, Technology, utilities

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 13:43:42 +0000

Utilities function in the present but must always plan for the future. That’s even more true today, as the rapid pace of change with power generation technologies, and the transition to cleaner forms of energy, means utilities—whether they deal with electricity, natural gas, water, transportation, or are a municipality that pays attention to all those […]

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Putting AI to Work for Better ESG Data

July 25, 2022 admin AI, beyond limits, Climate, Commentary, Environmental, esg, governance, iiot power, Social, Technology

Credit to Author: Richard Martin| Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 20:24:13 +0000

Environment, social, and governance (ESG) reporting has never been easy—and with pressures rising from investors, corporate leaders, and the government, organizations are struggling to meet the needs of all stakeholders. Facility managers must grapple with reaching and documenting progress toward ESG goals that align with the desires of sustainability-minded investors while boards and corporate leaders […]

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EU Strengthen Rules For Companies’ Sustainability Disclosures

June 25, 2022 admin clean power, clean transport, climate change, esg, EU, policy & politics, policy research, research, sustainability

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 04:55:31 +0000

On Tuesday 21 June, the trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, Parliament and Council concluded with an agreement for the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

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EU Policymakers Strengthen Rules For Companies’ Sustainability Disclosures With Mandatory ESG Standards, But Delay Its Implementation

June 24, 2022 admin alliance for corporate transparency, clean power, clean transport, climate change, esg, esg investments, EU, Europe, European Parliament, European Union, policy & politics, policy research, research

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2022 04:57:31 +0000

On Tuesday 21 June, the trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, Parliament and Council concluded with an agreement for the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).

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SEC Wants To Prevent ESG Funds From Greenwashing Following Tesla’s Removal From The S&P 500 ESG Index

May 30, 2022 admin esg, esg investments, green economy, green investing, green investments, investment, tesla

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 18:02:05 +0000

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) wants to prevent ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) funds from greenwashing. The SEC published a fact sheet with amendments calling for funds to show proof of their claims and to disclose how they choose companies and vote at annual meetings. This news comes after Tesla was recently removed […]

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Are ESG Funds For Real?

May 29, 2022 admin carbon emissions, climate change, esg, Fossil Fuels, green economy, investment, renewable energy

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Thu, 26 May 2022 14:42:32 +0000

Why are ESG funds suddenly so fragile? Are the environmental, social, and governance goals of investors in these funds being achieved? Or is the financial industry succumbing to a profit-is-all approach, regardless of investor intent?

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How Does Tesla Get A Worse ESG Score Than 2 Oil Companies?

May 11, 2022 admin big-oil, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, esg, esg investments, exxon, exxonmobil, green economy, investment, omv ag, Repsol, royal dutch shell, shell, tesla, total

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 10:00:41 +0000

Isn’t it odd that Tesla has a bad Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) score yet oil companies have good ones? When you look at what Tesla is doing for the environment and compare those actions with how oil companies are profiting off of poisoning our environment, it just doesn’t make sense. Tesla CEO Elon Musk […]

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History of Power: Duke Energy’s Century-Old Legacy

May 2, 2022 admin Business, catawba river, climate change, climate goals, Coal, duke energy, Environmental, esg, Florida, full coverage, Gas, History, history of power, Hydro, hydrogen, investors, news, Nuclear, piedmont carolinas, progress energy, regulators, Renewables, Solar, Technology, timeline, Wind

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 04:20:00 +0000

Duke Energy, one of the largest energy companies in the world, grew out of a system of lakes and dams along the Catawba River to generate power for the Piedmont Carolinas. While the company has sustained a

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Bloom Energy Converts U.S. Fuel Cell Fleet to ‘Certified’ Low-Leak Natural Gas

April 21, 2022 admin bloom energy, Business, eo100, eqt, equitable origin, esg, Fuel, fuel cells, full coverage, Gas, miq, natural gas, natural gas production, news, rocky mountain institute, sofc, systemiq.

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2022 13:02:05 +0000

Bloom Energy’s U.S. fuel cell installations deployed at 700 sites will over the next two years use certified, “responsibly sourced” natural gas from EQT Corp. The development marks a pioneering effort by a power generator to bolster its commercial and industrial customers’ environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts. Bloom Energy, whose primary business stems from […]

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Duke Energy Eyeing Coal Phaseout by 2035

February 17, 2022 admin advanced nuclear, Business, carbon reductions, ccus, Climate, Coal, duke energy, energy transition, esg, full coverage, Gas, ghg protocol, hydrogen, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Renewables, Research and Development, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:06:35 +0000

Duke Energy, the nation’s largest power producer, will dramatically slash coal generation’s share from the current 22% of total generation to 5% by 2030 and achieve a full phaseout of unabated coal by 2035. The company instead expects to deploy more than $130 billion over the next decade—$63 billion of which it will spend over […]

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