Michelle Lewis

• Hydropower is revealed as the most widely used renewable power source around the world.
• Here are three of the latest trends in solar and storage, according to online marketplace EnergySage.
• A former fossil-fuel exec explains why he’s joined residential geothermal company Dandelion.
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Global climate- and green-tech accelerator Elemental Excelerator just announced its newest cohort of 19 tech companies it said would be “ground-breakers and market-makers.” Here are five up-and-comers in Cohort 9 in the green-tech energy, mobility, and climate change sectors.

• Since the British government introduced an EV tax incentive in April, company car leases are booming.
• European Parliament votes in favor of the EU to cut emissions by 60% by 2030 against 1990 levels.
• Redaptive, which makes commercial and industrial buildings more energy-efficient, gets a cash injection.
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 JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) said today that it will adopt a financing commitment that is aligned to the goals of the Paris Agreement.

• Hurricane Delta in the Gulf of Mexico is turning into a major storm, and it’s going to affect offshore oil.
• PM Boris Johnson pledges £160 million to ensure that wind farms will generate power for every home.
• Denmark will contribute $1.6 billion to new climate initiatives.
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British prime minister Boris Johnson declared today at the Conservative Party conference that the UK would become “the world leader in clean wind energy.” He committed £160 million ($207 million) to upgrade ports and factories in northern England, Scotland, and Wales in order to build wind turbines.

• Bloomberg reports that Exxon plans to actually increase its emissions, according to internal documents.
• A New York state senator has introduced legislation requiring zero emissions for new vehicles by 2035.
• The UK’s Octopus Energy will create 1,000 clean tech jobs and a new tech hub.
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California announced a ban on the sale of new gas-powered vehicles from 2035 on September 23. Two days later, New York state senator Pete Harckham from the Hudson Valley introduced a bill that would also require all of New York State’s sales of new cars and trucks to be zero emissions by 2035.

• Greenland’s ice is melting faster than at any time in the past 12,000 years, according to a new study.
• Sir David Attenborough’s A Life on Our Planet debuts on Sunday to help us better understand climate change.
• The Environmental Defense Fund launches the Climate Authenticity Meter to evaluate businesses’ climate goals.
• And more…

• The UK’s Cambridge University will divest its $4.5 billion endowment fund from fossil fuels.
• Joe Biden yesterday announced that fossil fuel execs won’t be included in his transition team.
• Teesside has been named the UK’s first Hydrogen Transport Hub by the British government.
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• The US Army’s Fort Bragg, NC, will soon host the largest floating solar plant in the Southeast
• 20% of US homes use 45% of all cooling consumption nationwide, according to Sense.
• The UK’s National Health System becomes the world’s first health system to commit to net zero.
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Twenty percent of Americans have HVAC systems that cost the homeowner an extra $882 annually on average to keep their homes cool — almost four times as much as the most efficient similar homes. This is according to a new study conducted by smart home energy company Sense who make smart home energy monitors.

Turntide Technologies, which manufactures the Smart Motor System, “the world’s first sustainable electric motor with digital DNA,” announced a recently completed $33 million funding round with support from the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund.

• Royal Dutch Shell will cut up to 9,000 jobs by 2022 due to the pandemic and lack of oil demand.
• Turntide’s Smart Motor System has the potential to reduce global electricity consumption by 25%.
• Sustainable technology company Furrion launches a solar cooler that also packs a charging station.
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New Jersey has banned plastic bags and utensils, polystyrene foam containers… and even paper bags. And truth be told, it could afford to be even stricter.

• A Chinese climate research institute has created China’s road map to reach net zero by 2060.
• New Jersey bans plastic bags, polystyrene foam containers… and paper bags.
• French oil giant Total buys London’s largest electric vehicle charging network.
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World leaders, including the entire European Union, have committed to reversing biodiversity loss by 2030 in a 10-point pledge.

• Greenlight Planet, the largest solar home product provider in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, secures $90 million.
• World leaders make a 10-point pledge to save the planet ahead of a UN summit.
• Maryland becomes the first US state to ban foam food containers.
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• The biggest climate summit of 2020 took place this week, with more than 350 events.
• Which countries take climate change the most seriously? The ones who’ve experienced it.
• What if the US joined the EU and China in making a pledge to fight climate change?
• And more…

• UK prime minister Boris Johnson calls for a “global green industrial revolution” in a UN speech.
• The US House of Representatives passes a sweeping green energy bill — but will it go anywhere?
• India plans $4.6 billion in incentives for EV battery makers — Reuters exclusive
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IBM Research has announced its annual 5 in 5: five significant changes driven by innovation in science and technology within five years. IBM Research’s look into the future this year focused on the question, “How can we use technology to reinvent materials design and discovery to find more sustainable solutions to everyday problems?”

• Big banks invested $224B in fracking companies despite it being a really bad financial decision.
• IBM Research releases its annual 5 in 5 predictions, and this year they’re about sustainability.
• The UK’s largest green energy provider, Bulb, is making its official US debut in Texas.
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• The Florida Public Service Commission met about solar net metering and didn’t change the rule.
• China says it will achieve a peak in emissions before 2030 and become net zero before 2060.
• The world’s largest offshore wind farm, Dogger Bank, has ordered 190 13MW wind turbines.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping (above), in a surprise announcement yesterday, told the United Nations General Assembly via video that China would achieve a peak in carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060. This will require a radical reshaping of the Chinese economy.