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March 30, 2022
Micron teams up with Idaho Power on 40 MW solar power project
Memory-chip giant Micron Technology has partnered with Idaho Power to build a 40 MW solar farm near its Boise corporate headquarter. The solar plant will be used to power the company’s operations, helping it achieve its goal of being powered entirely by r
March 24, 2022Voltalia sells 13 thousand I-RECs in Brazil as market booms
Voltalia Comercializadora, a Brazil-based trading company of Voltalia Group, recently sold nearly 13,000 International Renewable Energy Certificates (I-RECs) to Magalu, Brazil's top e-commerce platform, reported by BNamericas.
March 24, 2022IATA launches industry standard to measure per passenger carbon emissions
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced on Tuesday the launch of the IATA Recommended Practice Per-Passenger CO2 Calculation Methodology, which aims at calculating the amount of carbon emissions produced by a passenger on a specif
March 23, 2022Brookfield’s New York Skyscraper to run entirely on renewable energy
United States real estate company Brookfield Properties announced a new move to fully power One Manhattan West, one of its skyscrapers in Manhattan, with renewable energy, reported Bloomberg.
March 22, 2022SEC’s draft carbon disclosure rules for companies with Scope 3 in dispute
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States has released on Monday its long-awaited draft rule. If the rules are approved by the regulators, companies would be required to disclose their direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions,
March 21, 2022Google launches tool that enables 24/7 renewable energy tracking
Google has been working to build and deploy a new tool that will allow governments, businesses, and energy generators to track energy consumption and production in real time, according to a new blog post form Google Cloud.
March 21, 2022Voluntary carbon market expected to grow 100 times as firms vowing net zero
The carbon credit market, which consists of the voluntary and regulatory markets, has the potential to boom as the world approaches its 2050 goal of net zero carbon emissions. “The demand for voluntary carbon credits is estimated to grow 15 times by 2030,
March 18, 2022A1 Bulgaria, Renalfa sign first sleeved PPA on Bulgarian market
Telecommunication service provider A1 Bulgaria has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Renalfa, a Bulgarian clean energy investment organization, for solar energy.
March 18, 2022Google-backed carbon footprint tracker may be game-changer for small businesses
As businesses around the world struggle to figure out how to manage their environmental footprints, Normative, a Swedish start-up backed by Google, has released a free version of its carbon emissions tracker.
March 18, 2022Kingspan introduces first internal carbon fee towards net zero manufacturing goal
Kingspan, an Ireland-based building materials company, recently published its annual sustainability report, according to which the company will implement its first internal carbon fee next year, at a price of 70 euros per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalen