Karen Henry, Author at Environment + Energy Leader

Radical Rethink: The Birth of Circular Manufacturing

November 25, 2015November 25, 2015 by Karen Henry

Capitalizing on the significant new business opportunities offered by circular economics can be best realized by developing three key approaches: shifting from asset owning models to service based ones, utilizing the Internet of Things technology to track products and materials and developing strong take back systems. Circular economics is fast ... Read more »

ERC: Electricity Price Trends for the Week Ending Nov. 20

November 25, 2015 by Karen Henry

Short-Term Price Benchmark Trends The ERC benchmark price for retail electricity continued to trend gradually upward last week, increasing by 0.80 percent to $0.0754 per kilowatt hour. Like the previous week, the biggest increase was in Illinois (4.61 percent), followed this week by Ohio (4.40 percent). This week’s price hike ... Read more »

Climeon’s Marine Energy Tech Improves Efficiency 14%

November 24, 2015November 25, 2015 by Karen Henry

Climeon’s Ocean marine waste heat recovery system can improve efficiency by 14 percent and help customers reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 5 percent. Frost and Sullivan has awarded Climeon the Technology Innovation Award for its Ocean heat-power system. Frost and Sullivan also released a report on Marine Waste Heat Recovery Solutions ... Read more »

Largest Ever Controlled CO2 Release from Underwater Pipeline Planned

November 24, 2015November 25, 2015 by Karen Henry

DNV GL is conducting the oil and gas industry’s largest ever controlled release of carbon dioxide from an underwater pipeline at its Spadeadam Testing and Research Center in Cumbria, United Kingdom. The installation of offshore CO2 pipelines linked to depleted subsea gas reservoirs is a possible solution to mitigate CO2 ... Read more »

Global CEOs Urge ‘Ambitious Climate Deal’ at COP21

November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 by Karen Henry

CEOs from 78 global companies — including PepsiCo, Dow Chemical, Nestlé, Unilever, and Accenture — are urging governments to work with them to co-design climate solutions ahead of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP21) in Paris. The conference will see the leaders ... Read more »

Energy-Related Emissions Increased 0.9% in 2014

November 23, 2015November 23, 2015 by Karen Henry

US energy-related carbon dioxide emissions increased 0.9 percent in 2014, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s online analysis, released today. Fossil fuel consumption accounted for 5,406 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2014, an increase of 1 percent from the 2013 level. The increase was influenced by gross ... Read more »

3 Signs We’re Entering a Golden Age for Carbon Markets

November 23, 2015 by Karen Henry

This is an adaptation of an essay by Fred Krupp and Nat Keohane for the International Emissions Trading Association’s Greenhouse Gas Market 2015/2016 report. There was a time when market-based approaches seemed to fall off the radar in discussions of climate policy, but carbon markets are back. Well-designed emission trading systems offer the combination of ... Read more »

Ram ProMaster City Wins 2016 Commercial Car of the Year

November 20, 2015November 23, 2015 by Karen Henry

The 2016 Ram ProMaster City has been named Green Car Journal’s 2016 Commercial Green Car of the Year. The awards, which recognize important environmental achievements in the pickup truck and light commercial vehicle fields, were announced at the San Antonio Auto and Truck Show. The Ram ProMaster City comes in ... Read more »

OriginClear, Renewable Water Technologies Team Up to Treat Agricultural Effluent

November 20, 2015 by Karen Henry

OriginClear and Renewable Water Technologies (RWT), a spin-off of Wisconsin’s Renewable Algae Group, have teamed up to offer complete treatment solutions for agricultural effluent reclamation, with a focus on dairies equipped with anaerobic digestion systems. The planned joint venture (JV) is expected to deploy OriginClear’s Electro Water Separation (EWS) technology ... Read more »

Chevrolet Meets Community-Based Carbon-Reduction Goal

November 19, 2015 by Karen Henry

Chevrolet has met its carbon reduction goal of preventing 8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from entering the earth’s atmosphere over the last five years. Launched in 2010, the brand’s voluntary goal of engaging communities across America encompassed 38 projects, a $40 million investment, and led to creation of a ... Read more »

AT&T to Enable Carbon Savings 10X Its Own Footprint by 2025

November 19, 2015 by Karen Henry

AT&T has set a goal to enable carbon savings 10 times the footprint of its operations by 2025. To achieve this, AT&T will engage with customers, companies and non-governmental organizations on tactics to drive reductions in emissions and increases in resource efficiency. The company has built a roadmap to 2025 ... Read more »

Organix Solutions Commercializes Organic Waste Recovery System

November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 by Karen Henry

Organix Solutions, a Minnesota-based organics recovery and municipal waste consultancy, will be commercializing its BurCell recovery technology. The BurCell captures all organic waste from the municipal solid waste (MSW) stream, including food and compostable paper, removing even the smallest particles of food scraps that typically are left behind with current ... Read more »

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