http://www.trendhunter.com/eco Environmental Trends en-us Sun, 13 Sep 2026 06:58:17 GMT http://cdn.trendhunterstatic.com/TrendHunterLogo120x30.gif http://www.trendhunter.com/eco 120 30 http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/hope-bay-wind-project (TrendHunter.com) The Canada Infrastructure Bank closed a $20 million Hope Bay Wind Project loan to the Kitikmeot Tugliq Limited Partnership, an Inuit-led partnership between the Kitikmeot Inuit Association and...]]> Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:02:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/hope-bay-wind-project http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/pacific-west (TrendHunter.com) Pacific West, backed by Bluejay Capital Partners, acquired Coleman Industrial Construction, a Kansas City-based provider of construction, renovation and environmental services for rail and...]]> Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:22:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/pacific-west http://www.trendhunter.com/carboncapture/graftech-international (TrendHunter.com) GrafTech International and Antora Energy announced a strategic collaboration to develop carbon-based materials at GrafTech's St. Marys, Pennsylvania, facility for use in Antora's thermal batteries....]]> Sat, 12 Sep 2026 03:01:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/carboncapture/graftech-international http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/blue-sage-capital (TrendHunter.com) Blue Sage Capital formed Blue Castle Waste Solutions, a regional solid waste and recycling platform serving communities across Minnesota and Iowa, through concurrent partnerships with founder-owned...]]> Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:41:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/blue-sage-capital http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/upcycled-event-installations (TrendHunter.com) Upcycled event installations are extending the life of temporary materials as Science World transforms its FIFA World Cup 2026 Beautiful Dome into consumer products. The installation’s 131...]]> Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:58:04 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/upcycled-event-installations http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/mercedesbenz-trucks (TrendHunter.com) Mercedes-Benz Trucks delivered the first 27 battery-electric eActros 600 trucks to Amazon under a broader order for more than 200 vehicles, signed in early 2025, marking Amazon's largest-ever...]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:17:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/mercedesbenz-trucks http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/surgesettler-device (TrendHunter.com) StormTrap has received New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection certification for its new SurgeSettler device, which is verified to remove 50% of Total Suspended Solids. Additional testing...]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:17:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/surgesettler-device http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/climate-data-company (TrendHunter.com) Greenly acquired Swedish climate-data company Normative for just over €64 million, bringing together two direct competitors in Europe's carbon accounting software market. Neither company has...]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 19:36:04 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/climate-data-company http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/Localized-Passive-House-Windows (TrendHunter.com) Wythe Windows is expanding localized Passive House windows through a manufacturing partnership with German building systems company Schüco Polymer. Wythe will produce Schüco’s UPVC window and...]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:37:09 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/Localized-Passive-House-Windows http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/clean-energy-reconstruction-partnerships (TrendHunter.com) Clean energy reconstruction partnerships are strengthening cooperation between Canada and Ukraine as the countries expand efforts to rebuild and modernize Ukraine’s energy system. The agreement...]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:44:04 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/clean-energy-reconstruction-partnerships http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/modernized-container-return-networks (TrendHunter.com) Modernized container return networks are expanding across Quebec as Consignaction scales its deposit-refund infrastructure. More than 300 modernized return sites have opened across the province in...]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:13:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/modernized-container-return-networks http://www.trendhunter.com/carboncapture/international-ccus-partnerships (TrendHunter.com) International CCUS partnerships are supporting wider carbon capture deployment as Sinopec joins organizations in China and Kazakhstan to launch the Initiative for Cooperation on Low-Carbon Energy...]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:43:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/carboncapture/international-ccus-partnerships http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/schoolbased-battery-recycling (TrendHunter.com) School-based battery recycling is expanding across Canada through an extended partnership between Call2Recycle and Earth Rangers. Beginning in fall 2026, battery recycling education will become...]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:13:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/schoolbased-battery-recycling http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/blackstone-acquired-flow-control-holdings-from-audax (TrendHunter.com) Blackstone has agreed to acquire Flow Control Holdings from Audax Private Equity, a provider of engineered flow-control components for data center liquid-cooling systems, with Audax retaining a...]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:23:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/blackstone-acquired-flow-control-holdings-from-audax http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/spark-capital (TrendHunter.com) TAR raised $120 million in a Series A led by Spark Capital at a $1 billion post-money valuation to scale its self-contained renewable energy and battery systems for AI data centers. Rather than...]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:03:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/spark-capital http://www.trendhunter.com/carboncapture/airplant-one (TrendHunter.com) Twelve secured a credit facility of up to $45 million, led by Endurance Capital and Nomura, to refinance its AirPlant One construction facility and fund expansion at the plant, its first...]]> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 03:08:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/carboncapture/airplant-one http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/methanereducing-rice-farming (TrendHunter.com) Methane-reducing rice farming is scaling across India through a five-year carbon credit agreement between Google and Mitti Labs. The partnership will transition more than 70,000 smallholder farmers...]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:15:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/methanereducing-rice-farming http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/solarpowered-food-processing (TrendHunter.com) Solar-powered food processing is creating new economic opportunities in the Brazilian Amazon through a solar-battery mini-grid in Bela Conquista. The system combines 50 kWp of solar capacity with...]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:13:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/solarpowered-food-processing http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/municipal-solar-financing-models (TrendHunter.com) Municipal solar financing models are expanding access to renewable energy as Sustainability Partners works with Albuquerque and Energy Systems Group to deploy approximately 6 MW of solar generation...]]> Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:17:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/municipal-solar-financing-models http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/compliant-secondlife-batteries (TrendHunter.com) Compliant second-life batteries are supporting domestic energy storage as Moment Energy achieves third-party-verified non-PFE status and full FEOC compliance for its battery energy storage system....]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2026 11:38:06 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/compliant-secondlife-batteries http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/glycolipid-soil-conditioners (TrendHunter.com) Glycolipid soil conditioners are offering growers a non-mechanical approach to soil compaction with Locus Agriculture’s Unpac. The treatment uses fermentation-derived glycolipids to reduce...]]> Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:37:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/glycolipid-soil-conditioners http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/portable-cracker-canisters (TrendHunter.com) Cheez-It and Club are introducing portable cracker canisters that repackage popular snacks for convenient consumption away from home. The resealable cans include Cheez-It Original, Cheez-It Grooves...]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2026 18:51:06 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/portable-cracker-canisters http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/nonbauxite-alumina-processes (TrendHunter.com) Non-bauxite alumina processes are creating alternative pathways for aluminum production as Canadian Energy Metals (CEM) advances its Thor Project in Saskatchewan. The company achieved...]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:50:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/nonbauxite-alumina-processes http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/highuptime-ev-networks (TrendHunter.com) Green Water & Power (GWP) and Autel Energy are scaling high-uptime EV networks across the United States, surpassing 10,000 installed Autel Energy chargers since 2023. Deployed across 12 states, the...]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2026 11:16:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/highuptime-ev-networks http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/maritime-emissions (TrendHunter.com) NORDEN delivered the first verified maritime emissions reductions through the RSB Book & Claim registry, completing a pilot with Microsoft and the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials that...]]> Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:27:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/maritime-emissions http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/tropical-forests-forever (TrendHunter.com) The U.K. announced plans to invest £400 million into the Tropical Forests Forever Facility through a loan rather than a grant, positioning the government as an investor rather than a donor in...]]> Sat, 05 Sep 2026 04:12:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/tropical-forests-forever http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/climate-disclosure (TrendHunter.com) S&S released its second annual Sustainability Report, marking its first climate risk assessment aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) framework and its first...]]> Sat, 05 Sep 2026 03:57:04 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/climate-disclosure http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/stoney-creek (TrendHunter.com) Energy Vault completed the acquisition of the underlying project land for its 125 MW/1 GWh Stoney Creek Battery Energy Storage System in Northern New South Wales, Australia, securing full ownership...]]> Sat, 05 Sep 2026 03:36:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/stoney-creek http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/smart-electric-school-fleets (TrendHunter.com) Zūm is advancing smart electric school fleets through the rollout of electric buses for the San Francisco Unified School District. The deployment combines electric vehicles with dedicated charging...]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:49:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/innovation/smart-electric-school-fleets http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/biomaterials-startup (TrendHunter.com) Kelpi, a U.K. biomaterials startup, received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its seaweed-based coating for paper and board food packaging, allowing the material to be used on...]]> Fri, 04 Sep 2026 22:28:05 GMT http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/biomaterials-startup