BusinessWire reports that Chevron Technology Ventures and Piva Capital have financially backed Malta. “Malta Inc., a pioneer in long-duration energy storage, today announced that Chevron Technology Ventures and Piva Capital have joined Proman, Alfa Laval, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and Dustin Moskovitz in its oversubscribed Series B financing, increasing the round to over $60 million. The...
Lisa Stiffler of GeekWire writes on how the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is stoking the startup pipeline with ready to go innovations. “With a $1.1 billion budget for R&D, the government-supported facility has been generating scientific breakthroughs that are available to the public to license and commercialize for the past 55 years. In the last...
"The U.S. is already leading in emissions reductions through technology innovation. If policymakers are serious about addressing climate change, they should unleash innovation by investing in research, reducing taxes for businesses, streamlining regulatory barriers, exporting our clean energy technology, and engaging in clean free trade with the international community."
"The transition figures to be challenging for years to come, energy executives and analysts say, due to a stark reality: While fossil fuel investment is falling, fossil fuels account for most energy—and green energy spending isn’t growing fast enough to fill the gap."
The world must produce 56% more food by 2050 to meet global population demand, according to a 2019 World Resources Report from the United Nations. With over three-fourths of the world’s freshwater already set aside to agriculture, water scarcity will be the foremost threat to our global food systems. That’s where AppHarvest comes in, the...
Ubiquitous Energy specializes in creating fully transparent photovoltaic glass films for windows.
"Earmarking is good for politicians and their buddies and bad for everyone else. It’s no surprise that politicians are restoring the practice."
James Brooks writes for TechXplore on green steel in Sweeden. “It begins with brown-tinged iron ore pellets that react with the hydrogen gas and are reduced to ball-shaped ‘sponge iron,’ which takes it name due to pores left behind following the removal of oxygen. This is then melted in an electric furnace.” Read the full...
"A decade ago, Putin denounced the 'fracking' shale revolution, recognizing it as a threat. He was right to worry. If the United States had not gone from importing 60 percent of its oil to becoming the world’s No. 1 producer and, this year, the world’s largest exporter of LNG, Europe might now be his hostage. Now, Putin has revealed just how formidable a strategic asset U.S. oil and gas is — not only for the United States but also, in this deepening crisis, for Europe."
"By combining many regional utility data points in one place, Arcadia lets customers know when it is best to store clean energy, use solar power or charge an electric vehicle, Chief Executive Kiran Bhatraju said in an interview."
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