"While there might be some way to go overcoming data security and interoperability issues between different systems, smart buildings are here to stay. If they are can improve the urban environment around us, then that can be no bad thing."
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GM’s plan to end EV charging deserts
"[General Motors] will give each of its 4,500 dealers up to 10 of its Level 2 Ultium-branded chargers to install throughout their communities in places like offices, apartments, sports and entertainment venues and college campuses."
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Some big investors are backing nuclear energy, a potential savior to the energy crisis that’s gripping the world
However, in a time of climate triage, nuclear energy is getting a renewed look. The best-known example is Bill Gates’ advanced nuclear reactor company TerraPower, which teamed up with GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Berkshire Hathaway’s BRK.B, 0.44% power company, PacifiCorp, to eventually build a next-generation small nuclear reactor using new fuel technology.
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How Technology is Helping Rebuild Global Forests
Our world needs forests. Humans need trees for our very survival. Forest restoration is a critical goal that needs innovative solutions. Thankfully, technology is bringing the innovative roadmaps we need.
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MIT spinoff Via Separations scores $38M Series B to decarbonize manufacturing
"The Via solution sits in a shipping container in the middle of the manufacturing process and acts as a filtration system for whatever is being produced."
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X-energy is leading the way in nuclear reactor, fuel design innovation
With the need for nuclear energy being so obvious in reducing emissions while providing reliable power to consumers, it is important to have entrepreneurs such as Clay Sell and his team at X-energy creating the innovations that are needed to power the world.
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Xcel Energy pioneering bridge between nuclear and the hydrogen economy
"A new frontier for nuclear energy in the United States is under exploration, and Xcel Energy is at the forefront with a project to produce hydrogen, most likely at its Prairie Island plant near Red Wing, Minnesota."
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Businesses Must Step Up On Climate Change—and Tech Innovations Are Key
"No matter the industry, it’s clear that climate change simply cannot be passed off as another business’s problem. It will affect companies on a number of fronts – their customers, their employees, their suppliers, their factories, and their facilities."
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Who Are the World’s Biggest Climate Polluters? Satellites Sweep for Culprits
"A key focus for climate-monitoring satellites is methane, a potent greenhouse gas that leaks erratically from wellheads, pipelines and storage tanks, making it tougher to detect—especially in remote locations and authoritarian countries that don’t allow field inspections or aircraft overflights."
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Canadian city becomes first to heat buildings through Bitcoin mining
"North Vancouver announced Thursday it would become the world's first city to be heated almost entirely by bitcoin mining, an innovative way to tackle climate change by creating valuable cryptocurrency coins and usable thermal energy at the same time."
