"Brimstone Energy is an early-stage startup that’s currently raising money to build a pilot production facility. It raised an initial $2 million starting in 2019 from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E), the National Science Foundation and a number of other sources."
CO2-free natural gas? CCS project powers grid for first time
Texas-based Net Power LLC has used carbon-free natural gas to deliver electricity to the grid for the first time ever.
With new tech and $3.6M seed, DiviGas aims to clean up hydrogen production
"While hydrogen itself is generally considered a clean and extremely useful basic element, its production is married to numerous dirty industrial processes. Oil refineries and plastic production, for instance, may give off various hydrocarbons and other mixed gases and chemicals, and to separate them requires further processing and emissions."
The discreet charm of nuclear power
"In the ten years to 1992 the amount of nuclear energy consumed worldwide had increased by 130%. What was more, some talked of using nuclear plants to produce not just electricity, but also hydrogen which could then form the basis of synthetic fuels."
Wyoming city to host Bill Gates-backed experimental nuclear power project
"If it’s as reliable as conventional nuclear power, the 345-megawatt plant would produce enough climate-friendly power to serve about 250,000 homes. The announcement came days after officials from the U.S. and other countries pledged at a global climate-change summit in Scotland to continue working to limit greenhouse gas emissions."
Group Forecasts Massive Increase in Energy Storage by 2030
"Global installations of energy storage systems will experience rapid growth this decade, resulting by the end of 2030 in gigawatt capacity more than 20 times larger than the amount online at the end of 2020."
Small box turns waste into treasure for Ivory Coast farmers
"The small green 'KubeKo' box was dreamt up by chemical engineer Noel N'guessan to make use of the 30 million tonnes of waste generated by crop production in the West African country each year and other biowaste like animal dung."
This Company Is Pioneering Self-Cycled Phone Cases
Pivet, an innovative startup founded by Michael Pratt, is disrupting the consumer electronics industry with biodegradable plastic phone cases that basically recycle themselves.
Meet the next generation of carbon campuses
"From Net Zero Teesside in the United Kingdom to Houston’s Carbon Capture Hub, a new generation of carbon campuses — where carbon dioxide emissions are captured, used in products and stored underground — is coming online."
Tesla Energy Ventures Will Provide Retail Electric Services In Texas
"This isn’t the first Tesla subsidiary that is in Texas. Gambit Energy Storage previously announced its construction of 100-megawatt batteries in Houston. Its purpose is to supplement the Southeast Texas grid with large amounts of power if another blackout occurs. Gambit Energy Storage also sells solar panels and batteries."