"ZeroAvia, which launched in 2017, has R&D sites in Hollister, Calif. and Cotswold Airport in the United Kingdom. It conducted its first commercial-scale electric- and hydrogen-powered flight tests in 2020 in England with a six-passenger plane. In the coming weeks, Miftakhov said the company will be testing a 20-seat plane in the U.K., and later in California."
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Germany and California’s Nuclear Mistakes
California and Germany have both made climate change a public policy priority. To reach their climate goals, they should embrace nuclear energy.
Intellectual Ventures spinoff Modern Electron raising cash for heat-to-electricity tech
Lisa Stiffler writes on GeekWire about an innovative energy efficiency startup. >>>READ: Gates-backed Fund Invests in Carbon Capture Startup<<< “Modern Electron has developed a heat-to-electricity converter that can generate power from sources including natural gas, biogas and green hydrogen. Its devices are paired with home furnaces and hot water tanks, capturing the appliances’ wasted heat...
Some of the biggest ‘green’ energy projects of 2021
Jeremy Beaman of The Washington Examiner recounts some of the biggest green energy projects of 2021. “Proponents of ‘green’ energy have good reason to be optimistic as they look back on 2021, a year that saw major new project announcements and billions of dollars in support pledged for carbon-free energy.” Read the full article here.
Private financial institutions are stepping in to decarbonize steel
Shravan Bhat writes in GreenBiz about private financial institutions that are stepping in to decarbonize steel. >>>Nucor Launches Carbon Free Steel<<< “Though the net-zero transition will not be easy for the steel finance community, it is an exciting time. Steelmakers are innovating to build and finance the next generation of steel plants. Whether it’s SSAB’s green...
Amazon funds two climate tech firms as third gains ground
"[Amogy] co-founder and CEO Seonghoon Woo told Axios its mission is to use energy-dense liquid ammonia for producing zero-emissions vessels, as marine shipping is one of the hardest sectors to convert from fossil fuels."
Nuclear-Fusion Startup Lands $1.8 Billion as Investors Chase Star Power
Jennifer Hiller of The Wall Street Journal reports on a nuclear fusion startup. “Nuclear fusion has long been the holy grail of the energy world. Fusion is the process of generating energy by melding atoms. Current nuclear power plants create energy through nuclear fission, or splitting atoms. Fusion has the potential to create nearly limitless energy...
Exxon sets new emissions goals for 2030
"Intensity doesn't measure total greenhouse gas emissions, but Exxon expects the combined targets to reduce absolute emissions by roughly 20%."
300 companies chart path for CO2-free energy technology
"The alliance, whose members also include Microsoft Corp., Walmart Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and General Motors Co., is specifically seeking to channel financial support to clean energy options such as long-term batteries, geothermal energy, hydrogen fuels, hydropower installations on existing dams, CO2 capture from gas-fired power plants and new nuclear reactor projects to help jump-start these technologies."
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."
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