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Google Spinoff Malta Nabs $50M Series B for Thermal Long-Duration Storage

GreenTechMedia

Malta has raised a $50 million Series B round to bring its super-long-duration energy storage to market, the company said Wednesday. The startup spun out of Google parent company Alphabet's moonshot factory, X, in 2018. These companies anticipate a market that does not yet exist.

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The COVID Covenant: Going big is the price of admission

GreenBiz

I will practice, and advocate for, unprecedented levels of collaboration and I will mobile mobilize my organization(s), city, company and others in my circle of influence to do the same. In short: to go big. Before the ink is dry on this Covenant, I will begin creating economic, social and governmental change at speed, scale and scope.

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Op-Ed: The US Must Protect Communities and Workers But We Need Our Leaders to Stop Bending to the Oil and Gas Industry

DeSmogBlog

The work of governance, regulation, and oversight are instead shifted to a relatively unknown cadre of boards. Ryan Sitton is both current Railroad Texas Commissioner and founder of an oil and gas consulting company. Now imagine that this nation’s legislature only met to represent its citizens and their interests once every two years.

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NEC Pulls the Plug on Storage Integration Business

GreenTechMedia

The company manufactured and integrated hundreds of megawatts of battery systems for projects around the world. But parent company NEC Corp. Earlier this year, the company won a competitive EPC contract from Gore Street Energy Storage Fund for two 50-megawatt batteries in Northern Ireland. One less integrator.

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The growing popularity of degrowth

Grist

We should also introduce maximum limits on annual incomes, worker cooperatives, and social ownership of companies, including water companies and electricity companies. The rest of the week is ours to enjoy. Labour Party leader] Jeremy Corbyn put forward during his electoral campaign a couple years ago.

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Long Duration Breakthrough? Form Energy’s First Project Pushes Storage to 150 Hours

GreenTechMedia

A cadre of storage industry veterans and MIT scientists started Form Energy in late 2017 to tackle one of the hardest problems in clean energy: how to make renewable power available whenever it's needed. The company has discussed giving it away, he added, but has found no takers, due to the fundamental economic disadvantage.

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Choco: Meet the German startup digitising restaurant orders to address food waste

Business Green

The Berlin-based company has created a platform that hones in on food waste in the hospitality industry, connecting food suppliers directly to restaurants and cafes. Originally founded in 2019 by a cohort of "serial entrepreneurs", the company has expanded to over six markets: United States; Germany; France; Spain; Austria; and Belgium.

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