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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2024

Greentown Labs

Twenty-four startups joined our community in Q1 2024, working on innovations ranging from biobased building materials, to sustainable rubber, to solar-powered flight. Electricity Active Surfaces develops an ultra-lightweight, flexible solar technology for the built environment. It’s participating in Year 2 of ACCEL.

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Storing Energy in the Freezer: Long-Duration Thermal Storage Comes of Age

GreenTechMedia

Jason Dreisbach fields at least half a dozen calls every week from people trying to sell him a technology to lower his energy costs. Cold storage — from frozen food warehouses to grocery and restaurant refrigeration — has one of the highest energy costs of any industry; energy expenditures are usually second only to payroll.

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AI, GPT, and the Utility of the Future

Bidgely

While the jury is still out on the pros and cons of AI, Bidgely strongly believes that AI is imperative for the energy transition and to realize a clean energy future. UtilityAI equips utilities with the energy intelligence they need to evolve, prioritize investments, and achieve greater efficiency, resilience and growth.

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Technology Trending – Vehicle-based microgrid, wildfire prevention, programmable home insulation

Smart Energy International

Ford patenting a vehicle-based microgrid, Hitachi digitising wildfire prevention tech and Fraunhofer researchers investigating programmable materials for thermal applications are in the week’s technology radar. Ford investigates vehicle based microgrid. Have you read? Digitising wildfire prevention technology.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q4 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. Electricity. Fervo Energy is a next-generation geothermal power developer.

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How AMI Data and Analytics Elevate DSM Program Marketing

Bidgely

Their discussion centered upon how energy providers are changing the utility-consumer dynamic to increasingly rely on their customers as partners in ensuring a resilient and decarbonized grid. “It It was not that long ago that electric utilities routinely referred to customers as loads or ratepayers,” said Warren.

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Recurrent Energy acquires 400MWh storage, expands ERCOT’s storage pipeline

Smart Energy International

Recurrent Energy, LLC, has acquired two standalone energy storage projects from Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES). The projects, which are in the South Load Zone of the Texas ERCOT market, are each anticipated to store up to 200MWh of energy. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.