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A Vibrant Cleantech Startup Ecosystem Takes Root in India

GreenTechMedia

” Rapid growth in India’s renewable energy sector is driving demand for new technologies to modernize the country’s power sector. Demand for flexible, clean power spurs startup activity. And yet, hundreds of millions of people in India still don’t have access to affordable and reliable power.

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New Sustainable Energy Factbook shows 2020 was ‘blockbuster’ year for renewables in America

Renewable Energy World

Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% This fall in emissions (see Figure 1) is the most significant on record and puts the United States on track to meet its 2025 Paris Agreement commitment, though energy demand and emissions are expected to rebound with widespread vaccinations in 2021. power in 2020.

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German Startup The Mobility House Stakes Claim on US EV Charging Market

GreenTechMedia

German startup The Mobility House launched in 2009 to figure out dynamic charging for electric fleets, the kind that use enough power to throw off a facility's electric bills without careful scheduling. electric fleet charging market is small but growing, just like domestic EV adoption. But the competition is heating up.

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

Renewable Energy World

Then, beginning around 2009, first wind turbines and then solar photovoltaic panels decreased enough in cost to become competitive in electricity markets. Converting to a 21st-century grid that is increasingly based on variable resources requires a completely new way of thinking. Innovations that make 100% clean power possible.

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More than 100,000 clean energy worker just lost their jobs and more layoffs are coming.

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

And yet, while other industries get plenty of support from lawmakers in Washington, clean energy workers are left struggling as employers face unique financing challenges and dramatic demand declines directly related to COVID-19 and the economic tailspin. That would put a lot of grid and storage workers back on the job.

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This Swiss Asset Firm Is Buying Up America’s Largest Solar Projects

GreenTechMedia

“Not so long ago, solar power purchase agreements were pricing pretty high," Allehaut told GTM. Back in 2009, First Solar was selling a single panel for 3 euros a watt. “There’s a lot of demand for [dollar]-denominated assets. Today, a total system — the entire plant — can be built for $0.8

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$10.5 billion programme for US grid upgrades launched

Smart Energy International

billion programme for smart grids and other upgrades to strengthen the country’s electricity grid. The funding, previously announced and now combined in the Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership programme, is allocated in three parts – $2.5 The US Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking input on a $10.5