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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. But that’s changing. That's attracting more entrepreneurs and investors to India’s cleantech sector.

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

Renewable Energy World

clean energy sectors showed strong resilience in 2020, continuing a decade-long growth trend, BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) find in their annual joint report. Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8% Energy demand for electricity and transportation fell by 3.8%

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$10.5 billion programme for US grid upgrades launched

Smart Energy International

The funding, the largest single investment into the grid in over a decade since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which kickstarted the rollout of smart metering and a smart grid, forms part of the ‘Building a Better Grid’ initiative to upgrade the grid for a 100% clean energy future.

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

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

one essential to our economy, our resilience and our environment. 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.

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A smart grid journey with Robert Denda of Gridspertise

Smart Energy International

In an exclusive conversation with Robert Denda, CEO of Gridspertise, he explains how digital grid solutions conceived in Italy, building on Enel Grids’ legacy, are supporting DSOs worldwide. From the outset, Denda was involved in the initiative, which gained added impetus with Enel’s initial share acquisition of Endesa in 2009.

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'We are the good guys': IRENA's Francesco La Camera on hydrogen, nuclear, and the energy crisis

Business Green

But to deliver this scenario requires investment of around five per cent global GDP each year, amounting to an additional $33tr of additional investment in energy efficiency, renewables, end-use electrification, power grids, flexibility, hydrogen infrastructure, and myriad other clean tech innovations, it said.

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Texas repeatedly failed to protect its power grid against extreme weather

Grist

Lawmakers and regulators, including the PUC and the industry-friendly Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil and gas industry, have repeatedly ignored, dismissed or watered down efforts to address weaknesses in the state’s sprawling electric grid, which is isolated from the rest of the country. Miguel Gutierrez Jr. /