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Whatever Happened to the VC-Backed Startup Class of 2010?

GreenTechMedia

Remember 2010? Another venture capital success story is demand response specialist Cpower, which pulled in just under $28 million before selling out to Constellation Energy for $78 million. Back in 2010, we listed Tesla Motors, which had just shipped its first thousand Roadsters, as “the little EV company that might.”

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Cambium is building a recycled wood supply chain

TechCrunch: Climate

The global demand for wood could grow by 54% between 2010 and 2050, according to a study by the World Resources Institute. While some building materials like steel get consistently recycled back into the supply chain, wood does not. Cambium hopes to fix that. All rights reserved.

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Demand Response Industry Asks Feds to Open States to Energy Market Competition

GreenTechMedia

Now FERC is being asked to put that authority to a new use: ending a decade-old provision allowing individual states to opt out of letting demand response companies enlist customers to turn down their energy use to support the power grid. “But if the aggregations do include demand response, the opt-out can apply,” she said.

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Technology not growing fast enough to decarbonize steel and cement industries by 2050

Envirotec Magazine

A new study appears to show that, for decarbonization goals of steel and cement to be met, and the demand for new green technology to be satisfied, consumption habits need to change. “We need to be well prepared for a future shortfall between feasible supply and expected demand,” noted Watari. ”

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Report details China’s complex energy landscape and its enormous green energy shift

Envirotec Magazine

The power sector is decarbonizing quickly by replacing coal with domestically sourced renewable energy, and domestically produced coal will largely be sufficient for the remaining coal demand segments by 2050. In 2010, wind made up only 1% of China’s electricity generation. However, oil and gas usage will continue to rely on imports.

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WoodMac: A New Battery Chemistry Will Lead the Stationary Energy Storage Market by 2030

GreenTechMedia

As demand from electric vehicles and the stationary storage market both skyrocket this decade, evolving performance priorities will create a divergence between the types of batteries used for storage and those used for EV applications. It started with a supply crunch. Historically, the ESS market has mostly deployed NMC batteries.

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GridBeyond announces €52m in growth financing

Smart Energy International

Since its foundation in 2010, GridBeyond has been developing its AI platform, which allows businesses to utilise connected assets, such as renewable energy sources, battery storage and energy demand load, intelligently dispatching flexibility for revenue and savings.

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