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V2G’s value proposition for the UK energy transition

Smart Energy International

The increasing prevalence of issues surrounding renewables integration and energy management illustrates how solutions like V2G are required to maintain the stability and efficacy of our energy supply. Resilience V2G allows for consumers to secure a backup power source in the case of an emergency. British electrification.

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UK provides £27m green loan to solar-powered water project in Ghana

Business Green

Direct loan from UK Export Finance aimed at supporting Aqua Africa project that will provide clean drinking water to rural communities in Ghana. Increasing water coverage requires a consistent investment on year to year basis since population growth and demand for water keeps increasing.

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

GreenTechMedia

venture capital firms were on the lookout for cleantech targets, drawn, not least, by the reassurance of a Department of Energy loan program that was busy dispersing $15 billion in loan guarantees. The company has since changed hands a couple more times, most recently landing with LS Power for an undisclosed sum.

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The Rules for Early-Stage Cleantech Venture Capital Investment in 2021

GreenTechMedia

Think thin-film solar and biofuels, the two “big bad bets” that Shayle Kann, partner at Energy Impact Partners, identified in a 2020 Interchange conversation. That led, in turn, to a major drawback from big VC firms, with early-stage funding for climate tech companies falling to about $418 million in 2013.

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PPPs as an enabler of project financing for geothermal in Africa

ThinkGeoEnergy

A paper by Jesse Nyokabi , Johnson Kilangi, Louise Mathu, Sharon Mwakugu, and Kombuso Joshua Nyoni looks into the mechanism of Private-Public Partnerships (PPPs) and how these can be used to mobilize project financing for geothermal projects in Africa. Other countries in East Africa are still in the surface exploration phase of development.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

Food is basically a combination of energy, water and nutrients. Some plants and micro-organisms can make food ‘out of thin air’ by simply rearranging carbon, water and oxygen molecules using energy from the Sun. Tasty Buggers For a growing number of entrepreneurs in China, cockroach-factories are a booming business. Literally.

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The Bitcoin Blockchain Helps Hold A Botnet From Being Taken Down

Mearth

Dymic Digital has been widely praised for his or her expeditious adoption of cutting-edge digital advertising options, which has made them extremely sought-after domestically and internationally by businesses of all sizes. ?A Unsurprisingly, Bitcoin’s worth has grown with increased demand.