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Silicon Valley commuters should return to work in electric buses

GreenBiz

Silicon Valley commuters should return to work in electric buses. Wed, 05/05/2021 - 02:00. Last year, I published a feature about why it was time for Silicon Valley to embrace the electric commuter bus. Want more great analysis of electric and sustainable transport? during the first half of 2021. Electric Bus.

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Can ACs cool the world without warming it?

Grist

Several companies, including Gradient where Romanin is CEO (which landed him on the 2021 Grist 50 list ), are developing new AC technologies and approaches that are starting to show what a more efficient, less climate-intensive approach to cooling will look like. Romanin is one of those working on the problem.

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What it's like to ride in an electric big rig

GreenBiz

What it's like to ride in an electric big rig. Wed, 04/28/2021 - 00:05. One of the biggest barriers to getting more heavy-duty electric trucks on the roads today is, quite simply, there just aren't enough of 'em. As we drove around the lot, the electric semi-truck was essentially silent. Electric Trucks.

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APS virtual power plant benefits customers, smart grid & environment

altenergymag

During just the summer months of 2021, Cool Rewards participants conserved energy by raising their thermostats just a few degrees to help shed nearly 80 megawatts of electricity from the APS system.

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Lilium teams with Honeywell and DENSO to manufacture motor for electric Lilium Jet

Charged

Lilium , the developer of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) jet, has partnered with Honeywell and DENSO, who will co-develop and manufacture the electric motor that will power the Lilium Jet’s engines. Honeywell also has an alliance with automotive giant DENSO to develop electric aviation solutions.

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Extreme heat emergency: More than a billion people facing heat risks without improved access to cooling

Business Green

Rolling out cooling technologies to the 1.2 The report assesses 76 countries with cooling access challenges and found that, globally, 1.2 billion people do not have adequate access to cooling, threatening their ability to survive extreme heat, store nutritious food, or secure access to safe vaccines.

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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.