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The role of digital technology in the energy sector

Business Green

Digitalisation is still a novel concept to many industries as well as some areas of the energy sector. Unlike many, however, there is an aspiration to transition away from its legacy large infrastructure to a whole new era of plug-and-play, cutting edge incubation of new business models. Adoption, however, is often slow and disjointed.

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NBD Nano Uses Biomimicry to Manipulate Water and Oil

Greentown Labs

The first application that we’ve entered is in the electronic accessory market, and have done some significant trials in the automotive sector, as well as leathers. . So we actually were able to pilot, with the Tennessee Valley Authority, 10-meter-long tubes with our hydrophobic coating on there in a steam power plant environment.

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Ten Regional Clean Energy Companies Graduate from Cleantech San Diego Startup Incubator

CleanTech San Diego

Annual Southern California Energy Innovation Network Showcase Event Being Held November 9. SCEIN is an incubator program for clean energy startups based in San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial counties that are developing technologies to help California meet its clean energy goals.

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California’s Place in Global Climate Policy

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Cap-and-Trade programs, Electric Vehicles (EV) incentives, and the United States backing out of the Paris Climate Agreement were hot topics at WCS’s recent California Climate Policy panel discussion, hosted at Sandbox Suites in San Francisco. Electric Vehicles. Photo by Marcela Cabrera Luna. California is at the forefront of the U.S.

Policy 40
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This is climate tech

Business Green

While they're not immune to the forthcoming fiscal challenges, entrepreneurs developing solutions for addressing climate change - from agtech to decarbonization to clean energy and more - are among those proving to be the most resilient. Since mid-March, as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic infected certain sectors of the U.S.

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If the world wants a green recovery, it must commit to innovation

Business Green

But it's vital we don't lose sight of long-term climate and energy challenges and the vital sustainability targets that must solve them. Drax engineers at work within the UK's biggest renewable power plant | Credit: Drax. Biomass wood pellet storage dome and conveyor system, Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire | Credit: Drax.

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California and China Strengthen Cleantech Ties as Trade War Smolders

GreenTechMedia

Now, it is where key stakeholders are concentrating efforts to expand their work on the “Energy Internet,” or the deep integration of energy and information technology, which was identified as a strategic focus area in China’s 13 th Five-Year Plan. Credit: New Energy Nexus). Despite the ongoing U.S.-China