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BVLOS flight performs powerline inspections in Australian first

Smart Energy International

Drone manufacturer and solutions provider Carbonix has become the first Australian company to fly its drones Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLoS) completing a mission with SA Power Networks to inspect 150km of powerlines in remote South Australia. We’re thrilled to have partnered with them to achieve this Australian first.”

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10 notable battery storage projects that went live in 2021

Renewable Energy World

Concept drawing of an energy storage system. Battery storage is having its moment in the sun. In its most recent Electricity Monthly Update , the U.S. Energy Information Administration said that when it totals up the numbers for 2021, it expects they will show that battery storage capacity grew by 4.5

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NREL researchers, industry partners test Megawatt Charging System with up to 3.75 MW of power

Charged

Medium- and heavy-duty trucks, to say nothing of aviation and shipping, will require much more powerful charging facilities than those that now serve passenger cars. They also evaluated the systems’ thermal performance—a key consideration in high-power charging.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q4 2023

Greentown Labs

Agriculture Clean Crop Technologies ’s proprietary Clean Current technology combines food-grade gasses and electricity to remove contaminants from seed and food surfaces, improving food safety and reducing food waste. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! based on thousands of sources.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — October 2022

Greentown Labs

Form Energy raised a $450M Series E for its cost-effective, multi-day energy-storage systems. American Battery Technology Company was awarded a $57M Department of Energy grant to build a $115M, first-of-kind commercial-scale facility to manufacture battery-grade lithium hydroxide from Nevada-based sedimentary resources.

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Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly

Grist

It’s packed with energy; per unit of weight, at least 60 times as much as the lithium-ion batteries used to propel electric cars. percent of total warming in 2011 on aviation alone — which may sound small, but the number has been growing fast. It’s also terrible for the climate. And, oh yeah: less flying.

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Boris Johnson touts £350m innovation funding to fuel 'green, sustainable recovery'

Business Green

The multi-million pound investment package includes £139m towards 12 projects Scotland, Wales and the North of England to help heavy industry shift from using natural gas to clean hydrogen power, and to scale up carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to trap emissions.