Charged

JULY 26, 2021

Contrary to popular belief, the most important mineral in EV batteries may not be lithium, but nickel. Elon Musk has often said that Tesla’s production of vehicles is constrained by its supply of battery cells, and in 2020 he made a plea to the world’s mining companies: I gotta have more nickel ! or words to that effect).

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The Verge: Energy

MARCH 27, 2024

Photo by Meiramgul Kussainova/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A new study finds that Bitcoin mining paired with green hydrogen could help speed up a transition to clean energy — an eyebrow-raising claim, considering strong evidence that the cryptocurrency is a big polluter. Bitcoin would have to be mined using clean energy.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This year will likely be remembered as a period of technology consolidation rather than breakthrough innovation in the energy industry. Emerging industries such as offshore wind and lithium-ion battery storage have gone from strength to strength. energy analysis firm Cornwall Insight. Molten salt reactors. Green hydrogen.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

A new advance opening the way for Mg-ion batteries, protections for birds around networks, Enel Green Power’s Sicily hydrogen lab and a plan to power Bitcoin mining with methane from landfills are in the technology radar. Out with lithium, in with magnesium. For the birds. Landfill methane for Bitcoin mining. Now with funding of $4.3

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 24, 2021

These groundbreaking members are working on solutions ranging from a screen that removes dust from solar panels, to reusable N95 respirators, to blockchain for ESG initiatives, and more. Blue Line Battery designs and manufactures more accessible, more efficient, lithium-ion power batteries for industrial applications.

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Charged

JULY 27, 2020

The BMW Group has signed a long-term battery cell supply contract worth 2 billion euros with Swedish supplier Northvolt. BMW is determined to keep its battery supply chain as green as possible. The Northvolt Ett plant will be powered entirely by renewable energy, and will have in-house recycling capacities.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 27, 2022

Cleartrace announced a $20M financing round , from several strategic investors, including Greentown partner EDF Energy North America. Topl , a Greentown alum, raised a $15M Series A for its blockchain ecosystem that helps companies track and monetize social impact initiatives.

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Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Close to 80 per cent of the 1,000 senior executives surveyed in spring 2020 by consulting firm Cognizant indicated that sensors and the internet of things were important for achieving sustainability goals: 72 per cent pointed to artificial intelligence and 60 per cent cited big data initiatives and blockchain as instrumental. (

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Charged

JULY 9, 2020

He formerly served as President Obama’s appointee to a US Federal Commission established to assess emerging energy-focused digital technologies. In the emerging energy marketplace, what’s the best role for non-utility market participants? electric vehicles), stationary energy storage and microgrids.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

New blockchain startup CarbonEnfo hits the market running, the ChatGPT fusion ‘ambassador’ and a graphene nanotube facility in development in Europe for EV batteries are on the week’s technology radar. To support it along the way, it has joined up as a validator to the Energy Web ecosystem. Have you read?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But as EV sales have begun to take off around the world, driven in part by more eco-minded consumers, so questions have increasingly been asked just how environmentally-friendly the supply chain, materials, construction, and use of battery powered cars really is.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 14, 2021

Today, we are proud to support more than 115 climatetech startups that are reimagining how we use and store energy, how we manufacture goods, our transportation infrastructure, and so much more—all in the name of climate action and creating a just, sustainable future for all. . Agtech + Water. Manufacturing.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 11, 2021

Nearly 30 startups joined our community in the final quarter of 2020, working on innovations as diverse as zinc-ion batteries, long-range weather forecasts, wave energy conversion, and replacements for petrochemical plastics. This energy storage solution is low-cost, flexible, and long-duration. MANUFACTURING. TRANSPORTATION.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The company has since whipsawed between its wholesale-energy legacy of fossil fuels and greener horizons. Paul, Minnesota.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Greentown Labs Houston will be the first climatetech-focused incubator in the city, aiming to serve as an on-the-ground catalyst for the energy transition in Houston. Black Mountain Metals is a global battery metals mining company, specifically focused on sustainable nickel and copper mining for lithium-ion battery cathodes.

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Clean Energy Trust

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

January Cleantech Roundup: Corporations Claim Their Carbon | How Public Chargers Influence Electric Vehicle Adoption | Investor Climate Initiatives Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. Link Clayton Christenson.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

To build a successful battery supply chain, Africa needs to move away from a legacy of mineral extraction and exporting of raw materials to investing in the existing opportunity to partner, beneficiate and manufacture. According to Marketsandmarkets, the global Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) market is expected to grow to $17.5

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

” The automaker’s sustainability goals include sourcing energy only from renewable sources and getting at least half the materials in its vehicles from recycled, bio-based or renewable origins — by 2030 in the U.S. The company has since whipsawed between its wholesale-energy legacy of fossil fuels and greener horizons.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 27, 2021

One argument that often comes up against Tesla and Elon Musk is that they “own child slaves” or “own slave labor.” ” I’ve seen those in my notifications quite often (and randomly, too). But the fact remains that neither Tesla nor Elon Musk owns slaves, nor do they support slave labor or child labor.

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CleanTechnica

JULY 22, 2021

BHP announced that it and Tesla have announced a nickel supply agreement and that it will supply Tesla with nickel from its Nickel West asset in Western Australia. The company stated that this is one of the most sustainable and lowest carbon emission nickel producers in the world. Financial Times noted that this would secure […].

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In Tesla's 2020 shareholder meeting, one shareholder proposal would have required the company to investigate the poor treatment of cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

This fourth round of US DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office projects concerns solar–hydro hybrid power plants, other solar hybrid power plants, microgrids, grid storage integration, and blockchain technology.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 19, 2020

SunSpec Alliance (SunSpec) has joined as a member of Energy Web. Today the two organizations also jointly announced a strategic partnership to co-develop digital standards, protocols, solutions, and certifications that support ‘plug & play’ system interoperability for solar PV and battery energy storage technologies.

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CleanTechnica

MARCH 6, 2020

New York Power Authority–Israel Smart Energy Challenge Winners to Bring Solutions to Scale through Demonstration Projects with New York State's Public Utility.

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CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Blockchain technology is (in the simplest way I can think of to describe it) a time-stamped series of transactions that are linked together, mathematically, to form a "chain."

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