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Intel launches crypto mining chip

Smart Energy International

Intel’s new Blockscale technology is designed to deliver energy efficient blockchain hashing for proof of work consensus mechanisms. The Blockscale ASIC is intended to support the rapidly growing compute requirement for blockchains utilising proof-of-work consensus mechanisms, of which Bitcoin is the most prominent example.

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Crypto Climate Accord: UN-backed plan targets net zero digital currencies by 2040

Business Green

A major UN-backed initiative aimed at tackling the growing climate impact of the burgeoning crypto currency industry has been launched today, in bid to encourage all of the world's energy-intensive fintech blockchains to run on 100 per cent renewable power by 2025 and achieve net zero by 2040.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2021

Greentown Labs

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. Innovator Energy develops and deploys several breakthrough solutions in cooling, heating, and heat transfer. Platform Solutions.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — July 2022

Greentown Labs

Topl , a Greentown alum, raised a $15M Series A for its blockchain ecosystem that helps companies track and monetize social impact initiatives. Carbfix , a Carbon to Value Initiative Year 1 participant, received a grant from the European Innovation Fund to build the Coda Terminal , a large-scale CO 2 transport and storage hub in Iceland.

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Can Facebook, Google and Microsoft inspire data center innovation at Climate Week?

EDF + Business

Nonetheless, according a soon-to-be published EDF report on how businesses are using “ Fourth Wave ” technologies (like AI, automation technologies, blockchain, data analytics and sensors), only 59% of business leaders surveyed are currently investing in innovative tech with sustainability and profitability in mind.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15.

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Rethinking the energy grid: The evolution of mission-critical power

Smart Energy International

From telemedicine to non-fungible tokens (NFTs), these are just some of the amazing innovations in technology spurred by the pandemic as more patients and artists were forced into a digital space. Why data centres and sustainability have often been at odds. Why data centres and sustainability have often been at odds.

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