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Can Bitcoin mining really support renewable energy?

The Verge: Energy

. | 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. The authors call hydrogen and Bitcoin “energy carriers.”

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q4 2021

Greentown Labs

Acelerex pairs clean energy and storage technologies with proprietary software innovations of AI, IoT devices, blockchain, big data, data mining, cloud computing, and real time optimization algorithms. Ambient Fuels ’ purpose-built green hydrogen facilities deliver abundant, cost-competitive, clean fuels. Electricity. Manufacturing.

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So, What Exactly Is Long-Duration Energy Storage?

GreenTechMedia

Its allure has proven more durable than energy blockchain, and its commercialization is further along than super-buzzy green hydrogen. GTM previously covered the main technologies vying for this emerging grid role and recently published an explainer on green hydrogen, another long-duration contender.

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What is carbon insetting?

Mr. Sustainability

It ends with some of the challenges for carbon insetting and the futuristic opportunity to use blockchain technology in order to face these challenges head on. Almost all vessels can participate without the need for retrofitting or upfront investment costs, while many other technologies like hydrogen may take years or even decades to perfect.

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'We want to be guiding stars': Inside Polestar's quest to deliver a 'truly climate-neutral' electric car by 2030

Business Green

For while EVs offer huge potential to drive down carbon emissions and other pollutants from road traffic compared to their conventional fossil fuel rivals, the batteries and electronics they require have led to surging demand for minerals and metals that can have considerable environmental footprints.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution. It uses blockchain to trace sourcing in India for guar, used in shampoos. Other circular approaches include making vanilla flavoring from discarded rice husks and reusing hydrogen peroxide for paper production.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

The ride-sharing brand positions this as a radical shift that will benefit communities, partly by reducing pollution. It uses blockchain to trace sourcing in India for guar, used in shampoos. Other circular approaches include making vanilla flavoring from discarded rice husks and reusing hydrogen peroxide for paper production.