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Technology Trending: Cyber protection for space data, battery passport, battery for hot climates

Smart Energy International

To address this issue the European Space Agency (ESA) has engaged the French-Slovak blockchain startup 3IPK and space solution provider Thales Alenia Space to develop a solution for managing traceability and ensuring the integrity of Earth observation data under its FutureEO programme.

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Everledger and Ford release EV battery passport pilot for material recycling

Smart Energy International

Everledger and Ford will use the battery passport solution to track batteries in various late and newer EV models for six months, working together with US lithium-ion battery recyclers Cirba Solutions and Li-Cycle. EV battery tracking.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — July 2022

Greentown Labs

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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Technology Trending: Mg-ion batteries, hydrogen innovation lab, landfill methane for Bitcoin mining

Smart Energy International

Out with lithium, in with magnesium. Lithium is widely used in batteries in applications from small personal electronic devices up to electric vehicles and large-scale utility energy storage. But there are constant concerns about whether the supply can keep up with the growing demand as these technologies proliferate.

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The emerging “non-utilities”—EVs are helping new players in the energy marketplace.

Charged

The emergence of non-utility market participants is being enabled by four forces that have begun to converge: advances in information and communications technologies; the movement towards sharing economies; new business models and ownership models; and blockchain-encrypted transaction systems. What do the utilities think of all this?

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Technology Trending: CarbonEnfo startup, ChatGPT ambassador, graphene nanotube facility

Smart Energy International

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.

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Greentown Houston Is Here—Meet Our 25+ Inaugural Startups

Greentown Labs

Eclipse Solar Projects finances, develops, owns, and operates utility-scale solar projects in North America through newly developed technology and potential battery storage operations. Footprint is a web-based enterprise software solution for climate education and action. Transportation.