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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. Companies interested in this process cover a range of technologies, including pumped hydro, gravity-based, compressed air and flow batteries, as well as current market leader lithium-ion batteries.

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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.

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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. The company is an Ellen MacArthur Foundation partner, including in a collaboration with Veolia to close the loop on lithium-ion EV batteries.

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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. The company is an Ellen MacArthur Foundation partner, including in a collaboration with Veolia to close the loop on lithium-ion EV batteries.