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Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters

GreenBiz

Digital technology, green finance in vogue among fashion’s sustainability trendsetters. The lack of environmental impact information and outdated technology are two ubiquitous issues plaguing industrial supply chains in general, but they are especially significant in the context of the fashion industry. . Phylicia Wu.

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Demand response proves more profitable than Bitcoin mining in Texas

Smart Energy International

Bitcoin miner Riot Blockchain earned estimated power credits of $9.5 In its July production and operation update, Riot Blockchain, one of the largest US Bitcoin miners, reported mining 318 Bitcoins in July – a decrease of approximately 21%. million for demand reduction from ERCOT in July. Have you read?

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AI and crypto mining are driving up data centers’ energy use

The Verge: Energy

The world will need a lot more renewable energy to clean up pollution from power grids and satiate skyrocketing electricity demand from data centers at the same time. That growth is equivalent to adding an extra country’s worth of electricity demand; Sweden under a more modest scenario or Germany at the most.

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Northern Ireland Water expands AI asset monitoring programme

Smart Energy International

Samotics, an asset health monitoring technology firm, has expanded deployment of its AI-driven SAM4 system across Northern Ireland Water’s submerged assets to support the delivery of a more cost efficient and sustainable service. SAM4 detected a developing fault in this submerged wastewater pump. Image courtesy of Samotics.

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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. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Electricity. Resiliency + Adaptation.

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NatWest 'reverse vending machines' to turn unused bank cards into clothing

Business Green

Using blockchain technology it is possible to track what the plastic from each machine has been made into and calculate the carbon and energy saved as a result. After pickup, plastic waste is transported to a recycling facility via an electric vehicle, where the first cards will be repurposed into hats and socks for London's homeless.

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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. Depending on who you talk to, long-duration storage technology can knock out coal and gas peaker plants, turn renewables into round-the-clock resources and generally pave the way for a carbon-free grid.

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