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Technology Trending: data centres in space, smart home appliances, LNG tractor

Smart Energy International

Investigating the possibility of putting data centres into space, LG’s ThinQ UP smart home appliance global launch and ‘circular’ farming with onsite methanol production and use for powering tractors are in the week’s technology radar. Task force to innovate space applications for energy Unlocking smart meter data for research.

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Government funding for innovations that “could revolutionise British rail travel”

Envirotec Magazine

From technology making the railways greener than ever before by removing harmful emissions from train exhausts to research into powering our railways with renewable energy, this year’s successful bidders will revolutionise the future of train travel for generations to come.”. G-VOLUTION LTD. 3SQUARED LTD. VARAMIS LTD.

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5 Government Initiatives from Around the World That Are Helping Reduce the Impact of Climate Change

Green Tech Challenge

Sweden’s Pledge to be Carbon-Neutral Despite uncertainties in global leadership, Sweden promised to honour the Paris Agreement made by the United Nations and cut all its greenhouse gas emissions by 2045. Meet one of our alumni startups Zemission, which has developed, tested, and patented a zero-emission solution for mobile use.

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Meet Our Newest Startup Members

Greentown Labs

Nearly 30 startups joined our community in the final quarter of 2020, working on innovations as diverse as zinc-ion batteries, long-range weather forecasts, wave energy conversion, and replacements for petrochemical plastics. ELECTRICITY. This energy storage solution is low-cost, flexible, and long-duration. MANUFACTURING.

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Global Briefing: German coalition deal places climate action at heart of government's agenda

Business Green

New German coalition agrees to accelerate coal power phase out. The coalition agreement promises to deliver a significant strengthening of Germany's decarbonisation plans, including plans to pull the country's coal power phase out date forward from 2038 to 2030 and a goal to use two per cent of German territory for wind power.