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Liquid air: A cool option for energy storage?

Envirotec Magazine

Katie Smith is a Technical Assistant with Reddie & Grose LLP, a firm of patent, trade mark and design attorneys. Liquid Air Energy Storage (LAES) uses electricity to cool air until it liquefies, so it can be stored until an opportune moment arrives when it can be brought back to a gaseous state and used for power generation.

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

Envirotec Magazine

Government funding of over £5 million has been provided to help launch innovative ideas that could transform rail travel and help decarbonize the rail network. FOAK 2022 saw funding awarded to 24 innovators in all, who received grants of up to £400,000 each. Project title: Lead organisation: Project grant: Levelling up Freight.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2024

Greentown Labs

Twenty-four startups joined our community in Q1 2024, working on innovations ranging from biobased building materials, to sustainable rubber, to solar-powered flight. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! It’s participating in Year 2 of ACCEL. The startup is part of the second ACCEL cohort.

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DOE Clean Energy Programs Vital to American Innovation, Competitiveness?—?and Jobs

E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

DOE Clean Energy Programs Vital to American Innovation, Competitiveness?—?and One area that is working: The Department of Energy’s ability to seed and grow clean energy innovation?—?innovation innovation that is driving new investments, creating new jobs and reducing our country’s carbon emissions. and clean energy jobs?—?in

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Technology Trending – Vehicle-based microgrid, wildfire prevention, programmable home insulation

Smart Energy International

Ford patenting a vehicle-based microgrid, Hitachi digitising wildfire prevention tech and Fraunhofer researchers investigating programmable materials for thermal applications are in the week’s technology radar. Ford investigates vehicle based microgrid. Programmable home insulation. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Renault’s bidirectional charger to drive 30% uptick in energy efficiency

Smart Energy International

For bidirectionality, electronic power converter architecture is directly integrated into the Electric Vehicle’s (EV’s) charger and is the result of up to three years research and the subject of 11 joint patents.

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Hyperdrive Innovation and BorgWarner Gateshead acquired by Silicon Valley electric motor pioneer

Business Green

UK battery manufacturer Hyperdrive Innovation and electric vehicle (EV) tech firm BorgWarner Gateshead have been acquired by a Silicon Valley-based electric motor developer that has been backed by Bill Gates, Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund, and film star Robert Downey Jr.