Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Energy harvesting brings carbon benefits, Fike Blue to quench battery thermal runaways and a quantum-space collaboration are on the week’s technology radar. “Products like ours, which allow us to eliminate unnecessary energy consumption, represent quick and affordable wins compared to extensive infrastructure investments.”

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 28, 2020

Jason Dreisbach fields at least half a dozen calls every week from people trying to sell him a technology to lower his energy costs. Cold storage — from frozen food warehouses to grocery and restaurant refrigeration — has one of the highest energy costs of any industry; energy expenditures are usually second only to payroll.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Irish flexibility aggregator GridBeyond is to install behind the meter energy storage at its UK and Ireland customer sites. million) is a phase one commitment from Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund and marks the first step in a collaboration with the potential to expand into other global markets. The €10 million ($11.3

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The energy transition is demanding a range of new skills, some that can be gained from upskilling but others that must be attracted to the sector. When one thinks of professionals in the electricity sector one tends to think first of engineers as a key role, be they electrical or mechanical. Have you read?

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 7, 2023

Weather monitoring stations are transforming the efficiency and environmental performance of remote copper mines and helping farmers to safeguard crops and livestock in a changing climate. Charities are monitoring water quality across Africa to ensure remote communities have reliable access to safe drinking water.

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Charged

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

In the past year, electric mobility and the demand for lithium-ion batteries has surged beyond expectations and this trend is set to continue. This is leading to a boom in lithium-ion cell production facilities all over the world. The purge air reduces energy needs and improves desiccant performance.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Duke Energy’s options for reaching net-zero carbon by midcentury will look a lot different than those being pursued by utilities in the sun-soaked Western U.S., Duke's new IRP presents six very different pathways toward greening its energy mix over the next 15 years, all of them reaching at least 50 percent carbon reduction by 2030.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 16, 2020

Canadian startup e-Zn has raised money to store clean energy far longer than currently available batteries allow, using cheap and abundant zinc. Chicago-based evergreen fund Energy Foundry led the round, joined by Toronto's MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, Sustainable Chemistry Alliance and Emeraude Capital.

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GreenBiz

JULY 12, 2021

That trend is the motivation for a "significant strategic investment" this week — the amount isn’t being disclosed — by investment firm Closed Loop Partners in ERI, the largest IT recycling and refurbishment company in the United States. . More details in a moment. First, consider the problem. For comparison, the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Ice Energy filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in December, in a setback for small-scale thermal energy storage. Ice Energy wanted to extend it to small businesses and homes. Ice Energy filed for bankruptcy with the Central District of California on December 17; the filing scheduled a meeting of creditors for January 27.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Greentown Labs’ 200+ startups are developing, deploying, and commercializing climatetech solutions to decarbonize the key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors—agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation—and build resilient communities. Fervo Energy and Google’s next-generation, 3.5-MW

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Distributed energy resources (DERs) is an expansive term, including everything from backup generators to microgrids. In some states with 100 percent clean energy mandates, like California and Hawaii, the focus is on solar — lots and lots of it — and the tools needed to integrate this massive new grid edge resource.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Exceedingly few batteries actually live up to the vision of “storing clean power for when the sun isn’t shining.” All the headlines made it possible to forget that the scientific pioneers of lithium-ion batteries won the Nobel freakin Prize this Fall. It serves clean power at night cheaper than incumbent fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 30, 2020

Batteries aren’t dead when they come to the end of their useful life in an electric vehicle. Reused or “second-life” lithium-ion batteries still have a lot of juice left in them, but so far the concept of using these batteries in stationary applications has yet to gain real market traction.

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AutoGrid

JULY 5, 2023

What’s driving the deployment of utility-scale energy storage assets? We will focus on the opportunities for “utility-scale” or “grid-scale” energy storage in this blog. Grid-Scale Batteries Grid-scale energy storage systems include batteries, flywheels, pumped hydro, and compressed air energy storage.

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Green Market Oracle

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

China burns about half the coal used globally while at the same time it is the leading market for solar panels, wind turbines and electric vehicles. This duality is evident in Shanxi, which is both China's coal mining region and the location of some of the country's largest solar and wind power projects.

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Charged

JULY 9, 2020

He formerly served as President Obama’s appointee to a US Federal Commission established to assess emerging energy-focused digital technologies. In the emerging energy marketplace, what’s the best role for non-utility market participants? electric vehicles), stationary energy storage and microgrids.

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GreenBiz

JULY 2, 2021

Lessons from inside the heat dome about the future of the electric grid. Heatwaves are a double whammy for the electrical grid. The combination of the hot weather and the increased energy running along wires go beyond what they were built to endure. Even without extreme weather events, the power grid needs love.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

In the news this week, $7T for fossil fuel subsidies, the summer brings more tropical storms, and Equinor opens the world’s largest floating wind farm… to power oil drilling. for Northvolt to build energy storage, $100M for direct lithium extraction, and $60M for heat batteries. Thanks for reading!

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Heating and cooling buildings accounts for about a third of the final energy consumption globally and 30% of energy-related CO 2 emissions. Celsius Energy aims to contribute to solving this energy dilemma by providing shallow geothermal heating and cooling systems, thus reducing the carbon footprint of buildings.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Since the IRA passed, 265 clean energy and manufacturing projects worth $100B+ have been announced. 💨 Private equity and O&G bet big on climate tech’s next frontiers: DAC and lithium. Blackrock injected $550M into Oxy’s DAC plant and ExxonMobil unveiled its first-ever lithium mining operation.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The InnoEnergy Skills Institute has concluded specialised training courses for over 50,000 students, a milestone they tout towards addressing workforce demands within the battery industry. Market analysis signals 800,000 workers will need to be trained or upskilled by the end of 2025 to meet the new demand in Europe.

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Clean Energy Trust

JANUARY 28, 2022

Middling government action Also, one crosscutting theme that is hard to avoid is the significant increase in new climate tech investment funds. Tangible research, development, and demonstration support for new energy technology was also included in the infrastructure bill. Let’s look at these one by one. it’s clearly in vogue.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

Between video calls, collaboration applications and streaming services, data centers are working overdrive - proving why energy efficiency matters more than ever. One obvious exception: the world's data centers and internet infrastructure, which are experiencing an unprecedented spike in usage. How much more efficient?

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 31, 2019

A key point they made in the email was that lead-acid batteries are 99% recyclable, while lithium-ion batteries are recycled at a rate below 5%. However, when I look at the trajectory, I see lithium-ion batteries steadily declining in price, while the price of lead-acid batteries is relatively stagnant. They agreed. Several things.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Drought conditions are causing saltwater to creep into the drinking water of communities along the Mississippi River, and the DOE puts $325M toward long-duration energy storage projects. Corporate carbon footprint tracking collects $27M, and forestry and battery interests intersect to invest $18M toward bio-graphite for lithium-ion cells.

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Business Green

JANUARY 22, 2021

Gas is over', declares European Investment Bank chief. The President of the European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a stark assessment of the long term future for gas infrastructure across the continent, declaring at apress conference this week that "to put it mildly, gas is over".

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 30, 2019

August Cleantech Roundup: Energy Storage is Growing, Cleantech Startup are Fundraising, and Scooters are Driving Themselves Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology policy, and investing. Of Note Batteries. Lots of Batteries. Link Rent a Tesla?

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 23, 2023

One by one, big oil firms have touted their investments in algae biofuels as the future of low-carbon transportation – and one by one, they have all dropped out. In its 12 years in the space, Exxon invested $350 million in algae biofuels, according to spokesperson Casey Norton. And they were making real progress.

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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2020

That's because the electronic and electrical products we all own, from laptops and phones, through to refrigerators and kettles, often contain very small quantities of valuable metals, such as gold and silver, most commonly within their printed circuit boards. You probably own more gold, silver and platinum than you think. This has to stop.

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Grist

AUGUST 11, 2022

It’s packed with energy; per unit of weight, at least 60 times as much as the lithium-ion batteries used to propel electric cars. Batteries have a long way to go before they’ll be able to pack enough energy for flight, even for short hops that carry relatively few passengers. It’s also terrible for the climate.

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Mr. Sustainability

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

What is NorthVolt’s strategy to create a European battery power basis? It is hard to imagine that this place, a test site of 19,000 square meters, consisted mainly of forest two years ago. From open-plan offices to cleanrooms, nearly 400 people are involved in battery technology for electric cars. million jobs, vulnerable.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This week’s Smart Energy Finances looks at a successful Series B financing round of $20 million for a US-based platform, Amperon, that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to unlock value from grid data and enhance electricity forecasting. This will play a key role as the platform expands.

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EDF + Business

MAY 2, 2023

Automotive Consumer Products Clean Energy Inputs Batteries Machinery Mining Paper Plastics Cement Steel Glass Chemicals Key Relevant Provisions §45X and §48C are the key provisions to know for advanced manufacturing, offering incentives for domestic clean technology and energy efficient manufacturing.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Energy finance publication SparkSpread reported last week that Stem was seeking a buyer with the help of Morgan Stanley and Greentech Capital Advisors, with bids due recently. The energy storage market has grown since then, posting record deployments and revenue in 2019, according to data from research firm Wood Mackenzie. Overall U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 23, 2020

market for distributed energy resources will look very different in five years than it does today. And electric vehicles will give utilities and regulators the opportunity to promote pricing regimes to encourage charging when electricity is abundant — or suffer potentially grid-destabilizing consequences.

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2021

That trend is the motivation for a "significant strategic investment" this week - the amount isn't being disclosed - by investment firm Closed Loop Partners in ERI, the largest IT recycling and refurbishment company in the United States. Two other data points to mull, courtesy of the Global E-waste Monitor : Researchers figure just 17.4

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