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Startup proposes novel direct-air capture using low-temperature geothermal

ThinkGeoEnergy

A California-based startup called AirMyne is developing a method for direct air capture (DAC) of CO2 that uses a liquid sorbent that can be regenerated using low-temperature geothermal energy. This overcomes the high temperature requirement that has been a major hurdle for liquid direct air capture (L-DAC). AirMyne had recently raised $6.9

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Insights on the Energy Transition from ENGIE North America CEO Gwenaëlle Avice-Huet

Greentown Labs

ENGIE North America, an energy leader accelerating North America’s transition toward a carbon neutral economy, is a long-time Greentown Labs partner and recently became a Founding Partner of Greentown Houston. Having many technologies working in harmony is key as the demand for 24/7 renewables increases.

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Greentown Startups’ Biggest Accomplishments of 2022

Greentown Labs

Cleartrace announced a $20M financing round , from several strategic investors, including Greentown partner EDF Energy North America. SparkCharge ’s Currently app partnered with Kia to bring on-demand EV charging to Kia customers and expanded its charging delivery to cities throughout California. Partnerships + Deployments.

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The time for electric trucks and buses is now

GreenBiz

The organization expects there to be 169 zero-emission commercial vehicles available for purchase, or soon to be available, in North America by the end of 2020; that's a 78 percent increase from the number of zero-emission commercial vehicles available at the end of 2019. Ford is making an electric transit van.

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EPRI, Shell, the City of Houston, Greentown Labs, and NYU Urban Future Lab Announce Startup Participants for the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator

Greentown Labs

Accelerator for low-carbon hydrogen solutions welcomes seven startups. RUNWITHIT Synthetics (Alberta, Canada) is creating a live, digital twin modeling platform that generates decision-support data for regional hydrogen-demand scenarios. Greentown is the largest startup incubator in North America, headquartered in Somerville, Mass.,

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Hanwha Q Cells to Buy Storage Software Startup Geli to Tackle C&I Market

GreenTechMedia

On Thursday, the San Francisco-based startup agreed to be acquired by Hanwha Q Cells, to serve as the solar module giant’s entrée into North American commercial and industrial solar-storage markets. In 2016, Seattle-based startup 1Energy was acquired by Doosan. C&I storage: growing market, tight competition.

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Operational clean hydrogen production projects set to double globally within the next five years

Envirotec Magazine

billion in 192 startups. At present, North America and the UK are certainly playing catch-up to Europe, given Europe had started well ahead of the pack with policies supporting the creation of a hydrogen economy. Separately, data from Pitchbook reveals that, in 2022, private equity firms spent $3.1

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