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Electric Airplanes Start to Take Off

LA CleanTech Incubator

A five-passenger airplane took flight near Los Angeles recently with one important modification: an electric motor. The post Electric Airplanes Start to Take Off appeared first on LACI.

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A Promise of Declarations

Fairsnape

What is the collective noun for declarations? An argument, (used to describe architects and wizards) sounds a good fit. But I like a Promise of Declarations. Coupled with recent findings from the IPCC , the UK’s CCC Net Zero Report and inspiration from Greta Thunberg and school strikers, over 100 local authorities, have declared a climate emergency and / or committed to net zero carbon by 2030 or 2050.

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German clean-energy fund sees promise in US distributed solar development

Renewable Energy World

Germany-based clean-energy fund Hep Kapitalverwaltung AG agreed to invest $50 million to $80 million annually in a partnership to develop small solar projects in the U.S.

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Risky business: When corporations fund climate denial

EDF + Business

By Victoria Mills Corporate America is making important strides in addressing climate change. Almost 600 companies have joined the Science-Based Targets Initiative , nearly 200 have committed to use 100% renewable energy and companies are increasingly investing in technologies that improve environmental outcomes. Yet last week, The New York Times reported that Amazon and Google were among the corporate sponsors of a gala hosted by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), an organization that

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Electrofuels Are the Future: The Driving Force to Decarbonizing Heavy Transport

Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium

With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.

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Farmers Irrigation District hydropower facility offers sustainable solution to a growing challenge

Renewable Energy World

On Monday, July 22, about 30 HydroVision attendees visited the beautiful Hood River Valley outside of Portland, Oregon to tour in-conduit hydropower projects and learn how modernizing irrigation districts is a sustainable solution to help combat a changing climate.