Charged

AUGUST 1, 2021

Enedym, a developer of electrified powertrains, has secured $15 million in new financing from an international group of investors. The company will use the new investment to accelerate its motor development and increase its footprint in the electric motor market, focusing on OEMs in the automotive, micromobility, wind farm and industrial markets. Enedym builds switched reluctance motors (SRMs), which require no rare earth permanent magnets.

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Automotive Investment Electricity 132

LA CleanTech Incubator

AUGUST 1, 2021

August 2, 2021 LACI’s mission of creating an inclusive green economy involves helping cleantech founders access the right capital to scale their startups, ultimately resulting in revenues, job creation and environmental impact. Over the past decade of incubation, LACI realized that debt needed to play a role in scaling cleantech startups much earlier than conventionally.

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Incubators Incubators Startups 124

E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our summer 2021 Decarbon8-US investment process is in full swing, with our panel of experts hearing pitches from companies in areas such as light duty EV charging and adoption, infrastructure, rail, and electric recreational boats, among others. This year’s focus on transforming transportation comes after last year’s successful launch and awarding of over $1 million in investments to three finalists.

Carbon-negative 98

Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Hydrogen Investment 98

Varuna

AUGUST 1, 2021

If there is anything we know about the way business or services work nowadays, it is that the flow of information is critical. The flow of external information about the customers helps organizations to determine what the needs or issues of their customers are, and how the organization can quickly address those customer needs or issues. The internal flow of information also enables businesses to quickly and clearly align the internal resources to address the information that has flowed into the

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Organic Technology 78

Speaker: Kevin Kai Wong, President of Emergent Energy Solutions

In today's industrial landscape, the pursuit of sustainable energy optimization and decarbonization has become paramount. Manufacturing corporations across the U.S. are facing the urgent need to align with decarbonization goals while enhancing efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, the lack of comprehensive energy data poses a significant challenge for manufacturing managers striving to meet their targets.

Energy

Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health - government leadership is needed to change course, argues Pukka Herbs' co-founder Sebastian Pole. It's no secret that our current food system is driving climate change, biodiversity loss and poor health. Our food is grown at a cost; modern agriculture is contributing to over 25 per cent of global carbon emissions as well as causing significant deforestation and biodiversity loss.

Soil 93

Soil Health Agriculture Biodiversity 93

E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Our summer 2021 Decarbon8-US investment process is in full swing, with our panel of experts hearing pitches from companies in areas such as light duty EV charging and adoption, infrastructure, rail, and electric recreational boats, among others. This year’s focus on transforming transportation comes after last year’s successful launch and awarding of over $1 million in investments to three finalists.

Carbon-negative 65

Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Hydrogen Investment 65

Eco-Business

AUGUST 1, 2021

With its factories and investments in Thailand, China will be increasingly important to the Southeast Asian nation’s transition from fossil fuels.

Fossil fuels 19

Fossil fuels Investment 19

The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 1, 2021

blur image of outdoor market on street background with bokeh. Hosting public events is fun. But having fun while jeopardizing the environment sounds a bit uncool. You won’t be the only one who pays the cost of the event—the environment also pays the price. On the bright side, you can shift to hosting sustainable and befitting events! As the event industry moves toward promoting sustainability, some event planners managed to come up with ways to integrate sustainable practices into their events.

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Low Impact

AUGUST 1, 2021

We’ve been following the progress of the Bridport Cohousing project for a few years. They’re interesting because they’re a community land trust , partnering with a housing association to ensure that their 53 properties remain affordable. Bridport is a nice place to live, and house prices have risen by around 15% in the last couple of years.

Ethics 99

Ethics Investment Construction Government 99

CleanTechnica

AUGUST 1, 2021

The momentum is building in Australia for anti-idling zones around schools. The UK and Southern California have already brought in bans for ICE cars idling in drop-off zones. Research study after research study is showing the damage that diesel and petrol exhaust do to young, developing lungs. Not to mention that air pollution contributes to […].

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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.

Transportation

CleanTechnica

AUGUST 1, 2021

Trevor St Baker is one of the smart billionaires in Australia who is investing serious money in the transportation sector to promote the changeover to EVs despite his history and vocal support for coal-fired power stations. He is a coal baron who drives a Tesla Model 3, and he is building an EV ecosystem. After […].

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Startups Transportation Investment Fossil fuels 0

CleanTechnica

AUGUST 1, 2021

Originally published by Union of Concerned Scientists, The Equation. By Dave Cooke, Senior Vehicles Analyst The Biden administration is getting ready to propose new fuel economy and emissions rules in the next couple weeks. It’s critical that the administration sets standards which result in real-world emissions reductions. The regulations are only as good as their real-world benefits, no […].

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 1, 2021

Originally posted on EVANNEX. by Charles Morris Chinese battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) is having a very good year. The company’s share price has levitated by some 167% over the past 12 months. The soaring stock price has brought the company to a market value of over $200 billion, making it the third-largest business listed in […].

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Batteries Technology Lithium Electric vehicle 0

CleanTechnica

AUGUST 1, 2021

Hyundai and LG are planning a new battery factory in Indonesia while Tesla has pushed back the start of production for the Semi and RIvian is thinking about a factory in the UK.

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Batteries Lithium Electric vehicle Technology 0

Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor

With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.

Sustainability

CleanTechnica

AUGUST 1, 2021

Global plugin vehicle registrations were up an impressive 153% last month compared to June 2020, scoring a record 583,000 units (or 8.7% share of the overall auto market). Add this record performance to the 700,000-plus hybrids and mild hybrids registered last month (their second best month ever) and we get over 1.3 million registrations in […].

Electric vehicle 0

Electric vehicle Electricity Technology Transportation 0

CleanTechnica

AUGUST 1, 2021

Plans to build the largest solar power plant in the US have been cancelled because of local opposition.

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 1, 2021

The big polluters down under are trying to work out how to make as much money as possible before time runs out for fossil fuels. In a recent judgement, High Court Judge Mordecai Bromberg determined that the Federal Environment Minister has a duty of care for the future of the children of this country. It […].

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CleanTechnica

AUGUST 1, 2021

I’ve written about Line 3 before, but for those of you just catching up on this, you can read what it’s all about here. The nutshell version is that my drinking water and that of millions of Americans is at risk of being poisoned by Enbridge, an oil company that is using stolen Native American […].

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Fossil fuels 0

Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute

The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?

Carbon

CleanTechnica

AUGUST 1, 2021

Over the past several years, I have read several books that have shaped my views of the current situation in which we find ourselves. I would like to introduce 4 of them to you. Maybe they will help to inform or inspire. Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything (2014) is a blow-by-blow account of how the […].

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Climate change 0

CleanTechnica

AUGUST 1, 2021

In a reply to a tweet by Sawyer Merritt yesterday, Elon admitted that in the case of a $1.5 million settlement suit that related to EV charging, Tesla was wrong. To me, this is a bold and courageous move. It’s hard to admit when you’re wrong. In the above-mentioned suit, Tesla agreed to pay $1.5 […].

Electric vehicle 0

Electric vehicle Technology Electricity Transportation 0