Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

   📦 RAIKU Packaging , a Tallinn, Estonia-based 100% compostable packaging solutions developer, raised $6M in Seed funding from private investors and Grant funding from the European Innovation Council.    In a ray of sunshine, US solar generation is expected to surpass hydropower for the first time in 2024.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Biden administration believes heavily in green hydrogen -- hydrogen produced from clean sources like wind, solar, and hydropower -- as a key piece in the path to a net-zero energy sector. due to its high cost, while the remaining 95% is produced using fossil fuels.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 18, 2022

Coal, natural gas and oil together account for about 70% of Africa’s total electricity generation, and conventional power attracts far more funding than renewables, owing to an established process that favors less capital-intensive thermal generation, the report notes. Specific to hydropower , the report said that 17.4%

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 16, 2023

With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act last year, a decades-long effort to get a major climate package through Congress is over. Current supplies are made by reforming natural gas, which releases greenhouse gasses. electricity still comes from fossil fuels. About 60 percent of U.S.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

That is the question sparked by the latest update today from the influential International Energy Agency (IEA), which suggests fears the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine could drive a fossil fuel-focused rush to bolster energy security could prove to be overblown. Credit: IEA.

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Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

Aligning economic stimulus and policy packages with climate goals is crucial for a long-term viable and healthy economy. With the ‘old’, I refer to the fossil-fuel based, centralized energy industries that are reliant on conservative economic models. A green recovery is essential as we emerge from the Corona crisis.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

“They’ve done their best to try to prop up fossil fuels, but it hasn’t really come [at] the detriment of renewables.” Major natural gas and oil pipeline projects have been abandoned or halted by legal challenges. Reported by Emma Foehringer Merchant). What's at stake for the wind industry?

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