Greentown Labs

MARCH 26, 2024

Puro Renewables upcycles carbon-negative biowaste to reduce the amount of fossil-fuel-based resin and carbon footprint associated with typical plastic products. ZS2 Technologies creates magnesium-based advanced building products that can store up to one-fifth of their weight in CO 2 via a proprietary carbon-capture technology.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A young Danish researcher has seemingly succeeded in developing a technology that will reduce the costs of getting wind power into the tanks of heavy-duty vehicles by approximately 15 percent. Today, green hydrogen is about three times more expensive to produce than fossil fuels.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

Green hydrogen – and how the water sector can engage with this ‘green, clean fuel source’ – was the focus of a recent webinar hosted by water technology firm Isle on 20 May. The presentation also featured emerging hydrogen technologies from the UK and Australia. “We Capturing carbon.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

A new and seemingly ground-breaking hydrogen combustion technology is to be trialled at Bruichladdich Distillery’s operations on Islay. The project will demonstrate the ability to switch from fossil fuels to sustainable hydrogen energy technology and is a vital step towards long term decarbonisation, says Protium.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The patented Hazer Process, a pioneering technology developed by Hazer Group , marks a significant departure from conventional methods by transforming natural gas into hydrogen and graphite, with the ingenious use of iron ore as a catalyst.

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Grist

JANUARY 21, 2022

Is it ethical to even research such technologies? They called for an “international non-use agreement” on so-called solar geoengineering technologies, which would cool the planet by releasing sun-reflecting chemicals into the atmosphere. What’s more, they suggest that the new technology is effectively “ungovernable.”

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Renewable Energy World

JUNE 14, 2021

It will investigate the feasibility of a thermal energy storage (TES) technology developed by Brenmiller Energy, an Israeli developer and manufacturer of thermal energy storage systems. As with other energy storage technologies, the system stores excess energy, in this case thermal energy, so it can be used later during peak demand periods.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Utility Global, a Utah-based startup focused on solid oxide electrolyzer technology, claims to have received investment offers from oil majors after coming up with what it calls a hydrogen breakthrough. “Utility Global has an unconventional way of generating the hydrogen that differs from all current technology I am aware of.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Acelerex pairs clean energy and storage technologies with proprietary software innovations of AI, IoT devices, blockchain, big data, data mining, cloud computing, and real time optimization algorithms. Micronic Technologies , a cleantech company co-founded and led by women, is transforming industrial wastewater into high-value resources.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The recurring, year-long program focuses on product and technology development, market development, fundraising, and management and team development. develops interactive bio-embellishments that create new possibilities for designers while eliminating microplastics and replacing fossil-fuel-based material at scale.

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Greentown Labs

MAY 10, 2021

has commercial technologies that capture and convert industrial CO 2 emissions into minerals for sale or storage. provides decarbonization technologies and solutions for buildings with a focus on modular carbon capture. CarbonFree (San Antonio, U.S.) CarbonQuest (New York City, U.S.) Cemvita Factory (Houston, U.S.)

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2022

Even as the overall VC market slows during the second half of 2022, investments in climate tech - particularly technologies that could enable green hydrogen to help decarbonize heavy industry and other big emitters - continue to add up. There are concerns , however, that the technology may enable more tar sands development.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Elon Musk claims Tesla engineers have achieved a "major breakthrough" in battery technology, which he predicts could dramatically cut production costs, boost the range of electric vehicles and accelerate the shift towards renewable electricity.

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Grist

MARCH 21, 2024

As a journalist covering climate, he’s had years of experience reporting on electrification, energy, and technology — and demystifying those often complex topics for the average consumer. Our homes remain heavily reliant on fossil fuels, and natural gas in particular. The process went deceptively smoothly.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

Buildings frakktal is a B2B materials company developing bio-based polymer processes for the replacement of fossil-fuel-based feedstocks across industries. Electricity Active Surfaces unlocks dual land-use applications through its ultra-thin-film, flexible solar technology. The startup is part of the inaugural ACCEL cohort.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Veolia is partnering with Carbon Clean to trial a new carbon capture technology, while a separate £300m energy-from-waste facility in Teesside was this week granted planning permission.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 29, 2021

Between 2006 and 2013, China’s global share of production of PV cells, the solar industry’s core technology, surged from 14 percent to 66 percent. As new technological developments fall relatively flat, the sector risks a “technological lock in” and new technologies might have to struggle to achieve commercial deployment.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 25, 2024

While some multinational corporations have robust infrastructure to address the growing market for clean energy, the whole story of global green energy solutions must include startups investing millions of dollars to create cost-effective, scalable, and technologically innovative clean hydrogen. What Makes Q Hydrogen’s Process Unique?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

The company is highly active in the industry, including its many valuable H2 patents. Foret Plasma Labs, LLC is a company based in Houston, Texas focused on plasma research and development, but that also owns a number of patents for cutting edge hydrogen technology, helping to move H2 forward. 

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 14, 2022

Co-Founder & CTO at South 8 Technologies. Jungwoo earned her PhD from UC San Diego for her work on thin-film battery technology and pioneering battery characterization efforts. She has several scientific publications and patents. ETV’s experienced team is dedicated to bridging the gap between fossil fuels and the future.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 14, 2022

Co-Founder & CTO at South 8 Technologies. Jungwoo earned her PhD from UC San Diego for her work on thin-film battery technology and pioneering battery characterization efforts. She has several scientific publications and patents. ETV’s experienced team is dedicated to bridging the gap between fossil fuels and the future.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

What we need is genuine progress on getting the money, technology and innovation to where it is needed most: in less-developed countries hardest hit by climate change. At a macro level, there's enough green technology, infrastructure, and finance out there to mitigate and address the worst impacts of climate change.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JUNE 6, 2024

GHD Secures Patents for Integrating Hydrogen Fuel Cells with Existing Vehicle System and More Global professional services firm GHD has attained patents in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom for its groundbreaking hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technology.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 4, 2021

And the demand and interest in this technology is only growing stronger. First, and perhaps most crucially, it plans to price its vehicles at the same or lower prices as comparable fossil-fuel vehicles. This will be achieved partially by using a patented, composite material the company has developed.

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Grist

APRIL 8, 2021

It’s a technology so controversial that even the prospect of researching it can provoke anxiety — and backlash. The SCoPEx plans for Kiruna constitute a real moral hazard,” they wrote, adding that the technology “entails risks of catastrophic consequences.” You need to see it as part of developing this really dangerous technology.

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Mr. Sustainability

JANUARY 2, 2021

E-mobility is the only technology that is feasible from today’s perspective. I am convinced that if we concentrate all our energies on the leading technology of electromobility, we will achieve both: the car will become cleaner in the short term and CO2-free in the long term.

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GreenBiz

MAY 27, 2021

The co-founder and chief scientist of the nonprofit Rewiring America, formed in July, has mapped out with his colleagues how to ditch fossil fuels for the billion fossil-fuel-powered machines involved in energy production and use, which he said account for 87 percent of U.S. CO2 emissions.

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2021

The paper said the strategy will include proposals for a new emissions trading scheme along with reforms to electricity and fossil fuel levies. Crucially, it also reported that the government has concluded it is only fair households that rely on fossil fuels should contribute to the cost of moving to new solutions.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The use of these chemicals also damages the environment in other ways; much of the fertilizer used in the world today is the product of methane gas, a fossil fuel, while the wide-scale use of pesticides has been linked to the damage of ecosystems and vital populations of pollinators.

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Green Tech Challenge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Meet one of our alumni startups Zemission, which has developed, tested, and patented a zero-emission solution for mobile use. Based on catalytic combustion, its technology runs on different fuels and scales from small to large. For more on climate change and new technology, Greentech Challenge has more green-related news.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 25, 2020

There are also an increasing number of emerging technologies, currently under development, both in the UK and abroad. However, research carried out by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has found that using electricity to break down limestone could be the answer.

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Bidgely

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Many European countries are pivoting away from Russian energy imports and seeking non-fossil-fuel-powered cooling and space and water heating alternatives. saying that over-reliance on fossil fuels leaves the United States and its allies vulnerable to threats and price shocks.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 20, 2021

The team has filed a provisional patent application to commercialize the technology. Improving the way hydrogen is generated is key to its emergence as a viable fuel source. Most hydrogen production today occurs through heating steam and methane, but that relies heavily on fossil fuels and produces carbon emissions.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Battery recycling and management Aceleron Energy , which develops advanced lithium batteries, aiming to accelerate the global shift to cleaner, more renewable energy and to drive sustainable battery technology. vehicle, it significantly reduces the lifecycle cost of the electric bus/truck.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 14, 2021

As a result, the UK risks failing to develop the hydrogen production, carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), direct air capture (DAC), and other such technologies that are likely to be required to deliver deep decarbonisation over the coming decades and capitalise on the growing global market for clean technologies, the report argues.

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Business Green

MAY 28, 2021

The co-founder and chief scientist of the nonprofit Rewiring America, formed in July, has mapped out with his colleagues how to ditch fossil fuels for the billion fossil-fuel-powered machines involved in energy production and use, which he said account for 87 per cent of US CO2 emissions.

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Business Green

MAY 31, 2022

University engineers aimed to find method of decarbonising the cement industry using technology readily available today. investment in Carbon Upcycling Technologies , a Canadian start-up which claims its process can reduce emissions from cement making by up to 30 per cent. It comes amid increasing investment in greener cement R&D.

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