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Modernist Bata shoe factory transforms into geothermal-powered homes

AGreenLiving

Although the modernist-style factory had been decommissioned in 2000 and sold to a plastics factory, Sonja Bata repurchased the 1,500-acre site in 2008 as part of an ambitious masterplan to transform Batawa into a model of sustainable development. See original here: Modernist Bata shoe factory transforms into geothermal-powered homes.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q4 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. Fervo Energy is a next-generation geothermal power developer. Electricity.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — November 2022

Greentown Labs

that will advance itssustainable, plant-based plastic alternatives. Enviro Power deployed its high-efficiency SmartWatt Boiler at Wesleyan University , converting heat that would otherwise be lost in traditional boilers into useful electricity. Applied Bioplastics received an investment from 4WARD.VC Partnerships + Deployments.

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The world’s first ‘carbon-neutral’ cargo ship is already low on gas

Grist

OH, is primarily used to make chemicals for plastics, paints, and cosmetics. The necessary carbon can be captured from the exhaust fumes of power plants or, increasingly, by sucking CO2 from the sky using direct air capture. Methanol, or CH?OH,

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Meet the Startups Innovating in Experts’ Top Climatetech Areas for 2024

Greentown Labs

Elemental Recycling ’s single-step, proprietary process recycles any and all plastics and tires into high-purity graphene and hydrogen. Enhanced geothermal power Named to Lux Research’s “Climate Tech 2024 Watch List” Fervo Energy is developing next-generation geothermal projects to deliver 24/7 carbon-free energy.

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Event - New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources

Green Market Oracle

the world, there are many power plants still use fossil fuels to boil water for steam. Geothermal power plants, using the steam, produced from reservoirs of hot water found a couple of miles or more below the Earth's surface. The steam rotates a turbine, than the turbine activates a generator, which produces electricity.in

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? Busting geothermal myths with Bedrock Energy

Climate Tech VC

’ And the nice thing about this kind of geothermal is that the boreholes are very, very narrow, and we're not fracking. In geothermal power production, oftentimes there's an element where you're fracking and you can have induced seismicity.