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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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

For example, Danville relies heavily on nuclear and natural gas for energy, which is one reason AeroFarms decided to build there. Rosenberg also hopes AeroFarms will start to focus on places and cities that have access to hydropower. But that could undermine the jobs added by the company in the future.

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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. Green (or clean) hydrogen represents only 5% of the hydrogen produced in the U.S.,

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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. Most importantly, it does not emit carbon when it’s used.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 21, 2020

trillion federal spending and tax extension package negotiated by congressional leaders over the weekend alongside a $900 billion coronavirus relief package. Utility-scale solar power is already cost-competitive against coal-fired power across the world and with natural-gas-fired power in many markets.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2022

The global energy crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted a scramble by many countries to use other energy sources to replace the natural gas supplies that Russia has withheld from the market," he said. Credit: IEA.

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