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Engie Looking for More US Clean Energy Acquisitions: North America CEO

GreenTechMedia

where the company plans to ramp up its investments into grid-scale batteries, hybrid renewables projects and offshore wind, says North America chief Gwenaelle Avice-Huet. acquisitions of wind developer Infinity Renewables, solar installer SoCore Energy, and battery storage company Green Charge Networks. ” No new U.S.

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How carbon-smart farming is catalyzing the big bucks needed to transform the way America eats

GreenBiz

Standing alone in the open field, the solar-powered equipment Sheffer shows me could be mistaken for some sort of high-tech scarecrow, but it has a far different job: to monitor and measure the CO 2 in the soil at this farming operation and research center in New York’s Hudson Valley. . But in a way, it doesn’t matter.

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The State of Carbon Capture, Removal and Utilization

GreenTechMedia

Just this year we've seen venture capital flow into companies protecting forests, sequestering carbon in the soil, capturing CO2 directly in the air, and converting captured CO2 into a range of products from cement to jet fuel. NEXTracker has more than 30 gigawatts of resilient and intelligent solar tracking systems across six continents.

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Project sets out to create compostable crop sensors

Envirotec Magazine

The devices will have two parts: a solar-powered patch which can be applied to the surface of the leaves of crops to measure key indicators of their growth, and an electronic module which can wirelessly transmit the information collected by the patch to a central computer.

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Investors say agroforestry isn’t just climate friendly — it’s profitable

GreenBiz

According to a growing body of scientific research, incorporating trees into farmland benefits everything from soil health to crop production to the climate. Farmers rotate livestock from place to place, allowing soil to hold onto more carbon. says Simon Konig, executive director of Climate Focus North America.

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Greenlots announces acquisition by Shell, one of the world’s leading energy providers

Green Living Guy

January 30, 2019 Deal also supports the acceleration of electric vehicle infrastructure deployment and management in North America. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Greenlots, a US-based leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management software and solutions.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

EV100 Program Manager for North America, The Climate Group; New York City. The complex, 7th and Campbell , features a grocery store, a restaurant and a farm, clustered with 79 affordable, mostly solar-powered homes. Sustainability Manager for North America, Unilever; New York City. Deonna Anderson.