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Microwave-induced pyrolysis: A promising solution for recycling electric cables

TechXplore

The demand for electronics has led to a significant increase in e-waste. In 2022, approximately 62 million tons of e-waste were generated, marking an 82% increase from 2010. Projections indicate that this figure could rise to 82 million tons by 2030.

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Whatever Happened to the VC-Backed Startup Class of 2010?

GreenTechMedia

Remember 2010? Another venture capital success story is demand response specialist Cpower, which pulled in just under $28 million before selling out to Constellation Energy for $78 million. Back in 2010, we listed Tesla Motors, which had just shipped its first thousand Roadsters, as “the little EV company that might.”

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Group plans to advance furniture recycling mission in Scotland

Envirotec Magazine

Established in 2010, the firm’s primary work involves collecting and recycling unwanted office furniture to re-sell where possible and then recycling whatever component parts are left over.

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WoodMac: A New Battery Chemistry Will Lead the Stationary Energy Storage Market by 2030

GreenTechMedia

As demand from electric vehicles and the stationary storage market both skyrocket this decade, evolving performance priorities will create a divergence between the types of batteries used for storage and those used for EV applications. It started with a supply crunch. Historically, the ESS market has mostly deployed NMC batteries.

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Technology not growing fast enough to decarbonize steel and cement industries by 2050

Envirotec Magazine

A new study appears to show that, for decarbonization goals of steel and cement to be met, and the demand for new green technology to be satisfied, consumption habits need to change. “We need to be well prepared for a future shortfall between feasible supply and expected demand,” noted Watari. ”

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The future is climate-friendly software

GreenBiz

They’re also essential to our ever-connected world, and their energy demands are huge and expected to grow. Today, they’re responsible for 1 percent of global electricity demand, with projections that the segment will consume 3 to 8 percent within the next decade. .

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Demand Response Industry Asks Feds to Open States to Energy Market Competition

GreenTechMedia

Now FERC is being asked to put that authority to a new use: ending a decade-old provision allowing individual states to opt out of letting demand response companies enlist customers to turn down their energy use to support the power grid. “But if the aggregations do include demand response, the opt-out can apply,” she said.