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Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million

GreenBiz

Apeel, which got its start in 2012 with a grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has attracted funding from many high-profile funds, such as Andreessen Horowitz, as well as several firms that have championed a focus on climate tech including S2G Ventures, DBL Partners and Powerplant Ventures.

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Six applications under consideration for Chachimbiro geothermal consultancy, Ecuador

ThinkGeoEnergy

Geoscientific studies done in 2011 to 2012 at the Chachimbiro geothermal site in the Imbabura province in northern Ecuador indicate a resource with temperatures of 225 to 235 C. Further studies were then done, culminating in an exploratory well PEC1 that was drilled to a depth of 2000 meters.

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SparkMeter Closes $12M Round to Expand From Metering Minigrids to Analyzing ‘Broken Grids’

GreenTechMedia

From its start in 2012 as a spinout of a nonprofit group bringing power to Haitian towns and villages, the company has expanded to more than 22 countries and more than 100,000 meters sold. SparkMeter, a Washington, D.C.-based based startup, has made it its mission to provide a metering platform to meet these atypical operating conditions.

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Climate change fueled the Australia fires. Now those fires are fueling climate change.

Grist

That’s not a record, he said, noting that considerably more carbon was emitted in 2011 and 2012, when very large fires raged across Australia’s northern territory and out west. But in New South Wales, this year’s wildfire emissions are off the charts. That’s already huge. Even a 2 to 3 percent change is a lot.”.

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EOI – Consultancy for geothermal project construction, Chachimbiro, Ecuador

ThinkGeoEnergy

Drilling rig on site at Chachimbiro, Ecuador (source: CELEC) Geoscientific studies done in 2011 to 2012 at the Chachimbiro geothermal site in the Imbabura province in northern Ecuador indicate a resource with temperatures of 225 to 235 °C.

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After Violent Clashes of 2019, Investors Reassess Chile’s Prospects for Renewable Energy

GreenTechMedia

“Our commitment to continue investing in Chile remains intact,” said Acciona’s director general of energy for South America, José Ignacio Escobar, in a press statement.

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Food waste startup Apeel Sciences snags $250m backing

Business Green

Apeel, which got its start in 2012 with a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has attracted funding from many high-profile funds, such as Andreessen Horowitz, as well as several firms that have championed a focus on climate tech including S2G Ventures, DBL Partners and Powerplant Ventures.

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