Greentown Labs

APRIL 14, 2021

Eclipse Solar Projects finances, develops, owns, and operates utility-scale solar projects in North America through newly developed technology and potential battery storage operations. Black Mountain Metals is a global battery metals mining company, specifically focused on sustainable nickel and copper mining for lithium-ion battery cathodes.

Startups 98

Startups Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 98

Greentown Labs

JANUARY 11, 2021

Nearly 30 startups joined our community in the final quarter of 2020, working on innovations as diverse as zinc-ion batteries, long-range weather forecasts, wave energy conversion, and replacements for petrochemical plastics. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! MANUFACTURING. ELECTRICITY.

Startups 97

Startups Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 97

Charged

JANUARY 16, 2020

Fiat Chrysler (FCA) recently joined forces with the Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network in a move to improve its sustainability efforts. The automaker will begin using blockchain technology to help ensure sustainable sourcing and production practices through audits that map the mining history of its raw cobalt supply.

Ethics 49

Ethics Blockchain Lithium Batteries 49

Greentown Labs

JULY 27, 2022

Topl , a Greentown alum, raised a $15M Series A for its blockchain ecosystem that helps companies track and monetize social impact initiatives. Energy Dome closed an $11M convertible round to accelerate the commercial development of its CO 2 battery. Department of Energy’s Battery Recycling Prize. Awards + Recognition.

Startups 98

Startups Plastics Innovation North America 98

Charged

JULY 27, 2020

The BMW Group has signed a long-term battery cell supply contract worth 2 billion euros with Swedish supplier Northvolt. BMW is determined to keep its battery supply chain as green as possible. This applies in particular to energy-intensive production of high-voltage batteries for electric vehicles.

Batteries 49

Batteries Recycled materials Blockchain Recycling 49

Business Green

JULY 2, 2021

Close to 80 per cent of the 1,000 senior executives surveyed in spring 2020 by consulting firm Cognizant indicated that sensors and the internet of things were important for achieving sustainability goals: 72 per cent pointed to artificial intelligence and 60 per cent cited big data initiatives and blockchain as instrumental. (

Startups 50

Startups Batteries Blockchain Carbon 50

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

A new advance opening the way for Mg-ion batteries, protections for birds around networks, Enel Green Power’s Sicily hydrogen lab and a plan to power Bitcoin mining with methane from landfills are in the technology radar. Out with lithium, in with magnesium. For the birds. Now with funding of $4.3

Methane 52

Methane Innovation Hydrogen Technology 52

Charged

JULY 9, 2020

The emergence of non-utility market participants is being enabled by four forces that have begun to converge: advances in information and communications technologies; the movement towards sharing economies; new business models and ownership models; and blockchain-encrypted transaction systems. EV warranties could be cancelled by OEMs.

Business Energy Monitoring 81

Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 81

The Verge: Energy

MARCH 27, 2024

Bitcoin mines are data farms filled with specialized hardware that solve computational puzzles around the clock for a chance to validate new transactions on the blockchain. You could solve this problem with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, but they haven’t advanced enough to be very efficient for long-term energy storage.

Energy 106

Energy Energy Hydrogen Blockchain 106

Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Black Mountain Metals is a global battery metals mining company, specifically focused on sustainable nickel and copper mining for lithium-ion battery cathodes. Applied Bioplastics’ thermoplastic replacement displaces 30 percent of the petrochemical content, resulting in a noticeable reduction in carbon footprint.

Carbon-neutral 81

Carbon-neutral Startups Sustainability Technology 81

Clean Energy Trust

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

It is always good to see more experimentation about ways to make the energy sector more efficient, although it’s a little more complicated than just putting it on the blockchain. Most interesting to me is #10: Electric vehicles overtook consumer electronics as the primary use for lithium-ion batteries. Link Clayton Christenson.

Carbon 52

Carbon Blockchain Electric vehicle Carbon-negative 52

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Less advertised around that time, the company unveiled details about its new modular vehicle platform and Ultium batteries , designed to lower EV prices and allow a 400-mile range fully charged. It uses blockchain to trace sourcing in India for guar, used in shampoos. Christophe Beck, CEO, Ecolab; St. Paul, Minnesota.

Sustainability 505

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 505

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Protecting satellite imagery from fraud, Citopia network for a global battery passport and a high performance non-flammable battery option for warm climates are on the week’s technology radar. Information that would be included would be on the battery’s composition, its state of health, history and more. Have you read?

Batteries 64

Batteries Energy Monitor Technology Solar Energy Monitor 64

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 28, 2023

Superfast charging LFP batteries for EVs, improving Bitcoin mining efficiency and a maiden voyage with ‘Windwings’ are on the week’s technology radar. Superfast charging LFP batteries for EVs A 10 minute charge providing a driving range of 400km and a full charge delivering 700km?

Technology 52

Technology Batteries Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 52

Smart Energy International

APRIL 27, 2022

Germany has launched the ‘Battery Pass’ project to develop the core data specifications and technical standards for a battery ‘passport’. In particular it is intended to inform the implementation of the EU’s forthcoming Battery Regulation , which is expected to be passed into law around mid-year, according to a statement.

Batteries 52

Batteries Blockchain Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 52

Smart Energy International

JULY 7, 2022

The Horizon Europe funded BATRAW project has been launched to create new raw material processing from used electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Building battery power How a battery ‘passport’ can foster a sustainable transition to a green economy. The project will also create a prototype battery from the recovered raw materials.

Batteries 116

Batteries Blockchain Recycling Recycling 116

Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

But as EV sales have begun to take off around the world, driven in part by more eco-minded consumers, so questions have increasingly been asked just how environmentally-friendly the supply chain, materials, construction, and use of battery powered cars really is.

Carbon-neutral 54

Carbon-neutral Electricity Automotive Fossil fuels 54

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Less advertised around that time, the company unveiled details about its new modular vehicle platform and Ultium batteries , designed to lower EV prices and allow a 400-mile range fully charged. It uses blockchain to trace sourcing in India for guar, used in shampoos. Christophe Beck, CEO, Ecolab; St.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

To build a successful battery supply chain, Africa needs to move away from a legacy of mineral extraction and exporting of raw materials to investing in the existing opportunity to partner, beneficiate and manufacture. According to Marketsandmarkets, the global Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) market is expected to grow to $17.5

Batteries 105

Batteries Africa Lithium Investment 105

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Talks highlighted emerging climate tech, rather than just mature solar, wind, and batteries, and focused on clean firm power and industrial decarb.   🔋 CellMine , a Livingston, UK-based lithium-ion batteries recycling platform, raised an undisclosed amount in Pre-Seed funding from Zinc VC.   🏭 FOAK.

Investment 70

Investment Hydrogen Innovation Carbon 70

CleanTechnica

AUGUST 27, 2021

One argument that often comes up against Tesla and Elon Musk is that they “own child slaves” or “own slave labor.” ” I’ve seen those in my notifications quite often (and randomly, too). But the fact remains that neither Tesla nor Elon Musk owns slaves, nor do they support slave labor or child labor.

Blockchain 0

Blockchain Ethics Lithium Electric vehicle 0

CleanTechnica

JULY 22, 2021

BHP announced that it and Tesla have announced a nickel supply agreement and that it will supply Tesla with nickel from its Nickel West asset in Western Australia. The company stated that this is one of the most sustainable and lowest carbon emission nickel producers in the world. Financial Times noted that this would secure […].

Sustainability 0

Sustainability Carbon Blockchain Lithium 0

CleanTechnica

MAY 20, 2021

While electrified and pure electric vehicle sales continue to outpace the new car market, there remain lingering questions around the ethical sourcing and disposal of the batteries that power them.

Blockchain 0

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CleanTechnica

DECEMBER 21, 2020

In Tesla's 2020 shareholder meeting, one shareholder proposal would have required the company to investigate the poor treatment of cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Blockchain 0

Blockchain Health Lithium Electric vehicle 0

CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

This fourth round of US DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office projects concerns solar–hydro hybrid power plants, other solar hybrid power plants, microgrids, grid storage integration, and blockchain technology.

Blockchain 0

Blockchain Energy Energy Technology 0

CleanTechnica

AUGUST 19, 2020

Today the two organizations also jointly announced a strategic partnership to co-develop digital standards, protocols, solutions, and certifications that support ‘plug & play’ system interoperability for solar PV and battery energy storage technologies.

Energy 0

Energy Energy Organic Batteries 0

CleanTechnica

MARCH 6, 2020

New York Power Authority–Israel Smart Energy Challenge Winners to Bring Solutions to Scale through Demonstration Projects with New York State's Public Utility.

Technology 0

Technology Energy Energy Blockchain 0

CleanTechnica

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Blockchain technology is (in the simplest way I can think of to describe it) a time-stamped series of transactions that are linked together, mathematically, to form a "chain."

Blockchain 0

Blockchain Ethics Technology Lithium 0