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

GreenTechMedia

Remote minigrids are a tough market for a traditional smart meter vendor. The meters that minigrids use need to be cheap, rugged and reliable, and they must be able to adjust to the often unstable operating conditions of solar-powered standalone grids. SparkMeter, a Washington, D.C.-based

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

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Startups to watch: Innovate UK announces sustainability accelerator programme

Envirotec Magazine

Innovate UK KTN has chosen 13 startups to participate in its sustainability accelerator programme. All companies have received funding from Innovate UKs Sustainable Innovation Fund and are now seeking venture capital to scale their business and impact. Described by Google as ‘the next big unicorn.’.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

GreenBiz

Heading into fall, this batch of career updates from the worlds of sustainability and business is somewhat top-heavy. Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. Who's news. Stewart also launched and ran research and development at BSR.

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5 Startups Working to End Utility-Caused Wildfires

GreenTechMedia

The most notable example is the November 2018 Camp fire in California, caused by a poorly maintained Pacific Gas & Electric power line that ultimately led to the deaths of at least 85 people. But the work is slow and imprecise. Finding financing for these solutions can be a challenge for entrepreneurs.

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#Greentown10: Greentown Launch Propels Startup-corporate Partnerships to Commercialize Climatetech

Greentown Labs

#Greentown10 is a celebration of the startups, partners, ecosystem collaborators, and other climate champions who have worked together over Greentown’s first decade. Both startups and corporates have enormous roles to play in tackling the climate crisis, and their impact is most significant when they work together.

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Second Life: Carmakers and Storage Startups Get Serious About Reusing Batteries

GreenTechMedia

Batteries aren’t dead when they come to the end of their useful life in an electric vehicle. New research, growing automotive industry interest and an expanding startup ecosystem suggest that that could now finally be changing. Electric bus manufacturer Proterra took the same approach.

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