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Workplace EV charging: Lessons from sustainability trailblazers

GreenBiz

Businesses are reaping the environmental and social benefits of providing electric vehicle charging for employees. Last fall, a research team from PGS conducted a study on workplace electric vehicle charging practices. Optimize energy management. Tue, 07/14/2020 - 01:30.

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Jamaica reaches 75% smart meter coverage

Smart Energy International

Jamaica Public Service Company has reported that 520,000 smart meters were installed at the end of January, corresponding to about 75% of the customer base. The rollout, launched in 2015, has seen a J$14 billion (US$90 million) investment as part of the initiative to modernise the electricity network and improve the customer experience.

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A Vibrant Cleantech Startup Ecosystem Takes Root in India

GreenTechMedia

Several floors below the firm’s balcony, power lines crisscross over piles of garbage, a fleet of rickshaws and cow patties on a rooftop, being dried for cooking fuel. “I don’t think you can just deploy solar and solve everything,” he said. Demand for flexible, clean power spurs startup activity.

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Canada’s e-Zn Raises Millions to Commercialize Long-Duration Zinc Energy Storage

GreenTechMedia

Canadian startup e-Zn has raised money to store clean energy far longer than currently available batteries allow, using cheap and abundant zinc. E-Zn used an earlier CAD $700,000 SDTC grant to build a demonstration that paired the zinc storage with a solar array. Turning electricity into metal. That builds on a CAD $3.4

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Swell Readies Up To $450M in Financing for Solar-Plus-Battery Virtual Power Plants

GreenTechMedia

Swell Energy has lined up $450 million in financing to give homeowners and business owners batteries and solar systems at no upfront cost, and earn the money back by turning them into virtual power plants serving utilities’ grid needs. Ares Management Corp.

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Dandelion Raises $30M to Scale Up Home Geothermal Energy

GreenTechMedia

There’s a lot of energy underneath homes — if reasonably priced technology can be scaled up to tap its potential. Dandelion Energy hasn’t gotten nearly to that scale yet. On Wednesday, Dandelion raised a $30 million Series B round led by Bill Gates-founded Breakthrough Energy Ventures to expand on those ambitions.

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Funding the Next Generation of Efficient, Electric, Grid-Interactive Communities

GreenTechMedia

homes and commercial buildings consume roughly two-fifths of the country’s overall energy, three-fourths of all electricity, and account for most of the peak electricity demand that drives generation and power grid infrastructure costs.