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Latin American e-commerce giant invests in Brazilian ecosystem restoration

GreenBiz

Those projects are both managed under Mercado Libre's Renera America program, which aims to restore key ecosystems throughout the region as part of its climate action strategy, using technology from climate-tech startup Pachama to monitor and verify the progress of this work. This company is a big deal in South America with 132.5

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Danfoss Editron to power electric trucks for reborn Brazilian manufacturer FNM

Charged

Danfoss Editron has been selected as the official supplier for drivetrain systems that will power fully-electric trucks manufactured by Fábrica Nacional de Mobilidades (FNM) in Brazil. Danfoss Editron is providing the electric drivetrains to power the FNM 832 and FNM 833 models for commercial fleets.

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A Blockchain-Enabled Smart Meter for Clean Power Trading?

GreenTechMedia

Blockchain’s energy sector uses range from the highly speculative—think peer-to-peer energy trading using cryptocurrency raised in initial coin offerings (ICOs)—to more incremental efforts, grounded in real-world challenges of operating an increasingly decentralized power grid. are testing it out.

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Six applications under consideration for Chachimbiro geothermal consultancy, Ecuador

ThinkGeoEnergy

The Electric Corporation of Ecuador (CELEC) is currently in the process of reviewing six applications for Phase 1 consultancy services for the construction of a geothermal power plant at the Chachimbiro site. 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

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. ” The World Bank’s International Finance Corp.

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Top locations for ocean energy production worldwide revealed

Science Daily: Renewable Energy

Until now, a global evaluation of ocean current energy with actual data was lacking. Using 30 years of NOAA's Global Drifter Program data, a study shows that ocean currents off Florida's East Coast and South Africa have exceptionally high-power densities, ideal for electricity generation.

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Carbon Mapper data from the Tanager-1 satellite reveals methane and carbon dioxide super-emitter activity around the world

Planet Pulse

Validation efforts include comparing methane emissions detected by Tanager-1 with those from coordinated under-flights with methane-sensing aircraft and controlled release testing where ground teams release precisely metered amounts of methane while the satellite images. During a single overpass on Oct.

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