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BP and Shell-backed accelerator looks for the Teslas of climate tech |
Ten corporations, including BP, Shell and Microsoft, are setting up a climate tech accelerator to channel more funding to sustainability startups, which often struggle to raise investment. According to Jon Creyts from the Rocky Mountain Institute, the US-based environmentalist think-tank that will lead the accelerator, investors are so put off funding climate change tech that there's only been one hard tech company in the last decade to secure enough funding to be successful. |
Dec 02, 2020
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Sifted
Green Industry News |
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Solar REITs: The Blazing Opportunity That Few See Coming |
I believe that solar energy will enhance the returns of existing Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and also create a whole new class of REITs. The limited number of deals that we have seen so far is just the trickle before the floodgates open. |
Nov 14, 2020
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Dane Bowler via SeekingAlpha
Green Industry Blogs |
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Data marketplaces will open new horizons for your company |
The coming years will see a massive business strategy change driven by a radical increase in data accessibility. Companies that leverage data marketplaces early on will be tomorrow's giants. An early signal of the economic forces data marketplaces bring can be seen in the emergence of Snowflake. |
Dec 24, 2020
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Michael Gorman - Venture Beat
Tech Blogs |
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Coinbase Will Suspend All Margin Trading Tomorrow |
Coinbase Will Suspend All Margin Trading Tomorrow, Citing CFTC Guidance Crypto exchange Coinbase plans to end all margin trading effective Nov. 25, 2020, due to recent regulations by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The San Francisco-based trading platform announced Tuesday that it would prevent customers from placing new margin trades beginning at 2 p.m. |
Dec 02, 2020
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CoinDesk
Crypto News |
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A Ridiculously Huge New Solar Farm Just Came Online in China |
The Chinese economy has suffered as a result of the pandemic, but one sector that's forging full-steam ahead is energy. Last week saw the opening of a massive new solar farm -the second-largest in the world-in the northwest province of Qinghai. |
Oct 10, 2020
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Vanessa Bates Ramirez
World News |
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Wave, wind and PV: The innovative floating Ocean Hybrid Platform |
The goal is to internationalise Sinn Power's ocean hybrid platform as a complete off-grid energy solution to provide people near coasts worldwide with renewable energy. Sinn Power has been developing and building innovative wave energy systems since 2015. |
May 26, 2020
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PV Europe
Green Industry Blogs |
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Crops under solar panels can be a win-win |
Solar panels might seem like they're in direct competition with plants. One is catching sunlight to do photosynthesis, the other wants to take it to push electrons. Surely Highlander rules apply, and there can be only one on a plot of land, right? In reality, it's not a zero-sum game. |
Sep 06, 2019
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Scott K. Johnson via ArsTechnica
Green Industry Blogs |