Picture this: you’re cruising down the Great Ocean Road in your brand new electric vehicle (EV), the ocean to your left and the wind in your hair. But what if I told you this idyllic drive could turn into a nightmare, with the faint smell of something burning?

The Conversation

What causes lithium-ion battery fires? Why are they so intense? And how should they be fought?

General Motors and Ford appear to be at odds over the use of Chinese battery technology in electric cars

Business Insider

GM reportedly slammed Ford over its plan to use Chinese battery technology in EVs

China’s dominance of the transition to electric vehicles is the latest source of geopolitical tension with the US and Europe, where policymakers face a costly catchup effort to avoid long-term dependency

Bloomberg

China’s stranglehold on EV supply chain will be tough to break

The European Commission will launch an anti-subsidy investigation against Chinese automakers, which may result in higher import duties on electric vehicles

MIT Technology Review

Europe is working to slow down the global expansion of Chinese EVs

North African country emerges as bridge to US and Europe that reduces risk for producers 

Financial Times

Chinese battery groups invest in Morocco to serve western markets

The European Union awarded over €150 million for developing green battery technologies. Battery2030+ is the initiative that will coordinate the research projects, aiming to create the future’s sustainable batteries. With McKinsey forecasting global battery demand to reach the 1700 GWh threshold in 2050, Europe wants to claim a world-leading position in battery development and production

Innovation Origins

European Union to invest over €150 million for battery research projects

By promoting consistent strategies, policies and support to deepen the sector's roots, policymakers can assure positive and lasting returns on investments

The Hill Times

Zero-emission vehicle industry can drive return on battery investments

Australian flow battery innovator Redflow has landed its biggest contract yet, with a children’s hospital in California, that is being funded as part of a $US325 million ($A505.9 million) US federal government energy storage fund initiative

Renew Economy

 AD Redflow lands biggest project for flow battery technology, with stack of US funding

Over the past decade, India has witnessed an exponential growth in its renewable energy capacity making it one of the world's fastest-growing renewable energy markets

Economic Times

Why it is urgent for India to focus on battery energy storage systems

A battery built for satellites brings grid-scale storage down to Earth

IEEE Spectrum

NASA battery tech to deliver for the grid

Clean energy hubs could save money and create jobs if clusters of businesses shared transmission lines and green hydrogen pipelines, independent research shows

The Canberra Times

Industry urged to club together in clean energy hubs

Researchers used laser pulses to enhance MXene’s electrode properties, leading to a potential breakthrough in rechargeable battery technology that could surpass traditional lithium-ion batteries

SciTechDaily

Laser-powered leap: MXene and the future of rechargeable battery technology

As rapid advancements in manufacturing sustainable batteries are taking the world by storm in a race to reach net zero by 2050, scientists have been hunting for solutions to revolutionize the energy storage sector

Interesting Engineering

Battery tech: CityU scientists achieve minimal voltage decay

Indian steel-to-energy group JSW is in early stage talks with Korea's LG Energy Solution (LGES) about jointly manufacturing batteries in India, two sources told Reuters, as it presses ahead with plans to build electric vehicles locally

Reuters

JSW in talks with LG Energy Solution to make EV batteries in India

The brainchild of French entrepreneur Adrien Lelièvre, the Pi-Pop e-bike uses a supercapacitor to store energy rather than rely on batteries

Euronews

This French company has designed the first e-bike that doesn’t need a battery

European battery startups are grappling with how to make less-expensive batteries at scale as they race to meet demand from an electrifying car industry, and while investors are still buying in, there is less enthusiasm than a few years ago

The Wall Street Journal

European battery companies face uphill battle to meet surging ev demand

Eramet and Suez have chosen Dunkirk as the location for a planned electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling facility as the partners look to tap into a battery production belt being developed around the northern French port, they said on Friday

France's Eramet and Suez pick Dunkirk for EV battery recycling

Ford Motor Co. said the transition to electric cars will suffer should the UK follow through on delaying a ban on sales of petrol and diesel cars

Ford says UK weighing petrol-car ban delay risks EV transition

Labor leaders worry that some federal incentives for renewable energy do not come with strict standards on pay. In Maine, they added their own

The New York Times

Unions fight in the States to make Biden’s climate agenda work for workers

It’s now possible to garner vast amounts of electricity from wind and solar power. However, the challenge lies in finding effective renewable energy solutions for storage. As described in a PBS NOVA1 article, Form Energy’s Yet-Ming Chang explains that electricity is basically just electrons flowing between atoms - “the ultimate perishable commodity” because if you don’t use it or store it, it’s lost

Electropages

How rust air batteries are transforming green energy storage

Green Tech | Battery Tech

Dr Henderson’s call for action to businesses comes as ESG commitments face growing scrutiny and scepticism. 



Verdict

Harvard economist warns US may lag in green tech transition

The city of Milwaukee held a grand opening event Thursday for something called a Green Tech Station. It's located near 31st and Nash on the north side, and maybe the best way to describe it is part park and part open-air classroom to study the environment. 

CBS News

Grand opening event held for 'Green Tech Station' on Milwaukee's north side

In a world increasingly concerned about the environmental impact of technology, a new revolution is taking shape — one powered by innovation, sustainability, and a commitment to preserving our planet. Green technology, also known as clean tech, is at the forefront of this movement, offering solutions that harmonize technological advancement with environmental stewardship.

Medium

Green technology development: Paving the way to a sustainable future

Innovative projects will receive funding to develop technologies to predict strawberry yield, increase vineyard productivity and optimise harvesting schedules

UK Government

£12.5m for robotics and automation to boost sustainable farming

Climate change has become one of the top priorities for corporate leaders. In fact, 75% of surveyed CxOs say their organizations have increased their sustainability investments over the past year.



SDxCentral

CIOs must drive tech roadmaps to tackle climate change

Traceless, a German startup that manufactures natural biomaterial as an alternative to plastic, has announced the completion of a €36.6m ($38.7m) Series A funding round.



Packaging Gateway

Traceless completes €36.6m Series A funding round

The tech sector is showing signs of recovery but there’s no room for mediocrity when it comes to raising investment. They were among the main findings of the fourth quarterly Tech Barometer event, organised by tech specialist Fairmont Recruitment and BusinessCloud to discuss the changing trends in tech, recruitment and investment.

Business Cloud

Tech sector showing ‘green shoots’ of recovery

The IPOs of Instacart and Klaviyo last week brought much-needed liquidity to the startup ecosystem, enlivening hopes of more exits in the weeks and months ahead. Sure, there have been some mergers and acquisitions in startup land, but massive exits all but require IPOs,

TechCrunch

The recent tech IPOs are flirting with negative territory

Money is pouring into “green” sectors across the region and creating thousands of new jobs in the process.

The Straits Times

Want a green job? Opportunities growing, but broad range of skills may be needed

Reducing carbon emissions from electricity consumption by using solar power systems is only the first step in a carbon neutral future. For companies to truly reach their net zero goals and make a more meaningful impact on the environment, much more can and should be done.



The Edge Markets

Sustainable living solution to meet all customer needs

China's Nio Inc. on Thursday unveiled a high-end smartphone designed to be used with its electric vehicles, touting a plethora of related functions such as using the phone to instruct the car to park itself

China's Nio launches smartphone developed to use with its electric cars

Indigenous people in Ecuador are using drones, trap cameras and GPS locators to keep intruders away from the rainforest

Surveillance tech helps indigenous groups protect the Amazon

 HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L) said on Wednesday it plans to allocate $1 billion in financing to support emerging climate-tech companies around the world, in a push to help reduce carbon emissions. The financing is expected to support start-ups in EV charging, battery storage, sustainable food and agriculture and carbon removal technologies, HSBC said.

HSBC to make $1 billion in funding available to climate-tech startups

19 of the best cleantech startups to showcase their climate solutions to impact investors.


Tech EU

Join climatetech changemakers as they pitch for green deals

The finalists include startups working on everything from decreasing dyeing’s carbon footprint and reducing tires’ microplastic toll.



Prince William’s Earthshot Prize anounces 15 finalists focused on planet-protecting solutions

Plan A, a carbon accounting and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) reporting platform for corporations, has raised $27 million in a Series A round of funding led by U.S. VC giant Lightspeed Venture partners.



European carbon accounting startup Plan A raises $27M from VC and corporate heavyweights

As C40, mayors, and global leaders gather in New York City for the UN Climate Ambition Summit, cities share how they are leading a green and just transition, transforming communities and creating good, green jobs.



C40 Cities

Cities share action on green jobs ahead of the UN Climate Ambition Summit

Electric vehicles, renewable energy, alternatives to plastic and meat, carbon removal and storage, artificial intelligence-powered monitoring tools – the list of sustainability and clean tech areas that start-ups are innovating in is expanding rapidly. 



The Economist

What makes the best conditions for sustainability start-ups?

In Brown County, Texas – flat, dry, near the geographical center of the state – Apple has invested in a joint venture to power 100,000 homes with clean energy. This four-mile-long stretch of solar panels – nearly a million of them – will look to some like a bold step towards a clean-energy future, and to others like marketing disguised as social conscience, what cynics would call "virtue signaling."

Apple CEO Tim Cook on creating a clean energy future

Apple put sustainability at the center of its Fall iPhone and Apple Watch event. It did so as it put sustainability into context by showing that you can do what I've been advocating for a long time: doing good and doing well from a business perspective

Forbes

Apple: streamlining sustainability for every buyer's perfect product

Green Tech | Consumers Tech

The company cited concerns about operating the factory competitively. It’s not clear if the pause is linked to its dispute with the United Auto Workers

Ford halts work on E.V. battery plant in Michigan

Dutch impact investor Invest-NL invests €10 million in Extantia Capital, a climate-first venture capital firm. Extantia is also backed by investors such as Anglo American, Toyota Ventures (which invested in May Mobility), and top-tier family offices such as the Piëch and Oldendorff families.

Tech Fund News

Invest-NL puts €10M in Extantia Capital for advancing climate tech ventures driving a decarbonised future

Finding ways to engage the public in the transformation of Australia's electricity systems, including the adoption of electric vehicles, is the challenge set for teams competing in Nudgeathon 2023 at QUT this week

Mirage

Behavioural change on renewable energy just nudge away

The European Union is set to demand that cars running on e-fuels must be 100% carbon neutral if they are to be sold beyond 2035, a draft document showed, after Germany demanded e-fuel cars be exempted from the phase-out of new polluting vehicles

EU set to demand e-fuel cars have no climate impact

An international pilot program is helping cities to identify and pinpoint high risk locations where cyclists and light-mobility users are likely to have collisions

To help cyclists, this tool looks for crashes

Hyundai Motor Group has chosen Georgia Tech as its new academic partner in the US that will work together to develop sustainable mobility technologies and experts as part of its efforts to take the lead in the future mobility sector

Korean Economic Daily Global

Hyundai Motor, Georgia Tech to partner for future mobility techs

Electric vehicles, you might have heard, have a mineral problem. Beneath the floor of an EV sits a 900-pound battery filled with minerals extracted from around the world. Millions of tons of lithium, cobalt, bauxite and other minerals are mined, processed, shipped and refined — sometimes leaving a trail of human rights and environmental abuses

The Washington Post

Are electric cars really better for the environment?

May Mobility has been selected to provide on-demand transportation for staff, patients, their families and others in the surrounding community. The service aims to reduce medical appointment cancellations and absences due to a lack of convenient, accessible transportation

PR Newswire

May Mobility aims to improve access to healthcare with on-demand autonomous microtransit

Cheap Chinese solar panels crushed European companies, but the lessons from that saga don’t apply to the auto industry’s China problems

Europe's battle against Chinese EVs isn't a repeat of 2000s solar flood

While two-wheeler makers such as Hero MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, and TVS are looking to commercially launch one model each running on flex fuel by October 2024, carmakers such as Maruti Suzuki are developing vehicles powered by biogas which would be carbon neutral

ABC News

What if public transit was like Uber? A small city ended its bus service to find out

The cacophony of small-vehicle engines and horns is one of the most recognisable noises in traffic-choked cities across Asia. Soon that trademark roar may be a thing of the past, even if the horns remain. A wave of cross-border ventures for electric two- and three-wheelers, and the infrastructure required to power them, is rippling across the continent

Electric two-wheelers are creating a buzz in Asia

Young Suk Jo cofounded Amogy to decarbonize the transportation sector by engineering ways for trucks and ships to run on a common fertilizer ingredient

This startup plans to power a tugboat with ammonia later this year

Green Tech | Mobility Tech

Building the right workforce. Accessing federal tax incentives. Convincing communities of the value of a renewable energy project. These were among the hot topics of conversation for the mix of founders, corporate executives, financiers, and government officials who gathered in Washington, D.C., this week to talk about how to build more clean energy projects—and build them faster

TIME

The world already has its climate solutions. Now is the time to deploy them

Germany on Wednesday halted a subsidy scheme less than 24 hours after it was launched due to strong demand for the payments to install rooftop solar panels, storage and charging points, highlighting questions about the effectiveness of one-off subsidies in the switch to green energy

Germany halts e-car solar subsidy programme after one day amid high demand

Fusion could supply round-the-clock power with no carbon emissions, if it can overcome massive technical challenges. We shouldn’t give up on it


Why the dream of fusion power isn’t going away

Hong Kong green energy services company Unity Group has launched a joint venture with an Abu Dhabi-headquartered firm that is backed by a son of the late founder and ruler of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).



South China Morning Post

Hong Kong’s Unity Group launches joint venture with UAE firm on green tech as John Lee’s Middle East push bears fruit

Green hydrogen is widely regarded as a transformative fuel that could power the green transition. The process by which it is made, electrolysis, is less understood. Here’s everything you need to know about electrolysis, and what it means for green hydrogen and the future of our planet.


European Sting

Your guide to electrolysis: the tech behind the green hydrogen revolution

The recent Sun-Times editorial, “Gov. Pritzker’s pro-environment vetoes help Illinois, but climate crisis demands more,” points out that the administration and Legislature must put more emphasis on solutions to climate change and should act imminently to take advantage of federal incentives. We couldn’t agree more.

Chicago Sun-Times

Climate crisis demands quick action to bring carbon capture technology to Illinois

Tiny water fleas could play a big role in filtering out drugs, pesticides and industrial chemicals from wastewater to make it safe, according to scientists

The Guardian

Scientists use water fleas to filter pollutants out of wastewater

In our pursuit of a greener, more sustainable future, solar panels have emerged as the sunlit champions of renewable energy

Beneath the glare of green energy: unveiling the hidden heat of solar panels

Record growth in clean energy technology, including solar panels and electric vehicles, means it is still possible to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), the International Energy Agency (IEA) says.



Al Jazeera

Energy agency praises green tech advances, pushes fossil fuel phase-out

Today, the International Energy Agency (IEA) updated its road map for the energy sector to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It doubles down on the need to swiftly switch to renewable energy while minimizing the use of technologies that are still largely in demonstration and prototype phase today, including carbon capture and hydrogen fuels.

The Verge

Techno-fixes to climate change aren’t living up to the hype

The United States hopes Europe will take similar measures to its Inflation Reduction Act to drive a "race to the top" on support for green technologies, a senior U.S. official said in Berlin on Tuesday ahead of economic talks with German counterparts.

US hopes Europe will join 'race to top' on green subsidies

We announce we have received funding from IPCEI for a 25.4m EUR project to accelerate the deployment of Solid Oxide technology to enable affordable green hydrogen production in Europe. The grant funding has been awarded from the Hy2 Tech initiative, part of the Important Projects of Common European Interest (“IPCEI”), to accelerate the production of affordable green hydrogen

Hydrogen Central

Elcogen awarded funding to help EU develop affordable green hydrogen technology

This spring, researchers at a quarry near Draperstown, Northern Ireland, undertook what amounted to a massively scaled up version of the type of science experiment you might see in a middle school classroom

This group is helping find new ways to recycle old wind turbine blades

Do you ever wish you could make a bigger difference for the planet? Maybe, like me, you have a career that isn’t particularly ‘green’—that is, it isn’t directly related to fighting climate change. But you still want to make a difference


Demand for green skills outpacing what the workforce can deliver—but there's hope

Solar space projects aim to collect uninterrupted solar radiation using satellites, reflecting rays onto collectors and beaming energy back to Earth

Oil Price

Space-based solar power could become a reality

There is a largely untapped energy source along the world's coastlines: the difference in salinity between seawater and freshwater. A new nanodevice can harness this difference to generate power

Tech Xplore

Nanofluidic device generates power with saltwater

Have you ever repeated a word so many times it started to sound like gibberish? Try saying “peanut butter,” “roughhousing,” or “warbler” about 50 times, and you’ll be wondering whether the words meant anything to begin with

How electricity could clean up transportation, steel, and even fertilizer

Scientists project that the world will likely cross over the 1.5 degrees Celsius redline set under the Paris Agreement in the next few years, unleashing more disasters like those that have hit Libya, Greece, Hong Kong, the Hawaiian island Maui, and other places in recent months.



Foreign Policy

Can the U.S. and China cooperate on green technology again?

The European Investment Fund (EIF) announced today it would invest €40mn with Blume Equity. Based out of London, the VC was founded by three women in 2020, and invests into European high-growth climate tech scaleups. 



The Next Web

EIF invests €40M in female-founded climate tech growth fund

Renewables and electric vehicles are on a tear, and they’ll soon likely attract $2 trillion in yearly investment. But global emissions have not yet peaked. 



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