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Oil giant BP is killing 18 hydrogen projects, chilling the nascent industry
<p>The hydrogen industry, which has relied on oil and gas companies both financially and through lobbying efforts, is preparing for a grim outcome.</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 5, 20242 min read
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How a box on a roof helped Transaera land $8.2 million in funding
<p>The company has been toiling for seven years, developing a novel air conditioning technology and searching for a beachhead market.</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 5, 20242 min read
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How a box on a roof helped Transaera land $8.2 million in funding
<p>The company has been toiling for seven years, developing a novel air conditioning technology and searching for a beachhead market.</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 5, 20242 min read
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Regulators deliver successive blows to Amazon and Meta’s nuclear power ambitions
<p>A series of recent rulings from regulators dashed the Big Tech companies’ hopes of finding a quick fix for their electricity needs.</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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Regulators deliver successive blows to Amazon and Meta’s nuclear power ambitions
<p>A series of recent rulings from regulators dashed the Big Tech companies’ hopes of finding a quick fix for their electricity needs.</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 4, 20242 min read
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How to build a company that can save the world and generate a profit
<p>For startups that hope to save the world, or at least make it a better place, balancing impact with profit can be tricky.</p>
Rahul Patil
Nov 1, 20242 min read
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Apple will buy renewable power for its Mac mini users
<p>Apple went to unusual lengths to ensure it accounted for and neutralized all the pollution that the new Mac Mini might produce.</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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HILOS is making footwear more sustainable without skimping on style
<p>When people imagine what 3D printing is, they might think of plastic knickknacks and miniature figurines that teenagers make in their high school libraries. For HILOS (Human Innovation Lab Operating System), 3D printing means creating footwear that’s chic, low-waste, and runway ready. “Brands are overproducing 20% because they don’t know what size and styles are […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 29, 20243 min read
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HILOS is making footwear more sustainable without skimping on style
<p>When people imagine what 3D printing is, they might think of plastic knickknacks and miniature figurines that teenagers make in their high school libraries. For HILOS (Human Innovation Lab Operating System), 3D printing means creating footwear that’s chic, low-waste, and runway ready. “Brands are overproducing 20% because they don’t know what size and styles are […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 29, 20243 min read
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Why Crosscut Ventures is ‘following the founders’ into climate, space, and beyond
<p>The focus of the new $100 million fund, Crosscut’s sixth, will include energy and power, space and underwater exploration, advanced manufacturing, advanced materials, and security and defense. </p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 29, 20243 min read
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Why Crosscut Ventures is ‘following the founders’ into climate, space, and beyond
<p>The focus of the new $100 million fund, Crosscut’s sixth, will include energy and power, space and underwater exploration, advanced manufacturing, advanced materials, and security and defense. </p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 29, 20243 min read
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Emidat is building a tool to clean up construction by automating environmental reporting
<p>Fixing the climate crisis is a vast, world-sized puzzle. But one particularly large piece of this ginormous conundrum is construction and real estate — which collectively amount for around 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Enter Munich-based data startup Emidat, which has built a software platform for automating the generation of validated Environmental Product Declaration […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 29, 20249 min read
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SpiralWave’s pulsing plasma towers transform carbon dioxide into liquid fuel
<p>If there’s anything that came from one of the worlds that was promised to us in “Back to the Future” or “The Jetsons” or innumerable other sci-fi franchises, it’s what SpiralWave co-founder and CEO Abed Bukhari showed me on a video call. Purple-tinged waves of white plasma rhythmically rose and vanished within a metal-screened column, […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 28, 20243 min read
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SpiralWave’s pulsing plasma towers transform carbon dioxide into liquid fuel
<p>If there’s anything that came from one of the worlds that was promised to us in “Back to the Future” or “The Jetsons” or innumerable other sci-fi franchises, it’s what SpiralWave co-founder and CEO Abed Bukhari showed me on a video call. Purple-tinged waves of white plasma rhythmically rose and vanished within a metal-screened column, […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 28, 20243 min read
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ForestGuard is building the ‘Internet of Trees’ to detect fires even earlier
<p>Many startups have taken aim at the problem of early wildfire detection and prevention, but Turkey-based ForestGuard’s space-based system could give it an edge over competitors. ForestGuard, which presented onstage today as part of the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt, was founded by trained architects Muhammed Ali Örnek and Suat Batuhan Esirger, who witnessed the need for early […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 28, 20243 min read
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NitroFix wants to use electricity to make ammonia without the pollution
<p>Ammonia may conjure thoughts of off odors, but the world is entirely dependent on the smelly stuff as a fertilizer and for use in myriad other industries. Problem is, nearly all the ammonia produced today is heavily dependent on fossil fuels. Making the compound releases more than 450 million metric tons of carbon dioxide every […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 28, 20243 min read
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Generative AI could cause 10 billion iPhones’ worth of e-waste per year by 2030
<p>The immense and quickly advancing computing requirements of AI models could lead to the industry discarding the e-waste equivalent of more than 10 billion iPhones per year by 2030, researchers project. In a paper published in the journal Nature, researchers from Cambridge University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences take a shot at predicting just […]</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 28, 20243 min read
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Merlin Solar bets twisty panels will help it land on rooftops everywhere
<p>The startup uses standard silicon solar cells but connects them using bendy materials, giving them better durability and more flexibility.</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 27, 20243 min read
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Cement startup Furno lands $20M grant to build low-carbon micro-kilns in Chicago
<p>Furno’s micro-kilns promise to reduce pollution and eliminate transportation costs.</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 22, 20243 min read
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Cement startup Furno lands $20M grant to build low-carbon micro-kilns in Chicago
<p>Furno’s micro-kilns promise to reduce pollution and eliminate transportation costs.</p>
Rahul Patil
Oct 22, 20243 min read
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