This week on The Interchange: why more data scientists are saying machine learning and data mining will be critical climate tools. For the first time, artificial-intelligence experts have created a place to collaborate on climate…
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Sustainable tech: How to stay green in 2020
The immense level of sustainability challenges our planet faces grows more apparent and pressing by the day. Evidence suggests that the Earth’s surface has warmed by one degree Celsius. Although this may seem like a…
When Will Companies Finally Step Up to Fight Climate Change?
Microsoft and BlackRock have made positive moves. But there’s still a lot of money to be made in green tech. Is a “decarbonized” future possible? That’s what Microsoft promised it would aim for when it pledged this…
8minute Solar Energy: ‘Every Project’ Could Have Built-In Storage
A year after a leadership shakeup, 8minute has more projects in more states — and a record for solar-plus-storage pricing. A year out from a leadership change that saw company co-founder Tom Buttgenbach buying out founder and…
The Carmaker Putting Solar Panels on Its Electric Vehicles
Sono Motors reckons that extra bit of solar energy will make a difference. Analysts are skeptical. A German startup aims to sell a self-charging electric car covered in solar panels from 2022 after raising nearly…
The Urgency of Reaching Net Zero Emissions
On this week’s episode of Political Climate, we look at the climate science underpinning the net-zero-by-2050 target and what it will take to achieve it. This is a pivotal moment in the fight against climate…
No ‘Honeymoon Period’ for Energy Storage Deals
A growing number of big power-plant developers are sold on energy storage. That doesn’t mean they love the deals they see. Big power plant developers are increasingly convinced they should be investing in battery projects…
New green technology generates electricity ‘out of thin air’
Renewable device could help mitigate climate change, power medical devices Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a device that uses a natural protein to create electricity from moisture in the air, a…
Meet the green tech leaders saving us from climate catastrophe at TNW2020
Climate catastrophe- A planetary crisis looms large. Last summer’s heatwave in Europe melted enough arctic ice to measurably rise global sea levels. In a single event. Luckily the board is primed with big-thinking tech players ready…
‘We have only one decade to save the planet’: 12-yr-old activist
Climate refers to the kind of weather that is typically expected in a region. Change is a process through which something becomes different. Climate change is also called global warming. The word itself explains what…