Tado, the German smart home startup that specializes in thermostats and more recently moved into flexible “time of use” energy tariffs based on loadshifting technology, is today announcing the next step in its life as a business. It’s going public by way of a SPAC deal. GFJ ESG Acquisition, a German SPAC entity focused specifically […]
Second Life’s creator is returning to advise the original metaverse company
The creator of one of the earliest and most enduringly iconic virtual worlds is returning to his roots. Second Life’s founder Philip Rosedale will rejoin the company he founded in 1999 as a strategic advisor after High Fidelity, the spatial audio company Rosedale co-founded in 2013, invested in Second Life’s developer Linden Lab. The deal […]
HeyCharge’s underground charging solution raises $4.7M Seed led by BMW i Ventures
EV charging continues to be a high-growth business, for obvious reasons. Since 2007, one of the largest players has been ChargePoint, the floated US company which with a widespread EV charging network. But plenty of startups are snapping at its heels. One of them is Germany-based HeyCharge, which realised there was a problem with how […]
屋上で植物を育てながら発電!? 研究が進む「屋上営農型太陽光発電」の実用度
太陽光発電をしながら、ソーラーパネルの下で植物を育てる営農型太陽光発電。日本では「ソーラーシェアリング」とも呼ばれるこの手法を、建物の屋上で応用しようという研究が進められている。その一石二鳥以上の効果とは？
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The Observer view on Britain’s climate crisis targets | Observer editorial
The UK’s green energy initiatives are failing just at the moment when we hold the leadership of Cop26Britain’s electricity generation went through an unfortunate phase last year. According to the UK-based website Carbon Brief, it got dirtier for the fi…
In Australia’s climate wars, delay and deception are the new denial | Ketan Joshi
Now that they can no longer pretend the climate crisis isn’t real, big emitters and their enablers are making all of the right noises – and taking none of the right actionsFor climate change in Australia, 2021 was the year of the bullshit absolution na…
What 7 combined decades in tech taught us about perseverance and reinvention
At a time when the tech workforce has a dire need for more skilled individuals — especially women — now is the time to enlist and empower this motivated group.
Nord Stream 2: how Putin’s pipeline paralysed the west
Gazprom’s $11bn project to deliver gas from Russia to Germany seems impossible to abandon and impossible to carry forwardThe saga of Nord Stream 2, the gas pipeline between Russia and Germany running along the Baltic seabed, has been stuck so long it h…
Global stakeholders should use AI to mitigate impact of heat islands in cities
Interventions involving public health officials, enterprises, governments, communities, nonprofits and tech partners are the way to democratize technology and rectify urban heat island devastation.
再生可能エネルギーの普及を送電網が減速させている
米国では多くの地域で、太陽光発電や風力発電がすでに最も安価な発電方法となっている一方で、発電した電力を多数の電力消費者とテスラ車が存在する都市部まで届ける送電が普及のボトルネックになっている。送電線の運用可能容量を増やすためのイノヴェイションこそが、さらなる再生可能エネルギーの普及には必要だ。
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