CleanTech

• [New] Future work by the Berkeley Lab team will expand the library of membranes and screen it for enhanced transport properties for other ions and molecules of interest in clean energy technologies.
• [New] Medtronic is committed to preventing colorectal cancer and improving patient outcomes with disruptive technologies that aid screening, increase patient compliance, and improve treatment.
• [New] Investments in clean energy and efficiency would support a historic energy efficiency and clean electricity standard that would transform the electric sector to be carbon pollution free by 2035 and create good paying union jobs.
• [New] Across the broader Middle East, Saudi Arabia plans to help nations install more modern and efficient hydrocarbon technologies that will cut back on emissions.
• [New] If Canada does not do anything about a green recovery, one thing we are going to miss out on is a whole bunch of economic opportunities because other countries are going to leap ahead in terms of clean technologies and we are going to be stuck importing.
• [New] Public investments in clean energy innovation and infrastructure will put Americans to work building a more sustainable economy, and make US companies and workers more competitive in an increasingly global marketplace.
• [New] In 2021, we will see an even bigger tide of companies using new technology to address current issues and unlock broader possibilities, including strengthening Covid-19 defences, ensuring greater supply sustainability, and delivering the personalised experiences customers want.
• [New] Currently managing more than 70M €, EDP Ventures looks for disruptive technologies and business models focusing on Renewable Power technology, Smart Grids, Energy Efficiency, Electric Mobility, Energy Storage, AI and ML, Cybersecurity, Digital and Predictive analytics.
• The McKinsey study argued that if new technologies were adopted and new production processes focused on sustainability, the European economy could add Euro 1.8 trillion by 2030.
• Electric motors consume a staggering 45% of global electricity consumption, and solar PV could in principle provide all global electricity (whether located on the ground or in space).
• Through the use of technology, Q-Bot and Airlok are dedicated to improve the energy efficiency of existing UK homes, contributing to achieve net zero carbon by 2030 and helping households who are in their time of need to simply be warmer and more comfortable at home.
• Spending $15 billion in demonstration projects that will be key for tackling climate, like utility-scale energy storage, carbon capture and storage, hydrogen, advanced nuclear, rare earth element separations and floating offshore wind.
• Increasingly technology can generate fundamentally new business models and growth opportunities by enabling and empowering more regions of the world to become sustainable and autonomous economic centers of growth.
• Leveraging American innovation in carbon capture and removal will be an important element of the economic recovery while reducing emissions.
• Electric vehicles (EV) are forecast to account for 56% of all passenger vehicle sales, and over 30% of the global passenger vehicle fleet, by 2040, while renewable energy is expected to be the fastest-growing energy source in the next 20 years.
• If India were able to deploy carbon capture and storage, which involves trapping emissions from polluting industries and burying them underground, it would only marginally ease the deployment of clean technologies needed by 2050.
• A new RBC report argues Canada needs to beef up its export capabilities, with key opportunities in clean technology such as electric vehicles, as the U.S. launches its climate-focused platform under president Joe Biden.
• Investment into net-zero technologies such as floating offshore wind and clean hydrogen could capture up to £125bn in annual benefits from the North Sea energy sector.
• Ericsson supports the historic climate change agreement and believes efficiency-improving 4 IR technologies like the IoT and AI will help to reduce global emissions by up to 15% by 2030.
• A new study released by the International Council on Clean Transportation has found that achieving emissions reductions through electrification in heating in European homes will be far cheaper and cost-effective than using hydrogen-only technologies.

Last updated: 18 April 2021