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Tribal company and Oregon battery startup create unique partnership in pursuit of clean energy

GeekWire

The technology includes tanks that hold the chemicals used to fuel the batteries, and cells that act as the battery’s engine where the energy producing chemical reactions take place. A Skip Tech employee mixes a chemical solution for battery cell testing at the company headquarters in Portland, Ore.

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Disinfecting drones will clean Atlanta stadium between events

The Verge

The purpose-built D1 disinfecting drones are being provided by Lucid Drone Technologies, and use electrostatic spraying nozzles to distribute the non-toxic disinfecting chemicals. Two drones will be used, with a third to be used as a backup, ESPN reports. The drones will also disinfect the stadium’s handrails and glass partitions.

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Decarbon8 names the first three startups for its climate-focused philanthropic investment fund

GeekWire

based startup providing specialized vessels for storing hydrogen that can be found in automobiles, maritime ships, stationary and backup power, and in space (think SpaceX). D8 is investing a minimum of $50,000. Steelhead Composites , a Golden, Colo.-based D8 is investing a minimum of $40,000.

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Climate tech funding news: BattGenie works its magic; lithium refining startup gets Gates’ support

GeekWire

The technology came out of the lab of Chief Technology Officer Venkat Subramanian , a chemical engineering professor now located at the University of Texas. Microsoft is teaming up with Ballard Power Systems and Caterpillar for a demonstration project to test large-format hydrogen fuel cells as backup power for data centers.

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GM announces plans to make mobile power generators using hydrogen fuel cells

The Verge

“Hydrotec power generators can quickly be deployed for disaster relief,” said Charlie Freese, executive director of GM’s Hydrotec division, in a call with reporters, “or it can provide backup for the electrical grid in areas that are experiencing rolling blackouts.”.

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NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover mission serves as ultimate test for working from home (planet)

GeekWire

billion mission’s to-do list are: Identify the places most likely to hold the mineral and chemical traces of past microbial life. Or if something does go wrong, that there’s a backup plan for saving the mission. The top three tasks on the $2.4 Because of the pandemic, those tests will have to be run in remote mode.

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Why a “room-temperature superconductor” would be a huge deal

Vox

Batteries — from a Duracell AA all the way to a Tesla lithium-ion battery capable of holding approximately 100 kWh — store energy chemically, and can convert it to usable electricity. They are used much as a battery might be, but they work through a totally different mechanism. That necessarily involves some energy loss and inefficiency.

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