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

GeekWire

The companies are developing technologies that aim to boost electric vehicle adoption, carbon capture and hydrogen fuel infrastructure. 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).

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

GeekWire

Puyallup Tribe of Indians Photo / Hailey Palmer) A startup developing long-duration batteries is teaming up with a Pacific Northwest tribe to build innovative energy storage devices. A Skip Tech employee mixes a chemical solution for battery cell testing at the company headquarters in Portland, Ore.

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

GeekWire

The gist: BattGenie is a University of Washington spinoff that has developed software to goose the performance of lithium batteries that power electrical vehicles, consumer devices and other electronics. In addition to the cash, the accelerator provides access to research and development resources at NREL, a U.S.

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

The Verge

Some automakers are developing hydrogen-powered cars as a possible alternative to EVs that use lithium-ion batteries. Hydrogen fuel cells — which use compressed hydrogen as their fuel and release only water vapor — have been in development for decades. GM is planning on offering these generators in multiple sizes for a variety of uses.

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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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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking Industrial Control Systems

ForAllSecure

Van Norman: industrial control systems are the systems that every industry is going to use from your manufacturing to your chemical, your food and beverage, your power plants. That's where you know, your water plants come in, that's where your chemicals, your oil and gas, your big manufacturing facilities. Van Norman: Right right.

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