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Dutch Climate-KIC start-up Solease raises €4 million project funding
Climate-KIC start-up Solease has raised a total of €4 million euros from three energy funds in The Netherlands. With this capital nearly 1.000 private homes are equipped with solar panels in the Provinces of Overijssel, Limburg and Utrecht. Eventually this will be expanded to around 5.000 homes, saving 10.000 tons of CO2 over time, which...
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KIC InnoEnergy and Climate-KIC celebrate joint EIT Award success
KIC InnoEnergy, the European company for innovation, education and business creation in sustainable energy, and Climate-KIC, the EU’s main climate innovation initiative, are today celebrating the success of three of their projects at the EIT Awards, presented at InnovEIT in Budapest last night. KIC InnoEnergy Masters School Graduate Govinda Upadhyay won the EIT Change Award...
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First Solar Powered Atlantic Crossing And 9 Other Stories Everyone is Talking About
Things are moving quickly as our planet makes the transition to a new, clean economy. You want to stay in the loop – but you’re busy, that’s why we keep an eye on the headlines for you! Welcome to the 23 June 2016 edition of the Daily Planet’s weekly State Of The Planet. Don’t hesitate...
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De-salinisation and dye-sensitised solar winners at EU Green Week awards
A project dealing with concentrated brine disposal and a dye-sensitised solar cell project are the winners at an EU Green Awards ceremony in Brussels this week (30 May), part of EU Green Week. Fifteen project nominees were selected across three categories of climate action, environment, and nature and biodiversity, and were made up of the...
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Tesla’s Revolutionary Solar Roof: This Week’s 10 Biggest Climate Stories
Things are moving quickly as our planet makes the transition to a new, clean economy. You want to stay in the loop – but you’re busy, that’s why we keep an eye on the headlines for you! Welcome to the 1 November 2016 edition of the Daily Planet’s weekly State Of The Planet. Don’t hesitate...
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State of the Planet: Paris Now “Unstoppable” – $1 Trillion For Solar – New Climate Satellite Launched – Electric Cars Gain Momentum
Things are moving quickly as our planet makes the transition to a new, clean economy. You want to stay in the loop – but you’re busy, that’s why we keep an eye on the headlines for you! Welcome to the 29 April 2016 edition of the Daily Planet’s weekly State Of The Planet. Don’t hesitate...
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12 start-ups selected for second edition of New European Bauhaus programme
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – The EIT Community New European Bauhaus have today announced the 12 innovative start-ups and scale-ups they will be supporting through their NEB Booster 2.0 programme. The programme will support innovative organisations to grow their businesses and help them become international gamechangers. Each of the selected businesses is working on ideas that...
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Through innovative cooling solutions, Ecotutu is curbing food waste in Nigeria
It is estimated that food spoilage in sub-Saharan African countries accounts for one-third of the crops grown by farmers. In Nigeria, food spoilage accounts for almost half the input of small-scale farmers, mostly attributed to cold storage systems being inaccessible. This fuels food insecurity, a major contributor to climate change. Only a small majority of...
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How to improve building energy performance without up-front capital
Air-conditioning equipment, office furniture, lighting systems and even floor coverings are being leased, so why can’t a building façade upgrade follow a similar business model? Most post-war construction in Europe occurred quickly and cheaply, providing building stock only fit for a few decades of service. Energy conservation and energy efficiency were hardly ever considered. As...
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Two Climate-KIC Winners in Global Water Award in Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates -Friday, April 28th 2017 – Source: ME NewsWire Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum honoured 10 winners from eight countries at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award cermony in Dubai, UAE, on 27 April 2017. Climate-KIC start-up Elemental Water Makers was chosen as Winner of the Innovative Projects....
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