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Shell’s Access to Finance Dashboard helps Low-Carbon Startups Find Funding

by Iyas A
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Shell trying to get ahead of the curve by helping Low Carbon startups find funding. You may be cynical, but it should be a pretty valuable resource. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Electricity-Free Cooling in Bangladesh Using Plastic Bottles

by Iyas A
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I love double-impact ideas. Such as this one, which reuses environmentally wasteful empty plastic bottles to cool down houses in Bangladesh without needing electricity. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Startup creates renewable hydrogen energy out of sunlight and water

by Iyas A
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HyperSolar and the University of Iowa have created a technology to create energy from water and sunlight, reducing significantly previous hydrogen energy generation costs. Electric cars aren’t the only sustainable game in town. CLICK HERE TO SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE

This sanitation startup in Kenya turns poop into a sustainable source of fuel

by Iyas A
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Great idea, turning faeces to energy briquettes. Not unique, but the challenges these guys had to overcome included giving their customers home addresses! Respect for persistence. See original article …