UK ‘moonshot’ agency to splash £81M on warning system for climate catastrophes

The UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) is allocating £81mn to a new programme that aims to create early warning systems for climate tipping points. These are thresholds within…

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Swedish startup bets big on zinc-ion batteries with world’s first megaplant

Swedish startup Enerpoly has opened the world’s first zinc-ion battery megafactory. Its vision is to scale a better alternative to lithium-ion for storing renewable energy over longer periods of time.…

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Sweden’s been stealthily using hydrogen to forge green steel. Now it’s ready to industrialise

Deep in Sweden’s icy north sits a small factory where the country’s largest industrial players have been steadily validating a new technology that could clean up one of the dirtiest…

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TNW Podcast: Pavel Durov’s arrest in France, concrete-based CO₂ storage, renewables in Iceland

Welcome to the new episode of the TNW Podcast — the show where we discuss the latest developments in the European technology ecosystem and feature interviews with some of the…

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Tallinn startup bags €2.3M to turn CO2 into ‘critical’ graphite for EV batteries

Up Catalyst has closed a €2.36mn seed extension round to accelerate the development of an industrial pilot reactor that turns CO2 emissions into carbon materials. According to the Tallinn-based startup,…

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New metal foam aims to tackle ‘dire’ energy problem at data centres

Female-led Apheros has raised $1.85mn to tackle a pressing problem for the tech sector: the exponential energy consumption of data centres. Data centres are the foundation of our digital infrastructure,housing…

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