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Tibber or not Tibber - That is the Question
Tibber is the world's first fully digital energy company selling wholesale renewable energy to customers. They can also connect all your smart devices and automatically optimise your energy consumption for you. You can also control your consumption yourself via the app, whilst receiving real-time and forecasted wholesale pricing information. Perhaps most interestingly, Tibber is an energy company that wants you to reduce the amount of energy you consume - ideally by at least 20% - why? Because the "greenest energy is the energy you don't use". 
2 December 2023 by Kylie Hargrea...

Energy

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Forget Lithium-ion - Try these surprising materials!
The race continues to find more abundant, more sustainable, safer and better performing alternatives to lithium. This article discusses some of the more surprising ones being researched - from cotton to lignin to melon seed shells!https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231108-batteries-of-the-future-how-cotton-and-seawater-might-power-our-devices
2 December 2023 by Kylie Hargrea...

Industrial

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2 December 2023 by Kylie Hargrea...

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Solar panel waste, replacing virgin sand
An Australian start-up company called Elecsome has spent 4 years developing Solarcrete, a nano-engineered pre-mix concrete product made from end-of-life solar panels ( glass fines). The idea is to be a more sustainable alternative to virgin sand, reducing the need for sand by 50-80% in applications such as driveways, pathways and curbs. https://elecsome.com/solarcrete.php
24 November 2023 by Kylie Hargrea...

AgTech

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Fence me in - geospatially!
SaFencing is the world’s first certified geofencing system for off-road applications that fully complies with the Machine Directive 2006/42/CE. It can be plugged into your existing equipment and with centimetre accuracy, the new technology keeps autonomous farm equipment safely within a confined space, reducing the need for supervision. The AGC box can guide a single robot or a fleet of robots,  constantly calculating the best trajectories on-farm while avoiding obstacles and all the while communicating with you on your smartphone or a tablet. https://www.agreenculture.net/en/agcbox
19 November 2023 by Kylie Hargrea...

Energy

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Vertical solar - straight up better
High temperatures reduce the efficiency of our solar panels, so one very simple way to cool them and improve their efficiency is to install them vertically!https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/11/10/researchers-shed-light-on-mysterious-higher-energy-yields-in-vertical-pv-systems/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=linkedin
14 November 2023 by Kylie Hargrea...