The oil company Shell is no longer interested in greentech and the business with green technology and intelligent energy storage technology: Only four years after buying the Bavarian battery manufacturer Sonnen, the British oil and gas company Shell wants to get rid of the cleantech start-up and put it up […]
EIT InnoEnergy, a major European investor and innovation driver for the energy transition, has raised over €140 million in equity in a private placement financing round. New strategic investors (Société Générale, Santander CIB, PULSE – CMA CGM Energy Fund, Renault Group, Stena Recycling and NIIT) and existing shareholders (Siemens Financial […]
“Novo Nordisk dominates the market” The specialist in anti-obesity therapies is buzzing: the Danish company Novo Nordisk is highly valued among investors. On Monday, Novo Nordisk surpassed the French luxury goods manufacturer LVMH as the most valuable European company. Only Novo Nordisk has so far managed to launch new effective […]
Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr took aim at Deutsche Bahn at a forum on the networking of the various modes of transport. Munich Airport, for example, is still not connected to the DB long-distance network, he criticised on Tuesday at the IAA Mobility car and transport fair in Munich. Travellers […]
The smoothie manufacturer «Innocent» has started a cooperation with the sneaker brand «Vlace». Together they present the “Fruity Kicks”. These are sneakers made from apple residues, which are produced during the apple juice production process.
Researchers at KIT in Karlsruhe are investigating how Europe can extract more lithium for batteries to become climate neutral. Europe produces only 1% of the world’s lithium, but geothermal energy could help. In Germany, geothermal power plants in the Upper Rhine Graben and North German Basin could supply 2-12% of […]
Africa has hardly contributed to the climate crisis, but is particularly affected by it. In Nairobi, demands are therefore likely to be made on the industrialised countries. But there is also great potential at stake. Africa: Greentech potential super big – renewable energies have 50x potential For the first time, […]
The Danish cult toy manufacturer Lego goes Green: The LEGO Group aims for zero emissions by 2050 : The popular manufacturer known for plastic toys and tech fun pledged this week to stop emitting greenhouse gases and reduce its environmental impact by 2050. The LEGO Group has submitted this intention […]
Greentech AI: High investment in AI A quarter of this year’s investments in US start-ups were made in AI companies, according to a survey. This represents an increase from the previous year, when the share more than doubled. Between 2018 and 2022, the average share of total funding for US […]
The Spanish company Asterion has taken over the energy company Steag for 2.6 billion euros. Asterion Industrial Partners announced in Madrid on Friday that it had signed an agreement with the current owners, an association of municipal utilities, to take over Steag GmbH. This grouping represents the municipal utilities of […]