Greentech.Biz: Business with therapies against obesity is booming
“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 […]
Greentech Kids: Fairphone 5 – the special smartphone
The Fairphone 5 is a special phone because it is good for the environment and is manufactured fairly. It’s just as good as other phones that aren’t as environmentally friendly. And the price is okay, as well. Two years ago, there was already the Fairphone 4, which was also environmentally […]
Greentech IAA: Lufthansa boss makes fun of Deutsche Bahn at the IAA
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 […]
Greentech Fashion: Sneakers made from apple remnants by Innocent and VLACE
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.
Greentech KIT: Sustainable lithium for many decades to come
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 […]
Greentech Africa: Focus on energy transition at Africa climate summit
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, […]
Greentech Lego Group aims to be Co2-neutral by 2050
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 Business: Importance of AI start-ups grows – investments doubled
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 […]
Greentech Business: Spanish energy company Asterion buys Steag
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 […]
Greentech Study: Consumers buy environmentally friendly appliances – but do not use eco mode
A New Greentech study on energy efficiency and the use of household appliances in private households makes it clear: unfortunately, people are not yet a trace of eco. Because when buying, consumers focus on sustainable household appliances – but after that it’s over with the frugality. The eco-mode is used […]
Im Leitprojekt »H2 Giga« entwickeln Forschungseinrichtungen und Unternehmen die Massenproduktion leistungsstarker Elektrolyseure. Ziel ist, grünen Wasserstoff für Industrie und Schwerlastverkehr verfügbar zu machen. Elektrolyseure sind bisher teuer und handgefertigt. In PEP.IN entstand daher eine automatisierte Fertigungslinie, in der Roboter das Stacking der Zellkomponenten übernehmen. Kameras prüfen dabei die Qualität. Die […]
Photovoltaik der Zukunft: Als Hoffnungsträger für die nächste Generation Solarzellen gelten vor allem solche auf Basis von Perowskiten – eine Klasse kristalliner Halbleiter. Ihr großer Vorteil: „Die Bandlücke – also der Bereich des Lichts, der in elektrische Energie umgewandelt wird – lässt sich gezielt einstellen“, erklärt Professor Ulrich Paetzold vom Institut […]
Das Berliner Cleantech-Startup H2 Power ’n’ Heat hat seine jüngste Finanzierungsrunde über das Companisto Business Angel Netzwerk erfolgreich abgeschlossen. Mehr als eine Million Euro Kapital fließen in die Weiterentwicklung und Skalierung der patentierten Brennstoffzellentechnologie des Unternehmens. Das Interesse unter Business Angels war so groß, dass die Runde vorzeitig geschlossen wurde. […]
Das Kölner Startup alangu entwickelt eine KI-Lösung, die digitale Inhalte automatisch in Gebärdensprache übersetzt – für echte Barrierefreiheit im Netz. Das Startup hat über das Companisto Business Angel Netzwerk rund 400.000 Euro eingesammelt. Neben Companisto beteiligten sich mehrere Co-Investoren an der Finanzierungsrunde. Das Kapital dient der Weiterentwicklung der KI-basierten […]
Construction of an offshore converter platform and a high-voltage cable in the North Sea can begin. The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) launched the offshore grid connection projects BorWin5 and BorWin epsilon, as the office announced. The necessary planning approval decision was issued on. A planning approval decision is […]
Fancy a 100-inch laptop for your rucksack? Are you familiar with the problem that the laptop screen is always far too small? This realisation has inspired the tech company Sightful to completely remove the screen from its innovative “Spacetop” notebook. “Spacetop” notebook without a screen – but with AR is […]
A portfolio of different cell chemistries will be coming in the next few months – Mercedes is also working on solid-state batteries: The Stuttgart car manufacturer Mercedes will offer battery systems with different performance levels in its model series in the future. There will be “a range spread for battery-electric […]
Apple is miles behind the competition when it comes to AI: 2024 is getting off to a difficult start for Apple: legal disputes are affecting the iPhone manufacturer, Microsoft is overtaking it as the most valuable company in the world, and they also seem to have missed the developments in […]
Cave stalactites can be a unique archive for researching historical climate fluctuations – this has been shown by a team from KIT and Heidelberg University with other partners. The researchers analyzed the isotopic composition of oxygen in the stalactite limestone of the small Devil’s Cave in Bavaria. For example, they […]