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Starting a new venture? Don't just leap; sometimes the biggest breakthroughs come from small, sensible steps. As we examine the energy industry on a recent episode of Wicked Energy with JG, it's clear: innovation doesn't always mean reinvention. As Josh Sigler, VP of Geology at XCL Resources, shared in his episode, look at Utah's #UintaBasin; they're not the biggest player, but they're making giant strides by applying practical, environmentally conscious technology. A mix of old-school geology with next-gen tech is leading to smarter oil extraction and a reduced environmental footprint. This is a masterclass in not just shattering the mold but also reshaping it piece by piece for real, lasting change. It's not about being the loudest in the room but rather the smartest. Continue to innovate, yes, but let each step be guided by practicality and purpose! #energy #sustainability #innovation

🌲🌲🌲 We don’t just count trees, we weigh them. From space. 🛰️ 😯 Our new partnership with Chloris Geospatial gives us access to game-changing technology: we’ll use geospatial data to measure the amount of carbon stored in biomass and track any changes — both carbon losses and carbon gains — arising from any source, giving us loads of actionable carbon insights. It’s all part of our strategy to deliver project quality, which combines traditional on-the-ground monitoring methods with state-of-the-art tech. Learn more👇 https://bit.ly/43VVic5

In the last two days we did the kick-off meeting of the #euEIC Mid- to long-term and systems integrated #energystorage Pathfinder challenge #portfolio. The 32 representatives of the 9 projects belonging to the technological categories of the Electrochemical, Thermal, Chemical looping and storage of energy carriers and Thermomechanical energy storage discussed with experts coming from @JRC, CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency, Future Cleantech Architects and scientific organizations how to accelerate their technology innovation journey through sharing scientific and innovation expertise as well as facilities and equipment. Take home messages are: 1) collaboration is needed but to implement it you clearly need to demonstrate that it is a win-win approach; 2) tech to market plans needs to be strategically designed since day one of the deep tech innovation journey; 3) to achieve the ambitious goal of implementing the energy transition we need to design the proper policies and to develop technologies that are environmentally and economically sustainable.

Do you know all there is to know about the Santos Basin Pre-Salt #Carbonate #Reservoir? Are you familiar with the techniques that can be applied to enhance traditional #seismic #interpretation workflows? Happening tomorrow at #IMAGE23, AspenTech expert, Caio de Souza Barros will present a case study on the Tupi Field where Ocean Bottom Nodes (#OBN) technologies were employed and the application of Full-Azimuth Local Angle Domain imaging delivered new insights and potentialities for reservoir #geoscientists. Stop by booth #536 to discuss methodologies that use Reflection Angle Gathers to identify fracturing, stress orientations and intensities as well as incorporating Directional Angle Gathers for spectral enhancements, #diffraction imaging and directional & dip stacks. 📆 Tuesday, August 29 | 2:35 PM 📍 Room 371B #seismic #geophysics #TupiField #SantosBasin #PreSalt

At Energy Tech Summit in Bilbao this week, our panel discussed the critical state of rare earth supply chains. I'm anticipating this topic will only get louder in coming months/years. Some takeaways: 1. The supply crunch is enormous - projections indicate the 2035 supply deficit will equal the entire market size today! ($45B, 200 kT). 2. It’s a big problem: these materials are essential components in EVs, wind turbines, medical equipment, electronics, and defense systems, and 90%+ of the global supply is controlled by one country: China. 3. Expanding rare earth supply chains is not enough. We need to innovate our way out of this mess by developing alternative materials / feedstocks. University of Minnesota spinout Niron Magnetics, Inc. is an Anzu Partners portfolio company making strong permanent magnets without ANY rare earths – and with giant reductions in capex and emissions.

Yet-Ming Chiang is a longtime professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and he’s also a co-founder of two of the most well-known climate tech companies right now: Form Energy, which is developing long duration energy storage systems, and Sublime Systems, which is commercializing cement made with electrochemistry. He's also just turned 66 and when he was 65, he co-founded three new climate tech companies, all of which are still in relative stealth mode: One in electric aviation, one in lithium extraction from hard rock resources and another involving the stimulation of geologic hydrogen. Learn how Chiang became an entrepreneurial powerhouse, in addition to being an academic, in the first of Cipher’s stories on undercover climate superstars. Cat Clifford reports: https://nt-z.ro/3zeno73

RWI Synthetics joins a distinguished dozen selected by Launch Alaska who will deploy advanced solutions that accelerate energy transition and decarbonization in the ‘North to the Future’ state. Based in Anchorage, Launch Alaska selected RWI Synthetics and the other successful companies for the 2024-2025 #TechDeploymentTrack based on the potential to catalyze Alaska’s clean energy economy. The Tech Deployment Track is a crucial accelerator program that deploys #ClimateTech solutions in #Alaska. RWI Synthetics creates 3D SimCity-like, living digital models of regions that allow strategic decision-makers to dial forward and share visualized data-supported community futures, informing energy transition, climate change, community resilience, energy burden and equity. Our technologies are essential in reducing energy production, transportation, and industry emissions. Over the next eight months, we look forward to participating in the energy vertical, identifying steps to deployment with leading Alaska experts and contributing towards decarbonizing our world. Learn more about the Tech Deployment Track here: https://lnkd.in/gd7pU8ga. The announcement is available at https://lnkd.in/gJcK8rXD Cascadia Seaweed, FlyWire Cameras, General Galactic, Greentaxi Solutions, Linebird, Minesto, Phoenix Waste Solutions, Photon Marine,  SeaDeep, SpaceLab, TerraFixing #TechDeploymentTrack #EnergyTransition #Solutionaries #ClimateTech #SyntheticModelling

US climate tech accelerator invests $12.5m in latest cohort. Elemental Excelerator is funding 15 climate companies for the development of transformative technologies in areas like #CarbonRemoval and resource extraction. Capture6 https://lnkd.in/eYpYeM8j #ClimateAction #ClimateChange #Economy #ElectricVehicles #Micromobility #NetZero #Renewables

💎Curious about what #nextGEMS has been up to? Check out our comprehensive timeline on our website! Explore a collection of significant past and upcoming events, key milestones, and fascinating insights about the project and its related topics. 💫 🤝 Discover, for instance, why challenge problems are crucial to nextGEMS. These context-specific research challenges, co-defined with stakeholders and tackled during hackathons, generate practical, actionable knowledge for the broader nextGEMS community. Applications span the renewable energy sector, marine productivity, and climate-related hazards. 🌩️ 🌪️ Stay informed and get inspired by our journey! Link to timeline: https://buff.ly/3Rk9Zkb Link to post about challenge problems: https://buff.ly/459YMIP #challengeproblems #climatemodelling #climatescience #H2020 @cinea

Geothermal, Carbon Capture and Underground Air Batteries... and its here in Estevan. How cool is that! Watch last nights presentation by PTRC to learn more about these innovative technologies. https://lnkd.in/gQsKNyW7