Author: OurCrowd

[Quidnet Energy in Clean Technica] Fossil fuelers bet $10 million on long-duration energy storage

The Texas startup Quidnet Energy is among the long-duration energy storage contenders to surface on the CleanTechnica radar. In 2019 the company received an Energy Department award to develop a sort of pumped storage hydropower system, deploying pressurized water in underground rock formations instead of surface reservoirs, with excess wind or solar energy providing enough pressure for a duration of 10 hours or more. Read more...

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[BioLumic in Brownfield Ag News] Ultraviolet light helps seeds express desirable traits

A company has developed new technology that can treat seeds with light to unlock desirable traits. BioLumic founder and Chief Science Officer Jason Wargent tells Brownfield they found it was possible to have plants express desirable traits without genetically modifying them, with very positive results. “We see these initially staggering gains in yield. We really feel like we might have stumbled across a way to hack heterosis if you like, to enhance hybrid vigor beyond any level that we’ve probably ever previously imagined, actually. A whole new doorway for agricultural traits.” Read more...

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[BioLumic in Zimmcomm Golden Mic Audio Podcast] Interview with Steve Sibulkin, CEO of BioLumic

A company has developed new technology that can treat seeds with light to unlock desirable traits. BioLumic founder and Chief Science Officer Jason Wargent tells Brownfield they found it was possible to have plants express desirable traits without genetically modifying them, with very positive results. “We see these initially staggering gains in yield. We really feel like we might have stumbled across a way to hack heterosis if you like, to enhance hybrid vigor beyond any level that we’ve probably ever previously imagined, actually. A whole new doorway for agricultural traits.” Read more...

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