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Carbon Robotics Closes $27 Million in Series B Financing Round Led By Anthos Capital
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carbon Robotics, an agriculture robotics company, today announced it secured $27 million in Series B financing from Anthos Capital, Ignition Partners, Fuse Venture Capital, Voyager Capital, Bolt and Liquid2 Ventures to accelerate the company's growth. The funding will be used to scale production of the company’s products, grow its engineering team, establish ...
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Carbon Robotics Unveils New Laserweeder with 30 Lasers to Autonomously Eradicate Weeds
Carbon Robotics, an agricultural robotics company, today unveiled its 2022 LaserWeeder implement, an autonomous, laserweeding pull-behind robot that seamlessly attaches to the back of tractors. The new LaserWeeder is a precise, organic, and cost-effective weed control solution for large-scale specialty row crops. In addition to an updated build, the 2022 LaserWeeder features 30 industrial CO2 ...
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Using Renewable Energy to Kickstart Agriculture
We are delighted to share details about a new project that has recently entered our Nepal portfolio, and which is now in the project start up, site selection and feasibility study phase. Building on our long-established Solar Water Pumping (SolarMUS) programme, UREKA (Using Renewable Energy to Kickstart Agriculture) aims to improve food security and income generation for 495 households in five ...
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The Role of Straw Charcoal Production in Advancing Sustainable Agriculture
Introduction The Vital Role of Agriculture Agriculture is the backbone of our global food supply. It sustains billions of people and contributes significantly to economies worldwide. However, this essential sector faces unprecedented challenges in the 21st century. Sustainable Agriculture and Its Challenges Sustainable agriculture, with its focus on environmentally friendly practices, resource ...
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Agricultural Waste Recycling Solution: Biochar Production Equipment
Agricultural waste management is a critical challenge in modern farming. Addressing this issue requires innovative approaches that not only reduce waste but also provide valuable resources for sustainable agriculture. Biochar production equipment stands as a solution that converts agricultural waste into a resource-rich material. This article delves into the technology, benefits, types, and ...
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Record Number of Organizations Signal Unified Support for Farm Bill Energy Title
Today, more than 100 national, state and regional organizations delivered a letter to the leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture Committees urging them to adopt a new Farm Bill with robust mandatory funding for renewable energy and energy efficiency programs. The letter was organized by the Agriculture Energy Coalition and 25x’25 Alliance, Environmental Law & Policy Center, and the ...
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Agriculture can be powered by renewable energy sources
Some agricultural activities, such as irrigation, could be powered by renewable sources, a new study indicates. Farm machinery could also be renewably-powered, but the machinery would need to be adapted to use renewable electricity, instead of liquid fuel. Agriculture is a major contributor to global warming through greenhouse gases (GHG) from activities such as deforestation, soil treatment and ...
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Biobased Products, Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture – Workshop
BGBIOM has participated in 1st International Symposium on Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture, organised on 15-16 November 2019 by Balkan Environmental Association (BENA). During the Symposiums the project ENABLING has been presented at the Participants were representatives of scientific and research agricultural institutions from the Balkan region as well as from other European ...
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EPA agricultural advisory committee to discuss renewable fuels and other issues
The Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC), an independent advisory committee to EPA under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), will meet Feb. 23-24 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, D.C. The 30-member committee was formed in 2008 as part of EPA’s efforts to improve its relationship with the agricultural community to achieve greater progress in environmental ...
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Biogest successfully enters the Asian market with an Indian biogas plant project
Biogest successfully enters the Asian market with an Indian biogas plant project Biogas plant for Haryana Agriculture University Interesting pipeline of further projects in India and Asia Hisar / Vienna: Biogest receives its first order to build an agricultural biogas plant in the Haryana region, which is located in northern India. The project Hisar is the first biogas plant in India, ...
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American Biogas Council Praises Introduction of the Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act
The American Biogas Council (ABC), the trade association for the U.S. biogas industry, praised the introduction of Senate companion legislation to the Agncultural Environmental Stewardship Act by Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Pat Roberts (R-KS). The legislation will increase agricultural viability by deploying new nutrient recovery and biogas systems that recycle organic material into ...
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Greenlane Biogas Installs Biogas Upgrading Plant at China Agricultural University
Greenlane Biogas has partnered with China Agricultural University (CAU) to install a biogas upgrading system to facilitate research in the generation of renewable natural gas (RNG). The top academic institution in China for agricultural studies, CAU will use Greenlane’s water scrubbing based biogas upgrading solution to test and optimize biogas yields of various agricultural organic wastes ...
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NSP Announces Endorsement of Dr. Roger Marshall
National Sorghum Producers announces the organization’s endorsement of Dr. Roger Marshall for the 1st Congressional District of Kansas. “NSP is seeking a partner in government from the largest sorghum-producing Congressional district in the country,” James Born, NSP Chairman, said. “Marshall has demonstrated a willingness to learn and take action during this time of ...
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DOE Hosts Alternative Aviation Fuels Workshop, New LUC Emissions Research Discussed
On September 14-15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) hosted a two-day workshop with lead experts on aviation biofuels exploring opportunities to increase competitiveness of alternative jet fuels. The Alternative Aviation Fuel Workshop was organized in four parallel breakout sessions covering the economic and technical competitiveness, fuel conversion and scale-up, environmental ...
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Biofuels could increase food production, says report
Planting biofuel crops in Africa need not damage capacity to grow food and could even enhance food security, according to a controversial review prepared for the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA). The report, with case studies on six countries in East, West and southern Africa, concludes that bioenergy production can expand across the continent and provide income and energy to ...
By SciDev.Net
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U.S. Department of Agriculture Investing in Smart Grid Technology
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue recently announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $345.5 million in 20 infrastructure projects to improve rural electric service in 14 states.“Delivering reliable and affordable electricity to power rural America will help lay the groundwork for increased rural prosperity and economic opportunity,” Secretary Perdue said. “USDA ...
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EPA administrator Jackson and agriculture secretary Vilsack meet with farmers, ranchers, and renewable energy leaders in Iowa
Today, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with farmers and ranchers in Iowa to discuss EPA and USDA’s joint efforts to ensure that American agriculture continues to be productive. Jackson and Vilsack highlighted the cutting-edge conservation measures producers have pioneered over the past decades and met with renewable energy ...
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Ethanol in the Classroom: Educating the next generation of biofuel visionaries
Education is a critical aspect of all successful innovations and fundamental to efforts to change the way things have always been done. Our nation’s current energy crisis is no exception. That is why the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and the Renewable Fuels Foundation (RFF) are partnering with teachers and the National FFA Organization to provide tens of thousands of high school students ...
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Talbott`s Biomass Energy Systems to Exhibit at the Royal Show
Royal Show is the most prestigious agricultural event of the year and is being held on 1st - 4th July 2007 at Stoneleigh Park - set in 250 acres of beautiful Warwickshire countryside. The Royal Show is the agricultural showcase for the UK industry and encompasses all aspects of farming, food and rural life - from the best of British livestock to the latest business and technological ...
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The agricultural sector also wants to contribute biofuel
The biggest volumes of biofuel raw material are in the forest but the agricultural sector can also contribute more renewable energy. At least, so says the Swedish Board of Agriculture, which had a stand at World Bioenergy 2010. “Willow, reed canary grass and rapeseed are some of the energy crops with major potential,” says Tobias Kreuzpointner, responsible for business and landscape ...
By Elmia AB
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