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AMSilk strengthens management team with key hires of Ralph Fraundorfer and Ctibor Kohutovic to Management Board

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Syngenta, CFO, Element, Evonik Industries, CPO, Arne, CMOS, BRAIN, Partnership, Risk management, Actelion, AMSilk, Shell, Growth, Management

NEURIED, Germany, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AMSilk GmbH ("AMSilk"), a global leader in advanced materials made from spider silk-based proteins, today announces the appointments of Ralph Fraundorfer and Ctibor Kohutovic to its Management Board starting immediately.

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  • NEURIED, Germany, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AMSilk GmbH ("AMSilk"), a global leader in advanced materials made from spider silk-based proteins, today announces the appointments of Ralph Fraundorfer and Ctibor Kohutovic to its Management Board starting immediately.
  • Ralph Fraundorfer officially succeeds Arne Treinies as CFO, with Arne leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities.
  • The key appointments of Ralph and Ctibor complete the AMSilk Management Board, alongside current Chief Executive Officer, Ulrich Scherbel, and Chief Scientific Officer, Gudrun Vogtentanz.
  • Ctibor Kohutovic, Chief Production Officer at AMSilk, said: "Joining AMSilk feels like the perfect alignment of my passions, expertise, and aspirations.

AMSilk strengthens management team with key hires of Ralph Fraundorfer and Ctibor Kohutovic to Management Board

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Syngenta, CFO, Element, Evonik Industries, CPO, Arne, CMOS, BRAIN, Partnership, Risk management, Actelion, AMSilk, Shell, Growth, Management

NEURIED, Germany, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AMSilk GmbH ("AMSilk"), a global leader in advanced materials made from spider silk-based proteins, today announces the appointments of Ralph Fraundorfer and Ctibor Kohutovic to its Management Board starting immediately.

Key Points: 
  • NEURIED, Germany, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AMSilk GmbH ("AMSilk"), a global leader in advanced materials made from spider silk-based proteins, today announces the appointments of Ralph Fraundorfer and Ctibor Kohutovic to its Management Board starting immediately.
  • Ralph Fraundorfer officially succeeds Arne Treinies as CFO, with Arne leaving the Company to pursue other opportunities.
  • The key appointments of Ralph and Ctibor complete the AMSilk Management Board, alongside current Chief Executive Officer, Ulrich Scherbel, and Chief Scientific Officer, Gudrun Vogtentanz.
  • Ctibor Kohutovic, Chief Production Officer at AMSilk, said: "Joining AMSilk feels like the perfect alignment of my passions, expertise, and aspirations.

LANZAJET ANNOUNCES INVESTMENT FROM MICROSOFT'S CLIMATE INNOVATION FUND, SUPPORTING CONTINUED COMPANY GROWTH

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Monday, April 22, 2024
Aviation biofuel, ANA, Breakthrough Energy, Artificial intelligence, Carbon, Growth, Microsoft, Suncor Energy, All Nippon Airways, Mitsui & Co., SAF, Ethanol, Southwest Airlines, Shell, Renewable energy

CHICAGO, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, today announced an investment from Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund. This investment from Microsoft enables LanzaJet to continue building its capability and capacity to deploy its sustainable fuels process technology globally. In addition, LanzaJet and Microsoft intend to explore how Microsoft can supply its data and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to improve LanzaJet's corporate functions and ethanol to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) process technology.

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  • CHICAGO, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, today announced an investment from Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund.
  • This investment from Microsoft enables LanzaJet to continue building its capability and capacity to deploy its sustainable fuels process technology globally.
  • This investment in LanzaJet follows a $50 million project finance investment from Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund in 2022 to support the construction of LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels in Soperton, Georgia, the world's first ethanol to SAF production plant, which opened in January 2024.
  • "Microsoft is proud to support LanzaJet with our investment in the growth of its sustainable fuel technology business," said Brandon Middaugh, senior director, Climate Innovation Fund, Microsoft.

LANZAJET ANNOUNCES INVESTMENT FROM MICROSOFT'S CLIMATE INNOVATION FUND, SUPPORTING CONTINUED COMPANY GROWTH

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Monday, April 22, 2024
Aviation biofuel, ANA, Breakthrough Energy, Artificial intelligence, Carbon, Growth, Microsoft, Suncor Energy, All Nippon Airways, Mitsui & Co., SAF, Ethanol, Southwest Airlines, Shell, Renewable energy

CHICAGO, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, today announced an investment from Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund. This investment from Microsoft enables LanzaJet to continue building its capability and capacity to deploy its sustainable fuels process technology globally. In addition, LanzaJet and Microsoft intend to explore how Microsoft can supply its data and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to improve LanzaJet's corporate functions and ethanol to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) process technology.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, April 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LanzaJet, a leading sustainable fuels technology company and sustainable fuels producer, today announced an investment from Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund.
  • This investment from Microsoft enables LanzaJet to continue building its capability and capacity to deploy its sustainable fuels process technology globally.
  • This investment in LanzaJet follows a $50 million project finance investment from Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund in 2022 to support the construction of LanzaJet Freedom Pines Fuels in Soperton, Georgia, the world's first ethanol to SAF production plant, which opened in January 2024.
  • "Microsoft is proud to support LanzaJet with our investment in the growth of its sustainable fuel technology business," said Brandon Middaugh, senior director, Climate Innovation Fund, Microsoft.

WestJet acquires Shell Aviation's first Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) available for purchase in Canada

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Friday, April 19, 2024
Corporation, Aviation biofuel, Investment, Safety, Certification, Sustainability, AB, Environment, Air travel, SAF, Government, Shell, Aviation, Renewable energy

CALGARY, AB, April 19, 2024 /CNW/ - WestJet today announced that it has purchased the first Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) supplied in Canada by Shell Aviation, marking another milestone in WestJet's mission to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, and signifying another step forward in making Canada's aviation industry more sustainable.

Key Points: 
  • CALGARY, AB, April 19, 2024 /CNW/ - WestJet today announced that it has purchased the first Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) supplied in Canada by Shell Aviation, marking another milestone in WestJet's mission to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, and signifying another step forward in making Canada's aviation industry more sustainable.
  • WestJet remains committed to working with government and industry partners toward the establishment of a sustainable, long-term commercial framework for SAF.
  • SAF acquired from Shell Aviation is blended with conventional jet fuel to meet all certification and safety requirements, while requiring no new investments in aircraft engines, fuel infrastructure or distribution processes.
  • To supply WestJet with SAF, Shell Aviation uses a program called Avelia, one of the world's first blockchain-powered digital SAF book-and-claim solutions for air travel.

The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces Year 4 of the Initiative's Carbontech Accelerator Program

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
AIR, Climate change, Technology readiness level, Ecosystem, Consulate, C2V, BASF, UFL, Fraunhofer, Partnership, Research, TRL, Growth, CLC, Fraunhofer Society, Biomass, Initiative, XPRIZE, Faculty, Economic development, Interim, Burial, Government, Student, Shell, Organization, Véronique, Management

SOMERVILLE, Mass. and HOUSTON and BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V Initiative)—a multi-year collaboration from the Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (UFL), Greentown Labs, and Fraunhofer USA—enthusiastically announces the fourth year of its world-class carbontech accelerator program. 

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  • and HOUSTON and BROOKLYN, N.Y., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Carbon to Value Initiative (C2V Initiative)—a multi-year collaboration from the Urban Future Lab at NYU Tandon School of Engineering (UFL), Greentown Labs , and Fraunhofer USA —enthusiastically announces the fourth year of its world-class carbontech accelerator program.
  • For its fourth accelerator cohort, the C2V Initiative and its Carbontech Leadership Council (CLC) are welcoming applications from startups at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4-7 that are developing carbontech solutions.
  • More specifically, the program collaborators are interested in carbontech innovations related to the following categories:
    Carbon Conversion to Added-value Products, e.g.
  • Startups with a novel carbontech innovation are encouraged to apply even if their technology is not listed above.

Linux Foundation Energy Announces New Open Source Initiatives for Substation Digitalization, Energy AI and Data, and More

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- LF Energy, the open source foundation focused on harnessing the power of collaborative software and hardware technologies to accelerate the energy transition, is pleased to announce that four new open source technical projects and three new working groups have been accepted into the foundation. These initiatives will provide the energy sector with new resources around digital substations, preparing for extreme weather events, taking advantage of advances in data and AI technologies, and more. This comes ahead of the Open Sustainability Policy Summit and Open EV Charging Summit, both of which LF Energy is hosting with partners in May.

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  • LF Energy hosts working groups, which bring together communities of disparate stakeholders to identify challenges and develop open source solutions for the energy transition.
  • LF Energy AI is a Special Interest Group created to drive AI for energy priorities forward.
  • LF Energy is organizing three upcoming events to gather various groups of energy stakeholders to learn and share best practices and open source solutions for the energy transition.
  • "We are pleased to see support for open source software, hardware, and standards growing to drive the energy transition forward," said LF Energy Executive Director Alex Thornton.

25 Louisiana Entrepreneurs Selected for Shell's 2024 Business Accelerator

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Small business, Baptists, Livewire, Health, Assumption, Insurance, Growth, Curriculum, Food, Shell LiveWIRE, Economic development, Beauty, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Associate, Shell, Knowledge, Architecture

NEW ORLEANS, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Shell USA, Inc., in collaboration with the Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC), named the 25 entrepreneurs selected from 13 Louisiana parishes who comprise the 2024 Louisiana cohort of Shell's flagship enterprise development program, Shell LiveWIRE. The global program, now in its second year in Louisiana, works as a business accelerator and aims to strengthen the local economy by giving Louisiana entrepreneurs free access to knowledge, skills, networks, and resources that can help their businesses and, in turn, their communities thrive.

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  • NEW ORLEANS, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Shell USA, Inc., in collaboration with the Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC), named the 25 entrepreneurs selected from 13 Louisiana parishes who comprise the 2024 Louisiana cohort of Shell's flagship enterprise development program, Shell LiveWIRE.
  • The global program, now in its second year in Louisiana, works as a business accelerator and aims to strengthen the local economy by giving Louisiana entrepreneurs free access to knowledge, skills, networks, and resources that can help their businesses and, in turn, their communities thrive.
  • Shell LiveWIRE's 2024 Louisiana cohort features a diverse class of entrepreneurs, whose businesses span a range of industries: architecture, beauty, construction, fashion, food and beverage, health, insurance, landscaping, hospitality, security, and more.
  • Louisiana Small Business Development Center acts as the local implementing partner for the program, bringing a proven curriculum customized to meet the needs of the Shell LiveWIRE Louisiana cohort class.

Leading "move-and-earn" app STEPN partners with adidas on exclusive NFT sneakers

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Monday, April 15, 2024
Sale, Adidas, Blockchain, Partnership, Collection, Non-fungible token, Animation, FSL, GMT, NFT, Shell, Cryptocurrency

SYDNEY, April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Move-and-earn lifestyle app STEPN today announces the launch of STEPN x adidas Genesis Sneakers – a limited-edition NFT collection developed in collaboration with adidas.

Key Points: 
  • SYDNEY, April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Move-and-earn lifestyle app STEPN today announces the launch of STEPN x adidas Genesis Sneakers – a limited-edition NFT collection developed in collaboration with adidas.
  • The STEPN x adidas Genesis Sneakers collection drops on Wednesday, April 17, on STEPN's sister NFT marketplace MOOAR .
  • This genesis collection is the first of a series of co-branded activities between STEPN and adidas over a one-year partnership that will see further NFT drops and physical, wearable items on the roadmap.
  • The STEPN x adidas Genesis Sneakers collection will be sold via the MOOAR marketplace and priced in STEPN's native GMT token, at 10,000 GMT each.

Leading "move-and-earn" app STEPN partners with adidas on exclusive NFT sneakers

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Monday, April 15, 2024
Sale, Adidas, Blockchain, Partnership, Collection, Non-fungible token, Animation, FSL, GMT, NFT, Shell, Cryptocurrency

SYDNEY, April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Move-and-earn lifestyle app STEPN today announces the launch of STEPN x adidas Genesis Sneakers – a limited-edition NFT collection developed in collaboration with adidas.

Key Points: 
  • SYDNEY, April 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Move-and-earn lifestyle app STEPN today announces the launch of STEPN x adidas Genesis Sneakers – a limited-edition NFT collection developed in collaboration with adidas.
  • The STEPN x adidas Genesis Sneakers collection drops on Wednesday, April 17, on STEPN's sister NFT marketplace MOOAR .
  • This genesis collection is the first of a series of co-branded activities between STEPN and adidas over a one-year partnership that will see further NFT drops and physical, wearable items on the roadmap.
  • The STEPN x adidas Genesis Sneakers collection will be sold via the MOOAR marketplace and priced in STEPN's native GMT token, at 10,000 GMT each.