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Nitricity launches field trial of climate-smart nitrogen fertilizer on almond trees with Olam Food Ingredients in California’s Central Valley

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
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Nitricity Inc., a California-based company electrifying the production of climate-smart nitrogen fertilizer, celebrated the launch of its latest field test at an event on Friday in Madera County.

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  • Nitricity Inc., a California-based company electrifying the production of climate-smart nitrogen fertilizer, celebrated the launch of its latest field test at an event on Friday in Madera County.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240423698840/en/
    Nitrogen fertilizer is a vital input in food production around the world, but its production and application is responsible for up to 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
  • As farmers and food producers seek Scope 3 emissions reduction, the impact of nitrogen fertilizer’s embedded carbon emissions from upstream manufacturing becomes even more critical.
  • Over the next few months, Nitricity’s climate-smart fertilizer will undergo rigorous performance testing through its application on ofi’s test plot of young almond trees.

National Coalition Launches Turnkey Building Decarbonization Program in 9 Major U.S. Cities and Counties

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Thursday, April 11, 2024
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Today, a national coalition that includes nine major cities and counties launched a turnkey building decarbonization program that aims to rapidly scale up the deployment of clean-energy technologies across millions of small commercial and multifamily buildings with persistently high carbon footprints.

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  • Today, a national coalition that includes nine major cities and counties launched a turnkey building decarbonization program that aims to rapidly scale up the deployment of clean-energy technologies across millions of small commercial and multifamily buildings with persistently high carbon footprints.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240411313041/en/
    Building Decarbonization In-a-Box is a turnkey building decarbonization program being launched in nine major cities and counties that aims to rapidly scale up the deployment of clean-energy technologies across millions of small commercial and multifamily buildings with persistently high carbon footprints.
  • To implement BDAB, participating cities and counties will harness three key data sets: building permits, energy benchmarking (where available), and customer utility data.
  • Provide participating building owners with no-cost technical and financial assistance via proven software solutions from SRS, UtilityAPI, and Allectrify.

Disneyland Resort Celebrates Return of Pixar Fest for a Limited Time, April 26-Aug. 4, 2024

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Friday, April 26, 2024
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Pixar Fest presents some of the most beloved stories from Pixar Animation Studios through new offerings across the resort, for a limited time.

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  • Pixar Fest presents some of the most beloved stories from Pixar Animation Studios through new offerings across the resort, for a limited time.
  • Pixar Fest will give guests the chance to experience many new entertainment offerings and returning favorites throughout the limited time festival.
  • Colorful décor will be showcased across the Disneyland Resort, such as Main Street, U.S.A., Buena Vista Street, and throughout the Downtown Disney District.
  • Pixar Fest will bring even more themed offerings to the many Pixar experiences that guests can enjoy year-round across the Disneyland Resort.

Elemental Excelerator Launches Next Investment Opportunity at Annual Interactive Event

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Thursday, April 11, 2024
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HONOLULU and SAN FRANCISCO, April 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit investor scaling climate technologies for deep community impact, announced the opening of applications for their next investment cycle from the stage at its annual Interactive event. Built on the belief that success requires more than just funding, Elemental provides a comprehensive suite of services, resources and events to drive commercial success and social impact.

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  • Additionally, Elemental is expanding its co-investor-network, fostering relationships with public and private funders, philanthropy and project partners to support companies as they scale.
  • During the event, Elemental highlighted the remarkable projects of several portfolio companies.
  • Elemental Excelerator invites eligible entrepreneurs with innovative climate solutions to apply for their latest investment cycle before the application deadline on May 31st.
  • If you are interested in joining the Elemental portfolio, apply now to receive preferential review for GGRF investments made this year.

Minute Rice® brand unveils refreshed brand identity with the launch of new packaging design across full product range

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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Since its first launch in 1949, Minute Rice® brand has been a trusted and reliable staple in Canadian homes.

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  • Since its first launch in 1949, Minute Rice® brand has been a trusted and reliable staple in Canadian homes.
  • Minute Rice® brand creates meal solutions that are reliable and convenient, yet wholesome and inspiring, setting the standard for how rice should be.
  • For overall design and positioning of the brand evolution, the Minute Rice® brand worked with integrated branding agency, Bridgemark .
  • Minute Rice® brand is available for purchase at most major grocery retailers across Canada.

Ascend Elements and Elemental Strategic Metals Establish AE Elemental, an Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling JV in Poland

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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ZAWIERCIE, Poland and WESTBOROUGH, Mass., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Elemental Strategic Metals of Zawiercie, Poland and Ascend Elements of Westborough, Mass., today announced the formation of AE Elemental™, a joint venture based in Zawiercie, Poland. Together, the companies will jointly own (50/50) and operate a newly constructed, best-in-class electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling facility in Zawiercie, Poland. The state-of-the-art facility will disassemble, discharge and shred EV batteries to produce black mass, which can be used to make new engineered EV battery materials, including cathode active material (CAM) and cathode precursor (pCAM). The facility has the capacity to recycle up to 12,000 metric tons of batteries per year, or approximately 28,000 EV batteries annually.

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  • Joint venture will own and operate an advanced Li-ion EV battery recycling facility in Zawiercie, Poland, with another planned in central Germany
    ZAWIERCIE, Poland and WESTBOROUGH, Mass., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Elemental Strategic Metals of Zawiercie, Poland and Ascend Elements of Westborough, Mass., today announced the formation of AE Elemental™, a joint venture based in Zawiercie, Poland.
  • Together, the companies will jointly own (50/50) and operate a newly constructed, best-in-class electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling facility in Zawiercie, Poland.
  • "The AE Elemental JV is a significant milestone for Ascend Elements, representing our first commercial-scale battery recycling facility in Europe.
  • We're pleased to be working closely with Elemental Strategic Metals," said Mike O'Kronley, CEO of Ascend Elements.

Ascend Elements and Elemental Strategic Metals Establish AE Elemental, an Electric Vehicle Battery Recycling JV in Poland

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
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ZAWIERCIE, Poland and WESTBOROUGH, Mass., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Elemental Strategic Metals of Zawiercie, Poland and Ascend Elements of Westborough, Mass., today announced the formation of AE Elemental™, a joint venture based in Zawiercie, Poland. Together, the companies will jointly own (50/50) and operate a newly constructed, best-in-class electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling facility in Zawiercie, Poland. The state-of-the-art facility will disassemble, discharge and shred EV batteries to produce black mass, which can be used to make new engineered EV battery materials, including cathode active material (CAM) and cathode precursor (pCAM). The facility has the capacity to recycle up to 12,000 metric tons of batteries per year, or approximately 28,000 EV batteries annually.

Key Points: 
  • Joint venture will own and operate an advanced Li-ion EV battery recycling facility in Zawiercie, Poland, with another planned in central Germany
    ZAWIERCIE, Poland and WESTBOROUGH, Mass., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Elemental Strategic Metals of Zawiercie, Poland and Ascend Elements of Westborough, Mass., today announced the formation of AE Elemental™, a joint venture based in Zawiercie, Poland.
  • Together, the companies will jointly own (50/50) and operate a newly constructed, best-in-class electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling facility in Zawiercie, Poland.
  • "The AE Elemental JV is a significant milestone for Ascend Elements, representing our first commercial-scale battery recycling facility in Europe.
  • We're pleased to be working closely with Elemental Strategic Metals," said Mike O'Kronley, CEO of Ascend Elements.

Elemental Machines Announces New SVP of Global Sales, Rob Estrella

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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Data-driven laboratory and manufacturing operational connectivity pioneer Elemental Machines announced the addition of Rob Estrella as its new SVP of Global Sales.

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  • Data-driven laboratory and manufacturing operational connectivity pioneer Elemental Machines announced the addition of Rob Estrella as its new SVP of Global Sales.
  • Estrella joined Elemental Machines to support their continued and deep commitment to serving the life sciences market and growth of enterprise-level Internet of Things (IoT) technology across laboratory and manufacturing spaces.
  • Elemental Machines is focused on scaling the business to expand into new market categories and facilitating the client journey from incubator to enterprise.
  • Estrella brings 20+ years of commercial expertise, joining Elemental Machines from Science 37 where he was Global Head of Sales.

EPA Creates Historic National Green Bank; Elemental Excelerator Partners With Winning Coalitions to Deliver Climate Solutions

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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HONOLULU and SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit investor focused on scaling climate technology for deep community impact, is honored to be a part of this momentous investment in American innovation and communities by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Elemental plans to collaborate with all three national winners, serving as a national investment partner and sub-awardee of the Coalition for Green Capital (CGC), a transaction partner of Climate United and a supporting partner to Power Forward Communities. In addition to announcing the winners of the $14 billion National Clean Investment Fund, the EPA announced Justice Climate Fund, also an Elemental partner, as one of the winners of the $6 billion Clean Communities Investment Accelerator. Now that the EPA has announced these awards, Elemental will complete the contracting process with deployment of funds expected in the summer. This EPA program is a significant policy achievement that will help the U.S. reach its goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050. 

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  • Elemental plans to collaborate with all three national winners, serving as a national investment partner and sub-awardee of the Coalition for Green Capital (CGC), a transaction partner of Climate United and a supporting partner to Power Forward Communities.
  • Now that the EPA has announced these awards, Elemental will complete the contracting process with deployment of funds expected in the summer.
  • We are honored to partner with coalition members to mobilize private capital and deliver on this vision," said Dawn Lippert, Founder & CEO of Elemental Excelerator.
  • Through our work with Elemental Excelerator, these funds will rapidly accelerate infrastructure, affordability and the cleaning of the air in our communities.

SyncWords Awarded Key Patent for Automated Voice Translations in Live Video Streams for Global Customers

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
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SyncWords adds more customers to its newly released Live Subtitling and Dubbing Automation Platform, and steps up collaboration with AWS Elemental .

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  • SyncWords adds more customers to its newly released Live Subtitling and Dubbing Automation Platform, and steps up collaboration with AWS Elemental .
  • With automated live voice translations available in 100 languages, SyncWords redefines the approach to localization of live video content.
  • This patent-protected solution makes it easy to scale live translations to any language ensuring live programming is accessible to global audiences.
  • By introducing this revolutionary solution for live streaming, SyncWords is dedicated to empowering live content producers and streamers with real-time automated voice translations."