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UK Startup is Making Electricity From Bacteria in the Soil

Courtesy of Bactery

A University of Bath spinout says ordinary dirt — and the trillions of bacteria living in it — could become a quiet, round-the-clock power source for homes and farms alike. There is a strange kind of alchemy happening under a patch of grass in Somerset. No sunlight, no wind, no moving parts — just soil, … Read more

GPS Renewables Secures ₹40–45 Crore Investment from PixelSky Capital to Accelerate Compressed Biogas Expansion

GPS Renewables

Mumbai: Waste-to-energy company GPS Renewables has secured an investment of approximately ₹40–45 crore from PixelSky Capital, a secondaries-focused investment fund backed by boutique investment bank IndigoEdge and entrepreneur Hitesh Ahuja. The investment is expected to support GPS Renewables’ expansion in the rapidly growing compressed biogas (CBG) sector, which is emerging as a key component of … Read more

India’s Factories Pay ₹35 Per Unit for Diesel Power. VoltSeal Just Raised Pre-Seed Funding to End That.

Voltseal

Every time a factory in India flips on a diesel generator, it pays between ₹25 and ₹35 per unit of electricity. Grid power, by comparison, costs ₹6 to ₹9 per unit. Stored solar energy even less. That gap — between what India’s commercial and industrial sector pays for backup power and what it should pay … Read more