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Solar100’s Dawn Lippert: The Bruno Mars of Clean Energy In this special edition #Solar100, founder and CEO of kWh Analytics Richard Matsui speaks with founder and CEO of Elemental Excelerator Dawn Lippert. Richard Matsui February 12, 2021 Solar100’s Dawn Lippert: The Bruno Mars of clean energy Dawn Lippert has gained national prominence with a growing list of top hits — in her case, a roster of successful clean energy startups. And like the famous Grammy winner, Lippert’s roots are in Hawaii. As the founder and CEO of the Hawaii- and California-based Elemental Excelerator, Lippert ha...

Obvious’ Andrew Beebe: We have entered the climate decade Guest Author Andrew Beebe As we finally put 2020 into hindsight, the road ahead is uncertain. On the one hand, stock markets continue to thrive, and the economy feels poised to come roaring back, fueled by a population vaccinated and ready to work and play with others again. On the other hand, many worry which bull markets might stumble, and which bubbles might burst. Beyond the legitimate handwringing, there’s one economy that will provide steady, consistent opportunities and growth in the coming decade: The Decarbonization Econo...

December 30, 2020 Almost exactly 12 long, long months ago, I pontificated about the "roaring" decade to come for artificial intelligence. While 2020 was completely bonkers for so many reasons, all five areas where I predicted AI would have the most demonstrable impact — energy management ($8 billion in spending from 2020 to 2024), improving soil conditions ($360 million more for Indigo Ag), modeling climate risks (Microsoft’s "Planetary Computer," anyone?), protecting biodiversity and boosting supply chain traceability — continued to progress. Against the odds of a pandemic-distracted e...

The company’s electric flight-test airplane is built around a Cessna 337 Skymaster. The flight-test Skymaster’s front engine is a 160 kW-capable electric motor. Ampaire Ampaire last month flew its Electric EEL aircraft on a 20-minute flight from Maui’s Kahului Airport across the island to Hana and back on a single battery charge. The company is now flying the route regularly in a one-month demonstration program with Hawai’i-based Mokulele Airlines, one of 15 airlines that signed a Letter of Interest with Ampaire. The company said in a news release, “The trials de...

First Hybrid-Electric Plane Takes Flight Over Maui In a demonstration flight, the Electric EEL flew from Maui’s airport to Hana and back entirely on a single hybrid-electric charge. The company says the plane is like a Prius in the sky, and it’s the first of its kind. Nina Wu, The Honolulu Star-Advertiser   |   December 10, 2020   |  News (TNS) — For the first time, a hybrid-electric plane has taken to the skies above Maui. Ampaire Inc., a Los Angeles-based company focused on electric aviation, conducted its first, 20-minute demonst...