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Al Gore puts $600M into UK Green energy-tech startup Octopus Energy Group
Mike Butcher@mikebutcher / 9:05 AM PDT•October 1, 2021
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Former Vice President Al Gore has invested $600 million of equity into U.K. energy startup Octopus Energy Group via his Generation Investment Management vehicle, taking a stake of approximately 13% in the business. The investment means Octopus has attained a valuation of around $4.6 billion.
Octopus has made a name for itself in energy circles largely because of its “Kraken” technology platform, which it claims is able to reroute energy from renewable sources around a network far more efficiently than competitors. Octopus is now managing 17 million energy accounts in 12 countries in this manner.
https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/01/al-gore-puts-600m-into-uk-green-energy-tech-startup-octopus-energy-group/
Kraken was a Cray XT5 supercomputer that entered into full production mode on February 2, 2009. Kraken was operated by the University of Tennessee and was the most powerful computer in the world managed by academia at the time. It was housed in the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Kraken was decommissioned on April 30, 2014.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken_(supercomputer)
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic nominee for the 2000 presidential election, losing to George W. Bush in a very close race after a Florida recount.
Gore was an elected official for 24 years. He was a representative from Tennessee (1977–1985) and from 1985 to 1993 served as a senator from that state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore
The Oak Ridge Boys keep promise to sing at Bush funeral
by: Associated Press, fox8webcentral
Posted: Dec 6, 2018 / 12:45 PM EST
Updated: Dec 6, 2018 / 01:17 PM EST
https://fox8.com/news/the-oak-ridge-boys-keep-promise-to-sing-at-bush-funeral/