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StartupRealities No 103 WaveGenergy installs wave power generating facilities off sea coasts threatened by wave erosion, which slows down or stops erosion altogether while also generating electricity. These facilities consist of interconnected polymer sheets on the surface of the ocean and are installed along the coast to dampen the power of the waves that reach the shore. The company's primary focus are erosion-threatened populated shorelines and built-up coastal strips with high real estate valuations. In almost all countries the shallow waters off the coast are owned by the state, so contracts for installing these wave power generating facilities are awarded by governments under a formula that takes into account both the land saved from erosion and the electricity generating potential. CEO QUOTE "The ocean is a blessing in so many ways, but its destructive power should not be underestimated. We turn the negative of wave erosion into a positive: coast protection and ele...

StartupRealities No 53 TombSolar is a renewable energy producer that installs solar panels at cemeteries; while its sister company SolarTomb is a cemetery operator that sells burial plots covered by solar panels. TombSolar installs panels at cemeteries owned or operated by other companies, while SolarTomb owns and runs both the cemeteries and the solar installations. SolarTomb has a premium division that builds tombs and tombstones with a photovoltaic (PV) film cladding, so that individual graves can generate solar electricity even without a solar panel cover. CEO QUOTE "Turning the ashes of your grandparents into a diamond is meaningful but is already kind of old-fashioned. Why not have your grandparents generate energy instead? Even if grandma and grandpa weren't militant environmentalists, they probably wouldn't mind helping out to slow down global warming. Who would mind having a solar panel installed on their grave, for the sake of climate change?" - the fou...