Richard Branson hands €500,000 environmental prize to Dutch startup
British billionaire Richard Branson handed over a €500,000 (US$700,000) environmental prize Saturday to fund a Dutch startup company called Qurrent BV, which has developed a system to reduce energy usage at the neighborhood level.nThe winning idea was selected from among 400 participants in 50 countries and presented to a panel of judges including Branson and representatives from Greenpeace and others at the "Picnic" cross media conference in Amsterdam.
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