Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 14, 2023

for their Green Private Credit Fund III to finance solar companies, electric car parts makers and technology to cut carbon emissions. The US is onshoring solar manufacturing. Singapore-based Maxeon solar is eyeing New Mexico and $1.2B of spending for their new solar manufacturing factory, thanks to the IRA. Engine No.

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

JUNE 3, 2021

The accelerator would also directly finance major national projects such as high-capacity grid transmission lines between states. It would help to set up and capitalize more state green banks to support local projects. The great news is that this policy has real legs. In Congress, H.R. 806 has bipartisan support in the House and S.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Around 10 percent of oil and gas workers — including heavy equipment operators, power engineers, power systems operators, and instrumentation technicians — have the relevant skills to easily transition into wind and solar, if the demand for that labor exists, according to the report. Alberta’s oil sands. Credit: Dru Oja Jay (CC BY 2.0).

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 11, 2024

Early-Stage ⚡ Efficient Computer , a Pittsburgh, PA-based energy-efficient processor developer, raised $16m in Seed funding from Eclipse Ventures. Consider this an important first, a base to build further disclosure mandates off of, and a harbinger of the increasing politicization of investing and climate. 

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

Vogtle’s expanded operation will bring nuclear to ~4% of new power plant capacity this year, though it’s far outpaced by new solar (49%), wind (13%), and battery storage (16%). ☀️ GlassPoint , a Fremont, CA-based industrial solar steam developer, raised $8M in Series A funding from 300PPM. Source: NYT U.S.

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Green Market Oracle

JANUARY 30, 2020

That visit resulted in the declaration of a federal state of emergency in January 2016 and contributed to a nationwide awareness of the city's critical situation. Many activists have been fighting in the trenches long before Greta came on the scene. Obama eventually authorized $100 million to fix the crisis. and the Vatican.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 31, 2023

” The company has agreed to purchase electricity from a solar project built on top of a former coal mine in Kentucky, and this model would use a corporate power procurement structure to apply clean energy credits to consumer emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Building the more than 600 gigawatts of solar, wind, and batteries needed to get to the 2030 target would put a lot of people to work. The authors note that outdated thinking on renewable energy — that it comes with tradeoffs like higher electricity prices, for instance — has long dominated policy discussions. trillion budget package.

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