Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Governors from 25 states in the US announced incentives to install 20M heat pumps by 2030. Deals of the Week (9/19-9/23) Venture Fundings 🌾 Indigo Ag , a Boston, MA-based sustainable agriculture platform, raised $250M from Flagship Pioneering, State of Michigan Retirement System and Lingotto Investment Management.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

At the federal, state, and local levels: vote, vote, vote. After the Startup Showcase, we enjoyed lightning pitches from AeroShield Materials , CalWave Power Technologies , Pecos Wind Power , Sistine Solar , Solchroma Technologies , Techstyle Materials , Transaera , VesprSolar , and SICDRONE. Champion climate policy.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

☀️ Caelux , a Pasadena, CA-based solar perovskite developer, raised $12M in Series A funding from Temasek Holdings, Reliance New Energy Limited, Khosla Ventures, Mitsui Fudosan, and Fine Structure Ventures. 🏠 DREM , a Stockholm, Sweden-based heat pump installation services platform, raised $2M from Peak.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 3, 2020

We currently have an immediate opportunity for a Renewable Energy Project Manager/Seller-Doer to support growing our energy business, specifically in the renewable energy and transmission sector in the Western and Midwestern United States, with specific emphasis on growing our siting and permitting business. Learn more by visiting [link].

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

AUGUST 3, 2020

We currently have an immediate opportunity for a Renewable Energy Project Manager/Seller-Doer to support growing our energy business, specifically in the renewable energy and transmission sector in the Western and Midwestern United States, with specific emphasis on growing our siting and permitting business. Learn more by visiting [link].

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

gigawatts of utility-scale solar capacity in the first half of 2021, a 15% increase from the first half of 2020 and nearly halfway to the total capacity added in 2020, according to an analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence. GW of total solar capacity (including distributed generation). electricity supply from solar by 2050.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 26, 2019

State policymakers are increasingly coalescing around a solution: electrification. Meanwhile, local governments across California are moving to adopt bans on new natural-gas hookups, grabbing the attention of the state’s powerful oil and gas industry. At the time, natural gas was viewed as the cleaner fuel for appliances.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  Status of the states. ⚡ Insolare , a Bangalore Urban, India-based solar and wind energy platform, raised $8m in Growth funding from Anchorage Capital Group, Khazana Tradelink, and Negen Capital. The picture was less rosy for new wind and heat pumps, both of which have suffered from high interest rates. 

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

African leaders assemble on climate Diplomats, investors, and heads of state gathered in Nairobi, Kenya for the first-ever African Climate Summit last week. Subscribe Now 📩 Submit deals, announcements, events & opportunities, or general curiosities for the newsletter at hello@ctvc.co. Disproportionate impacts: Home to 1.3

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

⚡ Nexus PMG , a Dallas, TX-based waste-to-value project consulting provider, raised $50M in Growth funding from Greenbacker Capital Management, Ontario Power Generation Pension Fund, and Liberty Mutual Insurance. Connecticut became the third state to ban utilities from charging ratepayers for lobbying fees , joining Maine and Colorado.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

writedown of its Vivint Solar purchase and Summit’s CO2 pipeline setback. Ocean Wind 1 and 2, both FOAK projects in the state, would have powered ~900,000 homes. Meanwhile, for other renewables like solar, storage, and onshore wind, costs are typically fixed at contract signing (not before).  Case in point: 5.5

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 24, 2023

✈️ Twelve broke ground on a commercial-scale facility in Washington state to produce a jet fuel made from water, electricity, and carbon dioxide. Fervo is firming up the clean energy equation with geothermal power generation to support wind and solar on a decarbonized grid.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 2, 2023

⚡ Elevation , a Chandler, AZ-based residential solar and home energy solutions platform, raised $20M in Convertible note funding from Bernhard Capital Partners. The Agency’s updated 2021 Net Zero Roadmap lays out a harrowing tightrope walk requiring the United States to reach net zero before its stated goal of 2050.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

  In deals, $90m for animal-free dairy, $50m for fusion, and $30m for resi solar and storage.  ☀️ Soly Energy , a Groningen, Netherlands-based residential solar and energy storage installation platform, raised €30m ($33m) in Growth funding from ArcTern Ventures, Fifth Wall, Shell Ventures, and ABP. 

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 23, 2023

With spooky season upon us, clean energy stocks have plummeted 30% since the start of the year, driven by higher interest rates sending shocks through already fragile wind and solar supply chains. ’ reduces payment for excess electricity from residential solar to the grid by 75%. Plus, the US funds $3.5B   NEM 3.0.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Our social media analysis found that climate deniers have been promoting at least four major narratives based on drumming up fears of government control in order to prevent effective climate policies, particularly in the United States. would cost swing-states households around $75,000 in the first year,” as Fox News described.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 11, 2024

🥩 MALK Organics , an Austin, TX-based plant-based milk developer, raised an undisclosed amount in Growth funding from Benvolio Group and Rotor Capital. 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

JANUARY 29, 2024

☀️ Metris Energy , a London, UK-based solar energy platform for commercial property owners, raised $2m in Pre-Seed funding from Octopus Ventures and Aenu VC. The approval comes amid increasing pressure on the EPA to devolve Class VI decision making to states to speed up CCUS efforts.  Debt guarantees. Philanthropy.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 16, 2023

⚡ Perch Energy , a Boston, MA-based community and retail solar platform, raised $30M in Series B funding from Nuveen. ☀️ raicoon , a Vienna, Austria-based provider of autonomous solar operations, raised $4M in Seed funding from PUSH Ventures and Voltares.   Of course, the news marches on.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

⚡ Sage Geosystems , a Houston, TX-based geothermal systems developer, raised $17m in Series A funding from Chesapeake Energy, Arch Meredith, Helium-3 Ventures, Nabors, Virya, and other investors. Other ⚡ SunKing , a Nairobi, Kenya-based off-grid solar energy company, raised $7m in Debt funding from Lendable.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2021

Of the 1,402 unique blocks in the region covered by Common Wealth’s map, 506 show a private or state-backed entity with a controlling stake. Companies with histories of environmental abuses and alleged labour violations, backed by private equity and with ties to foreign governments, stand to profit from North Sea oil and gas, new data shows.

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