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Greentown Labs Names Kevin Knobloch as Chief Executive Officer

Greentown Labs

Industry veteran and former Obama Administration appointee will lead the incubator through its next stage of growth Somerville, Mass. With incubators in Somerville, Mass. and Houston, Texas, Greentown Labs is home to more than 200 startups and has supported more than 500 since the incubator’s founding in 2011.

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The New ‘Valleys of Death’ in Climate Investing

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It started after the Solyndra bankruptcy in 2011 and ended about two years ago, when the market began heating up again. The maturing ecosystem of incubators, accelerators and funds that provide support at multiple stages in a startup’s path to growth. During that time, people in this space examined the valleys of death.

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SkyH2O Plans to Build 100+ ‘Micro-wateries’ Over Five Years Using Atmospheric Water Generation

Greentown Labs

He’s been working in the industry since 2002, and a previous company of his, Solar Power Partners, was acquired by NRG Energy—a founding partner of Greentown Houston—in 2011. Alexander von Welczeck is a serial climatetech entrepreneur. von Welczeck founded SkyH2O to make AWG scalable, incorporating critical integrations from start to finish.

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EPRI, Shell, the City of Houston, Greentown Labs, and NYU Urban Future Lab Announce Startup Participants for the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Accelerator

Greentown Labs

RUNWITHIT Synthetics (Alberta, Canada) is creating a live, digital twin modeling platform that generates decision-support data for regional hydrogen-demand scenarios. Greentown is the largest startup incubator in North America, headquartered in Somerville, Mass., About Greentown Labs. With its headquarters in Somerville, Mass.

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Greentown Labs Announces Go Make 2022 with Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), Supported by the M-Lab Companies

Greentown Labs

“The pathway for supply-chain decarbonization demands complex solutions to overcome roadblocks,”said Nobuyuki Baba, SVP and GM of Silicon Valley Branch at MCA. and an incubator in Houston, TX, Greentown Labs is home to 200 startups and has supported more than 450 startups since the incubator’s founding in 2011.

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Promethean Power Systems Brings Sustainable Dairy Chilling to Over 60K Dairy Farmers and Has Raised Most of its Series B

Greentown Labs

If it’s still safe to use in some form, a dairy processor only gets a 7 percent margin—versus 27 percent on dairy products that demand high-quality raw milk. Promethean was one of the four founding companies of Greentown Labs, which has grown into the largest cleantech incubator in North America.

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Greentown Labs and Schneider Electric Announce Bold Ideas 2020 Startup Participants

Greentown Labs

8, 2020 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, and Schneider Electric , the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, have selected four startups for Greentown Labs Bold Ideas 2020 in partnership with Schneider Electric. Somerville, Mass., About Greentown Labs.