DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 29, 2022

The push to sell “blue hydrogen” as a clean energy fuel — which experts have called a misleading rebrand of fossil fuels — hit another setback this month. Climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are bringing new economic headwinds to the gas-derived hydrogen fuel’s prospects.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. Charm would use the same technology, but instead of turning plants into a useful energy product, it would offer a service.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The Looming Crisis and Awakening Opportunity 2020 was a brutal year and 2021 has been off to a rough start. The trend only looks to be intensifying in 2021 with Larry reinforcing his message and companies like General Motors , the largest US automaker, planning to phase out vehicles with internal combustion engines by 2035.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2). 30 years later came COP 26 (2021) – held in Glasgow. Hence, businesses withhold the power to dent global GHG emissions and mitigate the effects of climate change.

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Elemental Excelerator

DECEMBER 4, 2023

How BlocPower pioneered a program to decarbonize buildings and spread the benefits of green energy projects in low- and moderate-income communities. They would turn on the oven and open the windows to let the methane gas escape — a dangerous but necessary workaround that may sound all too familiar to the 16% of U.S.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 22, 2021

And since 1997 about one million barrels worth of oilfield waste has been brought to Lotus’s disposal site, situated off a dusty desert road located 19 miles west of Andrews, Texas (and just several miles from a massive solar array financed by Facebook and which provides energy to Shell’s fracking operations).

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

An organization run by former Obama-era Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, with the backing of the AFL-CIO, a federation of 56 labor unions, has created a policy “blueprint” to build a nationwide pipeline network capable of carrying a gigaton of captured carbon dioxide (CO2).

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Blanton, a Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy , and Ben Ratner, Associate Vice President at EDF. For all the attention to corporate net zero by 2050 commitments, the reality is that actions in this decade will be decisive for both the planet’s warming trajectory and energy firms’ viability in the energy transition.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 24, 2023

Climate tech companies that attracted substantial funding for their innovations in 2021 and 2022 are now reaching important proof points on the journey to commercial scale. ⚡ Fervo Energy shared successful results from a 30-day flow test of its enhanced geothermal system at its pilot site in Nevada. Happy Monday!

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 11, 2024

In deals there’s $283m for electrolyzers across two deals, $16m for energy efficient processors, and $11m for DAC.  Early-Stage ⚡ Efficient Computer , a Pittsburgh, PA-based energy-efficient processor developer, raised $16m in Seed funding from Eclipse Ventures.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Although the oil giant publicly touts carbon capture as a “proven” climate solution, its own early foray reveals just how flimsy of a fix the technology really is — and how expensive, both for taxpayers and the climate. During a landmark congressional hearing in October 2021, Democratic Rep. C and with the net-zero energy transition.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Global energy shortages and a recent spike in oil prices to a three-year high above $80 a barrel, have dimmed hopes that governments will announce bold new plans to rapidly ditch fossil fuels at the October 31st to November 12th summit. With just a few days to go until COP26 kicks off, her pessimism is widely shared. goal within grasp.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Energy under the hood. From DAC to eSAFs some climate technologies can’t help but consume a lot of energy, making sharp price falls hard to see.  Nuclear fission and fusion energy top the watch list.  Shayle Kann , Energy Impact Partners: Yes. Uncertainty for the IRA. Our experts were split.

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