article thumbnail

Carbon offsets alone won’t make flying climate-friendly

Grist

It’s packed with energy; per unit of weight, at least 60 times as much as the lithium-ion batteries used to propel electric cars. Some of these reactions, like the methane destruction, help cool the Earth. percent of total warming in 2011 on aviation alone — which may sound small, but the number has been growing fast.

Carbon 109
article thumbnail

? Alterra’s $30B bridge for climate financing #176

Climate Tech VC

In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs. In new funds, energy transition infrastructure is bringing in the big bucks with Brookfield's record-breaking $28B infra fund and Antin's $1.2B sustainable infra fund.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

? 2023’s Most Headliney-Headlines #178

Climate Tech VC

Since the IRA passed, 265 clean energy and manufacturing projects worth $100B+ have been announced. 🔋 Renewables + storage turned out to be price competitive against fossil fuels after Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Electricity analysis included intermittency costs for the first time. Got other major headlines we missed?

article thumbnail

How Much Energy Do Data Centers Really Use?

Energy Innovation

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Data centers utilize different information technology (IT) devices to provide these services, all of which are powered by electricity. households (U.S. households (U.S.

article thumbnail

Hydrogen technology project announced between Advent and Airbus

Hydrogen Fuel News

Advent will reportedly invest in people, third party research centers, hardware and materials, while Airbus will provide the project with financial support and its vast knowledge of the aviation industry. The hydrogen technology project’s main focus is on the needs for future hydrogen-powered planes.

article thumbnail

2020 Lincoln Aviator Grand Touring: Review of the brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged

The PHEV adds more power, more torque and better performance – with little mention of a plug. It’s the Aviator, a mid-size three-row luxury SUV that sits below the hulking Navigator in the lineup, and revives a name that the brand used briefly a decade ago. The Aviator shares no sheet metal with the square-cut Ford Explorer.

article thumbnail

? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

Climate Tech VC

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Energy & industry. Weaker residential construction activity cooled the HVAC sector, and heat pump sales bore the brunt at a 16% decline compared to 2022.  Happy Monday!  Manufacturing.