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Elemental Excelerator to Fund 15 Climate Companies in 12th Cohort

Elemental Excelerator

Elemental’s 12th cohort focuses on a range of societal challenges, including sustainable urbanization, building decarbonization, electric vehicle charging, last-mile logistics, recycling optimization and regenerative food production. of total GHG emissions, about as much as the entire aviation sector. Of the $12.5M

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Kansas City’s new airport terminal celebrates sustainability in a big way

Greenability Magazine

EPA; Pat Klein, Director of Aviation – Kansas City, MO; Quinton Lucas, Mayor of Kansas City, MO; Lee Barnes, Council Member, Kansas City, MO. Electric Vehicles KCI is now the first U.S. airport to feature wireless electric bus charging. Electric Vehicles KCI is now the first U.S. KCI is now the first U.S.

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Build Back Better: Top green consultancies beef up post-coronavirus services

Business Green

Potential solutions include upgrading HVAC and lighting systems, replacing fossil fuel boilers with renewable heating solutions or generating electricity through renewable sources, deploying renewable energy battery storage solutions, and enhancing environmental reporting and compliance processes.

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

Climate Tech VC

Emerging climate technologies (ECT) – clean hydrogen, carbon management, and sustainable aviation fuels – experienced the highest Q4 growth at $4.3B, a 10X jump relative to Q4’22. Weaker residential construction activity cooled the HVAC sector, and heat pump sales bore the brunt at a 16% decline compared to 2022. 

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Energy Provisions In The Inflation Reduction Act

R-Squared Energy

The bill provides direct consumer incentives to buy energy efficient and electric appliances, clean vehicles, rooftop-solar systems, and invests in home energy efficiency. 10 years of consumer tax credits to make homes energy efficient and run on clean energy, incentivizing heat pumps, rooftop solar, and electric HVAC and water heaters.

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? Methane monitoring goes stratospheric #185

Climate Tech VC

  In deals this week $145m for lithium extraction, $52m for methane emissions detection, and $40m for sustainable aviation fuel.   ⚡ Velocys , an Oxford, UK-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAFs) developer, raised $40m in Growth funding from Carbon Direct, GenZero, Kibo Ventures, and Lightrock.

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Technology Commercialization Fund Awards NREL $5 Million To Bring More Tech To Market

CleanTechnica

Article courtesy of NREL, the U.S. Department of Energy. This year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funded 16 National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) awards through its Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF).