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Elemental Excelerator to Fund 15 Climate Companies in 12th Cohort

Elemental Excelerator

of total GHG emissions, about as much as the entire aviation sector. Olokun Minerals extracts multiple minerals like lithium, magnesium and sodium from unconventional water resources, helping build the domestic supply chain needed for batteries and other vital clean energy technologies. The why: Palm oil is responsible for 1.4%

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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

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. Tax credits and grants to support the domestic production of biofuels, and to build the infrastructure needed for sustainable aviation fuel and other biofuels.

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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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“Tell Us the Condition of Our Craft” — The Case for Pilot Mode: Improving Energy Feedback in the Tesla Model 3

CleanTechnica

Even when the Tesla Model 3 begins to fully drive itself, it will still have humans on board. And it is best not to forget that. .

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