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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. The why: Geothermal offers the best pathway to decarbonize HVACs for large commercial buildings without adding stress to the grid. The why: Palm oil is responsible for 1.4%

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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.