Clean Energy Trust

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In 2019, we witnessed Rivian raise over $1 billion in investment and scale its manufacturing in Normal, IL. Skokie’s LanzaTech completed its $72 million Series E round, buoyed by the success of enabling a Virgin Atlantic flight from Orlando to London fueled by recycled carbon. Can’t wait to see what comes next!

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

My biggest geek-out moment during the COP26 gathering in Glasgow, Scotland, last week came in the central train station, where I had the opportunity to briefly tour a 30-year-old passenger train retrofitted to run on hydrogen fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries - up to 300 miles at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour.

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Climate Tech VC

JUNE 30, 2023

In fact, late-stage and growth investments in climate tech saw a greater dropoff than the market as a whole, potentially exacerbated by the relative capital-intensity of the physical asset climate tech businesses. Quarterly investment totals dropped to $6.6B in Q1’23 and Q2’23, respectively.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The collaboration will also help SMEs tackle scalability with go-to-market support and access to potential clients, funders and investment. This first cohort of 20 UK -based SMEs includes teams in the fields of intelligent electricity system services, battery management, charging systems, energy storage, fleet optimisation, hydrogen and rail.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 24, 2022

From the lab tech workspace comes the climatetech inventions, such as electric bikes, battery storage, electric cars, and hydropower. This further leads into a beautiful green cityscape of efficient recycling, wind power, solar power, and more, making Houston a clean, green, solutions-oriented, and earth-conscious city.”. ” .

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Wind power turbines and home battery systems might have a little more industry wiggle room. However, it’s Tesla’s power wall battery storage for homes that may have the most profound market impacts for consumers. Compost and Food Waste Recycling. Here are three companies addressing waste issues.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Greentown Labs Houston will be the first climatetech-focused incubator in the city, aiming to serve as an on-the-ground catalyst for the energy transition in Houston. Black Mountain Metals is a global battery metals mining company, specifically focused on sustainable nickel and copper mining for lithium-ion battery cathodes.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 23, 2020

In 2019, BASF partnered with us to run the Circularity Challenge , a startup-corporate partnership accelerator program focused on breakthroughs in the plastics, energy storage, and recycling value chains to advance a circular economy. One is we’re investing heavily in early-stage research to electrify steam crackers.

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Clean Energy Trust

JULY 22, 2019

Namely, we believe that entrepreneurship and innovation are powerful forces that can be harnessed to solve environmental challenges, create jobs, and generate attractive business and investment opportunities. We have made 31 seed investments since 2014. Our investment portfolio currently has an IRR of over 11 percent.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have not historically embraced climate investments , but that seems to be changing. Alongside this, PE has shifted at least part of its focus in recent years from high-growth high-risk plays like tech towards steady cash-flow driven investments.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Deals include big checks for recycling. Redwood raises another $1B for battery recycling and metal alloy recycling attracts $31M. ♻️ Refiberd , a Cupertino, CA-based textile recycling platform, raised $3M in Seed funding from the H&M Foundation.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

And US investment for offshore wind ports, installation vessels, and manufacturing facilities would have to step up 5X to $22B to supply 4 to 6 GW of projects per year. New Funds Clay Capital (fka Vis Vires New Protein) , a Central Singapore, Singapore-based investment firm, closed its $145M fund that invests in food & ag companies.  

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 13, 2020

Tesla’s famous car and grid batteries use cells from Japanese manufacturer Panasonic. When companies like Fluence or NextEra integrate large battery enclosures , they source cells from the likes of South Korea’s LG Chem or Samsung SDI. Not even extensive taxpayer investment by the DOE can change that geology.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 29, 2024

  In deals, $75m for batteries, $58m for mushroom-based food alternatives, and $50m for AI enabled satellite monitoring. …and for those who missed it, Kim and Mark reviewed climate tech investments in 2023, check out the recording here.  tons of H2’s steel for 5-7 years, setting the stage for future investments.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

Vogtle’s expanded operation will bring nuclear to ~4% of new power plant capacity this year, though it’s far outpaced by new solar (49%), wind (13%), and battery storage (16%). New Funds AB CarVal , a Minneapolis, MN-based investment firm part of investment management firm AllianceBernstein, raised $1.5B

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