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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q2 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty-six startups joined our community in Q2 2021, working on innovations as diverse as kinetic wave energy, soil carbon measurement, efficient wind turbine installation, and electric, uncrewed surface vehicles. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Electricity.

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Ice Energy, Thermal Storage Evangelist, Files for Bankruptcy

GreenTechMedia

Ice Energy filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in December, in a setback for small-scale thermal energy storage. The technology is simple and cheap and has helped large commercial buildings for years. The technology is simple and cheap and has helped large commercial buildings for years.

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Greentown Startups Share Insights on the Buildings Sector?

Greentown Labs

Greentown Labs supports startups that are decarbonizing the key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors—agriculture, buildings, electricity, manufacturing, and transportation—and building resilient communities. First up is the buildings sector. Buildings represent a very big piece of the energy pie—about 40 percent of U.S.

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? Busting geothermal myths with Bedrock Energy

Climate Tech VC

Geothermal energy is climate tech but it isn’t new tech. Pulling heat from the subsurface of the earth has been a proven method for powering the cooling and heating of buildings for ~70 years. Bedrock Energy , which just announced a $8.5M Tell us about the founding story of Bedrock Energy.

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? 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! 

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Q&A with Rivian’s VP of Propulsion (Full Interview)

Charged

Electric SUVs are starting to appear at the high end of the market, but so far no one has built a viable electric pickup. Pickup kings Ford and GM, disruptor Tesla and startups Workhorse, Havelaar and Bollinger all have pickups in the pipeline. Ford also plans to partner with the startup to build a new EV.

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A Blockchain Crash Course: How It Can Enable the Clean, Smart Grid

Andrew Winston

This is my attempt at an "explainer" on blockchain, describing it as simply as I can, and exploring how it may help build the clean grid. The pace of adoption of clean energy is breathtaking, but it’s not moving as fast as it could. In parallel, how much energy we use swings wildly during the day.