Greentown Labs

MARCH 21, 2023

Eighteen startups joined our community in the first months of 2023, working on innovations as diverse as an ammonia-based energy system, sneakers made from food waste, and nano-filters that reduce energy consumption in chemical separations. This system has 5x higher system-level energy densities compared to lithium batteries.

Startups 52

Startups Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 52

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

🚗 Vertical: Transportation and Energy investment declined, but remained on top. Redwood Materials received a $2bn loan from the US Department of Energy in Feb 2023. Ascend Elements received a $480m grant from the US Department of Energy in Oct 2022. 2 spot behind Energy Storage, which rose from no.2 2 to to no.1.

Building Energy Monitoring 144

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 144

Business Green

MAY 23, 2021

Government says latest cash boost for carbon capture and hydrogen projects should help support up to 60,000 jobs. spending plan designed to accelerate the roll out of green technologies across the UK's energy-intensive industries, predicting the latest phase of its Green Industrial Revolution will help create up to 60,000 jobs.

Building Energy Monitoring 76

Building Energy Monitoring Government Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 76

Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 5, 2024

Let’s unravel this financial package together and discover why investing your dollars into these environmentally-friendly entities may potentially make your financial portfolio greener too. We’re talking renewable energy, recycling, and all that good eco-friendly stuff. It’s like getting a bonus for being on the team.

Investment 78

Investment Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Hydrogen 78

Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

The announcement of the policy package is part of a new Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy that will be published later today, the government revealed. In the North East, the Zero Carbon Humber coalition has been granted £21m and the Humber Zero project £12m to develop hydrogen and CCUS infrastructure.

Building Energy Monitoring 82

Building Energy Monitoring Government Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 82

Business Green

JULY 21, 2020

PM marks first year in Number 10 with support for raft of CCS, hydrogen, green construction, space and transport projects. The space funding programme is also aimed at supporting innovative AI technologies and 5G communications.

Building Energy Monitoring 92

Building Energy Monitoring Innovation Energy Monitor Sustainability 92

Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

The announcement of the policy package is part of a new Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy that will be published later today, the government revealed. In the North East, the Zero Carbon Humber coalition has been granted £21m and the Humber Zero project £12m to develop hydrogen and CCUS infrastructure.

Building Energy Monitoring 69

Building Energy Monitoring Government Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 69

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

for grid enhancements and $7B for hydrogen fuel hubs. Since the IRA passed, 265 clean energy and manufacturing projects worth $100B+ have been announced. 🏦 The Loans Program Office kept busy. Proterra, the dominant electric bus maker, was just one high profile example. 💪 Climate joined the labor movement.

Business Energy Monitoring 72

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 72

Business Green

JUNE 28, 2020

Select Committee Chairs join wave of calls for a green recovery in letter to Chancellor that warns economic stimulus channeled towards carbon-intensive infrastructure projects would be a 'historic mistake'.

Building Energy Monitoring 101

Building Energy Monitoring Innovation Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 101

Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The government has today promised to accelerate the roll out of low cost renewable projects by shifting the timetable for clean power contract auctions from once every two years to every year. The more clean, cheap and secure power we generate at home, the less exposed we will be to expensive gas prices set by international markets.".

Building Energy Monitoring 69

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Government Home Energy Monitoring 69

Smart Energy International

MARCH 8, 2022

million) 2022 Open Innovation Programme aims to develop and deploy net-zero technologies to accelerate clean energy production and reduce offshore emissions. The competition is hosted by the Net Zero Technology Centre, which aims to develop and deploy technology to accelerate an affordable net-zero energy industry. containment c.

Technology 52

Technology Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 52

Business Green

JULY 22, 2020

As MEPs enter talks over EU Council's €1.8tr recovery package and budget deal, many key green questions remain. Of the overall €1.8tr package encompassing the recovery funding and the 2021-27 budget, EU leaders agreed that 30 per cent should be earmarked for the bloc's climate objectives and transition to net zero.

Packaging 48

Packaging Europe Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral 48

Business Green

AUGUST 15, 2022

Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Downing Street face mounting pressure to ramp up support for energy efficiency and billpayers as autumn draws nearer. Britain's cost of living crisis is getting worse, leaving people scared about how they'll get through the winter," said Starmer.

Home Energy Monitoring 58

Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 58

Grist

MAY 18, 2021

It had been about a year and a half since he left his job at an aerospace company to found a clean energy startup in San Francisco with three of his friends, but the path to success he’d once envisioned had crumbled. They had figured it out — but what they figured out had nothing to do with hydrogen. Shaun Meehan was burned out.

Climate change 118

Climate change Startups Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 118

Business Green

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Annual Monitoring Report adds to calls for government to deliver clearer delivery plans and more stable funding settlements for critical net zero infrastructure. However, it warns that the "the next step is for government to set out clear plans to deliver these goals".

Energy Monitor 98

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

Business Green

MARCH 24, 2021

But Ministers insist end to financial support for overseas fossil fuel energy projects, £16bn transition plan for North Sea, and climate compatibility test for new projects can put UK on track to net zero emissions. We will not leave oil and gas workers behind in the United Kingdom's irreversible shift away from fossil fuels.

Government 77

Government Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels 77

Business Green

APRIL 19, 2021

Political and business leaders have certainly talked a good game in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. This morning sees the publication of the International Energy Agency's (IEA) influential Global Energy Review 2021 and it makes for sobering reading. Global carbon emissions are set to jump by 1.5

Building Energy Monitoring 89

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 89

Business Green

JULY 25, 2022

Galvanising business investment behind the UK's climate goals should be a top priority for the new Prime Minister, argues the CBI's Tom Thackray. And with the wide-ranging disruption caused by our recent summer heatwave fresh in their minds, businesses will be looking for a bold and ambitious agenda to emerge.

Building Energy Monitoring 38

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Aviation 38

Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

BusinessGreen speaks to the government staticians tasked with charting the growth of the UK's low carbon economy. Is it limited to those emerging roles such as wind turbine technicians or smart meter installers where people are demonstrably working to advance the net zero transition? But here's the rub.

Energy Monitor 41

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 41

Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.    In deals, geologic hydrogen digs up $245m, $181m across six EV deals, and Brookfield’s $10bn climate transition fund.  

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 52

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

To identify the powerful actors most actively lobbying against these key EU regulations and policies, DeSmog analysed corporate reports, lobbying records, official position papers, responses to public EU consultations, media events, and meetings held with various EU bodies over the past two years. Meet the Industry Trade Groups.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Business Green

JUNE 22, 2020

The new targets were unveiled as the group began formal talks with the government over a new Sector Deal for the industry, which is expected to provide further insight into how Ministers intend to manage the decarbonisation of one of the UK's most carbon intensive sectors.

Building Energy Monitoring 67

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Fossil fuels Government 67

Climate Tech VC

JULY 7, 2023

AtmosZero is focused on replacing the gas boilers that create the steam to power industry. I ended up publishing an article in Joule in early 2021 on this with Greg Thiel , director of technology at Energy Impact Partners, essentially saying: to decarbonize industry, we need to decarbonize heat first. Second dead-end is hydrogen.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 52

Smart Energy International

JULY 29, 2022

In this edition of Smart Energy Finance (SEF) Weekly, the US Senate is set to pass a new clean energy bill that boasts $369 billion into clean energy and energy security. 369 billion into US energy security and clean energy programmes. 369 billion into US energy security and clean energy programmes.

Building Energy Monitoring 105

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor 105

Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

But players across the green economy were quick to point out the government's package of policies and tax changes was notably bereft of focus on three other critical 'E's that are planks of a prosperous economy: environment, energy, and efficiency. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all of the reaction from the green economy.

Building Energy Monitoring 36

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 36

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

These 20 C-suite executives have steered their companies forward through much disruption, providing inspiration for the possibilities of advancing sustainability, social responsibility and circular business models — sometimes all at once. In 2014, the electrical engineer and MBA became the first woman to lead a U.S.

Sustainability 516

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 516

GreenTech Gazette

AUGUST 21, 2020

Sustainability is big business! But which are the companies putting the effort in, and which are simply making a few strategic changes to their packaging? They have invested heavily in the production of fuel-efficient vehicles with a strong focus on developing a vehicle powered by a hydrogen fuel cell- the Honda Clarity.

Innovation 52

Innovation Business Energy Monitoring Fashion Building Energy Monitoring 52

Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

Businesses that advertise in the UK have had to comply with rules around environmental claims for decades, and it is now more than 13 years since the advertising watchdog ordered Shell to pull an ad that used flowers floating from refinery chimneys to promote a carbon capture and utilisation project.

Business Energy Monitoring 55

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Packaging 55

Grist

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But as promising as chemical recycling and next-generation plastics may sound, experts also say some of the most realistic solutions to plastic pollution involve eliminating it from packaging as much as possible. Should packaging all be the same color of plastic to avoid dye-based contamination in recycling processes?

Recycling 78

Recycling Recycling Plastics Recycled materials 78

Business Green

MARCH 4, 2021

Would Rishi Sunak deliver the sweeping net zero financial plan and green stimulus measures that businesses, campaigners, economists, and scientists broadly agree are urgently needed to meet statutory climate goals? Ahead of yesterday's Budget, anticipation was high.

Building Energy Monitoring 55

Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 55

Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In the latest addition to its 'green recovery' package, the European Commission yesterday unveiled a flurry of crucial green strategies, targets, and policies, ranging from new green building and renewable energy programmes, to tighter rules governing chemical use and methane emissions.

Methane 45

Methane Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 45

Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The agency said the strategy represened an unprecedented effort to drastically slash pollution and accelerate the transition to clean energy. "No No economy in the world, much less the soon-to-be fourth largest, has put forth such a comprehensive roadmap to reach carbon neutrality. This is the new way to address the climate crisis.

Building Energy Monitoring 36

Building Energy Monitoring Methane Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 36

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. Growth investors already picked their horses: Investors made their biggest bets in 2021 and 2022. Mature v s. TPG Rise Climate.

Building Energy Monitoring 52

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Transportation Solar Energy Monitor 52

Business Green

JULY 10, 2022

In a northern suburb of Osaka, a brand new community development is aiming to be the first in Japan to derive all its electricity from renewable sources. A centralised IT platform visualises, monitors and optimises the town's energy and water use, ensuring that rain water is captured and reused.

Home Energy Monitoring 68

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 68

GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

So says a new report from Deloitte highlighting the known, yet often underappreciated, challenges faced by utilities across the country promising to zero out their carbon impact by midcentury. That’s not news to those who’ve been closely tracking plans to reach net-zero carbon from major U.S.

Solar Energy Monitor 130

Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 130

Elemental Excelerator

AUGUST 12, 2022

Not to mention President Biden also signed the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 , putting about $67 billion toward zero-carbon industries and climate research. Finally, more than a dozen entrepreneurs from our portfolio provide insight on how the bill will impact their businesses and shape climate tech innovation. CarbonCure ).

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 98

Business Green

MARCH 16, 2022

Energy security and net zero requires a rethink of the way energy consumed and used. But what policies do experts think shuold feature to the government’s upcoming Energy Security Strategy and Spring Statement? It was a glaring omission.

Home Energy Monitoring 45

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 45