Greentown Labs

MAY 24, 2022

The partnerships-focused accelerator is accepting applications from startups with emissions-reducing supply chain innovations . “The pathway for supply-chain decarbonization demands complex solutions to overcome roadblocks,”said Nobuyuki Baba, SVP and GM of Silicon Valley Branch at MCA. Somerville, Mass.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

utility can reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while still keeping natural gas as a central part of its business, both to generate electricity and to sell to its customers. That includes a recommitment to reaching its 2030 goal of reducing carbon emissions below 50 percent of their 2007 levels, potentially ahead of schedule.

Solar Energy Monitor 130

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

🔑 Climate tech startups hit key milestones - including but not limited to - Fervo’s FOAK enhanced geothermal project operational in Nevada, Brimstone’s third-party approval of its carbon-negative cement, and Heirloom’s first commercial DAC plant. 

Business Energy Monitoring 72

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

E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Notably, Decarbon8 is open to everyone, beyond accredited investors or E8 members, anyone can invest in vetted climatetech startups for their potential returns and impact. bridge round in spring, they are poised to begin raising their Series A to hire the staff needed to meet their exponentially growing demand.

Carbon-negative 98

Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Hydrogen Investment 98

Business Green

JUNE 18, 2021

The sustainability teams at these companies often find themselves comparing notes informally, asking for advice on how to structure requests for proposals, account for certain types of carbon credits or whether others know much about certain climate-tech startups. in a statement. Why do we need another climate alliance?

Carbon 91

Carbon Carbon-neutral Startups Sustainability 91

E8 Cleantech Angels

AUGUST 1, 2021

Notably, Decarbon8 is open to everyone, beyond accredited investors or E8 members, anyone can invest in vetted climatetech startups for their potential returns and impact. bridge round in spring, they are poised to begin raising their Series A to hire the staff needed to meet their exponentially growing demand.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2022

The tech giant has lifted the lid on its efforts to soak up more carbon than it emits. While other organizations are focused primarily on getting to carbon neutral for current emissions, Microsoft plans to offset its entire historical emissions going back to when the company was founded in 1975.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 19, 2022

The IPCC report notes that some of the most effective tools for creating more access to climate technologies are policies that expand research and development, funding for demonstration and pilot projects (particularly in overlooked communities), and incentives, standards, and other policies and programs that create demand and scale.

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Policy Carbon-neutral Innovation Startups 59

Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Stockholm Environment Institute scientist Derik Broekhoff presents the case for carbon offset buyers relinquishing their claims to the credits so they are instead counted only towards national climate goals. The voluntary carbon market has been slow to recognise how difficult it will be to meet those criteria on a large scale.

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Carbon-neutral Carbon Climate change Fossil fuels 57

Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Corporate carbon footprint tracking collects $27M, and forestry and battery interests intersect to invest $18M toward bio-graphite for lithium-ion cells. Some energy experts see peak oil demand around the corner, but fossil fuel execs pushed back hard ahead of COP28. In deals this week, sustainable agriculture reaps $250M.

Home Energy Monitoring 61

Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 61

Greentown Labs

MARCH 8, 2021

ENGIE North America, an energy leader accelerating North America’s transition toward a carbon neutral economy, is a long-time Greentown Labs partner and recently became a Founding Partner of Greentown Houston. Having many technologies working in harmony is key as the demand for 24/7 renewables increases.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

While the 49ers didn’t strike gold at the Superbowl, last week a Bay Area startup struck copper in Zambia.    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. 

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

R-Squared Energy

JANUARY 20, 2021

to become carbon negative by 2030, and by 2050 to remove from the environment more carbon than they have emitted since they were founded. He added that energy demand is expected to continue growing, and thus there is a growing need to address the associated carbon emissions. ambitious goal and a detailed plan ?to

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Carbon Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Aviation 78

GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Electric school buses don’t just eliminate the carbon and pollution emissions of their diesel-fueled counterparts, they cost less to fuel and maintain over the long haul. based startup has won two votes of confidence in its business model. In the past week, the Hamilton, Mass.-based executive chairman Bill Ford.

Electricity 130

Electricity Transportation Startups Carbon-neutral 130

Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

As energy demands increase for heavier and longer-distance transport, the energy efficiency equation for fossil based-fuels becomes harder to displace. These industries now have a mandate to slash emissions even as fuel demands increase , and existing decarbonization solutions for lighter transportation aren’t up to snuff.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 31, 2020

Carbon marketplace hawks credits in businesses that store CO2 with their products Gloria Oladipo Mon, 08/31/2020 – 05:00 As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth , a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 14, 2020

More than 8,700 Amazon associates signed an open letter to CEO Jeff Bezos demanding the company develop an aggressive climate action plan. But companies also told CDP about an upside: trillions in potential markets for low-carbon tech. Ikea added another €200 million to its investments in being carbon neutral by 2030.

Sustainability 78

Sustainability Carbon-neutral Fossil fuels Climate change 78

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Ultimately, how fast these markets rev up depends on demand from fleet buyers. One reason for all this: Batteries continue their journey down the price-experience curve, where increased demand lowers prices, further pumping up demand. But getting to zero — or neutral or positive or some other goal — is not without controversy.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Could the US start up open up a whole new front for the carbon capture industry? That's why it's invigorating to see a solution such as Remora, which reduces emissions from long-haul trucking by sucking up carbon dioxide directly from the tailpipe. Remora's origins. It was inspiring," Reynolds told me. "It That's where Remora comes in.

Carbon 40

Carbon Carbon-neutral Startups Logistics 40

Smart Energy International

AUGUST 15, 2022

But there are constant concerns about whether the supply can keep up with the growing demand as these technologies proliferate. The location of the lab near Carlentini is just 30km south from Enel’s Catania Innovation Hub, where the company will scout and host startups.

Methane 52

Methane Innovation Hydrogen Technology 52

Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 10, 2023

The California-based startup is starting with textiles to address the footprint of the $2.5T We’ve spilled plenty of ink in this newsletter on carbon capture, but less on what happens after —particularly carbon-to-value. The startup’s system is intended to run on-site at manufacturing plants to capture CO2.

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Building Energy Monitoring Fashion Business Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 86

AGreenLiving

AUGUST 28, 2020

The world’s largest automakers have been relatively slow to build and market electric trucks and buses, citing a lack of demand from customers and technology that isn’t ready for prime time. That’s left an opening for startups such as Rivian, which has a deal to sell Amazon 100,000 electric trucks.

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Electric vehicle Electricity Carbon-neutral Transportation 28

GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project. The new demand in contactless and physically distant healthcare has now become a precedent for the future.

Sustainability 502

Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Innovation 502

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

Sustainability 523

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 523

Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 19, 2019

We recently took that input from community members in Hawaii and California and devised a list of 39 different startup ideas that we’d like to fund for our next cohort. Our energy systems will be increasingly decarbonized and distributed, with variable and firm low-carbon energy sources gaining increasing market share.

Building Energy Monitoring 72

Building Energy Monitoring Agriculture Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 72

AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 25, 2019

Reduce growth in demand (replace food loss and waste; shift diets; achieve replacement level fertility rates; phase out crop based biofuels). His startup has just created Panorama, an open-source software to map out Sweden’s path to a carbon-neutral future. But also, will it be useful as its contents start to age? .

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Agriculture Methane Soil 52

Business Green

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Only then can DB be climate-neutral by 2050. South Korea signals plan to strengthen 2030 carbon targets. for progressing toward carbon neutrality," he said, adding that "we will try our best to quickly raise the 2030 national greenhouse gas reduction target before 2025. within our administration's term?for

Hydrogen 93

Hydrogen Carbon-neutral Carbon Government 93

Andrew Winston

MAY 30, 2018

But big companies and startups alike are exploring how blockchain could change everything from contracts, corporate compliance, and auditing to digital identity and voting, supply chain tracking, and even building a smart, carbon-free electric grid. So we’ll know how much progress on carbon reduction we’re really making.

Blockchain 60

Blockchain Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 60

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

They develop strategies to reduce a company’s overall ecological footprint and minimize their carbon emissions. Typical strategic initiatives may include a zero waste program or a carbon neutral operation. There are many startups and established companies focused on delivering environmental services.

Business Energy Monitoring 148

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 148

AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Ultimately, how fast these markets rev up depends on demand from fleet buyers. One reason for all this: Batteries continue their journey down the price-experience curve, where increased demand lowers prices, further pumping up demand. But getting to zero — or neutral or positive or some other goal — is not without controversy.

Carbon-negative 36

Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Fashion Upcycling 36

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 14, 2021

Moreover, Youngman’s slides tracked dramatically increased corporate commitments announced in 2020 towards net zero and/or science based carbon reduction targets, most of which seemed unimaginable just two to three years ago. In 2020, she set herself the goal of living carbon neutral. And for the next 5, or 10 years?

Plastics 88

Plastics Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Innovation 88

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 16, 2021

They develop strategies to reduce a company’s overall ecological footprint and minimize their carbon emissions. Typical strategic initiatives may include a zero waste program or a carbon neutral operation. There are many startups and established companies focused on delivering environmental services.

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 78

AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2020

John Bello (2018) Project Manager, Skanska; Portland, Oregon After doing some research in Prague on carbon negative building materials, I have relocated to Portland and am currently working as a project manager/sustainability lead on the PDX Airport Terminal Core Redevelopment (TCORE) Project.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Health Carbon-negative Innovation 28

Charged

JANUARY 5, 2024

They haven’t, and GM is clearly struggling to overcome a host of startup production problems with its Ultium vehicles—sales of which have remained far, far below the company’s own goals. Now, add sustainability to the safety: It says it will sell only battery-electric vehicles from 2030, and the entire company will be carbon-neutral by 2040.

North America 126

North America Batteries Electricity Plastics 126

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. Last year, Ecolab set a goal for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, getting halfway there by 2030. No doubt those conversations will be at play in Starbucks’ 50th year.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28

Clean Energy Trust

APRIL 6, 2021

The scale of these investments are massive: the 6 new battery plants Volkswagen announced in the article linked above would consume the equivalent of 60% of total 2020 global lithium demand , according to industry analyst Benchmark Minerals. Credit: Ecosystem Marketplace What’s your favorite carbon sequestration solution?—?Direct

Energy Monitor 52

Energy Monitor Electric vehicle Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 52

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

startup and saw a nugget of chicken meat the team had grown in the lab. This week, Future Meat Technologies, an Israeli startup, announced it can produce a cultured chicken breast for $7.50. Carbon neutral, profit positive. dairy organization said it would transition the industry to "carbon neutral or better" by 2050.

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Carbon-neutral Agriculture Startups Natural gas 514