Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Twenty-five startups joined our community in the final months of 2021, working on innovations as diverse as solar-plus-storage for blackouts, plastic and tire recycling, geothermal power generation, and construction-less dam electrification. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! Electricity.

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R-Squared Energy

JUNE 14, 2020

Billions of dollars have been invested in the attempt to realize this vision. In this reaction, natural gas is reacted with steam at an elevated temperature to produce carbon monoxide and hydrogen. The desulfurization step consists of passing the natural gas over a catalyst. Hydrogen Production. metric tons.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Coal’s grip on the global electricity sector is loosening as more utilities and companies invest in renewable energy. Boston Metal, an outfit spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, uses electric currents to heat iron ore into a bright orange-white liquid, which converts into metal and cools as gray steel blocks.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 24, 2021

To achieve this level of emission reductions, New Jersey has found that “policies requiring net-zero emissions for new construction must be paired with aggressive requirements for electrification of older residential and commercial buildings as soon as practicable.” Electrification of the building sector is not without its challenges.

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CleanTech San Diego

APRIL 19, 2021

SDG&E has worked hard to align our investments with the climate objectives of local cities, the region and state and while there is a lot more work to be done, we are seeing many clean energy innovations emerge, and progress being made toward our mutual goal of a 100% clean energy future. (See See fact sheet).

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2021

Plan for 10-month hydrogen heating trial near Gateshead comes as WWF Scotland urges major energy efficiency investment programme to slash emissions from leaky and carbon-intensive homes. Currently 17 per cent of domestic carbon emissions is produced by the heating and cooling of buildings.

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Grist

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The second most important target for green power is replacing fossil fuel use in buildings, especially growing use of natural gas for heating; in Vancouver, British Columbia, that causes nearly 60% of the city’s carbon pollution. Electric heat pumps can replace furnaces and, despite their name, they can actually heat and cool.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

AUGUST 11, 2022

The legislation covers a wide range of policy changes focused on electrifying vehicles and transit, reducing fossil fuel connections in new construction, and revamping policy related to solar, offshore wind, and other carbon-free energy sources. The act combines and modifies provisions from the House’s proposed offshore wind bill (H.4524)

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The investment covers 40% of the Texas facility’s $1.3B project cost and is one of the largest DAC investments to date.    🏭 Brickeye , a Toronto, Canada-based digital IoT platform for construction sensors, raised $10M from BDC Capital GreenSky Ventures, Brightspark, EDC, and MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund. 

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Both systems can be used in reverse to cool the home in warm weather. They’re moving, I think, wisely and also aggressively away from natural gas, and that’s helped to create an environment where geothermal makes a lot of sense,” said Michael Sachse, CEO of Dandelion Energy, a ground-source heat pump developer.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 16, 2019

Decarbonize the electric grid (shift from fossil fuels like coal and natural gas to carbon-free sources like wind, solar, hydro, and nuclear, paired with storage and demand-side solutions), B. Deal with the remaining stuff (with more specific, use-case specific solutions? I am personally not moved by these concerns.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 5, 2020

And they consume fossil fuels such as natural gas or propane to power furnaces, boilers, and water heaters. In the United States, buildings account for roughly 40 percent of the country’s energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, and nearly half of homes rely on natural gas as their primary heating fuel.

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Green Technology

JUNE 21, 2023

This also gave the local utility provider the customer commitment they needed to justify further solar farm developments and investments. Inspired by nature and the unique place of Sacramento, this experience is celebrated throughout the interior and exterior of the building through practices that promote community health and well-being.

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Charged

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Among its advantages were smooth power delivery, lack of continuous gear shifting, less vibration (“I could write on my notepad,” marveled Alvarado), and the ability to retain cabin cooling or heating when parked in no-idle zones. Funding of $90 million for the project came from the California Climate Investments, which contributed $44.8

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 9, 2024

Differing Paths in Fuel Cell Technology Bloom Energy has charted its course in the fuel cell market with solid oxide fuel cells, typically powered by natural gas. of total carbon emissions by 2025, with AI data centers contributing a growing share of this footprint ( Nature ).

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 19, 2020

All components from its demolition were recycled and reclaimed as construction materials on the site. The building also generates solar from over 700 panels on-site, and its windows calibrate to let in natural light, reflect heat while keeping the indoors cool. Everyone contributes to financing efficiency.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Griffith Energy LLC, an affiliate of infrastructure investment firm ArcLight Capital Partners LLC , plans to construct a 2-MW behind-the-meter solar project at the Griffith Generating Station in Mohave County, Ariz. Construction on the second phase is expected to be complete by early 2024 and will incorporate approximately 1.3

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Yet, widespread geothermal heating has been hindered by huge capital costs, despite being a worthwhile long-term investment. By taking ownership of their geothermal systems and covering all upfront capital costs, the company has been able to package geothermal heating and cooling as an offer that is very difficult to refuse.

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 1, 2020

That’s needed to replace grid capacity provided by four natural gas-fired power plants on the Southern California coast that use seawater for cooling, and have been ordered to close as soon as possible to reduce their environmental impact.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Contributed by Adam Graham, a construction industry analyst at Fixr.com. Cooling Appliances. To cool a house requires significantly less energy than to heat it, with 10.7% Just like how heat can escape from a home, so can cool air. single-family homes. of the total. Refrigerators. About the author.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

It’s time for Louisiana leadership to prioritize resilient solutions – solar photovoltaics paired with battery storage ( solar+storage ) paired with energy efficient housing – over continued fossil-fuel investment. Distributed solar+storage systems would avoid installing dozens of polluting natural gas generators.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 17, 2023

acquisition is the largest single carbon-management investment since the passage of the IRA and has implications for the carbon capture, utilization, and storage ecosystem. It’s the largest single carbon-management investment since the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), but not quite a true climate tech deal.

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AGreenLiving

AUGUST 19, 2020

All components from its demolition were recycled and reclaimed as construction materials on the site. The building also generates solar from over 700 panels on-site, and its windows calibrate to let in natural light, reflect heat while keeping the indoors cool. The standards are higher for newer buildings to improve design.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 2, 2020

It is believed that it is technically feasible, economically viable and desirable to convert Sleipnir into a ‘zero-emission construction vessel’. Current State - Technical and Operational Framework of Sleipnir Heerema is a marine contractor that owns some of the largest construction vessels in the world, operating globally.

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Clean Energy Trust

JUNE 9, 2020

May Cleantech Roundup: COVID & EVs | Enormous Storage Investments | Scooter Consolidation | Insanely Cheap Solar Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology, policy, and investing. In this future, the natural gas infrastructure could be pretty useful.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 14, 2020

DOE intends to invest about $3.2 Many of the utilities setting net-zero carbon goals by midcentury are relying on advanced nuclear reactors to provide carbon-free energy to replace closing coal and natural gas plants. This design offers passive safety features that differentiate it from water-cooled and steam-powered reactors.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The catastrophic breakdown of Texas’ natural gas and electricity system last week lacks a single villain to blame for it all. “We set up rules very deliberately to say, 'Give us the cheapest gas, power and water you can get, and don’t bother me about all that other stuff,'” she said.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The American wind market faces a number of major challenges in the years ahead, including the expiration of its longstanding bedrock subsidy, the production tax credit; fierce competition from natural gas and solar; and severe transmission congestion in key development regions. Natural gas overtook coal as the largest U.S.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

Join us for a webinar Jan 25th on Sightline Climate’s 2023 investment trends, insights, and discussion. The current Haber Bosch process relies on fossil fuels (~ 70% natural gas, 30% coal) and emits 2.4 BYD began construction of the largest 30 GWh sodium-ion battery facility for small EVs in Xuzhou, China.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The panel featured a variety of voices who partner with climatetech startups—through joint development agreements, investments, and more—exploring how to get hard, deep tech climate solutions to market, alongside a Greentown Houston entrepreneur who added in his own crucial perspective.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Even the negatives — the politicization of ESG investing and reporting, the economic downturn, the energy crisis created by the Russian invasion of Ukraine — are temporal phenomena, part of the regular ebbs and flows of economics and policy. And it includes a broader range of titles, including some cool ones.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 16, 2023

🏠 JETCOOL , a Littleton Common, MA-based direct-to-chip liquid cooling manufacturer, raised $17M in Series A funding from Bosch Ventures, Schooner Ventures, Raptor Group, and In-Q-Tel.   Oil prices are on the rise stemming from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, climbing by $2.25 to $86.83 / barrel. Harvesting water from thin air.

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Grist

DECEMBER 8, 2021

None of Cascadia’s jurisdictions has proven policies to rein in growing consumption of natural gas, which is backed by a powerful oil and gas industry and associated unions. Josh Jacobs expresses similar confidence for Seattle-based Puget Sound Energy, which distributes both natural gas and electricity.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

But these attacks have run up against the cold fact that the state’s natural gas infrastructure was central to its broader grid failure. Instead, ERCOT’s energy-only markets rely on massive price spikes to encourage private investment in the resources needed when grid demand threatens to outstrip supply.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

"We have an opportunity to extend the recent response of regulators, businesses and investors on climate change to nature; both are interrelated and both pose a systemic risk to the global economy.". Mellody Hobson, Co-CEO and President, Ariel Investments. Its partner is JPMorgan Chase, which has committed to co-investing $200 million.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2021

In May 2021, Brown tweeted out an article by Bjørn Lomborg – author of The Skeptical Environmentalist and Cool It , books that downplay the risks of global warming – about how “exaggerations about climate change” are “destroying our ability to make sensible decisions for the future”. Private Equity Funding North Sea Oil and Gas.

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Mosaic

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The great majority of them are heated with natural gas or oil, and parked in their garages and driveways or on nearby streets are some two hundred and ninety million vehicles, an estimated ninety-nine per cent of which, as of August, run on gasoline. We weren’t able to invest the private capital.

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