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Hawaii Will Power Its Clean Grid with 6,000 Home Batteries Installed by Swell Energy

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Hawaii's largest utility enlisted a new tool in its quest for a carbon-free electricity system: thousands of batteries installed in people's homes. Hawaiian Electric won regulator approval for a $25 million plan to harness solar and batteries at 6,000 homes across the islands of Hawaii, Maui and Oahu.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q4 2021

Greentown Labs

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. Electricity. Fervo Energy is a next-generation geothermal power developer.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — May 2024 

Greentown Labs

Our 200+ startups never fail to impress us with their hard work and commitment to scaling their climatetech solutions! Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Department of Energy.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — April 2024 

Greentown Labs

Our 200+ startups never fail to impress us with their hard work and commitment to scaling their climatetech solutions! Interested in engaging with or joining our community of climatetech startups? Learn about how you can take action with our members or apply for startup membership ! Check out their latest accomplishments below.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q1 2023

Greentown Labs

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. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you!

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Distributed Energy Helped Fight California’s Grid Outages, But It Could Do Much More

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During last week’s heat-wave-driven grid emergency in California, grid operator CAISO and the state’s utilities sent out desperate calls to demand response providers, behind-the-meter battery aggregators, electric-vehicle charging providers, microgrid operators and backup generator owners, seeking whatever help they could provide.

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Greentown Labs and Vineyard Wind Announce Offshore Wind Challenge Startup Participants

Greentown Labs

Startups will participate in accelerator program to develop data monitoring technologies focused on protecting marine mammals. The startups will focus on innovations in marine mammal monitoring through data collection, real-time transmission, and analysis. Somerville, Mass., Somerville, Mass.,