Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Elemental Excelerator, a leading nonprofit investor in climate technology for deep community impact, introduced its latest cohort, bringing its total amount of investments to $79M. These 15 climate companies will join an existing portfolio of more than 150 investments. invested in Cohort 12, $7.2M Of the $12.5M

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Charged

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

One of those automakers is Tesla, which may receive a cool billion euros ($1.2 The government funding is expected to trigger at least three times as much in private investment. The European Commission recently approved a multinational project to support battery innovation , which will involve 42 companies, including several automakers.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 24, 2023

Aeromine Technologies received an investment and endorsement from AEC Angels , an investment platform focused on architecture, engineering, and construction technologies. Alma Energy signed an MOU with the University of Texas El Paso on direct lithium extraction from brine produced from geothermal wells. seed round.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 22, 2022

This entailed a several million euro investment to rebuild the entire facility, not counting the cost of operational downtime, reputational damage and any fines or sanctions enforced by the Environment Agency (EA). The fire protection system installed after the fire amounted to a small fraction of this total investment.

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Charged

MARCH 22, 2022

The Stuttgart-based automaker has invested a cool billion bucks in Bammy to convert production lines to its EVA2 platform and build the battery assembly plant. With a view to the future return of lithium-ion battery systems from Mercedes-EQ vehicles, the company is expanding its global battery recycling strategy.

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Renewable Energy World

MAY 25, 2021

Burns & McDonnell said on Monday that it was selected by LG Energy Solution and Sustainable Environmental Renewable (SER) Capital Partners to provide engineer-procure-construct (EPC) services for three 10-MW/20-MWh lithium-ion, stand-alone battery energy storage systems. The three facilities are located in the West Texas region.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 19, 2022

The modular, smart storage solution is fully integrated and prefabricated with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, liquid-cooled thermal management system, battery management system and fire detection and suppression systems.

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CleanTech San Diego

AUGUST 1, 2022

ROI : The SCEIN program continues to achieve a more than 50-fold return on investment on the CEC grant funding. Strategic Milestones: Statevolt announced a $4 billion EV battery giga-factory in Imperial Valley along with a letter of intent to Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) for supply of power and battery-grade lithium.

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GreenTechMedia

MARCH 31, 2020

And the lithium-ion batteries that supply 99 percent of new storage capacity today get very expensive if you try to stretch them out over many hours. The makeup of this roster has fluctuated to the rhythm of bankruptcies and new investments. The company’s mechanism cools down air and stores it in pressurized, above-ground tanks.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 21, 2019

If built as described, this project would mark a milestone for the exotic technologies challenging mass-market lithium-ion batteries for longer duration grid storage. Highview's announcement puts it on track to claim the largest storage plant among the lithium-ion alternatives, if another company doesn't get there first.

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Charged

OCTOBER 16, 2021

He’s a visionary who converted a Porsche to electric drive and built a solar-powered racer, long before EVs were cool. As he has said before, the most cost-effective source of lithium today would not be new mines, but Americans’ junk drawers. When I was a kid, everyone had a favorite Beatle (mine was George).

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“Products like ours, which allow us to eliminate unnecessary energy consumption, represent quick and affordable wins compared to extensive infrastructure investments.”

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

for Northvolt to build energy storage, $100M for direct lithium extraction, and $60M for heat batteries. Deals of the Week (8/14-8/27) Venture Fundings 🔋 Northvolt , a Stockholm, Sweden-based lithium-ion batteries from recycled materials producer, raised $1.2B Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Heating and cooling buildings accounts for about a third of the final energy consumption globally and 30% of energy-related CO 2 emissions. With global temperatures rising, the need for cooling is expected to increase dramatically in the next few years. Heating and cooling buildings is 80% of that energy used.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 28, 2020

Dreisbach Enterprises and San Diego Food Bank are two of the California-based operations that have invested in Viking Cold’s technology to run their operations more efficiently. “What Viking Cold has allowed us to do is [to avoid] sub-cooling to the degree that we had, and then ride it out for much longer,” said Dreisbach.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

As lithium-ion batteries proliferated for grid storage, a small contingent of entrepreneurs pitched an alternative technology: thermal storage, which pre-heats or -cools a building to cut electrical usage during expensive peak hours. The technology is simple and cheap and has helped large commercial buildings for years.

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Grist

AUGUST 11, 2022

It’s packed with energy; per unit of weight, at least 60 times as much as the lithium-ion batteries used to propel electric cars. Some of these reactions, like the methane destruction, help cool the Earth. If the air is humid and cool enough, they can hang around as cirrus clouds, and that would likely have a net warming effect.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

💨 Private equity and O&G bet big on climate tech’s next frontiers: DAC and lithium. Blackrock injected $550M into Oxy’s DAC plant and ExxonMobil unveiled its first-ever lithium mining operation. ❄️ Macro market cools climate tech venture.

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R-Squared Energy

OCTOBER 31, 2019

A key point they made in the email was that lead-acid batteries are 99% recyclable, while lithium-ion batteries are recycled at a rate below 5%. However, when I look at the trajectory, I see lithium-ion batteries steadily declining in price, while the price of lead-acid batteries is relatively stagnant. They agreed. Several things.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

utilities have to plan for an electricity peak driven by summer air conditioning and cooling demand, Duke and other Southeastern utilities face an equally daunting winter peak driven by a reliance on electric heating and unpredictable cold snaps, as this U.S. While most U.S. Energy Information Administration data illustrates.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 27, 2022

SiTration raised $2.35M in pre-seed funding , which will support its novel separation processes for extracting lithium, cobalt, nickel, and more from recycled EV batteries. Department of Homeland Security’s Cooling Solutions Challenge. Deployments + Partnerships. Titan Advanced Energy Solutions won the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 4, 2021

Other technology includes the use of liquid-cooled permanent magnet drive motors to ensure the ERCV can withstand stop-start environments where high torque is required. The post Cleaner air in the capital: London has first UK authority to run fully electric refuse truck fleet first appeared on Envirotec.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Dandelion Energy raised a $70M Series B-1 round to install geothermal heating and cooling solutions. American Battery Technology Company was awarded a $57M Department of Energy grant to build a $115M, first-of-kind commercial-scale facility to manufacture battery-grade lithium hydroxide from Nevada-based sedimentary resources.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Countries and companies have also kicked off pledges to triple investments in renewables and nuclear, drive down methane emissions, and commit loss and damage funds. In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs.

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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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Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2020

Critical metals, so-called because they are central to high-tech sectors, including green energy and defence industries, are also commonly found in the thermocouples of appliances that are used to heat or cool, such as stoves and fridges. This has to stop. We have to change. Certainly, in the UK, we have the technological capabilities.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  Lots of spice for clean investment this week. The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B Happy Monday! 

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2020

The good news is many of the biggest cloud computing and data center providers have continued to focus on improving energy efficiency alongside their investments in sourcing renewable energy. As I reported about 18 months ago, it automates many tasks such as cooling and load balancing using artificial intelligence.

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Clean Energy Trust

AUGUST 30, 2019

August Cleantech Roundup: Energy Storage is Growing, Cleantech Startup are Fundraising, and Scooters are Driving Themselves Clean Energy Trust’s cleantech roundup highlights interesting cleantech news and perspective, across industry, technology policy, and investing. Of Note Batteries. Lots of Batteries. Link Rent a Tesla?

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 18, 2020

Numerous startups hawk alternative storage technologies on the basis of being safer than lithium-ion. An unprecedented number of utilities and power producers are investing in batteries as a pillar of a cleaner electric grid. Something made one lithium-ion cell heat up, although what that something was remains a matter of dispute.

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CleanTech San Diego

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Chilldyne offers a liquid cooling technology that improves Data Center energy efficiency 20-40 percent for a quicker return on investment while also enabling ten-times higher density computing than traditional air-cooled systems. About the Graduating Startups: .

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Clean Energy Trust

MARCH 25, 2021

At Clean Energy Trust , we have seen some truly impressive startups grow into successful businesses and are proud to have invested in some of the most promising ones. As such, one of the first questions I always think about when evaluating a startup for investment is, “why is no one else doing this?”

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Leaders sought to position the continent’s renewables potential and mineral resources as climate investment opportunities and get nations on the same page ahead of COP28. World Bank reforms that would funnel hundreds of billions of dollars toward climate investments in the Global South. Disproportionate impacts: Home to 1.3

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

It’s also investing in professional mentorship for minorities and backing communities through $6.5 Rather than invest capital directly in renewable-energy projects, he wants NRG to provide long-term contracts that improve their financeability. million in Neighborhood Grants.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 10, 2023

With a 40% decrease in climate tech venture investments compared to the first six months of 2022—and growth-stage activity experiencing the greatest decline, even as early-stage deals increased —the data could indicate a reshuffling of the ecosystem. Happy Monday! ICYMI, our H1 2023 funding report dropped at the end of June.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

To date, lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are responsible for expanding storage penetration, through electric vehicles, residential and other smaller-scale needs. But Li-ion batteries are limited by an average four-hour duration capacity and pose lifecycle and sustainability challenges. But when they do, the impact is substantial.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 14, 2021

Ennuity Holdings is creating a brand new asset class that allows individuals to buy out their electric utility bill, funding construction of clean energy infrastructure while receiving an in-kind return that substantially beats other types of fixed income investments. Transportation.

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