AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Tyson Foods is making a two-fold investment in insect protein startup Protix to increase production for animal feed ingredients, aquaculture and pet food. At the same time, consumers are demanding “cleaner” foods in every sense of the word — including products’ socio-environmental impacts.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 22, 2023

This Greentown Go startup-corporate partnership accelerator program—run with the EPRI , Shell , the City of Houston , and the Urban Future Lab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering—focused on accelerating the startups’ paths to commercialization. and hired a new CEO through a connection formed via the program.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Consumer demands are changing at a faster pace than ever as our understanding of nutrition evolves. . Protein-rich foods are in particular demand, and with the meat industry responsible for more than 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, innovators are finding alternative ways to give consumers what they want. Cultured meat and fish.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Consumer demands are changing at a faster pace than ever as our understanding of nutrition evolves. . Protein-rich foods are in particular demand, and with the meat industry responsible for more than 15% of greenhouse gas emissions, innovators are finding alternative ways to give consumers what they want. Cultured meat and fish.

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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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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The startup is building SkyH2O stations, where up to 200,000 liters of water will be produced daily via on-site AWG. The 20-person startup is currently raising a $20M Series A. “We’re integrating power generation, water processing and certification, bottling, and other solutions.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 26, 2024

To do so, the company was charged with the duties of incubating and investing in startups at the intersection of energy and emerging tech, launching new businesses from scratch and ‘infusing an entrepreneurial culture into National Grid’. So, where is NGP putting its money and how has their portfolio developed?

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EDF + Business

JULY 11, 2023

Some companies, however, have recognized their unique position when it comes to demonstrating market demand for that type of necessary innovation — and they are making their voices heard. Amazon’s Climate Pledge Fund , for example, is a venture arm of Amazon focused on investing in sustainable and decarbonizing technologies and services.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 1, 2021

To tackle those questions, Shayle spoke to Amy Duffuor , a principal at PRIME Impact Fund, which is set up specifically to help startups cross that chasm (Shayle is on PRIME's investor advisory council). And what resources can a company draw upon to cross these valleys?

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

How can a partnership between a startup and a corporate be successful? Launch is Greentown’s most comprehensive method of helping startups and corporates engage in ways that will help them both prosper. the Greentown Labs Global Center for Cleantech Innovation is the largest cleantech incubator in North America, operating a 100,000 sq.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 4, 2023

The startup plans to sell its pellets to energy power plants. While the demand is primarily in Europe and Asia currently, Lignium Energy’s team says that the United States is expected to meaningfully shift from relying on coal to utilizing biomass. product certifications. “We

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 24, 2021

NRG Energy’s Vice President of Sustainability Jeanne-Mey Sun is serving on the C2V Initiative’s Carbontec h Leadership Council , which will work closely with the 10 carbontech startups that make up the program’s first cohort. Decarbonization reflects an evolution in customer demand—and one that’s accelerating quickly. “We

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 22, 2024

The initiative’s third cohort included eight carbontech startups that were chosen in a highly competitive selection and deliberation process that saw more than 160 applications from 26 countries. The startup, formerly known as C-Quester, is based in Los Angeles, CA. Detailed results from Year 1 and Year 2 are available.

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Greentown Labs

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

New program is accepting applications from startups developing innovative low-carbon hydrogen technologies. LCHA is seeking applications from startups that are advancing low-carbon hydrogen production, enhancing hydrogen storage and distribution, or providing business model innovations for the management of hydrogen supply chains.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 30, 2020

Otherlab is an R&D incubator and accelerator that helps pair startups in robotics and renewable energy with government labs and corporate investors. Get your copy of the “2020 State of Demand-Side Energy Management in North America” here.

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Greentown Labs

APRIL 26, 2022

We opened Greentown Houston’s doors one year ago with 16 startups ; today are home to 62 members. Our Houston startups have made incredible progress this year in the national and international climatetech ecosystem. Greentown Houston startups showcase at the incubator’s First Anniversary Celebration.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Reducing demand for those backup power sources has the additional advantage of cutting costs for utilities and end-users. The startup joined Greentown Labs in January 2020, and was drawn to the incubator for its active community. “We Greentown Labs is the largest cleantech incubator in North America, operating a 100,000 sq.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 9, 2020

And the charging itself must juggle demand charges and time-based rates, which vary from one utility territory to the next. An electric bus fleet in Denver, for instance, ended up costing the transit agency 60 percent more per mile to operate than diesel buses, due to hefty demand charges, The Denver Post reported last year.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 23, 2019

If it’s still safe to use in some form, a dairy processor only gets a 7 percent margin—versus 27 percent on dairy products that demand high-quality raw milk. Promethean was one of the four founding companies of Greentown Labs, which has grown into the largest cleantech incubator in North America.

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CleanTech San Diego

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

SCEIN is an incubator program for clean energy startups based in San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Imperial counties that are developing technologies to help California meet its clean energy goals. About the Graduating Startups: . 79 percent of SCEIN companies have C-Suite diversity.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The problem is that all those demands are in tension with one another. the Greentown Labs Global Center for Cleantech Innovation is the largest cleantech incubator in North America, operating a 100,000 sq. Greentown Labs is home to more than 100 startups and has supported more than 230 since its inception.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 14, 2020

There is a lot of demand from customers—many customers are looking for this information.”. Sabur says he has been impressed by BASF’s demonstrated commitment to sustainability and engaging startups. the Greentown Labs Global Center for Cleantech Innovation is the largest cleantech incubator in North America, operating a 100,000 sq.

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Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Flexibility is the latest buzzword Whether on the residential or large consumer side, flexibility has over the last 365 days been developed as a means of alleviating surging levels of demand off the power grid.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 30, 2020

From building multiple startups to helping develop the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to now serving as BASF’s director of sustainability, Toomey has seen the intersection of sustainable technology and business from many different angles. Earlier in your career, you helped build two startups.

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 21, 2020

But when pyrolysis (decomposition brought about by high temperatures) was first developed, the market demand wasn’t there: managing plastic waste wasn’t urgent and oil prices were low. . These chemicals will meet our customers’ growing demands for high-quality and sustainable products.” Located in Somerville, Mass.,

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

But battery manufacturers are fully focused on scaling up production to meet increasing demands for electric vehicles and energy storage systems, so they need other companies to develop better recycling systems. The increasing demand for batteries makes it even more crucial to source their materials sustainably.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 15, 2019

As e-commerce explodes and the market demand for fulfillment times grow ever shorter, there’s a growing urgency to assemble all the online orders. the Greentown Labs Global Center for Cleantech Innovation is the largest cleantech incubator in North America, operating a 100,000 sq. RHR joined Greentown in 2015, and graduated in 2017.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 8, 2021

This winter, I had the pleasure of speaking with ENGIE North America’s CEO Gwenaëlle Avice-Huet , a wonderful partner to Greentown and our startup community. Having many technologies working in harmony is key as the demand for 24/7 renewables increases. ENGIE is ready and eager to work with climatetech startups.

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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. Key market supply and demand indicators ended the year down.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 28, 2021

The deployment of renewables has reached the point where balancing the electric grid requires shifting the supply of intermittent energy sources and demand on a MW-to-GW scale. The widespread use of grid storage can save utilities and their customers large amounts of money by evening out demand across time. About the Author.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

for a whole blog’s worth of reasons—from procurement and customer demand to aggressive policy to cheaper clean electrons. Series B+ dollars are dropping off at exactly the time that many startups within this climate tech cohort need to start building big, expensive facilities and projects to prove commercial viability.

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Business Green

APRIL 24, 2020

economy, more than 200 US startups have cut thousands of jobs. In mid-March, Chicago-based alternative protein startup Nature's Fynd disclosed a healthy infusion of $80m, bringing its total to $113m. To be clear, pitches by climate tech entrepreneurs are subject to the same scrutiny and skepticism as any other startup.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The cells run on green hydrogen, supplied by a British startup, and the interior is a model of circularity, including recycled seat frames and covers. To meet this new demand, we will see the emergence of new energy hubs and global value chains that enable a hydrogen market seven times its current size by mid-century.".

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 17, 2019

A few states that wanted to incubate storage industries of their own proved that sharp policy really can create new markets in relatively short periods of time. New York combines demand-side pulls, like Governor Andrew Cuomo’s target for 3,000 megawatts installed by 2030 , with policy support to help storage get to market.

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Climate Tech VC

JUNE 30, 2023

As venture capital funding falls across the startup landscape, the dollars flowing into climate tech companies dropped ~40% in the first half of 2023. As the new cohort of startups founded in the early days of the climate tech boom begins to reach maturation, expect more growth (in growth) to come to market over the next few years.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 3, 2016

Emily Kirsch is Co-founder and CEO of Powerhouse , an incubator dedicated to solar startups (formerly SfunCube). The Oakland-based incubator boasts 20+ startups and 100+ entrepreneurs. 2015 brought the announcement of LightSail’s first large-scale commercial project. a leading energy storage and analytics company.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 4, 2021

In addition to a partnership and investment from Saint-Gobain of $25,000 in non-dilutive grant funding and desk space at Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, the awardees also obtained exclusive access to Saint-Gobain networks and select Saint-Gobain testing capabilities, technical facilities, and expertise.

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