Charged

MARCH 16, 2023

The company recently announced a five-year investment budget of €180 billion ($193 billion), and some two-thirds of that will be devoted to software and electrification. Around 15 big ones will reportedly be invested in battery production and raw material sourcing. The Group and its battery company PowerCo have selected St.

Batteries 134

Batteries Investment Europe North America 134

Charged

MARCH 10, 2023

In my latest Charging Forward column, which appears in the current print issue of Charged , I wrote of “a pointless fight between the US and Europe over the Buy American provisions of the IRA/BIL,” and opined that “as the details of the new rules are worked out, they’ll surely be brought into harmony with existing free-trade agreements.”

Europe 105

Europe Batteries North America Transportation 105

Charged

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm BMW i Ventures has led a $13-million Series A round of investment in AMPECO , an EV charging management platform that’s designed to enable large-scale public, business, fleet and residential charging providers to manage EV chargers at scale. Source: BMW Group

North America 119

North America Europe Investment Innovation 119

Charged

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Toyota, that most enigmatic of major automakers, is slowly increasing investment in its struggling electrification efforts , even as it continues to lobby against government climate action , and sings the praises of ICEs in its corporate communications. The company recently announced plans to invest an additional $2.5

Investment 136

Investment Batteries North America Carbon-neutral 136

Charged

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The company will also invest up to €4.5 BASF also plans to expand its CAM manufacturing in Asia, Europe and North America. BASF , a producer of cathode active materials (CAM), plans to consolidate some of its business into a new legal entity called BASF Automotive Catalysts and Recycling beginning in January of 2022.

Recycling 124

Recycling Recycling Batteries North America 124

Charged

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Volkswagen Group and its recently founded battery company PowerCo SE intend to rapidly expand their global battery business to North America. Canada is one logical option for the construction of a gigafactory in North America. Source: Volkswagen.

North America 122

North America Batteries Europe Construction 122

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. It’s very soon, and to make that possible we need to invest now. ”. Globally, ENGIE S.A. million homes.

North America 52

North America Startups Energy Energy 52

Charged

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Vehicle OEMs are investing large sums to advance the transition to electric vehicles, even as they lobby governments to water down the emissions regulations that are forcing that transition. In 2022, the same three companies agreed to jointly invest some $550 million to build and operate a public charging network for heavy-duty EVs in Europe.

North America 116

North America Education Europe Construction 116

Energy Central

MAY 1, 2023

Global technology company Siemens predicts that the market for wireless EV charging in Europe and North America will reach $2 billion by 2028.Read Read More

Electric vehicle 45

Electric vehicle North America Investment Europe 45

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Norwegian investment in Indian transmission The Norwegian Climate Investment Fund, managed by government-owned Norfund and KLP, Norway’s largest pension company, is investing approximately $9 million for a 49% stake in the Koppal Transmission Scheme. ReNew has won three transmission projects in Karnataka to date.

Energy 118

Energy Energy North America Europe 118

Charged

JUNE 17, 2022

Stellantis says the new joint venture company will invest more than $2.5 The investment could gradually increase to $3.1 The new facility will supply battery modules for a range of vehicles produced at Stellantis’s North American assembly plants. billion and create 1,400 new jobs in Kokomo and the surrounding areas.

North America 116

North America Batteries Europe Construction 116

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This week we look at a $5 million investment into SparkMeter, which provides grid management solutions tailored to emerging markets, an acquisition from Elia Group signalling their entry into the US and insights into how AI can assist with clean tech investments in a constantly changing market environment.

Energy Monitor 105

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Investment 105

Charged

JANUARY 27, 2023

Many EV-related companies need accurate and complete data on public charging stations in North America and Europe. Our investment in Eco-Movement is a strong complement to our existing expertise in the renewable energy and sustainability arena,” said Almar Latour, CEO of Dow Jones. Source: Eco-Movement

North America 126

North America Europe Investment Sustainability 126

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 25, 2024

The facility, Kilmarnock South, is the third major investment of a large programme of battery storage assets provided by Zenobē, a specialist in fleet electrification and battery storage. 600 million from KKR and c.£270

Energy 286

Energy Energy Batteries Wind power 286

Charged

MARCH 15, 2023

Mercedes-Benz has announced that production of the electric version of its popular Sprinter van will start in the second half of 2023, in both North America and Europe. The new eSprinter is set to launch in the US and Canada in the second half of 2023, and the market launch in Europe will follow towards the end of 2023.

Energy Monitor 130

Energy Monitor Electricity North America Europe 130

Charged

AUGUST 6, 2021

ChargePoint (Nasdaq: CHPT) offers EV drivers access to hundreds of thousands of charging sites in North America and Europe, but the company is more than just a network operator—it’s involved in just about every link in the EVSE value chain.

Technology 132

Technology North America Europe Investment 132

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 30, 2024

Alongside E.ON, the European Investment Fund (EIF) also is an anchor investor with both holding a mid-double-digit million euro stake, according to a release. The capital of the fund is allocated entirely towards investments across three core themes with clear decarbonisation potential – future energy, future cities and future technologies.

North America 64

North America Energy Energy Innovation 64

Charged

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The company plans to invest $43 million in the 154,000-square-foot facility, which will be able to process 30,000 metric tons of discarded batteries and scrap per year. Ascend plans to open more facilities in North America, Europe and Asia to process a total of up to 150,000 metric tons of lithium-ion battery materials per year. “As

Recycling 124

Recycling Recycling Batteries North America 124

Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Global cement giant CEMEX has invested $6.5m The new investment from CEMEX - which was led by the firm's corporate venture capital and open innovation arm CEMEX Ventures - is set to support the roll out of the technology at a number of cement facilities in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Upcycling 84

Upcycling Carbon Investment Carbon-neutral 84

Business Green

JULY 28, 2023

Investment to be used to support expansion of its electric vehicle to grid integration services across UK, North America and Europe

North America 36

North America Electricity Electric vehicle Europe 36

Smart Energy International

JUNE 20, 2022

And it has debuted with AMI applications in more developed markets, such as Europe and North America.”. Head-end software adoption by sector (Europe and North America combined). The investment on gas lags behind both electricity and water. The complexity is much higher than seen in gas or water.

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring 98

Charged

JANUARY 31, 2023

EV charging management platform AMPECO has raised $16 million in venture capital investment after closing a $13-million Series A funding round led by BMW i Ventures. The round also included LAUNCHub Ventures, Cavalry Ventures and a number of angel investors.

North America 61

North America Innovation Europe Investment 61

Smart Energy International

MAY 11, 2022

Have you read: Smart grid investment fund launches in Europe Utilities to advise on AI and advanced computing for the smart grid Spain’s Transmission Grid Planning to fast track renewable integration. We look forward to partnering with utilities around the world on their grid modernisation journey.”.

Innovation 98

Innovation North America IoT Power grid 98

Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2022

ScottishPower has today hailed its move "to the forefront of the UK's solar industry", after agreeing a £500m investment in projects that are set to collectively power the equivalent of 220,000 homes. It also boasts 31GW of solar projects under development in Spain, the US, Mexico, the UK, Portugal, and Italy.

Investment 69

Investment North America Wind power Solar Power 69

Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

Carbon Capture Scotland Limited (“CCSL”) has signed an agreement with Iona Capital (“Iona”), a UK low carbon investment fund manager, to capture and reuse green carbon dioxide from the latter’s biomethane plants located across the UK. CO₂ is used in the food, cold logistics and pharmaceutical industries. A dry-ice conveyor.

Logistics 100

Logistics North America Carbon Waste 100

Charged

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Deutsche Post DHL Group is going electric—the German logistics giant plans to invest some 7 billion euros in electrification between now and 2030, by which date it aims to make 60% of its delivery vehicles zero-emission. The order volume concentrates on E-Transit panel vans designed for handling express shipments in the Americas and Europe.

Electricity 86

Electricity Logistics North America Europe 86

Business Green

AUGUST 12, 2021

Electric vehicle (EV) charging network provider ChargePoint has further underlined its commitment to the electrification of commercial fleets in North America and Europe with the acquisition of electric bus and fleet charging specialist ViriCiti.

Business Energy Monitoring 95

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor North America Electricity 95

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 20, 2023

This M&A announcement came in as Investcorp, partnering with IMB Business School, announced the results of its latest survey concerning top investment trends. The survey found the energy sector to be a dominant area for investment, specifically energy security, renewables and EVS/batteries.

Business Energy Monitoring 59

Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 59

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 9, 2024

The smart metering programme is being delivered by Severn Trent with infrastructure service provider Network Plus as part of its Green Recovery programme, which is planned to see £566 million (US$721 million) investment in its water supply by March 2025. Have you read?

North America 105

North America Europe Demand Climate change 105

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

According to a new whitepaper from Guidehouse Insights, there is an extensive base of smart meters set for upgrade and replacement over the coming decade in both the US and Western Europe. This is due to the initial surge in smart meter installations experienced during the late 2000s and early 2010s.

Home Energy Monitoring 98

Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring North America 98

GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 20, 2020

For all the talk of the energy transition, leading global oil and gas companies invested just $2.1 Total M&A activity or other investments into low-carbon companies — such as minigrid developers , EV infrastructure firms or energy storage providers — was under $2 billion last year from leading oil companies, the IEA said.

Energy 245

Energy Energy North America Fossil fuels 245

GreenTechMedia

MARCH 19, 2020

Europe, Asia and beyond. These areas are regulatory reform, evolution of market models, the scale of grid edge investment around electrification, and de-risking grid edge investment. Wood Mackenzie expects that North America could have nearly 650 gigawatt-hours of EV battery capacity by 2030, up from 97.5

Building Energy Monitoring 218

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 218

Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Fund launched following success of investor's first green energy fund, which it acquired when Macquarie Group purchased the Green Investment Bank from the UK government in 2017. MIRA said MGREF2 has made two investments to date.

North America 87

North America Carbon Energy Energy 87

Charged

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Daimler Truck North America, NextEra Energy Resources and BlackRock Renewable Power plan to form a joint venture to deploy a nationwide US charging network for medium- and heavy-duty battery-electric and fuel cell vehicles. Construction at the first sites is set to begin in 2023. Source: Daimler Truck.

North America 119

North America Carbon-neutral Europe Batteries 119

Greentown Labs

JUNE 29, 2023

and Houston, Texas, June 29, 2023 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech incubator in North America, today announced Aisling Carlson as its Senior Vice President (SVP) of Partnerships. In this role, Ms. Carlson began her career as a consultant at Heidrick & Struggles in London.

North America 98

North America Startups Incubators Incubators 98

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Lawrence River, which drains North America’s five Great Lakes. Other regions producing large volumes of wastewater: North America (67 billion m3) and Europe (68 billion cubic meters) – virtually equal volumes despite Europe’s higher urban population (547 million vs. North America’s 295 million.

Energy Monitor 260

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring North America Agriculture 260

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The past week has been a key period for investment decisions, pleas and pledges within the financial community. At the same time, the European Investment Bank (EIB) released its 7th annual investment survey, breaking down how firms have been faring in the energy space in the midst of the continuing effects of the war in Ukraine.

Investment 64

Investment Energy Energy Carbon-negative 64