Greentown Labs

JANUARY 18, 2022

University, utility, and climatetech leaders will help maximize the incubator’s climate impact. 18, 2022 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, today announced the addition of four new members to its board of directors, Gilda A. Somerville, Mass., About Greentown Labs. billion in funding.

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Greentown Labs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

ACCEL combines startup acceleration with a curated curriculum, incubation at Greentown, and extensive mentorship from Greentown and BGS’s networks of industry experts. frakktal (Houston, Texas) is a B2B materials company developing bio-based polymer processes for the replacement of fossil-fuel-based feedstocks across industries.

Startups 75

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Greentown Labs

JANUARY 10, 2023

10, 2023 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech incubator in North America, and Vineyard Wind , developer of the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the United States, are now accepting applications for Greentown Go Energize 2023 , a program supported by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). Somerville, Mass.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

This year-long program combines acceleration with a curated curriculum, incubation through a Greentown membership, and extensive mentorship from Greentown and BGS’s networks of industry experts. FRAKKTAL Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is a synthetic plastic polymer made from fossil fuels, and it forms one of the most common types of plastics.

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Startups Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Plastics 120

GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

Are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution from the fossil fuel industry. We have a lack of jobs, we have a lack of access, we have a lack of money in communities," said Taj Eldridge, senior director of investment at Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator ( LACI ). The impacts are also real. Economics are a huge part of it.

Energy 393

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 14, 2022

Head of Houston Incubator & Vice President of InnovationGreentown Labs. Head of Houston Incubator & Vice President of InnovationGreentown Labs. ETV’s experienced team is dedicated to bridging the gap between fossil fuels and the future. She has several scientific publications and patents. Juliana Garaizar.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In news this week, COP28 wraps up with a landmark agreement on transitioning away from fossil fuels, DOE announces a new office focused on AI, and over 2M Teslas were recalled.  And below we start the week off with a walk down memory lane of the year’s top CTVC headlines. Applications close Feb 2nd. 

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 23, 2019

“Right there in my car I started taking notes, and started scratching out the idea of using the drive shaft and the wasted energy of the truck to create clean electricity, store it, and then reduce the amount of fossil fuels that the transportation industry has to burn.”. Trucks have an idling problem. Located in Somerville, Mass.,

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Greentown Labs

JULY 16, 2020

The combination of incubation space, innovation services, and technical testing capacity and knowhow they provide forms the basis of a highly unique and proven technology acceleration model that will now be applied to carbontech as part of the C2V Initiative. Collaborations such as this will help to solve the climate problems.”.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 19, 2021

BP, Shell and Total are all pursuing multimillion-dollar hydrogen projects themselves, often with government support , as they seek to redefine their future role in a world less reliant on fossil fuels. But that hydrogen is between five and seven times more expensive than the fossil-fuel-based product it predominantly uses.

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Hydrogen Fossil fuels Natural gas Investment 88

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

JANUARY 14, 2022

Head of Houston Incubator & Vice President of InnovationGreentown Labs. ETV’s experienced team is dedicated to bridging the gap between fossil fuels and the future. She has several scientific publications and patents. Juliana Garaizar.

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Startups Incubators Incubators Investment 52

Greentown Labs

AUGUST 20, 2021

After moving a few miles from Boston’s Seaport District to Somerville’s Union Square—nearly doubling the square footage of its incubator in the process—Greentown hosted its first-ever DEMO Day. The second annual DEMO Day featured company presentations held throughout the 33,000-square-foot Somerville, MA incubator.

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 16, 2021

It’s the competition between electricity and fossil fuels. Emily Reichert is the CEO of Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, on a mission to support entrepreneurs tackling the biggest climate and environmental challenges. So what is the real competition we should be looking at?

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 4, 2021

Each week different technologies in the energy sector, such as fuel cell power generation, energy storage, solar/photovoltaic, and wind energy, make another index forward. Incubators, universities, entrepreneurs, private investors, and even corporate giants are toiling night and day to create tomorrow’s clean technology. .

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 24, 2021

We group them in four buckets: decarbonizing our existing business; diversifying into low-emissions businesses; divesting from high-emission assets—since 2014, we’ve divested about 32 GW of net capacity of fossil fuel generation—and offsetting residual emissions.”. Watch the full conversation below!

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 28, 2021

Thus, only when augmented by affordable grid storage can renewable technologies such as solar and wind successfully compete with fossil fuel-based energy production. Danyel Desa is an Energy Analyst at Tata Industries, the incubation arm of the Indian multinational conglomerate Tata Group. About the Author.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 9, 2020

Converting a fleet from fossil-fueled to electric is a lot more complicated than simply buying new vehicles. The electric cars, trucks and buses need carefully scheduled charging to ensure they have sufficient fuel for their duties. Cleantech Incubator. Shao quickly raised $3.8

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

When we move away from using fossil fuels and use the most efficient system there is—ground source heat pumps—this can reduce carbon emissions by up to 10 times, which is absolutely massive. Some countries in Europe have put plans to ban/phase out fossil fuel burners in place.

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LA CleanTech Incubator

JUNE 5, 2020

Are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution from the fossil fuel industry. We have a lack of jobs, we have a lack of access, we have a lack of money in communities," said Taj Eldridge, senior director of investment at Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator ( LACI ). The impacts are also real. Economics are a huge part of it.

Energy 145

Energy Energy Pollution Organic 145

Charged

MAY 3, 2023

I incubated our work in sustainability. Our mission is to discover, incubate, and develop initiatives that lead to net zero transportation. Not like fossil fuels which you burn. Maybe our biggest attribute is that we’re a convener—we bring industry together with government and other stakeholders to advance the industry.

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Batteries Organic Automotive Recycling 129

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. It serves clean power at night cheaper than incumbent fossil fuels. The utility asked for more later in the year. Pathway emerges for long-duration storage.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Fossil fuel companies are using the technology as “a fig leaf” to pursue oil and gas drilling, campaigners have warned, as industry lobbyists across the energy sector seek to win over policymakers. Nearly a fifth of the CCSA’s 100 members are oil and gas companies, including BP, Exxon, Shell and Equinor.

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Pollution Carbon Fossil fuels Politics 110

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

China has recently committed to stop selling cars that run on fossil fuels. Danielle Fugere, President and Chief Counsel of As You Sow, commented that private sector EV technology has been incubated by California policy. If they can do it, we can do it too!”.

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Policy Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Electric vehicle 40

Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 10, 2022

I was working at Chobani at the time, managing their incubator programs for food/ag entrepreneurs. The first was The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells, which woke me up to just how bad it can get, the different tipping points that can be reached, and the small window of time we have left to turn the tide. of global GHGs.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2022

For context, 100GW is more than the UK's entire current electricity capacity, which stands at around 75GW from both clean and fossil fuel sources. By that time, Masdar is going to be the biggest renewable energy company in the entire world.".

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 5, 2020

Are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution from the fossil fuel industry. Are more likely to live near highways, airports, refineries and other sources of hazardous air pollutants. The impacts are also real. “Economics are a huge part of it.

Energy 36

Energy Energy Pollution Organic 36

AGreenLiving

JUNE 5, 2020

Are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution from the fossil fuel industry. Are more likely to live near highways, airports, refineries and other sources of hazardous air pollutants. The impacts are also real. “Economics are a huge part of it.

Energy 28

Energy Energy Pollution Organic 28

Greentown Labs

MAY 11, 2023

PVC is a synthetic plastic polymer made from fossil fuels, and it forms one of the most common types of plastics. Its climate benefits over PVC polymers are overwhelming, from not using fossil fuels as feedstock, to not requiring high manufacturing temperatures, to not incorporating any harmful chemicals.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

PowerUp , which provides an Energy as a Service model, replacing fossil fuel generators with battery PowerStations, using AI algorithms to predict battery behaviours and facilitate just-in-time swapping with renewable energy-charged replacements.

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Ecotech

AUGUST 1, 2019

Since it is understood that traditional sources of electricity such as oil and coal negatively impact our environment and health, many countries are starting to transition from traditional fossil fuels to renewable energy. Other solar companies are calling us when they need help – which speaks volumes.”

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

BECCS replaces the fossil fuels used in processes such as power generation with biomass grown in sustainable forests. This organic matter has already absorbed CO2 from the atmosphere before it is turned into fuel - making the process of generating power using it carbon neutral.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

Boyd's own involvement with businesses and investors, impressed on him that it was "harder than it should be to set up a business that makes money and does good", and he spotted a gap in the market for a think tank and "incubator of ideas" to help present the increasingly popular case for purpose as well as profit in the business world.

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Policy Demand Government Biodiversity 69

Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

Germany backs 2035 fossil fuel car phase out 2035. The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has confirmed it has delisted five oil and gas companies from its website, as it finalises a new standard for how fossil fuel producers can set climate targets that align with 1.5C or 2C of global warming.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

Previous reports indicate that Tufton Street groups have received substantial funds from organisations that support climate science denial in the past decade, with some donations provided directly by fossil fuel firms. They incubated Truss and Kwarteng during their early years as MPs. 2022 report into think tanks.

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Fossil fuels Government Policy Politics 98

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

The current Haber Bosch process relies on fossil fuels (~ 70% natural gas, 30% coal) and emits 2.4 Emerging technologies can turn nitrous oxides back into nitrogen, but ammonia needs care and attention to stay clean and keep from lengthening the life of existing fossil fuel assets. of global emissions. 

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Acton also incubated the Cornwall Alliance , another association of think tanks and faith-based groups with close links to another Atlas member, the Heritage Foundation. Wade often depicts those who would deny the continent its current fossil fuel boom as out-of-touch elitists. It exacerbates poverty.”

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Fossil fuels Organic Law Africa 145

Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 7, 2023

Environmental groups and scientists protested the deal and Andrew Forrest, billionaire mining entrepreneur, threatened to pull investments from the country over its backing of fossil fuels. The White House proposed a new rule to facilitate clean energy project permitting.

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