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GreenCom Lands Funding to Expand IoT Home Energy Controls in Europe and Beyond

GreenTechMedia

million) funding round adds new investors Shell Ventures and Japan’s Energy & Environment Investment Inc. Energy & Environment Investment, an investment fund backed by major Japanese utilities and manufacturers including Mitsubishi, opens the potential for partnerships in Japan, he added. million customers.

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Startup UtilityAPI raises $10M in Series A round

Smart Energy International

UtilityAPI announced the close of Series A funding with a $10 million investment, led by Aligned Climate Capital. Investor Aligned Climate Capital said it focuses on companies to invest in through the lens of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) metrics. This article was originally published on Power Grid International.

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How Microsoft Plans To Eliminate All The Carbon It Ever Emitted

R-Squared Energy

Willis said that datacenters are the primary source of Microsoft’s emissions, but they have pledged to power their datacenter operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025. To address historical emissions, they launched a $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund that invests in global carbon reduction, capture and removal technologies. .

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The case for raising up women in climate tech

GreenBiz

It got me thinking: Could we boost the carbon drawdown potential of clean technologies even further by supporting more women-led startups in the burgeoning climate-tech ecosystem? VC investment in climate tech is growing five times faster than overall VC, with a $60 billion increase in funding over the last seven years. Infrastructure.

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Why a seasoned energy executive sees a bright future in long-duration energy storage from ESS

Renewable Energy World

In fact, he was creating technology that electric utilities could use to make their grids smarter before the words “smart grid” were well known. In 2002, he founded Silver Spring Networks, which combined IoT with big data for smart grids. He also knows how difficult it is to be a startup in the energy industry. “A

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

Participants at this conference come from the private and public sectors, utilities, solution providers, investors, and startups. Before investing, it’s critical to understand the pros and cons of different kinds of projects and how to build a portfolio of offsets that delivers impact and reliability. 400+ sessions.