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Bio-CHP provider selected to join Google’s climate change accelerator program

Renewable Energy World

Enexor BioEnergy, LLC, said it has been selected as one of 11 companies in North America to participate in the inaugural Google for Startups Accelerator: Climate Change. Launching in June, the three-month program grants climate-change-focused start-ups access to Google programs, products, people and technology.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — July 2022

Greentown Labs

Cleartrace announced a $20M financing round , from several strategic investors, including Greentown partner EDF Energy North America. Radical Plastics is conducting field trials of mulch film produced by its patented technology with Johnny’s Selected Seeds.

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Li-Cycle recovers usable battery-grade materials from shredded Li-ion batteries

Charged

They often thermally treat them—they’re burning off plastic and electrolyte in the batteries and are not really focused on the material recovery. Other components, like plastics, electrolytes, graphite, they’re all essentially burned off, typically. Both are patented, owned by the company. It’s two steps.

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The Carbon to Value Initiative Announces Year Two Startup Cohort for Carbontech Accelerator Program

Greentown Labs

has a patented bacteria-based technology that converts organic waste into Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a biopolymer that can be used to replace a wide range of oil-based plastic applications. Full Cycle Bioplastics (San Jose, U.S.) Lydian (Somerville, U.S.) About Greentown Labs.

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Ask a Climate Innovator?—?Haley Marie Keith, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at MITO…

Clean Energy Trust

In the past, mankind moved from wood to metal to plastics, the next evolution is polymers. During my MBA, MITO’s original technology was sitting on the shelf, patent-pending, and still in development. And for our latest product made from the bio-material corn starch, we see the largest impact in recycled plastics and packaging.

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Meet Our Newest Startup Members

Greentown Labs

Nearly 30 startups joined our community in the final quarter of 2020, working on innovations as diverse as zinc-ion batteries, long-range weather forecasts, wave energy conversion, and replacements for petrochemical plastics. We’re thrilled to support these groundbreaking climatetech startups—let us introduce you! MANUFACTURING.

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Meet Our Inaugural Greentown Houston Members

Greentown Labs

Let us introduce you to: Applied Bioplastics produces affordable polymers with properties that are equal to or better than those of traditional petrochemical plastics. These polymers use significant plant matter, which absorbs CO 2 and avoids the CO 2 emissions of petrochemical plastics.