Climatetech finance

Electric vehicles

This startup aims to make it easy for corporate fleets to go electric

Inspiration Mobility secures $200 million to take on the financing and the risks of transitioning customers’ vehicle fleets to EVs.

By Jeff St. John . 10 November 2021
Workforce diversity

Charging Up: Women’s climatetech career moves at Sunrun, Rivian, Plus Power, Sunnova and more

Here's to bold cross-sector leaps, second acts and hurdling up the org chart.

By Eric Wesoff . 9 November 2021
Nuclear

Helion brings in $500M for its novel approach to nuclear fusion

Despite its theoretical promise, fusion has never been harnessed. Are VCs throwing billions at science fiction?

By Eric Wesoff . 5 November 2021
Fossil fuels

COP26 players pledge funding to shut down coal plants

Countries, foundations and multilateral banks are stepping up to help developing countries ditch coal and go clean, but much more money will be needed.

By Jeff St. John . 4 November 2021
Climate justice

Small island nations suffer under broken and 'cruel' climate finance system

At COP26, leaders of developing countries seek a way out of the vicious circle of debt and storm damage. Will rich countries and major players listen?

By Jeff St. John . 3 November 2021
EV charging

Why Amazon is investing in a startup that's shrinking the footprint of EV charging

Resilient Power uses cutting-edge electronics to make heavy-duty EV charging cheaper, smaller and more flexible.

By Jeff St. John . 2 November 2021
Grid edge

Generac acquires smart thermostat maker ecobee

Ecobee broke with Amazon over customer privacy. Now it's found a home in Generac’s growing clean home energy ecosystem.

By Jeff St. John . 1 November 2021
Electric vehicles

Battery swapping: The killer app for electrifying India's millions of tuk-tuks?

Startup Power Global says modular batteries and swapping stations can cut the cost of transitioning to EVs in developing markets. It has a lot of competition.

By Jeff St. John . 27 October 2021
Energy storage

Used EV batteries are storing solar power at grid scale — and making money at it

B2U Storage Solutions raises $10M to scale up site that sells solar power stored in Nissan Leaf batteries in California's wholesale markets.

By Julian Spector . 18 October 2021
Clean industry

Can the US take the lead on cleaner lithium production?

Three companies are attracting private and public funding for their potentially game-changing efforts to extract lithium from brine in California.

By Elizabeth McCarthy . 14 October 2021