Climatetech finance

Electric vehicles

BMW, Ford bet $130M on Solid Power's advanced batteries for electric vehicles

Carmakers are racing to secure next-gen batteries to improve EV range and safety.

By Julian Spector . 3 May 2021
Geothermal

Hot and bothered about geothermal energy

Enhanced geothermal could provide gigawatts of low-cost baseload power. VCs, entrepreneurs, governments and the oil industry are paying attention. Here's a news roundup.

By Eric Wesoff . 3 May 2021
Climatetech finance

Clubhouse with Canary: Cleantech investing in 2021

There's a new generation of cleantech investors leveraging more capital, more entrepreneurs and more risk than ever before.

By Eric Wesoff . 30 April 2021
Electrification

Designing air conditioners that won’t cook the planet

The Global Cooling Prize awards $1 million to designs that shave energy, reduce global warming and could make AC more affordable and eco-friendly for billions.

By Jeff St. John . 29 April 2021
Guest essay

Net-Zero Banking Alliance’s carbon commitment: The good, the bad and the missing-in-action

The latest global banking coalition aligned with the Paris Agreement lacks the ambition required to reach net-zero emissions.

By Jeanne Martin . 29 April 2021
Energy storage

Newsletter: When promises turn into projects

Canadian startup Hydrostor is making good on its promise to build a new storage technology at massive scale.

By Julian Spector . 26 April 2021
Climatetech finance

Congruent Ventures raises $175M fund for early-stage climate tech

Investors want a piece of the startups that could build a low-carbon society.

By Julian Spector . 22 April 2021
Climatetech finance

Newsletter: More money, more problems for QuantumScape

By Julian Spector . 20 April 2021
Solar

Expanding solar access in Africa through artificial intelligence

It's hard to measure risk for solar investing in sub-Saharan Africa. Nithio has raised $30M to change that.

By Jason Deign . 16 April 2021
Solar

Software will eat solar: Driving utility-scale solar prices below 1 cent per kilowatt-hour by 2025

Terabase Energy is on a mission to get utility-scale solar power prices below $0.01 per kWh by 2025 using software, as opposed to the DOE's hardware strategy.

By Eric Wesoff . 8 April 2021