Climatetech finance

Energy storage

Could the Senate budget throw a lifeline to energy storage?

Grid batteries have surged since they got their own tax credit in 2023. The Senate could spare grid storage projects while cutting incentives for wind and solar.

By Julian Spector . 19 June 2025
Hydrogen

The billion-dollar US green hydrogen boom ended before it ever began

Even before Trump and fellow Republicans began pulling the financial rug out from under the industry, green hydrogen megaprojects were collapsing. Here’s why.

By Julian Spector . 18 June 2025
Solar

Sunnova and Mosaic bankruptcies highlight deepening rooftop solar woes

High interest rates and state policy headwinds have destabilized major rooftop solar firms. The GOP’s tax credit cuts could make a bad situation worse.

By Jeff St. John . 11 June 2025
Clean energy

GOP budget plan contains a massive poison pill for clean energy

“Totally unworkable” rules could kill manufacturing and clean energy investment by restricting tax credits for any project remotely tied to China, experts warn.

By Jeff St. John . 15 May 2025
Clean industry

‘It’s bleak’: Trump prepares to gut investments to clean up heavy industry

The Industrial Demonstrations Program would create thousands of jobs while helping modernize U.S. industries like steelmaking. It’s on Trump’s chopping block.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 8 May 2025
Climatetech finance

Can AI chips make the grid smarter? Utilidata raises $60M to find out.

Utilidata and Nvidia think their AI-enabled smart meters can help solve tricky grid challenges, from growing data center demand to more rooftop solar and EVs.

By Jeff St. John . 29 April 2025
Clean energy manufacturing

Chart: Trump is killing the country’s clean-energy manufacturing momentum

In the first three months of this year, firms canceled nearly $8 billion worth of U.S. clean energy projects, mostly factories, in a dramatic turn from the Biden era.

By Dan McCarthy . 25 April 2025
Green steel

Electra lands $186M to scale up its clean iron electrowinning process

Purifying iron ore is a key step in steelmaking — and a carbon-intensive one. Big steel and mining players are funding this startup’s all-electric tech to see if it can scale.

By Jeff St. John . 24 April 2025
Solar

Solar recycling startup looks to build $90M facility in Florida

OnePlanet uses a novel process to salvage copper, silicon, and aluminum from broken solar panels. It aims to bring its first full-scale plant online in 2027.

By Alexander C. Kaufman . 22 April 2025
Batteries

Base Power lands $200M for rapidly growing home-battery business

The Texas startup wants to become the fastest battery installer in ERCOT by this summer. It will use the new funds to build a factory and expand into other states, too.

By Julian Spector . 9 April 2025