Climate
Our climate news coverage consists of the latest startups and investments in solar energy, greentech, renewables, food tech, alternative proteins, as well as circular economy and carbon capture efforts. We also cover research into climate change and how technology can be used to track and mitigate severe weather and climate-related disasters.
After hearing that a U.S. Navy submarine ran into an underwater mountain, Joe Wolfel was surprised to find out just how little both government and…
Nathan Rosenberg, the founder of farm automation platform Farmblox, said if there is one thing to know about trying to sell technology to farmers, it’s that you can’t tell them…
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Tracking the EV battery factory construction boom across North America
A wave of automakers and battery makers — foreign and domestic — have pledged to produce North American–made batteries before 2030.
The IT outage may have an unexpected effect on the climate: clearer skies and maybe lower temperatures this evening
Marathon Fusion emerges from stealth with a plan to help fusion power plants extract tritium, a necessary fuel.
Strong magnets are essential for the type of fusion power being pursued by Commonwealth Fusion Systems and a number of other startups.
Mitti Labs aims to transform rice farming in India and other South Asian markets by reducing methane emissions by 50% and water consumption by 30%.
HERO Software has closed a €40 million Series B financing round, and plans to expand across Europe.
Fusion pioneer Commonwealth Fusion Systems is selling core magnet tech to the University of Wisconsin
Fusion power may still be a few years away, but one startup is laying the groundwork for what it hopes will become a bustling sector of the economy.
NovoNutrients has raised a $18 million Series A round from investors to build a pilot-scale facility to prove that its fermentation process works at scale.
Fast-food chain Whataburger’s app has gone viral in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which left around 1.8 million utility customers in Houston, Texas without power. Hundreds of thousands of those…
Solo founder Cat Jones took the plunge on setting up a travel business right around the time the pandemic was hitting Europe in March 2020. Fast-forward to summer 2024 and…
Spain’s exposure to climate change helps Madrid-based VC Seaya close €300M climate tech fund
According to a recent Dealroom report on the Spanish tech ecosystem, the combined enterprise value of Spanish startups surpassed €100 billion in 2023. In the latest confirmation of this upward trend, Madrid-based…
Google totally dodges the question of how much energy is AI is using — perhaps because the answer is “way more than we’d care to say.”
As the AI boom gobbles up power, Phaidra is helping companies manage datacenter power more efficiently
Electricity demand is booming on account of AI. In a May 2024 report, Goldman Sachs predicted that data centers will use 8% of the U.S.’s total power supply by 2030, up from…
Sensorita uses digital twins to help waste management companies streamline construction waste
The amount of waste produced by the construction industry adds up to more than a third of the overall waste produced each year in the European Union. And it’s no…
Artyc has raised $14 million to date and has a product on the market, Medstow Micro, that helps ship temperature-sensitive specimens.
Amid a fraught environment for battery startups, Sila has raised $375 million to finish construction of a U.S. factory that will scale its next-generation battery technology for customers like Mercedes-Benz…
Climate tech startups especially those building hardware, face a particular challenge when trying to move beyond the prototype or pilot phase and start selling finished products to customers.
Climate X’s founders mortgaged their house to stay afloat — now they’ve raised an $18M Series A
U.K. startup Climate X has raised $18M to help financial services providers assess the impact of climate change on their physical assets.
Ashley Beckwith spent years of her academic and professional career focused on the intersection of biology, materials and manufacturing to build medical solutions more efficiently. When she realized the tech…
The e-fuels startup is working on producing fuel for aviation and maritime shipping using carbon dioxide and other waste carbon streams.
Cheap irrigation has transformed many regions around the world into breadbaskets, but it also means that there can be little left for other uses.
Balto Energy hopes to speed the electrification by helping homeowners choose and finance the projects that make the most sense for them.
Sodium-ion isn’t quite ready for widespread use, but one startup thinks it has surmounted the battery chemistry’s key hurdles.
The specter of wastewater threatens to stall the construction of battery factories. One startup, though, says the solution is to recycle it.
Civic Renewables is rolling up residential solar installers to improve quality and grow the market
With most residential solar panels installed by smaller companies, customer experience can be a mixed bag. To try to address the quality and consistency problem, Civic Renewables is buying small…
Gorilla, a Belgian company that serves the energy sector with real-time data and analytics for pricing and forecasting, has raised €23 million ($25 million) in a Series B round led…
French startup Kelvin, which uses computer vision and machine learning to make it easier to audit homes for energy efficiency, has raised $5.1M.
After hits like Reddit and Scopely, Collaborative Fund easily raised a $125M fund to tackle climate, health and food
“We were motivated to fundraise because we think the ’24 vintage is going to be a good one,” founder Craig Shapiro said.
