Sustainability – Page 4 of 13

Seattle-area ports vying for $500M in federal funding to boost zero-emissions tech

Seattle-area seaports have teamed up to go after $500 million of federal funding to bring zero-carbon technologies to maritime operations.… Read More

CIA investment arm helps fund a Japanese fusion startup with U.S. HQ in Seattle

Kyoto Fusioneering, a startup developing technologies for the commercialization of fusion energy, has raised nearly $6.9 million in new funding.… Read More

Bloomberg report questions science behind Altman-backed fusion company Helion

Concerns about operations at Helion Energy, an Everett, Wash.-based fusion company, is the focus of reporting published today by Bloomberg.… Read More

Washington state Department of Commerce gives $52M to tribes for climate resiliency projects

Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee visited the Quinault Indian Reservation on Tuesday to help announce $52 million in funding for… Read More

Gov. Inslee, Sen. Murray visit Washington fusion startups as funding heats up despite tech hurdles

The fusion industry last year pulled in more than $900 million of private and public funding in the quest to… Read More

Starbucks and Mercedes-Benz help electrify I-5 corridor with fast chargers for EVs

Stopping for coffee between Washington and California could soon include the option of topping off an electric vehicle battery charge… Read More

LevelTen lands $65M from Microsoft, Google to expand clean energy marketplace services

Seattle-based LevelTen Energy, a startup facilitating the deployment of clean energy projects, raised a $65 million Series D round from… Read More

Projected 30% spike in electricity demand in 10 years supercharges energy summit in Seattle

After decades of relative stability in the Pacific Northwest’s energy demands, dramatic changes are coming fast. Over the next decade,… Read More

How clean tech companies can take advantage of AI — without draining energy from the planet

Artificial intelligence has tremendous potential to improve efficiency and help decarbonize the planet — but it also requires huge amounts… Read More

Election impact on climate efforts is top of mind at first-ever Bloomberg Green Festival in Seattle

More than 4,500 climate tech investors, government officials, tech leaders, activists, artists and researchers from around the world are gathering… Read More

The $120 trillion opportunity that has TPG’s Jim Coulter excited about climate investing

Jim Coulter, founding partner, executive chair and director for the investment firm TPG, thinks a little more optimism is warranted… Read More

This climate tech leader wants startups to solve urgent needs — and is raising a fund to help them

Aina Abiodun is ready for the climate tech sector to recognize that communities everywhere are already experiencing the challenging impacts… Read More

Microsoft inks the largest carbon removal deal ever

Microsoft has made a deal to buy 500,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide removal credits from a subsidiary of Occidental… Read More

Amazon’s carbon footprint shrank 3% last year — but AI-driven climate challenges loom

Amazon’s carbon footprint shrank by 3% last year, marking its second straight year of decline. In its annual sustainability report,… Read More

Get to know the brains behind Seattle’s flourishing climate tech ecosystem

The Seattle area is known for business giants, grunge icons, and much more. Now, the burgeoning field of climate tech… Read More

Automated parking garage in Seattle condo tower gets even more robotic with EV charging bays

An automated parking garage beneath a luxury condo tower in downtown Seattle is calling in reinforcements, with robotic arms that… Read More

Group14 lands $300M deal to produce materials for German battery maker

Next gen battery materials manufacturer Group14 announced a deal Monday with German battery cell company CustomCells, which will purchase $300… Read More

Meet Gillian Dohrn, GeekWire’s ocean-plunging and science-loving climate tech intern

The GeekWire team is excited to introduce Gillian Dohrn, our first Etzioni Intern in Climate Tech Journalism. Readers may have… Read More

Coming soon to Seattle: a co-working space for tackling climate change

The climate tech sector is blossoming in the Pacific Northwest, attracting new innovators eager to tackle what some see as… Read More

Clean aviation startup ZeroAvia lands deal with American Airlines to buy 100 plane engines

American Airlines plans to buy 100 hydrogen electric engines from clean aviation company ZeroAvia to power some of its commercial… Read More

Seattle-area EV drivers left searching for fast chargers due to ‘epidemic’ of cable theft

Electrical vehicle drivers in Seattle currently looking for a fast charge at a public station are likely to find a… Read More

Next-gen battery startup Sila raises $375M to fund completion of Eastern Wash. factory

Battery startup Sila has raised $375 million, which will help fund the completion early next year of its manufacturing facility… Read More

Meet the climate startup helping other climate startups fund their ventures with lower cost loans

Government grants and publicly funded projects have been a boon to climate tech and clean energy businesses. But while companies… Read More

Amazon scraps 95% of the plastic air pillows used in delivery packaging in North America

Amazon on Thursday announced that it has eliminated 95% of the inflated plastic pillows that it uses to cushion goods… Read More

Climate tech funding dip poses threat for capital-intensive startups — but it’s not time to panic

In a webinar Tuesday on the future of climate tech, Alan Neuhauser of Axios kicked off the questions by asking… Read More

Climate projects land $75M to boost environmental justice, job training in Washington state

The Washington State Department of Commerce and the City of Seattle this week allocated close to $75 million in funding… Read More

Seattle entrepreneurs are building autonomous robots to deliver hassle-free EV charging

The founders at Autev envision a future where EV drivers simply park their vehicles in a garage, open an app… Read More

Nuclear power company backed by Bill Gates breaks ground in Wyoming on first facility

Nuclear company TerraPower broke ground Monday on its commercial power plant, located near a soon-to-be-retired coal power plant in Kemmerer,… Read More

OpenAI reportedly in talks with Helion Energy to ‘buy vast quantities’ of fusion power

The Seattle-area fusion company Helion Energy is talking with OpenAI about a deal in which the AI company “would buy… Read More

Seattle startup with unique approach to carbon reductions lands $2.5M

Seattle-based Climate Vault Solutions, a startup working to reduce carbon emissions, has raised $2.5 million in new investments. The business… Read More