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Clean energy

Illustration: ZeroAvia aircraft

Bill Gates boosts his backing for ZeroAvia hybrid aviation venture — and for Biden’s energy plan

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is putting his money as well as his mouth behind the push for new energy technologies.… Read More

Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures raises another $1B for investing in climate innovation

Breakthrough Energy Ventures — an initiative to help the planet reach zero carbon emissions through innovation — has raised its… Read More

Bill Gates calls for creation of National Institutes of Energy Innovation to better address climate change

In the midst of one global disaster, Bill Gates is thinking about how to prevent the next. And while the… Read More

Solar power nonprofit goes digital to bring installation instruction to underserved communities

When COVID-19 grounded travelers in early 2020, Chris Brooks and his team had to cancel more than a dozen teaching… Read More

GeekWire Summit: Bill Gates says world can avoid climate ‘disaster,’ if we learn lesson from pandemic

As COVID-19 began sickening and killing thousands, shutting down the world’s economies and emptying schools, many people belatedly acknowledged Bill… Read More

Decarbon8 names the first three startups for its climate-focused philanthropic investment fund

Decarbon8-US, the recently launched, climate-focused philanthropic investment fund, has announced the first three startups that it will be supporting and… Read More

Looking at long road ahead on climate change, Bill Gates champions electric vehicles, alternative fuels

With fewer people on the move during the pandemic, Bill Gates is taking the time to think about better ways… Read More

Study finds that smart charging strategies can help U.S. prepare for surge in electric vehicle usage

If you’ve got the dough to buy an electric vehicle, Washington state and the rest of the Western U.S. should… Read More

How this ‘tethered energy drone’ can help produce affordable clean energy with a small footprint

David Schaefer hesitates to call his technology a kite. It’s modeled on the same concept — a lightweight sail or… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: The history of computers; tech’s role in clean energy policy; and more

— Computers, at least the ones somewhat resembling what we know today, have been around since the mid-20th Century. Seattle… Read More

Starbucks taps Seattle startup LevelTen in first-of-its-kind clean energy deal

Starbucks has struck a first-of-its-kind clean energy deal that will generate enough power to run 3,000 of its stores by… Read More

Clean energy marketplace LevelTen Energy raises $20.5M to help companies ‘go green’

Several years ago, LevelTen CEO Bryce Smith saw that companies such as Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Apple were starting to… Read More

Bill Gates touts €100 million venture fund for Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is celebrating the official launch of Breakthrough Energy Ventures Europe, an investment fund that aims to… Read More

Washington passes ‘strongest clean energy policy’ in nation with carbon neutrality mandate by 2030

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee wants his state to become the green standard in the fight against climate change, and he… Read More

Amazon Web Services adds more clean energy to its cloud with three new wind farm deals

More than 229 megawatts of clean power will be added to Amazon Web Services’ data centers by the end of… Read More

Clean-energy Buds: Rising Seattle startup Drift teams with King of Beers in Super Bowl promotion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKDA2HVlgko Budweiser is back at the Super Bowl, as usual, with another high-profile commercial in the contest for eyeballs, clicks… Read More

Washington Gov. Inslee proposes ‘Clean Energy Smart Deal’ for next state legislative session

Electric vehicles cruising I-5, net-zero buildings emerging from construction sites, high-speed rail zipping through Cascadia, electric-hybrid ferries plying Puget Sound,… Read More

Climate change initiative’s surprising showdown pits tech leaders against oil and gas industry

Initiative 1631 — the measure on Washington state’s Nov. 6 ballot to address climate change — is turning into an… Read More

PI3 plasma injector

Canadian government invests $38M in General Fusion to boost energy research

The Canadian government says it’s investing $37.5 million (49.3 million Canadian dollars) in General Fusion, a British Columbia company that… Read More

Backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Breakthrough Energy Ventures lists seven new investments

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the $1 billion energy innovation fund spearheaded by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has revealed seven more companies… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Gov. Jay Inslee at Seattle’s GoGreen Conference; Mine for talent at the UW Startup Job Fair; and more

Battling climate change is one of the many points of disagreement between West Coast leaders and the Trump Administration. In… Read More

Solar Impulse 2 and pilots

‘Impossible Flight’ reveals the turmoil and technology of a solar plane’s global trek

From the outside, it looked as if the Swiss-led Solar Impulse project smoothly soldiered through adversity as its solar-powered plane… Read More

Watch Jeff Bezos open Amazon’s new Texas wind farm, perched atop a giant windmill like an action star

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos celebrated the opening of Amazon’s newest wind farm, and he did it in style. A tweet… Read More

LevelTen Energy raises $6.8M to make it easier for big companies to buy renewable energy

Renewable energy is on the rise, but it’s still tough for most companies to buy clean power. Seattle startup LevelTen Energy… Read More

Researchers spy on marine energy machines using data analysis and a raft packed with ocean monitors

In the basement of a nearly century-old, Gothic building on the University of Washington campus, engineers are conducting research essential… Read More

Amazon plans massive solar energy installations on fulfillment center rooftops

Amazon is pledging to install solar energy systems on 50 of its fulfillment center rooftops around the world by 2020, starting with… Read More

Startup Spotlight: LevelTen Energy makes it easier for corporations to buy clean power

Big companies are increasingly seeking out renewable energy to cope with carbon emissions caps and keep their budgets more stable,… Read More

Stranger Things

Greenpeace parody slams Netflix over dirty energy use with a little help from ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘House of Cards,’ other originals

In an appeal to binge-watchers everywhere, Greenpeace is using favorite Netflix characters to call out the streaming giant for its dependence… Read More

Calendar Picks: Cascadia VR meetup; indie game design lab; and more

Virtual and Augmented Reality is booming in the Pacific Northwest, and on Friday, a host of fun, talented, and geeky… Read More

Solar panel on roof

Elon Musk touts power-generating solar roofs as future SolarCity product

The bad news is that SolarCity, the power-generating company that has Elon Musk as its chairman, is losing money. The… Read More

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