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Clean Tech

Helion Energy’s futuristic reactor could make carbon-free power by 2019

Dr. David Kirtley comes across as a smart, practical guy with a head for business. That creates some cognitive dissonance… Read More

Cold outside? This startup’s window insert reduces drafts and keeps the heat inside

With temperatures dipping into the 20s last night, it was absolutely freezing in my house. That’s because my Seattle home… Read More

Optimum scores cash to intelligently reduce energy use in buildings

Optimum Energy is heating up with additional cash from one of the country’s largest utilities. Edison Energy, a subsidiary of… Read More

Optimum Energy heats up with $12.2M to intelligently adjust temperature settings in buildings

Optimum Energy, a Seattle startup whose software intelligently adjusts a building’s temperature in order to reduce energy consumption, has scored… Read More

Take a look inside Earth’s ‘greenest building’

It is being called the “greenest building” on the planet. And it’s located right here in Seattle. Welcome to the… Read More

Seattle cloud startup Scope 5 raises $500,000 to track sustainability data

Seattle startup Scope 5 has scooped up $500,000 in angel financing, money that it will use to build out its… Read More

Fuel cell maker ReliOn nabs investment from Cummins

ReliOn, a hydrogen fuel cell maker whose products are used for backup power systems, has received an investment from engine… Read More

Energy storage upstart EnerG2 scores new cash

EnerG2, a manufacturer of carbon materials which are used in next-generation energy storage systems such as lead acid batteries, ultracapacitors… Read More

Commentary: Strategies for accelerating clean tech startups

Recently, the Northwest Energy Angels convened a breakfast briefing on cleantech investing, and I had the honor of moderating a… Read More

Q&A: Former Microsoft exec Brian Arbogast on why he’s betting big on clean tech

Brian Arbogast cut his teeth in the software business, spending more than two decades at Microsoft. But now the former… Read More

Powerit fuels up with new cash infusion, looks to cut energy bills for big industrial clients

Powerit Solutions, a 10-year-old Seattle company that helps large industrial customers reduce energy costs, has raised $2.5 million in fresh… Read More

Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla and Peter Thiel bankroll energy storage startup LightSail

LightSail Energy, a Berkeley, California-based company that’s designing systems to store energy generated by wind and solar power, has landed… Read More

TerraPower nuclear engineer emerges at stealthy energy startup SuperCritical Technologies

Chal Davidson, the former lead engineer at TerraPower, the nuclear reactor startup backed by Intellectual Ventures and Microsoft co-founder Bill… Read More

Homes made out of milk bottles; networked water purifiers and other winners from the Clean Tech Open

Sixteen cleantech startups from around the Northwest gathered in Portland this week to learn which lucky three would represent the… Read More

Q&A: Pterofin borrows wind turbine design from bird wings

Seattle-based Pterofin has copied designs from nature to develop eye-catching turbines for wind and hydro power. That has earned the… Read More

NADAC Systems turns off the lights, and more, to save energy

Portland-based NADAC Systems has developed technology that saves energy by switching off unoccupied spaces. That recently earned the company a… Read More

Renewable fuel startup spins out from Targeted Growth with investment from Avista

Matrix Genetics has received an undisclosed investment from Avista Development, the venture capital arm of Spokane utility Avista Corp. The… Read More

Q&A: Solensphere looks to make solar power cheaper and more reliable

Solensphere Renewables has developed a solar concentrator system that intensely focuses sunlight using a reflector fashioned after a telescope. Concentrating… Read More

EnergySavvy scoops up $3M, plans to expand Seattle team

EnergySavvy, a Seattle startup that helps home owners track energy use, has landed $3 million in new funding in a… Read More

Q&A: Startup’s innovation boosts renewable energy output

Global Green Energy in Tumwater has hardware that solar power system owners use to feed renewable energy into the electric… Read More

Q&A: Clean tech startup links business decisions to energy costs

Distributed Energy Management has business intelligence software that analyzes the energy data from smart meters, or any other data source,… Read More

How to buy an electric car: A shopper’s guide

I’ve been thinking about upgrading to an electric car for a while now. And in today’s market, there are plenty… Read More

EnergySavvy to open Boston office

EnergySavvy, a Seattle startup that helps utility and government agencies manage energy efficiency programs, has established a new outpost in… Read More

MIT spinout Liquid Metal Battery lands $15M from Bill Gates, others

Liquid Metal Battery Corporation, an MIT spin out that’s developing new technologies for electricity storage, has raised $15 million in funding… Read More

Seattle geeks win Apps for Energy challenge with Leafully

Sometimes it can be tough to put one’s energy consumption into perspective. But what if you broke everything down into… Read More

Maker of electric vehicle charging stations raises $47M from KPCB, Voyager and others

Coulomb Technologies, which operates more than 6,000 electrical vehicle charging stations in 14 countries, including dozens in the Seattle area,… Read More

McKinstry to expand clean tech incubator in Northwest

McKinstry is expanding its clean tech incubator program, adding an additional 18,000 square feet of space and a conference center… Read More

Powerit Solutions heats up with new cash, helps factories reduce energy costs

Powerit Solutions, a 10-year-old Seattle company that helps large industrial customers reduce energy savings by as much as 33 percent,… Read More

Bill Gates: ‘Cheap energy is like a fantastic vaccine’

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is back in the news, talking about the importance of nuclear power. And while the software… Read More

Coming to Seattle: Picnic shelters with solar panels

OK, you can insert whatever Seattle rain joke that you’d like on this one. But during a week that the… Read More

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