Articles about climate tech

‘Layoffs and pain’: Frozen federal funding batters clean energy and climate efforts

President Trump’s Unleashing American Energy executive order puzzles David Funk. The order targets clean energy efforts, pausing the distribution of… Read More

CarbonQuest partners with Icelandic venture to boost deployment of carbon capture and storage

Spokane, Wash.-based startup CarbonQuest announced a partnership with Iceland-based Carbfix, a global leader in carbon storage, to team up in… Read More

Philanthropy vet launches startup to help people ‘get smart’ about climate investing and giving

President-elect Donald Trump is proposing fossil fuel champions for U.S. leadership roles. New research shows the world is off the… Read More

Your startup builds clean energy tech, but Trump loves fossil fuels – here are some keys to survival

President-elect Donald Trump is a champion of fossil fuels and calls President Biden’s New-Deal style programs for battling climate change… Read More

Clean tech outlook: How investors are strategizing given Trump’s climate antagonism

Over the past five years, growth in climate tech has been so prolific that it has drawn comparisons to the… Read More

Does ‘Carbon Sound’ have a ring to it? How Seattle area can become the Silicon Valley of climate tech

Silicon Valley is recognized globally as *the* tech hub and is so iconic that the region itself essentially co-starred in… Read More

Seattle’s APiJET lands $4.5M grant from the FAA to enhance tool for fuel efficient flights

APiJET, a Seattle-based aviation data analytics company, has landed a $4.5 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration. The startup… Read More

Canadian carbon capture and removal company lands up to $100M to speed deployment

Svante, a carbon capture and removal company based in British Columbia, is receiving up to $100 million to speed the… Read More

CarbonQuest, a carbon capture startup that serves industrial sites, raises cash for expansion

Spokane, Wash.-based startup CarbonQuest raised new capital to expand the reach of its carbon capturing devices. The cash is coming… 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

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

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

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

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

This Spokane startup catches carbon dioxide at the source, before it escapes to the environment

CarbonQuest wants to take a bite out of carbon emissions at its source — before the greenhouse gases escape into… Read More

Founders with unique backgrounds unite over climate concerns and launch new venture fund

SNØCAP, a new climate-focused venture capital fund, is launching with $5 million to invest in startups. The team has a… Read More

ZeroAvia opens manufacturing facility in Washington, will start selling clean aviation parts

Clean aviation company ZeroAvia this week celebrated a new 136,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Everett, Wash., and announced it will be… Read More

Initiative to axe carbon emissions law could ‘slam the brakes’ on Washington’s climate tech sector

Washington is leaning into the fight against climate change. Seattle-area tech giants Microsoft and Amazon have set ambitious carbon reduction… Read More

Carbon, weeds and toxics are in the crosshairs for GeekWire Awards sustainability finalists

Increasing numbers of Pacific Northwest entrepreneurs are turning their significant talents to addressing serious environmental and climate problems impacting planet… Read More

Bezos Earth Fund puts $60M to alternative meat research — and a Seattle founder has suggestions

As Amazon founder Jeff Bezos funnels $60 million into support for alternative meats, Rebellyous Foods founder Christie Lagally has some… Read More

Oceanography professors transform a research tool into a startup that’s sucking CO2 from seawater

A decade ago, University of Washington oceanographers Julian Sachs and Alex Gagnon were working in a tropical paradise, studying the… Read More

Energy secretary joins Sen. Maria Cantwell in visit to Washington state’s burgeoning battery hub

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell and Washington Gov. Jay Inslee traveled to Eastern Washington Thursday to… Read More

Techstars Seattle startup Planette raises $2.4M for AI-boosted climate prediction tech

Planette, a climate tech startup that just graduated from Techstars Seattle’s latest accelerator, has raised $2.4 million. Planette’s AI-boosted technology… Read More

A new venture fund in Seattle aims to accelerate adoption of climate technologies that slash carbon

The climate clock is ticking for Ben Eidelson. The Seattle tech vet who sold startups to Google and Stripe is… Read More

GeekWire launches climate tech reporter internship funded by AI expert Oren Etzioni and family

New journalists with a passion for covering climate technology are encouraged to apply for GeekWire’s new summer 2024 climate tech… Read More

How do you capture the ocean’s energy? Peek under the hood of a startup’s ‘anti-boat’ power device

Oscilla Power, a startup developing devices that capture wave energy to produce electricity, has ocean-sized ambitions. The Seattle-based business envisions… Read More

Climate startup OCOchem, which recycles CO2 into fuels and chemicals, lands $5M

OCOchem, a Richland, Wash.-based startup, raised $5 million to scale its technology for turning carbon dioxide into chemicals that can… Read More

Inaugural report from Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy reveals promising climate tech solutions

In the world of Bill Gates, many — maybe most? — of the world’s big challenges rely on innovation if… Read More