Articles about climate tech – Page 3 of 6

Carbon removal startup Nori raises $6.25M from Toyota and others; names new CEO

New cash: Carbon removal startup Nori announced $6.25 million in new funding. Current investors M13, Toyota Ventures, Placeholder and Cargill… Read More

Zap Energy lands $5M federal grant and ‘vote of confidence’ in pursuit of fusion power

Funding news: The Seattle area’s Zap Energy will receive $5 million from a newly launched federal program supporting the commercial… Read More

Climate tech startup led by former Nike sustainability leader raises cash

The news: Portland, Ore., startup Ren Energy has raised $2.3 million, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and… Read More

Clean energy startup Modern Hydrogen, previously known as Modern Electron, raises $32.8M

The news: Clean energy startup Modern Electron is going all in on hydrogen — so much so that it’s changing… Read More

Microsoft and Helion want to build the world’s first fusion plant and seize energy’s ‘Holy Grail’

Microsoft and Helion Energy on Wednesday announced a historic agreement that could pave the way to the world’s first fusion… Read More

ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines unveil turboprop that could become largest green aircraft to take flight

Executives from ZeroAvia and Alaska Airlines joined elected officials in Everett, Wash., on Monday to kick off an effort to… Read More

‘Desktop fusion’ startup Avalanche Energy lands $40M and logs new tech achievement

The news: Micro-fusion startup Avalanche Energy announced a $40 million funding round on Monday. The Seattle-based company is developing a… Read More

Preserving the planet: Vote for top sustainability tech at the GeekWire Awards

The Earth is taking a beating. But there is a growing legion of companies hustling to develop technologies to preserve… Read More

Two climate investors on the hot technologies, market trends and the urgency to act

Climate tech investments have been rapidly climbing in recent years, topping $1.11 trillion globally last year, according to BloombergNEF. And… Read More

Amazon and SpaceX vets apply their AI and satellite skills to new carbon accounting startup

Corporations worldwide are committing to shrinking their carbon footprints. But it can get complicated when companies try to calculate how… Read More

Deploying clean energy is urgent, but hard – here’s how one battery company is navigating the way

International scientists this month warned that urgent action is needed within a decade in order to avoid a global warming… Read More

New climate marketplace raises $6.1M to move clean energy cash into impactful projects

As international scientists are frantically raising alarms about climate change, corporations, public policy and tech innovation are coming together to… Read More

Former oilfield engineers launch climate startup that uses ancient carbon-trapping technology

Myno Carbon‘s leader calls his team “committed climate warriors.” But it wasn’t always that way. “You’ll have to forgive us… Read More

Washington raises $300M in its first auction for carbon pollution permits – here’s what it means

The results are in for Washington’s first auction of carbon pollution permits. The cap-and-invest program brought in $300 million from… Read More

Wildfire restoration startup DroneSeed creates parent brand, acquires California’s largest tree seed supplier

DroneSeed, a Seattle startup using technology to help restore forests scorched by wildfire, announced Tuesday that it is now operating… Read More

Big tech’s billions for climate: Here’s where Amazon and Microsoft are making their carbon bets

In January 2020, Microsoft announced its $1 billion Climate Innovation Fund, and six months later Amazon unveiled its $2 billion… Read More

Former senator Reuven Carlyle launches climate consulting and finance venture backed by $14M

Reuven Carlyle, who last month retired from the Washington State Senate, is launching a startup that will provide a suite… Read More

As tech is rocked by layoffs, climate jobs and tools for landing them are on the rise

There has never been a better time to get a job in climate tech. Nations and corporations are setting ambitious… Read More

Green aviation company ZeroAvia expanding in Boeing’s backyard with hydrogen-electric tech

ZeroAvia recently grabbed headlines for successfully flying the largest aircraft to date under hydrogen power. The startup’s main operations are… Read More

Go inside Group14, the $3B startup with a secret tech for better batteries

Across the highway from battery startup Group14 Technologies is the Maltby Cafe, a decades-old institution dishing up cinnamon rolls the… Read More

Nest co-founder launches service to turn household food scraps into chicken feed for $33/month

Matt Rogers, a former Apple engineer and co-founder of Nest, is using his passion for climate challenges to fuel a… Read More

Fast-growing battery materials startup Group14 embroiled in trade secret dispute

Group14 Technologies, a Seattle-area battery materials company, is embroiled in a lawsuit in which it claims that a U.K.-based company… Read More

Tech plays key role as Washington state launches ambitious programs to curb carbon emissions

Washington state this week kicked off the implementation of its two most ambitious climate policies to date: one that caps… Read More

Chevron leads $318M investment round for carbon capture company Svante as sector booms

British Columbia-based Svante raised a $318 million Series E round led by Chevron New Energies, a division of the fossil… Read More

Washington, Oregon join California in requiring all new vehicle sales to be EVs by 2035

On Monday, Washington and Oregon officially joined California in requiring that all new vehicles sold in the states are zero-emitting… Read More

TerraPower warns of 2-year minimum delay for launch of demo reactor due to Russia-Ukraine war

The CEO of the Bill Gates-backed nuclear power company TerraPower is warning that operation of its demonstration plant is expected… Read More

Seattle-area battery manufacturer Group14 lands $214M from Microsoft’s climate fund and others

Group14 Technologies, a Woodinville, Wash.-based battery materials manufacturer, announced today that it raised $214 million from investors that include Microsoft’s… Read More

Companies are making bold climate pledges – but where are the workers needed to reach them?

Some 3,900 companies worldwide have made pledges to cut their carbon emissions. But many, or perhaps most, lack the skilled… Read More

Washington governor calls for $10M in funding for university-led clean energy institute

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is asking lawmakers to allocate $10 million in funding for Washington State University’s Institute for Northwest… Read More

Historic fusion energy achievement will boost Pacific Northwest’s burgeoning startups

U.S. physicists have accomplished a feat the world has pursued for more than 60 years: producing more energy from fusion… Read More