Articles about Clean energy – Page 2 of 3

Microsoft, Google, others partner with LevelTen Energy to create first market for 24/7 clean energy

A growing number of organizations as well as the U.S. government are moving beyond commitments to purchase 100% clean energy… Read More

LevelTen, which helps facilitate clean energy deals, adds $10M to Series C round

Seattle’s LevelTen Energy has raised $10 million to support its platform that facilitates the development of new clean energy projects.… Read More

Seattle startup Omnidian, which helps maintain solar panels, raises $25M

Omnidian, a Seattle company that manages solar power performance and services the panels for commercial and residential installations, announced $25… Read More

Hydrogen startup spins out of Bill Gates-backed R&D effort, lands $7.8M

Peregrine Hydrogen, a Santa Cruz, Calif., startup developing technology for producing clean hydrogen, raised $7.8 million in seed financing. The… Read More

Q&A: AWS renewable power leader on AI’s energy strain, a political dust-up in Oregon, and more

Amazon for three years has ranked as the No. 1 corporate purchaser of renewable energy worldwide. As the retail, cloud… 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

Pacific Northwest teams win federal funding for semiconductors, energy tech and more

Four Pacific Northwest public-private partnerships have won support from the National Science Foundation through a $43 million nationwide program to… 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

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

Google partners with Seattle startup to streamline clean energy deals, aiming to create new standard

Slashing carbon emissions requires the rapid deployment of solar, wind and other renewable energy supplies. But the projects often require… Read More

Washington state chips in $250K for First Mode’s zero-emission proving grounds

First Mode, the clean-energy company that was recently transformed from a Seattle startup into an Anglo American subsidiary, is getting… Read More

First Mode, Anglo American wrap up $1.5B transaction for zero-emission mining

Seattle-based First Mode and Anglo American have closed a complicated $1.5 billion transaction that will remake First Mode as a… Read More

New renderings show Univ. of Washington building that will house clean energy research and more

Newly released renderings show a building planned for the west campus of the University of Washington in Seattle that will… 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

Amazon and Microsoft led the world in corporate purchases of clean energy in 2021

Seattle-area tech giants Amazon and Microsoft were global leaders in clean energy power purchase agreements made by corporations last year.… Read More

The buzz about fusion energy: Expert explains industry’s ‘reinvigoration’ as tech attracts VC dollars

For decades, the promise of harnessing the power of fusion on a commercial scale to create vast amounts of carbon-free… Read More

Google-backed startup LevelTen Energy lands $35M as clean power sector booms

Seattle startup LevelTen Energy has raised $35 million in a Series C round led by NGP Energy Capital, with participation… Read More

Amazon Web Services debuts 5-week accelerator for clean energy startups

Amazon Web Services is announcing the creation of a 5-week accelerator to support clean technology startups. Applications to the AWS… Read More

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