Articles about climate tech – Page 3 of 6

Microsoft just signed a giant carbon removal deal to sponge up CO2 using limestone

Microsoft announced that it is purchasing 315,000 metric tons of carbon removal over a multi-year period from climate tech startup… Read More

The wheels on the bus are battery powered as e-bus use surges ahead

The number of models of passenger electric vehicles keeps growing, and electric delivery vans are becoming a more common sight… Read More

Flying clean: National experts say ‘bold action’ required to cut carbon from aviation

Aviation is responsible for 2.3% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions — a number that’s almost certain to grow as air… Read More

General Fusion lands $25M and reveals plans for demo machine in B.C.

The news: General Fusion today announced $25 million in new funding and plans to build a demonstration machine in its… Read More

Wildfire startup puts AI-powered eyes in the forest to watch for new blazes and provide rapid alerts

You don’t put out a wildfire with water and flame retardants like you do a burning house. You contain it… Read More

Bill Gates-backed startup aims to fight wildfires, drawing on expertise of ex-Amazon drone leader and aviation execs

Data Blanket is a new startup out of the Seattle area developing small fleets of AI-powered drones that can perform… Read More

Battery materials company Group14 gets a European foothold via acquisition in Germany

The news: Group14 Technologies, a startup based in Woodinville, Wash., announced Monday it has acquired Germany’s Schmid Silicon Technology Holding… Read More

UW researchers develop promising ‘bioplastic’ that can decompose like a banana peel

Plastic trash is everywhere in the environment. Bottles made from fossil fuels litter the side of the road, screw caps… Read More

Next-gen nuclear reactor company signs deal to build up to 12 reactors in Washington state

X-energy, a company building next-generation nuclear reactors, announced Wednesday that it has an agreement with Energy Northwest to build up… Read More

New startup aims to help other companies with fusion power IP and licensing

Fusion startup ExoFusion today announced that it raised a seed round of an undisclosed amount. The company launched last year… Read More

California company breaks ground on Washington’s first commercial sustainable aviation fuel plant

Twelve broke ground today on the site of a defunct sugar beet refinery in Eastern Washington, marking the start of… Read More

Hydrogen-powered aviation and sustainable fuel startups announce expansion plans in Washington

The Paris Air Show is taking place this week and the event kicked off with news from two sustainable aviation… Read More

Job opportunities outweigh political differences when climate tech comes to rural communities

Inside a cavernous building in Cashmere, Wash., workers pressed thousands of tons of local apples and pears into Tree Top… Read More

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