Articles about climate tech – Page 5 of 6

New day for nuclear power? Why TerraPower’s CFO is confident about the future, despite challenges

Could we be witnessing nuclear power’s comeback? After decades on the back burner, the sweeping climate change bill recently signed… Read More

How Washington state’s leaders and tech giants are embracing the ‘Swiss Army knife’ of clean energy

As the United States undergoes a massive transition toward clean energy, Washington state officials are hoping to stake a claim… Read More

Inflation Reduction Act could boost climate efforts at Amazon, Microsoft — and increase their taxes

President Joe Biden is expected to sign legislation Tuesday that includes the most ambitious initiatives to fight climate change that… Read More

Amazon’s carbon footprint grew again – up 18% in 2021 – despite ongoing efforts to go green

Amazon’s carbon footprint grew 18% last year — the third straight year of increased emissions since the company started sharing… Read More

Microsoft demos clean energy breakthrough for data centers that keep the internet humming

Data centers packed with millions of servers provide the backbone of the internet, dishing up everything from cat videos to… Read More

Online media vets launch The Cool Down, a platform aspiring to be America’s go-to climate site

Dave Finocchio, co-founder and CEO of the popular sports media outlet Bleacher Report, and Anna Robertson, an ABC and Yahoo… Read More

Phaidra, which sells AI tech to industrial customers, raises $25M from DeepMind co-founder, others

Phaidra, a startup building artificial intelligence tools for industrial customers ranging from vaccine manufacturers to paper mills, raised $25 million.… Read More

BC’s green construction unicorn Nexii raises $35M, opens U.S. manufacturing site

New funding: Nexii — a Vancouver, B.C. startup with the distinction of being Canada’s fastest company to ascend from launch… Read More

Oregon energy storage company Powin lands $135M investment to fuel growth globally

New money: Powin, an energy storage company based in Oregon, has received a $135 million investment to continue growing its… Read More

We visited the world’s biggest carbon capture plant, which just signed a 10-year deal with Microsoft

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — A short drive from Iceland’s capital, on a lava plateau blanketed with moss and grass, the earth… Read More

More funding for fusion: Seattle startup lands $160M and reveals technology breakthrough

The news: Seattle-area startup Zap Energy is edging closer to the promise of fusion power. The company Wednesday announced two… Read More

Norwegian maritime battery company says ‘ja’ to new manufacturing facility in Washington state

Corvus Energy, a Norway-based global leader in maritime batteries, is making a bet that U.S. demand for low-carbon ships and… Read More

Startup funding news: Inflection.io, Xemelgo, Joule Case, others raise fresh cash

Here’s our latest rundown on recent startup investment news in the Pacific Northwest. Inflection.io New funding: Inflection.io, a Seattle marketing… Read More

Group14’s high performance battery technology gets super charged with $400M investment

Woodinville, Wash.-based Group14 Technologies has raised $400 million in venture capital that will supercharge the commercialization of its battery technology.… Read More

Climate tech startup funding: UW-spinoff BattGenie, Microsoft vet, and weeding robot raise fresh cash

Here’s the latest funding news for climate tech startups across the Pacific Northwest. BattGenie New funding: BattGenie landed a $1.5… Read More

Cut the BS: This startup is converting cow manure into clean-burning hydrogen fuel

Seattle-area startup Modern Electron is teaming up with the Tulalip Tribes, a Western Washington dairy, and an environmental effort to… Read More

Inside Bill Gates’ multi-faceted org that wants to help save the world from climate destruction

It started with a November 2015 announcement by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates along with Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg… Read More

Q&A with Seattle investor Naynika Chaubey, whose clean tech firm just raised $150M

The venture capital firm Evok Innovations this week announced that it raised $150 million of a $300 million fund to… Read More

Blue Origin vets unveil startup seeking small solution to massive challenge of fusion energy

As Avalanche Energy founders Robin Langtry and Brian Riordan have been grinding through the development of their fusion technology, they… Read More

Washington state lawmakers go big on EV battery charging, scale back near-term rebates

If you were counting on generous rebates from Washington state to help cover the cost of an electric vehicle purchase,… Read More

Here’s why Microsoft’s carbon footprint grew 21% last year, as profits swelled

Microsoft on Thursday released its annual Environmental Sustainability Report for 2021, covering its progress on goals for climate impacts, water… Read More

Microsoft keeps expanding ranks of climate leadership, announces new hire from Shell

Microsoft is adding to its climate leadership ranks by hiring Elisabeth Brinton as corporate vice president of sustainability. The software… Read More

Energy-efficiency startup Allumia lands $7.5M to offer no-money-down commercial upgrades

New funding: Seattle-based Allumia has raised $7.5 million. The “Series A2” round was led by existing investor JW Asset Management… Read More

Flush with cash: Bezos and big-name celebs get behind tree-free toilet paper startup with $5M

The news: Cloud Paper, the Seattle startup that makes toilet paper and paper towels from bamboo in an effort to… Read More

Oscilla Power, Univ. of Wash. and others share $25M federal grant to spur wave energy efforts

New funding: Pacific Northwest-based efforts to generate energy from the ocean are riding a wave of $25 million in new… Read More

Boeing puts $450M into company building electric, autonomous, passenger-carrying planes

Boeing is investing $450 million in Wisk Aero, a company that’s building all-electric, autonomous, passenger-carrying aircraft. Wisk is developing its… Read More

How new rebates could spur widespread adoption of electric vehicles in Washington state

Washington state ranks fourth nationally in electric vehicle ownership, running close behind much more populous states like Texas, Florida and… Read More

Tech vets land $4M to develop solar-powered robots that zap weeds and regenerate soil

New funding: Aigen, a startup developing solar-powered robots for weed control and soil regeneration, has raised $4 million in venture… Read More

Sibling founding team fuses tech and farm roots to land $2.2M for agriculture IoT startup

New funding: CODA Farm Technologies, an internet of things (IoT) agriculture startup with literal roots in Western Washington’s Skagit Valley,… Read More

Aviation startup ZeroAvia, backed by Amazon and Alaska Air, is building an R&D center near Seattle

ZeroAvia, a green aviation company with backing from tech giants and major airlines, is building a research-and-development space north of… Read More