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Financing zero: The road to emission-free fleets

GreenBiz

Wed, 11/04/2020 - 02:00. In recent years, electric vehicle (EV) adoption has accelerated in the world of personal cars. Now, as ambitious climate goals gain momentum and renewable energy prices drop, attention is turning towards scaling such systems for commercial transport. Financing zero: The road to emission-free fleets.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

GreenBiz

Wed, 10/07/2020 - 02:01. It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. Elsa Wenzel.

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🌏 $30bn and 14% fall as market finds new normal in ‘24

Climate Tech VC

AI spurred clean firm power, Europe strengthened carbon markets, and emerging economies’ climate tech demand opened up. 🚗 Vertical: Energy came top in 2024 investment, up 12% to $9.4bn. After cumulative investment more than tripled from 2020 to 2021, yearly totals are now flat or declining.

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Vodafone targets 100 per cent renewables-powered mobile network in 2021

Business Green

Vodafone has announced plans to shift its entire European mobile network to run on 100 per cent renewable electricity by no later than July 2021, alongside a new target to help its business customers slash their climate impact over the next decade.

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From Pilot to Permanent: Green Mountain Power’s Home Battery Network Is Here to Stay

GreenTechMedia

Vermont utility Green Mountain Power not only verified the efficacy of residential batteries for meeting grid needs, it saved its customers millions of dollars with them. Those savings — $3 million in the first three quarters of 2020 — pass on to the utility customer base. Sometimes nothing follows the pilot.

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2020 New Investment Spotlight: Renewance

Clean Energy Trust

From mobile phones to computers to electric vehicles, the convenience of on-demand power is driving demand for batteries of all shapes and sizes. While localized resources are available for recycling and processing small household batteries, large batteries are much harder to manage. how will we manage all that toxic waste?

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Meet Our Newest Startup Members

Greentown Labs

Nearly 30 startups joined our community in the final quarter of 2020, working on innovations as diverse as zinc-ion batteries, long-range weather forecasts, wave energy conversion, and replacements for petrochemical plastics. ELECTRICITY. This energy storage solution is low-cost, flexible, and long-duration.