Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 10, 2019

At Elemental Excelerator, we have a lot of experience working with startups in energy, water, mobility and agriculture. Our experience in fostering relationships between the two has helped us identify a number of best practices that startups can employ to get the most out of a partnership with a water or electric utility.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Energy & industry. Weaker residential construction activity cooled the HVAC sector, and heat pump sales bore the brunt at a 16% decline compared to 2022.  Happy Monday!  Manufacturing.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

  In deals, $90m for animal-free dairy, $50m for fusion, and $30m for resi solar and storage.    Ship Orders  Yara Eyde, a joint venture between Yara Clean Ammonia and North Sea Container Line, aims to be the  world’s first clean ammonia-powered container ship.   Want more deals?

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Since the IRA passed, 265 clean energy and manufacturing projects worth $100B+ have been announced. 🔋 Renewables + storage turned out to be price competitive against fossil fuels after Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Electricity analysis included intermittency costs for the first time. Come on in, the water’s warm!

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 21, 2024

We’re diving into Amazon’s new deal with X-energy, where it’s paying prime for next decade delivery. In other news, the courts say that the EPA can regulate power plant emissions (for now), global EV sales drive ahead, and Brazil introduces new regulation for CCS as the sector grows. What happened?

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

  KoBold Metals discovered a major copper deposit, which could be the start to solving growing supply and demand imbalances brought on by copper’s fundamental role in the energy transition.  Demand The most critical of energy transition minerals.   Big enough to matter.   Demand is on the rise.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

The minimum wage is not enough to meet the basic needs of employees – to cover housing, energy, food, and childcare costs. Monitor and evaluate the plan. Monitor and evaluate the policy to ensure it’s meeting the needs of your employees and your business. Monitor participation rates, and assess employee feedback.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This week, we’re digging into the news that Arkansas’ southwestern Smackover Formation region could be home to between 5 and 19 million tons of lithium. In deals, $900m for pulsed magnetic inertial fusion, $100m for energy efficiency as a service, and $70m for AI precision weed control.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This week, we’ve continued to be reminded of the horror of continued loss, and the import and cost of defending one’s home. ⚡ Bia , a Bogotá, Columbia-based smart meter data analysis platform, raised $17M in Series A funding from Kaszek, Nazca, Ewa Capital, and WildSur.  Terrorism is wrong. 

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

  Giddy up — we’re going carbon cowboy this week with a deep dive into CarbonCapture’s decision to suspend its planned DAC facility, Project Bison, amid competition for clean energy from data centers. Plus, the US powers ahead with $7bn for rural electrification. It’s also about the infrastructure.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 16, 2024

A handful of new announcements from Exxon, Shell, Google, and more show how emerging clean firm technologies are scaling up to power the sector. In deals, $600m in data centers, $44 in lithium-ion energy storage and $35m in drone monitoring.   What happened? Chevron’s CEO also said that the company has similar plans.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Responsible for nearly a third of global warming and a quarter of global energy, methane matters. Recent regulations have driven investment in space, air, and ground-based monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) technologies. In January, Longpath secured a $189m conditional US Department of Energy loan guarantee.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In other news, Elon Musk's potential influence on environmental policy; clean energy stocks fell after the election news; and climate policy momentum in local and state elections. In deals, $552m in renewable energy development, $340m in battery cell manufacturing, and $27m in mobile energy storage. 

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