Grid edge
Goldman Sachs and Shell bet $75M that chain stores can boost grid resiliency
GridPoint will use the funds to expand its work beyond HVAC and lighting controls.
By Jeff St. John .
Climatetech finance
Long-duration energy storage
Form Energy raises $405M for its 100-hour iron-air batteries
The long-duration energy storage startup has raised a total of $1.2 billion. Form is expanding its West Virginia factory and working on its first deployments now.
By Jeff St. John .
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Energy storage
Chart: Outpacing even China, the US takes the lead in grid battery investment
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Solar
Erthos rakes in $17M to install solar panels directly on the ground
The startup says its down-to-earth approach can cut the cost of solar farms by 20%.By Eric Wesoff .
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Climatetech finance
Investors poured more than half a billion into solar software in the last week alone
Aurora Solar, Complete Solar and Palmetto now have plenty of capital to scale their "capital-light" models.By Julian Spector .
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Grid edge
Virtual Peaker’s platform taps home devices to help utilities balance the grid
The scrappy Kentucky-based startup has landed $16.6M and a slew of big contracts.By Jeff St. John .
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Solar
Schneider snaps up solar marketplace EnergySage, aims to electrify homes
With backing from conglomerate Schneider Electric, EnergySage will expand its comparison-shopping platform from rooftop solar to a broad range of home electric equipment.By Julian Spector .
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Podcast
The most underappreciated tool for scaling climatetech
How insurance could unlock a new deployment wave of climate solutions.PlayBy Lara Pierpont .
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Geothermal
Geothermal startup Quaise raises $40M for ultra-deep drilling
The MIT spinoff wants to unleash the vast geothermal resources today's technologies can't reach.By Maria Gallucci .
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Climatetech finance
Stop trying to make algae biofuels happen
Hundreds of millions have been wasted on doomed algae efforts. The latest venture is unlikely to succeed where others have failed, Canary’s resident skeptic argues.By Eric Wesoff .
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Climatetech finance
Chart: Investors showered climatetech startups with a record-smashing $40B in 2021
Mobility, energy, and food and water were the hottest draws for VC dollars.By Eric Wesoff .
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