Climatetech finance
Veteran investor Ecosystem Integrity Fund raises $250M amid cleantech funding boom
The early-mover investment fund draws on a decade of experience to navigate a heady market.
By Julian Spector .
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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Climatetech finance
Newsletter: 3 more clean energy SPAC updates you should know about
Clean energy startups are going public at a rate I've never seen in my years covering this sector.By Julian Spector .
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Climatetech finance
Yet another clean energy SPAC: Solar financier Sunlight lists on the New York Stock Exchange
It’s the first solar loan provider to go public via SPAC, joining a growing roster of clean energy companies taking that route. -
Solar
Heliogen goes SPAC to revive concentrated solar power
Will an infusion of cash help the California-based startup resuscitate this neglected technology?By Julian Spector .
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Utilities
Newsletter: A Southern energy plan that's not what it SEEMs
Two camps square off over the future of the Southern grid. Plus, a leading solar developer finds a European buyer.By Julian Spector .
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Climatetech finance
Major US solar developer Cypress Creek snapped up by huge European investment firm
The deal caps a dramatic turnaround for the solar firm — and promises more growth to come.By Julian Spector .
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Solar
Will tandem solar be deployed at gigawatt scale by 2022? Would you take that bet?
Direct silicon wafer company 1366 Technologies is merging with a perovskite company to build high-efficiency tandem solar modules.By Eric Wesoff .
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Energy storage
ESS is betting the world is ready for a billion-dollar battery disrupter
The advanced energy storage company already has a working factory, putting it ahead of some recent cleantech SPACs.By Julian Spector .
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Climatetech finance
Ikea and Rockefeller foundations pledge $1B to seed distributed clean energy in developing nations
The funding seeks to empower 1 billion of the estimated 2.5 billion who lack access to reliable electricity.By Jeff St. John .
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Climatetech finance
7 cleantech segments beyond wind and solar that are luring investors
Investing in wind and solar is all the rage. But what other cleantech categories are catching the eye of investors in 2021?By Jason Deign .
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