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 . 9 October 2024

Form's factory in Weirton, West Virginia. (Form Energy)

Fossil fuels

Newsletter: Clean energy makeovers for distressed coal plants

This week we saw two new approaches from a group that's been quiet in the post-coal planning conversation: coal plant owners themselves.

By Julian Spector . 17 June 2021
Clean industry

G2 Venture Partners will invest $500M in companies cleaning up legacy industries

Buoyed by some initial exits, G2 now has even more money to work with.

By Julian Spector . 17 June 2021
Climatetech finance

Diamond List screens climate startups for angels, new sustainability investors

The freely accessible Diamond List includes 75 promising early-stage climate startups for investors to peruse.

By Julian Spector . 16 June 2021
Climatetech finance

Newsletter: 3 clean energy SPAC stories you should know about

Wall Street's SPAC frenzy has given dozens of energy-related startups a fast track to public markets.

By Julian Spector . 16 June 2021
Batteries

Solid Power joins the battery SPAC fray with plan to go public at a $1.2B valuation

The solid-state battery developer follows fellow contender QuantumScape in a reverse merger to tap public investment.

By Jeff St. John . 15 June 2021
Solar

Heliogen raises $108M for solar-powered industrial heat

The startup's machine-vision technology makes sunshine a viable alternative for carbon-intensive tasks like manufacturing steel and cement.

By Julian Spector . 15 June 2021
Solar

Erthos eliminates trackers in utility-scale solar, mounts PV panels on the ground

If solar panels were free, how would you build the ideal utility-scale solar plant? This startup's answer: "You'd put them on the ground."

By Eric Wesoff . 14 June 2021
Nuclear

Nuclear fusion has attracted more than $2 billion in VC and private funding

Fusion fans have been saying for decades that success is just around the corner. Are they finally right this time?

By Eric Wesoff . 8 June 2021
Opinion

How vehicle-to-grid technology could disrupt energy storage investment as we know it

If millions of electric vehicles are poised to connect to the grid, that changes expectations around stationary energy storage needs.

By Lou Schick . 7 June 2021
Solar

Newsletter: $olar grab$ ca$h

Today's all about that sunny money.

By Julian Spector . 26 May 2021