Startup Spotlight: Mote, EnergyHawk, & Duckweed

Over the last couple months, I've had the pleasure to speak with dozens of startups that are tackling climate and energy problems in different sectors.

Mote: Carbon-negative hydrogen from wood waste

Mac Kennedy is the founder of Mote and is assembling a team along with strategic partners to develop hydrogen for the California market. Situated in the San Joaquin Valley, Mote will generate revenue from selling hydrogen to the Los Angeles hydrogen hub and sequester the CO2.

This past summer Mote was selected for Rice University's Clean Energy Accelerator, joining an inaugural class of 12 companies. You can view Mote's pitch here.

EnergyHawk: Satellite powered energy assessments

John Wells is the founder of EnergyHawk and is accelerating the growth of distributed energy solutions with satellite driven technology. The EnergyHawk software finds the largest energy intensive facilities to help companies target thier ideal customers.

Our goal is to create a world where third party energy organizations experience accelerated growth using a digital map of the largest C&I electricity consumers that exist. Suppliers, battery storage companies, solar providers, demand response companies, and energy efficiency companies are able to expedite their prospecting process using our map based platform to search, sort, and filter for the type of client best suited for their product.
Source: EnergyHawk

Duckweed Bio: Regenerative agriculture & carbon removal

Cyrus Hodes is the Chief Impact Office for Duckweed, a sustainable organic biostimulant fertilizer instead of the synthetic fertilizers. With a 15% higher crop yield and a hydroponic system that decontaminates surface water, the company is poised to offer unique benefits to farmers and fertilizer customers.

After years of research, Duckweed Bio was born in 2021. Based in Florida, currently conducting a mini pilot, with ambition to increase crop yields without the dependence on chemical-based products in a carbon negative environment while cleaning surface water.
Source: [Duckweed.bio](Duckweed.bio)

This approach offers a carbon negative, water positive product. The Duckweed product is a much higher biostimulant and nutrient values compared to kelp, fishmeal, and soybeans while removing CO2.

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Inside this Issue

⚡️ LG Energy Solution IPO to fuel manufacturing capacity expansion on three continents
💰 Skyven Technologies Raises $4M to Reduce Industrial Carbon Emissions in Oversubscribed Round Led by VoLo Earth Ventures
❇️ Commodities 2022: Outlines of a global hydrogen market emerge around hubs, large exporters
📉 EIA forecasts crude oil prices will fall in 2022 and 2023