Decarbon Daily - Series A Funding & Carbon Capture Pilots Announcing Helion's Latest Fundraise of $500 Million www.helionenergy.com We are excited to announce that Helion has raised $500 million from Sam Altman with participation from our other existing investors, Mith... #clean-energy #venture-capital Yotta Energy Raises $13M in Series A Funding www.finsmes.com Yotta Energy, an Austin, TX-based renewable energy storage company, raised $13m in Series A funding. The round, which brought total fu... #energy-storage #venture-capital B2U's Plan to Transform More Depleted Electric Car Batteries into Solar Storage dot.la One Santa Monica-based company, B2U Storage Solutions, has found a solution: transforming these batteries and those from other car manufa... #solar #energy-storage HV Capital and Keen Venture Partners Invest USD10 million in Plan A's Carbon Accounting and ESG Management Platform www.privateequitywire.co.uk Greentech start-up Plan A, a leadng platform of science-based tools for carbon accounting, decarbonisation, and ESG management, has succe... #esg #venture-capital OXY - Occidental Petroleum - Earnings Call Transcript Q3 2021 decarbonfuse.com Jeff Alvarez : Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. And thank you for participating and Occidental's Third Quarter 2021 Conference Call. ... #direct-air-capture #oil DEN - Denbury Resources - Earnings Call Transcript Q3 2021 decarbonfuse.com Brad Whitmarsh: Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us today. I hope you've had a chance to review our earnings release and ... #carbon-capture #emissions
Decarbon Daily - Following #COP26 & OPEC Response Follow COP26 by the Tweets cop26.decarbonfuse.com Check out the twitter feed of the active #COP26 tweets. Over 2.5 million tweets already today! #policy #sustainability-goals #emissions Oil Rises After OPEC+ Rebuffs U.S. Call to Boost Output www.reuters.com Oil prices rose towards $81 a barrel on Friday after OPEC+ producers rebuffed a U.S. call to raise supply to cool the market, sticking to... #oil #policy McDermott and Shell in Decarbonization Deal www.rigzone.com McDermott has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Shell Eastern Petroleum Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Royal Dutc... #transportation #wind In a Lithium Squeeze, Biggest Producer ‘Going as Fast as We Can’ www.bloomberg.com Albemarle Corp., the world’s biggest lithium producer, is expanding as quickly as possible and evaluating new opportunities as buyers of ... #electric-vehicles #lithium
Decarbon Daily - Direct Air Capture in Europe EV Maker Bedeo Acquires Protean from Evergrande's Auto Unit www.reuters.com UK-based e-mobility firm Bedeo said on Thursday it has acquired Protean Electric from China Evergrande Group's (3333.HK) automotive unit.... #electric-vehicles The Bureau of Land Management has Tentatively Scheduled a Geothermal Lease Sale for August 2022 and Opened the Nomination Window www.thinkgeoenergy.com The nomination window for the BLM Nevada State Office Geothermal Lease Sale tentatively scheduled for August 2022 is now open. Land no... #geothermal TNT Crane & Rigging Acquires JMS Crane & Rigging www.inforney.com TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc. ("TNT" or the "Company") announced today that it has acquired the businesses of JMS Crane & Rigging Co., WM Ser... #wind #clean-energy US Producers Pioneer and Continental Strike $3.25-Billion Permian Deal jpt.spe.org Continental Resources announced today that it is buying Permian Basin acreage from Pioneer Natural Resources for $3.5 billion in cash. Th... #oil #natural-gas ExxonMobil, Pertamina join forces to develop CCUS in SE Asia www.gasworld.com Indonesian energy company PT Pertamina (Pertamina) will join forces with oil giant ExxonMobil to help decarbonise the country. To meet... #sustainability-goals #carbon-capture Mitsubishi Heavy Aims for Low-carbon Shift After Profit Rebound asia.nikkei.com Mitsubishi Heavy Industries returned to profit in the six months through September despite sluggish sales, as the company works to transf... #carbon-capture #hydrogen
Decarbon Daily - Startups of COP26 + Tackling Methane Fact Sheet: President Biden Tackles Methane Emissions, Spurs Innovations, and Supports Sustainable Agriculture to Build a Clean Energy Economy and Create Jobs www.whitehouse.gov Today, President Biden is announcing bold actions consistent with his vision that tackling the climate crisis is not just an imperative, ... #policy #sustainability-goals #emissions Sweep: Reduce Carbon Emissions in Your Business and Value Chain www.sweep.net We’re building Sweep to help companies tackle climate change the right way.To empower them to take the task seriously, knowing that with ... #emissions #venture-capital Measurable.Energy: A Vision to Avoid Emissions measurable.energy We created the measurable.energy (m.e) Platform from the ground up to offer facilities managers, building owners and occupants with real-... #clean-energy #emissions #venture-capital BrainBox AI: Autonomous AI Technology for HVAC www.brainboxai.com We are proud to be at the forefront of a new era in building automation and a leader in the green building revolution. Located in Montrea... #emissions #venture-capital
Decarbon Daily - India Emissions Focus, Methane Limit, & Rivian IPO Biden Administration Moves to Limit Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas www.nytimes.com The Biden administration said Tuesday that it would heavily regulate methane, a potent greenhouse gas that spews from oil and natural gas... #emissions #policy DuPont (DD) Acquires Rogers Corporation (ROG) for $5.2B www.streetinsider.com DuPont has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rogers Corporation ("Rogers") (NYSE: ROG)(1) for $5.2 billion. Rogers is a glob... #sustainability-goals Electric Vehicle Maker Rivian Seeks to Raise $8.4 billion in IPO ca.finance.yahoo.com "Electric vehicle startup Rivian hopes to raise up $8.4 billion in its initial public offering, according to a regulatory filing posted M... #electric-vehicles #transportation Eni Acquires 20% Stake in Third Phase of World's Largest Offshore Wind Project www.oedigital.com Italian oil and gas company Eni is increasing its renewables investments and has now acquired a 20% stake in the 1.2GW Dogger Bank C offs... #wind #clean-energy
Decarbon Daily - Energy Events, RNG, & Series A Brightmark, Chevron Announce First Renewable Natural Gas at Lawnhurst Farms www.chevron.com Brightmark RNG Holdings LLC – a joint venture partnership between Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Brightmark Fund Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of B... #renewable-natural-gas #clean-energy Resilient Power Secures $5 Million Seed Round to Scale Low Cost EV Fast Charging Technology and Power Grid Resiliency www.prnewswire.com As increasing electric vehicle growth pressures the electric power infrastructure and the need for EV fast-charging increases, Resilient ... #venture-capital ClearFlame Engine Technologies Secures $17 Million to Decarbonize Long-Haul Trucking and Other Diesel-Driven Industries www.prnewswire.com ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a startup dedicated to the development of net-zero engine technology, announced today that it has secured... #venture-capital BrainBox AI Raises $24M USD in First Close of its Series A Funding Round to Fuel Continued Global Expansion and Innovation www.prnewswire.com BrainBox AI, a leader in autonomous building technology, today announced a $24M raise to further deploy its AI technology in the built en... #venture-capital #sustainability-goals #emissions Climate Change Agritech Loam Bio Raises $40 Million in Series A www.startupdaily.net Decarbonisation startup Loam Bio, which uses microbes microbes to sequester carbon in farm soils, has raised $40 million in a series A. T... #venture-capital #carbon-capture #emissions Builders Private Capital Stands up $300 Million Clean Energy Fund impactalpha.com Chicago-based Builders Private Capital is the direct investment arm of Builders Vision, an impact group founded by Lukas Walton, the bill... #venture-capital #clean-energy
Decarbon Daily - $101 Million Raise + Investment Ramp to COP26 Persefoni Raises $101 Million to Build Out Carbon-tracking Software www.bizjournals.com Persefoni, a Tempe-based startup that's building climate impact software for enterprises, said Thursday that it had raised $101 million i... #venture-capital #carbon-pricing #emissions SustainCERT completes $10 Million Capital Raise to Drive a #RacetotheTop in Carbon Emissions Accounting and Verification finance.yahoo.com SustainCERT SA (""SustainCERT"", or ""the Company""), the leading digital platform for verification of carbon emissions and an official c... #venture-capital #carbon-pricing #emissions Investors Ramp Up Climate Tech Investments Ahead of COP26 impactalpha.com Venture capital investors poured $16 billion into climate tech startups in the first half of 2021. They’re padding the total ahead of nex... #venture-capital #sustainability-goals Net Zero By 2050? Don’t Plan on It www.wsj.com As leaders prepare to gather in Glasgow for the United Nations climate-change conference, you may think the world has agreed to reduce an... #sustainability-goals #emissions
Decarbon Daily - Greening of Middle East & Start-up Funding Cemvita Factory Raises Additional Venture Capital for Industrial Decarbonization www.prnewswire.com Cemvita Factory ("Cemvita"), the leading provider of carbon negative synthetic biology solutions for energy and mining industries, announ... #venture-capital #carbon-capture #transportation H2 Raises $15M in Series B Funding www.finsmes.com H2, Inc., a Daejeon, South Korea-based flow battery manufacturer, secured $15m in Series B funding. Backers included Envisioning Partners... #energy-storage #venture-capital Europe’s Biggest Climate VC Just Came Out of Stealth with a €350m fund sifted.eu Europe is the fastest-growing region for climate tech in the world. And the sector has just gotten another tailwind as a Berlin-based tea... #venture-capital More Than Half of 2022′s Solar Projects Threatened by Spiking Costs, New Report Finds www.cnbc.com Surging solar costs, driven my raw material price increases and supply chain constraints, could delay or even cancel more than half of 20... #solar
Decarbon Daily - Hydrogen Stations & Clean Hydrogen Investment Clean Hydrogen is Coming for Fleet Operators with Project Beehive Plan for Distributed Hydrogen Production Hub & Fueling Station in Utah www.bayotech.us Hydrogen is coming to the ports and shipping sector in a big way as operators realize it is a feasible solution to decarbonize the moveme... #hydrogen #shipping Saudi Arabia to Use $110 Billion Gas Field for Blue Hydrogen www.bloomberg.com Saudi Arabia said it would use one of the world’s biggest natural-gas projects to make blue hydrogen, as the kingdom steps up efforts to ... #hydrogen #policy Woodside to Spend Over $745 Million on Hydrogen, Ammonia Plant www.reuters.com Woodside Petroleum (WPL.AX) will invest more than A$1 billion ($746 million) to build a carbon-neutral hydrogen and ammonia production fa... #hydrogen Linde Starts Up Major New Hydrogen Facility in the U.S. Gulf Coast www.linde-engineering.com Linde (NYSE:LIN; FWB:LIN) announced today it has started up a new world-scale hydrogen production facility in Texas, bringing Linde's tot... #hydrogen Tenaris introduces THera™ technology at the Hydrogen Technology Expo Europe www.tenaris.com Tenaris is introducing THera™, its latest materials technology for all hydrogen applications, at the Carbon Capture & Hydrogen Technology... #hydrogen #carbon-capture ExxonMobil to Increase Carbon Capture Capacity in Wyoming www.gasworld.com ExxonMobil wants to capture an additional one million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually from its LaBarge, Wyoming facility, ... #carbon-capture #sustainability-goals
Decarbon Daily - EVs in Argentina & 100k EVs to Hertz Hertz Orders 100,000 Teslas, the Single-largest EV Purchase Ever, with Tom Brady Campaign electrek.co "Hertz Global Holdings Inc has placed an order for a whopping 100,000 Teslas in a huge first step toward electrifying its rental-car flee... #electric-vehicles A Mining Company is Sifting Through Mineral Sludge for Rare Materials as Disruptions Dent the Supply of Critical Tech Components markets.businessinsider.com The global supply-chain crisis has caused one mining company to resort to sifting through mineral sludge to feed hungry technology compan... #mining #batteries These New Electric Trucks Could Take Over The Commercial Industry carbuzz.com The automotive world is going electric, and manufacturers, big and small, are scrambling to snatch up a piece of this booming segment. Ma... #electric-vehicles EV Sales Forecasts by EVadoption evadoption.com EV sales should grow to reach approximately 29.5% of all new car sales in 2030 from an expect roughly 3.4% in 2021. This would also see s... #electric-vehicles #data #research
Decarbon Daily - Cleantech Capital from O&G DOE Provides $20MM Funding for Regional CCUS Projects www.rigzone.com The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $20 million in funding for four projects working to accelerate the regional deployment ... #carbon-capture #research Banking Sucks, so We Made it Great. Now Let’s Fix Carbon medium.com Today we’re excited to announce that Pledge is coming out of stealth with the closing of a $4.5m seed round to accelerate our growth. Ple... #carbon-pricing #emissions Carbon Footprint Tracker Cogo Raises $20M Ahead of COP26 UN Climate Summit www.uktech.news On a mission to empower hundreds of millions of consumers and businesses globally to take action by measuring, reducing and compensating ... #emissions Via Separations Raises Oversubscribed $38 Million Series B Led by NGP ETP to Transform Industrial Energy Use www.businesswire.com Via Separations, a rapidly-scaling technology company that enables industrial decarbonization, announced a $38 million investment, led by... #venture-capital #sustainability-goals Climate Analytics Provider Jupiter Raises $54 Million in Series C Funding mercomindia.com Jupiter, a US-based climate analytics company, has raised $54 million in a Series C funding round led by Clearvision Ventures and MPower ... #sustainability-goals #data British Satellite Scale-up Raises £15m in Oversubscribed Series A Funding spaceref.com British satellite scale-up Satellite Vu, founded in 2016, has successfully raised £15 million ($20.7 million), as it looks to ramp up its... #data #emissions #sustainability-goals
Decarbon Daily - Halliburton Labs, e-frac, & ESG Bubble ESG will create financial bubbles just like crypto, banking body CEO says www.cnbc.com Financial bubbles will form as investors scramble to make deals in the sustainability space, according to Tim Adams, the president and CE... #esg #sustainability-goals With Biden's Climate Plan in Jeopardy, Can America Lead on Climate Change? www.npr.org NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with environmental policy expert Leah Stokes about what the Democrats' spending plan can achieve on climate, with... #policy #sustainability-goals Big Oil Courts U.S. Clean-energy Startups in Bid to Speed Green Transition www.reuters.com U.S. clean-energy startups are booming as oil companies are giving them more attention and cash in a bid to speed up their own green tran... #venture-capital #oil #sustainability-goals What’s Happening With EV Charging Infrastructure In The USA? cleantechnica.com According to the US Energy Information Administration, about 90% of the energy consumed in US transportation comes from petroleum. The EP... #electric-vehicles #emissions
Decarbon Daily - Africa Cleantech, Ando, & Risilience Leading Climate Change Risk Analysis Platform Risilience Raises £6m Series A Funding Round Led by IQ Capital to Scale Net Zero Transformation for Business www.prnewswire.com Risilience™, the leading climate change business platform, has announced a Series A investment of £6m from international investors led by... #venture-capital #sustainability-goals Ando Raises $6 Million Seed Round www.prnewswire.com Sustainable Banking service Ando today announces a seed funding round of $6 million, led by TTV Capital and including investments from HO... #solar #wind We Don't Have Water: South American Dam Faces Energy Crunch as River Ebbs www.reuters.com The giant Itaipu hydroelectric power plant, wedged between Paraguay and Brazil on the Parana River, is facing an energy crunch amid recor... #water Energy Transition Now - Episode 11 with Kentaro Hosomi www.westwoodenergy.com One of the key technologies that could play a vital – if not essential – role in making net-zero emissions by mid-century possible is car... #carbon-capture
Decarbon Daily - Carbon Mapper, CCUS, & Hydrogen Renewables Will Account for Most Global Generation Increases, but Coal Use Remains High www.eia.gov In the Reference case of our International Energy Outlook 2021 (IEO2021), where we assume current laws and regulations continue into the ... #iea #sustainability-goals Antin Infrastructure Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Origis Energy solarindustrymag.com Funds managed by Antin Infrastructure Partners, an infrastructure investment firm, have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a ... #solar #private-equity Convergent Energy + Power Acquires 20 MWh Battery Energy Storage Opportunity from SMT Energy www.prnewswire.com SMT Energy LLC (SMT), a renewable energy developer and advisor, and Convergent Energy + Power (Convergent), the most dependable provider ... #energy-storage Ineos to Invest $2B+ in Green Hydrogen Across Europe www.rigzone.com Ineos has announced that it will invest more than $2.3 billion (EUR 2 billion) into electrolysis projects to make zero carbon, green hydr... #hydrogen Twelve Produces First Batch of E-Jet® Fuel from Carbon Dioxide Through Partnership with the U.S. Air Force www.businesswire.com Carbon transformation company Twelve announced today it has produced the first fossil-free jet fuel called E-Jet® from carbon dioxide (CO... #transportation #carbon-capture Carbon Capture Inc. Closes $35 Million Series A Funding From Prime Movers Lab, Rio Tinto, Idealab Studio, and Time Ventures www.businesswire.com Carbon Capture Inc. (CarbonCapture), a climate tech company that makes machines that remove CO2 directly from the atmosphere, today annou... #carbon-capture #direct-air-capture #venture-capital
Decarbon Daily - Energy Q3 Earnings Season in Full Swing China’s Energy Crisis Deepens With Potentially Fatal Consequences www.forbes.com China’s multi-month energy crisis is deepening, with coal and natural gas prices now at record highs while temperatures are poised to plu... #natural-gas Thiel-Backed Lithium Miner Is Said to Prepare Nasdaq Listing www.bloomberg.com Rock Tech Lithium Inc. is preparing a Nasdaq listing to broaden its investor base and help finance a $545 million battery-metals smelter ... #mining #lithium Who Are the World’s Biggest Climate Polluters? Satellites Sweep for Culprits www.wsj.com Satellites are emerging as a tool to fight climate change, exposing hidden sources of greenhouse gas emissions and allowing governments t... #data #emissions #sustainability-goals BlackRock Backs New Hub for Company Climate Data www.usnews.com Wall Street giant BlackRock announced Tuesday that it is backing a new London-based research hub which will provide asset managers with i... #data #emissions #sustainability-goals
Decarbon Daily - Energy Crisis, Renewables, & AI-Powered Behind the Energy Crisis: Fossil Fuel Investment Drops, and Renewables Aren’t Ready www.wsj.com An energy price shock is serving as a reminder of the world’s continued dependency on fossil fuels—even amid efforts to shift to renewabl... #natural-gas Japanese Oil Major Eneos Acquires Renewables Firm JRE www.windpowermonthly.com Eneos becomes Japan’s first oil wholesaler to agree a deal to acquire a large renewable energy company #wind Shell-backed Silicon Ranch Acquires Carbon Offset Firm Clearloop www.pv-tech.org US independent power producer Silicon Ranch has acquired Clearloop, a start-up that helps companies offset their carbon emissions by fund... #emissions #solar #venture-capital Goldbell Acquires BlueSG; Plans up to $40M Investment by 2023 www.businesstimes.com.sg Vehicle leasing and distribution company Goldbell Group announced on Monday (Oct 18) its finalisation on the acquisition of electric car-... #electric-vehicles AiDash Secures $27M in Series B Funding to Prevent Wildfires and Power Outages With AI-Powered Satellite Technology www.businesswire.com AiDash, a leading provider of satellite and AI-powered vegetation management and sustainability solutions, today announced it has secured... #venture-capital Battery Startup Our Next Energy (ONE) Closes Series A Led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures www.prnewswire.com Our Next Energy Inc. (ONE), a Michigan-based energy storage solutions company, today announced it has closed a $25 million Series A capit... #electric-vehicles #batteries
Decarbon Daily - Carbon Pricing, CCUS, & Emissions CCUS Deemed ‘Essential’ by Secretary of State at CCUS 2021 Conference www.gasworld.com UK Secretary of State Kwasi Kwarteng called carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) an ‘essential part’ of the UK’s toolkit in the... #carbon-capture #sustainability-goals Sproule Sees CCUS Driving ‘Tremendous’ Growth as Carbon Prices Climb www.naturalgasintel.com Underground carbon disposal has to increase 172-fold to hit the global greenhouse gas (GHG) cleanup target set by the International Energ... #carbon-capture #emissions eBay Commits to Reducing Scope 1 and 2 Carbon Emissions 90% by 2030 www.eseller365.com eBay continues its commitment to climate action by setting an ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) target approved by the Science Based Targets... #sustainability-goals Carbon Allowances ETFs Can Help Investors Access a Growing New Market www.nasdaq.com In the recent webcast, Carbon Allowances: An Asset Class That’s Good for the Planet and Your Portfolio, Eron Bloomgarden, partner at Clim... #carbon-pricing How We Get to 100% Electrical Everything www.fastcompany.com This scenario of replacing everything that uses energy with a zero-carbon solution when it’s retired is called a 100% adoption rate. Toda... #electric-vehicles #electric-grid Climate Software Startups Are Suddenly A Hot Investment news.crunchbase.com As a serial entrepreneur, Diego Saez Gil is used to pitching ambitious startup ideas and getting turned down. So he was prepared for some... #venture-capital #data
Decarbon Daily - Charging Map, Energy Security, & Climate Risk Enduring Waves of Climate Change: Maritime Decarbonization, a Tempest Before the Calm www.spglobal.com The global maritime industry is intensifying efforts to curb its carbon footprint, but the journey has just begun. Preparations, thus far... #shipping Is Decarbonization Threatening Europe’s Energy Security? oilprice.com Later this month about 25,000 people are headed to Glasgow for the 26th annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNF... #sustainability-goals Climate Solutions Launches Climate and ESG-focused Private Marketplace for Institutional Investors www.propertyfundsworld.com Climate Solutions, a climate-focused capital raising and strategic advisory firm, has launched Climarket, an online marketplace for insti... #private-equity #venture-capital U.S. Wants Federal Contracts to Reflect Climate Risk www.reuters.com The Biden administration on Thursday began a process to amend federal procurement rules to require the U.S. government - the world's larg... #policy #sustainability-goals
Decarbon Daily - Tailwinds for EV Charging Solutions Shell Venture Eyes Creating Hydrogen Supply and Demand www.argusmedia.com Shell wants to break what it calls the "chicken and egg problem" in European hydrogen through a partnership that it hopes will create dem... #hydrogen Eni and Progressive Energy aim to cast HyNet as CCUS Vanguard Project www.upstreamonline.com Italian oil and gas giant Eni believes a proposed HyNet North West scheme that is aiming to decarbonise a large swathe of industry in the... #carbon-capture #emissions Energy Agency Urges Bigger Global Push to Cut Emissions www.crossroadstoday.com "The International Energy Agency is urging governments to make stronger commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions at an upcoming U.N. c... #iea #sustainability-goals #electric-vehicles Chevron Sets Goal of Cutting Carbon Emissions in Operations, but Not for Products www.wsj.com Chevron Corp. said it has an “aspiration” to reduce or offset carbon emissions from its operations to zero by 2050, as investor and publi... #sustainability-goals #emissions Infrastructure Bill Could Cut Carbon Emissions By Nearly a Gigaton www.scientificamerican.com The reconciliation bill working its way through Congress could cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by nearly a gigaton by 2030, according t... #policy #emissions WattBuy Secures $10 Million to Drive Clean Energy Innovation www.businesswire.com WattBuy, a clean energy platform that empowers consumers to choose more sustainable, affordable energy options, today announced it has ra... #electric-grid #venture-capital
Decarbon Daily - Upcoming Energy Earnings Halliburton and VoltaGrid enter multi-year contract with Aethon www.worldoil.com Halliburton Company and VoltaGrid LLC have entered into a multi-year contract with Aethon Energy to deploy an advanced, all-electric frac... #oil #emissions Tesla (TSLA) Breaks Record in China, Resulting in Massive Delivery Expectation Beat electrek.co Tesla has achieved an impressive new delivery record in China, which has greatly contributed to the automaker’s massive delivery expectat... #electric-vehicles DuPont Signs VPPA With NextEra Energy www.renewableenergymagazine.com DuPont has signed a virtual power purchase agreement with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC with a generation capacity of the... #wind #emissions #solar ABB Launches the World’s Fastest Electric Car Charger new.abb.com ABB is today launching an innovative all-in-one Electric Vehicle (EV) charger, which provides the fastest charging experience on the mark... #electric-vehicles