Tag: cleantech
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$100M Challenge Seeks Carbon Removal Technologies
An XPrize challenge competition, sponsored by Elon Musk, is seeking new technologies that remove large quantities of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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Financial Asset Managers Supporting Net Zero Emissions
Thirty asset managers, directing investments worth some $9 trillion, agreed to encourage their clients to achieve global net zero greenhouse gas emission goals.
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Salk, Energy Utility Partner on Carbon Capture Plants
A California energy utility and Salk Institute are collaborating on engineering new plant varieties that capture and store more carbon dioxide in the ground.
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Infographic – Global Climate Technology Hubs
The report also highlights where the investments were made, with the geographic hubs or clusters attracting the most investments, this weekend’s infographic.
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Venture Fund Plans $350M for Biotech Start-Ups
A new venture fund plans investments in early-stage life science companies addressing critical needs in therapeutics, but also agriculture and industrial biotechnology.
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Amazon Opens $2 Billion Climate Investment Fund
Retailing and web services giant Amazon plans to invest $2 billion in sustainable technologies to meet the company’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2040.
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Start-Up Gains Hydrogen Fuel Technology Funds
A spin-off company from a university engineering lab received funds to build a device that efficiently splits water and creates hydrogen for fuel cell cars.
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Institutional Investors Factoring in Climate Change
A survey of institutional investors shows these money managers for financial institutions are starting to take climate change impacts into their investment decisions.
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Microsoft Launches $1 Billion Climate Fund
Microsoft Corp. plans to invest $1 billion over the next four years to create technologies for removing carbon from the atmosphere.
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Climate Action Cost Accounting Standard Proposed
A new paper proposes an accounting standard that would require private companies to spell out their costs of meeting net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.