IT総合 California can ban new gas cars starting in 2035, EPA says
California’s phase out would begin in 2026, when the state will require 35% of automakers’ sales to be zero emissions ve...
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IT総合 IT総合 Sam Altman-backed nuclear startup Oklo lands massive data center power deal, with caveats
Among the hurdles, Oklo still hasn’t received approval from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after having its previous ...
IT総合 Commonwealth Fusion Systems just picked its first commercial site partly because of its proximity to Washington, D.C.
The fusion startup intends to hook the power plant up to the grid in the early 2030s.
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IT総合 Focused Energy buys two of the world’s most powerful lasers for its fusion quest
The massive lasers will be installed in the startup’s future facility, which it is building in the San Francisco Bay Are...
IT総合 G2 Ventures Partners is raising $750 million for a third fund
The raise is a bullish vote of confidence in climate and sustainability startups.
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IT総合 Exxon can’t resist the AI power gold rush
The oil and gas company announced that it’s planning to build a massive power plant for data centers.
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IT総合 Activate and The Engine Accelerator team up to train scientists to become founders
Two prominent programs, Activate and The Engine Accelerator, have decided they can give founders an advantage if they te...
IT総合 Microsoft anchors $9B renewable energy coalition
The coalition, which is organized by Acadia, is seeking to invest $9 billion to build 5 gigawatts worth of renewable pow...
IT総合 Green ammonia startup Amogy is trying to raise $90M to reduce truck pollution
The company is focused on various transportation markets, including maritime shipping, long-haul trucking, and agricultu...
IT総合 Electrified Thermal Solutions has a plan to help industry replace natural gas with bricks
The startup has been working to imbue the humble brick with the ability to transform electricity into heat and store it ...
IT総合 Google kicks off $20B renewable energy building spree to power AI
Google signed a deal with Intersect Power and TPG Rise Climate to spin up enough carbon-free power to drive several giga...
IT総合 A new wave of desalination startups argues that deeper is better
Advances in robotics and seabed electrification have enabled a trio of startups to pursue deep sea reverse osmosis.
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IT総合 Nexalus has a new method for liquid-cooling data centers that could make the waste heat useful
The startup argues that its hot-water approach is not only more efficient, but also more useful.
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IT総合 Amp Robotics raises $91M to build more robot-filled waste sorting facilities
Recently, Amp Robotics changed its business model to focus on running entire facilities that sort recyclables.
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IT総合 Heirloom Carbon raises $150M to remove CO2 from the air using rocks
The startup is betting that by building bigger and capturing more carbon, it can bring down the cost to remove each metr...
IT総合 Amazon teams up with Orbital to remove CO2 from the air at one of its datacenters
The system should remove more carbon dioxide than the electricity used by the datacenter would produce.
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IT総合 FireDome’s autonomous launcher is gunning to protect acres of land from wildfire
Inspired by Israel's Iron Dome, the startup's automated system hopes to protect everything from neighborhoods to vineyar...
IT総合 Climate VCs are cautiously optimistic about a second Trump term — here’s why
President-elect Donald Trump made no secret during his campaigning that he doesn’t think the U.S. should take an aggress...
IT総合 Volkswagen slashes the value of its stake in Northvolt, the beleaguered battery manufacturer
The write downs occurred throughout the current fiscal year as the situation at Northvolt deteriorated.
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IT総合 Future Google supplier Kairos gets approval to build two small nuclear reactors
The reactors are scaled down versions of what Kairos hopes to ultimately build to supply Google with electricity.
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IT総合 Battery unicorn Northvolt files for bankruptcy, upending Europe’s industrial plan
The company chose Chapter 11 in an effort to right its listing finances.
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IT総合 Blue Bear Capital lands $160M to back AI founders in climate, energy, and industry
The new fund swims against the prevailing currents in its sector, where funds that invest in hardware or a mix of hardwa...
IT総合 Solar power magnate Gautam Adani and others indicted over alleged $250M bribery scheme
Billionaire Gautam Adani and several executives at his company, the Indian conglomerate Adani Group, have been indicted ...
IT総合 Fusion startup Tokamak Energy attracts $125M for its egg-like reactor design
Startups pursuing fusion power have benefitted from AI's insatiable thirst for electricity.
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IT総合 Trump’s pro-fracking energy secretary pick has also invested in geothermal and nuclear startups
Chris Wright has been a big booster of oil and gas, but he's also no stranger to climate tech.
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IT総合 Microsoft bets a carbon removal bake-off will help offset its skyrocketing AI emissions
Microsoft is buying 10,000 tons of carbon credits from Deep Sky, a direct air capture developer.
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IT総合 Ecolectro stuffs hydrogen production into shipping containers to cut costs
The startup figures the best way to rein in costs is to bring production closer to where it’s being used.
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IT総合 Nearly half of AI data centers may not have enough power by 2027
AI’s insatiable thirst for electricity is expected to surge in the coming years.
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IT総合 Lyten buys battery manufacturing assets from beleaguered Northvolt
Lyten, a Silicon Valley battery startup, announced today that it’s acquiring manufacturing assets from Northvolt, a Swed...
IT総合 NitroVolt is helping farmers make their own fertilizer using renewable power
The majority of the world’s ammonia is produced using the 115-year-old Haber-Bosch process, which is heavily reliant on ...