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Geothermal startup Quaise nabs $21 million for pilot prep

The company hopes to make geothermal “geography agnostic” by using high-power microwaves to vaporize rocks.

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The urgent need to simplify clean energy finance

As the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund attracts new lenders, they need better tools to manage deals efficiently, says Banyan Infrastructure’s Amanda Li in this partner podcast episode.

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Ocient raises $50 million for more energy efficient data processing

The company’s expanded round will help it move into the utility segment, said investor Buoyant Ventures.

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Electric Hydrogen turns to 'really efficient capital' to expand manufacturing

As the electrolyzer company readies its first large-scale factory, Trinity Capital invested $50 million in equipment financing.

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What’s next for Uplight and AutoGrid?

As the companies work to integrate their tech stacks into a single platform, they’re eyeing DER aggregation dominance.

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Duke Energy backs AiDash as the startup moves into asset inspection

The investment underscores growing utility interest in AI, and the startup's broad geographic ambitions.

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Why 45V may knock one green hydrogen project off the map

Developer Ambient Fuels is prepared to shelve a project targeting refineries that doesn’t pencil out under Treasury guidance.

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Schneider’s novel use for tax credit transfers

Via its $80 million deal with Engie, the company is reinvesting its tax savings in renewable energy credits — to offset its own scope 2 emissions.

Views on the $1.8 trillion clean energy economy

Some optimistic and cautionary takes on the investment trends guiding the energy transition

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Antora raises $150 million to boost manufacturing

The thermal battery maker is on the verge of a handful of commercial-scale deployments using its heat-as-a-service model.

Frontier Forum: Diving into the booming transferable tax credit market

A wide-ranging conversation with Crux’s Alfred Johnson on the trends that are reshaping tax finance.

What Recurrent’s latest raise tells us about the state of clean energy

Declining interest rates, increasing capex costs, and the rising reign of solar-plus-storage are all converging.

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Camus Energy expands Series A to help utilities chart load growth

AI for grid planning just got another another lift from venture capital.

DOE offers up $100 million for carbon removal pilots

The agency is now soliciting proposals for emerging tech pilots.

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HSBC to fund Google Cloud climate partners

The partnership will provide startups with access to debt financing, advice from the bank’s climate tech specialists.