These rising stars in the climate tech venture capital space share their personal stories and the results of their deep analysis of venture investments in the first half of 2022
How the DOE is going beyond science and engineering to help companies understand the emerging business models, financial viability, and long-term value of clean energy.
Polito shares how Generac is shifting from fossil fuel based systems to a home energy storage platform that connects PV, batteries, loads, and the grid.
Lovins takes us back to the birth of local energy with the book “Small is Profitable,” and tells us why local energy makes even more sense today socially, politically, and economically.
Bryan shares how Holy Cross is making local energy a central part of its strategy and reimagining its relationship with its customers.
Join host Bill Nussey and iClima’s Gabriela Herculano as they discuss the story behind the first-ever publicly traded local energy fund.
Host Bill Nussey talks with Erwin Spolders, CEO and Founder of Redavia Solar Power. Redavia, based in Germany, Kenya, and Ghana, provides pre-configured, containerized solar power generation systems to small and medium sized businesses across Africa.
Danny Kennedy and the state of California have helped launch hundreds of energy tech companies around the world. Learn why and how they did it.
Bill Nussey joined Currents host, Todd Alexander, to discuss Bill’s new book and “… the shift to cleaner, cheaper energy.”
Bryan Hassin, Co-Founder and CEO of the “rocket ship” accelerator Third Derivative, discusses how the company is using radical new methods to increase the speed to market and long-term success for climate innovation.
Bryan Hassin, Co-Founder and CEO of the “rocket ship” accelerator Third Derivative, discusses how the company is using radical new methods to increase the speed to market and long-term success for climate innovation.
Bill Nussey interviews Garrett Nilsen, Deputy Director of the Solar Industry Technologies Office in the US Department of Energy about the amazing scope and scale of DOE work across the energy landscape.
Host Bill Nussey interviews Dr. Jeff Chamberlain, the CEO of venture capital firm Volta, about the exciting path to incredibly safe and low-cost batteries.
The Freeing Energy team is putting together the definitive list of venture capital and private equity firms investing in clean energy technologies. We need your help.
After the 2011 collapse of cleantech investing, the industry is starting to show signs of life once again. Investors are slowly dusting off their checkbooks. This article has four core questions and five parts of the value chain that investors should consider as they fund new cleantech companies.
Cleantech is one of the biggest and most exciting technology industries today. But, despite the buzz, it remains complex and opaque. This article breaks it down into bite-sized chunks and explains how the terms and segments fit together.
Even conservative estimates forecast that transitioning to clean energy will require trillions of dollars of investments. Where will all this money come from? For better or worse, most of it will come from traditional sources like banks and governments. But, even thought it’s relatively smaller, venture capital will play a critical, catalytic role by lowering the risks for every other type of investment.
Clean energy is one of the largest business opportunities in history. But, in 2011, the US venture capital industry lost over $10 billion betting on it. What led to this cleantech collapse? And what did we learn as funding for cleantech is on the rise again?
I was recently invited to speak a group of Georgia-based technology executives. I’ve included some excerpts from the slides and a list of some of the more exciting clean energy companies in the region.
On February 2, 2018, US$12 billion wind turbine giant, Vestas, acquired New York startup, Utopus Insights, for $100M in cash. Utopus provides several products including
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