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Helion raises $2.2B to commercialize fusion energy

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Helion Energy , a clean energy company committed to creating a new era of plentiful, zero-carbon electricity from fusion, today announced the close of its $0.5 Animation courtesy of Helion Energy. ” asks David Kirtley, Helion’s co-founder and CEO. billion Series E, with an additional $1.7

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TRIREC, INNOPOWER team up for $100m green energy fund

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Register Singapore-based venture capital firm TRIREC and Thai energy innovations company INNOPOWER announced today the formation of Energy Ignition Ventures, a $100-million growth-stage fund aimed at promoting decarbonisation initiatives.

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Energy Dome gets $44M uplift into its CO2 battery for renewable energy storage

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Italian climate startup Energy Dome , which has developed a “CO 2 Battery” for storing renewable energy, has closed a €40 million (~$44M) Series B round — bringing the total raised for its novel energy storage solution to €54M (or just shy of $60M). Europe, South America, India and Australia.

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Clean energy firm Husk signs UN energy compact as it begins solar mini-grid expansion in Nigeria, rest of Africa

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Husk Power Systems , a clean energy company that has been at the forefront of fueling rural electrification since 2008, is planning to launch 500 solar mini-grids in Nigeria over the next five years. “We welcome the Energy Compact commitments made by Husk Power and appreciate their leadership.

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Home energy assessment startup Enter raises €19.4M Series A to expand in Germany and beyond

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Most were built for an era when the knowledge about energy consumption just wasn’t available in the way it is today. With energy becoming more expensive, and energy security ratcheting-up as a geopolitical issue, tech startups looking at this problem have been proliferating. Home energy assessment startup Enter raises €19.4M

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Ecosia has started ploughing search ads profit into green energy

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Not-for-profit search engine Ecosia has started funnelling a portion of the profits it generates from serving ads against users’ searches into startups in the renewable energy space. “At the moment, we’re supporting renewable energy projects across Germany.

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After bootstrapping for 15 years, energy renovation company Effy raises $22 million

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The energy renovation company based in France is doing well, but it is addressing a market that is much bigger than anticipated. Our story starts 15 years ago,” founder and CEO Frédéric Utzmann told me. “We The company worked on energy renovation for public buildings, residential buildings and industrial facilities. “We

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