Climate Tech Newsletter: February 08, 2025

Climate Tech Newsletter: February 08, 2025

Welcome to last week’s edition of the CBKNY’s Weekly News Highlights. Explore the latest policies, innovations, and market trends driving the future of climate tech.

🌱 Climate Tech Insights: Climate policies, clean energy, AI, and investments face challenges

1. Supersonic planes are inching toward takeoff. That could be a problem

   February 05, 2025 - MIT Technology Review

2. EU considers exempting most companies from carbon border levy
   February 07, 2025 - Reuters

3. US Energy Secretary derides net-zero policies in new order

   February 06, 2025 - Reuters

4. Airbus postpones development of new hydrogen aircraft

   February 07, 2025 - Reuters

5. IONATE Raises $17 Million to Help Grids Meet Decarbonization and AI Needs

   February 05, 2025 - ESG Today

6. China on track to dominate nuclear energy
   February 05, 2025 - Cipher News

7. Chile offers case study in critical mineral mining
   February 05, 2025 - Cipher News

8. Laurene Powell Jobs joins Amazon in backing nuclear startup X-Energy in $700M round

   February 07, 2025 - TechCrunch

9. Presto is building Stripe for EV charging
   February 06, 2025 - TechCrunch

10. DOE Places Compressed-Air Energy Storage Loan Under Review
    February 04, 2025 - IEEE Spectrum

11. Clean Energy Investment Hits $2.1 Trillion: A Step Closer to Net Zero or a Missed Mark?

    February 04, 2025 – Carbon Credits

12. Google's X spins out Heritable Agriculture, a startup using AI to improve crop yield
    February 02, 2025 - TechCrunch

13. Octopus Energy turns profit for second year running as its tech arm surges

    February 04, 2025 - Sifted

14. Bill Gates bets on stealthy French startup racing to uncover buried hydrogen: ‘It could be gigantic.’

    February 07, 2025 - Sifted

15. Encore Renewable Energy Secures $389 Million from Brookfield to Expand Solar and Storage Portfolio
    February 06, 2025 - Climate Insider

16. Circunomics Secures €8 Million in Series A Funding to Drive Circular Economy for Lithium-Ion Batteries

    February 05, 2025 - Climate Insider

17. IKEA Achieves 100% Renewable Electricity at 93 More Factories, Reaching 491 Suppliers Globally
    February 06, 2025 - ESG News

18. Google Invests More Than $100M in Carbon Removal, Tripling 2023 Commitment
    February 07, 2025 - ESG News

19. SingTel Secures $476 Million Green Loan To Develop Sustainable Data Center in Singapore

    February 07, 2025 - ESG News

20. Future L.A. Fires Could Be Prevented With Grid-Hardening Tech

    February 05, 2025 - IEEE Spectrum

21. What a return to supersonic flight could mean for climate change
    February 06, 2025 - MIT Technology Review

22. Brookfield Invests $389M in Encore Renewable Energy Growth

    February 03, 2025 – List Solar

23. Blastr Green Steel Secures New Investors to Advance Ultra-Low CO₂ Steel Value Chain in Finland

    February 04, 2025 – Climate Insider

24. Climate Change to Wipe Away $1.5 Trillion in U.S. Home Values, Study Says
    February 03, 2025 - The Wall Street Journal