Climate Tech Newsletter: March 01, 2025

Climate Tech Newsletter: March 01, 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: Texas, Germany revisit nuclear; Blackstone launches $5.6B fund; hydrogen storage investment grows

1. The best time to stop a battery fire? Before it starts.

   February 27, 2025 - MIT Technology Review

2. British energy secretary to visit China in March to restart energy talks, sources say
   February 28, 2025 - Reuters

3. As Trump slashes climate action, can states and cities pick up the slack?

   February 27, 2025 - Reuters

4. King coal to stay top in India despite big clean power pipeline

   February 27, 2025 - Reuters

5. United Airlines Backs Carbon Removal Tech Company Heirloom

   February 27, 2025 - ESG Today

6. Microsoft Signs Deal to Deploy Renewable Energy in Underinvested Communities
   February 27, 2025 - ESG Today

7. Brookfield Acquires National Grid’s U.S. Renewables Business for $1.7 Billion
   February 26, 2025 - ESG Today

8. Land is hard to find for solar farms. Asia’s answer? Float them

   February 17, 2025 - Cipher

9. One way data centers can help the grid? By being flexible
   February 27, 2025 - Canary Media

10. Duke Energy quietly proposes second massive gas plant in North Carolina

    February 27, 2025 - Canary Media

11. IDC Ventures unveils €150M venture fund, aiming to diversify tech investments across Europe and beyond

    February 27, 2025 – Tech Funding News

12. Mitico raises $4.3M seed round to capture CO2 using ‘prehistoric chemistry’
    February 25, 2025 - TechCrunch

13. German startup wins accolade for its fusion reactor design

    February 25, 2025 - TechCrunch

14. Recycling Perovskite Solar Cells With Water

    February 25, 2025 - IEEE Spectrum

15. Ford’s EV transition made combustion engineers expendable
    February 24, 2025 - IEEE Spectrum

16. Texas Wants to Be a Nuclear Power

    February 24, 2025 - Inside Climate News

17. Conservatives Win in Germany, But New Chancellor Will Be Limited in Ability to Make Big Changes to Climate and Energy Policy
    February 24, 2025 - Inside Climate News

18. Blackstone Closes $5.6 Billion Energy Transition Fund, 33% Larger Than Predecessor

    February 27, 2025 - ESG News

19. Kern Energy Invests in California Hydrogen Storage and Fuel Cell Project

    February 26, 2025 - Climate Insider

20. U.S. Data Centers' Power Demand Surges to 46,000 MW: What's Driving the Growth?
    February 28, 2025 - Carbon Credits

21. Microsoft Invests in Clearloop’s Solar Projects to Drive Grid Decarbonization in America

    February 26, 2025 – Carbon Credits

22. BYD and Saudi Arabia Tandem for World's Largest Battery Energy Storage Project

    February 20, 2025 – Carbon Credits

23. BP Rolls Back on Net Zero Goals, Bets $10B on Fossil Fuels: A Smart Move or a Climate Setback?
    February 27, 2025 - Carbon Credits