Xcel Energy is an electric and natural gas energy company that offers a portfolio of energy-related products and services to customers. The company is engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. It operates through 5 segments: electricity, natural gas, renewable energy, transmission, and innovation. The company is engaged in generating electricity using coal, nuclear, natural gas, hydro, solar, biomass, oil and refuse, and wind energy sources; developing and leasing natural gas pipelines, and storage and compression facilities; and investing in rental housing projects. Xcel Energy was founded in 1909 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Stratus Materials is a developer and manufacturer of manganese-rich, cobalt-free cathode active materials for lithium-ion batteries.
Systems and Membranes for high efficiency and purity Hydrogen production i.e. for Separation or Ammonia cracking
To deliver freight for our customers, Fleetzero is developing a fleet of electric ships without any green bonus. The company's vessels, unlike giant container ships, can be built inexpensively in domestic shipyards, which enables us to operate in regulated markets where ships must be built in the country they are traveling through. Fleetzero was established in 2021 in Auburn, Alabama.
C-Zero is a hard-tech startup located in Santa Barbara, CA, that is developing a technology for decarbonizing natural gas. The company’s technology uses high temperatures to break down methane, (the primary molecule in natural gas) into hydrogen and solid carbon. C-Zero’s hydrogen can be used to decarbonize a wide range of industries including ammonia production, electric generation, process heat, and fuel cell vehicles, and has the potential to address 75% of global CO2 emissions.
Zap Energy's fusion technology stabilizes plasma using sheared flows rather than magnetic fields. Driving electric current through the flow creates the magnetic field, which confines and compresses the plasma. The higher the current, the greater the pressure and density in the plasma. The flow-stabilized Z-pinch approach provides compelling fusion economics and requires less capital than conventional fusion technologies.
Mangrove Lithium, a Vancouver-based company, has developed a breakthrough platform for the most cost-effective production of battery-grade lithium hydroxide and carbonate from diverse input streams and assets. Mangrove’s modular solution can be scaled to any capacity and co-located with upstream lithium producers or cathode and cell manufacturers. The platform technology is also being commercialized for the conversion of waste brines to chemicals and desalinated water.
SparkMeter offers grid-management solutions that enable underserved markets to access electricity. Its platform helps utilities to provide reliable power to their customers, increase electricity access, and invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency in their systems, enabling rural areas to access sustainable power distribution.
Antora Energy delivers zero-carbon industrial heat and power to heavy industries that are more reliable than fossil fuels. Antora’s thermal energy storage soaks up excess solar and wind electricity and uses it to heat blocks of carbon so they glow like inside a toaster.
KoBold Metals invests in battery materials projects across the globe by combining basic ore-deposit science, big data, and scientific computing with patient private capital. The company's software uses datasets with conventional geochemical, geophysical, and geological data in statistical association models to identify prospects to ensure a cobalt supply for the electric vehicle revolution, enabling mineral exploration companies to find new sources of cobalt through machine learning and data analysis.
Rondo Energy delivers zero-carbon industrial heat. Rondo Heat Battery powers industrial processes with renewable electricity, cutting energy costs and eliminating emissions.
Verdox is dedicated to reversing climate change through the development and deployment of advanced technology. The company’s proprietary electro-swing process, developed at MIT, enables carbon dioxide and other acid gases to be captured with up to 80% less energy and 70% less cost than conventional approaches.
H2Pro is a renewable energy company that is working on an efficient green hydrogen production method - E-TAC. Its mission is to enable the wide-scale adoption of sustainable hydrogen fuel by introducing a novel water-splitting technology.
Sustaera offers a direct air capture solution that works ranging from open grasslands to arid deserts to tropical savannas. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, United States.
Stoke Space focuses on creating a fully reusable medium-lift rocket, Nova, which provides cost-effective access to space. The company emphasizes sustainability by significantly reducing atmospheric impact and enabling dynamic space operations. With vertically integrated design and manufacturing capabilities, Stoke Space aims to accelerate the growth of the space economy while fostering environmental stewardship.
Developer of a miniature biosensing device intended to use a small blood volume to derive data on multiple biomarkers present in the sample.
Our Next Energy is a developer of energy storage technology to expand access to sustainable power. Our Next Energy focuses on safer battery chemistries that use sustainable raw materials while creating a reliable, low cost and conflict-free supply chain. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Novi, Michigan.
IONQ develops general-purpose quantum information processors using a trapped ion approach. The method enables qubit replication, optical networkability, and optimized algorithms to support scalable quantum computing.
Iron Ox is pioneering a sustainable and precise way of growing fresh produce, using robotics and plant science, to reduce agriculture’s impact on global climate. Iron Ox was established in 2015 and has greenhouses in Gilroy, CA and Lockhart, TX.
Nobell Foods uses plants to create innovative animal-based food substitutes.
Natel Energy is a supplier of sustainable hydropower solutions that produce reliable renewable energy. The company launches a new hydropower product enabling the cost-effective production of low-impact and distributed baseload energy from existing low-dams, irrigation canals, and other low-head hydropower resources. Hydropower is a crucial component of a low-carbon, renewable grid because of its reliability, flexibility, and complementary generation characteristics to the wind and solar. Hydropower projects are also integrally dependent upon and have a substantial impact on watershed function.
Turntide specializes in developing sustainable technologies that drive down energy consumption and operating costs in buildings, agriculture, and electric transport, boosting bottom lines and accelerating a global path to 100% renewable energy. It has developed an efficient electric motor system, based on revolutionary switched reluctance technology, managed by advanced cloud software. Its goal is to eliminate the 25% of global electricity consumption that is wasted by legacy electric motors, thus accelerating the world’s transition from fossil fuels and leaving them in the ground where they belong. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
ZeroAvia provides hydrogen-electric propulsion systems designed to eliminate aviation emissions while maintaining operational efficiency. The company focuses on scalable technologies that can retrofit existing aircraft and support sustainable aviation. By partnering with various stakeholders, ZeroAvia aims to revolutionize the aviation industry with cleaner, more efficient flight options.
CubicPV is a solar manufacturing company that produces wafers and tandem modules. The company utilizes silicon and perovskite technologies to develop semiconductor combinations for tandem modules which lead to reductions in clean electricity costs and embedded carbon.
Electric Hydrogen (EH2) is a deep decarbonization company building low-cost, high-efficiency, fossil-free hydrogen systems. Industrial sectors like ammonia and steel production account for a third of global GHGs and will require fossil-free hydrogen at cost parity to eliminate CO2 emissions. Electric Hydrogen is rethinking electrolysis from the ground up to compete with dirty hydrogen on cost and scale. The company's technology brings hydrogen solutions to industry, infrastructure, freight and beyond. The experience of Electric Hydrogen's leadership team at revolutionary clean energy companies like Tesla and First Solar makes EH2 a qualified hydrogen company to break through today’s barriers of efficiency and cost to make measurable progress toward a zero-emission industrial sector in this decade.
WeaveGrid operates with utilities and owners of electric vehicles (EV) to allow and speed up transportation electrification. Using machine learning, optimization, and predictive analytics, the company's software solution solves several EV-grid integration challenges for utilities in a systems-oriented manner; helps integrate renewable energy resources on the grid; and saves utility customers' money on their bills.
Fervo Energy is a next-generation geothermal developer generating clean power in new places. Fervo Energy commercializes proprietary technology to own, develop, and operate geothermal assets as the dispatchable foundation for a 100% clean energy future.
Solidia Technologies enables next generation products that offer superior performance while significantly minimizing environmental impact. Solidia is an advanced materials company, focusing on developing scalable solutions for the world of building and construction materials. Their technology enables the design of next generation products made by low energy processes that utilize waste materials and consume CO2. The products offer superior performance and value when compared to cement, concrete and stone while significantly minimizing environmental impact.
ZeroAvia provides hydrogen-electric propulsion systems designed to eliminate aviation emissions while maintaining operational efficiency. The company focuses on scalable technologies that can retrofit existing aircraft and support sustainable aviation. By partnering with various stakeholders, ZeroAvia aims to revolutionize the aviation industry with cleaner, more efficient flight options.
VEIR is a company developing a new approach to using high-temperature superconductors for electricity transmission. Its passive evaporative cryogenic cooling delivers 20 times the cooling power per kilogram of nitrogen flow compared to mechanical subcooling.
Boston Metal is a metallurgy company developing technology to reduce the carbon footprint of steel production. The company provides industrial-scale, metal production solutions utilizing its Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE) process. MOE provides the metals industry with a more efficient, lower-cost, and greener solution for the production of a wide array of metals and alloys from a wide variety of feedstocks. Boston Metal was spun out of MIT in 2012 with an investment from Ingo Wender and has since scaled the technology 1,000x and produced thousands of kilograms of metal. Boston Metal’s headquarters and industrial development center are located in Woburn, MA.
ZeroAvia provides hydrogen-electric propulsion systems designed to eliminate aviation emissions while maintaining operational efficiency. The company focuses on scalable technologies that can retrofit existing aircraft and support sustainable aviation. By partnering with various stakeholders, ZeroAvia aims to revolutionize the aviation industry with cleaner, more efficient flight options.
Terra CO2 Technologies specializes in the production of low-carbon alternatives for cement replacement. The company converts inexpensive, abundant, and local feedstocks from existing aggregate mines to high-performing and cost-competitive cementitious materials. Its climate-friendly, cost-competitive supplementary cementitious materials and zero-carbon cement undergo extensive third-party testing under harsh conditions to independently verify performance.
CarbonCure Technologies creates, develops, and licenses solutions that consume waste CO2 to make better concrete. It spurs the market shift towards affordable green concrete, by enabling concrete manufacturers to convert waste CO2 into solid minerals, locked away as a solid within concrete during manufacturing. It is a green building technology company currently serving concrete product manufacturers in the US and Canada. It offers concrete producers the ability to manufacture green concrete products without compromising on either quality or price. CarbonCure is a retrofit innovation that repurposes CO2 gas from large final emitters as a feedstock in concrete plants. The gas is permanently converted into embedded solid mineral carbonates that yield material, environmental, and production advantages. By enabling concrete manufacturers to consume CO2 into concrete products during manufacturing, the technology differentiates an otherwise traditional commodity concrete product, while achieving superior material performance characteristics. In addition to technology, CarbonCure provides demand-pull marketing and environmental reporting/certification services to reinforce its customers’ exclusive competitive positioning. The technology is licensed at a very low-CAPEX to concrete producers, generating a recurring revenue stream. CarbonCure Technologies was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Redwood Materials creates a circular supply chain to drive down the environmental footprint and cost of lithium-ion batteries and the electric vehicles and sustainable energy storage systems they power. Founded by JB Straubel, the Nevada-based company is offering large-scale sources of domestic anode and cathode materials produced from recycled batteries. Redwood receives ~10 GWh of end-of-life batteries annually for recycling, which are then refined and remanufactured into critical battery materials. The company plans to ramp production of anode and cathode components in the U.S. to 100 GWh annually by 2025, enough to produce more than one million electric vehicles a year.
SparkMeter offers grid-management solutions that enable underserved markets to access electricity. Its platform helps utilities to provide reliable power to their customers, increase electricity access, and invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency in their systems, enabling rural areas to access sustainable power distribution.
Quidnet Energy is a technology-driven energy company that powers the carbon-free electric grid. Its technology is a form of hydroelectric energy storage using time-tested well-drilling and construction technologies to pump water under pressure into subsurface geological reservoirs to store energy. When variable renewable energy is not available, this water is released to drive hydroelectric turbines to power the electric grid. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Houston with offices in San Francisco and Saratoga Springs, New York.
Source is a developer and manufacturer of solar-powered devices designed to extract drinkable water from the atmosphere. The company's solar-powered hydro panels utilize advanced materials science to pull water from even the driest conditions, producing pure water that is mineralized and delivered to a tap, enabling users to get clean water essentially anywhere. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
enVerid Systems provides indoor air quality and HVAC energy-saving technologies for commercial buildings. It offers products that significantly lower upfront HVAC system costs and reduce annual energy consumption while improving air quality.
Natel Energy is a supplier of sustainable hydropower solutions that produce reliable renewable energy. The company launches a new hydropower product enabling the cost-effective production of low-impact and distributed baseload energy from existing low-dams, irrigation canals, and other low-head hydropower resources. Hydropower is a crucial component of a low-carbon, renewable grid because of its reliability, flexibility, and complementary generation characteristics to the wind and solar. Hydropower projects are also integrally dependent upon and have a substantial impact on watershed function.
Nature’s Fynd is a food company producing a protein from a microbe discovered in the geothermal springs. The company's mission is to create foods that both nourish people and the planet. Its revolutionary fermentation technology grows protein using a fraction of the land and water resources required by traditional agriculture. Nature’s Fynd was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Lilac Solutions is a developer of lithium extraction technology that absorbs lithium from brine deposits. The company's technology is based on ion-exchange theory, which allows lithium producers to accelerate project development, increase lithium recovery, and streamline operations while reducing costs and environmental impact.
DMC Biotechnologies produces bio-based chemicals using fermentation. The company's technology makes products using lower energy and resources, with applications that contribute to a sustainable economy. DMC Biotechnologies, Inc. was founded in 2014 by Matt Lipscomb and Mike Lynch and is based in Boulder, Colorado, United States.
ESS is a provider of long-duration energy storage solutions ideally suited for C&I, utility, microgrid, and off-grid applications. Since their founding in 2011, ESS has been focused on laying the groundwork for a future powered by clean and reliable energy. With a team that boasts decades of experience in distributed power generation and energy storage technologies, ESS has developed an extremely cost-effective energy management system that combines a safe, abundant and non-toxic iron-electrolyte with their patented flow cell design. This combination of high performance with low cost means that ESS’s technology is ideally suited for applications that range in size from retail energy management to utility-scale renewables integration.
75F is a building intelligence company that makes smart building automation affordable and easy to deploy. 75F leverages IoT, Cloud Computing, and Machine Learning for data-driven, proactive building intelligence and controls for HVAC, lighting, and energy optimization. 75F's mission is to improve occupant productivity through enhanced comfort and indoor air quality – while saving energy and the environment.
Since 2004, Sierra Energy has focused on the development of FastOx® gasification, a technology that turns trash into energy without burning. This sustainable solution is commercially available to meet the needs of the modern waste industry. The company continues to advance its technology and test new applications for gasification at the Sierra Energy Research Park in Davis, California. Sierra Energy’s commercial facility is located in Monterey County, California.
Commonwealth Fusion is a research company that develops energy through an inexhaustible power plant. It uses rare-earth barium copper oxide superconductor technology to develop energy. They combine proven physics backed by decades of government-funded fusion research with a revolutionary superconducting magnet technology to accelerate the path to commercial fusion energy Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) is on track to bring fusion energy technology to the market. CFS was spun out of MIT and is collaborating with MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center to leverage decades of research combined with the innovation and speed of the private sector. The business designs and builds fusion machines that deliver limitless and clean fusion energy and integrate proven physics with magnet technology, allowing clients to contribute to the expansion of renewable energy while mitigating the effects of climate change.
ARNERGY's mission is to deliver energy solutions for productive use by deploying products, services and systems that power business operations and improve economic outcomes for our clients. Vision: Providing sustainable solutions to energy reliability issues across emerging markets.
Metro Africa Xpress, also known as MAX.ng, is a Lagos-based company that specializes in on-demand package pickup and delivery services. Incorporated in 2015, MAX.ng offers various delivery options including same day, three-hour, and next day services. The company addresses last-mile delivery challenges by utilizing mobile and web platforms to connect consumers, retail businesses, and independent drivers in real-time. By streamlining logistics and leveraging technology, MAX.ng aims to enhance the capabilities of retail businesses in Africa, facilitating growth and improving service delivery in the region. Additionally, the company provides a mobile application that integrates delivery services with ride-hailing options, further enhancing convenience for its users.
Baseload Capital is a Specialized Investment Entity investing in Heat Power. They work globally with the aim to give Heat Power Operators the financial tools to build and operate renewable heat power plants.
Malta is a provider of industrial-grade, grid-scale energy storage solutions. The Malta system collects and stores inexpensive and abundant renewable and fossil energy, and dispatches it as needed to the grid to enable the affordable and reliable delivery of electricity on demand. Incubated at X, the Moonshot Factory (formerly Google [x]), and funded by leading venture capital and commercial power industry companies
Pivot Bio is improving and using a deep understanding of the microbiome to advance crop nutrition. They believe that microbes can deliver nutrients, protect against pests, and improve crop quality better than chemical fertilizers and pesticides. They leverage engineering principles and data science to map the dynamics of the plant microbiome and evolve beneficial traits. Their team thrives on collaboration and communication as they seek to create revolutionary fertilizers that transform food supply and improves the planet. Pivot Bio's proprietary ON Technology harnesses the power of naturally occurring microbes to provide more nutrients to crops. It’s a smart, sustainable way for farmers to improve yield as they work to help feed the world’s growing population. Their current efforts are focused on enabling microbes to fix and supply more nitrogen to corn. Pivot Bio was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Berkeley, California, United States.
QuantumScape develops solid-state lithium-metal batteries for electric vehicles and other energy storage applications. The company works to revolutionize the battery industry by producing a solid-state battery that will provide a substantially higher level of battery storage than other batteries currently on the market. It manufactures lithium batteries aimed to accelerate the commercialization of solid-state batteries. The company's innovative approach could significantly impact the future of electric transportation and renewable energy integration. Jagdeep Singh founded the company in San Jose, California in 2010.
CarbonCure Technologies creates, develops, and licenses solutions that consume waste CO2 to make better concrete. It spurs the market shift towards affordable green concrete, by enabling concrete manufacturers to convert waste CO2 into solid minerals, locked away as a solid within concrete during manufacturing. It is a green building technology company currently serving concrete product manufacturers in the US and Canada. It offers concrete producers the ability to manufacture green concrete products without compromising on either quality or price. CarbonCure is a retrofit innovation that repurposes CO2 gas from large final emitters as a feedstock in concrete plants. The gas is permanently converted into embedded solid mineral carbonates that yield material, environmental, and production advantages. By enabling concrete manufacturers to consume CO2 into concrete products during manufacturing, the technology differentiates an otherwise traditional commodity concrete product, while achieving superior material performance characteristics. In addition to technology, CarbonCure provides demand-pull marketing and environmental reporting/certification services to reinforce its customers’ exclusive competitive positioning. The technology is licensed at a very low-CAPEX to concrete producers, generating a recurring revenue stream. CarbonCure Technologies was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia.