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Sodium-Ion Battery Startup UNIGRID Battery Gets $12mn Funding

UNIGRID Battery, a San Diego-based startup developing advanced sodium-ion batteries, has announced a successful close of an oversubscribed $12 Million Series A funding round. The financing was Co-led by Transition VC and Ritz Venture Capital and joined by new investor Union Square Ventures and existing investor Foothill Ventures. The investment will accelerate and scale-up UNIGRID’s […]

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Swift Solar Announces $27 Million Series A Funding Round

Swift Solar, an American solar technology company has announced the close of its $27 million Series A financing round. This milestone is a major step forward for U.S. manufacturing of advanced perovskite solar technology. The round was co-led by Eni Next and Fontinalis Partners. Eni Next, the corporate venture capital arm of Eni, invests in […]

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US DOE To Invest $9.5 Million In Four Solar Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has declared plans to invest $9.5 million in four new projects with the goal of increasing public awareness and confidence in large-scale solar advancements. This program supports the US’s objective of having net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, which is an important step given that the DOE estimates that 40% […]

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US Solar Installed Capacity Soars 71% In Q1 2024, Hits 200-GW Mark

US Solar Manufacturing Association (SEIA) recently reported setting a record 11 gigawatts (GW) of new solar module manufacturing capacity in the United States during Q1 2024. The organization claims this to be the largest quarter of solar manufacturing growth in American history. According to the US Solar Market Insight Q2 2024 report released by the […]

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SaurEnergy Explains- What’s the Stink Around Carbon Credits?

On today’s episode of why we can’t have good things easily, carbon credits get to be in the limelight. Originally proposed in 1997 with the Kyoto Protocol as a way for companies to fund the development of renewable and carbon-offsetting projects, carbon credits utilize third party firms who sell carbon credits and use the money […]

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5 Interesting Green Ventures That Have the US’s DOE Backing Them

There’s a lot of promising green energy startups and concepts out there that end up getting shuttered because of a lack of funding. Whether the lack is because they failed to raise publicity or their ideas being too ahead for their time, there are a multitude of reasons as to why a perfectly good idea […]

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Top 5 Reasons Why the US is Poised To Make An Impact in Energy Storage

In the race towards a sustainable future, battery technology is emerging as a critical component. Batteries are vital for the renewable energy revolution, essential for the functioning of electric vehicles (EVs), and pivotal for energy storage systems that stabilize power grids. For years, China has held a dominant position in the global battery market, but […]

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US Utility Solar Capacity Crosses 100 GW

The American Clean Power Association (ACP), in its quarterly report for the US states that 2024 has begun on a strong note with Q1 seeing U.S. utility-scale solar, wind, and storage sectors adding a combined 5,585 megawatts (MW) of new capacity.This is an increase of 28% compared to installations in the same period a year […]

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Tesla Gets Approval For Shanghai Megapack Energy Storage Battery Plant

Tesla will be building a Megapack energy storage battery plant in China. The EV maker battery plant will come up near its electric vehicle gigafactory in Shanghai. According to a report, Tesla will invest around CNY1.5 billion (USD200 million) in the new megafactory. The factory will cover an area of about 20 hectares in the […]

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