MIT Technology Review has issued a list of 15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch.
No matter what your industry, you will find at least one company of interest to
you on this list.
View the list at https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/03/1104910/15-climate-tech-companies/.
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For your convenience, I have listed the 15 companies named on the list, along
with a paragraph about each company.
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LanzaJet
Aviation Fuels
https://www.lanzajet.com/
LanzaJet was formed through the contributions of our investors LanzaTech,
Suncor, Mitsui, along with support from All Nippon Airways and the US
Department of Energy (DOE). We continue to accelerate our growth through new
partnerships and have since welcomed additional investment and support from
British Airways, Shell, Microsoft, Breakthrough Energy, Southwest Airlines,
Groupe ADP, and MUFG.
Pano AI
Wildfire Detection
https://www.pano.ai/
Pano Rapid Detect is a connected, intelligent platform for fire
professionals that helps them to detect threats, confirm fires, and disseminate
information to responders, faster than ever before.Pano Rapid Detect speeds
response time by empowering detection specialists with enhanced visual
equipment and rapid data analysis, supported by AI. Specialists have a single,
unified view combining ultra-high-definition cameras, geo satellite data, field
sensors, legacy cameras, emergency alerts, and other data feeds — as well as
the ability to share everything in real-time with their extended team.
Altogether, this makes it possible to quickly identify and contain devastating
wildfires, protecting lives, property, and our forests.
Solugen
Chemicals
https://solugen.com/
Verza360® is a series of multifunctional, organic acid-based chelating
agents that optimize performance, lower total cost of operation, and boost your
bottom line. Seamlessly integrating into existing formulations, Verza360 is a
proven solution to tackle longstanding challenges in oil and gas systems.
Ceibo
Mining
https://www.ceibo.tech/
Ceibo’s technologies aim for cleaner operations and help recover copper with
existing mine site infrastructure. Our innovations are designed for easy
integration into operations to support increased production while reducing
water use and environmental impacts.
Rondo Energy
Energy Storage
https://rondo.com/
From calcining to cogeneration, from food processing to fuel production,
Rondo’s Heat Battery is compatible with 90 percent of industrial processes and
power needs. Our modular units are designed to serve the unique capacity and
temperature requirements of each facility, and the output is configurable to
customers’ specifications. (Aramco is a corporate investor)
Rumin8
Food & Agriculture
https://rumin8.com/
Scientists have discovered a solution for enteric methane in rangeland
plants and red seaweed, with trials revealing reductions of emissions from
cattle. With the cost, complexity and environmental impact involved in
ocean-based seaweed cultivation, Rumin8 saw an opportunity to reproduce the
target compound from the plant rather than mass producing the plant itself.
BYD
Electric Vehicles
https://www.byd.com/us
Founded in 1995, BYD is a leading technology company devoted to leveraging
innovations for a better life. With more than 27 years of expertise, BYD has
established itself as an industry leader in electronics, automotives, renewable
energy, and rail transit. As a global leader with more than 30 industrial parks
across 6 continents, BYD's zero-emission solutions, focused on energy
generation and storage, are expansive and widely applicable
First Solar
Renewable Energy
https://www.firstsolar.com/
First Solar, Inc. is a publicly traded American manufacturer of solar
panels, and provider of utility-scale PV power plants, supporting services that
include finance, construction, maintenance and end-of-life panel recycling.
Electric Hydrogen
Hydrogen
https://eh2.com/
Green hydrogen has historically been inhibited by the high cost of
electrolyzers. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. When
produced using electrolyzers, devices that split water with renewable
electricity, hydrogen is a no emissions replacement for fossil fuels. Electric
Hydrogen was founded to make green hydrogen cost-competitive. We took a fresh
approach to the design and scale of electrolyzers. We build a “stack” of
electrolysis “cells” that produces hydrogen at a transformational low cost
versus today’s available technology.
Pivot Bio
Food & Agriculture
https://www.pivotbio.com/
Perhaps no pursuit is more noble than that of a farmer. Producing the food,
fuel and products we depend on is all in a day’s work for farm families
worldwide. Pivot Bio is dedicated to supporting farmers with products that
optimize crop production through specifically timed and placed nitrogen
delivery. Together, we are working toward a future that is more efficient,
profitable, predictable, safe and sustainable for farmers and the planet.
Kairos Power
Nuclear Fission
https://kairospower.com/
The Kairos Power FHR (KP-FHR) is a novel advanced reactor technology that
leverages TRISO fuel in pebble form combined with a low-pressure fluoride salt
coolant. The technology uses an efficient and flexible steam cycle to convert
heat from fission into electricity and to complement renewable energy sources.
Form Energy
Energy Storage
https://formenergy.com/
To run the grid reliably and affordably, we need new cost-effective
technologies capable of storing electricity for multiple days. In pursuit of
this, we have reinvented and optimized the iron-air battery for the electric
grid. The active components of our iron-air battery system are some of the
safest, cheapest, and most abundant materials on the planet — low-cost iron,
water, and air. Iron-air batteries are the best solution to balance the
multi-day variability of renewable energy due to their extremely low cost,
safety, durability, and global scalability. Our first commercial product using
our iron-air technology is optimized to store electricity for 100 hours at
system costs competitive with legacy power plants. This product is our first
step to building a more reliable, resilient and secure electric grid: making
low-cost clean energy available when and where it’s needed, even during
multiple days of extreme weather, grid outages, or periods of low generation.
Gogoro
Electric Vehicles
https://www.gogoro.com/
Gogoro Inc. is a Taiwanese company that developed a battery-swapping
refueling platform for urban electric two-wheel scooters, mopeds and
motorcycles. It also develops its own line of electric scooters and offers its
own vehicle innovations to vehicle maker partners like Hero, Yamaha, Aeon
Motor, PGO, eReady, and eMOVING. Gogoro also operates GoShare, a rideshare
service, in Taiwan and Ishigaki Island in Japan. Gogoro Smartscooter, the first
consumer product from Gogoro, was revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show
(CES) in Las Vegas in January 2015. Along with the scooter, Gogoro announced a
battery-swapping network under the name Gogoro Energy Network.
Sublime Systems
Cement
https://sublime-systems.com/
Today’s portland cement is made by cooking limestone, sand, and clay in
massive fossil-fueled 1450°C kilns. This results in a tremendous amount of CO₂:
on average 0.9 tonnes per tonne of OPC in the USA. About half of this CO₂ is
released from limestone, which is ~50% by weight CO₂, as it decomposes in the
kiln to form reactive lime. The other half of the CO₂ emissions is from the
fossil fuel (often bituminous coal) needed to reach 1450°C, the temperature
required to form the crystal structure characteristic of OPC. This temperature
is currently impossible to electrify efficiently. We skip both emissions
sources, instead using the elegance of electrochemistry to extract reactive
calcium (Sublime Lime™) and silicates from abundant raw materials that are then
blended into a final Sublime Cement™. Our cement’s crystal structure is
different than the OPC produced in a fiery kiln, but its performance and
hardened phase in concrete are the same.
Sun King
Renewable Energy
https://sunking.com/
We design, distribute, install, and finance solar energy solutions for those
who cannot access or afford traditional electrical grid connections. The energy
needs of consumers in Africa and Asia are diverse. From cost-effective and
durable lamps to powerful home and business energy systems as well as modern
entertainment and energy storage systems, Sun King's broad array of products
unlock a higher quality of life.
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