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Last Week’s Highlights:
💲Investment: Key investments target sustainable farming, clean energy, climate tech, and infrastructure resilience worldwide.
🔬 Innovation: Innovation highlights span clean energy, advanced batteries, carbon capture, and urban resilience, driving progress toward global net-zero goals.
🔄 Integration: Integration updates highlight global decarbonization platforms, hydrogen and green ammonia projects, net-zero policies, and collaborations driving energy transitions and climate resilience.
Investment Highlights of the Week
- Hort Innovation and Artesian (Alternative Investments) have partnered to create a $60 million venture capital fund aimed at driving innovation in Australia’s horticulture industry. Read More
- Pymwymic and Nufarm have co-led Kilter’s €9M Series A to scale its AX-1 precision weeding robot, which reduces herbicide use by 95%, promoting sustainable farming practices. Read More
- MediSun Energy has raised $8.75M in Seed funding, led by Vynn Capital , with additional investment from MOAJ Holding and others, to advance its osmotic energy technology, expand into MENA, and establish production facilities in Saudi Arabia. Read More
- Watercycle Technologies, a University of Manchester spin-out, has raised $5.6M in a Series A led by Par Equity to scale its sustainable mineral recovery systems, addressing critical mineral supply risks and supporting the green energy transition. Read More
- Equinix has raised its cumulative green bond issuance to $6.9 billion, solidifying its position among the top 5 U.S. investment-grade green bond issuers. Read More
- HyperHeat, a renewable energy startup creating zero-carbon industrial heat, raised €3.5M to advance product development, expand its team, and prepare for pilot collaborations by 2025. Read More
- etalytics, an AI-driven energy management company, raised €8M to expand globally, enhance its etaONE platform, and promote sustainable energy solutions in cooling, heating, and ventilation systems. Read More
- The World Bank‘s report highlights Albania’s urgent need to invest $6 billion in climate adaptation over the next decade to mitigate escalating risks and unlock economic growth, potentially averting damages worth 7% of its GDP. Read More
- Airtree Ventures has successfully secured 16% of its $650 million target for Fund V, with major commitments from top-tier US investors, including Adams Street Partners, Harvard Management Company, and the University of Wisconsin endowment. Read More
- Polish renewable energy company Hynfra plans to invest $10.6 billion in a green hydrogen plant in Egypt, with an initial capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year and potential for expansion to one million tonnes annually. Read More
- Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace has secured a $50M funding commitment from Mudrick Capital Management to advance its Flightpath 2030 Strategy and position its eVTOL aircraft as a market leader. Read More
- ELICIT PLANT has raised €45 million in a funding round led by Carbyne to accelerate international growth, boost commercialization, and advance research on climate-resilient solutions for farmers. Read More
- CICE, led by Sarah Goodman, has invested $3.5 million in six companies developing wildfire solutions like AI risk prediction, drone swarms, and robotics.
- I-EcoGuard, an Israeli agtech startup, raised $870,000 to enhance crop yields by addressing temperature extremes using nanotechnology in greenhouse covers. Read More
- Pony AI’s American depositary shares rose 19% in their debut after raising $413.4 million through an IPO and private placements, reaching a $5.4 billion valuation and positioning alongside Tesla and Waymo. Read More
- The Asian Development Bank approved a $500 million loan to support the Philippines’ climate resilience efforts, focusing on low-carbon transitions in key sectors and advancing its goal to cut emissions by 75% by 2030. Read More
Innovation Highlights of the Day
- Rum and Sargassum, a Barbados-based startup, is transforming rum waste and invasive seaweed into bio-compressed natural gas to fuel retrofitted vehicles, addressing marine pollution, supporting tourism, and advancing the island’s net-zero goals. Read More
- The University of Toronto has partnered with Siemens Canada in a multi-year agreement to advance clean energy innovation, grid modernization, and Ontario’s energy transition, contributing to Canada’s net-zero emissions goals by 2050. Read More
- Monash University engineers have created an ultra-fast charging lithium-sulfur battery that doubles energy density while being lighter and cheaper, with potential applications in long-haul EVs, drones, and electric aircraft. Read More
- The UN-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2024 emphasizes integrating climate-focused urban planning and nature-based solutions to enhance resilience for the 2 billion city-dwellers projected to face climate impacts by 2040. Read More
- UK-based carbon utilization company Barton Blakeley Technologies has raised £2.4 million, led by Elbow Beach Capital, to deploy its emissions-capturing system in industry, targeting the removal of 1 kilo-tonne of carbon per system annually. Read More
- A new study warns that climate change could reduce hydropower by 23% and increase demand by 2%, requiring up to $150 billion in additional investments to achieve zero emissions by 2050. Read More
- Researchers at the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute have developed the first technology to produce highly dispersible carbon nanotube (CNT) powder, improving eco-friendly dry processing for secondary batteries and enhancing their energy density. Read More
Integration Highlights of the Day
- Türkiye has launched the $5B Türkiye Industrial Decarbonisation Investment Platform, supported by the EBRD, The World Bank, and IFC – International Finance Corporation, to decarbonize key industrial sectors and cut 20M tonnes of CO₂ annually by 2030. Read More
- ADIB – Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank has published its first Net Zero report, setting 2030 decarbonization targets to reduce operational emissions by 49% and financed emissions across six high-impact sectors, aligning with the UAE’s Net Zero 2050 strategy. Read More
- New regulations in the EU, UK, Brazil, and other regions are requiring companies to adopt net-zero transition plans and report climate risks, addressing a global “implementation gap” as emissions rise despite increasing net-zero pledges. Read More
- HYGENCO – The Hydrogen Company is partnering with Topsoe to establish a large-scale green ammonia plant in Odisha by 2027, backed by $280M in financing and leveraging cutting-edge technology to advance India’s energy transition. Read More
- Hong Kong’s Environmental Protection Department and Sinopec Corp. signed an MoU to advance hydrogen energy development, focusing on applications, capacity building, and technical exchanges. Read More
- Wärtsilä is collaborating in a research project with the University of Vaasa and other partners to explore the Argon Power Cycle, a closed-loop combustion technology using argon and hydrogen for more energy-efficient, cleaner engines. Read More
- The World Bank has approved a US$250 million program to strengthen Morocco’s municipal solid waste management, supporting reforms and investments to address ongoing environmental and financial challenges. Read More
- The 1st EU-GCC Green Transition Forum in Abu Dhabi united leaders to advance sustainable investments and green finance across the GCC and EU, building on COP29 momentum. Read More
- Hapag-Lloyd AG has secured an offtake agreement with Goldwind for 250,000 tonnes of green methanol annually, cutting fleet emissions by up to 400,000 tonnes of CO2e per year. Read More
- Entrepreneurs across Canada are advancing clean tech solutions to combat climate change, with government funding opportunities at the federal and provincial levels supporting the sector’s growth. Read More
- Net Zero World partners with countries like Argentina, Chile, Egypt, and Indonesia to accelerate clean energy transitions through technical collaboration and energy modeling. Read More
