It would be fair to expect the destroyer of toxic “forever chemicals” to be a massive, intimidating device. In which case it’s either disappointing or delightful to discover that a… Read More
The news: Seattle-based clean-tech startup Sironix Renewables raised $1.47 million in new funding. The tech: Sironix has developed a suite of surfactants, which are the chemicals that make shampoo foamy… Read More
A prototype aircraft with a hydrogen-fueled powertrain successfully completed an initial 15-minute flight today at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Wash., marking a significant step for zero-emission aviation.… Read More
Every year, billions of packages are shipped in the U.S. alone. While Amazon and others are trying to shrink the size and environmental footprint of the boxes and mailers being… Read More
You cannot deliberately feed plastic to a whale, even in the name of science. So researchers at the Seattle Aquarium created a clever alternative. They’ve designed a simulated gray whale… Read More
The news: Cloud Paper, the Seattle startup that makes toilet paper and paper towels from bamboo in an effort to slow deforestation, has raised $5 million in new funding. Big-name… Read More
Maritime Blue, a Washington state public-private coalition focusing on environmentally friendly technologies for the maritime industry, has been awarded $500,000 in the first stage of a clean-tech challenge funded by… Read More
Breakthrough Energy Ventures, the multibillion-dollar clean-tech initiative created by Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, is leading a $65 million funding round to back Kent, Wash.-based Stoke Space’s effort to create a… Read More
Eager investors keep coming. It’s the Amazon employee who has seen the company’s stock price rise steadily; the former venture capitalist who wants a crack at big financial returns in… Read More
Seattle-based clean-tech startup Sironix Renewables has raised $645,000 in a seed funding round and $1.15 million from the U.S. Dept. of Energy Advanced Manufacturing Office. The new funds will allow… Read More
A team that wants to make batteries more environmentally friendly won $15,000 at a competition for environmental innovation at the University of Washington. MOtiF Materials invented a way to making… Read More
From the outside, it looked as if the Swiss-led Solar Impulse project smoothly soldiered through adversity as its solar-powered plane made a record-setting trip around the world in 2015 and… Read More
Virtual and Augmented Reality is booming in the Pacific Northwest, and on Friday, a host of fun, talented, and geeky VR enthusiasts will flock to the famous Green Dragon in… Read More
Large-scale data centers consume huge amounts of power, but Amazon Web Services is making an effort to move more of its consumption to renewable energy sources such as wind and… Read More
Angel investors of the Pacific Northwest collective Element 8, which focuses exclusively on early-stage clean tech companies, put nearly $3.3 million into 17 startups this past year. That’s the smallest investment made by… Read More
Some of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful individuals are forming a new organization known as the Breakthrough Energy Coalition to invest in technologies that could help solve problems associated with… Read More
Brian Valentine was at the forefront of two of the most important technological waves of the past 30 years, serving as a high-ranking executive at Microsoft in the late 1980s… Read More
Wells Fargo is funding startups that are developing technologies to benefit the environment and today it announced the first set of companies to receive a check. Four “clean tech” startups were awarded $250,000… Read More
Wiserg, a Redmond startup that’s looking to convert food waste into organic fertilizer, just picked up $11 million in fresh funding from Second Avenue Partners, former Microsoft and Amazon.com executive… Read More
Visit any commercial kitchen, restaurant or grocery store and you’ll be struck by the amount of food scraps headed to the waste bins each day. Larry LeSueur, a former Microsoft… Read More
OneEnergy Renewables, a Seattle startup that describes itself as a developer of distributed, utility-scale solar photovoltaic projects, has raised $5 million in funding from Ecosystem Integrity Fund, cleantech angel group Element… Read More
EnergySavvy, a Seattle startup that helps utilities implement energy-efficiency programs, has closed out its latest financing round at $8.25 million. The company had previously announced $7 million in early May,… Read More
Could the glass on the skyscraper your working in serve as a solar power source? What about the cell phone you carry in your hand? Or the windshield in your… Read More
Winds coming off the Pacific Coast could soon provide energy to Americans thanks to a Seattle company. Principle Power, a renewable energy technology developer headquartered in the Pioneer Square neighborhood, received… Read More
Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore. In a 2,111-word missive, Khosla takes on CBS’ 60 Minutes and their recent report… Read More
3TIER, a Seattle company that develops technologies to better understand where to locate wind, solar and hydro projects, has been sold to Finland-based Vaisala Corp. in a deal valued at $14.7… Read More
Dr. David Kirtley comes across as a smart, practical guy with a head for business. That creates some cognitive dissonance when he explains that his Redmond startup is developing fusion… Read More
With temperatures dipping into the 20s last night, it was absolutely freezing in my house. That’s because my Seattle home is a 1924 Craftsman, with windows that leak air. Sam… Read More
Optimum Energy is heating up with additional cash from one of the country’s largest utilities. Edison Energy, a subsidiary of Edison International, today announced that it is contributing to Optimum’s… Read More
Optimum Energy, a Seattle startup whose software intelligently adjusts a building’s temperature in order to reduce energy consumption, has scored $12.2 million in fresh financing from new investor Navitas Capital… Read More
