Cross-Sector Insights
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Bolstering Minerals Security in the Wake of Supply Constraints and Ongoing Geopolitical Tensions
The Problem with Current Financial Systems Are… Current financial systems are a significant bottleneck—or even an active deterrent—to long-term climate…
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Why the Energy Transition Looks Different Everywhere
The global energy transition is diverging along regional lines. What’s possible–and profitable–in one place may not be in another. In Europe,…
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Cleantech’s Anti-Hero: It’s Me, AI. I’m the Problem. It’s Me.
I’m tired of AI. There, I said it. And I know I’m not the only one. Conversations about its…
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Recycled Aluminum: A Trump Environmental Success?
Aluminum—that’s right aluminum—is rapidly becoming a focus for American remanufacturing ambitions. President Donald Trump’s recent doubling…
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Where Adaptation Becomes Innovation: Inside the 2025 LATAM Cleantech 25
We’re excited to share the second edition of our LATAM Cleantech 25 report. The world looks…
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The Cold Chain Conundrum
What is the Cold Chain? The cold chain is the global transportation and distribution of temperature-controlled…
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AI at the Crossroads of Climate and Innovation
The Age of AI: Promise, Power, and Paradox The last 36 months have witnessed an extraordinary…
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Spark of Innovation: How Tech Is Catching Wildfires Before They Burn
The Market Is Heating Up Early wildfire detection sits at the crossroads of several transformative trends…
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Grow, Flow, or Slow: How the Cleantech 50 to Watch Innovators Are Navigating 2025’s Shifting Currents
Last year, as we published the Cleantech 50 to Watch, the world stood on the edge…
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Postcard Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region
The Asia-Pacific cleantech landscape is at an inflection point. After a decade of chasing breakthrough returns,…
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Cleantech Companies to Watch from the Asia-Pacific Region
This quarter’s ‘Companies to Watch’ highlights companies that our guest investors from the region think our…
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Beyond the Headlines: APAC’s Fusion Ambitions and the Rise of Energy-Efficient Compute
In last quarter’s APAC analysis, we covered a wave of electric mobility deals that indicated a…
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Post-Oil Opportunities: Kazakhstan’s Cleantech Potential
The first country in Central Asia to commit to climate neutrality by 2060, Kazakhstan has demonstrated…
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What’s REEally Happening with Rare Earths?
It was 4th grade where I got my first introduction to the periodic table. Our teacher…
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Reducing Energy Consumption From Data Center Cooling By Eliminating Heat-Generating Components
As AI Energy Demands Grow, Improved Power Electronics Will Be Needed As AI becomes integrated into…
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The Greenest Red State: A Texas-Sized Cleantech Transformation
The Lone Star State, a long-known global energy hub, is emerging as a cleantech capital. A…
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Crop Science Innovation in 2025: The Frontline of Climate Resilience
In 2025, agriculture is no longer just about yield—it’s about survival. As climate volatility intensifies, land…
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How Emerging Economies are Building Cleantech Capacity in Today’s Ever More Fragmented World
Earlier this year, more than 60 cleantech ecosystem representatives from 11 countries came together in an…
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The Forecast Revolution: How Innovation Is Disrupting the Weather Industry
Weather forecasting has typically been the domain of national meteorological agencies running physics-based models. Today, that…
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An Overview of the Global Battery Recycling Industry
Over the past three years, battery recycling has received heightened attention, raising critical questions: What is…
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Minerals, Meet Microbes: A Potential Match Made in Metal Heaven
Do you smell what the rock is cooking? Well, if you’ve been paying attention to the…
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Generating Carbon Offsets in Carbon Farming
Soil carbon and carbon farming deal with organic carbon that is present or stored in soil. …
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Charging Ahead: The Rise of Africa’s Cleantech Transportation & Logistics Ecosystem
The conversation around the decarbonization of transport tends to revolve around the challenges and innovation in…
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Let’s Get Critical
Chances are, you’re reading or watching this blog from the comfort of your smartphone or laptop—devices…
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The Moving Target for Sodium-Ion Batteries: Innovation and Policies Shape the Evolving Market for Battery Technologies
As global supply chain challenges and uncertainty around lithium supplies persist, sodium-ion batteries will remain an…
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Curated Capital in a Risk-Filled World: Cleantech’s Mid-Year Funding Reality
An unpredictable H1 2025 has shaped new needs for the innovation ecosystem for more carefully curated…
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One Big Beautiful Bill, 3 Sets of Bold Predictions: Our H2 2025 Outlook
On July 8th, Cleantech Group delivered a webinar, Clarity Through Chaos, revisiting the predictions we made…
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APAC’s Shift Toward “Developed in Asia, for Asia” Cleantech: Mobility in India
In a year marked by significant economic uncertainty, we have observed a first half in which…
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Cleantech Companies to Watch from the Asia-Pacific Region
This quarter’s ‘Companies to Watch’ highlights companies that our guest investors from the region think our…
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Postcard Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific Region
A quiet transformation is underway in the cleantech world. Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and…
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