Cross-Sector Insights
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Powering the Future: Women Leading the Charge Towards Net-Zero
Reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 requires both concerted policy and funding efforts to scale up clean…
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From Buzz to Impact: AI’s Role in Accelerating the Clean Economy
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a frequent topic of discussion, but does it truly deliver added…
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We’ve Changed How We Think About Resources and the Environment
As the cleantech landscape continues to evolve, so does our understanding of it. To better capture…
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Innovation Diversity: Heralding Emerging Champions in Cleantech
Cleantech Group celebrates diverse innovation by highlighting fresh perspectives needed right now in cleantech. In 2022,…
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Flexibility: Window is Closing for New Innovators
The world needs more flexibility. Renewable electricity additions across the world are breaking records but balancing…
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E-mobility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Electric Two Wheelers Gaining Momentum
The term micromobility, for most, conjures up the image of electric scooters and bike-sharing programs that…
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What’s in Store for ’24? Hopes, Expectations and Things to Pay Attention to
I expect a curate’s egg kind of year for global cleantech innovation in 2024. Cleantech Group…
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Diageo Sustainable Solutions (DSS) Seeks Innovation to Achieve Water Targets
Water is inextricably linked to climate change, which will continue to affect its availability, quality, and…
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Crop Robotics: Interview with Bluewhite’s Alon Ascher on $39M Series C
Agriculture is among the industries most heavily reliant on manual labor. But as global demand for…
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Smart Charging Made Smarter: Novel Approaches to AI for EV Charging
Large-scale build-out of EV charging infrastructure is essential to further accelerate EV adoption and the overall…
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2024 Trend Watch: The Innovators Behind Progress
In the first part of this analysis, we discussed the nuances of cleantech innovation growth in…
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2023 In Review: A Soft Landing on the Right Side of the Pandemic
2023 was a year marked by shifts, adaptations, and grappling with new macroeconomic realities within cleantech.…
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Valorizing Agrifood Waste Streams into Biochar
Biochar is a carbon-rich powdered or granular substance produced by burning organic biomass in a low-oxygen…
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Are Mining Majors Ready to Take Full Advantage of Exploration Technologies?
Mining majors have underinvested in innovation, having gutted R&D programs since the 80’s. Although investment is…
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Will Small Modular Reactors Surpass Regulatory and Supply Chain Hurdles to Fill the Need for Stable, Baseload Power?
Global energy demands are expected to increase dramatically over the next few years. For decades, experts…
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Innovation Takes Flight With Sustainable Aviation Fuels
In 2022, the aviation industry accounted for 2% of global CO2 emissions, drawing attention to the…
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Expanding the Carbon Dioxide Removal Portfolio to the Seas
Marine carbon removal methods seek to strengthen or accelerate natural biological or chemical processes that store…
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Residential Heat Pumps to Decarbonize CO2 Emissions
Residential heating and cooling accounts for approximately 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions while traditional gas…
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Scaling Cleantech Manufacturing: A Look at the European Union’s Net-Zero Industry Act and the U.S.’ Inflation Reduction Act
The focal point of competition in the next few decades is cleantech, as digital was in…
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Cultivated Meat Slashes Emissions
Animal agriculture is critical to human survival and wellbeing. The farming of livestock, including land-based animal…
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Q3 2023 Quarterly Investment Insights
Much has been made of the challenging macroeconomic environment facing cleantech over this past year –…
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Cracking Ammonia: Dissociation and Fuel Innovation
Ammonia is often touted as the fuel of the future. It is gaseous at room temperature…
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Hydrogen: A Fuel Carrier for Heavy-Duty Commercial Land, Maritime and Aviation Vehicles, and Energy Storage
In 2021, 98% of hydrogen was produced from fossil fuels—global emissions reached over 900 Mt of…
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C-Suite, Start-ups and Suits – The Changing Face of Corporate Sustainability
Corporate sustainability continues to move out of the ‘nice-to-have’ and ‘good publicity’ categories and into a…
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Novel Fusion Systems: Z Pinch and Levitated Dipole Fusion Technologies
A few months ago, an article in The Economist highlighted six key players in the private…
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Nature Monitoring: FINALLY, a Solution to the Tragedy of the Commons!?
We cannot address the climate crisis without looking at the biodiversity crisis. Over half of the…
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Hydrogen for Heavy-duty Transport: Use Cases, Roadblocks, and Opportunities
Despite decarbonization targets, emissions from heavy-duty transport have risen steadily for decades — tailpipe emissions are…
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Smart Waste Collection
The world generates 2.1 billion tons of municipal solid waste annually, and this amount is expected…
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Innovation in Built Environment Sustainability
Climate Week NYC offers an unparalleled opportunity (second only to the Cleantech Forum!) to exchange observations…
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2023 50 To Watch Trend Watch
We extend our congratulations to this year’s Cleantech 50 to Watch companies and encourage you to…
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