Markets already understand that it’s too damn expensive to keep powering our economy by digging up and burning old dinosaur bones. In most places today, solar and wind are cheaper and scale faster. What you might not know yet is that technologies that grow chemicals in bioreactors or boost crop yields are already outperforming 100-year-old industrial processes that are dirty and dangerous. We see this happening in protein, transportation, chemicals, building materials, and even mining too. This radical shift isn’t just because of some warm and fuzzies. These are real businesses, with insane growth, and some posting nine-figure revenue run rates. In simple terms, cutting gigatons of CO2, mass market adoption, and generating piles of money will go hand-in-hand.
READ MOREBuilding climate tech isn’t like building software. Not even close. You can’t troubleshoot a first-of-its-kind carbon capture device by A/B testing from a comfy office or by sending out user surveys. Of course, you can model a lot of carbon capture on a computer, or even do a whole Ph.D. on it. (I actually did.)
READ MOREOne of the big things holding us back from building a lithium industry in our own backyard has been that it would, you know, wreck the backyard. That left us at the mercy of market swings and not-always-friendly foreign supply chains for the most critical ingredient to defossilize our economy. Then, Lilac showed up. Their
READ MOREClimate tax credits are just getting started. In 2022, the market for transferable climate tax credits didn’t exist. Now, just over a year later, $8 billion of these credits have traded hands. Look into the eye of that 10-figure storm and you’ll find Crux, our one-stop-shop for clean energy financing. These tax credits? They are,
READ MOREC’mon in, the water’s (much too) warm. As a person with eyes, ears and a phone in their pocket, you know that the planet is literally on fire. I’m willing to bet you’re here at our doorstep because you’ve started feeling like perhaps someone should do something about it. Welp, you’d be right. And if
READ MORE[NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION. COUNSEL REVIEW PENDING] [EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:50AM EST MONDAY 9/18] [For discussion purposes only. Please keep confidential.] —————– Friends of Lowercarbon, Blah blah opening stuff. Anyone notice how hot it’s been? Storms, floods, drought. It’s all a mess. [<– All right, we don’t need to say more here. It’s been on the front
READ MOREIn the last few years alone we’ve seen tens of thousands of press releases issued by businesses, industry groups, countries, states, and cities touting net-zero commitments – promises that now cover more than 70% of global emissions and a giant chunk of the global economy. And for every single one of those press releases, there’s
READ MOREUncle Joe’s debt ceiling deal isn’t the only BFD that came out of D.C. this week. The Department of Energy just announced $46 million in awards to help eight fusion companies build their first power plants. This drives home how quickly fusion is going from sci-fi to steel-in-the-ground. That might come as a surprise to
READ MOREEarlier this year, we raised Lowercarbon Q>1, a $250m fund to advance the most promising fusion companies and accelerate the day when we can rehab our way out of this sludge-gargling addiction.
READ MORESince the launch of our Carbon Removal Fund, we’ve seen lots of exciting approaches to, well, carbon removal. Yet, there are some carbon removal methods that we think could use some more love. Below are just a few of the realms that are begging for more attention, ambition, and investment.
READ MOREThere has never been a better time to start a carbon removal company. We’ve raised $350 million to accelerate billions of tons of CO2 removal.
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