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NREL Industry Growth Forum Announces 2020 Presenting Start-Ups

More than 500 cleantech investors, entrepreneurs, and industry representatives are expected to attend this year’s Industry Growth Forum, April 29–30, in Denver, Colorado. Among them will be 40 of the most promising start-up companies from the United States and...

EPRI’s Incubatenergy© Labs Challenge Names Finalists for Pitch Day

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 03, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) Incubatenergy©Labs Challenge selected 17 finalists from more than 130 applicants to participate in the Challenge Pitch Day during EPRI’s Electrification 2020...

Carboncure, Smarter Alloys, e-Zinc among winners of Breakthrough Energy Solutions

Ten startups have been named the winners of the Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada initiative, a public-private project aimed at accelerating the development of cleantech. Each of the winners has the chance to receive up to $3 million to develop their technologies,...

e-Zinc wins a $1.6M grant as one of ten winners of Breakthrough Energy Solutions Canada

Minister Seamus O’Regan met with the ten Breakthrough Canada award winners at GLOBE 2020. Source: Natural Resources Canada Government of Canada collaborates with investment fund backed by Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and more to bankroll Canadian clean energy tech...

Canada’s e-Zinc Raises Millions to Commercialize Long-Duration Zinc Energy

Canadian startup e-Zn has raised money to store clean energy far longer than currently available batteries allow by using cheap and abundant zinc. On Wednesday, the company received CAD $2 million (USD $1.5 million) in non-dilutive grant funding from Sustainable...

e-Zinc raises $3.4 million seed round to bring its energy storage solution to market

Cleantech startup e-Zn, which has developed a inexpensive, renewable grid-scale energy storage solution using zinc metal, has raised an oversubscribed $3.4 million CAD seed round. This represents the first round of venture funding for the Toronto-based company. CEO...

e-Zinc recognized with “Business as a Force for Good” award

MONTREAL, Nov. 26, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ – The INSEAD National Alumni Association (NAA) Canada yesterday announced the six winners of its second “Business as a Force for Good” award at a gala ceremony in Montreal. Ilian Mihov (right), INSEAD Dean, Nida...

Top Companies Delivering High-Impact Solutions Named in Inaugural List

Getting to 100% renewables requires cheap energy storage. But how cheap?

Some believe that carbon-free renewable energy sources can supply 100 percent of US energy. This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. This piece was originally...

Power Shift: Zinc’s advantages for battery storage over lithium-ion

James Larsen, CEO of E-Zn, discusses the advantages of storing energy in zinc compared to lithium-ion, and how the company’s technology is being developed to help remote communities leave diesel behind....