Green Infrastructure
Summit Nanotech Operations in Chile | Photo by Summit Nanotech.
Impact Tech | January 19, 2023
Summit Nanotech secures $50 million for sustainable lithium extraction
ImpactAlpha, January 19 — The scramble is on to commercialize sustainable lithium, which can overcome a major obstacle to the wholesale transition to …
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Dealflow | January 11, 2023
Generate bets on Sedron Technologies’ municipal wastewater treatment
ImpactAlpha, January 11 — Generate Capital, the San Francisco-based sustainable infrastructure financier and operator, launched Generate Upcycle last year to expand into recycling, …
Photo by Roodgally Senatus, ImpactAlpha.
Climate and Clean Tech | January 5, 2023
Electrifying ‘dollar vans’ to boost livelihoods and cut carbon in New York’s transit deserts
ImpactAlpha, January 5 — Along Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn, several informal “dollar vans” pass by for every city bus. The rides are more …
Dealflow | November 1, 2022
BlackRock secures $4.5 billion for its fourth global infrastructure fund
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 1 – The first close of the BlackRock Global Infrastructure Fund IV, which is targeting $7.5 billion, follows BlackRock’s $5.1 billion …
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Climate Finance | October 28, 2022
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Climate and green infrastructure
ImpactAlpha, October 28 — Expectations may be low for the COP27 global climate summit, which kicks off in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt next …
An H2 Mobility hydrogen refueling station in Hamburg, Germany
Green Infrastructure | October 11, 2022
Hy24 hauls €2 billion for clean hydrogen infrastructure fund
ImpactAlpha, October 11 – European governments are intensifying their efforts to reduce their reliance on Russian hydrocarbons – and to hit their targets for …
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Clean Energy | September 27, 2022
Mirova raises $1.5 billion for fifth energy transition infrastructure fund
ImpactAlpha, September 27 — Paris-based Mirova is the $27 billion impact unit of French asset management firm Natixis Investment Managers. The B Corp …
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Green Infrastructure | September 14, 2022
TeraWatt Infrastructure rakes in more than $1 billion for EV charging for commercial fleets
ImpactAlpha, September 14 — A lack of charging infrastructure for commercial vehicles is slowing the deployment of electric trucks. San Francisco-based TeraWatt Infrastructure …
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Green Infrastructure | August 31, 2022
Temasek and HSBC commit $150 million for green infrastructure in Southeast Asia
ImpactAlpha, August 31 — Innovative financing mechanisms could help catalyze the more than $3 trillion gap in sustainable infrastructure financing in Southeast Asia …
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Clean Energy | August 17, 2022
BlackRock acquires Akaysha to deploy over $700 million for battery storage in Australia
ImpactAlpha, August 17 — Battery storage is “a fundamental requirement” to realize the $100 trillion opportunity presented by the transition to net zero, …
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Muni Impact | August 11, 2022
Ting Internet secures $200 million from Generate for communication infrastructure in communities
ImpactAlpha, August 11 — Cable internet versus fiber optic, you ask? A lower-waste footprint and lower-energy consumption makes fiber technology the more eco-friendly …
Policy Corner | August 10, 2022
“Green Bank” in climate bill to provide catalytic capital for renewable energy and community resilience
ImpactAlpha, Aug. 10 – It’s not the national green bank that advocates have pushed for more than a decade. But the $27 billion …
Terra.do's founder Anshuman Bapna | Photo by Terra.do.
Climate and Clean Tech | June 16, 2022
Terra.do scores $5 million to connect global professionals with careers in climate tech
ImpactAlpha, June 16 — Investors and executives in climate tech are seeing an upswell of talent (for context, see “In Silicon Valley, talent …
Photo credit: Alicia Powell.
Podcasts | May 27, 2022
Live-ish from Davos: Taking on the world with BlocPower and friends
ImpactAlpha, May 26 — Donnell Baird arrived at Davos this week with his partners from Brooklyn and Ithaca, where BlocPower is greening thousands …
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Green Infrastructure | May 19, 2022
Infinitum Electric raises $80 million to commercialize electric motors
ImpactAlpha, May 19 — Austin-based Infinitum says its low-carbon air-core motors are more energy efficient and half the weight and size of conventional …
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Climate and Clean Tech | May 10, 2022
Group14 Technologies rakes in $400 million to commercialize silicon batteries
ImpactAlpha, May 10 — Battery tech ventures are raising big rounds in the race for better lithium batteries. Seattle-based Group14, which developed a …
Motorists line up to wait for fuel in Nairobi | Photo credit: Abraham Namiti
Frontier and Growth Markets | May 9, 2022
High fuel prices spur Africa’s transition to electric mobility
ImpactAlpha, May 9 – Long lines at Nairobi’s gas pumps last month put the spotlight on rising prices and fuel shortages caused by …
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Oceans | April 13, 2022
Terradepth scores $20 million to map the earth’s oceans
ImpactAlpha, April 13 — Austin-based Terradepth is building a map of the oceans to help governments, businesses and research organizations mitigate climate risk. …
BlocPower's Civilian Climate Corp workers with the owner of the building. Photo by Roodgally Senatus.
Green Infrastructure | April 7, 2022
Inside BlocPower’s mission to upskill workers and green New York City buildings (photo story)
ImpactAlpha, April 7 — On a recent early spring day, a half-dozen workers were installing heat pumps in a two-unit property on Ellis …
Photo credit: H2 Mobility.
Green Infrastructure | March 30, 2022
H2 Mobility raises $122 million to build hydrogen fueling stations in Europe
ImpactAlpha, March 30 — Hy24, a joint venture between private equity investor Ardian and green hydrogen investor FiveT Hydrogen, led the round with …
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Climate Finance | March 28, 2022
SparkMeter scores $10 million for grid management in emerging markets
ImpactAlpha, March 28 — Washington, D.C.-based SparkMeter has installed low-cost energy metering systems in more than 150,000 households and businesses in two dozen …
Green Infrastructure | March 22, 2022
SPAN raises $90 million to upgrade the lowly circuit panel and ‘electrify everything’
ImpactAlpha, March 22 – An electric vehicle may be the biggest new addition to a family’s electric consumption, but it’s not the natural …
Climate Finance | March 3, 2022
From ‘Atlas of human suffering’ to ‘Roadmap for climate resilience’
ImpactAlpha. March 3 – Climate change is here. Deal with it. That sums up this week’s grim report from the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel …
Impact Investing | March 1, 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine delivers a dose of green shock therapy
ImpactAlpha, Mar. 1 – The “shock therapy” that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union three decades ago was intended to speed the …
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Green Infrastructure | February 15, 2022
North Sky Capital exits four green infrastructure investments
ImpactAlpha, February 15 — North Sky Capital last year sold its stakes in a utility-scale solar field, a commercial rooftop project and other …
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Dealflow | February 9, 2022
KKR Global Impact backs Resource Environmental Solutions for restoration and infrastructure
ImpactAlpha, February 9 — Bellaire, Texas-based Resource Environmental Solutions develops green infrastructure, including stormwater management and restoration projects for wildlife habitat, wetlands and …
Climate Finance | February 1, 2022
Deployment, deployment, deployment is the rallying cry as climate finance closes in on $1 trillion
ImpactAlpha, Feb. 1 – Venture investments in climate tech grab the headlines. Spending for energy transition deployment by corporations, government and households is …
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Water | January 26, 2022
Bain Capital Double Impact backs AqueoUS Vets to remove contaminants from U.S. water infrastructure
ImpactAlpha, January 26 — Nearly 110 million Americans use water that’s contaminated with PFAS, a chemical that can cause decreased fertility, liver damage …
Photo courtesy of Prashanth Vishwanathan, Flickr.
Green Infrastructure | January 25, 2022
Green infrastructure fund raises $741 million for renewable energy and efficiency in India
ImpactAlpha, January 25 — The Green Growth Equity Fund will be managed by Mumbai-based EverSource Capital, a joint venture between Indian private equity …
Water | January 20, 2022
How pre-construction financing is building a pipeline of water projects in Kenya
ImpactAlpha, January 20 – Water and sanitation is one of the fastest growing, yet still underinvested sectors of impact investing. An experimental fund …
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Smart Cities | January 19, 2022
Engine No. 1 backs Taiwanese electric scooter maker Gogoro
ImpactAlpha, January 19 – Taipei-based Gogoro builds zero-emission and electric smartscooters with swappable batteries. It recently brought its battery swapping stations to mainland …
Community Finance | January 15, 2022
Solar proves a pathway for private capital to flow into low-income communities
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 13 – The race is on to install solar panels, lay in chargers for electric vehicles and retrofit housing for energy …
Photo credit: Prevented Ocean Plastic Southeast Asia.
Climate Finance | January 13, 2022
Circulate Capital aims to build plastic waste recycling infrastructure in underserved Indonesia
ImpactAlpha, January 13 — Indonesia generates around 7.8 million tons of plastic waste annually. 4.9 million tons of plastic waste is mismanaged — uncollected, …
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Dealflow | January 10, 2022
Blackstone injects $3 billion into Invenergy to expand clean energy projects
ImpactAlpha, Jan. 10 – Mega funds are hunting for mega opportunities, we wrote in our lookahead at climate finance in 2022. Now comes Blackstone Infrastructure …
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Climate Finance | January 6, 2022
Carbon recycler LanzaTech is looking to go public
ImpactAlpha, January 6 — LanzaTech captures industrial carbon emissions and converts it into sustainable fuel and chemicals to make materials such as textile, …
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Climate Finance | December 20, 2021
Ares raises $2.2 billion for climate infrastructure investments
ImpactAlpha, December 24 — Ares Climate Infrastructure Partners Fund secured $1.4 billion in commitments to provide equity, preferred equity and structured debt for …
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Catalytic Capital | November 22, 2021
Navajo Power secures $9.5 million to provide clean electricity for Navajo Nation
ImpactAlpha, November 22 — Navajo Nation, which spans more than 27,000 miles in northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Utah, is home …
Catalytic Capital | November 17, 2021
Climate Fund Managers raises $675 million for green blended finance fund
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 17 – The Dutch fund manager reached a first close towards a $1 billion target for Climate Investor Two, its second blended …
Spring Lane invested in composting company Atlas Organics
Green Infrastructure | November 17, 2021
Spring Lane Capital reaches $151 million first close for its second sustainable infrastructure fund
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 17 – The Boston and Montreal-based private equity firm is looking to raise $400 million to support food & ag, energy, …
Generate CEO Scott Jacobs
Signals | November 16, 2021
Sustainable infrastructure company Generate Capital becomes a public benefit corporation
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 16 – Generate Capital is embedding its mission to build a more sustainable world into its charter. The San Francisco-based investor, …
Climate Finance | November 10, 2021
Price of carbon rises along with sea levels, as market mechanisms emerge
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 10 – The foreign minister of Tuvalu addressing world leaders while knee deep in coastal waters will be one of the …
Impact Investing | November 3, 2021
Finance to the fore as catalytic climate capital rallies COP26
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 3 – Pledges and pessimism gave way to concrete commitments of climate capital as world leaders clinched two major agreements before …
Catalytic Capital | October 26, 2021
Offtakes, guarantees and blended finance: A lexicon of catalytic climate capital
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 26 – Investments in climate solutions are crucial. Purchase orders can be transformative. Hertz’s order of 100,000 Model 3s underscored the …
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2030 Finance | October 25, 2021
CDC Group invests $70 million in BP-backed climate fund for India
ImpactAlpha, October 25 – Momentum behind green infrastructure is growing in India, even though the country has yet to update its ‘nationally determined …
Catalytic Capital | October 21, 2021
$100 billion is just a down payment on financing the climate transition in developing nations
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 21 – For want of a nail…the kingdom was lost, as the old proverb goes. For want of $100 billion, a …