Positive climate projects have enjoyed several investment boosts lately, with more projects set to start in the near future. Check out these five projects from around the globe:
- Global investment in electric transport options reached $634 billion in 2023, an increase of 36% compared to 2022, even passing renewable energy investments. Read the article
- Green tech firm’s investment could repurpose heat from data processing centers to heat UK swimming pools. Read the article
- The Pentagon, the building that houses the USA’s Department of Defense headquarters, will invest in rooftop solar panels and a heat-recovery heat pump system as part of a plan to get the building to net zero and “reestablish the federal government as a sustainability leader.” Read the article
- Regenerative agriculture has sparked interest from venture capitalists, who poured $1.4 billion into regenerative agriculture start-ups between 2021 and 2023, a 46% increase on the three years prior. Read the article
- A massive solar-plus-storage project in California, USA is now fully online, thanks partly to a $1 billion investment. The project includes the world’s largest battery energy storage system (BESS). Read the article